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U.S.
Trump, in Interview, Calls Wall Talks ‘Waste of Time’ and Dismisses Investigations
President Trump indicated he will most likely take action on his own when the talks officially end in two weeks.Donald Trump will not build his wall.
He is wall eyed.
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Smarter Living
How to Make Your Office More Ergonomically Correct
If your office leaves you with pain in your wrists, back or neck, it doesn’t have to be that way — in fact, it shouldn’t. Here’s how to fix it.Good advice.
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Opinion
The Voter Suppression State
If it is your goal to keep people of color from the polls, you can once again look to Texas for guidance.I have missed the voice of reason from Texas.
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Opinion
How Republicans Erased Trumpism
G.O.P. congressional leaders used tactics to minimize the president’s influence and maximize their own control over public policy.If Trumpism is erased there are ghosts on the page.
The Tea party is present and powerful.
Wishful thinking is everpresent.
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Business
The Hot Topic in Markets Right Now: ‘Quantitative Tightening’
It’s not China. It’s not the shutdown’s aftermath. The latest obsession occupying the minds of investors is the Fed’s plan to reduce the stockpile of bonds it bought during and after the Great Recession.The financial markets do not understand the federal reserve system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve
Quantative Tightening is a deflationary action.
The results are as expected.
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New York
A Gruesome Hammer Attack Left 3 Asian Men Dead. Was It a Hate Crime?
Workers and customers at a Chinese restaurant in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn are reeling after a man walked in and bludgeoned the men death.It appears this was insanity.
It was not what should qualify as a hate crime.
It was not an example of gang warfare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tong_Wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_mafia
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Smarter Living
How to Do a Data ‘Cleanse’
New year, new you, right? You may be headed to the gym, but what about the health of your phone, computer and all your precious data? Here are some tips to get your digital life in order.I do not ordinarily trust hard drives.
The Google servers have a good reputation.
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Business
U.S. Job Gains Show Employers Shrugged Off Government Shutdown
The economy added 304,000 jobs in January, the 100th consecutive month of payroll gains. Unemployment ticked up to 4 percent, possibly a shutdown-related anomaly.The partial shutdown was expected and planned.
Its failure to force financing for the construction of a southern border wall was not expected by its designers
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World
The Case of the Bumbling Spy: A Watchdog Group Gets Him on Camera
Citizen Lab has reported on surveillance software used to target dissidents around the world. Now it is being targeted by mysterious, if bumbling, spies.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_investigator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist
The market for the information matters.
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Opinion
No People. No Process. No Policy.
The Trump administration is not prepared for a foreign policy crisis."The deep state" worries Trump.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state
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New York
Amazon’s New York Charm Offensive Includes a Veiled Threat
Amazon and opponents of its new offices appeared to raise the specter that the deal that would bring 25,000 jobs to Queens is not yet finalized.Amazon is not a good fit with The City of New York.
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Food
How to Make the Egg Salad Sandwich That Drew Eyes on Instagram
The recipe and story behind the sandwich from Konbi in Los Angeles, which found itself starring in countless posts.https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019941-konbis-egg-salad-sandwich
I can do that.
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Opinion
Howard Schultz Doesn’t Understand American History
The most effective third-party presidential candidates were polarizers, not centrists.True.
Abraham Lincoln was a third party candidate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Republican_Party
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Food
Cutting Up Big Fish and Cultivating an Even Bigger Fan Base
Baracat Paiva of Boston is the charismatic star of Instagram videos in which he turns huge fish into fillets in seconds. But he started as a pro soccer player in Brazil.People are desperate.
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New York
De Blasio Cedes Further Control of Nycha but Avoids Federal Takeover
A federal monitor will oversee the New York City Housing Authority under a new agreement between the city, federal prosecutors and housing officials.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Housing_Authority
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Housing_Authority#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_%28housing%29
The Trump administration does not want to spend on low income housing.
They do want to look good.
Moving the city council and the state legislature takes the power of the federal government.
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World
Too Ugly to Be Saved? Singapore Weighs Fate of Its Brutalist Buildings
A few landmarks of so-called Brutalist architecture are on the verge of being sold to private developers, prompting a last-ditch scramble by enthusiasts to have the buildings protected.The primary function of architecture is selling realestate.
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Sports
Why Isn’t Anyone Bidding for Bryce Harper and Manny Machado?
The two best free agents on the market are stars who deserve big money. So what are they doing waiting by the phone as February nears?They will have to take less money.
https://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/schedules.asp?team=0129
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U.S.
4 Houston Police Officers Are Shot in Gun Battle That Kills 2 Suspects
The police officers were part of a team that was trying to search a home for drugs, including black tar heroin, when they were met with gunfire.We will know more in a day or two.
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U.S.
Is There Room in 2020 for a Centrist Democrat? Maybe One or Two
A group of moderate Democrats, led by Joseph R. Biden and Michael Bloomberg, are thinking of challenging Trump. If too many centrists run, they could box each other out.Centerists would tend to split the Trump opposition.
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World
More Bark Than Bite in Iran’s Ban on Walking Dogs
Tehranians, accustomed to periodic crackdowns by their Islamic guardians, are not taking the decree all that seriously. Nor, it seems, are the police.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_Islam#Canidae
"The dhi’b (Arabic: ذِئـب, wolf) may symbolize ferocity.[45][68] As for the kalb (Arabic: كَـلـب, dog), there are different views regarding it.[79][80] Some schools of Islamic law consider dogs as unclean (najis),[81] while others, such as the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence distinguishes between wild dogs and pet dogs, only considering the saliva of the former to be impure.[82]
According to the Qur'an, the use of hunting dogs is permitted, which is a reason the Maliki school draws a distinction between feral and domesticated dogs―since Muslims can eat game that has been caught in a domesticated dog's mouth, the saliva of a domesticated dog cannot be impure.[82] Abou El Fadl "found it hard to believe that the same God who created such companionable creatures would have his prophet declare them 'unclean'", stating that animosity towards dogs "reflected views far more consistent with pre-Islamic Arab customs and attitudes".[83] Furthermore, "he found that a hadith from one of the most trustworthy sources tells how the Prophet himself had prayed in the presence of his playfully cavorting dogs."[83] Islamic scholar Ingrid Mattson teaches that for followers of other schools, "there are many other impurities present in our homes, mostly in the form of human waste, blood, and other bodily fluids" and that since it is common for these impurities to come in contact with a Muslim's clothes, they are simply washed or changed before prayer.[82] The Qur'an (18:18) praises a group of dogs that guarded Muslims who were fleeing religious persecution.[82] Mattson thus notes that "This tender description of the dog guarding the cave makes it clear that the animal is good company for believers."[82]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najis
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