Friday, February 1, 2019

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1
U.S.

Fed Signals End of Interest Rate Increases

The Federal Reserve said it expected continued growth but, in a sharp reversal, indicated it stood ready either to increase or to reduce rates, depending on economic conditions.

The federal reserve board is nervous.

2
U.S.

Taliban Talks Raise Question of What U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Could Mean

A hasty American withdrawal, experts said, would erode the authority and legitimacy of the Afghan government, raising the risk that the Taliban could recapture control.

Many dead Afghans.

3

World

Opposition Leader, and Oil, Become Focus of Venezuela-U.S. Struggle

After Washington handed control of Venezuela’s assets in the United States to the opposition leader, the government of Nicolás Maduro struck back fiercely.

Ultimately it is about oil.

4
Technology

FaceTime Bug Lets iPhone Users Eavesdrop, in a Stumble for Apple

A glitch in the video and audio calling app, which the company says it will fix, can turn the device into one perhaps better suited for espionage.

I do not.

5
World

The Messier Brexit Gets, the Better Europe Looks

The British meltdown has muted talk in other countries about quitting the E.U. But that does not mean the populist threat to Europe’s cohesion is gone.

Premature.

6
Technology

Apple Was Slow to Act on FaceTime Bug That Allows Spying on iPhones

A teenager in Arizona discovered the flaw, which allows eavesdropping, on Jan. 19, and his mother contacted Apple the next day. But the company was slow to reply.

The bug was a feature before it was quashed.

7
Opinion

Help Pick the Worst of Trump

So many awful people to choose from.

Each is awful in unique fashion.

8
U.S.

Did Trump Cave on the Wall? Some Conservatives Say Yes

Right-wing commentators accused the president of folding on a central promise and predicted that it would hurt him among voters who have long stood by him.

I can hope.

9
New York

‘We All Need to Help’: Outrage and Empathy After a Mother’s Death on Subway Stairs

Malaysia Goodson’s death prompted dialogue about New York City life for people with disabilities, parents, the elderly and the obstacles created by the city’s transit system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFUTHcjiZGo&index=1&list=RDwFUTHcjiZGo

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Health

He Swallowed a Toothpick. It Could Have Killed Him.

For several weeks, a young athlete’s symptoms stumped doctors, despite tests and scans. Unnoticed in a sandwich or wrap, toothpicks can do a surprising amount of damage in the digestive tract, and beyond.

Eat with care.   It is worth while to remove the tooth picks.

11
Well

For Real Weight Control, Try Portion Control

If you’re serious about losing or maintaining weight, learn the size of a healthful portion and treat restaurant servings as enough for two or more.

Yes.

12
Opinion

The BuzzFeed Layoffs as Democratic Emergency

Digital media has always been a turbulent business, but last week’s layoffs suggest a reason for panic.

Hair on fire.

While not healthy, news continues.

13
U.S.

U.S. Targets Venezuela With Tough Oil Sanctions During Crisis of Power

The economic penalties by the Trump administration marked the most forceful American action against President Nicolás Maduro, whom the U.S. is trying to oust.

I want to see the destruction of John R. Bolton.

14 
Obituaries

Morton Sobell, Last Defendant in Rosenberg Spy Case, Is Dead at 101

Convicted in the Cold War spy trial that delivered Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to their deaths and divided the nation, he later admitted that he had been a spy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_Robespierre

15
World

Cooper-Boles Amendment Challenges Theresa May’s Brexit Strategy

The Cooper-Boles amendment, on which lawmakers may vote on Tuesday, could delay Britain’s exit from the European Union.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/europe/what-is-brexit.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/world/europe/what-is-article-50-brexit-uk.html

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2016/577971/EPRS_BRI%282016%29577971_EN.pdf

Hard Brexit will happen.

16
New York

Her Kitchen Cabinets Looked Familiar. That’s Because They Were Stolen From Nycha, Investigators Say.

A New York City Housing Authority supervisor was arrested and accused of possessing equipment and appliances intended for the public housing complex where she worked.

The City of New York must fix its public housing.

17
World

On Venezuela, Rubio Assumes U.S. Role of Ouster in Chief

Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, has become a chief policy architect for the United States in a daring and risky campaign to dislodge Venezuela’s autocratic leader from power.

The U.S. is doing the wrong thing again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_Panama_from_Colombia

18
U.S.

An Angry Trump Pushes Back Against His Own ‘Naive’ Intelligence Officials

The president treated the Worldwide Threat Assessment presented the day before as a scorecard on his foreign policy and something close to an affront.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Bolton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state

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U.S.

Speaking Black Dialect in Courtrooms Can Have Striking Consequences

A soon-to-be published study found court reporters in Philadelphia regularly made errors when transcribing sentences spoken in a dialect linguists term African-American English.

Racism continues to be powerful.
"Eye" witnesses are not reliable.

20 
World

Landscaper Pleads Guilty in Murders That Shook Toronto’s Gay Community

In a case that opened a rift between Toronto’s gay community and its police, a landscaper has pleaded guilty to eight murders in the city’s gay district.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%932017_Toronto_serial_homicides#Suspect_biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_sadism_disorder

Reads like Sadism.

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