Monday, December 3, 2018

@9:30, 12/2/18

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Business

This Week in Business: G.M. Idles Plants, and Sundar Pichai Goes to Washington

The week started with a surprise in the manufacturing sector and ended with new Silicon Valley revelations.

GM and the other traditional car companies are making a difficult transition to electric vehicles.
Batteries have gotten good enough.

Sundar Pichai of Google should have no real difficulty with the Republican party.


World

Israeli Police Urge Bribery and Fraud Charges Against Netanyahu. Again.

For the third time this year, the prime minister is accused of corruption. But this time, his governing coalition is already teetering.

Benjamin Netanyahu is probably guilty.
It may not matter.

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U.S.

Bush Found ‘Kindred Spirits’ at Texas A&M, His Final Resting Place

In some ways, Texas A&M seemed like an unlikely match for George Bush’s presidential library and final resting place. But he forged a deep connection with the university.

Bush 41 did the best he could.

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World

Epic Battles, Palaces and Concubines: A Chinese Studio’s Vast World of Fantasy

Hengdian World Studios, in a small town in central China, churns out scores of movies and television series from each period in the country’s history.

I have not seen the work.

Translations usually clunk.
The C.C.P. has more power over the story line than I like.

5
Real Estate

Homes That Sold for Around $1,000,000

Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.

Talk to me.

I am in salvage mode here.

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Climate

Betting on a new way to make concrete that doesn’t pollute

A New Jersey firm is experimenting in a small town in
England with a new formula that reduces the carbon dioxide emitted in the making of the building material.

I think Solidia  is in thermodynamic trouble.  There is no easy fix.  It still may be worth doing.
Limestone does not do well in acid environments.

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Travel

The Airports of the Future Have Arrived

Two of the biggest airports in the world — Istanbul and Beijing — aim to make travel easier and faster for the passengers who use them.

I want to see them work.

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Climate

Solar Mini-Grids Give Nigeria a Power Boost

Six pilot mini-grids are providing steady electricity to rural residents in Africa’s most populous country, cutting emissions and offering more energy security.

There is no such thing as an excess profit.

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Climate

Travel Tackles Climate Change

Across the globe, hotels, operators, cruise lines and tourists are encountering the effects of global warming.

I suspect propaganda.
The low carbon way to tour is stay home.

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 Arts

On ‘S.N.L.’, Alec Baldwin and Ben Stiller Return to Play President Trump and Michael Cohen

The show also paid tribute to George Bush, who had been a fan of Dana Carvey’s well-honed impression of him.

It is hard to make fun of clowns.

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U.S.

He’s Built an Empire, With Detained Migrant Children as the Bricks

The founder of Southwest Key made millions off of housing migrant children. His nonprofit has stockpiled taxpayer dollars and possibly engaged in self-dealing with top executives.

"Doing well by doing Good."  A tradition.

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Arts

What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’ and ‘Home Alone’

The Victoria’s Secret Angels return to the runway, and watch your wildest childhood dreams come true in “Home Alone.”

I will get Spotlight from a library.

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Sports

Is UConn’s Dominance of Women’s Basketball Over? Cue Eye Rolls, for Now.

Trump Says He Plans to Withdraw From Nafta

The move is intended to force Democrats to accept a revised version despite concerns that it does not protect American workers.

Blackmail is not good policy.

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Sports

Canadiens, With 2 Goals From Shea Weber, Keep Rangers Reeling

Arttturi Lehkonen also scored twice in a 5-2 victory over the Rangers, who have lost four of five. The Devils rallied against the Jets but lost, 4-3, in overtime.

https://www.nytimes.com/section/sports/ncaabasketball
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/02/sports/uconn-notre-dame-women.html

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Arts

How George Bush Befriended Dana Carvey, the ‘S.N.L.’ Comedian Who Impersonated Him

In 1992, George Bush invited Dana Carvey to the White House for a surprise parody act. “I will miss my friend,” the comedian said on Saturday.

George H.W. Bush did the best he could.

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Sports

Knicks Rally to Overcome a Big Lead by the Bucks

Arts

Neil deGrasse Tyson Denies Misconduct Accusations

In a lengthy Facebook post responding to three women’s accounts, the well-known astrophysicist described two as benign and suggested the third did not occur.

Wait for facts.

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Sports

U.S. Soccer Hires Gregg Berhalter as Coach of National Team

The long-rumored hiring is now a done deal, ending a search that began with a World Cup qualifying humiliation and dragged on for more than a year.

https://www.theguardian.com/football



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