Friday, December 9, 2016

@19:30, 12/8/16

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1
Opinion

The Great and Dying Barrier Reef

Australia persists in mining coal even though carbon emissions are killing the world’s most spectacular reef.

Let the Austalians beat themselves up.

2
Opinion

The Eloquence of Pope Francis’ Silence


Pope Francis has his assignment.

3
N.Y. / Region

A Third Suspect Is Arrested in the Killing of a Connecticut Man


CUNY’s Independence Is Under Attack by Cuomo, City Council Members Say

The City Council’s Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus say that actions heralded by the governor could put the university and its mission at risk.

CUNY is under attack from all sides.

5
World

Confessions Made Under Duress Tarnish China’s Graft Fight, Report Says

Evidence collected in secret Communist Party investigations, using threats and torture, is often repurposed for criminal cases, Human Rights Watch said.

No.
The presumption of innocence is our innovation.

6
The Upshot

What America Can Learn About Smart Schools in Other Countries


Entrance examinations.

7
Opinion

A Muslim Police Officer Attacked in Brooklyn

These hate crimes and incidents of harassment were reported in the last week.

Only the beginning.

8
U.S.

Trump Expands Search for His Secretary of State

John Bolton, Jon Huntsman Jr., Senator Joe Manchin III and the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, Rex Tillerson, appeared to be under consideration.

There must be another idiot.

9
Business Day

E.U. Threatens to Sue 4 Countries Where VW Sold Polluting Cars


Trust betrayed.

10
Opinion

Poaching’s Bloody Human Toll

Poachers are killing wildlife rangers with impunity. Governments and conservation groups must work aggressively to turn this situation around.

Poachers are game.

11
Opinion

Under Trump, the Federal Courts Will Be Up for Grabs

The incoming president has a substantial opportunity to shift the entire federal judiciary to the right.

read it.   Yes.

12
N.Y. / Region

Governors Compromise on Port Authority Plan. Commissioners Don’t Go Along.

They refused to vote on a draft of a 10-year plan for spending on major projects like a replacement for the bus terminal in Midtown Manhattan.

Commissioners can be replaced.

13
N.Y. / Region

New York City Has 5 Babies Born With Zika-Related Brain Issue



14
Technology

Lawmakers Change Their Tone on AT&T and Time Warner Deal


Nuts.

15
Sports

What’s at Stake as an Inquiry Into Russian Doping Wraps Up


International competitive sports.

16
Business Day

Investor’s Remorse Follows Buyer’s Remorse as Big Deals Fall Apart

Shareholders should be willing to sell near an offer price rather than wait to see a merger close

Investment bankers are no one's  friend.

17
Sports

Harvard Puts Men’s Cross-Country Team on Probation Over Crude Documents

The team made “crude and sexualized” documents about the women’s team in 2014. The men’s soccer team had its season canceled for similar behavior.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J04FRsesBQ

The athletic department is tired of losing.

18
N.Y. / Region

Lessons on Rebelling, From the 1980s

The power structure of the Reagan years, and the age of AIDS, gave artists and activists something to rebel against.

Most of the children did not learn.

19
U.S.

Sweeping Health Measure, Backed by Obama, Passes Senate

The 21st Century Cures Act, already passed by the House, was backed by an unusual alliance of pharmaceutical companies and patients desperate for cures.

Pork.
N.Y. / Region

Prosecution Rests in Retrial of Etan Patz Murder Case

Prosecutors argued that Pedro Hernandez lured Etan into the basement of a bodega in 1979 and strangled him, and has been racked with guilt ever since.

Junk prosecution.


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