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U.S.
Republican Attacks on Mueller and F.B.I. Open New Rift in G.O.P.
A campaign to discredit the F.B.I. and the special counsel investigating President Trump is growing more heated, splitting the Republican Party.There is no effective schism in the Republican party.
The "Bubbles" seen in politics are social networks.
They have been intentionally built and maintained.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing#The_Korean_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing#American_governmental_research
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra
This is a record of failure at the CIA.
The success story is the missionary effort of the fundamentalist churches.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Mission_Society
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_revival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelism#Proselytism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proselytism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1flUs2TwFg
My parents suffered from family histories.
They attempted to immunize their children by teaching critical thinking.
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World
Kazakhstan Prizes Its Cowboys, but Few Want to Saddle Up for Harsh Life
Kazakh cowboys, while proud of providing their rapidly modernizing nation with a link to its nomadic past, rarely want their children to follow them onto the frigid steppes.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_%28genre%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_peoples
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup#Precursors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythians
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mounted_archery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_trade
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Fashion & Style
Born for Each Other
“Please let her be at least 30.” “Please let him be under 50.” Neither was true, but it didn’t matter.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Sports
Where Are the American Women in Olympic Figure Skating?
Once dominant, they have not won a medal in the singles competition since 2006. Expectations are low that they will win any at the Games in February.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_in_Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Skating_Union
Diplomatic failure.
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Opinion
Ask Roxane: Is It Too Late to Follow My Dreams?
I’ve always loved advice columns. Now I’m writing one.It is never too late.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
Would you consider Alfred N.Y.?
I paused to smell the breeze there.
It is loaded with Moravians.
Horse and buggy warning signs on the roads
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/globalrelevanceex_sort/42.307403,-77.698403,42.200292,-77.882939_rect/12_zm/
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/2091912163_zpid/globalrelevanceex_sort/42.267305,-77.76754,42.240528,-77.813674_rect/14_zm/
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/29619066_zpid/globalrelevanceex_sort/42.267305,-77.76754,42.240528,-77.813674_rect/14_zm/
I could do both.
South light is better.
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Business Day
Why Are Mutual Fund Fees So High? This Billionaire Knows
In an era of Amazonian price destruction, mutual funds are an outlier. Weak directors, complacent investors and the lure of rich profits are among the reasons.Because they can.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_fund
I took the minimum distribution at TIAA
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N.Y. / Region
Erica Garner, Activist and Daughter of Eric Garner, Dies at 27
Ms. Garner, whose father died in 2014 after being put in a police chokehold, was a prominent critic of policing tactics.The aftereffects of poverty killed Erica Garner.
The police still need fixing.
The police are still mercenaries.
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Opinion
Our Country Deserves Your Respect, Not Your Pity
Haiti’s ambassador on alleged comments from President Trump: “It is long past time for such thinking to end.”I have nothing to add or detract from Haiti.
Haiti has an impossible situation.
It will change.
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World
Battle Royale Over Rightful Heir to Israeli Self-Defense Discipline
Krav Maga, which extols eye gouging and groin kicking, is a mainstay of military training and increasingly popular with civilians. Now, its founder’s disciples are sparring over who is the real grandmaster.Religious war is not a sport.
It is a form of predation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predation
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N.Y. / Region
Why Children Play With Fire, and How to Stop Them
Preschoolers and kindergartners are most likely to start fires caused by play, and are most likely to die in them, according to the National Fire Protection Association.Fire is another dangerous tool.
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Fashion & Style
Born for Each Other
“Please let her be at least 30.” “Please let him be under 50.” Neither was true, but it didn’t matter.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
I stopped searching long ago.
Opinion
Ask Roxane: Is It Too Late to Follow My Dreams?
I’ve always loved advice columns. Now I’m writing one.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
World
Iran Confronts 3rd Day of Protests, With Calls for Khamenei to Quit
As demonstrators called for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, to step down, about 4,000 people in Tehran took part in an annual rally in support of the government.Trump and the Republican party want their own war.
https://www.juancole.com/
https://www.juancole.com/2017/12/actually-iranian-protesters.html
World
Battle Royale Over Rightful Heir to Israeli Self-Defense Discipline
"All is fair in love and war."
N.Y. / Region
2 Men Charged in Quadruple Homicide in Troy; Motive Is a Mystery
James W. White and Justin C. Mann, both of Schenectady, N.Y., were charged in the deaths of a woman, her 11- and 5-year-old children and her partner.There will be further reports.
I can guess but do not know.
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