Monday, February 11, 2019

@18:00, 2/10/19

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Daddy Warbucks Goes to War

A one-in-a-billion chance: a heroic billionaire.

It would be good to know how his files escaped.
Mrs Bezos may have helped.

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U.S.

Virginia Lieutenant Governor Faces Eroding Support From Democrats After New Accuser Speaks

The new allegation follows one by a California professor, Vanessa Tyson, who says Mr. Fairfax sexually assaulted her in 2004.

Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax is probably gone.

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U.S.

Unlikely Partnership in House Gives Lawmakers Hope for Border Deal

Representatives Nita M. Lowey and Kay Granger are the first women to lead the House Appropriations Committee. Their bond gives lawmakers optimism for the work to come.

Expect the continuing resolutions to end without a wall.
Trump will not accept a loss.

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U.S.

In Surprise Abortion Vote, John Roberts Avoids ‘Jolt to the Legal System’

The chief justice, a student of legal rules governing precedent, balances guarding his court’s legitimacy against his generally conservative impulses.

Adam Liptak is surprised that precedent is holding for the moment.

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U.S.

Justin Fairfax Puts Virginia Democrats in Bind on Impeachment

If Democrats do not oust Mr. Fairfax, who faces sexual assault allegations, they could anger female voters. But if they push him out, they could deeply trouble African-Americans.

There will be a trial.

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Opinion

The Global Con Hidden in Trump’s Tax Reform Law, Revealed

Why would any multinational corporation pay the new 21 percent rate when it could use the new “global minimum” loophole to pay half of that?

Congress writes the tax law.
The Republican party has controled congress.
The Republicans would rather Democrats paid the taxes.

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U.S.

Painting Socialists as Villains, Trump Refreshes a Blueprint

Casting socialism as a threat could become the kind of rhetorical touchstone of President Trump’s re-election campaign that sounding the alarm about “criminal illegal aliens” was in 2016.

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

It has been the "straw man" for the Republicans for more than a century.
They will not change.

8
Opinion

The Real State of the Union, in Charts

It’s not pretty. But there is one big reason for hope.

Believe the charts.

9
Well

Can You Get Too Much Exercise? What the Heart Tells Us

Men who exercised the most tended to have more arterial plaque and higher calcium scores. But they were less likely to die prematurely from a heart attack.

I am not worried.

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Smarter Living

6 Steps to Turn Regret Into Self-Improvement

Stop beating yourself up, and turn your emotions into action.

Do what you can.

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

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U.S.

Sandy Hook Families Gain in Defamation Suits Against Alex Jones

As the cases inch toward trial, the conspiracy theorist faces the possibility that he will have to be deposed and provide business records.

Alex Jones must explain his actions.

12
Real Estate

Two Bedrooms, Almost

When a pair of friends went looking for a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, they learned that what one person calls a bedroom, another might not.

Keep looking. I do not want the City.


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Opinion

No Wall, No Peace

If Trump betrays his most loyal supporters, he’ll deserve his fate.

There will be no wall.

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U.S.

Matthew Whitaker Hearing Updates: He Declines to Defend the Russia Inquiry

The acting attorney general is appearing before the House Judiciary Committee. Democrats are asking about the Russia investigation and his oversight of it.

Matthew Whitaker has done his job.

15
Lens

Street Photos of 1960s New York in Kodachrome by Tod Papageorge

Hungry for commercial work, the young photographer captured the city’s storefronts and residents with Kodachrome film from 1966 to 1967.

Change has come.

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Arts

Stephen Colbert Gives a Live Takedown After the State of the Union

“This was not a particularly good speech, but what it lacked in quality it made up for in length,” Colbert said. “This speech was like watching paint lie.”

Paint can lie well.

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Opinion

Going to College Should Not Be a Financial Albatross

Our country has most of the best colleges in the world. Students should be able to afford them, and borrowers should not be crushed by debts.

Entrance examinations.

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World

In Fight for Venezuela, Who Supports Maduro and Who Backs Guaidó?

With the formerly prosperous nation now plunged into crisis, President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition leader Juan Guaidó are vying for backing at home and abroad to support their claims.

The U.S. is pushing.

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New York

New York City Cracks Down on CBD Edibles, Saying the Cannabis Derivative Is Unsafe

The city’s health department said it was ordering restaurants to stop selling food products containing the increasingly trendy cannabidiol.

The regulators are fighting fashion.
They have a point.

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World

Former President of Costa Rica Is Accused of Sexual Assault

An antinuclear activist filed a criminal complaint saying Mr. Arias assaulted her 4 years ago.

Go to trial or be quiet.

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