Thursday, April 6, 2017

@11:45, 4/6/17

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U.S.

A Full Border Wall With Mexico? ‘Unlikely,’ Homeland Security Chief Says

Instead of “a wall from sea to shining sea,” John F. Kelly, the department’s secretary, told senators that barriers would be built in places that made sense.

Another broken promise.

2
Opinion

Don’t Let Jeff Sessions Undermine Police Reform

The Trump administration wrongly believes that aligning police practices with the Constitution has compromised public safety.

Jeff Sessions was appointed to stop police reform.

3
U.S.

Baltimore Judge Rejects Request to Delay Police Hearing

A Justice Department request to postpone a hearing on a plan to overhaul the city’s police is called a “burden and inconvenience.”

Jeff Sessions will be frustrated.

4
U.S.

Trump Says Susan Rice May Have Committed a Crime

In an interview, President Trump said Ms. Rice, a former national security adviser, may have sought the identities of Trump associates who were mentioned on intercepted communications.

"The only way to be 'not guilty' is to be not guilty."
Trump is "fighting the hook".

5
Well

Advocacy Groups Ask for Ban on Common Pesticide

The group asked to ban chlorpyrifos from food within 30 days if the Environmental Protection Agency cannot prove it is safe.

The court has spoken for a ban.
Scott Pruitt is frustrated.
Trump has broken another promise.

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N.Y. / Region

Track Flaws Are Focus of Penn Station Derailment Inquiry, Official Says

Full service at North America’s busiest train station was not expected to resume until Friday, as work to fix track damage continued and officials investigated what caused the accident.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak#21st_century
Slow starvation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Railroad_Administration

The Republican party is fighting past wars.

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U.S.

Arkansas Parole Board Recommends Clemency for Death-Row Inmate

The board said that Jason McGehee, one of eight inmates set to be put to death this month, should be spared. The governor will make the final call.

Quick decapitation is physically painless.

8
Opinion

The Hawk Can Soar

I want to live as who I was, not as what this disease makes of me.

Communication from a dream is difficult  though not impossible.

The hawk returns to the gauntlet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_%28falconry%29

9
Travel

Tuscany Travel Tips From Massimo Ferragamo

The chairman of Ferragamo USA recommends winery visits, hiking and biking, and beach time. (He also likes winter. No crowds.)

I would be forever a stranger.

10
Opinion

Setting Bail and Assessing Risk to Public Safety

Two perspectives on what factors judges should consider in weighing bail, raising issues of bias and ability to pay.

Most people are firmly ancored in their communities.

Incarceration of community members before trial is a cost without benefit.


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