1
New York
‘What the Hell Is This?’ Officer in Viral Subway Video Didn’t Know He Had Gone Viral
The New York police officer, Syed Ali, said he was glad a video of him fighting five assailants using just his baton and his feet had been widely sharedSyed Ali behaved well.
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The Upshot
Happy New Year! May Your City Never Become San Francisco, New York or Seattle
Or Portland, Denver, Boston, Dallas, Houston or Los Angeles.Cities that stop walking are in trouble.
3
Opinion
Is CBD Helpful, or Just Hype?
Let’s see what the research says before pouring it into our tea and rubbing it all over our bodies.Hype so far.
4
Opinion
Donald Trump Is Bad for Israel
As usual, the president makes his predecessors look better.Yes.
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U.S.
Minnesota Town Defamed by German Reporter Is Ready to Forgive
A reporter for Der Spiegel published condescending fiction about Fergus Falls. Residents are eager to set the record straight, but also to move on.Ok.
6
Opinion
Time for G.O.P. to Threaten to Fire Trump
Republican leaders need to mount an intervention.I don't want president Pence.
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Business
Selling Real Estate in Russia? Are You Crazy?
Sellers must prove their sanity and agents kill their clients to steal their properties in Moscow’s fraud-plagued real estate market.Proof is the fact of the effort.
8
U.S.
End of Government Shutdown May Depend on the Definition of ‘Wall’
Even with negotiations resuming, the partial government shutdown may not end until Democrats and President Trump agree to disagree on what makes a border barrier a “wall.”Only walls will be broken.
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Theater
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Passion for Puerto Rico
The island has shaped the “Hamilton” creator’s identity. Now he’s bringing the musical to San Juan, and things are getting complicated.The racists would like to abandon Puerto Rico.
Their efforts continue.
Lin-Manuel Miranda has made drama of history.
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U.S.
Did a Queens Podiatrist Help Donald Trump Avoid Vietnam?
Dr. Larry Braunstein rented his office from the Trumps. Relatives say he was central to a diagnosis that got the 22-year-old Mr. Trump a medical exemption.Possibly.
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Business
A $21,000 Cosmetology School Debt, and a $9-an-Hour Job
Aspiring hairstylists borrow heavily and pay to work, while schools use their influence to beat back attempts to create cheaper alternatives.For profit schools are a bad idea.
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Business
Stocks Bounce Back From Edge of Bear Market
Shares were trading higher a day after the Christmas holiday amid what was shaping up as the market’s worst December since the Great Depression.Updates every day all day.
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks
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World
Ancient Purebred Horse With Bronze-Plated Saddle Is Discovered in Pompeii
The horse is the latest treasure unearthed from the city buried by pumice and ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.Keep digging.
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Opinion
A Gutted I.R.S. Makes the Rich Richer
With enforcement enfeebled, as much as 20 percent of potential tax revenues go uncollected."It may not be a crime to be poor in the G.O.P.’s America, but you can expect to be treated like a criminal for accepting the government’s cash to make ends meet. At best, that’s an inefficient use of I.R.S. agents: Compliance should apply to all, but the I.R.S. should do most of its fishing where the big fish are."
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Opinion
’Twas the Day After Christmas
Why do they call it Boxing Day, anyway?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa8ImA_wSKI
"Exactly 40 years ago, in fact, on St. Stephen’s Day 1978, I was staring into a fire at a beach house in Atlantic City with some friends. As I sat there looking at the flames, I heard a voice as clear as a bell, speaking out of my own heart: How long, the voice inquired, do you intend to avoid becoming yourself?"
As long as it takes.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Sports
Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica With Final 32-Hour Push
O’Brady, 33, covered the final 77.5 miles of his 921-mile journey without sleeping and became the first person ever to traverse Antarctica from coast to coast solo, unsupported and unaided by wind.Ok
17
Arts
Alice Walker, Answering Backlash, Praises Anti-Semitic Author as ‘Brave’
In a statement, the author of “The Color Purple” did nothing to dispel the criticism of her endorsement of David Icke’s anti-Jewish book “And the Truth Will Set You Free.”David Icke is a Christian.
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Obituaries
Sister Wendy Beckett, Nun Who Became a BBC Star, Dies at 88
She interrupted a cloistered life of prayer in England and soared to international stardom as one of the most improbable art critics in television history.Sister Wendy Beckett saw immages and explained them.
They were beauty to her.
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Technology
Remember Bitcoin? Some Investors Might Want to Forget
It was fun while it lasted. Cryptocurrencies soared and then they crashed. But true aficionados believe the underlyingblockchain still has potential.
Bitcoin was never money.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
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Style
Your Vagina Is Terrific (and Everyone Else’s Opinions Still Are Not)
One year ago I wrote about my vagina and men’s opinions of it. Things have not improved.I have nothing to add.
Instruct me.
Sooner is better.
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1
New York
Far-Right Proud Boys Reeling After Arrests and Scrutiny
The group has been widely condemned as a hate group. Its founder, Gavin McInnes, has quit, after 10 of his followers were charged in an attack in New York.I am relieved the organization seems to be self destructing.
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The Upshot
Economy Is Strong. Leadership Is Shaky. Which Will Win Out in 2019?
Moves like Mnuchin’s phone calls to bank C.E.O.s could create a broader crisis of confidence.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick
The successful economy is fictitious.
Do what works.
3
Opinion
Time for G.O.P. to Threaten to Fire Trump
Republican leaders need to mount an intervention.Do it.
4
U.S.
Unpaid Agents, Dark Visitor Centers, Closed Trails: Effects of the Shutdown Beginning
There were few disruptions on Saturday as the latest federal government shutdown began, but the consequences will spread if Washington’s impasse lingers.The impasse will linger for months.
5
New York
A Black Wrestler Had to Cut His Dreadlocks After a White Referee’s Ruling
Officials are reviewing the incident for possible bias after a video of the incident went viral.There may be a rule.
6
U.S.
Trump, Angry Over Mattis’s Rebuke, Removes Him 2 Months Early
Mr. Trump, in a Twitter post, said that Patrick M. Shanahan, Mr. Mattis’s deputy, would serve as the acting defense secretary.Yes.
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U.S.
Stock Market Rout Has Trump Fixated on Fed Chair Powell
Mr. Trump increasingly blames the Fed for the downtrend in stock prices. Some investors say the president himself is the bigger problem.I wish Trump was as competent as Herbert Hoover.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover
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Movies
Kevin Spacey Faces Felony Charge in Misconduct Case
Kevin Spacey will be arraigned on Jan. 7 on a charge of indecent assault and battery, related to an accusation of misconduct in Nantucket.Homosexuality is not contagious or "correctable".
It is not a life style or a "moral failing".
Mr. Unruh is not the complainant.
"The charge, first reported by The Boston Globe, is in connection with an accusation of misconduct that was made by a former television anchor, Heather Unruh, who said that Mr. Spacey sexually assaulted her 18-year-old son in July 2016 at a bar in Nantucket."
She is unhappy and has the power to share.
9
U.S.
Jim Mattis, Defense Secretary, Resigns in Rebuke of Trump’s Worldview
Officials said Mr. Mattis went to the White House on Thursday afternoon in a last attempt to persuade President Trump to keep American troops in Syria.Jim Mattis did what he could.
10
Style
Your Vagina Is Terrific (and Everyone Else’s Opinions Still Are Not)
One year ago I wrote about my vagina and men’s opinions of it. Things have not improved.Instruct me.
Sooner is better.
11
World
Splitting With Trump Over Syria, American Leading ISIS Fight Steps Down
In an email announcing his accelerated resignation, Brett McGurk criticized President Trump’s recent decision to pull troops out of Syria.A way to not have it happen on his watch is to refuse the watch.
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Arts
Barack Obama Joins Lin-Manuel Miranda on a ‘Hamilton’ Remix
The former president delivers part of George Washington’s farewell address on “One Last Time (44 Remix).”https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2178v=wFEL_OUFgls
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Arts
Alice Walker, Answering Backlash, Praises Anti-Semitic Author as ‘Brave’
In a statement, the author of “The Color Purple” did nothing to dispel the criticism of her endorsement of David Icke’s anti-Jewish book “And the Truth Will Set You Free.”People should "know the enemy".
Alice Walker has no enemies.
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Business
Markets Drop as Trump Picks on Fed While Mnuchin Offers Unexpected Assurances of ‘Ample Liquidity’
Wall Street added to losses that have 2018 shaping up to be the worst year for stocks since the financial crisis a decade ago.The markets are unstable.
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Opinion
Shutdown? More Like a Breakdown
President Trump, who thrives on chaos and drama, brings much of the government to a standstill.Quicksand is a legend.
Trump is legendary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksand
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World
Police Raise Possibility There Was No Drone at Gatwick Airport
Investigators say they still have no footage to prove what disrupted flights for about 36 hours at Britain’s second-biggest airport.Another way to hold people to ransom.
17
U.S.
For Trump, ‘a War Every Day,’ Waged Increasingly Alone
At the midpoint of his term, the president has grown more sure of his own judgment and more isolated from anyone else’s than at any point since he took office.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellum_omnium_contra_omnes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_%28Hobbes_book%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocracy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan
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U.S.
Reliable Allies Refuse to Defend a President Content With Chaos
Buffeted by a drop in the markets, fallout over his troop pullout and a looming shutdown, the president is forced to test the idea that he is his own best spokesman.Smart allies.
"Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad"
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Arts
Opera Has a Problem: Fans Aren’t Subscribing
Lyric Opera of Chicago and other major companies are trying to adjust to a new financial reality.Fashion is famously fickle.
Musical Theater is doing well.
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Opinion
Donald Trump Is Bad for Israel
As usual, the president makes his predecessors look better.Yes.
Donald Trump has no love of the world or of any people not related to him by blood.
He should be frustrated at every turn.
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