@16:40, 10/31/18

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Boo

Verizon is still not working.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/politics/iran-sanctions-trump.html 

Iran has behaved itself.
Trump is playing to his base.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/politics/democrats-dark-money-midterms.html
Dark money is the political game.

3
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/movies/gary-hart-the-front-runner.html
Gary Hart should have known better.
Monkey Business was a give away.

4
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/politics/obama-midterm-elections.html
Winning is the whole game.

5
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/politics/birthright-citizenship-trump-republicans.html

Trump will need a constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship. 

6
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/books/review/reihan-salam-melting-pot-or-civil-war.html 

Reihan Salam assumes that the children of immigrants will not learn.
Education is the cheapest way out of poverty.  
The resource is not limited like land, timber, and minerals.

The states must reinstitute the  policy of free or very low cost tertiary education.
The college educated are far more likely to earn well in any society. 


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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/technology/personaltech/disinformation-online-midterm-elections.html

Mostly I trust the Times.
If it Has a great hook, I check the Wikipedia.
There are other places to check like the professional press.
Slash dot and The Register try to be honorable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact-checking

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/politics/fact-check-trump-distortion-campaign.html

Assume Trump is lying is a safe course.

9
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/politics/kemp-trump-abrams.html

Keeping Georgia honest would be an achievement.