@8:26, 8/28/18

|

1

Sports

Details of the Ohio State Report on Urban Meyer

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Aug 23rd 2018

Meyer was suspended by the university for 3 games after an investigation found fault with the way he handled the case of Zach Smith, an assistant coach who was accused of domestic violence.

Football is indefensible.

2

U.S.

David Pecker, Chief of National Enquirer’s Publisher, Is Said to Get Immunity in Trump Inquiry

By JIM RUTENBERG, REBECCA R. RUIZ and BEN PROTESS | Aug 23rd 2018

Mr. Pecker is close to President Trump and Michael D. Cohen, his former lawyer, and had been integral to a campaign effort to help protect Mr. Trump from embarrassing stories about women.

It is enough that Trump is guilty.
The rest is artless porn.

3

Sports

Responding to Criticism, N.F.L. Says Helmet Rule Will Not Change

By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN | Aug 23rd 2018

Outcry from players and coaches garnered a response from the N.F.L., but the plan for now is to stick with the new rule as-is. Players will have to adjust.

Football cannot be made safe for the players.
The price of ruined lives or the end of the game is inevitable.

4

Opinion

Breaking Norms Will Renew Democracy, Not Ruin It

By CHARLES R. KESLER | Aug 23rd 2018

Most of President Trump’s alleged transgressions offend against the etiquette of modern liberal governance, not the Constitution.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/trump-republican-party-authoritarianism.html

"Soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a friend of mine — an expert on international relations — made a joke: “Now that Eastern Europe is free from the alien ideology of Communism, it can return to its true historical path — fascism.” Even at the time, his quip had a real edge.

And as of 2018 it hardly seems like a joke at all. What Freedom House calls illiberalism is on the rise across Eastern Europe. This includes Poland and Hungary, both still members of the European Union, in which democracy as we normally understand it is already dead.

In both countries the ruling parties — Law and Justice in Poland, Fidesz in Hungary — have established regimes that maintain the forms of popular elections, but have destroyed the independence of the judiciary, suppressed freedom of the press, institutionalized large-scale corruption and effectively delegitimized dissent. The result seems likely to be one-party rule for the foreseeable future.

And it could all too easily happen here. There was a time, not long ago, when people used to say that our democratic norms, our proud history of freedom, would protect us from such a slide into tyranny. In fact, some people still say that. But believing such a thing today requires willful blindness. The fact is that the Republican Party is ready, even eager, to become an American version of Law and Justice or Fidesz, exploiting its current political power to lock in permanent rule."

It is far easier to quote than to do competent work.

I find that I agree with Paul Krugman.

The quibbles I have are usually my mistakes.

To be clear, Donald Trump and his conspirators are authoritarian monsters. 

5

U.S.

Hurricane Lane Map: Tracking the Storm’s Path Toward Hawaii

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Aug 22nd 2018

By Friday morning, Hurricane Lane had weakened to a Category 2 storm, but the storm continued to dump heavy rainfall on parts of Hawaii.

https;//www.wunderground.com/cat6
It is just a recovery operation now.

6

Crosswords & Games

We’ve Been Fooled!

By DEB AMLEN | Aug 23rd 2018

Kyle Dolan demonstrates a farming technique.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/search?q=zucchini%20blossoms
Search found fifteen different dishes.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019415-crisp-zucchini-blossoms-stuffed-with-goat-cheese
Birth control is the solution to the mature zucchini.

7

Arts

Liberating Bodies at Rockaway

By GIA KOURLAS | Aug 22nd 2018

“You kind of let go” to dance Biba Bell’s “Hustle on the Beach,” part of Beach Sessions Dance Series at Rockaway. Watch a portion.

There are nonswimmers.

8

Well

The Camaraderie of the Long-Distance Relay Runner

By JEN A. MILLER | Aug 23rd 2018

Relays give those who haven’t participated in a team sport since high school or college a way to be part of a team again.

I am considering what a relay race tests.
What I see is the quality of the team and so the ability of the team organizer.

9

Real Estate

On the Market in the New York Region

Aug 23rd 2018

This week’s properties include a three-bedroom in Millstone, N.J., and a five-bedroom in Great Neck, N.Y.

I can't judge from these pictures.

I would like less house, more studio, not in the house, not in the garage, and not in the barn. Enough outdoor space to make isolation real with garden and paddock.

10

Arts

This Week in Arts: Drake, ‘Carousel’ and Propaganda Postcards

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Aug 24th 2018

The hitmaker is joined by Migos for several concerts; a dancers’ musical is set to close; and a Boston exhibition highlights war art.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRS_PpOrUZ4

Nothing I need.

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1

Movies

Review: ‘Blue Iguana’ Takes Two Goofballs, Adds a Caper and Comes Up Empty

By TEO BUGBEE | Aug 23rd 2018

Sam Rockwell and Ben Schwartz star in this heist film written and directed by Hadi Hajaig.

I enjoy the cruelty of the reviewer.

2

Sports

The Stories That Would Have Been: The 1978 U.S. Open

By HARVEY ARATON | Aug 23rd 2018

A strike shut down New York City’s three daily newspapers about two weeks before the Open. A longtime reporter wrote fresh accounts of the matches we missed.

https://www.nytimes.com/section/sports/baseball

https://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp

 3

Magazine

Hold your breath: a song of climate change

By BOB HICOK | Aug 23rd 2018

Selected by Rita Dove.

"
The water’s rising

but we’re not drowning yet.
When we’re drowning
we’ll do something.
When we’re on our roofs.
When we’re deciding between saving
the cute baby or the smart baby.
When there aren’t enough helicopters
or news crews to circle
over everyone. When sharks
are in the streets. When people
are dying. When people
with wine cellars
are dying. We’ll build dams
and dikes, put stilts
on our V-8s and golf courses,
cut down anyone
who cuts down a tree,
paint our Jesuses
green, we’ll grow wings, we’ll go
to the moon. Soon."

4 

Books

In ‘Small Fry,’ Steve Jobs Comes Across as a Jerk. His Daughter Forgives Him. Should We?

By NELLIE BOWLES | Aug 23rd 2018

Lisa Brennan-Jobs has written a memoir about her famous father. The details are damning, but she doesn’t want them to be.

Steve Jobs is dead.
His will has been probated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probate
Only his daughter controls her mind.

5

World

What Is Being Lost in Our Era of Discontent?

By DAMIEN CAVE | Aug 23rd 2018

Australia is part of a larger trend, with leaders elected to act on our behalf encouraging or being threatened by venal instincts. Tell us the impact you see in your life.

Damien Cave is mistaken.
The voters have not been asked about the questions that bother him.
      The voters must learn the policy positions of the candidates.
      The elections are always about policy.
      The contest is presented as about personality.
      Vote for the desired policy.
      Beer only matters at the bar.

6

Style

Marilu Henner, the Former ‘Taxi’ Star, Doesn’t Need a Grocery List

By JOANNE KAUFMAN | Aug 23rd 2018

The 66-year-old actress, who stars in the Broadway musical “Gettin’ the Band Back Together,” remembers everything.

I am not about to give up cheese.
Fructose comes only in fruit.

7

Arts

An Artist Warns of a Robot-Ruled Future. Or Is It Our Present? Let’s Discuss.

By JASON FARAGO | Aug 23rd 2018

At the Guggenheim, an art critic and The Times’s former Shanghai bureau chief discuss a brilliant new artwork that dissects China’s economic development.

The objective of industrial engineering is to remove skill from production.

Labor is fungible

Some labor is surplus.

Wages fall to adsorb the surplus.

Everyone could starve.  Some will not starve.
How to choose.

8

Sports

The Mets Are Back to .500 (Just Throw Out the First Half of the Season)

By JAY SCHREIBER | Aug 24th 2018

Even with Thursday’s loss to the Giants, the Mets are 23-23 since the start of July. Not great, but nowhere as terrible as their record after 81 games.
https://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/standings.asp

American League
East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Boston	90	42	.682	-	46 - 18	44 - 24	45 - 19	16 - 10	20 - 10	4 - 6	L 3
NY Yankees	83	48	.634	6.5	45 - 21	38 - 27	34 - 26	19 - 6	19 - 7	8 - 2	L 1
Tampa Bay	70	61	.534	19.5	41 - 24	29 - 37	31 - 28	17 - 9	16 - 12	8 - 2	W 8
Toronto	60	71	.458	29.5	34 - 33	26 - 38	22 - 33	16 - 13	11 - 19	5 - 5	L 2
Baltimore	38	94	.288	52	22 - 44	16 - 50	18 - 44	9 - 18	4 - 19	2 - 8	W 1
Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Cleveland	74	56	.569	-	39 - 24	35 - 32	10 - 11	38 - 19	14 - 18	5 - 5	W 1
Minnesota	61	69	.469	13	39 - 29	22 - 40	16 - 15	29 - 27	8 - 15	4 - 6	L 3
Detroit	53	78	.405	21.5	34 - 34	19 - 44	13 - 15	26 - 32	10 - 21	3 - 7	L 3
Chi White Sox	52	79	.397	22.5	25 - 40	27 - 39	11 - 12	26 - 34	10 - 21	7 - 3	W 4
Kansas City	40	91	.305	34.5	20 - 45	20 - 46	6 - 24	23 - 30	7 - 26	3 - 7	L 1
West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Houston	81	50	.618	-	34 - 29	47 - 21	12 - 12	19 - 7	39 - 25	7 - 3	W 6
Oakland	79	53	.598	2.5	39 - 26	40 - 27	16 - 7	24 - 7	27 - 31	6 - 4	L 1
Seattle	74	57	.565	7	38 - 28	36 - 29	16 - 12	23 - 9	29 - 26	5 - 5	L 1
LA Angels	64	68	.485	17.5	34 - 33	30 - 35	11 - 21	19 - 12	24 - 26	2 - 8	W 1
Texas	58	74	.439	23.5	29 - 38	29 - 36	12 - 18	16 - 14	23 - 34	5 - 5	L 2

National League
East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Atlanta	73	57	.562	-	34 - 28	39 - 29	42 - 21	15 - 10	9 - 18	5 - 5	W 1
Philadelphia	70	61	.534	3.5	41 - 23	29 - 38	25 - 27	18 - 12	15 - 14	3 - 7	L 1
Washington	66	66	.500	8	33 - 31	33 - 35	30 - 29	14 - 10	13 - 16	5 - 5	W 2
NY Mets	58	73	.443	15.5	28 - 40	30 - 33	27 - 29	12 - 19	12 - 15	6 - 4	L 2
Miami	53	79	.402	21	31 - 38	22 - 41	20 - 38	10 - 16	15 - 18	5 - 5	L 1
Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Chi Cubs	77	53	.592	-	43 - 23	34 - 30	16 - 7	33 - 27	17 - 13	7 - 3	W 6
St. Louis	73	58	.557	4.5	34 - 28	39 - 30	12 - 14	35 - 26	16 - 11	7 - 3	W 1
Milwaukee	73	59	.553	5	40 - 26	33 - 33	18 - 12	25 - 30	20 - 10	5 - 5	W 1
Pittsburgh	64	67	.489	13.5	35 - 34	29 - 33	9 - 18	31 - 23	12 - 21	3 - 7	L 1
Cincinnati	56	75	.427	21.5	31 - 35	25 - 40	12 - 18	20 - 38	14 - 11	4 - 6	L 5
West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Arizona	72	59	.550	-	35 - 31	37 - 28	16 - 14	15 - 14	32 - 23	6 - 4	L 1
Colorado	71	60	.542	1	34 - 30	37 - 30	17 - 10	14 - 18	28 - 25	6 - 4	L 2
LA Dodgers	70	61	.534	2	35 - 33	35 - 28	18 - 11	12 - 15	30 - 27	6 - 4	W 3
San Francisco	66	67	.496	7	37 - 27	29 - 40	15 - 12	11 - 16	32 - 27	5 - 5	W 3
San Diego	50	83	.376	23	23 - 43	27 - 40	15 - 17	14 - 16	19 - 39	2 - 8	L 5

X - Clinched Division,  Y - Clinched Playoff Spot

9

Sports

The Best Players Never to Win the U.S. Open

By STUART MILLER | Aug 23rd 2018

From Bjorn Borg and Vitas Gerulaitis to Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Amélie Mauresmo, these players came close but were never able to win in New York.

The better player is the winner or the game is fixed.

10

Smarter Living

Why You Should Take Time to Mourn During Career Transitions

By KIMBERLY LAWSON | Aug 23rd 2018

Grief is common when you leave a job you love.

Sometimes it works.

|