2015年6月22日 星期一

2015-06-23 U.S. Spotlight


New York Times
   
No Time to Be Nice at Work   
New York Times
MEAN bosses could have killed my father. I vividly recall walking into a hospital room outside of Cleveland to see my strong, athletic dad lying with electrodes strapped to his bare chest. What put him there? I believe it was work-related stress. For years he ...


   


CNN
   
For adults only: Sexy, boozy summer sleep-away camp   
CNN
(CNN) Drunk Field Day, Hangover Yoga and sober archery practice: Welcome to Camp Throwback, an adult summer camp with no kids, plenty of alcohol and a little romance. It's just one of many co-ed sleep-away camps that have popped up around the U.S. ...


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Foreign Policy (blog)
   
How Obama Opened His Heart to the 'Muslim World'   
Foreign Policy (blog)
And got it stomped on. Israel's former ambassador to the United States on the president's naiveté as peacemaker, blinders to terrorism, and alienation of allies. By Michael OrenMichael Oren, formerly Israel's ambassador to the United States and now a ...


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New York Times
   
House Hunting in Spain   
New York Times
A SIX-BEDROOM COUNTRY HOUSE NEAR SITGES. $1,017,000 (900,000 EUROS). This six-bedroom four-bathroom house sits on a hill above the small village of Castellvi de Rosanes, about a 30-minute drive inland from either Barcelona or Sitges, the ...


   


An Australian comic on what US gun laws look like to the rest of the world   
Washington Post (blog)
"I'm going to talk about something now that sort of splits the crowd a little bit," Australian comedian Jim Jefferies says. "Gun control." "Don't get excited," he continues, "because the other people have guns!" "Shhhhh." In this hilarious act, Jefferies says he ...


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True Detective: "The Western Book of the Dead" Review   
IGN
... → June 19, 2015 Advance review of Sunday's Season 2 premiere - some references to plot and character are made... Corruption. Abuse. Sexual fetishism. A cop with a nihilistic world-view. A theatrically staged corpse. And a city littered with the shattered ...


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Mother Jones
   
NRA Leader Blames Slain Charleston Pastor for Slaughter of His Congregants   
Mother Jones
Pastor and South Carolina state Sen. Clementa Pinckney. Grace Beahm/The Post and Courier/AP. Gun rights activists have been out in force since the massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, once again blaming the slaughter on ...


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High cost of hepatitis drug reflects a broken pricing system   
Los Angeles Times
Jane Blumenfeld isn't sure when or how she contracted hepatitis C. All she knows is that back in 2000, when she tried to donate blood, the lab told her she had it. After that she shared the nightmare of millions of hepatitis C victims. Hoping to stave off the ...


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Huffington Post
   
Amy's Kitchen Is Opening An All Vegetarian Drive-Thru   
Huffington Post
America is getting another all-vegetarian drive-thru next month. Amy's Kitchen, a company known for its vegetarian convenience food and frozen meals, will open its first restaurant in Rohnert Park, California, a city north of San Francisco. Quick service and ...


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Why the Confederate flag still flies in South Carolina   
CNN
(CNN) Even in the wake of overwhelming sadness, even amid charges of horrific crimes, there it was: the Confederate flag flying high above the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol. Outrageous. Unthinkable. Cruel. Those were the kinds of words being ...


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