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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/14/us/hurricane-michael-florida-mexico-beach-house.html

It is known how to build for storms.
Building for permanent immersion in a surf zone is another problem.
Getting above it all is traditional. 
Amusement piers last until an unanticipated event.
It could be rust, ship worms or scour.

2
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/science/gedmatch-genealogy-cold-cases.html

Information has value.  It can confirm or fail to confirm theories.
Evolution by means of natural selection is a confirmed theory.
Eugenics is not confirmed.
Racism would probably not be confirmed but will be tested.
I do not see how to avoid tests of racism.

Such a database could begin to test astrology. 

3
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-this-is-what-happens-when-you-take-ayn-rand-seriously

Rand is inherently meritocratic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy
Meritocracy quickly degenerates to aristocracy.

4
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/15/turkey-jamal-khashoggi-granted-permission-search-saudi-arabia-consulate-istanbul

"Donald Trump says 'rogue killers' may have murdered Khashoggi

US president speculates over journalist’s presumed death after speaking to Saudi king"

This is a silly lie.  The consulate is intact.  

5
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html

I would like to see the authenticated orders.
Nothing less would quiet Trump believers.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-dna-ancestry.html

The Trump slander will endure.

7
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/science/drought-beer-climate.html

Homer Simpson may notice.

8
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/climate/trump-climate-change-fact-check.html


"‘I Don’t Know That It’s Man-Made,’ Trump Says of Climate Change. It Is."

That level of ignorance is frightening.

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https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000006154922/fascism-leaders-america-trump.html

I wish the reference were to Romany or gays. 
Jews were first in this scholar's mind.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane/_Collective

There is a bit of video in the Times.

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   U.S.

   Code Name Jane: The Women Behind a Covert Abortion Network

   In the years before abortion became legal, a clandestine group helped women with unwanted pregnancies get around the law.

   Oct. 14

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   U.S.

   Abortion Was Illegal. This Secret Group Defied the Law.

   In the years before Roe v. Wade, an underground group provided thousands of women with abortions.

Something to hold in mind these days.


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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-bet-2












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