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World

Could Britain Have a Second Referendum on ‘Brexit’?

By ILIANA MAGRA | Jan 11th 2018

Now, even Nigel Farage, the driving force behind the campaign to leave the European Union, is musing about a new vote. How realistic is that?

The E.U. will fight for Brexit.

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N.Y. / Region

Investigate an Accused Ally? New York Senate’s Republican Leader Says No

By JESSE McKINLEY and VIVIAN WANG | Jan 11th 2018

An accusation against Jeffrey D. Klein, a powerful senator, marks Albany’s biggest sexual harassment scandal in years. But despite anger, there are few options to investigate.

An investigation would probably result in the exit of Jeffrey D. Klein and the collapse of Republican control of the N.Y. senate.

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Opinion

‘Is Mr. Trump Nuts?’ Analyze This.

Jan 11th 2018

Readers, including two psychiatrists, discuss the president’s mental fitness.

Trump is stupid and ambitious.

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U.S.

Is Partisan Gerrymandering Legal? Why the Courts Are Divided.

By MICHAEL WINES | Jan 11th 2018

Diverging decisions this week by federal judges in North Carolina and Pennsylvania are certain to draw the Supreme Court’s interest as it mulls whether to curtail partisan gerrymandering.

Partisan gerrymandering must be limited.
As long as parties draw the boundaries it cannot be eliminated.
There are effective ways to define the limits.

Limiting party vote unbalance is one of them.

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Style

For Best Hookup Results, Use Your Words, O.K.?

By GABRIELLE ULUBAY | Jan 12th 2018

How physical desire, fake flattery and a vanishing act can make casual sex anything but casual.

Sooner is better.     As soon as you can is best.

I had to get through school.
In the process I lost my words.

Sooner is better.       As soon as you can is best.   

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N.Y. / Region

Coalition Leader in State Senate Accused of Sexual Misconduct

By JESSE McKINLEY | Jan 11th 2018

A former staff member of State Senator Jeffrey D. Klein, who leads the Independent Democratic Conference, says he forcibly kissed her in 2015.

He is probably guilty.

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World

Merkel Takes Step Toward New Government for Germany

By CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE | Jan 12th 2018

In marathon talks, the chancellor and the leaders of the other two main establishment parties settled the outlines of a renewed grand coalition.

I do not trust Germany.

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U.S.

Measure to Ban Discredited ‘Conversion Therapy’ Fails in New Hampshire

By CHRISTINA CARON | Jan 10th 2018

The practice has been widely condemned, prompting at least nine states to ban its use on minors, but opponents of New Hampshire’s proposed law criticized its language.

The attempt at 'conversion therapy' is torture.
A ban is necessary.

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Climate

Florida Is Exempted From Coastal Drilling. Other States Ask, ‘Why Not Us?’

By CORAL DAVENPORT | Jan 10th 2018

A surprise decision to exclude Florida, but not other states, from a plan to open up most of the nation’s coastline to offshore drilling raised questions about the plan’s legality.

Drilling the coastal waters is wrong.

Here and in the arctic.

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Opinion

The Trump Plan to Hurt the Poor by Pretending to Help Them

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jan 11th 2018

By letting states deny Medicaid to people with no job, the administration says more recipients will work. The opposite is true.

The Republican party is enthusiastic about hell as long as others are sent there.
Universal salvation is a good idea.
Masochism is far too prevalent.

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