Saturday, December 30, 2017

@14:00, 12/29/17

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Opinion

Why I’m Still a NeverTrumper

A president’s character matters, no matter which policies he champions.

The Republican party policy program is wrong.
The Trump implementation degrades it further. 
The Democrats are better but still not good.

Leveling should be both down and up.

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Obituaries

Sue Grafton, Whose Detective Novels Spanned the Alphabet, Dies at 77

Her popular series about a female private eye began in 1982 with “A Is for Alibi” and continued through “Y Is for Yesterday” this year.

Good enough.
Z  should remain a mystery.  
I am guessing Z is in a drawer.
"There is always room at the top"


Opinion

Donald Trump and the Limits of the Reality TV Presidency

He isn’t the first president to understand the power of television. But he is alone in not grasping its limits.

I worry that the mechanism is not fast enough.

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U.S.

Summoned by a Prank Call, Police in Wichita Kill a Man at His Front Door

An instance of swatting, in which a false report is made to get a SWAT team to raid a rival’s house, led to the fatal shooting, the police said.

Some people are not nice.
Some wear uniforms.

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Opinion

Don’t Cheer as the I.R.S. Grows Weaker

A complex new tax code is enacted as its enforcement agency, with a decimated staff and a shrinking budget, struggles to do its job.

Shrinking government is a dumb action.

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Opinion

America, Can We Talk About Your Drinking?

More people are consuming alcohol in risky ways. That’s not a good trend.

noted.

I do not drink alcohol.

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World

City of the Future? Humans, Not Technology, Are the Challenge in Toronto

Plans by a Google sibling for a development where robots collect trash and heated paths melt snow have generated excitement. But its data-collection sensors have spurred privacy concerns.

I don't like it.

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U.S.

10 Falsehoods From Trump’s Interview With The Times

The inaccurate statements covered the Russia investigation, health care, immigration and the president’s following on social media.

Trump was talking to his opposition.
He looks stupid.

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U.S.

Judge Says Pennsylvania Election Districts Give Republicans an Edge, but Are Not Illegal

The high-profile gerrymandering case, which could have important consequences for the 2018 midterm elections, will head to the state’s Supreme Court.

The judge has not been listening.

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Food

Unfiltered Fervor: The Rush to Get Off the Water Grid

Driven by misgivings about how tap water is treated, start-ups are turning to springs and the air for purer sources — and drawing an elite audience.

Fashion wins again.



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1
Opinion

America, Can We Talk About Your Drinking?


2
World

She Broke Japan’s Silence on Rape

She was a news intern. He was a TV journalist. She says he raped her, and she decided to do something Japanese women rarely do: Speak out.

No surprise.

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Obituaries

Recy Taylor, Who Fought for Justice After a 1944 Rape, Dies at 97

The crime was never prosecuted because two all-white grand juries refused to indict her attackers. Alabama lawmakers apologized in 2011.

Gone but not forgotten.

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U.S.

Frustrated U.S. Might Withhold $255 Million in Aid From Pakistan

American officials are frustrated over Pakistan’s lack of cooperation on counterterrorism, including its refusal to hand over a militant who helped hold Americans hostage.

Pakistan is not a friend.
Trump will not make it one.

5
Opinion

Donald Trump and the Limits of the Reality TV Presidency


6
Food

Guy Fieri Says Farewell to Times Square

The restaurateur and TV gourmand is closing his busy but critically reviled Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar.

let it pass.

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N.Y. / Region

After Saving Many From Fire, Soldier Died Trying to Rescue One More

Victims of a fire in the Bronx also include four members of one family and a grandmother and first grandchild.

Winter.

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Opinion

Why I’m Still a NeverTrumper


Not good enough.

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Opinion

How We Know It Was Climate Change

Scientists increasingly are able to detect global warming’s fingerprint on hurricanes, heat waves, flooding, wildfires and other extreme events.

yes.

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