Wednesday, August 8, 2018

@13:40, 8/7/18

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U.S.

Trump’s Border Wall Could Waste Billions of Dollars, Report Says

The Department of Homeland Security did not fully consider where barriers were needed or how their cost could vary based on factors like terrain, a Government Accountability Office report says.

"Something there is that does not love a wall"

2
Podcasts

A Scorched-Earth Strategy in Ohio

Republicans deployed a polarizing message and millions of advertising dollars in an attempt to rescue what used to be a reliably conservative congressional seat.

Failing policy leads to lost elections.

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New York

Phone Calls From New York City Jails Will Soon Be Free

A new law will eliminate the charge to make a call, which was 50 cents for the first minute and 5 cents for each additional minute — for local calls.

Every little bit helps.

4
Business Day

Joanna Coles Quits as Hearst’s Chief Content Officer

The former editor of Cosmopolitan was one of the company’s top executives. But last week Troy Young became the new president of its magazine division.

The other executives did not read?

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U.S.

Trump’s Short-Term Health Insurance Policies Quickly Run Into Headwinds

Federal officials got a skeptical reaction from state insurance regulators on the value of the plans promoted by the president as a cheap alternative to the Affordable Care Act.

The state regulators understand reality.

6
World

Tanker Truck Explodes on Highway in Italy, Killing at Least 2 People

The authorities said they weren’t sure yet what was in the truck’s tanks, but one Italian news agency reported that the truck was carrying liquefied petroleum gas.

A minor problem.

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Books

An Award-Winning Biographer’s Latest Subject: Herself

Claire Tomalin, the acclaimed biographer of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and others, recounts her own rich story in “A Life of My Own.”

The price she paid.
Claire Tomalin's memoir seems like nibbled to death by ducks.
There is no great disaster, no P T S D.
Years of minor pain leading to a skill with words.

I should let her book instruct me.

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Arts

Kimmel Hammers Trump for Changing His Story on 2016 Meeting

Jimmy Kimmel took aim at the president for tweeting that Donald Trump Jr. met with Russian officials before the election “to get information on an opponent.”

Trump is suffering a catastrophic failure.
So far so good.

9
Opinion

Democrats, Do Not Give Up on the Senate

The party’s odds aren’t great, but they look better all the time.

No surrender.
No Quarter.

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Arts

Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Easily Tops the Chart for a Fifth Week

The rapper’s double LP is up to 1.8 billion streams in the United States, but it faces competition next week from Travis Scott’s “Astroworld.”

I am sorry.

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