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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/us/politics/trump-health-care-kickbacks-medicare-medicaid.html
The problem is the work requirement.
Get rid of that and the system will be less broken.
The bills will get paid.
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Paul KrugmanVerified account @paulkrugman 2 hours ago
So what kind of person demands that others ignore what could well be a civilization-ending problem because his profits, or his paychecks from fossil fuel interests, or his laissez-faire ideology are on the line? A really terrible -- I'm tempted to say evil -- person. 3/
Krugman woke up with climate on his mind.
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Paul KrugmanVerified account @paulkrugman
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Paul Krugman Retweeted Ryan Grim
I get emails from No Labels -- thought they were naive. But they're much worse than that -- and they're trying to block Nancy Pelosi. Says something about the true roots of opposition there.
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The Learning Network
Teaching and Learning About Thanksgiving: Things to Read, Write, Analyze, Cook and Consider
What “teachable moments” could Thanksgiving offer your students this year?Food binds community.
Abraham Lincoln knew it and used it to bind the Union.
The Nation continues to need unification.
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Climate
The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard?
Coal, the most polluting of energy sources, shows no sign of disappearing three years after the Paris agreement, when world leaders promised decisive action against global warming.
"My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!"
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/14095/first-fig
Coal has been a cheap way to civilization.
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Reader Center
I Am a Vegetarian and I Spent a Week With Elk Hunters
Though I try to avoid letting my personal dietary restrictions impinge on my job, some assignments prove more challenging than others.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk#Parasites_and_disease
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brucellosis
Packing out fifty to sixty pounds of meat bones and hide each.
Predation is important to the health of herd.
Permit fees are important to Nature Conservancy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/us/ammunition-lead-bullets-condors.html
I am hearing more about lead poisoning recently.
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Fashion
An Author and Investigator Find Comfort in Each Other
The journalist and author Naomi Wolf and Brian O’Shea, a private investigator and security expert, are married in East Hampton, Mass.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Neediest Cases
He’s Shed Almost 400 Pounds and He’s Ready to Rejoin the Work Force
Words from a blunt doctor kick-started Michael Warner’s health journey in 2012. He now regularly leaves home, walking miles each day.Yes.
I need to get more active.
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Neediest Cases
On Giving Tuesday, ‘No Act of Giving Is Too Small’
A global fund-raising movement demonstrates the value of charity, in any dose.My choice is the wikipedia.
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U.S.
Sitting Around the Table Avoiding Conversations About Race
Race/Related is a weekly newsletter focused on identity and culture, with provocative stories from around The Times.Children do not recognize racism as fish do not recognize water.
Racism is contagious.
one catches it from ones peers.
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World
The Website That Shows How a Free Press Can Die
Origo was a popular, independent news outlet that made trouble for Hungary’s far-right leader, Viktor Orban. Relentless pressure changed all that.Yes.
A problem is Viktor Orban in Hungary is not dramatic.
I have been aware of Fidesz for about ten years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidesz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon
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Travel
On Your Next Cruise, Put Down That Cocktail and Head to Class
Cruise-goers typically look forward to relaxing by the pool with a drink in hand or spending the day in the spa, but more lines are eager to give you intellectual fare as well.Boredom is a problem for cruise passengers.
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Arts
10 of Our Best Weekend Reads
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Working while female. Notable books of 2018. And more.The Great Firewall of China is actively patrolled.
Holes can be found but the holes get rapidly patched.
Chat is sensored. Lists are kept and updated.
Deviant politics are punished.
Papers are different, and to be valued for their differences
That papers die at known rates should be incorporated into designs.
There is less in human DNA than eugenics believed.
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U.S.
Poisoned Wildlife and Tainted Meat: Why Hunters Are Moving Away From Lead Bullets
Many hunters are ditching traditional ammunition amid mounting evidence that it harms scavengers and pollutes the food people eat.Lead is nastier than I once believed.
Copper is not good.
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World
In a Transylvania Town, Bears and Humans Collide at the Dumpster
With their habitat shrinking, brown bears in Baile Tusnad, Romania, have turned to scavenging. Residents sit and gawk, environmentalists want to protect the animals, but hunters just want to hunt.The farmers could be compensated for the animals that feed the bears.
Bear proof dumpsters exist.
Electric fences work.
Baiting the bears is legal.
Bears easily get bad habits.
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Sports
FIFA Considering Proposal to Stage World Cup Every Two Years
South American soccer leaders are behind the proposal, which is under study by world soccer’s governing body.The objective is extracting the maximum cash from the fans.
Set the periodicity to do that.
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World
In Ireland, Bid to Restore Birthright Citizenship Gains Ground
The public has shown overwhelming support for granting citizenship rights to anyone born in Ireland, but the government is opposing a bill to make this law.Brexit will happen without a deal.
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Science
A Memory From Out of the Blue
People sometimes experience random recollections during routine tasks such as housekeeping. Scientists call them “mind-pops.”Guessing is not science.
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Arts
What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Sorry to Bother You’ and ‘Baskets’
Watch the satire “Sorry to Bother You.” Or stream the FX comedy series “Baskets.”Not tonight for me.
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World
North and South Korea Get U.N.’s Go-Ahead to Study Joint Rail Project
South Korea has offered to help upgrade the North’s rail network and link it to its own. Now the Security Council has signed off on a joint study of the idea.A rail link to China and Russia would seem a good Idea.
It would carry a great deal of freight.
Double track it now the whole way.
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Obituaries
Bob McNair, Energy Mogul Who Brought the N.F.L. Back to Houston, Dies at 81
Mr. McNair, who was awarded the franchise that became the Texans, gave to many charitable causes. More recently, he was criticized for remarks about national anthem protests.I will not miss him.
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Crosswords & Games
Title for a Fox
Perhaps your inner child can conquer David Steinberg’s puzzle.I had no reason to watch Dora the explorer.
Swiper is not a fox. Swiper is a chipmonk
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New York
His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Discovered. This Was His Life.
A software designer ended his life in his parked car in the East Village. His family asked the police for help finding him, but met resistance.Depression and bad luck.
I am not dead. You are not dead.
The dead of Paradise?
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