Tuesday, November 24, 2015

24-Nov-2015 05:58

The Cult of the Toto Toilet :: The Japanese toilet is said to be about “comfort, health, functionality,” but in America, the washlet with its bidet has not widely caught on.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/fashion/the-cult-of-the-toto-toilet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Ryan Budget Plan Draws GOP Flak :: House Republican leaders are drawing opposition from party members to the idea of revamping Medicare for more Americans than previously suggested.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342741269490544.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

TSA to Allow Small Knives on Planes :: The Transportation Security Administration said it would soon allow fliers to carry certain smaller knives onto airplanes, one of the biggest moves to scale back airport-security measures since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342580651057500.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Venezuela Leader Chávez Dies at 58 :: Hugo Chávez, a former tank commander turned populist politician who used Venezuela's oil riches to pursue his vision of socialism and challenge the U.S., died Tuesday from complications related to cancer.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203458604577265460960140008.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Cardinals Raise Questions Over Report :: When cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope, the chapel will become a fortress of the Holy See's most carefully guarded secrets. But there is one secret many of the cardinals themselves are trying to divine.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324178904578342552773070858.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

Five Stocks Handled the Heavy Lifting :: Five blue-chip stocks have accounted for about one-third of the rally in the Dow since the financial crisis.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342771985751896.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Beijing, U.S. Unveil New Korean Sanctions :: The U.S. and China introduced a new round of sanctions against North Korea at the United Nations that the U.S. said would significantly impede the development of Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, in response to its test last month of an atomic bomb.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342311961968652.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

Venezuela Consults Cuban Playbook :: Hours before announcing Chávez's death, the government resorted to a ploy to try to unite his supporters: Talk of an alleged conspiracy by the U.S. to destabilize the country.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323494504578342440377083144.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

You Can Now Have Dinner in the Great Hall at Hogwarts (954759 views) :: http://time.com/4053951/harry-potter-jk-rowling-hogwarts-great-hall/

New Google Doodle Honors Lucy the Australopithecus :: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/mostemailed/~3/6BWHC70vMUA/

Thai Academics Demand an End to Political Intimidation :: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/mostemailed/~3/BatGGIiiI8w/

Investors Aren’t Convinced the Pfizer-Allergan Deal Is a Go :: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/mostemailed/~3/mnSnM18NhkY/

Less Than One Quarter of People Featured in the Media Are Women :: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/mostemailed/~3/dUvqqpJVTeg/

A Hated Phrase That Subway Riders Are Hearing More: ‘Sick Passenger’ :: Ill passengers have accounted for about 3,000 train delays each month this year in New York, up from about 1,800 per month in 2012, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/nyregion/a-hated-phrase-that-subway-riders-are-hearing-more-sick-passenger.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Trump Again Says He Saw Cheering in NJ on 9/11 :: "They were cheering as the World Trade Center came down."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-cheering-jersey-911/story?id=35355447

New England Patriots Hold Moment of Silence for Fan Killed in West Bank :: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/mostemailed/~3/weFWc8bO9sQ/

Chris Christie’s New Pitch: Elect a Prosecutor-In-Chief :: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/mostemailed/~3/PaUcxinAdEw/

Trump: 'Hundreds' Said They Saw 9/11 Celebrations in US :: Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump didn't back down from his controversial comments about 9/11 Monday night, saying residents of Jersey City, NJ celebrated the World Trade Center attacks.

Trump, speaking at a rally in Columbus, OH said he has received ???hundreds??? of phone calls and tweets from people who claim to have seen the celebrations.




"Lo and behold I start getting phone calls in my office by the hundreds, that they were there and they saw this take place on the internet," Trump said in Ohio.

Trump also quoted from the Sept. 18, 2001 Washington Post article which described how authorities detained people "allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river."

Trump told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos that "there were people that were cheering on the other side of New Jersey where you have large Arab population."

"They were cheering as the World Trade Center...
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-heard-hundreds-911-celebrations-us/story?id=35380110

Pfizer Chief Defends Merger With Allergan as Good for U.S. :: The agreement would be the latest, and largest, aimed at helping an American company lower its taxes by reincorporating overseas, a tactic known as corporate inversion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/business/dealbook/pfizer-allergan-merger-inversion.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

White House Asks Allies to Step Up Campaign Against ISIS :: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/mostemailed/~3/izoodgYf8DM/

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