Tuesday, February 28, 2017

@17:30, 2/27/18

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Opinion

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Trappist

Is there anybody or anything out there?

Interstellar travel is fantasy.
I waste little time considering possible methods.

2
U.S.

100 Headstones Toppled at a Jewish Cemetery in Philadelphia

The episode drew almost immediate comparison to a similar discovery last Monday in University City, Mo., where more than 150 headstones were toppled.

Such things should not happen anywhere.

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N.Y. / Region

Mayor de Blasio Will Meet With Federal Prosecutors on Friday

An inquiry is focused on whether Mr. de Blasio or others in his administration traded beneficial city action for donations to his 2013 campaign or his now-defunct nonprofit group.

Staten Island is solidly Republican.
A pleasing political assault has the opposition fighting itself.

4
Opinion

Trump, Archenemy of Truth

The press is the light that makes the roaches scatter.

Trump is a demagogue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagogue

5
Opinion

Missing: Donald Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Plan

If he had a proposal to rebuild the nation, it would be a slam dunk. If!

Stimulus would cause inflation if the economy was as the Republicans say it is.
The infrastructure plan is not.

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Opinion

Mental Illness, Untreated Behind Bars

Society and the prison system would both benefit from effective treatment of those who need it.

Effective treatment is not available anywhere.
We have chemical and physical restraints.

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Opinion

As Trump Said in the Campaign, Leave Pot to the States

The new attorney general wants to crackdown on marijuana use. The president and Congress should stop him.

The Trump administration will try to force the genie back into the bottle.
These Republicans choose punishment every time.

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World

VX Nerve Agent: A Deadly Weapon, Rarely Seen

The substance, classified as a chemical weapon and kept for decades in the arsenals of many militaries, has never been used in combat.

There is not much information in the Times. 
The Wikipedia does better. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VX_(nerve_agent)

9
Business Day

In Trump-CNN Battle, 2 Presidents Who Love a Spectacle

Jeffrey A. Zucker, the president of CNN, who once had a close rapport with President Trump, is shrugging off the White House’s vitriol toward his network.

I would care if CNN surrendered.

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Opinion

Big Tent or Circus Tent? A Conservative Identity Crisis in the Trump Era

At the Conservative Political Action Conference, fringe elements were once shown the door. Now they occupy the White House, and are getting a “group hug.”

"The inmates are incharge of the asylum"

There are no adults left on the extreme right.


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