Monday, May 29, 2017

@10:30, 5/29/17

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1
Food

What to Cook This Week

You might need a break after the Memorial Day rush, but you could also make something simple, like green garlic toast or stir-fried rainbow peppers.

I am not so ambitious.

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Technology

Daily Report: Lessons From a Journey Through America

Mark Zuckerberg is only about halfway through his goal to visit all the states, but the trips seem to be influencing his thinking, and his philosophy.

I am not looking at Mark Zuckerberg or his learning.
When he writes a book I might read a review.

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Food

A Journey Through Indonesian Favorites at Awang Kitchen in Elmhurst, Queens

The menu is rambling, featuring dishes like tempeh, goat skewers, and calamari gilded by salted duck egg yolks, but the waiters are patient guides.

We will adventure there if you wish.

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U.S.

Few in St. Louis Knew Confederate Memorial Existed. Now, Many Want It Gone.

The monument has emerged from obscurity in the last few weeks, as four prominent memorials to the Confederacy in New Orleans were pulled down amid protests.

Missouri had divided loyalties in the civil war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis#20th_century 

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Business Day

Rough Treatment of Journalists in the Trump Era

They have been yelled at, exposed to pepper spray, pinned by security and even arrested on the job. Now a reporter has accused a House candidate of assault.

Trump partisans can't think.

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Opinion

John F. Kennedy: An Idealist Without Illusions

On the centennial of his birth, is his legacy in eclipse?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War#Kennedy.27s_escalation.2C_1961.E2.80.9363

Kennedy was the better man.

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U.S.

North Korean Tests Add Urgency for U.S. to Fix Defense Flaws

The North has recently test-fired missiles based on a technology that would give the United States little warning of an attack. And they seem to work.

North Korea is a sovereign nation.

The State Department exists for these problems.
Talk to the Chinese and the United Nations.

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Climate

An Effect of Climate Change You Could Really Lose Sleep Over

Hotter nights in a warming world could have significant effects on how well people sleep, a new study suggests.

Yes.

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Food

Edible Blossoms to Brighten Your Plate

Snip off the flowering tops of herbs to make a colorful compound butter for fish, chicken, vegetables or toast.

Another reason for gardens.

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U.S.

Right, Left and Center: Partisan Writing You Shouldn’t Miss

Read about how the other side thinks: The danger of “lock them up” politics, why progressives should be wary of Tulsi Gabbard, and the six blocs Trump needs to survive.

I see the words.


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@13:28, 5/27/17

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Business Day

Rough Treatment of Journalists in the Trump Era

They have been yelled at, exposed to pepper spray, pinned by security and even arrested on the job. Now a reporter has accused a House candidate of assault.

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Opinion

Now Montana Knows Why Early Voting Is Bad

Two of the state’s newspapers retracted their endorsements of Greg Gianforte. Voters don’t have that luxury.

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Opinion

Journalism in the Age of the Body Slam

Business Day

Sean Hannity Isn’t Seeing Advertisers’ Exodus That Bill O’Reilly Did

 
FoxNews is entertainment.
Sean Hannity has kept his audience.
 
 
Business Day
 

Fox News Pushes Back Against Claims It Surveilled a Former Host

Fox News says the lawyer for Andrea Tantaros, who had complained of sexual harassment, did not properly vet facts when he accused the network of trying to silence her.

FoxNews must win in court.

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U.S.

Video: Fact Check: The Updated G.O.P. Health Care Bill

Does the health care bill passed by the House live up to Republicans’ promises? We checked the facts.

No.

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Opinion

Ben Carson and the Poverty ‘State of Mind’

Statements like this one by Ben Carson “encapsulate everything that is wrong with the current Republican-led administration.”

U.S. governments do not do charity.
They do entitlements.

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Food

What to Cook This Weekend


I can make these things.
I am not about to do so.

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Travel

At Bay Area Restaurant, Roadside Food With a California Accent

The chef at Dad’s Luncheonette is an alumnus of Saison, the wildly expensive San Francisco spot. Dad’s is anything but.

Add it to your list.

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Food

A Journey Through Indonesian Favorites at Awang Kitchen in Elmhurst, Queens

The menu is rambling, featuring dishes like tempeh, goat skewers, and calamari gilded by salted duck egg yolks, but the waiters are patient guides.

If you wish.


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@13:00, 5/27/17

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U.S.

A Journalist Was Body Slammed? Some Conservatives Await the Media’s Apology

The treatment of a reporter by Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate in a Montana special election, merited disgust to amused mockery, depending on who you asked.

The behavior is known as thugish.

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Food

What to Cook This Weekend

Feast in the lead up to Memorial Day, and treat yourself to clams, barbecued chicken, or pulled pork or lamb.

There is nothing here I can't do.
There is nothing here I will do.

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U.S.

Video: Fact Check: The Updated G.O.P. Health Care Bill

Does the health care bill passed by the House live up to Republicans’ promises? We checked the facts.

A long way to say "a tissue of lies".

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Opinion

‘It Was Forced on Me’: Child Marriage in the U.S.

Thousands of minors wed each year. Some do it for love; others are given no choice, like an 11-year-old girl who was told to marry her rapist.

Nicholas Kristof makes his case.
I did not need much convincing.

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Opinion

As Statues Fall, the Specter of the Noose Rises

In Mississippi, the historic epicenter of racist terror, a legislator says those who bring down Confederate memorials should be “lynched.”

I have no wish to refight the civil war.
The South lost. 
Their policies must end everywhere.

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Style

Homework? First I Need to Get to the Bottom of This Comey Story

Gabe Fleisher is the 15-year-old high school freshman behind the popular and surprisingly sophisticated Wake Up to Politics newsletter.

At 7:30 Gabe Fleisher is finishing his daily newsletter, Wake Up to Politics.

Read him if you wish.

http://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/

http://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/upfidsidsor

I am not he.   I am happy to sleep a few more hours.


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N.Y. / Region

Half of U.S. Babies With Zika-Related Defects Were Born in New York

New data from the health department reveals that 32 infants were born in the city to 402 women infected with the virus, all in travel-related cases.

New York has a large population that travels to the tropics.

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Opinion

Consider President Pence

Everyone seems to be dreaming of replacing a flamboyantly unqualified man with a quietly unqualified one.

On the whole I would rather not.

"Agnew first."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew#Criminal_investigation_and_resignation

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Opinion

Journalism in the Age of the Body Slam

Had the reporter in Montana been attacked by a Democrat rather than a Republican, he would have been hailed as a victim of liberal rage.

"Yet in the aftermath of the assault on Ben Jacobs, a reporter for The Guardian, by Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate for a special House election in Montana, too many conservatives are either doubting the event occurred, despite audio evidence and witness testimony by a Fox News crew, or praising Mr. Gianforte for giving the press what it deserves."

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U.S.

Roger Boesche, Professor Who Stirred Obama’s Interest in Politics, Dies at 69

Asked in 2010 to name his favorite college course, President Barack Obama replied, “I had a wonderful political science class. I still remember the name of the professor, Roger Boesche.”

I was profoundly bored by my political science class.
I felt cheated.

Politics is a civic duty.

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Sunday, May 28, 2017

@1:20, 5/28/17

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1
Opinion

The Demented Detectives on Seth Rich’s Case

Some people believe conspiracy theories because they feel lost. Others because they are ruthlessly cynical.

Seth Rich remains dead.

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Business Day

Fox News Retracts Seth Rich Story That Stirred Controversy

Mr. Rich’s family had demanded a retraction after Sean Hannity continued to promote a theory that Mr. Rich was murdered because he was involved in WikiLeaks.

FoxNews  is an entertainment operation.

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Well

A 1-Hour Walk, 3 Times a Week, Has Benefits for Dementia

Regular, brisk walks improved thinking skills in older people with a common form of age-related memory loss.

Gretchen Reynolds is making sense.

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U.S.

Video: Fact Check: The Updated G.O.P. Health Care Bill

Does the health care bill passed by the House live up to Republicans’ promises? We checked the facts.

The new Republican health care act is dead.

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Well

High-Fiber Diet Tied to Less Knee Arthritis

As fiber intake increased, the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis decreased, a new analysis found.

The study would be more effective if it found a mechanism.
The observation that high dietary fiber reduces arthritis risk is useful.

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Science

Somehow, This Fish Fathered a Near Clone of Itself

A fish was discovered carrying genes only from its father, a result of a rare phenomenon called androgenesis never before documented in vertebrates.

"Accident or not, it happened, and shows that reproduction can vary in all sorts of “weird and wonderful” ways across the natural world, said Benjamin Oldroyd, a professor of genetics at the University of Sydney who was not involved in this study.
“It may not add up to a hill of beans other than realizing that the world is much more complicated than we assume,” he said. “But it’s part of what life is, as a curious human, to understand these things.”"

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Job Market

Welcome Aboard! And by the Way: I Quit

A manager wonders about the ethics of recruiting new workers while simultaneously pursuing a job elsewhere.

The advice seems appropriate.

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Opinion

Trump vs. Math

The budget commits a jaw-dropping error of economic logic.

Donald Trump is living in a bubble.

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N.Y. / Region

Still Haunted After a Case Goes Cold

Irene Gowins-Sowells watched her husband die nearly 17 years ago after he was fatally shot in front of their Brooklyn home. And no one can tell her who killed him.

Unfinished business.

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Podcasts

‘The Daily’: Fake News Dies Hard

How the unsolved murder of Seth Rich has become a case study of how and why fake news endures.

No time to wait for it to load.


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Saturday, May 27, 2017

@15:33, 5/27/17

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1
Opinion

The Good Republican Women

A reader praises the courage of some female senators who put country before party.

The Republican women have not acted.

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N.Y. / Region

Half of U.S. Babies With Zika-Related Defects Were Born in New York

New data from the health department reveals that 32 infants were born in the city to 402 women infected with the virus, all in travel-related cases.

"All of the infections were related to travel to the areas where Zika is epidemic, with 11 of the cases transmitted sexually by a partner who traveled to those areas."

3
Opinion

Now Montana Knows Why Early Voting Is Bad

Two of the state’s newspapers retracted their endorsements of Greg Gianforte. Voters don’t have that luxury.

Yes.

4
Food

What to Cook This Weekend

Feast in the lead up to Memorial Day, and treat yourself to clams, barbecued chicken, or pulled pork or lamb.

If you wish.

5
U.S.

Who Is Greg Gianforte? Some Background on the Montana Candidate Accused of Assault

Greg Gianforte, the Republican running for the House in Montana, was charged with misdemeanor assault on Wednesday.

Greg Gianforte is elected.

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Opinion

Immigrant Detentions

The National Immigrant Justice Center writes that immigrants are being rushed through deportation proceedings.

Eleven million hearings will take several years.

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N.Y. / Region

Brooklyn Prison Supervisors Charged With Sexually Assaulting Inmates

Two supervisors at a federal jail in Brooklyn accused of sexually abusing female inmates educated subordinates about the Prison Rape Elimination Act.

The abuse is probable.

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The Learning Network

Teaching Science with the ‘Trilobites’ Column

This column, featuring bite-sized articles on a range of scientific topics weekly, can be used as a source for mentor texts, research topics and more.

Close enough to identical.

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 Opinion

On Leaving the White House

A reader says aides thinking of leaving should do it now to avoid a well-worn excuse.

no excuse is necessary

10
Real Estate

Cyclists: Where to Live in New York

The 10 most bike-friendly neighborhoods in the city.

New York is filling with bicyclists.
They are scaring the taxis.

@2:21, 5/26/17

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1
The Upshot

Checking Democracy’s Pulse

A second survey of political scientists finds a sense that the United States is doing slightly worse in some aspects of political well-being.

Democracy may be doing well.
The government is in deep trouble.

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U.S.

A Journalist Was Body Slammed? Some Conservatives Await the Media’s Apology

The treatment of a reporter by Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate in a Montana special election, merited disgust to amused mockery, depending on who you asked.

The Guardian and its reporter should not apologize.
The act would have cost the election if the timing were better.

3
Food

An Identity Crisis at Italienne

The chef Jared Sippel’s restaurant is both French and Italian, formal and casual.

The kitchen will figure out consistency or close.

4
Food

Creamy, Dreamy Sorbet Sandwiches for Hot Summer Nights

The pastry chef Marc Aumont’s latest confection combines a cream cheese sorbet with crisp macaron cookies.

If you wish.

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N.Y. / Region

Simcha Felder Tells Fellow Rogue Democrats to Rejoin the Party Fold

Mr. Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who has sided with the Republicans in the State Senate, urged the Independent Democratic Conference to reunite with its mainline colleagues.

Extortion is bad politics.

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Opinion

The Flynn Affair

Why has President Trump remained so loyal to Michael Flynn?

The investigation is appropriate.

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Opinion

To Impeach or Not to Impeach

And is that even the question?

There must be a simple majority in the house for a bill of impeachment.

Such a majority is not there.

There must be a super majority in the senate to remove the president from office.

There is no such majority for removal.

The public will suffer.

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Opinion

Lurching Backward on Justice Reform

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is living in the 1980s. The states don’t have to follow him.

The reactionary coalition demands draconian punishment for crime.
Penitence and reform are not the objective of the police and the courts.

For Jeff Sessions justice is punishment.

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Opinion

As the Senate Considers Its Own Health Care Bill

Two tongue-in-cheek reactions: Readers suggest how “13 old white guys” can create a “sure-to-please plan,” and warn of the bill’s side effects.

The American Health Care Act should fail of passage.

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Science

The Science Behind the Flamingo’s One-Legged Stance

Flamingos don’t appear to need to flex their muscles to maintain their classic one-legged posture, a new study suggests.

OK



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1
Opinion

Get Married, Get Healthy? Maybe Not.


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Opinion

Now Montana Knows Why Early Voting Is Bad

Two of the state’s newspapers retracted their endorsements of Greg Gianforte. Voters don’t have that luxury.

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Travel

Pets on the Premises? It’s a Hotel Perk



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U.S.

Lieberman Withdraws From Consideration as F.B.I. Director

Joseph I. Lieberman, the former senator and vice-presidential candidate, was once said to be President Trump’s preferred choice.

Joe Lieberman should retire in obscurity.

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U.S.

Assault Charge for Gianforte Lifts Democrats’ Montana Election Hopes


Disappointed.

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Real Estate

$2.3 Million Homes in Colorado, South Carolina and Massachusetts

A modernist house in Boulder; a country-style home outside Charleston; and a 1775 house in Stockbridge.

None of these.
Stockbridge comes closest.

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Business Day

Rough Treatment of Journalists in the Trump Era

They have been yelled at, exposed to pepper spray, pinned by security and even arrested on the job. Now a reporter has accused a House candidate of assault.

Candidates and officials will be questioned in public.
They can avoid public spaces.

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Job Market

Finding Meaning in Health Crises

A hospital chaplain counsels people in the throes of medical emergencies, unexpected diagnoses and end-of-life decisions.

Why there should be meaning in a health crisis beyond the crisis escapes me.


N.Y. / Region

A Gadget Favored by Fingers Both Fidgety and Sticky

Fidget spinners, a small toy said to relieve stress, have become an overnight sensation, inspiring copycats and thieves.

Prayer beads, prayer wheels, ball point pens that  click, rosaries.
Another doodle.

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The Learning Network

Questions for: ‘Looming Floods, Threatened Cities’

Why, and how, are scientists racing to collect data on Antarctica and its unstable ice shelves?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/18/climate/antarctica-ice-melt-climate-change.html

1. What percentage of the Earth’s freshwater is locked in Antarctica’s ice sheets?

60%
 
2. Why is much of West Antarctica’s ice especially vulnerable to ocean heat? If Antarctica collapses, what is the risk for the coastal cities of the world?

Much of the ice sheet reaches below sealevel.
Complete melting of Antartic ice would raise sea level more than 160 feet.


3. What does Terence J. Hughes, a retired University of Maine glaciologist living in South Dakota, think about biblical floods and other ancient literature? Why?

Race memory of other melting events.
 
4. What did Robert M. DeConto of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and David Pollard of Pennsylvania State University discover in a 2016 study that raised alarm worldwide?

The fundamental instability of the Antarctic ice.
 
5. What have the National Science Foundation in Washington and the Natural Environment Research Council in Britain decided to do over the next few years, and why?

They have decided for further study.
They want to give good numbers for the rate of rise with various programs to control climate change.


It seems to me that sea level rise on the order of several meters is inevitable.


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