Tuesday, January 29, 2019

@20:06, 1/28/19

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U.S.

Elite Law Firm’s All-White Partner Class Stirs Debate on Diversity

Paul, Weiss is more diverse at its top ranks than most of its peers. But its recent promotions underscored how far big firms have to go to elevate women and people of color.

Yes.

2
Technology

A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’

Apple decided several years ago to produce a high-end Mac in Texas. The problems that surfaced illustrate the challenges of domestic manufacturing.

Donald Trump is a stupid.

Screw machines are not considered  high technology. 
The Swiss made almost all of them.

3
New York

International Pickpockets Ride New York’s Subway, Pilfering and Profiting

The thieves are not known to the police, which helps them evade detection. They also move from city to city, trying to stay ahead of investigators.

Yes

4
Opinion

He Helped Jews Escape the Holocaust. He Died Unknown.

Aristides de Sousa Mendes was his name. We should remember his courage.

Do justice.

5
Opinion

The Trump Administration Is Making a Mockery of the Supreme Court

It promised to create a ‘robust’ waiver process for visa applicants from countries affected by the travel ban. The process is a sham.

The Supreme Court of the U.S. has changed in the interim.
The correction of the visa process will have to wait while the Trump administration and its works are destroyed.

6
Obituaries

Fatima Ali, Fan Favorite on ‘Top Chef,’ Dies at 29

Ms. Ali publicly battled a rare form of cancer for a year while she sought to fulfill her final wish of eating at the best restaurants in the world.

Cancer is a condition.
We do what we can about it.

7
Business

The Tabloid Myths of Jennifer Aniston and Donald Trump

She wants to reunite with Brad Pitt and have a baby. He’s a self-made guy from the streets. Or so certain segments of the media would have you believe.

I don't care.
She will lead the life she can.
I will see her working.

8
World

U.S. and Taliban Agree in Principle to Peace Framework, Envoy Says

The U.S. negotiator, Zalmay Khalilzad, says that finalizing a deal would hinge on a cease-fire and Taliban talks with Afghans, which they are discussing now.

Abandoning the Afghan allies would offend me.
Continuing the war is also offensive to me.
There is no diplomatic exit.

9
Food

This Soup Deserves an Award

In the category of converting people into lentil-soup lovers, this superb recipe take highest honors.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016062-red-lentil-soup-with-lemon

10
U.S.

As Government Reopens, the New Congress Tries to Begin Again

The end of the shutdown means that the agendas of both chambers of Congress, overshadowed for weeks by the struggle to reopen government, will get a restart.

Donald Trump wants the wall.
He will not get it.

11
U.S.

Your 2019 Tax Refund Might Be Higher, Lower or Later Than Usual

It’s unclear how the Trump tax law will affect refunds in what has been a clockwork injection of cash into the economy. The shutdown’s effects are murkier still.

Yes

12
U.S.

Florida Secretary of State Resigns After Blackface Photos Surface

Michael Ertel resigned after a newspaper obtained photos from 2005 showing him dressed for a Halloween party as a “victim” of Hurricane Katrina.

Michael Ertel should have known better.

13
U.S.

Howard Schultz Draws Fire from Trump and Bloomberg Over 2020 Plans

Mr. Schultz, decrying the “broken political system,” said he is considering running as an independent and has already begun the groundwork to get on the ballot in all 50 states.

Retweeted
Brendan Nyhan Retweeted Donald J. Porter
Schultz will be swept to victory by the .... 2% of Americans who say the budget deficit / national debt is our most important problem
Brendan Nyhan added,

14
Health

These Patients Had Sickle-Cell Disease. Experimental Therapies Might Have Cured Them.

Success against sickle-cell would be “the first genetic cure of a common genetic disease” and could free tens of thousands of Americans from agonizing pain.

Speed the approval process.

15
Opinion

The Blessing of a Rescue Dog

She looks like a cross between Groucho Marx and a dust mop, and she’s a bulwark against despair.

Do what works.

16
Opinion

Two-Factor Authentication Might Not Keep You Safe

The online security “best practice” is still vulnerable to phishing attacks.

Do what works.
You will not be totally safe on line.

17
U.S.

Freshman in College, Freshman in the Capitol: West Virginia’s 19-Year-Old Lawmaker

Caleb Hanna, one of the youngest state legislators in the country, is a black man raised in a white family who represents a predominantly white district in West Virginia.

I hope he is learning.

18
U.S.

Hebrew Israelites See Divine Intervention in Lincoln Memorial Confrontation

Gaining attention is difficult for the Hebrew Israelites, who practice a fringe theology. By confronting a group of Kentucky high school students, they found the spotlight.

I will try to be kind to the insane.

19
Technology

Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger

Facebook’s chief executive has asserted control over its sprawling divisions and mandated the social network’s messaging services be knitted together.

Facebook is poison.

20
Arts

‘Rent Live’ Review: How Do You Measure a Show You Were Never Meant to See?

Fox’s TV production of the hit musical hardly went off as planned. What to make of this barely live show?

Faux indulged itself with bad production.
"The Show must go on."
I missed the event and will not try to correct that.


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