Friday, March 10, 2017

@2:15, 3/10/17

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1
Well

Night Owls Eat Less Healthfully Than Morning People Do

Morning people may instinctively choose a healthier diet than night owls do.

Most people do not work the night shift by choice.
The markets have tended to be closed at night.
The eateries are doing dinner.
Look for external causes first.

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U.S.

White House Officials Say Trump Isn’t Target of Any Investigation

The statement reinforced a conundrum: Either the president’s assertions that President Barack Obama wiretapped him are baseless, or he may have implicated himself in a government investigation.

Friendly fire is perfectly acceptable to me.

3
Opinion

Decoding the Wiretapping Claims

The most likely explanation for Trump’s tweetstorm is that he’s trying to deflect attention from his Russia problems.

"The most likely explanation for Trump’s tweetstorm is that he’s trying to deflect attention from his Russia problems. But if Trump wants the inquiry to assess whether there was any wrongdoing by federal investigators as well, that’s fine. The crucial step now is an inquiry that isn’t controlled by the Trump administration or Republican leaders in Congress. It needs to be independent and bipartisan."

The investigation must be politically neutral, a different premise than bipartisan.

4
Opinion

Secretary Kelly Is Missing in Action on Immigration

The homeland security chief once seemed to understand how misguided the administration’s policies would be.

Secretary Kelly serves at the presidents pleasure.
The president is a Sadist.

5
U.S.

Trump Weighs Cuts to Coast Guard, T.S.A. and FEMA to Bolster Border Plan

The goal is to shift about $5 billion toward hiring scores of additional agents, as well as toward infrastructure to support a crackdown on illegal immigration.

The loses encured  are worthwhile to the policy makers.

6
Opinion

Let Congress Be Coequal, Not a Rubber Stamp

Representative Nita Lowey writes that nondefense budget cuts are harmful.

http://quotes.lifehack.org/quote/mark-twain/we-have-the-best-government-that-money/

7
Opinion

How Trump Undermines Intelligence Gathering

President Trump has tried to both politicize and marginalize the intelligence community.

"Badges?  We don't need no badges. We don't need no stinking badges!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OcM23Hbs5U

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U.S.

Migrants Confront Judgment Day Over Old Deportation Orders

Unauthorized immigrants who have stayed in the United States after being ordered deported have emerged as an easy target of the Trump administration’s aims.

Trump is a sadist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadistic_personality_disorder
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sadism

9
Well

Surgery or Drugs? Doctors’ Pay May Influence Choice

Patients in a fee-for-service system were 63 percent more likely to have surgery than those in system where doctors got a salary.

Most doctors are not altruists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altruism

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U.S.

E.P.A. Head Stacks Agency With Climate Change Skeptics

Scott Pruitt seems intent on building an E.P.A. leadership that is fundamentally at odds with the officials who carry out the agency’s missions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Industries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Industries#Political_activity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_policy_of_the_United_States

Scott Pruitt serves at the pleasure of the president.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Pruitt

A dark view of the future:

http://www.ianwelsh.net/arctic-permafrost-defrosting-and-the-age-of-war-and-revolution/
Ian Welsh is a Canadian west coast socialist.


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