Thursday, March 2, 2017

@19:00, 3/1/17

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Opinion

Trump vs. the Press

“FAKE NEWS media knowingly doesn’t tell the truth,” the president wrote on Twitter.

Trump has earned every bit of bad press he receives.

Technology

Uber Executive, Linked to an Old Harassment Claim, Resigns

Amit Singhal, the head of Uber’s engineering efforts, did not disclose the circumstances of his departure from Google last year, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Paper does not forget.

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U.S.

Kellyanne Conway Casually Sits, and Etiquette Arbiters Take a Stand

Photos of the counselor to the president sitting casually on a couch in the Oval Office were all the kindling needed to ignite into a battle over decorum.

She should have known better.
Her behavior is not unexpected.

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U.S.

What to Watch: Trump to Speak to a Joint Session of Congress


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/takeaways-president-trump-speech-congress.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/death-and-tax-cuts.html

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Technology

Uber Chief Apologizes After Video Shows Him Arguing With Driver

Travis Kalanick said in an email that the ride-hailing company publicly posted that “I need leadership help and I intend to get it.”

Uber underpays the drivers.

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N.Y. / Region

Protesters Gather to Support the Press, From Fox News to The New York Times

A group marched to the offices of The Times, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and NBC News to champion press freedom for all organizations, regardless of political leaning.

A good first step.

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Opinion

Donald Trump’s Obsession With Applause

In paying tribute to a fallen Navy SEAL, the president assumes everyone loves adulation.

Soldiers die.
It is part of the job.
Good commanders try to minimize the number of dead.

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Opinion

Mischaracterizations, Misrepresentations and Lies

President Trump continues to exaggerate his accomplishments, especially on the economy.

"At least in the meantime, however, Mr. Trump is busily trying to take credit for positive signs that were in fact nurtured on Barack Obama’s watch."

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World

Fox News and Swedish Guest Spar Over ‘National Security Adviser’ Title


Fox News is defending a lie.

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Business Day

In Case of Shkreli and Lawyer, Finger-Pointing Comes First

The challenge for the two defendants in a conspiracy and securities fraud case will be to persuade a judge that separate trials are necessary.

The judge will decide.

I do not know enough.
I suspect both defendants are knowledgeable adults and guilty of fraud.


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Business Day

How to Get Better Customer Service, and Skip the Rage


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U.S.

What to Watch: Trump to Speak to a Joint Session of Congress


"Jam every other day; never jam today"

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N.Y. / Region

Upstate Village Tables Pollution Deal With Saint-Gobain and Honeywell


The value of the lands is gone.
Make the residents whole.

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World

In Taliban Attacks, a Reminder That Winter Offers Afghans No Mercy

On Tuesday, 11 police officers were killed in an assault in the south, but that was only one in a long and not unusual series of attacks against Afghan security forces.

The fighting in Afghanistan grinds on.

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Opinion

Video: Long Live Benjamin — Episode 2

Safely back in New York, Allen raises his adopted capuchin monkey as a member of the family, and their friendship becomes “the closest relationship I ever had.”
Opinion

Video: Long Live Benjamin — Episode 1

What happens when a man’s best friend is a capuchin monkey? In the first episode of this six-part documentary, the artist Allen Hirsch makes a surprising discovery while on honeymoon in Venezuela.

Pet madness.
Opinion

Video: Long Live Benjamin — Episode 4

Allen makes a painful decision, and then must smuggle Benjamin to safety.

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World

Hunting Boko Haram, Nigeria’s Army Is Accused of Massacring Civilians

Some witnesses say that soldiers, seeking insurgents and finding none, started shooting men who had surrendered and burning villages to the ground.

Civil war is messy.

      "Kill them all.  Let god sort them out."

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N.Y. / Region

Nuclear Plant’s Closing Raises New Worries: How and When

With the nuclear plant closest to New York City set to shut down, lawmakers sought assurances that the power supply and communities’ finances would not be hurt.

The reasons the plant was built have not gone away.

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Opinion

An English Sheep Farmer’s View of Rural America

As long as society sees farming only as a business and food as just a commodity, we’re all headed for ruin.

Farming is high risk.
I see well kept fields and abandoned houses and barns.  Scale matters. 

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