Monday, June 11, 2018

@9:00, 6/11/18

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World

Hong Kong Activist Sentenced to 6 Years for Clash With Police

Edward Leung, who agreed with a mainland official’s label of “radical separatist,” was convicted of rioting during 2016 protests in support of street vendors.

Hong Kong is an orphan.
It's play must be for commercial dominance.

Imperial China is recrudescent.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recrudescent

Trump will be frustrated in Singapore.

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Theater

Robert De Niro Uses Profanity to Condemn Trump at Tony Awards

The national television audience might not have heard it, but Mr. De Niro definitely said it.

That and the fare will get him on the subway.

3
Sports

Citi Field Freezes Over: Mets Beat the Yankees

After eight straight defeats at their home stadium, the Mets came away with a 2-0 victory, even surviving a dangerous blunder in the eighth inning.

It is "next year".

4
Theater

Review: Hope and Restraint at the Tonys. Then Came Robert De Niro.

The broadcast didn’t ignore the national unrest, but the show’s overall tone was ingratiating and its words restrained. Mr. De Niro changed that.

"Preaching to the choir"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/choir

5
Smarter Living

Struggle With Self-Control? Take Yourself Out of the Equation

Instead of trying to will yourself to resist temptations, simply remove them.

"Been there.  Done that."

6
Style

The 2018 Tonys Red Carpet

The stars of stage and, well, other stages, make a big fabulous entrance at the 2018 Tony Awards.

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World

A Trump Photo Goes Viral, and the World Enters a Caption Contest

A photo of the G-7 summit in Canada posted by Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany showed her staring down an arms-crossed President Trump, and the internet had a field day.

Trump will care.

8
Fashion & Style

Martine Rose: Spring 2019

The Spring 2019 men’s collection.

"Why bother?"

9
Arts

‘Westworld’ Season 2, Episode 8: The Wrong World

Meet Ake. Unlike most of the other self-aware hosts, he felt much freer before his journey into the light.

Fictions, like turtles, all the way down.

10
Opinion

Treatment of Opioid Use Is Not a Mystery

Doctors discuss the treatment of the disorder.

Make the drugs free and some will still want to quit.
If drugs are costly the addicts will remain addicts
That messes up life for the community that surrounds them.


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