Saturday, March 2, 2019

@9:45, 3/1/19

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1
Science

Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos?

Axions? Phantom energy? Astrophysicists scramble to patch a hole in the universe, rewriting cosmic history in the process.

I don't see why.


U.S.

Architects of Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Race Part Ways With 2020 Campaign

In a blow to the campaign, the consultants, who produced some of the most memorable ads in 2016, said that they had strategic differences with Mr. Sanders and his wife.

The primaries are coming.

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U.S.

United Methodists Tighten Ban on Same-Sex Marriage and Gay Clergy

The decision, opposed by progressive members of the church and gay and lesbian pastors, could ultimately splinter the church.

"Current church policy states that “the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.”"
The Episcopals will harvest that group of believers.

4
World

Trump-Kim Summit Updates: ‘Sometimes You Have to Walk,’ Trump Says as Talks Collapse

President Trump and Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, cut short their second and final day of talks in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Trump does not listen to anyone.

5
Fashion

The Story of Best Actress Oscar Winner Olivia Colman’s Gown

“This is hilarious,” Ms. Colman said as she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in “The Favourite.” She and Prada worked together for months to create Ms. Colman’s red carpet Oscar moment.

Good story.   Smart dressing. 

6
U.S.

White Man Who Shot Black Men After Hurricane Katrina Dies Days After Sentencing

Roland J. Bourgeois Jr. died on Feb. 19, five days after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the shootings.

Suicide? Stabbing? A fall?   I am not told.

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U.S.

Hillary Clinton Is Not a Candidate. She Looms Over 2020 Anyway.

After being first lady, senator, secretary of state and a presidential nominee, Mrs. Clinton remains a singular figure in Democratic presidential politics.

I would like more done for her.

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Theater

Legal Threats From Broadway’s ‘Mockingbird’ Sink Productions Around the Country

Some community theaters have canceled productions of the play after receiving legal warnings that theirs cannot go on at the same time as the one in New York.

Copyright must change.

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Obituaries

André Previn, Whose Music Knew No Boundaries, Dies at 89

A composer, conductor and pianist, he made a career of crossing from classical music to pop, from movie scores to jazz, winning Oscars and Grammys.

Play his music.

10
New York

Central Park Detective Retires With the Horse He Rode In On

At 63, Detective John Reilly — perhaps New York City’s oldest uniformed officer — faces mandatory retirement. He was Central Park’s lone mounted officer.

A tradition ends.

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U.S.

Michael Cohen Accuses Trump of Expansive Pattern of Lies and Criminality

Mr. Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, said he had lied to Congress to protect President Trump. “I am not protecting Mr. Trump anymore,” Mr. Cohen said.

Michael Cohen is believable.

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U.S.

House Votes to Block Trump’s National Emergency Declaration About the Border

The House easily voted on Tuesday to block President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border, seeking to stop the diversion of funds to his wall.

It will be decided in court.

13
Books

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Had Strong Opinions About Appalachians. Now, Appalachians Return the Favor.

A new anthology, “Appalachian Reckoning,” pushes back against some of the generalizations in J.D. Vance’s best-selling memoir.

It is still a strong opinion about the Appalachians.
Schisms are like that.
Everyone loves their home.

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

14 
Style

We Love to Be Smushed

Heavy bedding is everywhere. Does it work?

They work.

"When she was a child, Temple Grandin liked to crawl under the sofa cushions and have her sister lie on top. She hated human touch, but the sensation of being squashed under the pillows soothed her. At 18, she built her first “squeeze machine,” a large, viselike device made from plywood, foam padding and even a bit of fake fur. She used it to quell her own anxiety and also acclimate herself to the touch of other creatures. Dr. Grandin, the autistic professor of animal science made famous by Oliver Sacks for her stress-reducing innovations for handling livestock, notes on her website that after a while, her cat no longer ran away from her. “I had to be comforted myself before I could give comfort to the cat,” she writes."

15
Opinion

The Deepening ‘Racialization’ of American Politics

Obama was a lightning rod. Trump is a lightning strike.

The facts.

16 
World

Jeremy Corbyn, Under Pressure From His Labour Party, Backs New Brexit Vote

Mr. Corbyn’s support for a second referendum cheered pro-European Britons, but his shift is no guarantee that a so-called “people’s vote” will happen.

Britain can do as it pleases.
After Article 50 has been triggered the E.U. is not required to pay attention.
The E.U. has been charitable.

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World

Seeking North Korea Deal, Trump Seems Willing to Ease U.S. Demands

Arriving in Hanoi for a second meeting with Kim Jong-un, President Trump sounds as if he is retreating on his ambition to eliminate the North’s nuclear arsenal.

This second meeting changed nothing.

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World

Where Kale Is King (at Least, When It’s Stewed in Schmaltz and Bacon)

Kale in a smoothie? Or a salad? Not in Germany’s north, where eating the leafy green is celebrated with hikes, parties and lots of animal fat.

I will eat almost anything when hungry.

19
Business

Jussie Smollett Won’t Be on Final Episodes of ‘Empire’ Season

The producers of the Fox drama announced that the actor, who was arrested on Thursday, would be removed from the final two episodes of the fifth season.

I have not seen "Empire"

20
Theater

A ‘Tradition’ Omission: I Had Never Seen ‘Fiddler’ Until Now

Growing up in a traditional Jewish household made the legendary musical a piece to resent, not embrace. So much has changed since.


 It is part of the cultural whole.


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1
Science

Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos?

Axions? Phantom energy? Astrophysicists scramble to patch a hole in the universe, rewriting cosmic history in the process.

Seeing things.

2
U.S.

United Methodists Tighten Ban on Same-Sex Marriage and Gay Clergy

The decision, opposed by progressive members of the church and gay and lesbian pastors, could ultimately splinter the church.

Their loss.

3
U.S.

White Man Who Shot Black Men After Hurricane Katrina Dies Days After Sentencing

Roland J. Bourgeois Jr. died on Feb. 19, five days after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the shootings.

People all die sometime.

4
World

Trump-Kim Summit Updates: ‘Sometimes You Have to Walk,’ Trump Says as Talks Collapse

President Trump and Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, cut short their second and final day of talks in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Trump does not do his homework.

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Obituaries

André Previn, Whose Music Knew No Boundaries, Dies at 89

A composer, conductor and pianist, he made a career of crossing from classical music to pop, from movie scores to jazz, winning Oscars and Grammys.

I have rarely heard his music.

6
Books

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Had Strong Opinions About Appalachians. Now, Appalachians Return the Favor.

A new anthology, “Appalachian Reckoning,” pushes back against some of the generalizations in J.D. Vance’s best-selling memoir.

Schismatic fights.

7
Fashion

The Story of Best Actress Oscar Winner Olivia Colman’s Gown

“This is hilarious,” Ms. Colman said as she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in “The Favourite.” She and Prada worked together for months to create Ms. Colman’s red carpet Oscar moment.

Taking this level of attention to daily wear is a way to poverty
in most cases.

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U.S.

Architects of Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Race Part Ways With 2020 Campaign

In a blow to the campaign, the consultants, who produced some of the most memorable ads in 2016, said that they had strategic differences with Mr. Sanders and his wife.

Bernie Sanders did not win.
He did reintroduce the basic concepts of socialism.
They are accepted on the left.

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Theater

A ‘Tradition’ Omission: I Had Never Seen ‘Fiddler’ Until Now

Growing up in a traditional Jewish household made the legendary musical a piece to resent, not embrace. So much has changed since.

OK
Sooner is better.

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U.S.

Tlaib Accuses Meadows of Using ‘a Black Woman as a Prop’

Representative Mark Meadows had a HUD official, Lynne Patton, stand silently behind him, drawing scorn from Democrats, one of whom accused him of using “a black woman as a prop.”

Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina, is guilty.

11
Opinion

The Deepening ‘Racialization’ of American Politics

Obama was a lightning rod. Trump is a lightning strike.

The numbers lend verisimilitude.

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

12
U.S.

N.R.A. Magazine Draws Criticism for ‘Target Practice’ Headline With Photo of Pelosi and Giffords

Critics condemned the layout, with one calling it “an incitement of violence.”

All "dog whistles" are not audio.

13
World

Trump-Kim Summit’s Collapse Exposes the Risks of One-to-One Diplomacy

President Trump, engaging in the sort of direct negotiation that his predecessors shunned, bet that his self-described skills as a master negotiator would make all the difference. They did not.

Trump was not prepared.

14
Obituaries

Dick Churchill, Last Survivor of ‘The Great Escape,’ Dies at 99

Mr. Churchill took part in the daring breakout from a Nazi prison camp in 1944 that inspired the 1963 film starring Steve McQueen.

Time passes.

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

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

15
Food

Where the World’s Chefs Want to Eat

Yardbird, in Hong Kong, mixes the polish of Tokyo’s favorite restaurants, the warmth of Sydney’s and the glamour of New York’s, with results that draw chefs from all over the globe.

I like food.

16
Opinion

An Agenda for Moderates

The policy implications of love your neighbor.

"So many women.  So little time"

Brooks probably does not believe the above

17
New York

Central Park Detective Retires With the Horse He Rode In On


Horses and cities have mixed until now.

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World

Seeking North Korea Deal, Trump Seems Willing to Ease U.S. Demands

Arriving in Hanoi for a second meeting with Kim Jong-un, President Trump sounds as if he is retreating on his ambition to eliminate the North’s nuclear arsenal.

Trump was not willing to yield.

19
Opinion

The Era of Limited Government Is Over

Why American conservatism after Trump may learn to like the state.

Ross Douthat has not thought about his reading.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalist_%28American_Revolution%29

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_Party_%28United_States%29

Conservatives all.

20
World

Jeremy Corbyn, Under Pressure From His Labour Party, Backs New Brexit Vote

Mr. Corbyn’s support for a second referendum cheered pro-European Britons, but his shift is no guarantee that a so-called “people’s vote” will happen.

Probably nothing.


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