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The Obama administration has indicted six current and former officials under the Espionage Act, which had previously been used only three times since it was enacted in 1917. One, a former C.I.A. officer, pleaded guilty under another law for revealing the name of an agent who participated in the torture of a terrorist suspect. Meanwhile, President Obama decided not to investigate, much less prosecute, anyone who actually did the torturing.
The $85 billion “sequester” that began on March 1 will cut nutrition subsidies for approximately 600,000 pregnant women, newborns and infants by year’s end. Public housing budgets will be cut by nearly $2 billion this year, even while 1.4 million homes are in foreclosure. Even the budget of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation’s main defense against epidemics like last year’s fungal meningitis outbreak, is being cut, by at least $18 million
Countries that slashed health and social protection budgets, like Greece, Italy and Spain, have seen starkly worse health outcomes than nations like Germany, Iceland and Sweden, which maintained their social safety nets and opted for stimulus over austerity. (Germany preaches the virtues of austerity — for others.)
In Brooklyn, home now to countless urban farmers pursuing the perfect rooftop tomato, one of many trends is something called slow parenting, which has very little to do with dimwittedness, and much to do with less scheduling and fewer possessions for New York toddlers.
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Do you have a small back pack I can borrow?”
“Yeah I think I saw one in your brother’s closet”
“After class, I may go to Powells.”
“You could come home and take my car.”
“No, the motorcycle is good.”
“Ok, well, drive carefully.”
“I’m going to a safety class!”
“I think it’s an Evil Knievel class to learn stunt riding.”
“Oh, they had to cancel that class—the shark is sick and they are out of flammable stuff for the rings.
“Yeah I think I saw one in your brother’s closet”
“After class, I may go to Powells.”
“You could come home and take my car.”
“No, the motorcycle is good.”
“Ok, well, drive carefully.”
“I’m going to a safety class!”
“I think it’s an Evil Knievel class to learn stunt riding.”
“Oh, they had to cancel that class—the shark is sick and they are out of flammable stuff for the rings.
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