Tuesday, May 29, 2018

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The weasel voice in journalism
https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2018/05/26/the-weasel-voice-in-journalism


Personality predicts musical preference
[Based on the big five dimensions. I wish they also included the honesty/humility dimension.]
http://discovery.economist.com/features/21739948-openness-prefers-sophistication-extroversion-unpretentiousness-personality-166801620-1527621321029?kw=all&csid=socialpr&ref=features&aid=5694790160


Breitbart staffer recruited Sanders activist Bruce Carter to get African Americans to support the Republican—or stay home.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-05-29/inside-the-pro-trump-effort-to-keep-black-voters-from-the-polls


Harvard study: Black defendants get longer sentences from GOP-appointed judges
under a GOP-appointed judge, a black defendant receives sentences that are, on average, three months longer than from a Democratic-appointed judge.
The study also found that those same judges gave shorter sentences to women by an average of two months compared to “similar males.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/389661-harvard-study-black-defendants-get-longer-sentences-from-gop


Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria Death Toll Could Exceed 4,000, New Study Estimates
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/us/puerto-rico-deaths-hurricane.html


EPA used disavowed research to justify putting dirtier trucks on the road
Trump's EPA has tried to justify the move by citing a privately funded study that claimed the trucks did not cause more pollution, but even the university that conducted the research has now cast doubt on the findings.
[Funded by a businessman who stands to gain from allowing dirtier trucks, by a person with no training or experience in the area, at ta location owned by the businessman.]
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pruitt-polluting-trucks-20180528-story.html


Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials working closely with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global warming, counter negative news coverage and tout Administrator Scott Pruitt's stewardship of the agency.
John Konkus, EPA's deputy associate administrator for public affairs, repeatedly reached out to senior staffers at the Heartland Institute, according to the emails.
https://apnews.com/amp/64cd37b0503440c0b92e6ca075f87dd4


Premature Birth Rates Drop in California After Coal and Oil Plants Shut Down
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22052018/air-pollution-coal-power-plants-oil-health-risks-premature-births-california


Al Bean, Apollo 12 moonwalker, has died
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/al-bean-apollo-12-moonwalker-has-died


Few large US companies say they'll use tax savings to boost wages, CNBC survey finds
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/few-large-companies-say-theyll-use-tax-savings-to-boost-wages-cnbc-survey-finds.html


Harley-Davidson workers across the USA are reeling after a new report revealed a plant closure and layoffs were planned as the company expected to reap huge financial benefits from the federal corporate tax cut.
The Milwaukee-based motorcycle manufacturer benefited from the tax cuts enacted Jan. 1, announced cuts of 350 jobs across the company in late January and on Feb. 5 approved a half-cent dividend increase and buyback of up to 15 million shares.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/harley-davidson-workers-say-plant-closure-after-tax-cut-is-like-being-stuck-in-a-bad-dream/507-558927057

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