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Crosswords & Games
Back on the Charts
Caleb Madison sings us the song of his people.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Frankenstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkmRPqqn9cY&feature=youtu.be
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Opinion
Jared Kushner, the Prince of Having It Both Ways
He throws his weight around. Then floats above it all. But gravity has a way of catching up.This does not look good for the Trump administration.
Maybe the electorate will recognize moral hazard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard
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U.S.
An Over-the-Top New Yorker Will Run Trump’s Communications Shop
Anthony Scaramucci’s smooth style will be a distinct contrast with the southern drawl and sharp edges of Sarah Sanders, the new press secretary.A recrudescent Dixie has found a tool.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recrudescence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie
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Opinion
Jared Kushner’s Got Too Many Secrets to Keep Ours
The president’s son-in-law is a security risk and shouldn’t be a senior White House adviser."What’s particularly debilitating is the way the news and scandals keep dribbling out, making a mockery of White House denials and the president’s credibility. If Trump has nothing to hide, he should stop trying to hide stuff."
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Sports
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Is Upbeat After Gruesome Injury at Wimbledon
At a rehab session in Manhattan two weeks after she ruptured and dislocated her kneecap in a singles match, Mattek-Sands and her husband displayed some levity.She will start over in about a year.
She may take to coaching.
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Opinion
Don’t Believe in God? Maybe You’ll Try U.F.O.s
The less religious people are, the more likely they are to think aliens exist."Where is everyone?"
Enrico Fermi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi
"An emerging body of research supports the thesis that these interests in nontraditional supernatural and paranormal phenomena are driven by the same cognitive processes and motives that inspire religion. For instance, my colleagues and I recently published a series of studies in the journal Motivation and Emotion demonstrating that the link between low religiosity and belief in advanced alien visitors is at least partly explained by the pursuit of meaning. The less religious participants were, we found, the less they perceived their lives as meaningful. This lack of meaning was associated with a desire to find meaning, which in turn was associated with belief in U.F.O.s and alien visitors."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems
All religions are axiomatic systems.
Religious systems are incomplete and thus "open".
Free will exists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality
"Reality"is not an axiomatic system."
The probability of past events is unity.
The universe does everything all the time.
The "Big Bang" is a "local" event.
Locally only those events that can occur do occur.
The universe has no will.
I cannot impose belief.
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Fashion & Style
Elizabeth Ahlborn, Yavor Nechev
The couple met at Boston College; they were married at the Church of the Covenant in Boston.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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U.S.
Races Are Reversed in a Police Killing, and Again a Family Asks: Why?
The fatal shooting of Justine Damond in Minneapolis had unusual circumstances and stirred a global uproar, but once more there were blanks to fill in.The police are frightened and trained to respond aggressively.
The civilians must be allowed the first shot.
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Opinion
What Did Trump and Putin Tell Each Other?
Only Mr. Trump — and the Russians — can know for sure.The House is not ready to vote impeachment yet.
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Opinion
The Mooch and the Mogul
In memoriam, Sean Spicer. We hardly believed ye.I can hope.
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Reader Center
How We Define Clickbait (Which We Do Our Best to Avoid)
A senior editor offers some insight into how we think about our digital headlines.I will cut the Times a bit more slack.
The editors need to work a bit more on content.
Science is always interesting when it is understood.
It is rarely exciting to those who understand it.
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Opinion
The Mooch and the Mogul
We can hope for an end to stupidity in power.
The presscorp should work more.
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Crosswords & Games
Variety: Acrostic
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon teach us something new.I am parrot tollerant.
I will probably outlive any dog.
My executor would need to find a home for parrots.
Like potato chips and popcorn, one is impossible.
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Fashion & Style
Jessica Callahan, Evan Dadosky
The couple, who met at Northwestern University, were married at the Field Museum in Chicago.Any officiating you can get.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Crosswords & Games
Back on the Charts
Caleb Madison sings us the song of his people.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Frankenstein
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/
30 day free trial
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Sports
Time at the Wheel of No. 22 Is Just a Fraction of Joey Logano’s Week
Being a competitive stock car racer takes more than a fast drive around the track. Every race calls for long days of preparation and simulation.http://www.iracing.com/
My first car was a Triumph Spitfire bought for $50.
I rebuilt the engine, the transmission twice, the rear end, and more.
I loved the wind and sky.
I did not buy a motorcycle because when the rear end breaks loose, I am not dead.
I parked it when the transmission went again.
I bought an Adirondack Guide boat (plastic).
It is a flat water and a fresh water boat.
I double the carries.
At 16 feet and fifty pounds I need a roof to carry it on.
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Real Estate
Homes That Sold for Around $1,500,000
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.I cannot do the price alone.
Also I want to build.
I can do a temporary trailer.
I do not want to live alone.
I do not do well.
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Science
CliffsNotes From the Procrastination Research Conference
For the last 20 years, academic researchers have gathered at this event to share and debate their studies without being mocked.https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/opinion/sunday/why-i-taught-myself-to-procrastinate.html
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
Talking is only a beginning.
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Real Estate
Shopping for Low Stools
Useful in almost any room, low stools offer a place not just to sit, but to rest your feet, your drink or your eyes.Yes, I have used them and made some.
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Opinion
Jared Kushner, the Prince of Having It Both Ways
He throws his weight around. Then floats above it all. But gravity has a way of catching up.When he is called as a witness he will be guilty of lying to the House.
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