Tuesday, January 15, 2019

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U.S.

Pentagon Officials Fear Bolton’s Actions Increase Risk of Clash With Iran


The Shah was never legitimate.
The position was created by the CIA and British intelligence.


U.S.

A Wave of Violent Daytime Killings Has Puerto Rico on Edge


Fiction.

3
World

China Sentences a Canadian, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, to Death

The capital sentence came in a retrial ordered after Mr. Schellenberg had appealed a 15-year sentence. It worsened tense China-Canada ties.

Trade goods.  China wants their woman.

4
Opinion

What’s the Best Way to Dump Trump?

Impeachment is tempting. But there’s a stronger case for waiting for the 2020 election.

Impeachment is moot while "loyal" Republicans hold the senate.

5
U.S.

Kevin Fret, Openly Gay Latin Trap Artist, Is Shot and Killed in Puerto Rico

The 25-year-old, who was hailed as a pioneer in the genre of trap music, was shot by unknown gunmen in San Juan around dawn on Thursday.

Still unknown.

6
Opinion

My Sister Is in a Saudi Prison. Will Mike Pompeo Stay Silent?


7
Opinion

Run, Joe, Run

Biden has strengths no other candidate does, and Democrats need a diverse field.

There will be primaries and a convention.

8
U.S.

V.A. Seeks to Redirect Billions of Dollars Into Private Care


Progress toward destruction for single payer.

9
New York

Ocasio-Cortez Pushes Democrats to the Left, Whether They Like It or Not

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has forced party leaders and 2020 presidential candidates to grapple with left-wing proposals that some might prefer to avoid.

An urban liberal.

10
Opinion

The Real Naked Selfies Are Coming

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s was fake, but young politicians’ nudes will surface sooner or later. Let’s get over them now.

Looking at the human body was a discovery of the renaissance.

11
U.S.

Texas Couple Found Guilty of Enslaving Girl From Guinea for 16 Years


Slavery still exists in the world.

12
New York

New York Empire of Illegal Airbnb Rentals Booked 75,000 Guests, Suit Says

New York City filed a lawsuit against a ring of real estate brokers for using Airbnb to illegally rent out apartments in five Manhattan buildings.

Hotels are profitable if they do not pay the special taxes.

13
Business

PG&E Bankruptcy Tests Who Will Pay for California Wildfires

The utility faces $30 billion in potential liability over deadly fires linked to its equipment. Critics say it is pressuring the state to shield it.

PG&E is a regulated public utility.
The Courts will decide.
PG&E should be protected.
The state regulators decide their construction standards

14
Food

The Supreme Court May Change the Way You Buy Wine


The ghost of Prohibition persists.

15
New York

The Chrysler Building Is for Sale. Does Anyone Want It?


Subdivision is an ordinary fate.

16
Fashion

When Cultural Circles Are Expanded and Redrawn


Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

17
U.S.

Trump Threatens to ‘Devastate Turkey Economically’ if It Attacks Kurds

In tweets, the president threatened the NATO ally and seemed to offer a blanket of protection for a band of American-backed militias in Syria after U.S. forces leave.

Erdogan is not Ataturk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk

The better General.

18
U.S.

Stung by Florida Midterm Losses, Democrats See a Swing State Drifting Away

No state stunned Democrats more than Florida, where Republicans thwarted the forces that are lifting Democrats elsewhere. The battleground state is tilting more to the right.

A hard fought election and an expected loss.
Fake News.

19
U.S.

Trump Confronts the Prospect of a ‘Nonstop Political War’ for Survival

Questions about whether the president is a Russian agent made clear that the government shutdown may be just the initial skirmish in an all-out battle between him and Congress.

Congress can and will tie him in knots.

20
Opinion

Tucker Carlson Versus Conservatism


Internecine fights.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/internecine

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