Month: August 2019

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The NewsWorthy - Hurricane Dorian Update, U.S. Space Command & Labor Day – Friday, August 30th, 2019

The news to know for Friday, August 30th, 2019! 

What to know today about Hurricane Dorian's path as it could become a Category 4 storm.

Plus: plans for a U.S. Space Command, new warnings about e-cigs, and when Apple will likely announce the new iPhones.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

Today's episode is brought to you by www.Blinkist.com/news.

 

Read more:

Hurricane Dorian: Weather Channel, AccuWeather, NBC News, CBS News, NYT

Methane Restrictions: NYT, USA Today, Reuters 

Comey FBI Violation: AP, WSJ

US Space Command: Politico, NPR, Washington Post

Juul Investigations: The Verge, WSJ

Juul’s New System: Business Insider, Engadget, Gizmodo

Vaping Health Concerns: The Washington Post, CNN, Bloomberg

E-Scooter Danger: Bloomberg, The Verge

Apple Event: Engadget, USA Today

Alex Trebek Back: Deadline, Today, Variety

Labor Day Weekend: History, NBC News

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Read Me a Poem - “Elderly Tears” by Leonardo Sinisgalli

Amanda Holmes reads Leonardo Sinisgalli’s poem, “Elderly Tears,” both in the original Italian and in her own translation.Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


Pianto antico

by Leonardo Sinisgalli


I vecchi hanno il pianto facile.

In pieno meriggio

in un nascondiglio della casa vuota

scoppiano in lacrime seduti.

Li coglie di sorpresa

una disperazione infinita.

Portano alle labbra uno spicchio

secco di pera, la polpa

di un fico cotto sulle tegole.

Anche un sorso d'acqua

può spegnere una crisi

e la visita di una lumachina.

 

Elderly Tears

translated by Amanda Holmes


The old find crying easy.

In broad daylight

in a hidden corner of the empty house

they break into tears

caught by the surprise

of infinite despair.

They bring to their lips

a sliver of dried pear

the pulp of a fig cooked on tiles.

Even a sip of water

can quench a crisis as can

the visit of a little snail.

 

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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Opening Arguments - OA310: Citizenship and the Military and…

Today's Rapid Response Friday takes a look at the recent Trump Administration memorandum "clarifying" the rules on military citizenship for children born to U.S. employees -- largely, those in the armed forces -- serving overseas. Is it as bad as you've heard? (Yes.) Is it actually worse than that? (Yes.)

First, though, we continue to revisit the apportionment question discussed in Episode 307. Have we finally crowdsourced a solution? The answer may surprise you!

After that, it's time for a deep dive into the latest policy manual update from the department of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services "clarifying" that servicemembers living overseas don't actually count as "living in the United States." Will this cause Trump-supporting military members to vote for Elizabeth Warren in 2020? (No.) Should it? (Yes.) Is it way, way worse than you could possibly imagine? Oh yes.

After that, it's time for a very brief Andrew Was Wrong (the best kind!).

Then, it's time for an all-new Thomas Takes the Bar Exam, in which we have... something approaching "Don't Take Legal Advice From A Podcast" Law? You won't want to miss this question involving a disgruntled landlord and a put-upon law student. Can Thomas break his losing streak? Listen and find out!

Appearances

None! If you’d like to have either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at openarguments@gmail.com.

Show Notes & Links

  1. We first covered the potential apportionment crisis in Episode 307.
  2. You can read the latest policy manual update from the department of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for yourself.
  3. The relevant legal provisions of the Immigration and Naturalization Act are 8 U.S.C. § 1401, 8 U.S.C § 1431, and 8 U.S.C. § 1433.
  4. This is the August 15th, 2019 story about how the Trump administration continues to use the "out-of-wedlock" rule against LGBTQ couples.
  5. Finally, this is the garbage, racist National Review article on birthright citizenship, and this is U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S> 649 (1898).

-Support us on Patreon at: patreon.com/law

-Follow us on Twitter:  @Openargs

-Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/openargs/, and don’t forget the OA Facebook Community!

-For show-related questions, check out the Opening Arguments Wiki, which now has its own Twitter feed!  @oawiki

-And finally, remember that you can email us at openarguments@gmail.com!

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The Gist - To Greta Goes the Glory?

On The Gist, this week in the news, truth is stranger than science fiction.

In the interview, guest host Seth Stevenson talks to the executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. And it turns out that when you’re a citizen for responsibility and ethics, as Noah Bookbinder is, you see plenty going wrong in Washington.

In the Spiel, Greta Thunberg’s cross-Atlantic trip was an exercise in inconvenience.

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Bay Curious - Why Are There So Many Palm Trees in the Bay Area?

After Joseph Morales, an electrician from Chicago, moved to Emeryville this past winter, he found himself wondering: What’s with all the palm trees in the Bay Area? Like Joseph, they didn’t originate here. But they’re all over the place.

Not that Joseph minds.

“They remind me of vacation,” he says, “having a good time with a cold drink and sitting under a palm tree.” Then again: “Northern California doesn’t really seem to be the ideal location for palm trees. I’m expecting hot weather and sun and beaches. And there’s just palm trees and mountains and cold water. So it just seemed weird.”

Read the full web version: Why Are There So Many Palm Trees in the Bay Area?

Reported by Daniel Potter

Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Maggie Galloway, Robert Speight, Katie McMurran, Paul Lancour and Ryan Levi. Additional support from Julie Caine, Suzie Racho, Ethan Lindsey, Pat Yollin and David Weir.

Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - What Will The Mayor Say Tonight? And The Many Layers Of Gone With The Wind

In the latest installment of The Movie That Made Me, Lesle Honore of the KLEO Community Family Life Center talks about her attachment to, and struggles with, the classic film Gone With the Wind.

Plus A.D. Quig of Crains’ takes a stab at what Mayor Lightfoot will say tonight at her first State of the City address. The speech airs at 6pm here on WBEZ.