Wednesday, February 7, 2018

@2:52, 2/6/18

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Business Day

Lululemon’s Chief Executive Resigns Over Behavior

Business Day

Global Markets Sink, Suggesting Stock Rout Will Go On

Shares in Japan, Hong Kong and other Asian markets plunge after a sharp drop in the U.S., as futures markets signal another tough day ahead.

Down four percent up two percent.
Keep watching.

3
Arts

Comics Select Their Audiences as Carefully as Their Jokes

Fred Armisen’s new special is the ultimate example of niche comedy: gags about drummers aimed at a crowd made up entirely of drummers.

Yes.
The borscht belt is not the same as Branson.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy

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

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

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Business Day

Should You Worry About Getting Sick From a Plane Flight? Maybe

While doctors say passengers’ greatest health risk may be from fellow travelers, there is some risk if surfaces in cabins and bathrooms are not adequately cleaned.

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

Aesthetics is how most people judge.

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U.S.

Gowdy Emerges as Key Challenger to Trump on G.O.P. Russia Memo

Representative Trey Gowdy’s words matter to Republicans, so when he said the Russia memo did not absolve President Trump, it undercut the White House.

The Republican memo is fiction.

6
Opinion

Heng on Trump’s China Policy

In the winds of Trump, China finds confusion.

Trump is "Lost and afraid in a world he never made"

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N.Y. / Region

Wardrobe Stylist to the Stars Needs New Home for Her Vintage Garb

Helen Uffner moved from Midtown to Long Island City a decade ago, but has to relocate again. This time she worries there will be no happy ending.

The knowledge is there.
The income is not.

I hope she is talking to the Anna Wintour Costume Center.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Wintour_Costume_Center
There must be a place for her collection.

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U.S.

Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Treason’ Amid Market Rout

On Monday, President Trump accused Democrats who did not clap during his State of the Union address of being un-American and even “treasonous.”

Donald Trump is witch hunting.

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T Magazine

Inside a Laid-Back, Laurel Canyon Dinner Party

The designers Chelsea Hansford and Daniel Corrigan of Simon Miller showcased their fall/winter 2018 collection in the form of a dinner at home — and offered tips for entertaining.

It is all provincial now.

10
Business Day

Newsweek Fires Editors and Reporter Who Investigated the Company

Three were fired, and two others left in limbo, in a purge that targeted employees involved in coverage of Newsweek Media Group’s financial and legal troubles.

Financial troubles are news.

Usually the reporting is done from the outside.
It is safer that way.

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