Wednesday, September 5, 2018

@13:12, 9/4/18

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1
New York

The Knicks Make It to the Finals — in an Alternate Reality

The N.B.A. 2K League is the first official esports league operated by a U.S. professional sports league.

It seems to work.

2
Lens

‘My Moms Never Tried to Hide the Fact That We Were a Family’

Katie Swanger set out to celebrate her family by photographing her two mothers and the men who have become her brothers.

Yes, they are a family.

3
Business Day

Elon Musk Wants to Take Tesla Private. Can He Make the Math Work?

A buyout of the electric-car maker would be complicated and costly.

The suggestion squeezed the shorts.
It was enough.

Tesla will not go private.

4
Your Money

5 Steps to Take if the Bull Market Run Has You Thinking of Unloading Stocks

Wall Street’s decade-long surge raises a reasonable question for many people. Is it time to take some money off the table? Here’s a checklist to help you decide.

I was going to ride out the next few months.
I find myself looking for a drop.
So far there has not been a significant fall.

It is good advice.

5
Opinion

The State Should Stay Clear of the Confession Booth

Requiring priests to turn in people who confess to child abuse will backfire.

Ok.

An abusive priest cannot be allowed to remain in contact with potential victims.

Lay abusers may be forced to the authorities before receiving absolution.

6
Style

Talking Sex With Dad (in the Ford Taurus)

You know that scene in “Lady Bird” when Saoirse Ronan throws herself out of a moving vehicle to avoid talking to her mother for another second? That was me, at 14, in the car with my father.

Our culture's relation to sex is broken.
It is not my mission to fix it.


World

Trump Cites False Claims of Widespread Attacks on White Farmers in South Africa

Citing “large scale killing of farmers” and land seizures, President Trump tweeted that he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to investigate.

"In reaction to Mr. Trump’s tweet this week, Patrick Gaspard, a former American ambassador to South Africa, said on Twitter: “The President of the US needs political distractions to turn our gaze away from his criminal cabal, and so he’s attacking South Africa with the disproven racial myth of ‘large scale killings of farmers.’ This man has never visited the continent and has no discernible Africa policy.”"

8
Opinion

Weakening Rules on Coal Plant Emissions

Readers are concerned about the effects on Americans’ health and global warming, and point out that poor minority communities will be among the most affected.

A vote for Trump was a vote for work.
Global warming and lung disease are slower than starvation.

9
Business Day

One Tesla Investor Wants It to Stay Public

Elon Musk has insisted that taking the company private would allow it to achieve its potential. A letter from ARK Invest on Thursday took issue with his argument.

"Beating a dead horse"

10
Podcasts

We Spy Two BlacKkKlansmen — and One is Omarosa

We realize we have two black klansmen on our hands — one is in Spike Lee’s new film “BlacKkKlansman,” and the other is former reality show villain turned ex-White House employee, Omarosa Manigault Newman.

Know Donald Trump is a racist.
He is leading a racist and misogynist party.
That party, the GOP, is about looting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looting

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