Tuesday, January 16, 2018

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U.S.

13 Siblings, Some Shackled to Beds, Were Held Captive by Parents, Police Say

A 17-year-old girl escaped from her home in Riverside County, Calif., to report that her parents were holding their children against their will.

Paranoioa knows no bounds.

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Opinion

Know-Nothings for the 21st Century

Trumpism is an all-out attack on the values that made America great.

Yes.

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Opinion

The President and the Porn Star

Trump’s sexual license has turned the culture wars upside down.

Trump will not be proven innocent.

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World

Rebuilding on the Beatles, an Ashram in India Hopes for Revival

In Rishikesh, which hit the world’s eye when the Fab Four went there to study with the Maharishi in 1968, renovations and remembrances are underway.

It is not yet time for a First Council of Nicaea.

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

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World

In Czech Election, a Choice Between Leaning East or West

A presidential vote will help decide whether the Czech Republic continues to be drawn east toward Russia and China or fully re-embraces the European Union.

It would be counterproductive for the Czechs to reject the West.
Rejecting the Germans is another matter.


Sports

Simone Biles Says She, Too, Was Abused by Larry Nassar

Biles, a four-time gold medalist, is the latest and most prominent gymnast to formally accuse Dr. Nassar, the former U.S.A. Gymnastics doctor, of sexual abuse.

The #me too crowd has found another party.
Appearances are that they are correct.

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N.Y. / Region

‘Coywolf’ Sightings Grip a Rural New York Community

As the supposed hybrid predator turned up all over Clarkstown, N.Y., neighbors traded close encounter stories at an education seminar.

The deer are food.   Feed the dogs indoors.

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Business Day

Workplace Raids Signal Shifting Tactics in Immigration Fight

The Trump administration says its actions show the price of employing workers illegally, a message being felt keenly among the workers themselves.

The administration needs to show "progress".

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N.Y. / Region

Not Quite Fitting the Description

A topic of conversation on the M104.

Matching minds are hard to find.

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World

Lesotho Diamond Weighs More Than a Baseball

The stone, the world’s fifth-biggest, is a glittering giant weighing 910 carats, or 6.4 ounces, and is probably worth tens of millions of dollars.

https://books.google.com/books?id=R-JJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=a+diamond+or+a+lump+of+coal+a+coal+sir+if+you+please&source=bl&ots=_W8S7EV6Iq&sig=YHwhUIIqBRW3NCFB4weHkp56KMs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyn8Tk0d3YAhXjcd8KHXWrB4kQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=a%20diamond%20or%20a%20lump%20of%20coal%20a%20coal%20sir%20if%20you%20please&f=false

Carbon in a big lump.

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