Thursday, September 20, 2018

Thursday's Exhale

After coming up for air yesterday, it was one long sigh today:

Gas company’s plan for speedy replacement work raises safety fears

They do it too quick and their could be more explosions, they do it the way it should be it's no heat or hot water this winter. Then there is the co$t.

Temporary visa holders divided over plan to shake up green card system

I'm glad the Globe is looking out for them.

The vexing search for an effective way to prevent shark attacks

Republicans taking grave risks in Kavanaugh case

Why? 

All women monolithic in their thinking

No backlash the other way given the unfairness and all?

RelatedKavanaugh Accuser Rejects Senate Hearing as Unfair

With each day that goes by this looks more and more like a political stunt, and a particularly lame one at that. 

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Red Sox banner returned 

They still haven't clinched.

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Trump admits ‘We have an attorney general,’ but says he’s disappointed in him for many reasons

He is not the only one.

Police: 3 injured, suspect dead in Wisconsin office attack

Was just a photograph in my printed paper.

Army stopped expelling immigrant recruits, but e-mail suggests it’s still trying

Cody Wilson, Promoter of 3D-Printed Guns, Charged With Sexual Assault of Child

NRA membership is up since Parkland killings

You mean pushing the gun control agenda backfired?

Woman who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart released from prison

Police kill gunman after he shoots 4 in court lobby

Man pleads guilty to ‘Field of Dreams’ site vandalism

Trump: ‘We will be 100 percent’ with storm victims 

Now was that intentionally left off the Nation roster (click down once to see), or just you know?

Trump says he regrets not firing Comey sooner
President claims he’s OK with Manafort’s cooperation
Trump says 9/11 memorial reminded him of wall

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North Korea leader offers to dismantle nuclear test site

Talks between the United States and North Korea have reached an impasse over who should make the next move. Washington wants Pyongyang to take a meaningful step toward dismantling its nuclear weapons program. North Korea, however, is pushing for the United States to declare the 1950-1953 Korean War formally over, and claims Trump made a promise to that effect in Singapore.

Members of Trump’s own administration are known to be more wary about North Korea’s intentions, and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a Trump political ally who is influential on national security, tweeted that he was concerned Moon’s visit would undermine efforts by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley to impose ‘‘maximum pressure’’ on Pyongyang through sanctions.

There wasn’t enough in terms of new, concrete promises to satisfy many experts. Within Trump’s own administration, senior officials want North Korea to begin by declaring its nuclear and missile sites, rather than making piecemeal, unilateral concessions. Experts also believe that North Korea has continued to build nuclear weapons this year.

And the Vietnamese fired on US warships, Iraqis threw Kuwaiti babies out of incubators, Saddam had WMD, and Assad gassed his own people.

Najib Razak, Former Malaysian Prime Minister, to Face More Charges

Report: South Sudan troops raped, killed while peace pursued

Woman dies after storm blows caravan off cliff in Ireland

Macron’s new outburst gets business nod, draws web scorn

Terrorism is down worldwide, but State Department says Iran maintains ‘near-global reach’

Only if you exclude the United States.

EU and UK demand Brexit compromise over Irish border

Pakistan’s ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif freed after court suspends sentence

Catholic bishops plan a complaint hot line for sex abuse

India bans instant divorce by Muslim men

What will they do with the children?

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ACLU challenges jail’s policy of denying methadone to inmates

Man appeals conviction after dismissal of potential juror who said system is ‘rigged’ against black men

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Baker, Warren have large leads in new poll

Democrats hesitant on Gonzalez’s plan to tax big university endowments

The Globe agrees with them because of the numbers.

Can a Massachusetts Democrat beat a tall, popular Republican governor?

It all depends on how he dresses.

A pedestrian was killed and the driver was attacked in apparent retaliation in Watertown

Winnie-the-Pooh exhibition to open at Museum of Fine Arts

EEE is detected in area mosquito
Racial slurs found at elementary school
Hospital names unit for slain police officer
State receives first half of opioid funding

Man suffers life-threatening injury in shooting in Dorchester
Two scooter riders taken for wild ride on hood of car in Everett; driver arrested
Man arraigned in sexual assault case reported by woman who walked out of woods on Mass. Pike
Man charged with threatening Globe workers hires former federal prosecutor to defend him

Where is he getting the money?

Saugus High football coach headed to court to save job

Mass die-off of clams fouls Revere Beach

Hundreds gather in Saugus to remember victim of fatal shark attack

Lawrence teenager killed in gas explosion is mourned at funeral

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Decision on Humana’s Mass. tax break delayed

No kidding: At age 12, he’s running a business

New developer signs on to Andrew Square housing project

TALKING POINTS

China’s premier appeals for free trade amid tariff battle

Trump and Chinese tariffs: How not to make a deal

Europe to investigate Amazon’s dual role of merchant and platform

Stocks finish mixed but bond yields surge

Time to inhale again.