@19:30 3/3/18

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Opinion

Romance, Rough Sex or Rape?

By FRANK BRUNI | Mar 3rd 2018

The Oscars arrive amid #MeToo enlightenment. The movies have a murkier history.

It is still baby steps.  
The gay do romance
They also do bondage and discipline.
Many of them know jailhouse rape.

The driven write.

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Opinion

Take Your Daughter to the Movies, Not to Weight Watchers

By JENNIFER WEINER | Mar 3rd 2018

Avoid Fructose.

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Sunday Review

What if Republicans Win the Midterms?

By CHARLIE SAVAGE | Mar 3rd 2018

Anti-Trump anger is an unexploded bomb, its volatility contained by anticipation of a huge Democratic wave in November. What if there isn’t one?

Torches and pitchforks are traditional as is the guillotine.
The Spanish preferred the firing squad and the garrote.
Concentration camps and gas chambers.  Just add ovens.
Wood chippers are retail devices.

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World

Vatican Bank’s Ex-Chief Indicted Over $60 Million in Embezzlement Losses

By REUTERS | Mar 3rd 2018

Angelo Caloia, 78, president of the Institute for Works of Religion from 1999 to 2009, has been ordered to stand trial on charges of embezzlement and money-laundering.

Small time thievery is easy to prosecute.
The result of the testimony may not please the prosecution.
Hush money is a possibility.

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Climate

Bans on Plastic Straws in Restaurants Expand to More Cities

By DANIEL VICTOR | Mar 3rd 2018

Malibu, Calif., is the latest city to ban plastic straws and cutlery. Activists see the measures as a way to encourage changes in consumers’ behavior.

"Nibbled to death by ducks"

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Opinion

We Got Rid of Some Bad Men. Now Let’s Get Rid of Bad Movies.

LINDY WEST | Mar 3rd 2018

We deserve films that don’t teach us to hate ourselves.

Make more pictures that please you.

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U.S.

Gunman Was Acting Oddly Before Shooting at Central Michigan University, Police Say

By JACEY FORTIN and MITCH SMITH | Mar 3rd 2018

The university sophomore approached campus police and expressed concern he was in danger the day before his parents were shot and killed, officials said.

Insanity is red.

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Opinion

A Trump Fawners Almanac

By GAIL COLLINS | Mar 3rd 2018

Enjoy.

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Opinion

Trump’s White House Is a Black Hole

By PETER WEHNER | Mar 3rd 2018

Everything the president touches disintegrates.

Yes.

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World

Thugs, Leeches, Shouting and Shoving at Trump Hotel in Panama

By KIRK SEMPLE, BEN PROTESS and STEVE EDER | Mar 3rd 2018

The new owner of the Trump International Hotel in Panama City wants the Trump brand gone. The president’s family business refuses. The standoff has not been pretty.

The Trump organization should sell to the highest bidder.
Fighting does not help.
There will be a fire next.

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