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+1491245186,"This project makes me happy to be a 30+ year Times subscriber... continue to innovate across all platforms, please.",22022598,22022598,<br/>,comment,1491237056,1,False,0,,22022598,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491245186,Rob Gayle,46006296,"Riverside, CA",,,0,58def1347c459f24986d7c80,Unknown,Insider,716,2,News,,,,,,
+1491188619,"Stunning photos and reportage. Infuriating that the Trump admistration's draconian reinstatement of the global gag order will prevent men and women from receiving appropriate family planning advice, so obviously desperately needed.",22017350,22017350,n/a,comment,1491180489,1,False,0,,22017350,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491188619,Susan A.,29202761,<br/>,,,0,58def1347c459f24986d7c80,Unknown,Insider,716,2,News,,,,,,
+1491188617,"Brilliant work from conception to execution. I've never seen anything like it. As a paper of record it is important to leave a record of these and other peoples for whom no one else speaks. Please keep humanizing what are otherwise bland statistics. It matters. Time and again their stories sounded like mine, could have been mine. We're about to see hordes of people far away experiencing utter devastation. Empathy goes away unless there are names and stories, and pictures. Links to helping at organizations, resources.... ",22017334,22017334,<br/>,comment,1491179470,1,False,0,,22017334,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491188617,Meta,63944806,Raleigh NC,,,0,58def1347c459f24986d7c80,Unknown,Insider,716,2,News,,,,,,
+1491167820,"NYT reporters should provide a contributor's link to a crowdfunding project or aid organization focused on the specific subject of news stories like this. Not for every sad story, but for the biggest and most obvious human problems on earth. <br/><br/>That should be a regular feature, with a dedicated click-button always located in the same familiar spot. Only 36% of America has truly hardened their hearts toward those suffering abroad. ",22015913,22015913,<br/>,comment,1491150196,1,False,0,,22015913,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491167820,Tom Wyrick,1266184,"Missouri, USA",,,0,58def1347c459f24986d7c80,Unknown,Insider,716,2,News,,,,,,
+1491167815,Could only have been done in print. Stunning. ,22015466,22015466,<br/>,comment,1491147284,1,False,0,,22015466,http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs439.snc4/48586_720248669_1867_q.jpg,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491167815,Joe Sharkey,61121360,"Tucson, Arizona",,,0,58def1347c459f24986d7c80,Unknown,Insider,716,2,News,,,,,,
+1491142576,Thank you New York Times. People should be supporting and encouraging live theater which brings these photos to life. cab dramatists write about real issues?<br/>Money to arts not guns.,22012085,22012085,<br/>,comment,1491128692,1,False,0,,22012085,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491142576,dramaman,59125002,new york,,,0,58def1347c459f24986d7c80,Unknown,Insider,716,2,News,,,,,,
+1491060909,"Proof that photojournalism is alive and well. Excellent work, Mr. Ferguson!",22003784,22003784,<br/>,comment,1491056012,1,False,0,,22003784,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491060909,Bob Williams,320791,"East Northport, NY",,,0,58def1347c459f24986d7c80,Unknown,Insider,716,2,News,,,,,,
+1491252241,"The OASIS Initiative, which I started with Prof. Malcolm Potts at UC Berkeley is focusing on building local leadership and the evidence base necessary to help people in the Sahel face Africa's greatest development challenge: unprecedented population growth and effects of climate change in an already fragile region. Please consider supporting our work - the ""donate"" button is on the top right. Gifts to UC Berkeley have only about 3% indirect cost rate. <a href=""http://www.oasisinitiative.berkeley.edu"" title=""www.oasisinitiative.berkeley.edu"" target=""_blank"">www.oasisinitiative.berkeley.edu</a> ",22024897,22024897,<br/>,userReply,1491247899,2,False,22015913,Tom Wyrick,22015913:22024897,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491252241,Alisha G,65289571,"Tahoma, CA",,,22015913,58def1347c459f24986d7c80,Unknown,Insider,716,2,News,,,,,,
+1491668599,I agree. I've just spent 30 minutes trying to find a place to donate money that will actually go to these people.,22082978,22082978,n/a,userReply,1491665056,2,False,22015913,Tom Wyrick,22015913:22082978,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491668599,Kathy Mortensen,76442479,Ann Arbor,,,22015913,58def1347c459f24986d7c80,Unknown,Insider,716,2,News,,,,,,
+1491064414,How about Katrina Pierson? Back to Palookaville for her!,22004930,22004930,<br/>,comment,1491061051,1,False,0,,22004930,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,60,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064414,Gaucho54,59237391,California,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064399,"""You can fool some of the people all of the time."" <br/><br/>Therein lies DJT's political base. Day by day, that base, that pool, continues to shrink in number ... it's just another way of draining the swamp. Keep working on that pool, DJT ... keep working on that pool. You can eliminate that swamp. Trust me ... I'm an expired notary.<br/><br/>Nobody does it better than you. You're the greatest, DJT. Just keep on keeping on. You've got your stuff working.",22005135,22005135,<br/>,comment,1491061867,1,False,0,,22005135,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5574/7814/cropped-55747814.jpg?0.48171199136413634,96,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491064399,Agent 86,55747814,"Oxford, Mississippi",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064392,The Dreaded Trump Curse?...you mean there's only one???,22004841,22004841,<br/>,comment,1491060736,1,False,0,,22004841,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,61,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064392,N. Smith,64679318,New York City,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064381,No one is stopping Sean Spicer or any of the others from quitting if they are so horrified by Trump's policies and practices.,22005149,22005149,<br/>,comment,1491061913,1,False,0,,22005149,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,154,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064381,Cordelia28,8542342,"Astoria, OR",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064377,"""Oh my God, poor Sean Spicer. You wouldn’t wish this on anyone.""<br/>(Except Sean. In fact they all deserve it.)",22004746,22004746,<br/>,comment,1491060401,1,False,0,,22004746,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,178,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064377,C. Morris,29602765,Idaho,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064358,"""Oh my God, poor Sean Spicer. You wouldn’t wish this on anyone.""<br/><br/>Yes, yes you would!",22005218,22005218,<br/>,comment,1491062203,1,False,0,,22005218,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1577/3758/cropped-15773758.jpg,134,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491064358,Michael,15773758,"Richmond, VA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064351,"Can't we just get Sean Spicer, Ms. Conway and all of Trump's other regular TV defenders--Hugh Hewitt et al.--before TV cameras for a daily 15 minute segment in which they all spout their deflections and misdirections without interruption? Why let reporters questions slow the flow of misinformation? Just let the deflectors spout it all out in a burst. Then we would not have to be plagued by their inanities throughout the day.<br/><br/>Fifteen minutes should be plenty of time for FOX News to get all the sound bites they need for any given day.<br/><br/>Fifteen minutes should also be plenty of time for those who wish to be misinformed to receive all the disinformation they could possibly want.",22005228,22005228,<br/>,comment,1491062243,1,False,0,,22005228,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,91,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064351,"Andrew G. Bjelland, Sr.",58063917,"Salt Lake City, Utah",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064317,I keep waiting for Spicer to show at his podium wearing a beanie with a propeller on top. I have to believe when he closes his eyes trying to sleep the inside of his brain is going like a pin ball machine.<br/>It would all be great material for a never to believed spoof on Washington if we weren't watching our Nation circling the porcelain convenience.<br/>Curiouser and curiouser....,22004632,22004632,<br/>,comment,1491059984,1,False,0,,22004632,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4212/8569/cropped-42128569.jpg?1173591530237930251,134,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064317,Bob Laughlin,42128569,Denver,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064312,"Bravo Gail !<br/>Add to your list of the pariah-like effect DT poses to famous people - musicians, stars, artists, athletes, team owners, none of whom apparently want an invite to anything associated with this WH. (one exception - Bob Kraft- he was apparently needed at Mar-A -Lago when the nuclear football was being tossed around in the wake of the call from No. Korea.) ",22004617,22004617,<br/>,comment,1491059913,1,False,0,,22004617,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6470/2728/cropped-64702728.jpg?0.9800722880447814,33,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064312,r. mackinnon,64702728,"concord, MA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491063880,What about poor Kellyanne? ,22004589,22004589,<br/>,comment,1491059795,1,False,0,,22004589,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,57,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491063880,Ken,6407662,"The Woodlands, Texas",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491063877,"Oh yeah Gail we do ""wish this on"" everyone of these a holes. They deserve what they are getting as does Don the Con who hopefully is going to get ousted to Siberia where he can ride off bareback with Putin into the Sunset on the back of a white horse.",22004546,22004546,<br/>,comment,1491059587,1,False,0,,22004546,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,128,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491063877,trueblue,22178100,KY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062756,"Gail Collins' funny columns alone are worth the price of a NYT subscription. She gives me a good laugh every time I read her, something I greatly appreciate during these anxious times. Many thanks to her.",22004815,22004815,<br/>,comment,1491060630,1,False,0,,22004815,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,168,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062756,rlmullaney,61116551,memphis tn,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062756,"Just as in every conflict before, those who supported Trump or invested with him lost their shirts while Trump made another billion or so.<br/>As for mr spicer, he is almost as funny as the Kellyann character. They are both highly creative in their ability to twist an origin,ally truthful statement that is negative about Trump into a laughable lie. I say laughable, but it is truly sick. Both come out appearing to not know the truth if they tripped over it. ",22004629,22004629,<br/>,comment,1491059970,1,False,0,,22004629,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,111,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491062756,JW,45764709,"Palo Alto, CA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062738,"Could it be that the reason Russian representatives are talking about a new Cold War, much worse, is to distract us from Trump's worship of Putin?<br/><br/>After all, they have great respect for the truth, using it very sparingly.",22005189,22005189,<br/>,comment,1491062069,1,False,0,,22005189,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,44,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062738,Bruce Maier,75684432,"Shoreham, BY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062738,Who cares about his immediate family or how he pillages the reputations of friends and associates alike. They signed on and will face the consequences. We must resist their incursion at every turn for we the people of the this nation are its greatest asset and Trump and Company represent a threat to our futures and the futures of OUR families and friends.,22005185,22005185,<br/>,comment,1491062057,1,False,0,,22005185,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,75,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062738,nc,37475757,evergreen,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,"As usual, very insightful Ms. Collins. To a person, everyone on your list are hypocrites, latching onto Trump's coattails to further their own narrow agendas.<br/><br/>I don't think I have detested a group of people more in my lifetime.",22004932,22004932,<br/>,comment,1491061062,1,False,0,,22004932,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7711/3804/cropped-77113804.jpg,137,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,Len,77113804,Pennsylvania,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,There is a word for these people: collaborators.,22004805,22004805,<br/>,comment,1491060603,1,False,0,,22004805,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,151,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,Susan,76785549,Massachusetts,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,My husband is reading HR McMaster's Dereliction of of Duty. How can McMaster stay on as National Security Advisor when the staffers he tried to fire leaked intelligence information to Congressman Nunez in the middle of the night?<br/><br/>He must be thinking about resignation to save his reputation?,22004566,22004566,<br/>,comment,1491059696,1,False,0,,22004566,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,60,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,Christine Knowles,8240236,Hood River Oregon,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,But when oh when will Trump be victim to his own curse? Impatiently waiting...<br/>I will only be happy when he is dragged out in handcuffs. But is total amorality illegal?,22004431,22004431,<br/>,comment,1491059160,1,False,0,,22004431,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,104,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,lk,60787329,virginia,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,"hal9000; totally agree, but what about Germany, Britain, the rest of the democratic world.",22004413,22004413,<br/>,comment,1491059067,1,False,0,,22004413,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,Robert Court,65476898,"Brigantine, N,J,",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,"This will be written about and remembered for centuries.<br/>The Tweet that Sank a Thousand Ships.<br/>or .......<br/>The Night of the Long Spoons<br/><br/>""He that would sup with the Devil .....<br/>should carry a long spoon !""<br/>Gene Kelly<br/>Inherit the Wind",22004294,22004294,n/a,comment,1491058508,1,False,0,,22004294,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6207/7221/cropped-62077221.jpg?0.2113661104813218,28,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062689,FVRIVS RVFVS,62077221,Worcester MA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,"Once again Gail Collins demonstrates that She's the Woman! And that there is no need for Maureen Dowd's trying-too-hard, too-little-too-late comeback efforts in the New York Times.",22004120,22004120,<br/>,comment,1491057706,1,False,0,,22004120,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,107,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062689,Jerry Farnsworth,56505895,"camden, ny",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,Trump didn't push Ryan over the edge. He might have given Ryan the courage to let everyone know even more clearly who he is.,22003971,22003971,<br/>,comment,1491057026,1,False,0,,22003971,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,43,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062689,Gary,20862495,Upper West Side,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,"-And Now, the Dreaded Trump Curse-<br/><br/>You (somehow) failed to cite Hillary Clinton as an example, Gail.<br/><br/>Who has suffered more from an association with President Trump (as his 2016 presidential election opponent) than poor Hillary did?<br/><br/>A glaring omission, no?",22003961,22003961,<br/>,comment,1491056977,1,False,0,,22003961,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,34,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062689,Raconteur,69462630,Oklahoma City USA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,A year ago you couldn't have made this up. The dark side of the force has taken over.,22003879,22003879,<br/>,comment,1491056593,1,False,0,,22003879,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,49,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062689,Steve Hunter,44499492,Seattle,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,Bob from WV is spot on. When you are convinced of your reality and not open to other perspectives then no information can be presented that can change your mind. I challenge all progressive to find a way to talk through the fog.,22003802,22003802,<br/>,comment,1491056147,1,False,0,,22003802,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,18,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062689,Rich Pein,75907283,La Crosse Wi,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,"And with all the chaos, incompetence, and, oh yeah, possible treason, the work of government on behalf of the people ceases. Good grief.",22003779,22003779,<br/>,comment,1491055998,1,False,0,,22003779,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,42,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062689,Leslie Williams,18673009,"Burlington, VT",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062688,"""The narcissist devours people, consumes their output, and casts the empty writhing shells aside.""--Sam Vaknin ",22003767,22003767,<br/>,comment,1491055911,1,False,0,,22003767,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6674/6113/cropped-66746113.jpg,60,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062688,bkw,66746113,USA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062688,Don't forget Mitt Romney. First he gained respect by stepping out front of the Anyone But Trump movement. Then he groveled for the Secretary of State position. Anyone with a lick of sense could see that Trump was just toying with him.,22003756,22003756,<br/>,comment,1491055875,1,False,0,,22003756,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,89,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062688,TM,52587552,Los Angeles,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062688,"This is the Trump effect: Trump just has to say ""I respect Andrew Jackson"" to make you excited about seeing Harriet Tubman on your twenty dollar bills. Think about it: people are actually sending home-baked cookies to employees of the EPA. Who else could do that for the EPA?",22003729,22003729,<br/>,comment,1491055702,1,False,0,,22003729,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,23,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062688,Phil,69843538,Las Vegas,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062688,"Devin Nunes--I think I have finally figured out the plot behind that story. DT, hugely annoyed at the failure of his Obama spy tweet to take root, decides, with Bannon's help, no doubt, to seed carefully selected documents by having low level staff pass them along to Nunes, secretly, on the Whitehouse lawn in the middle of the night. Personally, I'd have chosen a parking garage, but I guess I understand, the plot was hatched by Trump and Bannon after all. Then Nunes, loyal leader of the House Intelligence Committee, dutifully reports the documents back to DT. Am I making sense so far? Nunes then blathers away, as DT must have hoped, about these secret documents proving DT's case against Obama, picked up and scattered to the winds by Fox News, no mystery there. So Nunes ends up as Gail reports, forever known as that guy sneaking around the Whitehouse lawn in the middle of the night. Come to think of it, that is better than a parking garage. Got to hand it to DT/Bannon--good story tellers. ",22003704,22003704,<br/>,comment,1491055526,1,False,0,,22003704,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,38,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062688,Richard Miner,68408995,NJ,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061976,"Add my Aunt Tessie and her friend Ceil who lives just down the street in a very lower class area of Florida's Palm Beach County to the dreaded trump curse. Their meals-on-wheels delivery are always late because of the horrific traffic jams caused by that guy in D.C. and his large contingent coming down to play golf. Ceil and Auntie want him to "" stay up north, do his job there, or twittle his short thumbs, whatever, but don't come down here so much"". Ain't gonna happen.",22003900,22003900,<br/>,comment,1491056659,1,False,0,,22003900,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,79,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491061976,michael,26169391,sarasota,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,"Ship of Fools and someone forgot to put the plug in. Can we all hope they will all be gone soon, drowned, before we get sucked into their vortex. ",22005028,22005028,<br/>,comment,1491061444,1,False,0,,22005028,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,37,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,heysus,36240346,"Mount Vernon, WA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,"Hold their feet to the fire and don't let up. Media, citizens, Congress men and women: feet to the fire.",22004806,22004806,<br/>,comment,1491060614,1,False,0,,22004806,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,89,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,Marti Garrison,71638607,Arizona,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,"What reputation - they probably do not give a hoot about things like ethics, fair play etc. They may not have any children as their stand the environment proves and they do not want to be role models for their kids, if any either. Alibaba and his forty thieves carry on with the ignorami who elected Trump. ",22004705,22004705,<br/>,comment,1491060264,1,False,0,,22004705,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,21,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,Hrao,75154315,NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,Melania Trump: Obituary will read she was the third wife of the most incompetent president in the history of the United States.,22004581,22004581,<br/>,comment,1491059751,1,False,0,,22004581,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,72,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,treabeton,21611172,"new hartford, ny",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,This is exactly what Russia and Putin wanted. A chaotic mess that has no leadership. Trump willfully tries to enact policy that does more damage than good. They probably didn't think it would be this easy.,22004543,22004543,<br/>,comment,1491059578,1,False,0,,22004543,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,79,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,Knucklehead,72691272,Charleston SC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,"To all fairness, Russia didn't try too hard. To help Trump was suprisingly easy. Few stratigic leaks and the enemy is down. Maybe, Russian diplomats miss all this free food, but Russia got free publicity as. a country that defeated famous American democracy. Kind of David vs Golaih. Priceless.",22004448,22004448,<br/>,comment,1491059220,1,False,0,,22004448,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,20,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,yulia,7152840,MO,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061933,"America, your time at the top of the heap is fast-ending. The false-pretense of the founding documents now revealed as a domestic fairy tale in a world of perpetual war and domestic false-carding. It is no wonder the lunatics have taken over the asylum. And the late Orson Welles speaks from the grave: ""I told you so.""",22004343,22004343,<br/>,comment,1491058727,1,False,0,,22004343,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061933,Edgar Numrich,59896921,"Portland, OR",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061933,"Gail,<br/>It strikes me as kind of familiar that while all our American friends and family are distracted by the machinations of what was going on before the election of the GOP executive, legislature and court America's air, water, schools, parks and forests were turned over to the people who would most prosper from their destruction.<br/>What came to mind was the story we learned in school about the day the pickpockets made their biggest haul.<br/>It seems to me as the crowds are distracted by the spectacle of hanging pickpockets, the best pickpockets are wandering through the crowd making out like bandits.",22004264,22004264,<br/>,comment,1491058388,1,False,0,,22004264,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6294/5206/cropped-62945206.jpg?11793331961204915387,39,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061933,Montreal Moe,62945206,"WestPark, Quebec",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061933,"Trump, having insisted that “Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it,” urged everyone to tune in and see “Judge Jeanine” refute him: “No one expected a businessman to completely understand the nuances, the complicated ins and outs of Washington and its legislative process.”",22004168,22004168,<br/>,comment,1491057921,1,False,0,,22004168,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7631/4197/cropped-76314197.jpg,29,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061933,Chanzo,76314197,UK,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061933,"The characters named in your article were sleezes before Trump. It's just that Trump is a combination of bluster and showman and now national prominence. Hence the unrelenting, bright spotlight is on him and all others close to him.<br/><br/>The curses (plural, please) of Trump should be recognized as the old, poor and sick of our country. He would damn them all; that is, if he doesn't implode first.",22004089,22004089,<br/>,comment,1491057583,1,False,0,,22004089,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,24,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061933,citizen vox,60715264,San Francisco,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061933,"So-called ""GOP ""conservatives"" a/k/a Friends of DT are the gift that keeps on giving. They used to be known as the party of ideas. They still are. But nowadays most of their ideas are half-baked after having been fermented for years with nihilism. The result is the 45th president of the United States.<br/><br/>I rather be called liberal, bleeding heart, tax & spend, tree-hugger, big government, gun confiscating, illegal immigration, godless lover, rather than conservative, law and order, family values, America first, muslin hating, small government, anti-abortion, immigration nativist, Christian hypocrite. <br/><br/>And remember to pray for corporations, they are people too.",22003885,22003885,<br/>,comment,1491056609,1,False,0,,22003885,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,45,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061933,FGPalacio,66491131,Bostonia,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061933,"And, today's latest victim to fall to the Dreaded Trump Curse: Deputy Chief of Staff Katie Walsh, the first of the tiny cadre of women in the Trump... whatever it's called. (""Administration""? Any semblance of that has yet to be seen.) <br/><br/>But at least we were spared the customary ""To spend more time with my family"" rationale. This time it has something to do with heading up some kind of Trump booster club... or something. ",22003818,22003818,<br/>,comment,1491056235,1,False,0,,22003818,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4030/7481/cropped-40307481.jpg,11,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491061933,CPMariner,40307481,Florida,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061933,Thanks Gail. If only those cursed recognize that they are cursed and use their dwindling reputations to impeach mr trump and help us be rid of the wealth of corruption that defines the current administration.,22003799,22003799,n/a,comment,1491056125,1,False,0,,22003799,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061933,rae,60655202,"new york ,new york",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061933,"I'm a mild-mannered person, but the only fitting appellation for all the people you mentioned, Gail, and those you did not, like the Trump family, is that they are all dyed-in-the-wool hucksters. All of them are working an angle and the peace, prosperity, and well being of the United States does not enter into their self-serving calculations.",22003739,22003739,n/a,comment,1491055780,1,False,0,,22003739,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,50,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491061933,Dylan111,15449484,New Haven,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061933,Start stocking up on champagne. The day Trump is removed from office there won't be enough to go around.,22003717,22003717,<br/>,comment,1491055595,1,False,0,,22003717,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,34,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061933,Mark Stevens,71769592,NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"These characters may be right out of central casting's pool of horror stereotypes, but if there is any blame to be passed around it might first be handed to the voters who stayed home and those who voted in protest for whoever the ""third party"" candidates were.<br/><br/>Mr Trump has been eyeing this game for several decades and when he finally played his hand he ran the table because he knew regardless the pundit's take that a man still gathered more respect albeit based on sneering gravitas than any woman seated at our political table game. He is not an ignorant player. <br/><br/>A woman and no other person lost this election. She doesn't need a name, have to wear a dress or be married to a philanderer she just has to speak her mind which is more than enough to scare the pants off most men and bring gasps of fear from many women. <br/><br/>We may not be dumb, but we sure are stupid.",22005019,22005019,<br/>,comment,1491061404,1,False,0,,22005019,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,57,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Ian MacFarlane,53616761,Philadelphia PA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"The new version of that old favorite party game ""Twenty Questions"" involves<br/>depicting these people Gail mentions and many other prominent Trump acolytes<br/>and then guessing what word in the dictionary they represent. You won't be surprised at how many involve the motions of writing a check, and also being on one's knees. There are so many to choose from.",22004999,22004999,<br/>,comment,1491061343,1,False,0,,22004999,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Mark Schlemmer,63887614,"Portland, Ore.",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"The NYT opinion pages should be a place where ideas can be floated, useful perspectives provided on what is working and what isn’t, etc., instead it has in many cases become just a pulpit for venting and a cheerleading section for the losers. The losses by the way have been taking place for awhile, and now Democrats find that they have lost state governorships, state houses, the White House, Senate, the House, and soon the Supreme Court. It seems that it would be hard to dig much deeper but of course Democrats are trying. This piece like so many others does nothing to help Democrats, instead it just reinforces the value system that brought them to this unfortunate situation. <br/><br/>The Trump administration will collapse under it's own weight of incompetence, but if Democrats have nothing different to offer they than what has brought them to the worst political situation in almost a century they will not be able to benefit from it. Except for some SNL skits of vengeful social media tweets of course. ",22004986,22004986,<br/>,comment,1491061321,1,False,0,,22004986,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,John,55359661,Washington,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"How about Mexico.<br/><br/>A headline during the election was - Trump's plan to seize Iraq's oil: ""It's not stealing, we're reimbursing ourselves"". The word ""reimbursing"" is now being used in context with Trump's assertion that he will force Mexico to pay for the wall. Trump reiterated that he would have seized Iraq's oil recently at a speech at to the CIA. A ""trade"" war might not look so bad as compared with the prospect of Trump using military force to seize Mexican gulf oil assets to reimburse the cost of the wall. In terms of the worst things that could ever happen to the USA, military conflict with Mexico when at least 10% of the American population is of Mexican heritage has to be high on the list...""<br/><a href=""http://seekingalpha.com/article/4042715"" title=""http://seekingalpha.com/article/4042715"" target=""_blank"">http://seekingalpha.com/article/4042715</a>",22004940,22004940,<br/>,comment,1491061090,1,False,0,,22004940,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6085/1424/cropped-60851424.jpg?0.009939605725084954,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Lance Brofman,60851424,New York,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"We're all cursed with this relentlessly incompetent, dangerous gang of lying dunderheads. The stock market's entirely imaginary 'Trump Bump' will soon become the 'Trump Slump' when Wall Street finally accepts that this administration is doing much more harm than good. That and the international trade turmoil about to occur, and we're in for an entirely unnecessary recession. President Pence will be powerless to address the many problems Trump is creating, even if he is independent enough to sack Bannon and the rest of the traitors.",22004916,22004916,<br/>,comment,1491061012,1,False,0,,22004916,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Dean Fox,25208314,California,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"Why is Trump doing great? Trump is doing great for the reason that the members of the US Senate and House are grossly immoral. <br/><br/>Our Constitution empowers them to deal with a Trump - to toss him.<br/><br/>Instead of dealing with, they cut a deal. Nunes is your latest greatest example and the Constitution and the American people can take the hindmost. <br/><br/>And deal te",22004902,22004902,<br/>,comment,1491060979,1,False,0,,22004902,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Avalanche!,69758114,New Orleans,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"By electing a malignant-narcissist/sexual predator/sociopath, you'd never have seen this coming. Trump is out to lunchevskaya, but he is merely symptomatic of a decaying GOP — those engineering and corralling all gains, while punishing everyone else. Not particularly concerned with the Bill of Rights, the welfare of senior citizens, schoolchildren, minorities, women, the environment, truth, patriotism or justice. Just themselves. And by the way, Paul Ryan is an empty suit who has never been good at math or policy. He's as despicable as Trump, and in some ways as narcissistic. ",22004758,22004758,<br/>,comment,1491060447,1,False,0,,22004758,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,29,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Brunella,3127789,Brooklyn,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"If only the Trump curse were permanent. But in this country, where political fortunes and reputations change faster than the weather, folks like Paul Ryan, Rence Preibus and Mike Flynn will probably enjoy some bursts of good publicity before history records them as disgraceful.",22004750,22004750,<br/>,comment,1491060409,1,False,0,,22004750,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,DbB,41973174,"Sacramento, CA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,Question:<br/><br/>What could be worse for the United States than a dysfunctional President Trump and a regressive Republican majority in Congress?<br/><br/>Answer:<br/><br/>A functional President Pence and a regressive Republican majority in Congress.,22004619,22004619,<br/>,comment,1491059926,1,False,0,,22004619,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,27,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,"Andrew G. Bjelland, Sr.",58063917,"Salt Lake City, Utah",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,The electoral college was originally established to prevent the will of the people from bringing about a Trump. In its present form it nullifies its original intent. It is indeed sad the America is still a federation of States instead of a unified nation.,22004414,22004414,<br/>,comment,1491059076,1,False,0,,22004414,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,19,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,CAROL AVRIN,65890474,CALIFORNIA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874," Your fact-based 'novella' shows how our current republican government (and this includes pseudo-republican Trump) has become the laughingstock abroad and in these United States. Incompetence and corruption seem rampant, especially when headed by big-mouth Trump, the embodiment of ignorant malevolence, intent in destroying the very core of democracy. And Ryan, the altar boy, finally unmasked for what he is, a fraud. Out of this farcical show of force, otherwise called 'bullying', how could we possibly reach 'nirvana'? ",22004378,22004378,<br/>,comment,1491058867,1,False,0,,22004378,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,manfred marcus,47112177,Bolivia,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"This essay gave me a lovely case of schadenfreude for the individuals mentioned. There are still a few, such as Steve Bannon or Mnuchin who seem to have escaped the curse, for the tie being. We can only hope there will be future additions to Ms. Collins' Numbskull Nine. ",22004354,22004354,<br/>,comment,1491058783,1,False,0,,22004354,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Manuel Soto,62390995,"Columbus, Ohio",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"Not unprecedented in principle. As they say, if you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas. What may be unprecedented, though, is the intentionality, scope and ferocious willfulness with which they did this. Their evil is palpable to anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear. I have no sympathy for any of them. But I fear greatly the damage this vile infestation will inflict on the nation before it and those who spread it can be defeated.",22004288,22004288,<br/>,comment,1491058495,1,False,0,,22004288,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,John,61782060,"Carpinteria, CA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"Everyone named here was the architect of his/her own demise.<br/>Each contributed totally aware of the polluted waters they were swimming in, and that was before Donald made sure the EPA was shredded. ",22004287,22004287,<br/>,comment,1491058492,1,False,0,,22004287,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,jdoe212,67565550,Florham Park NJ,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"Last night in Cambridge Senator Bernie Sanders addressed a standing room only crowd of citizens. Mainly young, well-educated, and filled with energy to resist the insanity that has overtaken our country with the current regime of lying Trumpery, these young people are the hope for a just, equitable democracy articulated by Senator Sanders.where is coverage of this hopeful, practical vision in the Times? Instead, we are subjected to more despair inducing Trumpery, and our intelligence is insulted by an op ed bemoaning the obdurate Freedom Caucus, written by one of the radical right wing Republican toadies for the Koch Brothers who are wrecking the country. Trump's lies are legion, and this current incarnation of the prince of darkness is being unmasked, but before he leaves office, he and his sycophants will sorely damage the country. Satire is wonderful, but writers and columnists for the Times would do us all a favor if they covered the indefatigable Sanders and Elizabeth Warren more frequently. Some of your readers are still feeling the Bern while we worry about our country being burned.",22003920,22003920,<br/>,comment,1491056759,1,False,0,,22003920,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,23,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491061874,kathleen,41993729,0,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"I don't know about Paul Ryan and if we can blame him on much.<br/>He was goaded in the Speakership with a goad, and then saddled with the impossible Trump. Seems to me he was railroaded into his current status as much as anything.<br/>The others actually had the foolishness to voluntarily hitch their wagons to the train wreck Trump. Now they are getting their wagons fixed but good. To that I say, ""good"".<br/>And as a ""nevertrumper"" I'm happy watching all the apprehensions of our much derided faction coming spectacularly true. Even in Trump's America, it strangely turns out, it's always spring.",22003913,22003913,<br/>,comment,1491056717,1,False,0,,22003913,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2982/7724/cropped-29827724.jpg,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Angus McCraken,29827724,"Minneapolis, MN",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"I suspect many more GOP influence-peddlers will seek immunity before the year is out. <br/><br/>Please add to Paul Ryan's bio of everlasting embarrassment: lying to chop *70* minutes off of his marathon time. It's not only sleazy and strange to lie - how stupid would someone have to be to think these times aren't always recorded and available to research? I guess about as stupid as someone who thinks that maternity care, mammograms and hospital visits should be cut from the GOP's healthcare plan, but Viagra must be kept.<br/><br/>Stupid is as stupid does.",22003862,22003862,<br/>,comment,1491056514,1,False,0,,22003862,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,32,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,common sense advocate,47969486,CT,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"He is a serial liar - e.g. whenever his mouth moves and an utterance spills out -chances are it is a lie of the grossest kind. How did we end up with this embarrassment of a ""so-called"" man who is perhaps the worst role model for our youth. Bannon and Trump are as easy a read as ""The Cat in the Hat"" - however our Commander-in-Chief has the pomposity to publicly admit he doesn't read. No admission is necessary - listen to him conjugate sentences if you are genius enough to make cogent sense of it in the English language. I've heard numerous times about children chastising their parents but these children (blood or not) are only adding fuel to the paternal fire that shows no signs of abating unless someone he will listen to makes a move with great alacrity. This is no joke. If the Trump children had an iota of integrity they would either flee as fast as their designer-clad legs will carry them. Any adult with a medium of intelligence would distance themselves now. I hear Ivanka has already booked passage on a space capsule (per Richard Branson) - so perhaps we shall all be rid of these stain on our previously virtually unstained reputation. ",22003853,22003853,<br/>,comment,1491056443,1,False,0,,22003853,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,R. Kleinberg,4692863,"New York, New York",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"McConnell has been ominously silent, and Ryan even after his pratfall still holds immense power. As the FBI closes in, and the congressional grudges mount, look for a hasty Untergang. The bottom line is that the Rs are so deep in the line of presidential succession that they can scorch all the earth they want to without Bannon and the Trump family fronting for them in the WH. They have ceded power to Trump; they can take it back at their convenience.",22003810,22003810,<br/>,comment,1491056187,1,False,0,,22003810,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,hquain,960674,new jersey,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"It is not that difficult to understand Trump. He does four things:<br/><br/>- He lies in order to distract us or deceive his followers. No remorse, no denial. He just flat out lies because he thinks it is to his advantage. (See ""wiretapping"", crowd estimations, birtherism, etc)<br/>- He alternately threatens and makes false promises to those he ""negotiates"" with. (See his offers to Republicans during the Trumpcare battle or read The Art of Deal.)<br/>- He threatens to take his marbles and go home if he doesn't think he will win any other way. Of course, these threats are also lies, but he thinks this strategy works. (See his final play in the Trumpcare battle or read The Art of Deal)<br/>- He makes money for himself and his family (See the headlines today about Ivanka, Jared and the various Trump holdings.)<br/><br/>He is never going to change. This is his strategy and he thinks its smart and so do many of his followers. <br/><br/>We can all see the future. For the next four years, or until he is removed from office, every day will have the same headlines:<br/><br/>- Trump Lies<br/>- Trump threatens and makes false promises<br/>- Trump ""threatens"" to take his marbles and go home<br/>- Trump repeats his mantras: I'm rich and your not. I'm president and your not.<br/><br/>That's all there is, and that is all we are ever going to see from this man. He is, after all, the choice of the Russian and right wing propaganda team, the American gerrymandering scam, and the electoral college and therefore the President of the United States.",22003786,22003786,<br/>,comment,1491056017,1,False,0,,22003786,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1517/918/cropped-1517918.jpg?0.5210554166696966,24,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491061874,Charlie Calvert,1517918,Washington State,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,I'm not sure Paul Ryan is really Trump's fault. Ryan might not have gone down in quite such spectacularly devastating humiliation without Trump but I still think he was going to fail. Ryan is the kid who handed in his term paper a day late and only half finished. He probably should have spent less time chugging beer and entertaining machinations of health care destruction and more time writing a bill that could actually pass. His loss is our gain though.,22003771,22003771,<br/>,comment,1491055956,1,False,0,,22003771,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4184/7830/cropped-41847830.jpg?0.8912380009423941,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Andy,41847830,"Salt Lake City, UT",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"First sign was Billy Bush. Trump threw him right under the Sexual Assault Express bus. Pres. ""I'm going to save your jobs!"" Bush was fired for that tape, for laughing. Trump went on to become US President. And I really doubt Trump ever gave Bush's fate for Trump's vulgarity and admission of being a serial sexual assaulter even a nanosecond of a thought.",22003695,22003695,<br/>,comment,1491055493,1,False,0,,22003695,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Virginia,15876855,"Cape Cod, MA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061821,"I like the idea of a ""Trump"" curse affecting all those who lie, cheat, steal elections and spy for him and his Russian pals. It's time to retire naming all political scandals after Watergate which even the oldies among us have trouble remembering well. To the new generations affected by the true believers of the Steve King (R-Iowa) and Freedom Caucus-type thinking who want to lay waste to all progress since 1865, the damage intended by Nixon seems personal, not the ideological ""scorched-earth"" take-over of present day Republicans and Trump. <br/><br/>To respond--as Ms. Collins does so well--by turning those cursed by Trump into figures of ridicule for the unintended consequences of their evil actions is brilliant! The new action words now are ""Hehehehehe"" when reading another lie that has been debunked 40 times already from an official Trump source. We know the Trump curse will soon hit everyone around him. In the meantime, we persist with all due vigor and cheer.",22004154,22004154,<br/>,comment,1491057855,1,False,0,,22004154,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061821,Lynda,58633896,"Gulfport, FL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061785,"Where oh where is the left wing equivalent of the right wing's spin chamber? Remember the stream of stories by Hannity et al. proclaiming HIllary was suffering from some health ailment? <br/><br/>To mimic them, yesterday Trump almost fell over when leaving the podium after forgetting to sign two EO's, his right leg nearly collapsing. And in the last few months the muscles in his face no longer seem to properly function leaving him with a permanent scowl. His mind's become so deteriorated he can barely form complete, coherent sentences. The transcript of his CIA speech is ultimate proof. And he constantly blames others for his own mistakes. <br/><br/> His health has become so fragile and unstable that his children, Jared and Ivanka, have now been summoned to set up offices near him so the they can be with, or close to him at all times in order to watch over him and edit his public persona to protect and to keep him from further exposing his quickening downward spiral. The contagion of his sickness is infecting Washington spreading quickly throughout the Republican ranks at the precise time a robust health care system that covers mental health is direly needed.<br/><br/>The Presidency for Trump has become like the Sun was to Icarus. And he is now suffering the unintended consequences of his own hubris in pursuing a lofty space he was never meant to occupy. The heat of the office is melting the wax of Donald's wings.",22005061,22005061,<br/>,comment,1491061557,1,False,0,,22005061,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061785,medianone,71502644,usa,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061744,"I get that this is a humorous column. However, the ""better off being Mexican"" is offensive.<br/>It suggests that Mexicans are pariahs in the nation's capital. In fact, it's Trump, many of zealous loyalists and the usual xenophobes who hold this view. Words matter.",22003682,22003682,<br/>,comment,1491055403,1,False,0,,22003682,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061744,Ricardo Chavira,76361679,"Ensenada, Mexico",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061529,"Chris Christie as head of an addiction commission...? Anyone see the irony there...a man with a 60+"" waist...heading up an addiction initiative? <br/><br/>I recall the story about Sean Spicer wearing a Bunny costume during the Bush admin, 2x's! He's ""that guy""...we all know that guy/s...and we all never look at that guy the same way ever again...and he's the guy who will now say anything, repeat any lie, as long as it pleases his master. I wonder if he still has at least the bunny-head, keeps it in a secret closet...surrounded by all his crushed hopes and dreams...<br/><br/>I never saw Ryan as being much of a statesman. He's the guy who still wears striped tube socks, pulled all the way up, in old-school 70's gym shorts, and terrycloth headband, while doing his PX-90 workout. <br/><br/>I'm thinking Nunes has read one too many Tom Clancy novels...and now takes them as documentaries. I bet he even has a trench coat, and a fedora...<br/><br/>Pirro; Judge Judy wannabe. <br/><br/>Coal miners...sorry, no sympathy, but they bought the snake-oil, only ones who'll benefit are the mine owners and execs...but even they wont gain all that much, since nobody wants coal. Coal miners are the modern equivalent of whalers...part of a doomed industry that should not be leading policy. <br/><br/>BTW; every time Trump or anyone says; Clean coal...it should be tagged as a lie. ",22004346,22004346,<br/>,comment,1491058737,1,False,0,,22004346,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,19,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061529,BoRegard,73746179,NYC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061511,"And then there's the Republican Party itself, which recently found it's moderate wing (what's left of it) aligned with the Freedom Caucus because the actual bulk of the party is on your list. ",22005038,22005038,<br/>,comment,1491061462,1,False,0,,22005038,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5310/634/cropped-5310634.jpg?0.35139353390476347,12,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491061511,Vanessa Hall,5310634,"Millersburg, MO",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491059940,"Sean Spicer needs a very long big boy nap . Who can watch him now without thinking of Melissa McCarthy's hilarious SNL take on his press conferences. Laughter , my friends, may be our best revenge. ",22004538,22004538,<br/>,comment,1491059555,1,False,0,,22004538,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,30,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491059940,bonnie,60410675,atlanta,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491059190,"""Oh my God, poor Sean Spicer. You wouldn’t wish this on anyone.""<br/><br/>anyone that lies for a living deserves worse than what sean experiencing right now. i hope thing continue to deteriorate for him and rest of this horrid cabal.",22004348,22004348,<br/>,comment,1491058743,1,False,0,,22004348,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,27,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491059190,coale johnson,59172341,5000 horseshoe meadow road,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491059023,Does anyone know how much a room at Mar a Largo runs a night for the leader of a visiting country plus their staff and security and meals etc? Who foots the bill and who gets the money??,22003896,22003896,n/a,comment,1491056653,1,False,0,,22003896,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491059023,JTowner,41123158,"Bedford,VA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491059008,"Yes, pity all those F.O.T.s with their large Kremlin payoffs and not-so-veiled promise of trump pardon (Mike Flynn, Paul Manafort), Nunes and Ryan with their dark-money payola, Russia with their own Friend of the Russian Federation, Rex (""I have a great oil deal for you and I'll lift he sanctions to get it"") Tillerson, Chris Christie now in charge of ending the opioid epidemic on guess who's payroll? and on and on. Perhaps the coal miners will be the only ones to get the shaft, but who knows coal is still cheap and India still imports it. Is it the ""curse"" or the gilt-edged Midas touch?",22004051,22004051,<br/>,comment,1491057413,1,False,0,,22004051,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491059008,Paul Wortman,57715665,"East Setauket, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058995,"I cannot wait to here Flynn's story! This is better than a day time soap opera. Now all we need is a pregnant character who's not sure of the baby's paternity and some one with amnesia. Oh wait, they all have amnesia.",22003696,22003696,<br/>,comment,1491055494,1,False,0,,22003696,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491058996,E,47413489,USA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058908,"You forgot Rex Tilllerson, who's reputation went from Corporate Titan to out-of-his depth, holed-up, not-too-smart pseudo-Secretary of State.",22004033,22004033,<br/>,comment,1491057310,1,False,0,,22004033,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,41,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491058908,J Reaves,72502682,NC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058905,"Gail, you need an essay to list the people DJT has striped of their moral courage and integrity. 45 has gotten rich and famous from making and breaking promises. Defended and working with that must be exhausting and humiliating. Sadly, the curse is on us.",22003661,22003661,<br/>,comment,1491055291,1,False,0,,22003661,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491058905,Spokes,59070291,Sarasota,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058681,Absolutely the best. Isn't it amazing how easy it is to write your column these days? You don't even have to try to be funny. In fact you don't even need to slip in alternative facts. The news is bizarre and laughable as is.,22004020,22004020,<br/>,comment,1491057268,1,False,0,,22004020,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4380/2483/cropped-43802483.jpg?0.02901607936057482,10,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491058681,Kathy,43802483,Vancouver WA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058670,"Can't wait to hear what Kellyanne Con-way says when she gets thrown under the bus, as surely she must. Has the Times struck a book deal with her yet?",22004260,22004260,<br/>,comment,1491058378,1,False,0,,22004260,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2334/8408/cropped-23348408.jpg?0.540460666641593,10,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491058670,Ron Randall,23348408,Edgewater NJ,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058638,"""Remember when Flynn kept yelling “Lock her up!” during the Republican convention? Hehehehehe."" It is rich, isn't it? We need a new word - ""hypocrisy"" is just too mild for this cabal. ",22003846,22003846,<br/>,comment,1491056416,1,False,0,,22003846,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,27,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491058638,Karen,52221511,New Jersey,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058632,"Please tell us that Mitch McConnell is a Friend of Trump. And while you're at it, how about that racist congressman from Iowa. And Mike Pence? Steve Bannon? The list goes on.",22003855,22003855,<br/>,comment,1491056458,1,False,0,,22003855,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491058632,Wezilsnout,73031116,Indian Lake NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058609,"Sean Spicer is so rude, crude, ill-mannered, obnoxious and insufferable that I hope he relives all his moments as WH press secretary in nightmares for the rest of his life. ",22003877,22003877,<br/>,comment,1491056579,1,False,0,,22003877,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,38,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491058609,doug hill,27574705,"norman, oklahoma",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058563,"So, is it still possible for any of these people to redeem themselves? Say Sean Spicer wakes up one day and has an epiphany, walks into the daily White House press briefing and announces that he's seen the light and that he can no longer lie to the media, his family or his friends in order to prop up his boss. Would the masses find it in their hearts to forgive him for his association with Trump? Just wondering.",22003716,22003716,<br/>,comment,1491055593,1,False,0,,22003716,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491058563,Mark B.,64301581,Connecticut,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058560,"My question is, does anyone know what these people actually DO all day long? I find it hard to picture. People like Reince Priebus especially. What exactly does he do, after he arrives at the office, pours a cup of coffee and checks his email? I just have no image of it in my head. I think a person's labor is valuable if they produce something valuable or useful, or help others in some fashion. I cannot see of what use to the world are people like Priebus, Ryan, Sean Spicer, Sebastian Gorka, Steve Miller etc. As far as I can see they run around after Trump trying to guess what ridiculous thing he might say next, and devise wording to make a statement about it half an hour later, that in some way relates to their own pet causes, which are things like, taking away Americans' health care because it's only rich people like them who ought to have good health care. Best I can figure anyway. Then I guess they go to lunch.<br/><br/>Most mystifying is Steve Bannon. What does the guy DO? It is worrying. Can't a reporter tail him or something? These people are useless on a good day, and apparently spend most waking hours devising villainy - fortunately, so far, they seem incompetent as well. We need details about these peoples' daily activities. Perhaps if Americans understood they don't really do anything much of any use to anyone, we could end this charade sooner.",22003670,22003670,<br/>,comment,1491055347,1,False,0,,22003670,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,23,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491058560,DW,57529183,Philly,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058553,"What a marvelous column on ""the Dreaded Trump Curse"" among Trump's advisers and administration capos, dear Gail! Nunes, Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin ""kegger"" who lost the slam dunk ""Day One"" repeal and replacement of Obamacare, Reince Priebus, a nice fellow but alas Chief of Staff at the White House who doesn't know you-know-what from Shinola. Chris Christie - the orange traffic-cones Jersey guy whose GW Bridgegate put paid to his candidacy, the coal miners whose cut-off mountain tops have littered their beautiful Appalachian valleys with detritus from strip-mining. Jeanine Pirro, whom Trump recommended by Tweet to his followers, on FAUX News, denouncing Paul Ryan, and worse. And Sean Spicer, Trump's unwitting 'alternative reality' mouthpiece. His college nickname was one for the books. Russian news awaits. Do tell more, dear Gail about Michael Flynn - National Security Director for a couple of weeks, now seeking immunity - whose son bruited about Hillary Clinton running a child porno ring in a pizzeria. We, your readers and followers, are all like kids sick at home listening to 1950s radio serials, ""soap operas"", waiting excitedly for the next episode! And what about President Li Jinping of the Peoples' Republic of China, who will be feted by The Donald, our 45th President, this week at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's Southern White House (aka his Palm Beach Versailles)? We fear the dreaded Trump curse!",22004273,22004273,<br/>,comment,1491058446,1,False,0,,22004273,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3346/1964/cropped-33461964.jpg?0.37582302685856367,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491058553,Nan Socolow,33461964,"West Palm Beach, FL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057339,"""We've been dreaming of this since you and I were drinking out of a keg.""<br/><br/>--Paul ""idea man"" Ryan<br/><br/>""Hey, Mitch, I've got an idea. Hold my beer and watch this!""",22003654,22003654,<br/>,comment,1491055260,1,False,0,,22003654,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,24,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057339,Terry Malouf,55522723,"Boulder, CO",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"I disagree about Sean Spicer. Now he is rightly being ridiculed and caricatured as a buffoon, a bully and a bald-faced liar but if he can last a year in this position he will be able to parlay that into a fortune. One can almost see it in his face that he knows everything he is saying is complete claptrap and one waits for him to say ""Gotcha"".<br/>The question in everyone's mind is when a real crisis occurs are the grownups in the room, including Spicer, going to act on behalf of he well being of the country or go down in history as enablers contributing to the downfall of the nation.",22003650,22003650,<br/>,comment,1491055223,1,False,0,,22003650,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,17,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,Brian Davey,59846073,Huntington NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"The circus/freak show has arrived in town. The biggest motley crew of mis-fits, con-artists, thieves and charlatans Washington has seen in a long time, are now in charge. This bunch of miscreants has given ""bad"" a whole new meaning. Lie, steal or cheat, this bunch will do whatever it takes to accommodate themselves at the expense of all others.",22003645,22003645,<br/>,comment,1491055189,1,False,0,,22003645,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4350/7596/cropped-43507596.jpg,47,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,Richard,43507596,Texas,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,Sean Spicer is like a fire hydrant that is connected to the Keystone Pipeline instead of a water main.,22003624,22003624,<br/>,comment,1491055075,1,False,0,,22003624,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,G W,48996807,New York,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,Devin Nunes = Peter Pettigrew.,22003618,22003618,<br/>,comment,1491055046,1,False,0,,22003618,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,Robert,70731025,"Ipswich, mass",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"Hey Gail, you forgot to include his dutiful followers who must go through such contortions to continue their support and blame ANYONE else but him when things go wrong. You gotta hand it to FOX and Bannon's great big propaganda machine to keep them in line. (Caveat: I do worry about who is there to help these folks if they ever look up to see the emperor without his clothes. Don't worry about the emperor, the huckster and his family will squeeze out every cent possible before the president show is cancelled.)",22003614,22003614,<br/>,comment,1491055019,1,False,0,,22003614,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,20,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,AJ,65414787,CT,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"This article should have been titled Trump's ""bit___s""",22003591,22003591,<br/>,comment,1491054911,1,False,0,,22003591,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,dbl06,54866446,"Blanchard, OK",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"I get the impression from people that the end of the world is preferable to a Trump administration. That said, late night talk shows are on a tear. At first it was hard to laugh about any of it. Now the hits on You Tube from last night's shows goes into the millions the following day. ",22003578,22003578,<br/>,comment,1491054835,1,False,0,,22003578,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,carl99e,18171296,"Wilmington, NC",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"When I was a young paralegal, I worked for two senior partners, both known to be legendarily difficult. I could work for the one because I could tell his bluster and bombast and braggadocio - and yes rudeness - were derived from a deep seated sense of insecurity and to make up for a total lack of confidence in himself.<br/><br/>I could not stand to work for the other because his lower key but much greater level of rudeness and dismissal and sarcasm and meanness and even cruelty derived from what I came to know what a deep seated and unshakeable conviction that he was a truly superior human being - more intelligent, capable and competent than anyone else in any room he entered. <br/><br/>I see Trump and Spicer more in the first camp, Bannon and Ryan firmly in the second with most of the FOT in there with them, using and putting up with the Trump/Spicer camp to achieve their nefarious ends.<br/><br/>The ultimate masochists have met the ultimate sadists - and it is our administration.",22003562,22003562,<br/>,comment,1491054750,1,False,0,,22003562,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,28,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,Nancy Parker,39620600,"Englewood, FL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,BRILLIANT!!!!! as usual.,22003543,22003543,<br/>,comment,1491054656,1,False,0,,22003543,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,jhbev,471868,Western NC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,Sean Spicer reminds me of a man on death row where time is running out.,22003429,22003429,<br/>,comment,1491054061,1,False,0,,22003429,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,EDDIE CAMERON,64552380,ANARCHIST,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"""Unless you are a very serious fan of Fox News, you probably never heard of 'Judge Jeanine,' a talk-show host with a scary vocal range.""<br/><br/>Major understatement -- I'm not a very serious fan of Fox News. And, no, I had never heard of Judge Jeanine. But, of course, she was impossible to miss on our TV machines. <br/><br/>As usual, Gail is right on the mark. That voice conjures up ""alien invasion."" After listening to her for about 30 seconds, I had to run upstairs and hide under my bed. It almost made me wish the news would cut to a clip of our so-called president. Almost.",22003405,22003405,<br/>,comment,1491053953,1,False,0,,22003405,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,Help! I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!,71192884,Michigan,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"Trump is the most thin-skinned president in our whole history. He is a bully who has not stopped lying his whole life! Whatever he says, about any thing, is a lie and distortion. <br/><br/>Everything Obama did—laws to protect our planet, for example, Trump is taking down via executive order. Did anyone vote for that?<br/><br/>He did not ""win"" the election, but became president from a constitutional fluke. Trump idea is to do a deal with Putin. Trump wants to seize the Iraqi oil. Then Europe has to purchase oil from Russia. Good-bye Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and other eastern European countries to follow.<br/><br/>Trump will be impeached. 2018 congressional elections are going to be a blood-bath for both political parties. <br/><br/><a href=""http://thegovernmentinexile.com"" title=""http://thegovernmentinexile.com"" target=""_blank"">http://thegovernmentinexile.com</a>",22003354,22003354,<br/>,comment,1491053723,1,False,0,,22003354,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,michaelslevinson,64047414,"St Petersburg, Florida",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"You disappoint me, Gail. No mention of Ted Yoho? The Florida Congressman whose name, first of all, is Yoho, which would be one thing if he were Japanese but he isn't, and who, second of all, thinks Republican congressman work for and answer to Trump -- that Yoho.",22003319,22003319,<br/>,comment,1491053509,1,False,0,,22003319,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,Thomas Hackett,30287252,"Austin, TX",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,Thanks Gail. I needed that.,22003277,22003277,n/a,comment,1491053290,1,False,0,,22003277,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,Amy,25034625,NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"Make America Great Again - you know, back to the 1850's Greatness and the ""Know-Nothing Party"" aka the ""American Party"". Remember them? They were the anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic (Irish in particular) party. Trump's update is anti-Muslim. The Republican Party emerged from the Whig party in the 1850's and are in the same shambles as the Whigs were - prime for the ""Know-Nothings"" that Trump now represents to take over the Republicans. Ahhh, how history repeats itself!<br/><br/>A Trump curse on all Republicans and back to the greatness of America circa 1850's.<br/><br/>Poor Flynn - it looks more like a firing squad to me.",22003269,22003269,<br/>,comment,1491053254,1,False,0,,22003269,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,PAN,582307,NC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057101,"Schadenfreude is not just a perky song from Avenue Q. What exactly did these people think would happen when they boarded the Trump train? That a narcissistic, pathological liar would Make America Great Again? That siding with a bully would protect them from his abuse? That they would emerge from the train wreck unscathed? It's hard to feel any sympathy for any of them, especially considering the damage they are doing to the country. But schadenfreude, that comes easily.",22003217,22003217,<br/>,comment,1491053006,1,False,0,,22003217,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,17,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057101,kjb,57018857,Hartford,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057096,"I love those days when I go to bed relieved Donald Trump hasn't blown us all up by mistake, and wake up happy to see Gail Collins has written about. Thanks Gail. You are my sanity.",22003214,22003214,<br/>,comment,1491052983,1,False,0,,22003214,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057096,Adele,60913453,Rochester NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057075,Mike Pence? He's trying to keep himself upright. Probably just waiting for everyone else to go down. ,22003199,22003199,<br/>,comment,1491052908,1,False,0,,22003199,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491057075,martha,73787789,massachusetts,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057071,"You forgot KellyAnne Conway, the ""just the alternative facts"" madam. Her credibility is so low that nobody wants to see her on TV anymore. Or how about<br/>Rex Tillerson, who used to be somebody with a great reputation for competence and leadership? Now he has the most meaningless job in the Trump Cabinet,and he doesn't talk to anyone at the State Department. He's just wandering around the world on a State jet, threatening other countries and canceling conferences. And what about Nikki Haley? She's trumpeting the WH line about what's wrong with the U.N. - what happened to the guts you had in SC over taking down the Confederate flag over the Capitol, Nikki?<br/>Sessions has already eviscerated his guts for The Donald. As for Spicer?<br/>He's so busy cherry-picking and splitting hairs over the alternative facts that his reputation isn't an issue anymore. It's gone, girl.",22003195,22003195,<br/>,comment,1491052887,1,False,0,,22003195,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,23,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057071,SCZ,60413296,Indpls,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057068,Yeesh! Just reading about these people makes me want to wash my hands. Then open the windows.,22003185,22003185,<br/>,comment,1491052854,1,False,0,,22003185,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057068,William Wintheiser,68752314,Minnesota,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491056972,"The Nunes obit lead—brilliant wit, not to dismiss psychic powers ",22000725,22000725,n/a,comment,1491018327,1,False,0,,22000725,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4628/386/cropped-4628386.jpg?0.5547341592609882,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056972,Carmen,4628386,San Francisco,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055050,I have no sympathy for Spicy. He's sold his integrity for a paycheck. I am disgusted that my taxes pay for his silly press briefings.,22003549,22003549,<br/>,comment,1491054689,1,False,0,,22003549,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,57,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055050,EJ,46712113,"Stamford, CT",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055050,"Re: “Oh my God, poor Sean Spicer. You wouldn’t wish this on anyone.”<br/>Except on Sean Spicer.",22003430,22003430,<br/>,comment,1491054064,1,False,0,,22003430,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,65,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491055050,JK,66236029,"Pawtucket, RI",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055046,"Regarding Trump's EO regarding Appalachian coal, it proves one important point. Republicans never aim at things that make a difference in a positive way for people. They aim to help businesses only. This admin is certainly only focused on business profit. That EO did nothing to help Appalachia, its people or its towns. It was nothing but a photo op. And it was one that was very quickly discovered to be transparent. ",22003259,22003259,<br/>,comment,1491053209,1,False,0,,22003259,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,34,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055046,Mark Kendrick,70770938,Palm Springs,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055045,"Now accepting nominations for first Trumpkin to turn on Trump and tell all. Michael Flynn, having already done exactly that to Obama after he fired him as head of the DIA, has the inside track. ",22003305,22003305,<br/>,comment,1491053465,1,False,0,,22003305,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,21,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055045,Sam,51663530,New Jersey,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055044,Would be interesting to know how much taxpayer money goes toward treating black lung disease. ,22003550,22003550,<br/>,comment,1491054691,1,False,0,,22003550,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055074,Jim,74363942,Bethesda,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055044,"Thanks, Gail, another good one.<br/>I look forward to your columns to help brighten up my new trumpworld.<br/>At times people complain that you shouldn't be making jokes, but the alternative is worse.",22003402,22003402,<br/>,comment,1491053942,1,False,0,,22003402,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,19,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055044,Quincy Mass,72186157,PA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055043,"This is a funny column. But seriously folks, there is a long, long history of people dealing with/associating with Trump who have come to regret it (truly, deeply regret it). People he had contracts with, business people who worked for him/with him, politicians (especially in Atlantic City), people who live anyplace near him (especially his golf resorts, did those poor people in Scotland ever get that spite wall taken down?), and just about everybody who went to trump university. People should start paying attention and stop believing the con. As my mother use to say ""its smart to learn from your mistakes; its brilliant to learn from another person's mistake"" ",22003350,22003350,<br/>,comment,1491053700,1,False,0,,22003350,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055073,sjs,63582179,"bridgeport, ct",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055042,"Transcript of our ""so-called"" president at EPA headquarters with coal-company execs straddling him:<br/><br/>DJT: ""Gentlemen (only), I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is, you're getting your jobs back! The bad news is, we're cutting your health care insurance to treat black-lung disease and cancers caused by coal mining.""<br/><br/>Smiles all around...",22003503,22003503,<br/>,comment,1491054484,1,False,0,,22003503,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,33,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055042,Terry Malouf,55522723,"Boulder, CO",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055008,"Vladimir Putin<br/><br/>The unfortunate ex-KGB oligarch who cannot tell the difference between ""make my day"" and ""read my lips"" nonetheless managed to come off as ruthless as Dirty Harry.",22003338,22003338,<br/>,comment,1491053591,1,False,0,,22003338,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055008,Charles Kaufmann,23854159,Portland. ME,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055006,"Let him who is without fouls throw out the first ball!<br/><br/><a href=""http://www.endthemadnessnow.org"" title=""www.endthemadnessnow.org"" target=""_blank"">www.endthemadnessnow.org</a>",22003211,22003211,<br/>,comment,1491052976,1,False,0,,22003211,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4875/1578/cropped-48751578.jpg?0.5667593658002,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055006,John LeBaron,48751578,MA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491054992,Yup. Well said...,22003313,22003313,<br/>,comment,1491053490,1,False,0,,22003313,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054992,John,48751530,S. Cal,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491054950,"The only benefit to Trump's presidency and a Republican congress is that all those who vociferously maintain that government should be run like a business are being proven wrong. Hopefully, those involved and their defenders will be tainted and silenced for a long time by the backlash after this horrible experiment is concluded.",22003555,22003555,<br/>,comment,1491054712,1,False,0,,22003555,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054984,Gabe,55328019,DC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491054950,Gail has drawn an impressive list of Trump University graduates. ,22003525,22003525,<br/>,comment,1491054566,1,False,0,,22003525,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491054950,Nick Adams,56296972,"Laurel, Ms",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491054950,On the varieties of ischemic experiences.,22003184,22003184,n/a,comment,1491052852,1,False,0,,22003184,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054950,Tim,60019975,"Glencoe, IL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491054949,"When will the American people wise up and say to Congress and the Senate ""lock HIM up""?",22003434,22003434,<br/>,comment,1491054085,1,False,0,,22003434,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7591/1032/cropped-75911032.jpg,27,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054949,silver bullet,75911032,Warrenton VA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491054949,"As Einstein said: ""The difference between stupidity and genius, is genius has its limits"" It's sad that when Spicer said: ""things are going to be more better!"" it didn't happen. Maybe the unfolding comedy that tries to pass for press conferences is meant to amuse us? Certainly, the Trumpians are giving new meaning to IRONY! That there are still core Trump supporters may make Churchill's saying ""That the best argument against democracy is to have a five minute discussion with the average voter,"" true. ",22003311,22003311,<br/>,comment,1491053484,1,False,0,,22003311,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054949,Paul,52438649,Westbrook. CT,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491054429,"Most of these sleaze balls didn't have any reputation to start with. The real losers (who almost unanimously are keeping a VERY LOW profile...are they all in witness protection programs?) are people like Mattis, Tillerson, Kelly, Cohn and Mnuchin). The latest executive order signing photo op on trade (a big fat zero in fact) which ended in Trump stamping out of the room with the orders unsigned was a study in embarrassment. Poor old Wilbur was wandering around disconnectedly. The US starts for the first time to take on the surface characteristics of a banana republic. There is enough inertia to keep the machine running for a long time but it's not a pretty sight to see us so far demeaned by this now admitted fraudster.",22003484,22003484,<br/>,comment,1491054405,1,False,0,,22003484,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4800/0580/cropped-48000580.jpg?0.8383151208239556,43,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491054429,John,48000580,Hartford,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491053169,"There are plenty more to go, Gail.<br/><br/>1st, about Gov Christie, is it a coincident Trump named him head of a commission on drug addiction when two of his associates are sentenced to the slammer? Too bad they won't be going to Sing Sing! <br/><br/>Back to the curse, it is hard to say this list is a profile of stupidity or harbinger of things to come. The smart ones stay in the background or a step ahead of the circular firing squad. Bannon, the Mercers, the other Trumps... The list goes on and on. Conway may very well be plotting a comeback as we watch the slow motion train wreck. Plenty of deplorables to go!<br/><br/>The coal miners are not the only cursed ones - really, the whole nation is really cursed, you and me included, so this is no Shadenfreude - 24 million people would have lost health insurance in the next 10 years had it not been the case the freedom (to die) gang thought it wasn't draconian enough to their taste. So we dodged the bullet - for now. <br/><br/>Sadly, there are still people not learning from the AHCA (American Hell Care Act, if you like) debacle. I watched national news on TV last night and this couple blame this Russian scandal on some sort of conspiracy to bring down Trump. Without even the latest revelation, the cybersecurity community, most of them apolitical white hatters, know the cozy and fancy bears well. Like the former FBI agent testified, ""follow the dead Russians!"" <br/><br/>This is scary stuff but the masses still bought the Trump & co's con!",22003238,22003238,<br/>,comment,1491053119,1,False,0,,22003238,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7221/086/cropped-7221086.jpg?0.9674960863776505,48,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491053169,Bos,7221086,Boston,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052910,"""Remember when Flynn kept yelling “Lock her up!” during the Republican convention? ""<br/>Remember when he said people who ask for immunity are usually guilty? Hehehehe.",22003063,22003063,<br/>,comment,1491052279,1,False,0,,22003063,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,96,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491052910,IndyAnna,66970654,"Carmel, iN",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052900,Protest and resist every day in every way!,22003159,22003159,<br/>,comment,1491052743,1,False,0,,22003159,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,43,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052900,Michael Richter,9549801,"Ridgefield, CT",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052896,"With the gag rule, the coal order and the Keystone pipeline Trump has set the stage for more human injury and death than any other leader with world history. Amazing...and all done is less than 100 days.",22003148,22003148,<br/>,comment,1491052693,1,False,0,,22003148,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1643/3920/cropped-16433920.jpg?0.4022270068526268,29,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491052896,Bravo David,16433920,New York City,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052896,It is going to be so fun to watch as Nunes and Trump bring down the Obama Administration for spying on political opponents. I want to see how the WAPO and NYT start covering this on page 32 while running front page stories on some rumor that Nunes got into a fight with a poor kid in 4th grade.,22003134,22003134,<br/>,comment,1491052622,1,False,0,,22003134,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,6,,0,approved,1,0,1491052896,Tom,70168469,East Coast,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052896,"What about Jefferson B. Sessions, America's top cop, who told some fake news of his own under oath?",22003089,22003089,<br/>,comment,1491052379,1,False,0,,22003089,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,55,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052896,Climate First,69396521,"Worcester, MA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052820,"Herherherherher....The Mad Woman of Spouts-A-Lot, back at the dog in her belfry mode again, and again and again. Lock her up!<br/><br/>We need not drink a barrel to know her bilge.",22002897,22002897,<br/>,comment,1491051402,1,False,0,,22002897,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6791/00/cropped-679100.jpg?19434423732099231583,3,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491416585,Lake Woebegoner,679100,MN,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052819,"But we are told by serious journalists that Trump is a ""master"", a ""genius"" at controlling the media, how his relentless attacks on the media have made ""false news"", the ""failing New York Times"", CNN, the Washington Post, and other leading organizations, bear bait for the alt.right. Gail must be living in an alternative universe.",22001507,22001507,<br/>,comment,1491033735,1,False,0,,22001507,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052819,GEM,35280216,"Dover, MA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052817,"Oh, Trump and the GOP - they can't even screw it up right.",22000351,22000351,<br/>,comment,1491014992,1,False,0,,22000351,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052854,Kris,49710771,Connecticut,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052816,"Ah hem, and notice foreign leaders are not coming to the White House for tea and biscuits. Angela, Japan, Britain. What happened to the invite to see the Queen across the way, too?<br/><br/>Who would want to be anywhere near our new Russian comrade? He's done away with our allies. Thanks, Donald, a real gem. But only a gem for himself and the Trump tribe.",22001695,22001695,<br/>,comment,1491039694,1,False,0,,22001695,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,19,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052816,MIMA,51905269,heartsny,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052815,"With his angelic smile, dimples and all, Ryan comes off like an altar boy attempting to ensure his place in heaven. Unfortunately for America this couldn't be further from the truth. As for all the others, Gail summed them up rather well. They are nothing more than parasites hell bent on pilfering from the poor and enriching the billionaire class. One can only hope their recent failures are the beginning of their political demise. If Pope Francis were an American, I doubt very seriously that he would ever vote for any one of them whose interests are disenfranchising the poor and middle class in favor of power and greed.",22003016,22003016,<br/>,comment,1491052043,1,False,0,,22003016,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052815,Diane Kropelnitski,44487663,"Grand Blanc, MI",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052613,Lock him up!,22000176,22000176,<br/>,comment,1491013616,1,False,0,,22000176,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,17,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052613,CA,14706867,nyc,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052607,"What about America's sweetheart, Kellyanne? Thankfully Little Miss Perky's usefulness has run it's course in the eyes of the Supreme Leader.",22002858,22002858,<br/>,comment,1491051135,1,False,0,,22002858,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,18,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052607,rick,63543308,manhattan,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052607,Good piece. You only left out one thing. Some of the FOT will join him in Leavenworth and better hope they look good in orange. ,22002515,22002515,<br/>,comment,1491048906,1,False,0,,22002515,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7127/8896/cropped-71278896.jpg,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052607,POTUS is DANGEROUS,71278896,alabama,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052607,".... and this is just two months in!<br/><br/>I can't wait to see what comes next in the upcoming episodes of Trump TV!<br/><br/>It's amazing; it's replaced Black Lives Matter with No Lives Matter in the news media. It's reset Russian relations back to the 1960's, with storylines for James Bond movies that will last for generations. It's transformed the Exceptional Country touting Freedom, Democracy and the American Dream into the vicious pig monster colonial dying superpower who -- like your grandpa forced into early retirement and quickly going bankrupt -- just can't afford to support you any more, kids, you're on your own, and please ignore crazy papa's tweets, we're keeping his shotgun locked away, unloaded, no worries....<br/><br/>Wow. Even better than a reality show. An unreality show.<br/><br/>And yes, touch this hilarious series of tragicomic doom and you're in deep, deep cow mildew. You're going to come out of it needing to spend every day of the rest of your life in a shower.<br/><br/>It sets Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Standing Tall, the Walking Dead, Damages, Scandal all on their ears. They can't hold a candle to the fearmongering, nail-biting, who's going to be beheaded or found dead in a creek or dropped from a helicopter or blown up in their apartment or inspired to jump off a bridge or a Trump Tower next gripping melodrama with daily -- daily, I tell you! -- episodes, and plot twists and turns like you've never, ever seen before!<br/><br/>Thanks media, for helping Trump TV become such a hit!",22001370,22001370,<br/>,comment,1491029576,1,False,0,,22001370,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491052607,Steven,16492105,"Marfa, TX",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052606,"''Taint funny, Magee"" Even you are losing your sense of humor. Until we revive good old racist humor. That'l be fun!<br/>""I kicked the n..er down the steps and he said""...type. It makes everyone tired. But it's distracting, which is all we can hope for. It's already getting old. How about we have cow or chicken, or duck jokes? There all most as funny as Mexicans.<br/>I am being bitten to death by ducks.That's funny! True, but distracting.",22000603,22000603,<br/>,comment,1491017254,1,False,0,,22000603,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052606,Robert Guenveur,68958497,Brooklyn,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052605,"You make me laugh! We Californians know a bit about our boy, Devin the climate denier....so much so that he declared our drought nonexistent because he needed more water for his almond crop. Now I would have given him more water for his hog ranch and his dairy farm! But alas, he piled up all of his cash an bought a winery. His partners are Russian! You cannot make up this nonsense!",22001354,22001354,<br/>,comment,1491029313,1,False,0,,22001354,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052636,Mary Louise,69412050,Los Angeles,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052605,Best set of comments ever! Thanks for the occasional laugh/sob...,22000763,22000763,<br/>,comment,1491018804,1,False,0,,22000763,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3519/0630/cropped-35190630.jpg?2055233121988253166,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052605,JK,35190630,Connecticut,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052604,"Even more than being the first person thrown under the bus by the notoriously disloyal President, Ryan should go down in the history of our republic as having openly denounced bipartisanship. ""That's not conservative. . . "" What a loser.",22003023,22003023,<br/>,comment,1491052062,1,False,0,,22003023,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052604,MH,74179595,"Woodbury, TN",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052603,"Oh my....JEANINE PIRRO! Living in Yonkers, N.Y. for so many years, I'll never forget her as County Prosecutor, and turning a blind eye to such corrupt judges as Hon. Adrienne Hoffmann-Scancarelli. Pirro should have been disbarred and ostracized decades ago. (Prosecution rests)",22000932,22000932,<br/>,comment,1491020792,1,False,0,,22000932,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,21,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491052603,Stephen Galat,53506739,"Puerto Aventuras, Mexico",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052534,"Don't forget Jefferson Beauregard Sessions! Who forgets meeting with a Russian? Oops, how many times. And then forgets/dodges the question at his confirmation hearing. Nothing like an elderly little attorney general who is supposed to have Trump's back and then has to recuse himself because he said he would and now is no use to Trump.<br/>""I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them"". Adlai Stevenson<br/>Keep telling the truth about them Gayle. It is all we have right now. ",22003047,22003047,<br/>,comment,1491052201,1,False,0,,22003047,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052566,Edgar,65840548,New Mexico,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052534,"All this may give a new meaning to the old term ""Rat Pack."" Just thinking.",22002938,22002938,<br/>,comment,1491051631,1,False,0,,22002938,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2626/5298/cropped-26265298.jpg?0.2067853972300358,16,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052534,Jonathan,26265298,"Black Belt, AL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052534,"Among the friends of Trump thrown under the bus you left off the voters who supported him and elected him: that ex-steel worker in Youngstown, Ohio who is currently working as an assistant manager at Burger King with no benefits. He and his family have their health insurance subsidized under Obamacare. His steel working job was lost to automation, but he believed the Trump lie that standing up to the Chinese and to Mexican illegals would get his job back. He believed that Trump would reorganize health care funding to cover EVERYONE at lower premiums, lower deductibles and lower costs to the government-- a mathematical impossibility, another lie. Now he reads about a bill that would have taken away his health insurance and Mr. Trump supports it. Perhaps our steel worker is beginning to get the picture, that Trump does not care about him any more than he cared about some retired plumber who gave his life savings to Trump University in order to become a real estate mogul.",22002847,22002847,<br/>,comment,1491051078,1,False,0,,22002847,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,39,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491052534,PETER EBENSTEIN MD,65958596,WHITE PLAINS NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052534,"The best thing about the Trump Presidency is watching how he is transforming all the GOP leaders from ""Heroes to Zeros"".<br/>Chris Christie will never live down his Stockholm Syndrome photo <br/><br/>Paul Ryan destroyed his ""Legislative Guru"" reputation with the handling of the mother of all Gimme Bills : Repeal and Replacing Obamacare<br/><br/>""Low energy"" Jeb is no longer the ""smart"" Bush son<br/><br/>Lying Ted had a moment of characters the GOP convention but then he cashed it in for what? (This is not a rhetorical question, I really don't know!) <br/><br/>Little Marco Rubio .... is still little <br/><br/>And poor Conservative Media is in a position of defending a man whose very life is in contradiction of all their values : See David Frum, Eric Erickson, Charlie Sykes, Stuart Stevens, Rick Wilson, S E Cupp etc",22001943,22001943,<br/>,comment,1491044065,1,False,0,,22001943,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052534,Beverley,69404912,"Fredericksburg,Va",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052534,Forget the catfish! It's his 'accidentally' subtracting a whole hour from his marathon time that sticks in my craw. People who lie about their race times can NEVER be trusted.,22001419,22001419,<br/>,comment,1491031264,1,False,0,,22001419,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052566,barbara jackson,78009466,adrian MI,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052530,"The thing to remember about DT is that everything that he does and everything that he and others say about what he does is a constant ""REFRAMING"" and repeating of what he does and always in 6th grade lingo. That is why the man and all about him seem to be a whirling dervish but totally devoid of content or meaning. That is why the guy seems to make sense and then in the next breath doesn't make sense. Everything is always someone else's fault (paranoid style). That is why Spicer is a wind bag (like a re-Tweeter), what he says is simply the same kind of REFRAMING of the story du jour. His responses never give more information or insight, they are simply administration justifications. And when others don't accept their reality, their get belittled and attacked. It's why Spicer is always exasperated and testy: ""how dare you not accept our view of the world!""<br/><br/>And while reporters are trying to figure out the truth behind the answer, DT, S. Bannon, the entire Cabinet and the Republicans in Congress are taking apart and nullifying the last one hundred years of government organization and legislative progress for American voters. That's how you get to have it legal for corporations to sell their information about you. That's how Russia and China get to have more credibility than the US. That's how Trump's ""wanting it all"" means everyone else ends up with nothing -- holding an empty bag of promises. That is his style, folks. He's naked under his hair.",22003099,22003099,<br/>,comment,1491052434,1,False,0,,22003099,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052530,B. Rothman,44420772,NYC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052530,"On Sean Spicer, I hate to say, I wish a lot worse. His job, a little different from the usual calling of a male prostitute, is to daily stir up the (let us call it) spicer-storm of lies before they settle.",22002921,22002921,<br/>,comment,1491051542,1,False,0,,22002921,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052530,Fjpulse,63517493,Queens ny,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052530,love your column! trump voters will also suffer from the trump curse.,22002641,22002641,<br/>,comment,1491049739,1,False,0,,22002641,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052530,Christine Brown,59182554,Massachusetts,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052529,"The GOP created this monster. Like all monsters, they're hard to control and they eventually turn on their creators. Lesson learned? If past history is any indication, then NO.",22003098,22003098,<br/>,comment,1491052425,1,False,0,,22003098,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052529,LaylaS,2692255,"Chicago, IL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052529,"It's April Fools in the White House, and May, and June, and all months of The year. Sad! ",22002947,22002947,<br/>,comment,1491051657,1,False,0,,22002947,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052529,GCILARRY,69748777,Kansas,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052529,"Serious people don't take what the New York Times seriously; what's more President Trump doesn't need the Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times or the rest of the MSM: pretty soon all that will be left open to you is sports and the weather. Imagine Maureen Dowd covering the Mets games )))",22002258,22002258,<br/>,comment,1491047027,1,False,0,,22002258,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6477/4693/cropped-64774693.jpg?0.18505562422797084,2,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491052529,yankeefan,64774693,"Bayonne, France",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052529,Poor Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is now working two jobs- President of Russia and the United States of America. What a Czarist GRU FSB curse!,22002168,22002168,<br/>,comment,1491046386,1,False,0,,22002168,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052529,blackmamba,17374907,IL,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052529,Fare thee well Titanic .......<br/>Fare thee well,22001314,22001314,n/a,comment,1491027834,1,False,0,,22001314,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6207/7221/cropped-62077221.jpg?0.2113661104813218,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052529,FVRIVS RVFVS,62077221,Worcester MA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052528,When you drain the swamp a lot of reptiles are going to be upset with you. ,22002550,22002550,<br/>,comment,1491049213,1,False,0,,22002550,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052528,Raul Campos,56000381,San Francisco,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052528,"You've done it again, Gail. All I can say is...shishkebob!",22002206,22002206,n/a,comment,1491046616,1,False,0,,22002206,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052528,RCG,68653600,Boston,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052528,"Nice Gail. And that's just the tip of the domestic side, what about international? Merkel and May, and whole countries Mexico, Australia, even alliances i.e. anyone in NATO - even Vlad went from stallion to scallion... hmmm I can only wonder how his golf partners make out (oh that's right - he's too busy to cursing the country to play golf)",22001118,22001118,<br/>,comment,1491023730,1,False,0,,22001118,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052528,Tomdo,59414630,Minneapolis,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052527,"It's the ""material culture"" that has everyone confused.<br/>Put this bunch in togas and riding around on horses (versus ties made in China and bulletproof Lincoln's) and this bunch will pop right into focus.<br/><br/>Half are channeling Caligula and the other half are rooting for Attila the Hun.<br/>Can't make this stuff up.<br/>Go Vandals!",22002995,22002995,<br/>,comment,1491051915,1,False,0,,22002995,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052527,rosa,65124947,ca,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052527,"She left out Pence, religious zealot ,smug, lying for insane tRUMP, hypocritical, so-called born again Christian, who is the farthest thing from it. The republicans want a plutocracy, this piece of garbage wants a theocracy. The confederacy of dunes now rule our country. Rotten to the core, completely inept, determined to destroy the country, as the world looks on, either laughing or crying, at our demise. ",22001959,22001959,<br/>,comment,1491044178,1,False,0,,22001959,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,20,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052527,E-Llo,20994943,Chicago,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052527,Lock 'em all up.,22000291,22000291,<br/>,comment,1491014581,1,False,0,,22000291,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6704/6563/cropped-67046563.jpg?0.20643089711666107,18,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052527,David A.,67046563,Brooklyn,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052527,Regarding Flynn and his request for immunity:<br/>Immunity: he lies<br/>NO Immunity: he lies<br/> Conclusion: request denied. Lock HIM up. Bigly.,22000220,22000220,<br/>,comment,1491013980,1,False,0,,22000220,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052527,Phyliss Dalmatian,61986282,"Wichita, Kansas",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052526,"I voted for the Donald, not because I admire him, but because I thought his election would utterly disorganize and confuse government. Sure enough, it has! My plan has worked! <br/><br/> We hatesssss the government preciousssssss and we wants to wreck it...... <br/><br/>Trump is my secret weapon and I have wielded it legally at the ballot box. ",22002972,22002972,<br/>,comment,1491051789,1,False,0,,22002972,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052526,Robert Kolker,38710703,Monroe Twp. NJ USA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052526,Lock 'em all up and throw away the keys!,22002361,22002361,<br/>,comment,1491047785,1,False,0,,22002361,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052526,Ruth,51268024,"newton, ma",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052526,"For the last few weeks I've been saying that DT is a black hole and anyone sucked into his orbit is destroyed. But, you're so much funnier, Gail! (And detailed and accurate....)",22001934,22001934,<br/>,comment,1491043981,1,False,0,,22001934,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052526,KL,33566142,NEW YORK,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052525,Gail...let us hope there is such a thing as justice in the United States of America. That there are good people who exist who believe in truth and safeguarding truth. White hats. Are they? You tell me...,22002314,22002314,<br/>,comment,1491047439,1,False,0,,22002314,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/8745/43/cropped-874543.jpg?0.8669581224676222,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052525,Petey tonei,874543,Ma,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052525,"Gee, Gail, you left Kellyanne Conway off the list. Or did I miss something?",21999847,21999847,<br/>,comment,1491010865,1,False,0,,21999847,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6633/2358/cropped-66332358.jpg?0.4549111335899837,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052525,"soxared, 04-07-13",66332358,"Crete, Illinois",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052524,"Gail,<br/>You omitted Neil Gorsuch! ",22000348,22000348,<br/>,comment,1491014980,1,False,0,,22000348,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052524,Wyman Elrod,69545502,"Tyler, TX USA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052412,"What about Mike ""Mona Lisa"" Pence? He is quite an enigma. I guess he's playing see, hear, and speak no evil until it's his turn to be ""the man""? Because you'd think a man of such great moral conviction would be driven to do something, anything! in the middle of this purgatory we are living in. Maybe being the deciding vote is enough for him--it does make him about the only one in the administration who is actually accomplishing anything.",22002852,22002852,<br/>,comment,1491051120,1,False,0,,22002852,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052412,kglen,43151898,Philadelphia,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052412,"Where is ""esteemed brain surgeon Dr. Ben Carson"" on the list?",22002834,22002834,<br/>,comment,1491051006,1,False,0,,22002834,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052412,d ascher,2563978,"Boston, ma",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052412,"Then we have Carter Page, another Trump campaign official with close ties to Russia conducting a hapless interview with Chris Hayes of MSNBC. He did the same type of interview with Anderson Cooper with the host laughing because Page was so inept with the answers.<br/><br/>Now portions of the interview with Page are being used to promote Chris Hayes' show on MSNBC. And the Trumps still left in the White House are saying, "" Carter Page was just a minor official in the campaign."" <br/><br/>His expected testimony before the Senate Intel Committee should be must see TV.",22002269,22002269,<br/>,comment,1491047114,1,False,0,,22002269,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052412,JT FLORIDA,37343100,"Venice, FL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052412,"Thank you Gail. We can spend our days laughing or crying, and crying won't change anything. ",22001945,22001945,<br/>,comment,1491044074,1,False,0,,22001945,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052412,Maureen,59320344,Boston,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052411,"Lying Ryan never had any credibility , but now after his public promotion of death panels for 24 million and tax cuts for the wealthy repeal/replace plan there is no doubt in anybody's mind. Whats his approval rating now? About the same as his health care debacle plan.",22003019,22003019,n/a,comment,1491052050,1,False,0,,22003019,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052411,terri,66367317,USA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052411,"I think if the recent Trumpcare debacle proved anything it's that Trump is the ""useful idiot"" who can be persuaded to support policies he does not understand or care about if he can be persuaded it's a win for the Trump brand. So we have interest groups like Paul Ryan, Steve Bannon, Putin and others who toady up to Trump in the hope they can persuade him to use his power to advance their causes. The others -- Priebus, Christie and poor sad Sean Spicer -- just seem to want the proximity to power, even at the expense of their reputations.",22003004,22003004,n/a,comment,1491051961,1,False,0,,22003004,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052411,Andrew,40841138,Lancaster,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052411,"Jeanine Pirro of Fox looks, and sounds, like a character on Rue Paul's drag race.",22002342,22002342,<br/>,comment,1491047658,1,False,0,,22002342,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052411,caljn,35548747,los angeles,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052411,Great one Gail. Remember when nobody knows nothing somebody knows something. FOT's indeed will be looking for immunity deals soon enough.,22001872,22001872,<br/>,comment,1491043145,1,False,0,,22001872,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052411,Zeke,48235742,Malvern PA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052410,"I can think of one person I'd wish Spicer's job on. Some hints: trusted contributor, valiant Trump defender, never at a loss for words, funnier'n Gail (just ask hiim!). Any guesses?",22002993,22002993,<br/>,comment,1491051904,1,False,0,,22002993,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052410,Lorem Ipsum,28687942,"DFW, TX",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052410,"Nunes--just figured out what's behind that drama. Here's my take. DT, so angry that his spying by Obama story wasn't selling, probably at Bannon's suggestion, decides to seed some evidence by having underlings pass carefully selected documents to Devin, in the middle of the night on the Whitehouse lawn. I'd have picked a parking garage, myself, but it's Trump/Bannon, so I guess I understand the choice. Nunes, as a loyal member of the House Intelligence committee, then dutifully reports the information back to the president. Am I making sense so far? Trump, true to form, as Gail points out, lets Nunes jabber away hoping Fox News will carry the Obama spy story forward. Nunes, of course, ends up as Gail suggests, forever to be known as the guy sneaking around in the middle of the night on the Whitehouse lawn, much more evocative, actually, than a parking garage. ",22002973,22002973,<br/>,comment,1491051793,1,False,0,,22002973,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052446,Richard Miner,68408995,NJ,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052410,"At your best - an excellent column, both in content and tone. Thank you!",22002655,22002655,<br/>,comment,1491049826,1,False,0,,22002655,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052410,pastorkirk,47692562,"Williamson, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052410,Suckers all - including Trump voters!,22002293,22002293,<br/>,comment,1491047282,1,False,0,,22002293,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052410,C Kubly,64459863,"Madison, WI",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052410,I love you Gail!,22002029,22002029,<br/>,comment,1491044995,1,False,0,,22002029,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052410,R C,50367863,New York,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052409,"Trump supporters will never lose faith in their man. When Trump and his friends<br/>are accused, it's ""fake news"". When Trump goes down, it will be a liberal conspiracy.",22002985,22002985,<br/>,comment,1491051832,1,False,0,,22002985,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052409,klm,6391531,atlanta,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052408,"Sean Spicer. The only logical explanation is the poor gent is a masochist. Which one might think would make for a perfect fit with the sadistic guy at the desk in the Oval Office, the opposite could just as easily be true. As Spice begs and pleads for yet another lash or twenty, just to help him over the edge, Trump stands coldly and haughtily back, peering down his nose, and says, ""No.""<br/><br/>Unlike the vast majority of Trumps cabinet picks, Chris Christie is perfectly suited and knowledgeable in the position of heading up an addiction commission. First hand knowledge and all that. That his particular poison is perfectly legal, available in practically every town and at every Interstate intersection, and served hot in a styrofoam box from a drive-up window is immaterial. It really is a disease, not a moral shortcoming, like pretending to not know about freeway exit shenanigans.<br/><br/>Now, if Trump will just pick a gun and point it at someone, the NRA and all those grown-up toy manufacturers will find themselves stuck like a three-masted schooner caught in the doldrums.",22002956,22002956,<br/>,comment,1491051696,1,False,0,,22002956,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6760/7286/cropped-67607286.jpg?0.35638952255249023,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052408,Glen,67607286,Texas,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052408,"When I was 14 years old, growing up in California, a buddy of mine from high school drove up as i was walking home, in a nice convertible, top down, offered me a ride.<br/><br/>He was 14 too. I was smart enough to not take that ride.<br/><br/>He had stolen his aunt's car. He got about another two miles then side-swiped another car and ended up hitting a telephone pole. He was badly hurt, fortunately the people in the other car weren't hurt but both cars were wrecked.<br/><br/>He spent weeks in the hospital and a rehab facility, then spent a few months in Juvie Hall. <br/><br/>Everybody on board with Trump hopped in the car -- joyride time! When the stupid and incompetent and reckless all get together it never ends well except for one thing: Darwinian evolution has a big payday -- gets rid of a whole herd of defectives all at once.",22002916,22002916,<br/>,comment,1491051512,1,False,0,,22002916,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052438,Lee harrison,1258177,Kew Gardens,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052408,"Thanks, Gail. Keep it coming.",22001811,22001811,<br/>,comment,1491042189,1,False,0,,22001811,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052439,Concerned Citizen,47131639,Denver,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052407,"Hey, Gail, what about Kelly Ann Conway? It seems so long ago when she tanked after her ""alternative facts"" quip. And let's not forget about Billy Bush. He lost his job after we all saw his ""hot mike"" interview with Trump the Groper. And then there's Judge Andrew Napolitano who got dumped from Fox. The beat goes on!",22002887,22002887,<br/>,comment,1491051331,1,False,0,,22002887,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4895/7664/cropped-48957664.jpg?0.7674810943506989,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052407,David Forster,48957664,"Pound Ridge, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052406,"I love the ads for ""Trump International Hotel & Tower"" on this webpage!<br/><br/>As critics have noted, Trump's transfer of these entities to a trust doesn't really do anything to remove his conflicts of interest.<br/><br/>Last I checked, advertising a product sold by the subject of the newspaper article on the SAME PAGE as the newspaper article is also a conflict of interest, regardless of the content of the coverage.<br/><br/>So, what's the deal? The Times makes money when people click on the ads for hotels owned by the subject of the newspaper article, and the subject of the newspaper article makes ads when people stay in those hotels? <br/><br/>What a win-win! You really have it figured out over there.",22001857,22001857,<br/>,comment,1491042993,1,False,0,,22001857,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052406,Jonathan,65755041,Carey,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052280,"The Trump house of cards is about to fall down. One more major disclosure, one more request for immunity from one of his enablers, one more leak from a concerned party and the overwhelming weight of the lies, deception and crass incompetence will crumble Trump's presidency.<br/>I would advise all those Trump enablers to remember the value of integrity. Without it, there is no value to life.",22003033,22003033,<br/>,comment,1491052111,1,False,0,,22003033,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3088/4992/cropped-30884992.jpg?0.10686815646915815,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052310,JRGuzman,30884992,Puerto Rico,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052279,Pence should be added to this list - he stands in the background with a devious smile and appears to be thinking - I'll be POTUS soon.,22002647,22002647,<br/>,comment,1491049766,1,False,0,,22002647,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3745/4236/cropped-37454236.jpg?0.015362787633042885,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052279,rlecompte,37454236,Philadelphia Pa,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052277,"Back in the day, we had a kids toy called a gyroscope. It stood on small stand and it spun quickly at first. Then it wobbled and fell off, rolling chaotically across the floor.<br/><br/>""The Wobble"" we are watching now is Trump and his ""team of experts"" as their ineptitude, malice and collusion are bring them down even sooner than many thought possible.<br/><br/>The problem is so many people in this country and abroad will be hurt by this reckless administration spinning out of control.",22002981,22002981,<br/>,comment,1491051822,1,False,0,,22002981,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052277,MDJ,53081515,Maine,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052277,He is the black-widower spider who kills off anyone who mates with him after the deed is done.,22001782,22001782,<br/>,comment,1491041624,1,False,0,,22001782,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3037/1506/cropped-30371506.jpg,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052277,Penguin01,30371506,MI,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052276,"Good thing Trump wants to bring back for profit prisons, going to need lots more forced confinement beds.",22002939,22002939,<br/>,comment,1491051635,1,False,0,,22002939,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052276,Sane Gubmint,77895770,Maryland,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052275,"Sean Spicer is speaking to an audience of one, Trump. ",22002904,22002904,<br/>,comment,1491051450,1,False,0,,22002904,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052275,Patrick,78464664,Minnesota,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052274,"Really, you do retirees a disservice. I was recently on a trip to Florida where I had the chance to observe the golfing habits of many. They were up every day, rain or shine, out on the links, 3 par, 4 par, 5 par, whacking at their balls before the sun shone over the horizon (which as you know, in Florida is very early).<br/><br/>Trump only golfs once a week - So Sad!",22003012,22003012,<br/>,comment,1491052032,1,False,0,,22003012,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052274,Marc,110668,Vermont,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052274,Trump has already created jobs - selling razor blades to peel off his bumper stickers.,22002970,22002970,<br/>,comment,1491051786,1,False,0,,22002970,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052274,Mark Glass,13584635,Hartford,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052274,"Gail, thanks for being more on topic than usual. The seriousness of RUSSIAGATE cannot be overstated, there is treason afoot, as well as, Russian desires to destabilize Europe and destroy long standing alliances. Benedict Donald's behavior and rhetoric on NATO clearly demonstrates the Russian influence, showing everyone the Benedict is a Russian agent provocateur. ",22002803,22002803,<br/>,comment,1491050817,1,False,0,,22002803,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052274,tbs,30754130,detroit,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491051116,"Excellent column, but shed no tears for Sean Spicer. He is set for life.<br/>Any time he wants to walk away from this and is willing to tell the truth about what he has seen and heard he'll get a multimillion-dollar book advance.<br/>And the job is his for as long as he wants. Like Putin, he knows enough to bring down Trump any time.",22002183,22002183,<br/>,comment,1491046480,1,True,0,,22002183,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,376,,6,,1,approved,1,0,1491051117,marks,12587727,"Millburn, NJ",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491051103,"I hope someday someone will explain why so many people not only excuse Sean Spicer but apparently feel sorry for him. From his first official appearance on January 21st, he has lied repeatedly, forcefully, sometimes threateningly, often with baroque trills and labyrinthine elaboration, in a deliberate, on-going attempt to mislead the press and the American people who pay his salary. <br/><br/>Day after day, he does this of his own free will. It's not as if he or anyone in his family would suffer one whit if he chose to walk away from the job. Yet he keeps right on doing it. <br/><br/>He gets no sympathy from me. ",22001793,22001793,<br/>,comment,1491041853,1,False,0,,22001793,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,40,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491051103,JeanBee,56559585,Virginia,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491051065,"A look at the current state of the tourism industry will show you the Trump Curse in action. The whole country has been cursed.<br/><br/>But look on the bright side: when this is over, Sean Spicer will (ghost) write a tell-all book. It will be hilarious! ",22002345,22002345,<br/>,comment,1491047669,1,False,0,,22002345,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491051065,Peter,67105521,CT,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491051037,"""Oh my God, poor Sean Spicer. You wouldn’t wish this on anyone.""<br/><br/>I agree, Gail. I wouldn't wish poor Sean Spicer on anyone! Trump stuck us with Spicey to get back at the media for telling all those mean truths about him.",22002353,22002353,<br/>,comment,1491047704,1,False,0,,22002353,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491051037,leeserannie,50453624,Woodstock,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491051022,"Re ""... Sean Spicer. You wouldn't wish this on anyone.""<br/><br/>Au contraire. I wish this, and worse, on any one of these execrable, groveling hacks who attached themselves to a president wholly unsuited for office for no reason other than to benefit from being close to power.",22002392,22002392,<br/>,comment,1491047984,1,False,0,,22002392,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491051022,Clay Bonnyman Evans,52994374,Hilton Head Island,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491051013,"""Oh my God, poor Sean Spicer. You wouldn’t wish this on anyone.""<br/><br/>I would. On Mr. Spicer himself; he signed up for it and richly deserves all the ridicule and mockery getting thrown his way. At this point, I'd believe the word-like sounds blathered by my two-year-old niece before I'd believe anything Spicer says.",22001707,22001707,<br/>,comment,1491040010,1,False,0,,22001707,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491051013,John H,54134008,Texas,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491051003,Poor Sean Spicer?! I don't think anyone should or would feel sorry for this pathological liar.,22002115,22002115,<br/>,comment,1491045874,1,False,0,,22002115,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491051003,MissyR,64368852,"Westport, CT",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050997,"Why 62+ million votes just could not be wrong and do not seem to care what their man is doing. It's like Grandpa Trump might be a ""tad off"" but we have to humor him or we'll get cut out of the will. The White House should be renamed Dysfunction Junction. Oh, and Sean Spicer is like the adopted cousin who is willing to do anything for a little praise. Let's not feel sorry for the munchkin. ",22000817,22000817,<br/>,comment,1491019457,1,False,0,,22000817,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050997,John Q Doe,77935243,"Upnorth, Minnesota",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050981,"Sean Spicer<br/><br/>Oh my God, poor Sean Spicer. You wouldn’t wish this on anyone.<br/><br/>Wait, wouldn't I wish it on Trump?",22001820,22001820,<br/>,comment,1491042330,1,False,0,,22001820,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050981,Richard Mclaughlin,1477444,Altoona PA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050921,You are wrong about Sean Spicer receiving bad info from Trump. His suits are much better tailored now. It's all about the delivery not the message. ,22002202,22002202,<br/>,comment,1491046607,1,False,0,,22002202,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050921,unclejake,58949953,"fort lauderdale, fl.",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050911,"Anyone with half a brain could foresee that joining the Trump cabinet was not going to be good for one's reputation. I guess the dollar signs dancing in their eyes blinded them to that reality. Face it, though, most of them are odious in their own right. Hard to feel sympathy for them.<br/><br/>As for Make America Great Again, well we can credit the so-called president with making average Americans wake up to the implications of not voting and assuming everything will be fine. Many of us watch and read with a morbid fascination, sort of like witnessing a train wreck in slow motion combined with watching a scaffold being built to hang you. Yep, we are awake and quaking in our boots.<br/><br/>On the plus side, he has been a boon to late night comics. He has even given us the wonder of Melissa McCarthy out-Spicering in nastiness the long suffering Spicer himself. Everybody can see that Spicer is playing Howdy Dowdy to Trump's act as the ventriloquist. What a job! Check your dignity and self-worth at the door. Stephen Colbert and John Oliver are our lifeline to sanity. Their take-downs are marvelous to see!<br/><br/>I just wish we didn't need them. Make America sane again.",22002486,22002486,<br/>,comment,1491048707,1,False,0,,22002486,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491050911,Nora01,55364403,<br/>,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050906,"When I saw the clip of Judge Jeannine taking Ryan down, I thought perhaps she was conducting a seance and was channeling her spiritual guide, a bearded troll from under the bridge. As for Seam Spicer (and all the Trump surrogates starting with Kayleigh, KellyAnne, and Jeffery) one has to wonder how he can look in the mirror anymore. It's amazing what greed will do to folks.",22002793,22002793,<br/>,comment,1491050734,1,False,0,,22002793,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050906,Mary Rogers,15730942,"Orange, CT",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050902,"Nunes, Ryan, Priebus, Christie, Pirro, Spicer, Flynn. Not exactly ""The Magnificent Seven"" . <br/><br/>Yet if Trump invited these ""friends"" to the White House for some meatloaf and humliation, he would STILL be the most ignorant person in the building. By far.<br/><br/>At least until Nunes wandered in.",22000970,22000970,n/a,comment,1491021261,1,False,0,,22000970,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050902,LT,53356416,"Chicago,IL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050894,I do actually wish this on Sean Spicer,22002285,22002285,<br/>,comment,1491047260,1,False,0,,22002285,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050894,Brian H.,65895409,MA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050885,"Poor Sean Spicer, a real Pinocchio--you can almost see his nose getting longer with each lie. Some day he'll be a real boy ...if only the puppet master were as smart and kind as Gepetto.",22002266,22002266,<br/>,comment,1491047101,1,False,0,,22002266,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050885,KF,78264625,Micigan,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050882,"Every time I watch Sean Spicer twist himself into a verbal pretzel at his briefings, I think that there's more honor in pumping gas than serving in any capacity in this regime. Anyway, couldn't Sean go back to his movie career? I loved him in ""Bridesmaids"".",22002001,22002001,<br/>,comment,1491044631,1,False,0,,22002001,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491050882,beth reese,65225965,nyc,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050869,"Anybody who works for this guy who is not blood family is eventually going to get the boot with the possible exception of Bannon. Legend has it that it took the Russians several times before they were able to finally rid themselves of the ensorceling Rasputin.<br/>I think Melania has the right idea. Stay as far away from the ""Donarchy"" as possible so when it crumbles at least she'll still be in one piece, unlike the Romanovs. ",22002782,22002782,<br/>,comment,1491050659,1,False,0,,22002782,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050869,Tom Connor,70293596,Chicopee,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050869,"The White House of Lies is awash in a sea of grifters, rogues, liars and fraudsters. The United States government has become the laughing stock of civilized nations. It's not funny, it's tragic.",22002759,22002759,<br/>,comment,1491050534,1,False,0,,22002759,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6717/2114/cropped-67172114.jpg?0.6897682070266455,16,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050869,Impedimentus,67172114,"Nuuk,Greenland",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050859,"Chris Christie, the head of a commission on drug addiction? I have a cramp in my side from laughing. ",22002750,22002750,<br/>,comment,1491050488,1,False,0,,22002750,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491050859,Judi F,53982613,Lexington,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050859,"These are all people totally without consciences, cruel people who have grown up with the idea that you must lie when you have to and that the ends of power and money more than justify the means. Besides, everyone does it.<br/>I've got news for them. Not everyone does it and they are not suckers. They are the ones who keep this society together and they are watching just as Gail is. Trump's days in office are numbered. His outrageous lies and contempt for 99.9% of the people are unsustainable.",22002743,22002743,<br/>,comment,1491050430,1,False,0,,22002743,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050859,Phil Levitt,47543768,"West Palm Beach, FL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050859,"And the winner is Adam Schiff the Democrat Congressman from CA a graduate not from Trump University but from Stanford University and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.<br/>Hardly anyone has heard of him until now and he will never give in to Trump`s threats, how about that ?<br/>While Paul Ryan has a bachelor's degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Devin Nunes with shifty eyes MA in Ag from local school and so on. <br/><br/>Now don`t ask Mr. Schiff to run for President as yet, he has work to do and may not stop giving his statements on live TV .<br/><br/>Go for it Mr. Schiff we are looking at you and make my day !",22002684,22002684,<br/>,comment,1491050035,1,False,0,,22002684,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3537/2759/cropped-35372759.jpg,24,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050859,B Sharp,35372759,Cincinnati,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050859,"Can you imagine we are not even 3 months into trumps presidency? 3 years and 9 months to go! And I always thought watching Fox News was torture. I'm pretty sure ""You ain't seen nothing yet"" is going to be very real.",22002676,22002676,<br/>,comment,1491049979,1,False,0,,22002676,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050859,S Briggs,73871444,USA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050859,"Reporter: Mrs. Trump, I cannot help but admire that 3 karat stone on your finger.<br/>Melania: Thank you but with this stone comes a terrible curse.<br/>Reporter: What's that?<br/>Melania: Mr. Trump<br/>(Yiddish comedy chestnut)",22002628,22002628,<br/>,comment,1491049623,1,False,0,,22002628,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,19,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050859,nzierler,13957398,New Hartford,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050812,I would add Melania to this list. She was content leading her life of relative obscurity hidden away in Trump Tower. Now she's dragged out of there occasionally to pretend she gives a damn about Donald or the fate of the nation. She lost her chance to profit off her position and has to chitchat with heads of nation's wives. All while Ivanka inhales all the influence she can. Melania reminds me of Greta Garbo: I vant to be alone.,22002741,22002741,n/a,comment,1491050426,1,False,0,,22002741,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050812,Tropical Gal,56119625,Florida,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"It's Bannon who's the worst.<br/>He wants to destroy the whole system, but doesn't know he's throwing out the baby with the bath water.",22002707,22002707,<br/>,comment,1491050174,1,False,0,,22002707,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,Stephen Bartell,71141520,NYC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"During the primaries some of us thought of Trump as Berlusconi lite. Horny, greedy, grandiose, morally flexible, weirdly coiffed, but without the murders, the black hand. Having Putin handle the transfers of laundered money made it seem, well, NIMBY. But not really, it turns out. We hadn't paid sufficient attention to Ivanka in Azerbaijan, plugging the hotel deal that probably involved Iran Revolutionary Guard money. We got lost in those big brown eyes, the perfect smile. Never again. ",22002668,22002668,<br/>,comment,1491049935,1,False,0,,22002668,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6005/6119/cropped-60056119.jpg?0.2754410693289865,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,winchestereast,60056119,usa,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"Unfortunately, ridicule -- entirely justified -- appears to be having no impact whatsoever on the Trump team and its many fans. The joke is on the rest of us.",22002589,22002589,<br/>,comment,1491049420,1,False,0,,22002589,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,PaulB,6136710,"Cincinnati, Ohio",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"Forgot to mention Trump voters, impoverished by tax giveaways to millionaires and billionaires, more useless weaponry, a brainless wall, no infrastructure job program, no health insurance improvements and no minimum wage increase.",22002578,22002578,<br/>,comment,1491049385,1,False,0,,22002578,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,Eric Carey,70390394,"Arlington, VA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"Too many of the commenters are picking on Trump and the Republicans. In fact, Trump and Ryan and the Republicans in the House already accomplished something good: they preserved the ACA intact. While trying to repeal it!<br/><br/>If this is an indicator for future legislation, the next two years may not be so bad. <br/><br/>Other than breathing bad air and drinking bad water...",22002570,22002570,<br/>,comment,1491049347,1,False,0,,22002570,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,Duane McPherson,31365420,"Groveland, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"A gnarly, nasty and ethically bankrupt group with Trump as the bandleader. They look at the world. and see nothing but lesser souls who are easily duped. They are to themselves, the most elite.<br/>What does the world see? A band of the ugliest Americans ever gathered. Surely the worst show on earth. As for governing? A tragicomedy. And no one is laughing. ",22002562,22002562,<br/>,comment,1491049322,1,False,0,,22002562,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,radgold,67676943,VA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"And then there is 'She Who Cannot Be Mentioned."" Locked in a vault, high in a tower; brought out on occasion to sparkle; an ornament, a trinket, a bauble. Cursed to glitter brightly on a bobble-headed orange blubber-body. Anxious to be put back into her golden cage.",22002535,22002535,<br/>,comment,1491049066,1,False,0,,22002535,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,JABarry,55063995,Maryland,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"Long blond locks of the male lion, manly physique 6""5"" 245 with a 34"" waist, hands that fit any handle, slavic beauties whispering in his ear, writer and publisher, wise shepherd of the obedient flock.<br/><br/>Then there's Donald Trump. ",22002504,22002504,<br/>,comment,1491048829,1,False,0,,22002504,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,daniel lathwell,65644846,willseyville ny,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"Trump promised to, ""drain the swamp"". Maybe this is the way he's doing it, although I wouldn't give him that much credit!",22002493,22002493,<br/>,comment,1491048744,1,False,0,,22002493,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,Dave,140019,Florida,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"The people most deserving of the curse are people who didn't bother showing up to the polls in November. I hope their apathy, laziness, sloth, stupidity, ignorance, and irresponsibility is beginning to sink in with them now. I would go so far as to say that I also hope they lose their jobs, health insurance, clean water, clean air, and social safety net, if it weren't for the fact that their children will suffer too. Otherwise, damn them all.",22002488,22002488,<br/>,comment,1491048721,1,False,0,,22002488,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6250/7509/cropped-62507509.jpg?17102112601625179220,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,EB,62507509,Earth,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"Yes, Trump is Toxic! But the world may be the ultimate victim as climate change/global warming are denied and and the EPA becomes the Environmental Pollution Agency. We're all being suffocated in his toxic embrace or is it a choke hold?",22002480,22002480,<br/>,comment,1491048653,1,False,0,,22002480,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,Paul Wortman,57715665,"East Setauket, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050573,When I saw those coal miners posing with Trump last week all I could think of was how selfish and despicable they seemed being excited about propping up an unnecessary and destructive industry that has a clear link to climate change that will inevitably lead to hardship and misery for millions at some point and also results in the spewing of pollutants into the air that will make millions sick. These poor miners were desperate for jobs but Trump turned them into villains in my eyes.,22002468,22002468,<br/>,comment,1491048549,1,False,0,,22002468,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491050573,Joe Mag,48516343,Lanoka Harbor Nj,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050573,"Paul Krugman nailed what DJT does. It is cultural symbolism and cultural affectation. He feeds it to his base on Twitter and Fox. DJT is the ultimate salesman selling snake oil. And after all, politics is about selling a product and votes are the revenue. Truth, facts, numbers and reality must rule. Be careful with the snark. It is funny and probably satisfying to the hard core progressives, but we need the common sense and decency of a few defectors in Congress ie. the Tuesday Group, to continue blocking the Trump agenda for 2 years. They need to be informed and groomed, not alienated.",22002458,22002458,<br/>,comment,1491048466,1,False,0,,22002458,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5425/6110/cropped-54256110.jpg,7,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491050573,Tom,54256110,"Cadillac, MI",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050310,"This column is priceless. While I doubt any Trump supporter will care, it's a reminder to Republicans and Trump's cabinet appointees that an association with the president is poison.. But, I will say that Paul Ryan was served poetic justice for his mean spirited, incompetence on handling the health care fiasco.",22002517,22002517,<br/>,comment,1491048933,1,False,0,,22002517,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,18,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491050310,Liberally minded,63258400,"New York, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050292,"Experiencing schadenfreude - a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people-(merited or not ) as some of Trump’s minions get their due is an irrelevant, ineffective, balm for the temporary or more permanent harms that THEY have caused to many, many people, and even to systems. Whether or not such people, whatever their status, connections, real power to influence, etc. fall, remain where they are, are resurrected again, etc. has yet to create seriously needed healthier, pro-people-societal changes. Consider the documented and ongoing processes of willful blindness and deafness of historical, and yet to be created, inequities in America’s regional and national cultures by trumpism’s fellow American supporters. Family. Friends. Neighbors. Colleagues. Strangers. In what ways can, does, experiencing and sharing schadenfreude, about wounded official and lay Trumpists, and their doings and undoings, help regarding ongoing, unavailable and inaccessible opportunities, and sharing of necessary internal and external resources for developing and sustaining levels and qualities of well being for, and by, many? A long sentence. As long and weighty as the 4 year sentence which some of us somehow enabled? Consider- in what ways can our waking and problem-solving dreaming hours, energies, skill and abilities be better channeled to effectively bridge trumpism’s walls of mistrust, alt-facts, fears and a range of actual harms. Schadenfreude?",22002484,22002484,<br/>,comment,1491048701,1,True,0,,22002484,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,106,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491050293,s einstein,56645726,Jerusalem,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048376,Great column!<br/>Admiral Harward smartest move turning Trump down.,22001986,22001986,<br/>,comment,1491044443,1,False,0,,22001986,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,24,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048376,Marc Brier,62275005,Rome,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048376,The flaming downward spiral that is the Il Turmpolini administration is accelerating. God help the United States. Resist. ,22001567,22001567,<br/>,comment,1491035761,1,False,0,,22001567,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5873/7979/cropped-58737979.jpg?0.3939044170547277,15,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491048376,Paul Leighty,58737979,"Seatte, WA.",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048376,"Gail is jealous. Maureen famously called Dick Cheney “Darth Vader”, and it famously stuck – entered the language, actually. A lot of people don’t remember Seamus, Mitt Romney’s dog that she endlessly reminded us he’d once strapped to the top of his car for 12 hours on that Canadian family trip. So she’s at it again, trying to get the image of Devin Nunes skulking around the White House lawn accepted as an American legend. She should focus instead on coming up with an immortal nickname for Pence. And no, “Your Holiness” won’t do: that one’s already taken by a liberal.<br/><br/>Ryan wasn’t rolled by Trump. Ryan was rolled by his lack of similarities to Sam Rayburn. If you’re going to effectively herd cats, you really need to know how. Trump would have accepted just about anything that got us beyond ObamaCare and on to the REAL things he was elected to tend to. What we got was the AHCA and the dawning realization by enough Republicans that they blew it by LETTING the ACA be enacted then implemented. You don’t “repeal” an entitlement AFTER it’s conferred and millions of VOTERS have become dependent on it; and if you’re going to “replace” it, the replacement had better do at least as much as what it replaces, but better. That the AHCA didn’t do that wasn’t Trump’s fault: it was Ryan’s.<br/><br/>Reince … I have nothing to say about Reince, except that the name is suspicious. Spicer? May Melissa McCarthy live forever.<br/><br/>All the rest? Good for a laugh. On to taxes, regulation and “immigration”.",22000980,22000980,<br/>,comment,1491021350,1,False,0,,22000980,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4712/3844/cropped-47123844.jpg?0.06419149620228637,6,,8,,0,approved,1,1,1491052167,Richard Luettgen,47123844,New Jersey,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048376,"How to characterized those people who are either Trump staff, or congressmen and senators that are busy enacting his programs, and theirs.<br/><br/>The question is, what do they get out of it? No one does anything for no reason. It may seem that way at times, but all his enablers have a motive. Spicer gives me the creeps. The first time I saw him speak I immediately thought Goebbels, but then Conway came on and they both fit the same mold. <br/><br/>Now we also have Nunez, who comes from a district where the majority of residents can not vote. He is supported by some very wealthy raisin growers, This is Grapes of Wrath country, he has not had much opposition, Trump is his passport to bigger things, maybe a post in Siberia. And Ryan, he has had a dislike for anyone who has to rely on public assistance, except himself of course. <br/><br/>So we have a whole menagerie of misfits and ideological nihilists getting their chance to see just how miserable they can make everyone else. They all need each other to do this. So if you wonder how any of them can stomach even being around Trump, they compliment each other.<br/><br/>But that does not answer the question. We see a whole horde of opinions, speculation, even some sane ideas, and the usual answer is ""Follow the money."" But that does not seem to be the motive here. The other common comment is Fascism, they exhibit the characteristics of Il Duce, and others. We know Trump runs his organizations like that. They all want to keep the rest of us in line.",22000579,22000579,<br/>,comment,1491017011,1,False,0,,22000579,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5361/2425/cropped-53612425.jpg?18093889456285707,11,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491048376,David Underwood,53612425,Citrus Heights,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048376,"Hehehe indeed. <br/><br/>I just finished rewatching the Homeland Episode called ""Sock Puppets"". This season's Homeland can't hold a candle to the 24/7 series running on multiple stations. <br/><br/>Take your pick: Trumpland thru the eyes of Democrats? Of Republicans? Of Trump supporters? Of moderates and independents?<br/><br/>It's becoming one of the most watched series ever, with a continually expanding cast of characters. And it actually makes any old cable series, even one based on US security and the spooks who control it, seem tame. <br/><br/>Will Flynn get immunity? More important, what will he do when he doesn't? Will Preibus survive? Will Spicer lose it one day, rip up his script, and stare into the camera and yell, ""You man, Mr. President! I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it any more!"" As he stomps off into the sunset to take a job as pundit on FOX.<br/><br/>You just never know, now, do you? Rumor has it Trump is getting so harried over Russia, he may just resign. <br/><br/>Good thing Comey hasn't debugged Trump Tower from 3 decades of gathering evidence of large scale organized crime syndicates (Russian as well as Mafia) who rent space there.<br/><br/>If Trump goes home, he's likely to become very, very chatty.",22000511,22000511,<br/>,comment,1491016284,1,False,0,,22000511,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2073/520/cropped-2073520.jpg?0.18587254704312467,13,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491048376,Christine McM,2073520,Massachusetts,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048376,"Trump officials might want to re-read the history of the Watergate era, when quite a few Nixon officials went to prison and had ""Watergate"" permanently affixed to their name, a ""Scarlet W"". There was John Mitchell (AG), White House staffers J R Haldeman and John Erllichman, legal counselors to the President John Dean and Charles Colson, James McCord, G Gordon Liddy and Howard Hunt. They committed crimes from which they had nothing to gain (ok, except Liddy, who parlayed drime into a business opportunity). At least in Russia, loyal officials get part of the proceeds. <br/><br/>It takes a generation or so for memories like Watergate to fade from the memories of eager young staffers and veterans of government service alike. Perhaps they should have a little on-line, self-paced training program with an comprehension assessment at the end on avoiding criminality in your job. I'm guessing Spicer and Conway might have to take it a few times. <br/><br/>Its also important to recall that the Russian connections are a far bigger deal than Watergate or the Bridge Gate scandal that just sent two Christie loyalists to prison. ",21999834,21999834,<br/>,comment,1491010706,1,False,0,,21999834,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,30,,1,,0,approved,1,1,1491048376,Look Ahead,18426496,WA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"They are all on automatic pilot, oblivious and self-serving. They don't care if you live or die, unless you're in the 1% who feel being taxed is poison.<br/><br/>Let's make a deal: free these selfish people from their taxes, then they must go away and leave us alone, forever.",22002410,22002410,<br/>,comment,1491048118,1,False,0,,22002410,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6532/6277/cropped-65326277.jpg?0.5299402666788198,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,David Henry,65326277,Concord,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"Gail's column would make good bedtime stories for our children--life lessons to be learned <br/><br/>My grandma was big on reading us stories that had a character-development message with a moral--Abe Lincoln stories, George Washington, Aesops Fables, ""D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths"".. After she read a story we discussed it to make sure we understand the point and our character would be bolstered from the experience.<br/><br/>Some of these stories were ""hero"" tales of overcoming and accomplishment despite the odds--definitely does not pertain to Donald Trump or his millionaire-billionaire cabinet. Probably some of his cabinet were not born rich, but my hunch is they made their fortune the old-fashioned way, by exploiting labor and ripping off clients--like we know who.<br/><br/>Other stories were about mistakes characters made that made them look like fools or wrecked their reputations by engaging in stupid behavior--the emperor who had no clothes (e.g., Trump), Chicken Little (perhaps the entire GOP when Obama was President), and the boy who cried wolf (Bannon, Breitbart, Fox News).<br/><br/>So each night, we could read our children a character story from Gail's column, and discuss it with them. <br/><br/>Tonight, Paul Ryan: Once upon a time there was a teenager whose father died & the family received SSI. But then Paul read Ayn Rand science-fiction novels, & his life's ambition was to take away SS, Medicare, & Medicaid from everyone else. Later as House Speaker, Paul sold his soul to we know who. Sleep tight",22002407,22002407,<br/>,comment,1491048075,1,False,0,,22002407,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2062/0430/cropped-20620430.jpg,38,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,PB,20620430,CNY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"This ""presidency"" and its collection of liars, scam artists, and traitors are a sick joke on America.",22002393,22002393,<br/>,comment,1491047985,1,False,0,,22002393,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Demosthenes,45202528,Chicago,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"And then there's good ole boy Rex, who is so socially awkward that he has directed diplomats to not look him in the eye. His acute shyness is off the charts and is the exact opposite of what is needed as Secretary of State. But he knows he's goin' down under the bus, so no worries there. He knows that once the kick comes, he can hide behind the wheel well.",22002389,22002389,<br/>,comment,1491047974,1,False,0,,22002389,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Frau Greta,74391740,Somewhere in New Jersey,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"I think about the on-air apologists for the Orange Autocrat as well. <br/><br/>Sure, guys like Roger Stone and Jeffrey Lord lost any credibility with thinking people decades ago. <br/><br/>But the youthful propagandists like Kayleigh McEnany? Georgetown, Harvard Law; telegenic; could have a bright future. But someone cruelly convinced this ""Christian"" ""conservative"" that there's glory to be found in defending the indefensible; in making excuses for vulgarity, incoherence, petulance and lies. Sad!",22002383,22002383,<br/>,comment,1491047924,1,False,0,,22002383,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Evangelos,62641700,Brooklyn,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,To accept any appointment by the know-nothing DT one must have very low to nonexistent self-esteem to begin with. The same goes for the voter base that endorsed the bullying bankruptcy artist.,22002380,22002380,<br/>,comment,1491047898,1,False,0,,22002380,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,doetze,8087877,netherlands,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,Maybe Hill had it right when she estimated half Trump supporters were from a basket of deplorables. It certainly seems his administration choices score a higher batting average than .500 for deplorable hits.,22002375,22002375,<br/>,comment,1491047867,1,False,0,,22002375,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Lawrence Zajac,65728425,Williamsburg,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"Dear Ms. Collins,<br/><br/>I write to express my gratitude. You reminded me there is a dark, mean humor hovering over all of this.<br/><br/>I felt a little guilty laughing.",22002363,22002363,<br/>,comment,1491047794,1,False,0,,22002363,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,kcbob,23225364,"Kansas City, MO",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,No one who associates him or herself with Trump ends up looking the better for it (except Newt Gingrich).,22002359,22002359,<br/>,comment,1491047773,1,False,0,,22002359,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Neutral Observer,46907074,NYC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"How ironic that the man who surrounds himself with gold-plated splendor now has the anti-Midas touch. The next name added to this list may be Mike Pence. Before he became one of Trump's human shields, his colleagues in Congress thought of him as a decent man, however much they may have disagreed with his political positions. What's he going to do when the show's over and he's squandered what remains of his credibility? ",22002326,22002326,<br/>,comment,1491047544,1,False,0,,22002326,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,SMD,39535352,Barcelona,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"Also on the smeared forever by association with Donald Trump: The Executive Order. Remember when issuing Executive Orders was considered treasonous. Of course, that was when President Obama was doing them. Trump has taken the EO to a new level of semi-importance. None dare call it treason.",22002311,22002311,<br/>,comment,1491047419,1,False,0,,22002311,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Stephen Beard,52444732,"Troy, OH",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,What was with his walk out the door. The so called president is losing it bigly. He must be tortured knowing this job is not what he thought it would be. ,22002299,22002299,<br/>,comment,1491047336,1,False,0,,22002299,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Jame Choi,70688791,Casper,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"It ain't the Trump curse so much as Trump (like any republican) is slimy. Slimy things pick up dirt like a Dyson on steroids.<br/><br/>I look at that list and think: ""I would never want to have dinner with any of those people."" They have no there there. Nothing intriguing. That to me is the story. Republicans: People you don't really care to have dinner with because they are empty.",22002298,22002298,<br/>,comment,1491047331,1,False,0,,22002298,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Mogwai,69618335,CT,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,These people were the best trump could find. Who will he get when these quit or are put in jail? That is really scary.,22002282,22002282,<br/>,comment,1491047235,1,False,0,,22002282,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Thomas Renner,49668339,New York City,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"You don't have to be a geologist to work in a coal mine. But if you hear a rumble, you know it's time to get out. Everyone has heard the rumble except the miners. Coal is old technology. The country is going forward with natural gas, and sustainable sources. Do miners have coal in their ears? They are not the captains of that industry and do not have to go down with that ship.",22002257,22002257,<br/>,comment,1491047018,1,False,0,,22002257,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,DJ,48241582,NJ,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,I would wish SNL became a daily. I also wonder if the Emmies will abandon the award for comedy writing: no one make this up.,22002006,22002006,<br/>,comment,1491044687,1,False,0,,22002006,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Chris,1614882,nowhere I can tell you,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,Is it true that in the House Cafeteria Russian Dressing is now called American Dressing?,22001873,22001873,<br/>,comment,1491043153,1,False,0,,22001873,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5885/2258/cropped-58852258.jpg?0.5861089222598821,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Michael Steinberg,58852258,"Westchester, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Proverbs 13:20",22001864,22001864,<br/>,comment,1491043078,1,False,0,,22001864,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Fred,26826622,Up North,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"I can always count on Gail to lift me out of my Trump doldrums. The hardest thing is not laughing until I'm crying because this whole damn Trump scene is so pathetic. I'm afraid that if I cry....I might not be able to stop.<br/>On a lighter note, I do have a crush on Gail's way with the written word. ",22001296,22001296,<br/>,comment,1491027373,1,False,0,,22001296,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,mary,61016247,Phoenix,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491047108,How about Fox News? Don't they belong in this waste heap?,22002262,22002262,<br/>,comment,1491047077,1,False,0,,22002262,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5456/0259/cropped-54560259.jpg?0.06233156391407363,15,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491047108,tom,54560259,pittsburgh,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,I love your ending. It is so ironic that Flynn who yelled lock her up is now seeking immunity to avoid going to jail. What is that Chinese quote about living long enough to see your enemy's dead body float by on the river? It was used awhile back in reference to Kenneth Starr and the Clintons. ,22002209,22002209,<br/>,comment,1491046628,1,False,0,,22002209,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,22,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,P.A.,42222367,Mass,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,And to think that Senior Advisor Bannon is sort of organizing this three ring circus. ,22002208,22002208,<br/>,comment,1491046628,1,False,0,,22002208,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4150/585/cropped-4150585.jpg?20373613141707934187,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Chuck W.,4150585,San Antonio,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"Like the head of a major crime family, Trump only cares about himself, and has no qualm about destroying people, including his strongest supporters, as soon as they prove less useful to him. However, Trump is far more dangerous than a Mafia godfather. He is a Machiavellian genius who just convinced 63 million people to vote for him, and most of his fervid supporters are still behind him. Some of them defy any caricature. We know a creative, smart, non-religious woman with an MBA who has put her heart and soul into serving the homeless in a prosperous blue state and still supports Trump.<br/><br/>If we truly face the danger that Donald Trump presents, not only to individuals, but also to our country, then we can stop him, but we must stop pretending that he's a hapless Alec Baldwin character.",22002205,22002205,<br/>,comment,1491046615,1,False,0,,22002205,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,34,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Worried but hopeful,19929446,Delaware,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,There won't be much hehehehe when Trump and Kim Jung Un get into it lobbing weapons at each other.,22002192,22002192,<br/>,comment,1491046547,1,False,0,,22002192,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,18,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,fastfurious,68481286,the new world,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"I believe mr trump thought his whole job was signing executive orders in important looking blue folder and the waving them around like some kindergarden teacher.<br/> He found out ""health care is complicated"" He also found out he could not bully congress into doing whatever he wanted them to, like passing a cruel and vicious health bill.<br/>Governing is hard mr trump and you are turning out to be very, very bad at it.",22002167,22002167,<br/>,comment,1491046368,1,False,0,,22002167,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,36,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Eliza Brewster,36945116,N.E. Pa.,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,Greed for power and money is the push behind the dreaded trump curse. Here's to hoping the curse bites trump and his family in the behind sooner rather than later and they stop being rewarded for their despicable behavior.,22002156,22002156,<br/>,comment,1491046321,1,False,0,,22002156,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Catherine F,56628652,NC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"'America for Dummies Without Trump' is a book that I would purchase. My youngest friend not yet six asked for another princess one. Is that the one with the girl with two braids? An enthusiastic vote of approval was received and her parent got back on the phone to tell me that she has too many books. If anything, it is a way of learning history, I protested.<br/><br/>Thirty years ago you did not want to be associated with Trump. ""Sleaze-Ball"" muttered an economist I was working for, on returning from lunch, closing his office door firmly. I smiled. Not smiling now. Nope, and there is nothing funny about Trump and his Clan, Crooks and Cronies. All tainted in some way, all suspect and the most unpopular president, inept bloke, to lead our Country.<br/><br/>David Brooks mentioned Guilt this week last. Well, I feel somewhat guilty in some way and I believe it is called collaborative guilt. President Obama, clear and concise as always, is urging Bipartisan Efforts from Americans.<br/><br/>""Good Heavens, Mr. Allison"" or rather 'Ms. Collins' in this context, we could begin by placing Russia out of this nightmare. This American knew when the NYT published that malicious letter by Putin a few years ago that he was just waiting for Mr. Obama to finish his term before moving in.<br/><br/>Keep writing, as some of us join you, in going through the Looking-Glass in an effort to save America from Trump & Co.",22001999,22001999,<br/>,comment,1491044627,1,False,0,,22001999,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Miss Ley,58223613,New York,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"Yep, unfortunately the traitor-in-chief may make it out of his first (and only term) without going to jail. The rest of us have a four year sentence....",22001874,22001874,<br/>,comment,1491043162,1,False,0,,22001874,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Pat,37632913,New York,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"If there's anyone on this clown car to deserves his fate, It's Flynn, the ""lock her up"" guy. Could there be a more craven, calculating con man than this guy, all wrapped up in his flag? The day they slap the handcuffs on him can't come soon enough.",22001797,22001797,<br/>,comment,1491041942,1,False,0,,22001797,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,43,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Tim,66220641,Raleigh,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"What about Kellyanne? Wicked Witch of the East cum fasionista? Will her Nutcracker soldier outfit on Inaugurations Day ever be forgotten? And poor Melania? Probably saw the descriptions of the ""golden rain"" party and decided she'd better steer clear of Trump henceforth in order to avoid strange Russian diseases. Now she's a princess locked up in Trump Tower except when she's trotted out to follow him like a serving maid at official events. The man has the Midas Touch in reverse...everything he touches turns to ashes.",22001791,22001791,<br/>,comment,1491041815,1,False,0,,22001791,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,35,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491046806,Janie,41431440,<br/>,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"""You'd be much better off being a Mexican."" I am not following Ms.Collins logic here. Sounds insulting. She needs to explain herself. Not funny.",22001218,22001218,<br/>,comment,1491025640,1,False,0,,22001218,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,5,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,g.i.,64462680,l.a.,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"Fine article. But you say Trump treated Christie as a ""well-dressed fast-food clerk.""<br/><br/>I always thought he was being cast by Trump as a portly Tattoo. I would not rule out Gov. Christie being conscripted to stand at the airports during upcoming rallies, announcing ""The Plane! The Plane!""",22001166,22001166,<br/>,comment,1491024610,1,False,0,,22001166,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6256/5584/cropped-62565584.jpg?0.6938894520370719,8,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,pjc,62565584,Cleveland,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"The people who choose to associate with Trump do so for a reason ... and though it's not nice we must acknowledge it: nothing left to lose. Trump bottom trolls for his sycophants. <br/><br/>They are desperate enough to buy the proposition that almost all black people rejected: ""What have you got to lose?"" <br/><br/>When you ain't got nuttin', you got nothing to lose. Trump's people are invisible now, they've got no secrets to confuse. <br/><br/>Yes they are undone, but they were undone, or washed up, or just plain losers before. At least they get their moment in the spotlight, but it is the odium that will follow their names forever. If you are desperate for attention, and a narcissist like Trump ... it's worth it though. To be somebody! Even somebody who will be remembered as a toadie to the worst president in American history.",22000240,22000240,<br/>,comment,1491014145,1,False,0,,22000240,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Lee harrison,1258177,Kew Gardens,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,what goes around comes around,21999946,21999946,<br/>,comment,1491011875,1,False,0,,21999946,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3883/5756/cropped-38835756.jpg?0.05550729273818433,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,slightlycrazy,38835756,northern california,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"A lot of people say Ryan is handsome (You didn't, thank you). He reminds me of Eddie Munster.<br/><br/>Now that Trump is in his Republican 'family,' Ryan even acts as Eddie did on the famous show, always extolling the heroism of Herman/Donald despite the latter's inability to quite live up to his admirers' expectations.",21999807,21999807,<br/>,comment,1491010216,1,False,0,,21999807,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Edward,34361973,Midwest,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"Many have promoted the idea that America should have more mental health facilities. Well, there is the White House. Unfortunately, it has only patients and no qualified staff.",22002143,22002143,<br/>,comment,1491046253,1,False,0,,22002143,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,19,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,DJ,48241582,NJ,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"Of all the Orwellian aspects of Trump's rise to the Presidency, the scary chanting of ""Lock her up"" and ""Build that Wall,"" was the most 1984ish. I mean, ""Four legs good, two legs bad."" Gimmie a break.",22002049,22002049,<br/>,comment,1491045238,1,False,0,,22002049,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5396/63/cropped-539663.jpg?0.8621124064378181,5,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491046487,R. Adelman,539663,Philadelphia,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"Don't forget all those folks who voted for him. Simply by having done so, they seem more like pathetic dupes very time he opens his mouth. ",22002012,22002012,<br/>,comment,1491044787,1,False,0,,22002012,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,slimjim,52033678,Austin,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"Certainly the Trump administration has provided tons of material for comedians and cartoonists. Thing is, this is only the beginning. Don't be sounding death knells for this administration yet. Remember, the conditions haven't changed which brought this man to the White House, and all the folks he's bringing in with him. You can see the blame game and rationalizations going on as we speak. Health care defeat is blamed on, you guessed it, the Democrats, and folks are saying it's still early and so on. Later we'll hear something like we didn't give him a chance. Could go eight years like this, could go longer if we don't fix what's broken.",22001976,22001976,<br/>,comment,1491044368,1,False,0,,22001976,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491046487,Wendy L,40620718,New York,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"Once again I saw Trump voters being interviewed (it was on PBS), and there was<br/>a blonde youngish woman who headed up ""Women for Trump"" interviewed.<br/>She thought everything was great and Trump was doing just what he said he'd<br/>do. She wasn't asked what her sources of info. were , what paper she read or<br/>tv news she listened to. That remained unknown. It made me wonder what planet these people live on, that they remain so uninformed, so committed to a<br/>person ruining our country and are blinded. Is it fake news? what causes such<br/>blatant ignorance that unfortunately has effected the majority of us.",22001944,22001944,<br/>,comment,1491044066,1,False,0,,22001944,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4848/0409/cropped-48480409.jpg?0.3394836523938929,24,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,p. kay,48480409,new york,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"How could Gail leave out Rex Tillerson who would be perfect for the part of a Secretary of State version of ""Chauncey Gardener "", played by Peter Sellers in ""Being There""",22001941,22001941,<br/>,comment,1491044030,1,False,0,,22001941,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,"Don Shipp,",18855202,Homestead Florida,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"It's not so much the dreaded Trump curse as it is the fact that Trump has surrounded himself with a group of incompetent, ignorant ideologues. These people have always been second rate professionals, Trump just put them in the spotlight.<br/><br/>You can tell a lot about a person by looking at the people he surrounds himself with. This clown car of individuals demonstrates the lack of intelligence of our president as much as anything else he has done.<br/><br/>And what about Kellyanne Conway? How could you leave her off your list of Trump's ship of fools?",22001901,22001901,n/a,comment,1491043549,1,False,0,,22001901,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,Joseph Thomas,40397396,"Reston, VA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,Quite the opposite of the Midas touch - Trump's great talent is making dross even more tarnished.,22001865,22001865,<br/>,comment,1491043099,1,False,0,,22001865,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491046487,Bigsister,59664515,New York,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"Brilliant! For the ones who previously had an aura of respectability, they have all made themselves ""lowlifes.""<br/>Hard to figure the worst of them but in my book it is Christie. I have no empathy for Kelly or Baroni or Samson, but I'd love to know what deals were given them by the Christie administration to keep their silence!",22001859,22001859,<br/>,comment,1491043003,1,False,0,,22001859,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,vincentgaglione,52314243,NYC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"Don't worry, Gail. When Appalachia plunges into total chaos from a combination of poisonous water, opioid deaths, and jobs that never materialized, it's going to be the liberals and the democrats and the dark people's fault. Not sure how, but don't worry: the crack team at comet conspiracies will have some completely implausible reason cooked up by then. <br/><br/>As for Paul Ryan? You can call eye-candy nutritional for only so long until you realize that behind all those empty calories, there's just nothing there. Whoops.",22001726,22001726,<br/>,comment,1491040345,1,False,0,,22001726,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,In the Belly of the Beast,67525690,"Washington, DC",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"Trump is despicable. How anyone can listen to this pathological liar is mind-boggling. He is doing his best to make the planet less safe, more toxic, and on the thread of nuclear options of all types--judicial to missile. And everyone just stands around with their hands in their pockets. Pathetic partisans. ",22001091,22001091,<br/>,comment,1491023294,1,False,0,,22001091,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,Daniel Kinske,52593756,West Hollywood,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"What a stupid, cheating, lying vile man we have for a so called ""president.""",22000856,22000856,<br/>,comment,1491019914,1,False,0,,22000856,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491046487,gordy,34095067,CA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"Add Rex Tillerson to the list. Once a respected, well-spoken, intelligent CEO of the 5th largest oil and gas company in the world, now a Trump toady, who is flying by the seat of his pants as Secretary of State, a job which he is vastly incapable of performing, given his lack of skill in diplomacy. Sad. Such a nice guy...",22000588,22000588,<br/>,comment,1491017087,1,False,0,,22000588,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,Chris Wildman,17178177,Alaska,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,Wonderful. I find that I somehow can't loathe and despise these people when I start laughing at them. But then your column ends. ,21999869,21999869,<br/>,comment,1491011184,1,False,0,,21999869,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6606/4338/cropped-66064338.jpg?0.15367111092171626,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,Jeff G,66064338,"Oakland, CA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,there was an old british invasion pop song. it was by the Hollies. King Midas in Reverse. the melody entered my head while reading. have not thought about that song for a long time. thanks for the chuckle this morning. ,22002110,22002110,<br/>,comment,1491045838,1,False,0,,22002110,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,daniel r potter,58067620,san jose ca,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"Oh Gail...how I wish your column was longer so that you could have done an evaluation of all of DJT's ""accomplishments"" and appointees and hangers-on as well! I went to a Trump Rally because I wanted to see fellow members of the human race and try to understand what his appeal was. That event did two things...the people there reminded me of a Christian fundamentalist event I went to with a friend when I was young, or a Native American pow-wow where the drumbeats were hypnotic. The Trump rally was like a cult gathering...blind devotion. The second thing was that my name is now on a Trump mailing list, and I get the weekly updates...they are basically re-election campaign emails full of empty rhetoric. I recently visited the <a href=""http://WhiteHouse.gov"" title=""WhiteHouse.gov"" target=""_blank"">WhiteHouse.gov</a> website and almost cried at the difference from when Obama was president. It is now a symbol of a parallel universe so far from the truth or any actual facts that it is mind-boggling. I am a 70 yr old who became an American citizen when I was 7. I shall not live long enough to see our nation recover from the damage that this man and his sycophants have wrought upon us. The only bright shaft of hope comes from the fact that at least half of our country have been spurred to act in defense of our tenets and values that have made us proud to be Americans. I hope they have boundless energy, because I fear it is going to be a long effort to return to some kind of normalcy.",22002092,22002092,<br/>,comment,1491045691,1,False,0,,22002092,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,41,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,Mountain Dragonfly,53925296,Candler NC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"However, on the other side of the coin, are those whose reputations have been enhanced; and those able to enhance their reputations far beyond anyone's wildest imagination; most particularly, Alex Baldwin.<br/><br/>If Alex Baldin, would agree, and the ""White House Correspondence Dinner"" committee were to arrange to do so, having Baldwin as a substitute for the absent demagogue Trump, has the obvious potential, to be the earth's most watched event ever.<br/><br/>Why this is obvious to me, while I'm in Europe, but not yet even yet mentioned in the NYT, is perplexing, to say the least.<br/><br/>Please Ms. Collins, explain this to me, and yourvother dedicated readers.",22002086,22002086,<br/>,comment,1491045591,1,False,0,,22002086,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,William Dusenberry,57954971,"Paris, France",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"This cast of characters deserves no sympathy. If you jump into the swamp which has been turned into a sewer you're going to get dirty and stink!<br/>These men will suffer the same fate as some of #45's vendors, the contractors, the Bankruptcy victims and University attendees: they all got shafted. ",22002061,22002061,<br/>,comment,1491045355,1,False,0,,22002061,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,Edward Calabrese,75786909,Palm Beach Fl.,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,We should be happy. Swings like these are the real test of the American idea. We need People like these from time to time to prove how resilient our democracy really is. America will emerge stronger.,22002052,22002052,<br/>,comment,1491045245,1,False,0,,22002052,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,Solomon,72898922,Washington dc,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"There is far too much lip-smacking schadenfreude both within and beyond this column. We titter about the inability of these blind men to drive the bus, forgetting we have all be consigned to the back of the bus as we seek to transit the switchbacks of a mountain pass. The higher up Mr. Trump and his henchmen drive us, the farther we have to plummet.",22002040,22002040,<br/>,comment,1491045184,1,False,0,,22002040,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2388/489/cropped-2388489.jpg?0.10247170923292104,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,Douglas McNeill,2388489,"Chesapeake, VA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"He's a scourge, not the bringer of curses.<br/><br/>And I do now hope that his supporters--every anti-science, uneducated, hateful one of them--suffers under his lash. That's their great-again America: great for the ones holding the whips.",22002017,22002017,<br/>,comment,1491044853,1,False,0,,22002017,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,Peak Oiler,29470685,"Richmond, VA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"To my mind, this group clearly proves our latest theories of human evolution. There were beings before modern man. Adam and Eve were just a myth!",22001904,22001904,<br/>,comment,1491043606,1,False,0,,22001904,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,Thoughtful,64870612,Austin Texas,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"Gail, I'd love to join your conspiratorial laugh regarding Flynn, but can we really trust the Senate Intelligence Committee to be non-partisan when Republicans have no precedent for such behavior? Nothing would be more satisfying than to see Flynn's chant to lock up Hillary trained on him. But it seems naive to count on it.",22001818,22001818,<br/>,comment,1491042288,1,False,0,,22001818,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,NYCtoMalibu,64389788,"Malibu, California",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,Kakistocracy. We can't get rid of these crooks/creeps/cons in the short term and they're trashing as much of our future as they can each day. What goes around will die arun d personally for these evil people.,22001444,22001444,<br/>,comment,1491032023,1,False,0,,22001444,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,Bob Jack,59811266,"Winnemucca, Nv.",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,Thank you! This is the first time since November that I've had a proper belly laugh while reading anything related to this administration. Just in time too. Last night I actually had a dream that there was no EPA and all US raw sewage was routed directly into the oceans. Not kidding. That was my dream. I awoke in a panic.,22001443,22001443,<br/>,comment,1491031984,1,False,0,,22001443,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491046271,mlc,58498284,"Cleveland, OH",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"An ongoing disaster that makes even the Thomas Eakins of Crawford, Tx. wonder aloud what is going on. In a weird kind of way we almost miss G.W. - at least his place as the very worst of all time is in jeopardy. You have to wonder when the poor slobs who put this nincompoop into office are going to realize that it was all a horrid ruse. Then you won't be able to find a pitchfork or a bucket of pitch anywhere.",22001413,22001413,<br/>,comment,1491031030,1,False,0,,22001413,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7599/7142/cropped-75997142.jpg,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,Plennie Wingo,75997142,"Weinfelden, Switzerland",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,I wouldn’t be giving General Flynn immunity. What I would be doing is cleaning some of the junk out of the cell occupied by the Unabomber in his Colorado maximum security prison, and letting Flynn know that the empty space in the cell is being made ready for him.,22000905,22000905,<br/>,comment,1491020457,1,False,0,,22000905,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7643/0734/cropped-76430734.jpg,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,A. Stanton,76430734,"Dallas, TX",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,
+1491046271,"I am reminded of the story we all learned in school.<br/>It is the story of the hanging of all the unsucessful pickpockets who couldn't steal enough to pay off the police, lawyers, judges, and politicians and how the real pros showed up at hangings to take advantage of the distracted crowds.<br/>I only wish my wife and all our American friends and family had a better appreciate gallows humour. Somehow they can't laugh because they don't know if they are the ones being hung or the ones being pickpocketed.",22000641,22000641,<br/>,comment,1491017579,1,False,0,,22000641,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6294/5206/cropped-62945206.jpg?11793331961204915387,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,Montreal Moe,62945206,"WestPark, Quebec",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"There are people who are Friends of Trump, but they do not succumb to the Curse. There is no logic to whom the Curse strikes. It seems very random, and some Friends have an anti-Curse immunity.<br/><br/>For every Chris Christie, there is a Jeff Sessions who gets shaky, but survives.<br/><br/>For every Andrew Puzder who goes quickly, there is an Alexander Acosta. <br/><br/>For every Reince Priebus, there is a Stephen K. Bannon. For every Devin Nunes, there is a Stephen K. Bannon. For every Paul Manafort, there is a Stephen K. Bannon. For every Michael Flynn, there is a Stephen K. Bannon.<br/><br/>The Curse may not be quite as random as it seems.",22000539,22000539,<br/>,comment,1491016583,1,False,0,,22000539,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,sdw,56679104,Cleveland,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"Marc McGovern, the Vice Mayor of Cambridge, MA, has a proposal to request that the House commence impeachment proceedings to be voted on this coming Monday. Not an April Fool prank. Cambridge, along with neighboring Somerville and Boston, are defending their sanctuary city status, and we are all the better for it.",22000301,22000301,<br/>,comment,1491014641,1,False,0,,22000301,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491046271,aek,54068933,New England,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"The Republicans are the gang that couldn't shoot straight and it is easy to concentrate on their laughable stupidity. However, don't forget they are still in power and even if the Donald is locked up, we still have authoritarians McConnell, Pence and the freedom caucus in the que. Depressing but true.<br/><br/>Stay serious, keep the truth in focus and vote in 2018.",22000056,22000056,<br/>,comment,1491012702,1,False,0,,22000056,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,Kirk,23703782,MT,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"And Congress still pretends Trump smells sweet like a rose--with so much Russian borscht running thru the halls of Trump Tower and the WH--why ever should they ask about his finances? Russian money laundering scheme run out of Trump Tower, Trump's banker is Deutche Bank who just got convicted of massive Russian money laundering. Trump is either totally clueless with all these meetings with Russia including his son-in-law or he is participating--what are the odds?",21999962,21999962,<br/>,comment,1491012034,1,False,0,,21999962,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,Susan,58169122,Maine,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"HeHeHeHe indeed. Lock them all up, Crooks and creeps every one. The party of Lincoln? Ol honest Abe must be spinning. It's hard to feel sorry for any of these people. They brought this (and what is to come) on themselves. We really need an untainted prosecutor or courageous senator (I know, I know. Wishful fantasy) to clean up this mess.",21999942,21999942,<br/>,comment,1491011840,1,False,0,,21999942,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,George Judge,53093292,Casa Grande Az,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"The gift of humor at such times is worth rubies! Thank you. I was sure you were going to bring in Jared Kushner's comment on losing friends due to his Trump loyalty which he compared to exfoliation. He is not likely to win friends and influence people if he sees them as dead skin cells. But Trump sees the world as his twitter hostages so who knows? <br/><br/> With Putin and Bannon as his poison pen pals, he needs only Ivanka, golf, and a Trump resort refuge from work, problems, reporters, and investigations.",21999909,21999909,n/a,comment,1491011514,1,False,0,,21999909,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,SMB,9271683,Savannah,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046271,"So much for Trump's pledge to drain the swamp. He is in deep with the liars, sycophants and self-enrichers of DC. The big distinction is that Trump's swamp reaches all the way to Russia. ",21999729,21999729,<br/>,comment,1491009451,1,False,0,,21999729,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046271,NM,40118532,NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"In his defense, Trump did make some accurate predictions about possible outcomes of the election, almost clairvoyant. He said the election was rigged and that one candidate could be facing a criminal investigation. Problem is that he was talking about Hillary, not himself.",22002109,22002109,<br/>,comment,1491045814,1,False,0,,22002109,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,Clark Landrum,64588545,Near the swamp.,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"Trump is King Midas in reverse: everybody and everything he touches turns to ashes. He's political<br/>Kryptonite.<br/><br/>I feel no empathy with those who deal with the devil, or who voted to enable him.<br/><br/>They have a perfect right to destroy themselves. ",22002073,22002073,<br/>,comment,1491045464,1,False,0,,22002073,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6532/6277/cropped-65326277.jpg?0.5299402666788198,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,David Henry,65326277,Concord,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"i blame the DNC for pushing to have such a flawed candidate essentially be ""crowned"" as royalty, nothing but formality to go through the primaries, that we now have this circus doing untold harm to our country and certainly the office of the President of the United States.",22002014,22002014,<br/>,comment,1491044797,1,False,0,,22002014,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,r,49919904,NYC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"First he ripped off the contractors who built his buildings. <br/><br/>Then he stiffed the architects who designed his buildings. <br/><br/>Then he defaulted the creditors who financed his buildings. <br/><br/>Then he lied to the junior real estate moguls who attended his ""university.""<br/><br/>So the Russians gave him money. And he got elected president by promising that he could fix it all and rebuild glory. <br/><br/>And a whole new group of people thought they could get rich off Donald Trump. <br/><br/>Because there truly is a sucker born every minute.",22001992,22001992,<br/>,comment,1491044572,1,False,0,,22001992,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491046121,M,18408406,Cambridge,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"I doubt those are the only thing Paul Ryan will be remembered for as he's done more than that.<br/><br/>I think he'll clearly be remembered as the beloved ""deficit hawk"" who somehow managed to vote for trillions in deficit exploding spending during the George W. Bush years.<br/><br/>Bush took office with a surplus but turned over a trillion dollar deficit to President Obama on the day he took office and then conservatives like Ryan spent the next eight years complaining about the deficit.",22001962,22001962,<br/>,comment,1491044228,1,False,0,,22001962,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6546/8241/cropped-65468241.jpg?0.7182554090421214,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,MattNg,65468241,"NY, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"In his uncanny ability to channel immorality, ignorance, and downright stupidity, nobody does it better than Mr. T. Even Mrs. T knew better than to associate herself, even in her physical proximity, from ""day one"" at ground zero in the White House residence. So, Ms. Collins, there's absolutely no compassion for the fools who consigned themselves to permanent ignominy by volunteering as passengers on this ill-fate ship of global colossal ineptitude and downright stupidity. Inevitably, all of them will regret their close association with the man who changed the course of human history for the worse.",22001935,22001935,<br/>,comment,1491043984,1,False,0,,22001935,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,James Landi,46763028,"Salisbury, Maryland",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"Could it be that Trump simply allows us to place a magnifying glass on the stultifying incompetence of his own picks, the peerless partisanship of Congress, and the willingness to sell anything or anyone down the river for a buck? <br/><br/>Because really, it is all about wealth extraction. Trump will allow companies to extract it from the ground, with no protection for those downstream. Congress let Trump take credit for coal - they were after mining your data. And they are willing to go back and let hospitals and insurance companies skim off the top layers of gold, and leave the sick behind. <br/><br/>I neer thought, as a child of the sixties, I'd live in Dickensian England. ",22001926,22001926,<br/>,comment,1491043891,1,False,0,,22001926,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,Cathy,51087612,Hopewell Junction,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"Cheney and Rummy and Brownie and ...<br/><br/>Dana Perino; Ari Fleischer; Scott McClellan<br/><br/>Many Americans can quote Santayana, but few realize that he was writing about people like them. Like Trump's White House, we live in denial. Allowing his short fingers access to the nuclear trigger is appropriate for a populace too lazy to think, too entrenched in a lifestyle and mindset that are appropriate only in TV Land in which the men wore suits and the women knew that their place was in the home.<br/><br/>So, let's laugh a bit at Spicey and Paul Ryan, who isn't an economist but plays one on TV.<br/><br/>We teach our children that while those who have far too much money can spend to influence our votes, our secret weapon that Koch can't touch is our ability to get into that ballot box and vote for whomever we please who can then vote for whomever stokes their next campaign.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, in Galt's Gulch, the ghost of Anne Gorsuch has returned to remind us how using voting like Oxycontin has consequences. According to the Washington Post, "" ... her short, tumultuous tenure was marked by sharp budget cuts, rifts with career EPA employees, a steep decline in cases filed against polluters and a scandal over the mismanagement of the Superfund cleanup program that ultimately led to her resignation in 1983.""<br/><br/>Well now, let's put her spawn on the Supreme Court for life.<br/><br/>The Dow doubled under Obama. So, let's put the other guys back into office to find out how resilient the economy really is.<br/><br/>We are such dopes.",22001779,22001779,<br/>,comment,1491041558,1,False,0,,22001779,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3192/033/cropped-3192033.jpg?0.8508492773398757,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,Jack Mahoney,3192033,"Brunswick, Maine",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,Wow. The daily antics of this collection of losers is like watching a wacky Middle school production of Guys and Dolls. I can't wait for the updated adult version -- hopefully it will be played out in a federal penitentiary.,22001700,22001700,<br/>,comment,1491039838,1,False,0,,22001700,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491046121,Ray Gibson,50168457,Asheville NC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"Gail Collins, an epitome of liberal stupidity and a reflection of how a liberal echo chamber sounds like. Before the liberals attack me as a Trump supporter, first consider the assumptions she is making. She creates a belief system that those surrounding Trump gets attacked just because of Trump. However, those same people are attacked by the liberal media, whether they support Trump or not. She mentioned Paul Ryan, Christie, Judge Jeanine, Russia, and so on; those are the usual suspects. For the liberal bubble, Trump is losing, but for the conservatives and Trump supporters, he is fighting for them: He is a champ and a hero. Those people in Middle America see Trump as their savior, after they learnt they were lied and cheated by Obama and the Democrats. Liberals are just pushing Trump supporters closer to him. Remember German's were obstinate when the allies bombed and the majority stood behind Hitler. However, I am not suggesting Trump is Hitler or his supporters as defiant Germans, but the group thinking, the liberals are pushing, will make it hard for the Democrats in the upcoming elections. Moreover, even if his policies fail miserably, he has delivered for his base; whether it works or not is immaterial. Having said that, Gail wrote in her column when Bush won the re-election in a summary as ""Bush summoned the dark powers to win"". You wonder why liberals lose and will lose again; those pretentious people have not learnt their lesson. ",22001605,22001605,<br/>,comment,1491037079,1,False,0,,22001605,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6884/6449/cropped-68846449.jpg?0.20196363609284163,0,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,Hobbes,68846449,Miami,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"Trump reminds me of that villain Goldfinger in the Bond movie. Out only for himself. <br/><br/>I am glad to see cold-hearted conservatives cozy up to him. Let Goldfinger drag all of them around, then leave them floundering, guzzling his mud.",22001590,22001590,<br/>,comment,1491036500,1,False,0,,22001590,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,Brian,56523432,"Montclair, NJ",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"Chaosogenic---great word. The shrinks love it. The only question you can ask yourself is what this tyrannical adolescent will wreck next. EPA, Department of State, Department of Education all lost to maniacal overreach. Sure he will put a lot of money into Defense but his ego or Steve Bannon will force him to<br/>Overturn at least part of the command structure. God, dear God, America is paying a high price for its unemployed and poor---all Hillary had to do was say<br/>(and mean) that the unemployed/poor would be her first priority. I hate it that I am not optimistic but then again the thought of losing PBS and Meals on Wheels would depress anyone who had not lead a life inside the New York real estate market and Wall Street banking. These are mean people---they always have been. They always will be.",22001588,22001588,<br/>,comment,1491036396,1,False,0,,22001588,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,Warren Shingle,46032344,Sacramento,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"We are learning that assembling a group of oddballs and colorful personalities makes for great reality TV, but it doesn't lend itself to accomplishing much in the real world. Millions of voters thought it would be a good idea to put an intellectually deficient reality game show host with a history of bizarre conspiracy theories in charge of the most powerful nation on earth. And that has played out exactly as one might expect.<br/><br/>Face it. If this was a reality show where all these characters were starting their own pretend government, it might be fun to watch. What color will ""President"" Trump's hair be tonight, on his scale from white to yellowish to bright orange? How will Kellyanne spin the facts to come out on top of tonight's challenge? What will the kooky conspiracy theory general say? And what's going on with that Russian team?<br/><br/>But as reality without the show, this administration is a curse to everyone on earth. The constant drama, outlandish claims unencumbered by facts and corporate shilling will have negative impacts on all of us for decades to come. I just hope we can survive until this show is cancelled by voters in 2020.",22001576,22001576,<br/>,comment,1491035944,1,False,0,,22001576,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,David T,66517511,"Bridgeport, CT",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"In ancient times servants would often be interred with their ""masters"" in order to continue to serve them in the afterlife. In Trump's ""kingdom"" their reputations are buried even before their ruler's demise. They deserve to be cursed for enabling such a malignant being.",22001466,22001466,<br/>,comment,1491032627,1,False,0,,22001466,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,Susan,62222075,Paris,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"You just have to wonder. This administration is like a car with the gearshift on 'N', engine barely turning over, parking brake still set. There are a huge number of positions unfilled. Trump basically had every Obama appointee resign, often (e.g., the diplomatic corps) the instant he took office, and shows little inclination to fill those jobs.<br/><br/>One of these days there's going to be a real bad crisis, something more than a minor to-do triggered by a Trump Tweet (TM). Maybe Putin will grab a bit more of the Ukraine. Maybe N. Korea will lob a missile into the ocean near Hawaii, just to show they have our range. Maybe ISIS will launch a major attack. An off-shore oil well will blow up. A hurricane, an earthquake, a plague. Whatever. Stuff happens.<br/><br/>And Trump will finally need to put that car in gear. The engine will backfire. The steering wheel will lock to the extreme right. The catalytic converter will catch fire. The brake will slip, and the car will roll down hill. All four tires, treads badly worn, will simultaneously puncture. The radiator will boil over, the battery will short, the air conditioner will pump toxic fumes into the passenger compartment. The engine block will crack, oil will run onto the pavement, and the bearings will seize. The GOP airbags will inflate to maximum capacity (to protect themselves}. Trump will step on the gas and wonder why he's surrounded by smoke and not going anywhere.",22001308,22001308,<br/>,comment,1491027748,1,False,0,,22001308,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3032/88/cropped-303288.jpg?0.13371929922141135,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,josh_barnes,303288,"Honolulu, HI",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"This surreal time in American history is finally receiving some real scrutiny from the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia.<br/><br/>Senator Rubio's testimony that he and other Republican potential presidential nominees were also hacked by the Russians, along with orchestrated disinformation campaigns targeting them to favor the Trump nomination, helps explain how Trump got rid of all opponents despite a lack of qualifications. <br/><br/>It is becoming clearer that both Republican and Democrat politicians were targeted to make way for an inexperienced man with opaque and undisclosed finances to advance pro-Russian, anti-NATO and anti-trade policies that undermine western democracies in response to implementing Russian economic sanctions for their military aggression. <br/><br/>Trump complains of a wasteful government so he has appointed a panel of billionaire oligarchs to tear it down - environmental protection, basic and health care research, education, health care, etc. <br/><br/>At the same time, he is spending taxpayer money at the rate of $50 million a month to golf at his resorts, send his children to promote his businesses, and show up at photo ops.<br/><br/>I think we have gone from the sub-slime to the ridiculous. <br/><br/>After declaring the media the enemy of the American people, the military had to turn down Trump's request to be inaugurated with tanks and missile launches going down Pennsylvania Avenue. <br/><br/>A Russian government takeover without a shot fired. ",22001241,22001241,<br/>,comment,1491026254,1,False,0,,22001241,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5798/7015/cropped-57987015.jpg?0.2362159366072062,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,David Parsons,57987015,"San Francisco, CA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121," Trump is a narcissist and clearly he is looking out for himself. Plenty of golf time and plenty of money coming into his resorts. Dirtier and more harmful streams and air for Americans, including the few remaining coal miners, as he encourages carbon products rather than renewable options. Less health care and more expensive care would have been guaranteed by the trump-ryancare. His ties to Russian oligarchs is frightening. He is susceptible to blackmail. He is a liar and con artist who only cares about advancing himself. We all suffer for his lack of care for the American people. ",22001122,22001122,<br/>,comment,1491023778,1,False,0,,22001122,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491046121,RevWayne,8376791,"the Dorf, PA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"I nominate lying for the Trump curse award. There was a time when political operatives made a real effort to create spin that was both artful and had the ring of truth. We (I mean they) played with statistics, painstakingly sized graphs to be accurate, but misleading, phrased deceptive press releases with surgical precision and judiciously used quotes out of context. Back in that golden age, spin created a competition between opponents to tease out the truth that was there to find, if camouflaged, kind of like Where's Waldo.<br/><br/>While great spin is still out there, the Trump presidency puts its future in great peril. If possible, he seems even less interested in the quality of his lies than he is in governing. When Trump maintains that he never said he would immediately repeal and replace Obamacare (""and it will be so easy""), while there are numerous video clips of him saying exactly that, the spin community sees its future being pink slipped. If after only two months in office, he's already lost interest in preparing marginally believable falsehoods (and using the ""alternative facts"" label doesn't cut it), what hope is there for our country? Mr. Trump, please take more interest and pride in your work...and in your lies. ",22000733,22000733,<br/>,comment,1491018470,1,False,0,,22000733,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5573/3619/cropped-55733619.jpg,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491046121,Bob Hanle,55733619,Madison,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"I've worked on coal-miners' lungs but never on their brains. Those I knew (in Wales) were smart people. The young played darts and rugby, and sang in choirs. The old had their beds moved downstairs because they could no longer climb up to the bedroom. The connection between coal dust and lung disease has been known for a century at least. (Asbestosis too--I lectured on that in the 1960s). Shocked that workers in America are unprotected this late in the game. And Trump promises jobs for miners in mines that have been freed of oversight and regulation. Will these guys please engage their brains.",22000619,22000619,<br/>,comment,1491017382,1,False,0,,22000619,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6023/4566/cropped-60234566.jpg,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,dEs joHnson,60234566,"Forest Hills, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"These people all came ""pre-cursed"" as it were. They entered into this perverse tango already sporting enormous character flaws, which Trump, with that unique gift of his, brought to full fruition; perhaps he deserves our thanks. Not only does he have an eye for female beauty but a nose for damned, needy souls.",22000447,22000447,<br/>,comment,1491015711,1,False,0,,22000447,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/8203/131/cropped-8203131.jpg?0.695586818227082,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,Stan Continople,8203131,Brooklyn,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"The only way this affects him is if it costs Melania on the social circuit. Period. <br/><br/>If only there were a columnist with the guts to do the traditional ""hard"" news story of The Tragic Excommunication of Melania from The Rich and Famous Wives of Fifth Avenue. I look to the stars for a sign. ",21999861,21999861,<br/>,comment,1491011061,1,False,0,,21999861,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,HolidayinCambodia,62737119,America,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"This column adds depth and insight to our understanding about what's happened to our country.<br/><br/>Immediately after the day the earth stood still, (last November). I had to calm down a friend or two, (Yep. A few more than that) One thing I mentioned was, ""Let's see who he chooses for his cabinet"" Too, I added, and do remember writing this in a Times comment, ""If you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas!""<br/><br/>Now we know! The infestation is so pervasive it's too, difficult to separate the lap dogs from the hound of, Baskerville,<br/><br/>I have no sympathy for the aforementioned crew! Christie deserves the meatloaf. Ryan has finally been exposed for the inconsiderate, ugly man he is. IMHO, the defeat of his health care bill was quite telling.<br/><br/>We could go on, and on, and on. Trump will go on, and on. He couldn't care less. Either do the Russians. Only impeachment will stop the global tainting. Then we might be able to discern if he's a human or just a curse in the flesh!",21999725,21999725,<br/>,comment,1491009447,1,False,0,,21999725,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5970/6231/cropped-59706231.jpg,6,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491046121,ST1138,59706231,Texas,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041627,"Hehehe...indeed! I've been watching with dismay those dreadful, daily episodes of ""THE POTUS APPRENTICE SHOW"", and I think it's definitely time for the US and international audiences to contact the White House and shout at this dangerous imposter and his storm troopers, ""You're fired!"" ;o)",22000517,22000517,<br/>,comment,1491016344,1,False,0,,22000517,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4650/7134/cropped-46507134.jpg?0.7417429033666849,67,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491041627,Elizabeth,46507134,Colorado USA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041625,"Stacked like cordwood overcome by marsh gas the fallen devotees barely wiggle or whimper. Yet, doubtlessly, a John Dean will emerge and sing like a canary.",22001766,22001766,<br/>,comment,1491041366,1,False,0,,22001766,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,36,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041625,terry brady,57063965,new jersey,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041625,""" If this isn't a mess it'll do til the mess get's here"". The sheriff spoke that line in the Cohen brother's movie No Country for Old Men when he came upon a massacre resulting from a drug deal gone wrong. As far as the Trump administration goes, the line is equally applicable. The bodies are piling up and we're just getting started. If there is method to this madness it isn't readily apparent. It's just a mess. You've got a POTUS who seems unhinged, wide ranging unethical behavior, the perception of gross incompetence trying to pull off a coverup, staff trying to put lipstick on a pig, and the perception of laws being thwarted or broken. Head spinning stuff. <br/><br/>But, inexplicably Trump's diehard supporters see this as all fine and dandy and continue their undying support, while his overall approval ratings are in the mid 30""s. With his recent promises he will definitely get coal in his stocking. ",22001069,22001069,<br/>,comment,1491023054,1,False,0,,22001069,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/323/9045/cropped-3239045.jpg,52,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041625,Harley Leiber,3239045,"233 SE 22nd Ave Portland,OR",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041625,Thanks Gail! This is a confederacy of dunces on steroids.,22000628,22000628,<br/>,comment,1491017470,1,False,0,,22000628,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,40,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041625,reader,61300352,Maryland,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041625,"As Niccolò Machiavelli a well known 16th century advisor to statesmen once opined in ""The Prince"", allies in politics are not friends. Trump is living proof of that axiom and its high time those in his orbit, including sons-in-law and numerous wives and daughters, took notice.<br/>The only difference is that Trump, a voracious non-reader, comes by this philosophy intuitively, as in ""looking out for number one."" Indeed, Machiavelli described immoral behavior, such as incessant lying and dishonesty, as being normal and actually encouraged in politics. Again, our man Trump comes by this stratagem naturally, as if he has learned it by osmosis at his father's, or possibly lawyer Ray Cohn's knee.<br/>Truth be told, as the esteemed Dan Rather recently stated “A lie, is a lie, is a lie.” What a perfect description of our President and his presidency.",22000512,22000512,<br/>,comment,1491016289,1,False,0,,22000512,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6660/4201/cropped-66604201.jpg?0.6952463592643889,67,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491041625,Brucer,66604201,"Brighton, Michigan",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041625,hopefully there will be another column with special attention to Kellyanne Conway and Mikey Pence,22000309,22000309,<br/>,comment,1491014734,1,False,0,,22000309,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041656,GW,29219970,"Vancouver, Canada",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041623,"Thanks to a few gullible and hateful individuals in three states - gullible, because the swallowed every lie uttered by candidate Trump, and hateful, because they could not stand seeing a highly qualified woman become the POTUS - we all have been forced to become FOTs in so far that we have to ride the bus with this liar-in-chief.<br/>We, the people, are to be pitied much much more than all these others who voluntarily got on the Trump bus.",22001708,22001708,<br/>,comment,1491040029,1,False,0,,22001708,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,44,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041623,chickenlover,7440796,Massachusetts,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041623,Did everyone miss the part where Janine Pirro said Trump wasn't ready to be president after 57 days on the job. Not her exact words but that is what she basically said right after calling for Pau Ryan's head. Go listen to the tape. She asked how anyone could think a business man would be able to do the job and that was nearly 2 months after the inauguration.,22000716,22000716,<br/>,comment,1491018282,1,False,0,,22000716,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,22,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041623,Kim,63687,Butler,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041623,"Trump in one word: POISON. Poison for every "" friend "", minion, associate, investor, banker, contractor, employee, ex-wife, relative and even child that he's EVER known. A toxic stew of narcissism, willful ignorance, illiteracy and especially, preening male arrogance. How perfect that he is dismantling the EPA, because he is his own toxic clean-up site.<br/> And for his collaborators: please enjoy. You helped build this. You deserve whatever you get, and much more.",21999748,21999748,<br/>,comment,1491009698,1,False,0,,21999748,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,59,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041623,Phyliss Dalmatian,61986282,"Wichita, Kansas",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041622,"I learned from hard experience long ago that working for, or with, someone who might otherwise be your friend can be dangerous and, at minimum, an end to any notions of friendship mutually shared and sustained. Powerful people eat their associates for breakfast and spit them out at lunch. I would venture that very few presidential aides and cabinet secretaries emerge after four or eight years with strong respect for the president they serve intact.<br/><br/>Trump is different. The damage that he is doing to people all around him takes but days, weeks at the most. To be in his presence is to absorb a massive dose of Trump emitted radio activity with a half life extending for 90 yrs. It cannot be escaped nor washed away.<br/><br/>There was a scene in a movie about LBJ where Johnson and Clark Clifford were confronting each other about the disaster of the Vietnam war. When Clifford had taken his share of abuse, he told Johnson, ""You made these decisions, Mr. President. It wasn't me. You made them."" Those who serve Trump and Trumpism can claim no such distance or immunity. They went to his side fully aware of his lack of respect for others and his long record of wild, unbridled business wheeling and dealing where the only goal was to make him, Trump, come out as the winner.",22001362,22001362,<br/>,comment,1491029410,1,False,0,,22001362,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7983/1237/cropped-79831237.jpg,37,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041622,Hank Berry III,79831237,"Barcelona, Spain",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041622,"Yawn...more leftist prognostication on the demise of Trump, and in this fake news -- et al., Don't you ever weary of being utterly wrong? It's 3 minutes in, a little early to call the game, don't you think???<br/><br/>You do know the basic definition of insanity? Apparently not.",22000969,22000969,n/a,comment,1491021246,1,False,0,,22000969,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491052155,Michaelendersby1,72710444,Ohio,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041622,"Is ""The Honorable Jeffrey B. Sessions"" a worthy addition to your F.O.T. list, Gail? Helplessly watching in agony at Main Justice, while investigations of possible Russian collusion zero in on Trump World folk. And then to be remembered as that short guy in the oversized, red ""Make America Great Again"" cap, all pumped up with his benefactor at those anger-fueled rallies.",22000489,22000489,<br/>,comment,1491016062,1,False,0,,22000489,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,17,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041622,John Grillo,70564355,"Edgewater,MD",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041622,"I don't know why Christie keeps going back to Trump, despite not getting the VP slot *and* getting thrown out from the transition team *and* not getting the AG slot. The man is either a glutton for punishment or wants to get away from NJ in the worst way.<br/><br/>Say what you will about Giuliani, another F.O.T., but not only does he not go groveling back to Trump after Trump didn't give him a position in his administration, but he may have thrown Trump under the bus by blabbering about Trump Muslim ban.<br/><br/>Paul Ryan is wildly overrated. He proved how ultra-partisan he is when he said, ""If this Republican Congress allows the perfect to become the enemy of the good, I worry we'll push the President to working with Democrats. He's been suggesting that much.""<br/><br/>There are some in the Republican party who aren't as partisan. Sen. Corker shot back at Speaker Ryan and said, ""We have come a long way in our country when the speaker of one party urges a president NOT to work with the other party to solve a problem.""<br/><br/>Kudos to Sen. Corker. <br/><br/>Kudos as well to Sen. Graham who said of Devin Nunes, ""The problem that he’s created is he’s gone off on a lark by himself, sort of an Inspector Clouseau investigation here.""<br/><br/>Somebody cue the Henry Mancini music!",22000404,22000404,<br/>,comment,1491015369,1,False,0,,22000404,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2518/337/cropped-2518337.jpg?0.8918839421902254,40,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491041622,RK,2518337,"Long Island, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041622,"""...poor Sean Spicer. You wouldn’t wish this on anyone."" Yeah, I would.",22000321,22000321,<br/>,comment,1491014806,1,False,0,,22000321,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,28,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041622,igor,17967378,lincoln,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041621,"Thank you, Gail! You pinned the tail on the elephant!",22001483,22001483,<br/>,comment,1491033071,1,False,0,,22001483,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041621,The Inquisitor,58369910,New York,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041621,"The machinations, stumbling behavior, and ineptness of those persons surrounding Trump are beginning to wither and weather the Trump visage.<br/>His droopy mouth facade will droop even further in the fullness of time.<br/><br/>The attendant strain of the Office is beginning to take its tole on Trump as revealed to we onlookers by his gloomy visage.<br/>His visage is shifting from vain to vacuous and vacillation at a rapid pace.<br/><br/>Somewhere in the not too distant future Trump will cave and call its quits.<br/>He may well resign rather than face the losing/loser prospects of the inevitable impeachment process.<br/>As he has lived so shall he pass on with a final birdlike ... tweet, tweet, tweet.<br/>Fini and that's - 30.",22001154,22001154,<br/>,comment,1491024391,1,False,0,,22001154,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041621,MNW,49069088,Connecticut,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041621,"Thank you again, Ms. Collins. You were missed when we had that Hartford Humor drought. So good to have you back with your clarity and wit.",22001070,22001070,<br/>,comment,1491023057,1,False,0,,22001070,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491041621,Robert D. Noyes,30580728,Oregon,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041620,"Let's be honest; most of us are in a hostage situation, unless one belongs to the Faux News cult. We are lead by raving, unscrupulous, weird people. And yet the worst part is, even if we escape, gathering evidence showing laws were broken and get to the police....nothing may happen and we will simply be returned to our locked room.",22001613,22001613,<br/>,comment,1491037401,1,False,0,,22001613,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491041620,H. G.,64774571,"Detroit, MI",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041620,All Americans are being harmed by these foolish people. Read comments from the world press. The reputation of this once great nation has taken a nose dive and in unlikely to recover anytime soon.<br/> I am seriously starting to think #CalExit is the way to go. Trump is making our beloved country a corrupt laughing stock. ,22001109,22001109,<br/>,comment,1491023565,1,False,0,,22001109,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491041620,John,68798588,California,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041620,"Gail, I wonder if you could tell us where the Catholic Church has been the last 3 months? I haven't heard one bishop or cardinal denouncing Paul Ryan. Why not?",22000209,22000209,<br/>,comment,1491013885,1,False,0,,22000209,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,40,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491041620,Joe Timmons,47041589,Minneapolis,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041619,"Gail, you are a national treasure. Thank you.",22001375,22001375,<br/>,comment,1491029724,1,False,0,,22001375,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041619,Mary Louise,69412050,Los Angeles,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041619,"Thank you, Gail, as ever, for your delicious and deserved skewering of the Ship of Fools in the Trump White House. What's more, you saw it coming, unlike Ms. Dowd, who persisted in Hillary-bashing throughout the campaign. When they get locked up, i hope they throw away the keys in a coal-polluted river.",22001340,22001340,<br/>,comment,1491028692,1,False,0,,22001340,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041619,Louise Steinman,30798956,Los Angeles,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041619,"These characters may be right out of central casting's pool of horror stereotypes, but if there is any blame to be passed around it might first be handed to the voters who stayed home and those who voted in protest for whoever the ""third party"" candidates were.<br/><br/>Mr Trump has been eyeing this game for several decades and when he finally played his hand he ran the table because he knew regardless the pundit's take that a man still gathered more respect albeit based on sneering gravitas than any woman seated at our political table game. He is not an ignorant player. <br/><br/>A woman and no other person lost this election. She doesn't need a name, have to wear a dress or be married to a philanderer she just has to speak her mind which is more than enough to scare the pants off most men and bring gasps of fear from many women. <br/><br/>We may not be dumb, but we sure are stupid.",22001135,22001135,<br/>,comment,1491023989,1,False,0,,22001135,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041649,Ian MacFarlane,53616761,Philadelphia PA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041619,"I think it's clear that Republican politicians suffer from a poverty of philosophy as well as incompetence. Their ideology is simply to do whatever ALEC and the lobbyists want and to try to make sure that government, i.e., the executive and judicial branches are compliant. Their ambition and hubris will result in several teachable crises for the folks that voted for them. <br/><br/>Fortunately, whistle blowers and consequent court actions will do much to mitigate the potential damage. And, thank God for their lunatic fringe, the Freedom Caucus. ",22000704,22000704,<br/>,comment,1491018188,1,False,0,,22000704,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041651,Moxnix67,66896480,Oklahoma,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041619,"Michael Flynn, he forgot bad karma always gets you. Lock her up, hehehe indeed.",22000465,22000465,<br/>,comment,1491015831,1,False,0,,22000465,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,26,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041619,Viveka,744905,East Lansing,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041619,"Great column, Gail! And may we also say a goodbye to: Billy Bush and Judge Nepolitano (Sorry, fellas) And to Gen. Flynn, we raise our voices in your new chant, ""Please, don't lock me up!"" ",21999781,21999781,<br/>,comment,1491009981,1,False,0,,21999781,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041619,Peggy Schjeldahl,68971192,"Lenox, MA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041618,"And then there is the adorable tie-breaker, Mike Pence who will not be left alone in a room with another woman unless she is his wife. And the make-no-eye-contact-with-me, Rex Tillerson. And the I-may-have-talked-to-Russia-but-never-mind-that, Jeff Sessions. <br/><br/>This entire freakish menagerie is a case study in arrested development. They all deserve each other, and we as citizens deserve none of them.",22001388,22001388,<br/>,comment,1491030126,1,False,0,,22001388,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,66,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041618,Dombey,58726917,"New York City, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041618,Poor Sean Spicer? Is someone forcing him to lie constantly? The only person who lies more than Spicer is Trump himself.<br/><br/>I almost sympathize with the reporters who have to listen to Spicer's belligerent lying every day. The reason I'm not more sympathetic is because they don't push back enough. They need more self-respect. ,22001322,22001322,<br/>,comment,1491028030,1,False,0,,22001322,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041618,Ellis6,71707280,"Sequim, WA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041618,Devin Nunes keeps insisting that his trip to the White House to meet with NSC minions of Steve Bannon was completely normal - and innocent. I can't decide whether Nunes is acting dumb or just being himself.,22001064,22001064,<br/>,comment,1491022991,1,False,0,,22001064,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041618,Eternal Vigilance,23485937,Northwest,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041618,"God's punishment has been swift to these people. But there will always be people willing to sell their souls to hitch a ride with power. But the real curse belongs to the blue collar workers who voted Trump in. Like a dose of slow poison administered by Putin to his enemies, this curse will play out over time. It will show up in the water and the air their children breath, their slow realization that new good paying jobs are not over the horizon, and the ever increasing income inequality gap that leaves them farther and farther behind as Trump spreads his largess to his billionaire buddies. Sad to say their fate and curse are richly deserved. ",22000686,22000686,<br/>,comment,1491017958,1,False,0,,22000686,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041618,Babel,48307985,new Jersey,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041618,I just read an article predicting New Orleans will be under 3 feet of water by the end of the century. Well done Donnie. W must be one of the happiest guys in the country. ,22000399,22000399,<br/>,comment,1491015346,1,False,0,,22000399,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041618,Richard Chapman,11224616,Prince Edward Island,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041618,"Kellyanne Conway.<br/><br/>She added to the lexicon by discovering “alternate facts” and contributed to alternate science by inventing “microwave” video cameras. Her credibility is so questionable that F&FOT (Fox & Friends of Trump) is the only show that will still let her on their show? In fact, she is slated to make a guest appearance on April Fools Day, which this year happens to fall on a Saturday, when the show doesn’t air? ",21999928,21999928,<br/>,comment,1491011732,1,False,0,,21999928,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041648,Jack Nargundkar,20135455,"Germantown, MD",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041618,"Guess Trump progeny also should be included in the cursed list. Till daddy became all political, the rest of the US, at least most of it, did not pay much attention to their doings. Ivanka could go on selling her junkets and lingerie and what not, the big boys could go on safari trips killing endangered lepords and the like. But now, see where they stand. Not that they deserve an iota of pity. For that matter no one in Ms Collins 'list either.",21999849,21999849,n/a,comment,1491010894,1,False,0,,21999849,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041648,DKW,76082205,SINGAPORE,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041618,Thank you Gail.<br/><br/>A breathe of levity we need in this tense time of chronic anxiety.,21999803,21999803,<br/>,comment,1491010174,1,False,0,,21999803,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041618,sue jones,48376576,"ny,ny",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041618,"Nice column, Gail.<br/><br/>It is satisfying to see all of Trump clown car compatriots stumble. But they are all distractions, a prelude leading up to the biggest and hardest and most long-awaited fall: Trump himself.<br/><br/>After a life of destroying others via grifting, there will be a grand celebration, especially in the New York, New Jersey area and it cannot happen soon enough.",21999723,21999723,<br/>,comment,1491009446,1,False,0,,21999723,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491041618,lechrist,2444193,Southern California,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041593,"The list is only going to get longer. Here's looking at you, Rex.",22001725,22001725,<br/>,comment,1491040343,1,True,0,,22001725,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,764,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491041593,TRB,74145411,Galveston,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041385,"The entire nation is now subject to the ""Dreaded Trump Curse"". We are all the victims of a stolen election. We are being forced to have to personally witness this heist of our country while being subjected to the dictates of the miserable Right who now have complete control of our government. Woe is us. Woe is us. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. Republicans always seem to find a way to self-destruct, often leaving a mess in their quake for the Democrats to clean up. The selfish greed and myopia of the Right always seems to be their Achilles heel. The Democrats will ultimately come out of all of this as the saviors as they usually do e.g. FDR after Hoover in the 1930's, Clinton after George HW Bush (deep recession) in 2000 and Obama in 2000 after the hideous Bush-Cheney co-presidency and the near total collapse of our economy that followed it.<br/><br/>The Democrats are the wise elders while the Republicans are the spoiled children. We'll survive this latest challenge from the miserable Right. They will self-destruct and, like the good Democrats that we are, we will clean up their mess and restore Order and Good Will in the world.",22001414,22001414,<br/>,comment,1491031057,1,True,0,,22001414,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4882/0267/cropped-48820267.jpg?0.9182498189468751,812,,13,,0,approved,1,0,1491041385,Mike B.,48820267,East Coast,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041328,"""Poor Sean Spicer."" You're kidding, right? <br/><br/>There's no gun to Spicer's head. He's doing this of his own free will. This is his big career, his claim to fame. <br/><br/>The first time Trump sent him out to lie to us, Spicer might have hoped it would never happen again. The 10th time he was sent out to lie to us, he should have questioned Trump's character & questioned what purpose he is serving. The 30th time, he should have hanged his head in shame.<br/><br/>Spicer has one way of salvaging his reputation, if not necessarily his career. He should resign his post and tell the public how sorry he is that he participated in this reign of dishonesty & subterfuge. He should say he never intended to part of the web of corruption, lies & bigotry at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - formerly the People's House. Now a sty.<br/><br/>The media is far too willing to make excuses for it's own in sleazy circumstances like this. Spicer is every bit as accountable for the damage he is doing every day to our democracy & tradition of a free press as Paul Ryan is accountable for trying to get rid of the School Breakfast Program & campaigning against the Hunger-Free Kids Act.<br/><br/>You and other journalists need to stop expressing sympathy for Sean Spicer. <br/><br/>The guy's a bum.",22001542,22001542,<br/>,comment,1491034720,1,False,0,,22001542,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041328,fastfurious,68481286,the new world,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041328,"When, exactly, did the presidency turn into a 9-5er with weekends in Florida? Jeez, I thought being president was a hard job. What an idiot I am!",22000106,22000106,n/a,comment,1491012996,1,False,0,,22000106,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041328,Pat Burns,65084683,Wash DC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041326,The Trump curse falls most heavily on democracy itself. Democracy requires that intelligent people make intelligent decisions. In the last election that did not happen. It would be great if the curse fell on the people who voted for the megalomaniac moron. But unfortunately the curse falls on all of us and the democracy that made this possible will be badly damaged. And the Republican part that enabled him be destroyed. Good riddance.,22000438,22000438,<br/>,comment,1491015616,1,False,0,,22000438,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041326,Joseph Prospero,94568,Miami,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041326,"The kiss of death and couldn't happen to a nicer crew except the poor miners, who have been behind the eight- ball. Their mistake was drinking the Koolaide.",22000313,22000313,<br/>,comment,1491014756,1,False,0,,22000313,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041326,Dorothy,47693082,Evanston,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041325,"Trump is no Svengali. These cretins were cretins before trump. They just hid in the faux shadow they claimed was being cast by the Isis founding socialist, health system destroying and (shhh) Black America-Hating Obama. With Darth Vader now gone and their chosen emperor clothless, they're being exposed as the nullities they always were.",22001643,22001643,n/a,comment,1491038336,1,False,0,,22001643,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041325,J-John,55958132,"Brooklyn, NYm",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041325,"Why the sympathy for Spicer? There are no ten-pound chains holding him hostage to his press sec podium, although the invisible chain link leash connected to trump may be even shorter than we imagine. There are no obvious Putin-like poisons beatings threats prescribing the pathetic struggles of his presscons' feeble attempts to sound informed respectful professional. Spicer's brain may be on holiday but his emotions - ranging from impatience frustration rage - to despair and hostility are totally transparent. What is holding him in his demeaned disrespected dismal self-imposed purgatory? Why would any rational adult expose himself to such public disdain? Why sacrifice his dignity professional credibility self-respect? His choice, his decision. You reap what you sow: lie down with dogs, you get fleas; swim with scum in the swamp, you become slime. No sympathy for Spicer here: he can leave and resurrect himself any time. (Apologies to dogs: they are as a species infinitely more honorable than the humans that blight this administration.)",22000711,22000711,<br/>,comment,1491018252,1,False,0,,22000711,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3519/0630/cropped-35190630.jpg?2055233121988253166,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041325,JK,35190630,Connecticut,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041325,"Got to hand it to the guy, he does seem to be interested in providing for himself and his family. Everyone else, alas, apparently can go to hell.<br/><br/>I'm guessing that Iago Bannon brings just as much cynicism to the table, so he's probably got one eye on 45* all the time. I wonder about Russia - do you think their conspiratorial infiltration of our election was undertaken with a naive assumption that nobody would find any of the bread crumbs? Actually, we'd pretty much unfriended them well before this disaster so it's not like they had much to lose vis-à-vis their reputation around here. <br/><br/>By the way, are the instructions that Bannon whispers in the president's ear at odds with a Russian quid pro quo? One could argue that Bannon is focused on reengineering our country domestically while the Russian interest is with our foreign policy.",21999848,21999848,<br/>,comment,1491010875,1,False,0,,21999848,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041356,Jonathan,8619304,Brooklyn,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040980,"I think it's a virus called incompetence and it's spread by Twitter and infected hosts like our president.<br/><br/>One minute you have the perfect replacement for the Affordable Care Act. The next minute it turns into NoCare, a thinly disguised bonus tax cut for the wealthy. People notice your numbers don't add up and you find yourself throwing a tantrum when asked to play with others in the sandbox.<br/><br/>Other symptoms include not being able to tell night from day, short term memory loss and having lettuce stick to your teeth like iron filings to a magnet.",22001392,22001392,<br/>,comment,1491030339,1,False,0,,22001392,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3320/2325/cropped-33202325.jpg?0.63490886631291,11,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491040980,Tom Beeler,33202325,Wolfeboro NH,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040980,"Yeah, I wonder what those coal miners will say when they realize that the Trump Curse applies to them, too: no jobs, but polluted air and bad water (since those job-killing environmental regs had to go!). Not to mention those rust-belt workers who thought their jobs were coming back, the Walmart shoppers who find that everything is more expensive now that there are tariffs on stuff imported from Mexico, China, Vietnam, etc.<br/>We can tell them, ""You voted for the guy; you did it to yourselves."" Which is true; but I don't think it's going to go down very well. What happens next could be interesting. Especially if you can watch it from your Swiss chalet or your luxurious beachfront hideaway in New Zealand.",22000870,22000870,<br/>,comment,1491020052,1,False,0,,22000870,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041010,Constance Warner,66145543,"Silver Spring, MD",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040980,"Sean Spicer just might be the person who parts the Red Sea for all the people who voted for Trump. <br/><br/>I can picture his one day stopping in mid sentence, taking off his tie. loosening his collar, looking into the camera with a smile....""I actually like moose lambs.""......Then taking a seat among the reporters. <br/><br/>Probably won't happen. But I would be surprised if he hasn't thought about it. I think he' a good man that thought he was looking at an ocean wave only to learn the hard way it was a tsunami.....He wasn't alone. Many of the Trump voters thought they were doing the right thing. I know this because some are in my extended family. My guess is at this point Trump's 35 per cent approval rating is grossly inflated. There are those that don't want to admit they were conned and their vote contributed to our democracy being threatened with extinction. ",22000764,22000764,<br/>,comment,1491018825,1,False,0,,22000764,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040980,jnc,60495805,georgia,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040980,"Let there be no sympathy for these people. Let every one of them bask in the full glory of their coddling up to ""power.""<br/><br/>Let us pray that the damage they are able to inflict upon the nation and its citizenry be as brief and minimal as possible.",22000285,22000285,<br/>,comment,1491014494,1,False,0,,22000285,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040980,Lars,70294669,"Jupiter Island, FL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040980,"One thing these people have in common is having been put in a position of defending the indefensible, or being made to look like a monkey by someone who doesn't know what he is talking about. <br/><br/>On a somewhat unrelated note, I really think we should be thanking Paul Ryan and the Freedom Caucus for killing the non-health bill. How devastating would it have been if it had passed? Unfortunately, if failed for the wrong reasons. It should have failed because less than 20% of Americans supported it.",22000215,22000215,<br/>,comment,1491013940,1,False,0,,22000215,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,22,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491040980,Citizens,67621199,"Anywhere, U. S. A.",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040980,"Paul Ryan drinking from a keg in college? I sincerely doubt it. I graduated from Miami Ohio in 1992 along with Ryan. I distinctively remember the ""young republicans"", dressed in blue blazers, distributing flyers around campus. He had to be among them. It does not seem that he has evolved much since. Sad!",22000201,22000201,<br/>,comment,1491013813,1,False,0,,22000201,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041010,Alexander L. Bell,65667989,"Essex, CT",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040978,"Do not forget Neil Gorsuch.Neil Gorsuch is 49. He may reasonably expect that, should his nomination to the Supreme Court succeed, he would serve for 20-30 years.<br/>It is becoming increasingly apparent that the man who nominated him, who stood beside him when Gorsuch accepted the nomination, may have committed treason, may have illegitimately gained the office of president and is broadly assessed as being incompetent and corrupt.<br/>Gorsuch faces the prospect that for the rest of his professional life<br/>he will be known as 'the one appointed by Trump'. Nothing he says or does will escape the taint of that provenance.<br/>For his own sake, for his own honour and credibility, Gorsuch should now decline the nomination.",22001614,22001614,<br/>,comment,1491037449,1,False,0,,22001614,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040978,Nigel Nash,77885626,London,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040978,The reason you don't want to be close to Trump is because he's not a leader. He never was. When has he ever demonstrated leadership? He wants to run the country like it's The Apprentice.,22000186,22000186,<br/>,comment,1491013703,1,False,0,,22000186,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040978,Mark,73041251,The Sonoran Desert,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040978,"A quick word about Reince Priebus: even on November 9, 2016, how could anyone -- let alone Trump, who ostensibly spent time with Reince -- think this fellow competent to undertake any major task? Priebus' resume on that date marked him as a Republican leader in three major undertakings: the 2012 nominating circus, the 2016 nominating circus, and the 2016 general election farce. While I understand that ""success"" cures many ills, surely any objective review of Priebus' complete lack of competence during those three undertakings would have kept him from any job offer, and yet here he is, completely out of his depth as Chief of Staff to the President. Should anyone be surprised?",22000152,22000152,<br/>,comment,1491013430,1,False,0,,22000152,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040978,R.S.,9600382,New York,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040977,"Whilst this is also pre- President Trump, let me also add those Republicans who refused to continue budgeting for payment for the health Costs of the 9/11 First Responders whose ranks were thinning due to cancers and other fatal health problems caused by their brave and early actions immediately following the attack on the World Trade Center as they tried to save lives.<br/><br/>There was no call from Trump for those Republican holdouts to do the right thing and it took John Stewart's efforts and using his Daily Show to highlight and show Americans how selfish and mean certain Congressmen were being to these brave , mostly injured souls. That publicity suddenly changed selfish minds fast.<br/><br/>Thought it deserved a mention as most of those Politicians who weren't going help these brave Americans and leave them languishing are still in Congress to this day. People need to be reminded of these things and those people so they don't forget.",22000501,22000501,<br/>,comment,1491016196,1,False,0,,22000501,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6873/3629/cropped-68733629.jpg?0.17902108281850815,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040977,Loomy,68733629,Australia,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040977,Spicer has no credibility because Donald Trump has none. This White House is not only enriching DT and the friends of the GOP while crushing the poor and the middle class but has sold civil rights and the credibility of the U.S. for a few pieces of silver.,22000364,22000364,<br/>,comment,1491015084,1,False,0,,22000364,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041007,Wordy,59391856,Southwest,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040977,"If F.O.T. once stood for ""Friend-of-Trump"" it now just stands for ""Forgotten-Old-Traitor.""",22000127,22000127,<br/>,comment,1491013149,1,False,0,,22000127,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041007,"Paul R. Damiano, Ph.D.",68236882,Greensboro,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040977,"In the grip of a madman, the world is stunned and sickened, unable to find a way to understand the terrible and irriversable choise America made last year.<br/><br/>Every day, the USA is losing its grip on its own and world affairs, losing power and respect at each minute that goes by.<br/><br/>Europeans are very sorry for your inability to provide every citizen with a decent health care, or for the state of your bridges and airports, but they also are worried sick about so much more devasting disasters that will befall upon the world if this man is not stopped.",22000024,22000024,<br/>,comment,1491012503,1,False,0,,22000024,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6931/0230/cropped-69310230.jpg?0.7209500498225676,16,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491040977,S F,69310230,vienna,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040977,And we mustn't forget Vladimir Putin.,21999947,21999947,<br/>,comment,1491011887,1,False,0,,21999947,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040977,cherrylog754,73137363,"Atlanta, GA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040976,You hit the nail on the head every time concerning each of your subjects Gail. It will be very interesting to see the their places in our country's consciousness a year from now. Thank you for your 20/20 vision.,22001501,22001501,<br/>,comment,1491033570,1,False,0,,22001501,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040976,Jeff,49945434,"Franklin Square, N.Y.",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040975,"My favs are the CNN surrogates, but I can'f figure out who is more pathetic between Jack Kindgston, Jeffrey Lord or Kaylee McEnany.",22001618,22001618,<br/>,comment,1491037541,1,False,0,,22001618,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040976,V,77031772,Phoenix,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040975,"Trump's ego got the best of him. He never should have run for POTUS. He doesn't have the temperament or the intellectual and emotional maturity so necessary in these complicated times.<br/><br/>...And then there's the people he has surrounded himself with -- billionaires with no governmental experience. One might think that he was deliberately trying to sabotage his own administration. (Money and politics are a poisonous combination, often yielding outrageous outcomes.) Then there's Putin and all of the mystery surrounding that relationship. It's just one big sorry mess, a type of political quicksand that we all seem hopelessly stuck in. <br/><br/>Trump is simply too self-consumed to be able to see beyond his own nose. And his tendency to abruptly attack whenever he feels the slightest amount of disrespect is absolutely destructive to establishing a solid political career both here and abroad. He should have stayed in the business world where he is more comfortable. <br/><br/>This whole miserable affair was doomed from the very start and most of us want out NOW! But we're stuck with Trump and his lame early morning tweets, at least for the time being, along with his Keystone gang of billionaire advisers who are too rich and too selfish to see what's in the best long term interest of the country. <br/><br/>Our last great hope is our Congress and their investigations. Hopefully, they, along with our Supreme Court will get to the truth, restoring our collective faith in our democratic institutions.",22001228,22001228,<br/>,comment,1491025941,1,False,0,,22001228,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4882/0267/cropped-48820267.jpg?0.9182498189468751,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040976,Mike B.,48820267,East Coast,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040975,I heard some commentary in the 60's that caused me to put it into four simple<br/>words to remember thru my life.<br/>The system cleans itself.<br/><br/>A bad actor among good folk soon wears out their welcome. Usually leaves on his/her own from peer pressure.<br/>When the Intel organizations get finished with 45 he will have a choice between Treason and prison or resign and get a pardon from Pence. Think Nixon and Jerald Ford.<br/>I fear the damage he can do in the mean time.,22001112,22001112,<br/>,comment,1491023593,1,False,0,,22001112,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6810/7407/cropped-68107407.jpg,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040975,Godot,68107407,Sonoran Desert,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040975,"At his press briefing today, Sean Spicer was asked a simple question by a reporter from PBS. What was more serious, the Russian interference in our election or the Nunes claims? After dissembling for a couple of minutes and blaming the reporter for asking an unfair question, he said they were both serious issues. There is no equivalency between Russian intelligence services hacking our election and the apparently fake scandal Nunes is promoting.<br/><br/>His pressers are dominated by evasions, distractions, false equivalencies and deceit and how could they not be when his boss is a compulsive liar who lives in an alternate reality? He knew full well what he would have to do when he accepted his job. He gets no sympathy from me. ",22001063,22001063,<br/>,comment,1491022977,1,False,0,,22001063,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491040975,Mary Scott,43644377,NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040975,"Oh, Sean Spicer deserves everything that's coming to him and more. Every one of his daily lie fests--erm, press briefings--are more jaw dropping than the previous days. <br/><br/>Thank you for this column, Gail. You did make me laugh many times, and that's worth so much these days.",22001016,22001016,<br/>,comment,1491021973,1,False,0,,22001016,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6348/8220/cropped-63488220.jpg?0.6313197469276264,5,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491040975,Amy Duddleston,63488220,"Los Angeles, CA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040975,"Let us not forget the all great and powerful Jared Kurshner, whose China real estate deal fell through because the Chinese didn't want to get the Trumpness on them. He then had to go begging to the Russian oligarchs to save him from financial ruin.",22000906,22000906,<br/>,comment,1491020458,1,False,0,,22000906,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040975,Larry,69077966,"Lexington, MA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040975,No sympathy whatsoever for Spicer. ,22000571,22000571,<br/>,comment,1491016947,1,False,0,,22000571,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040975,DZippy,48244293,Boston,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040975,What about family? I don't think these investigations are going to end well for Jared.,22000082,22000082,<br/>,comment,1491012840,1,False,0,,22000082,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040975,Jcaz,63469547,Arizona,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040975,"Sean Spicer<br/><br/>""Oh my God, poor Sean Spicer. You wouldn’t wish this on anyone.""<br/><br/>I beg to differ.",21999940,21999940,<br/>,comment,1491011814,1,False,0,,21999940,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491041009,CLW,37064293,Portland,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040974,"Trust me......as a woman, any ""hug"" from this guy is a threat. Never get with in grabbing reach should be every woman's game plan. ",22001538,22001538,<br/>,comment,1491034527,1,False,0,,22001538,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040974,georgiadem,56882632,Atlanta,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040974,"In addition to all these poor suckers named here, Trump is just killing the travel industry ($145 million lost in the FIRST WEEK alone of his delusional travel ban!). And this, in turn, cost America multiple millions in tourism losses to hotels, restaurants, car rentals, amusement parks, etc. – LOSING America tens of thousands of jobs!.<br/><br/>When Trump brags about manufacturing growth in the USA that began during Obama’s tenure, everyone simply chuckles and moves on. <br/><br/>MAGA was merely a pipe dream, a snazzy campaign slogan. <br/><br/>Reality is quickly sinking in that Trump’s simply a bloated fabulist whose goal is to drag ALL OF AMERICA down in flames!!!",22001347,22001347,<br/>,comment,1491028911,1,False,0,,22001347,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2188/0515/cropped-21880515.jpg?18047928021656499968,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040974,Barbie Coleman,21880515,"Washington, DC",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040974,"When Trump tweeted to his followers that they should watch Judge Jeanine's TV show, how is that not different from KellyAnne telling Fox News watchers to buy Ivanka's line of clothing? <br/><br/>Why wasn't he called out for using his presidency to promote a Fox News TV show? ",22001330,22001330,<br/>,comment,1491028285,1,False,0,,22001330,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040974,Chrislav,37436314,NYC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040974,"The BIG question is: How did we ever get here? Trump voters use Hillary Clinton as their excuse. After all, she committed the ""crime"" of communicating through her private email server.",22001133,22001133,<br/>,comment,1491023967,1,False,0,,22001133,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040974,spunkychk,73369774,olin,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040974,"But the stock market is soaring and that's what's really important isn't it?<br/><br/>[The lesson is don't use your vote as a protest-- no one liked either candidate and Hillary was supposed to win in any case-- 90% or something wasn't it?<br/><br/>The lesson should be"" time to change the Constitution to use the popular vote not the electoral college to choose the president."" <br/><br/>When will they/we ever learn????] ",22000900,22000900,<br/>,comment,1491020415,1,False,0,,22000900,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041006,what me worry,47931530,nyc,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040973,"While I fear for Sean Spicer's health, may he get every bout of agita that he derserves. ",22000518,22000518,<br/>,comment,1491016347,1,False,0,,22000518,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040973,learlc,66843212,Alexandria,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040973,"Yes, indeed, the FOTs are bit players in the tragi-comedy that is the current White House. <br/><br/>And we're all waiting for the final scene when the Chump himself is dragged, kicking and screaming, out of the White House while Sean Spicer proclaims everything's OK. Remember Tariq Aziz (Saddam Hussein's Deputy Prime Minister) proclaiming Iraq was successfully repelling the invaders even as tanks entered Baghdad's main square? The parallels are eerily similar.",22000302,22000302,<br/>,comment,1491014648,1,False,0,,22000302,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4709/2369/cropped-47092369.jpg?0.17691857718806725,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040973,Hamid Varzi,47092369,"Tehran, Iran",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040973,That's a devilish laugh.,22000161,22000161,<br/>,comment,1491013510,1,False,0,,22000161,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040973,RFleig,50111982,"Lake Villa, IL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040972,"Sean Spicer's daily false equivalencies, attempting to deflect the dysfunctional, demagogue-in-chief's latest debacle, with specious references to Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, dismissing the central role of ""process"" in a representative democracy, and paranoiacally accusing the White House press corp of an ""agenda"", seem almost pathologically obsessive. Those proclivities, coupled with his extreme defensiveness, erroneous statements, and serial denials of Trump culpability in any negative occurrence, may fuel the creation of the term ""Spicerism"" to indicate press secretary malfeasance. His intemperate, patronizing assault,on respected journalist April Ryan, raised legitimate questions about misogyny and race. Can you imagine working for Sean Spicer? Being the chief ""flak catcher""for Donald Trump is surely a Sisyphean task, but so far Sean Spicer has only contributed to the chaos and incompetence which permeates the Trump administration.",22001617,22001617,<br/>,comment,1491037522,1,False,0,,22001617,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040972,"Don Shipp,",18855202,Homestead Florida,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040972,What about Kellyann? Has she been demoted? She's certainly done her share of lying for him.,21999967,21999967,<br/>,comment,1491012077,1,False,0,,21999967,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041004,billy pullen,68496888,"Memphis, Tn",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040971,They are all Golems.,22001640,22001640,<br/>,comment,1491038197,1,False,0,,22001640,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5154/2675/cropped-51542675.jpg?0.41898483458261504,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491040971,rich g,51542675,Sunny South Florida,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040971,"Great material for Comedy but their horrible agenda is no joke. What strange processes of Nature allows these type of beings to rise to power and gain control over vast wealth ? While millions live in filth and poverty they dine on the finest foods and plot the destruction of Health Care for the poor. They buy multiple houses and cars but believe taxes for Government Services are evil. They come up with names like ""Freedom Caucus"" when the only freedom they offer is cutting regulations so Billionaires can poison the planet.",22001299,22001299,<br/>,comment,1491027404,1,False,0,,22001299,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7613/6914/cropped-76136914.jpg,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040971,todd ellington,76136914,San Diego,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040971,"Remember when Flynn kept yelling “Lock her up!”<br/>I sure do!<br/>As when Trump accused Clinton of being the puppet, projection is the theme of this farcical episode of 21st century American history.<br/>I'd say that this is one for the books but, you can't write this stuff!<br/>SAD",22000911,22000911,<br/>,comment,1491020502,1,False,0,,22000911,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040971,RjW,55170561,Chicago,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040971,"I love you Gail, always do.",22000858,22000858,<br/>,comment,1491019921,1,False,0,,22000858,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2705/6053/cropped-27056053.jpg,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040971,mtrav16,27056053,AP,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040971,No sympathy for Spicer. He's an accomplice to the most outrageous lying I have ever witnessed.,22000729,22000729,<br/>,comment,1491018424,1,False,0,,22000729,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040971,Rebus,79806773,Missouri,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040971,"Can you imagine Republican reaction, if during the Obama administration, 200 civilians were killed in an airstrike? The noise would be deafening. Hope that bus is coming for 45 soon.",22000421,22000421,<br/>,comment,1491015507,1,False,0,,22000421,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040971,Rose,73605645,NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040970,"Nice job Gail, and also the many punny and not so punny comments by others! Laughing is better than being depressed",22001277,22001277,<br/>,comment,1491026961,1,False,0,,22001277,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040970,I'm-for-tolerance,43704417,us,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040969,"I love you, Gail. Sometimes these days I forget what it even feels like to laugh out loud...and then I read your column. Many thanks!",22001656,22001656,<br/>,comment,1491038900,1,False,0,,22001656,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040969,Jean,1367526,South Carolina,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040969,Expect a tweet in a few months explaining how conjugal visits for former WH staffers are just expressions of family values.,22000699,22000699,<br/>,comment,1491018091,1,False,0,,22000699,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040969,Robert Fine,16776976,"Tempe, AZ",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040969,"Good column there, lady!",22000523,22000523,<br/>,comment,1491016388,1,False,0,,22000523,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4298/8932/cropped-42988932.jpg?0.30456717090366403,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491040969,jon norstog,42988932,Portland OR,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040969,And then there's Steve Bannon. The whole world now knows about him.,22000155,22000155,<br/>,comment,1491013453,1,False,0,,22000155,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040969,jim morrissette,68407754,virginia,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040968,"Trump's presidency is comical if not sad and bad. Sometimes, when there is a new president is in the office, even if you don't see eye to eye, and disagree with some of his policies, you can at least find one or two redeeming qualities or something likable about him. Or if not him, you can find one or two people he has sarounded himself with, to respect or maybe like. God knows I have tried, but when I look at Trump, his family, his cabinet, Sean Spicer, Paul Ryan, and Kelly Ann Conway, all I see is lies, more lies, contempt for others, and total chaos. I see traitors who have taken over this country I love, destroying and undoing everything that is good about it.",22001093,22001093,<br/>,comment,1491023325,1,False,0,,22001093,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040968,B. Ligon,77878029,"Greeley, Colorado",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040968,"Be fair. Spicer is Press Secretary. Obviously, this means he writes down and reports everything the press says in case you missed it -- as long as it's the Trumpified Press. ",22000343,22000343,<br/>,comment,1491014934,1,False,0,,22000343,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040968,Richard,12234861,Wynnewood PA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040854,"This is the ""genius"" of DT: he escapes from any responsibility and everyone around him goes down with the ship. ",22001333,22001333,<br/>,comment,1491028426,1,True,0,,22001333,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,685,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491040854,B. Rothman,44420772,NYC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040820,"Can't feel sorry for any of them. They signed up for this. When Trump's ship sinks (which is to be devotedly to be wished for) they will sink with it. Unfortunately, they will have done a lot f damage to the country before that happens. Rolling back environmental regulations will have ramifications for decadesand possibly permanently; denying women the right to control their own bodies will almost certainly lead to unnecessary deaths: and f they are successful in ""reforming"" health care, people will surely die. Those who voted for Trump deserve this but unfortunately, those who didn't vote for him will also suffer the consequences. ",21999939,21999939,<br/>,comment,1491011801,1,True,0,,21999939,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,856,,7,,0,approved,1,0,1491040820,Anna Kisluk,13558217,New York NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040725,"Terrific. Now we change the national anthem to ""Sympathy For The Devil"".",22000708,22000708,<br/>,comment,1491018221,1,True,0,,22000708,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,362,,6,,0,approved,1,0,1491040725,Kent Pillsbury,78901841,"Juneau, AK",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040513,Who knew that The Decline and Fall of the American Empire was going to be a comedy?,22000876,22000876,<br/>,comment,1491020094,1,False,0,,22000876,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491040513,The Dog,60686108,Toronto,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040513,Rumor has it that Iggy Pop will be heading-up the Commission on Obesity. ,22000655,22000655,n/a,comment,1491017713,1,False,0,,22000655,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7717/8417/cropped-77178417.jpg?0.6547861471992182,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040513,wryawry,77178417,The Foothills Of the Hinterlands,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040513,I tell people I'ld like to protest against Trump but I don't speak Russian and they're the only one's he's listening to.,22000194,22000194,<br/>,comment,1491013758,1,False,0,,22000194,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040513,Rick Gage,64318277,mt dora,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040512,"The image of Trump at the wheel of his bus rolling all over the United States reminds me of the military officer who, during the Vietnam War stood outside a village in ruins and said ""We had to destroy this village in order to save it.""",22001546,22001546,<br/>,comment,1491034925,1,False,0,,22001546,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040512,pfv,66902378,Hungary,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040512,"In his past business dealings and now in the political sphere, ""Donald Trump is the old sow that eats (his) own litter,"" and that includes those who happily voted for him, and the rest of us as collateral damage. ",22001374,22001374,<br/>,comment,1491029684,1,False,0,,22001374,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040512,Susan,62222075,Paris,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040510,"I don't think you give sufficient credit to my senator, Mitch McConnell. He is destroying the judicial system and he will likely have a big victory this week, saddling us with 51-vote Supreme Court justices from here on out. Mitch orchestrated this and we need an answer on why he held this seat open when everyone was predicting that Hillary Clinton was going to be our next President. What did Mitch know about what was going to happen in the election?",22001661,22001661,<br/>,comment,1491038973,1,False,0,,22001661,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,27,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040510,Pat Johns,73663370,Kentucky,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040510,"Yes, and if golf could speak it would say, ""The earth is not a golf ball.""",22001570,22001570,<br/>,comment,1491035820,1,False,0,,22001570,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040510,Future Dust,34774671,South Carolina,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040510,"Romney belongs on this list, near the top. ",22001262,22001262,<br/>,comment,1491026644,1,False,0,,22001262,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491040510,Michael,57171533,"Ann Arbor, MI",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040510,"Just the thought that a diss from Trump would have any negative consequence for all but the the most red-state house or senate member is laughable. At 36% approval and dropping, why would anyone care what he thinks? And, that's before the coal miners, those benefiting from Obamacare (especially once they finally get that this is synonymous with ACA and keeping them alive) and any Trumpsters who actually care about the well-being of their children and grandchildren when it comes to education, health, taxes, the economy, etc. catch on to the con. Now we just need some strong candidates from the Dems--and commensurate levels of support--and 2018 is looking good!",22000492,22000492,<br/>,comment,1491016119,1,False,0,,22000492,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040510,LoriB,46060901,MN,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040509,"Thank you, thank you for providing some half time entertainment...we needed this in order to prepare ourselves for the second half.",22000538,22000538,<br/>,comment,1491016574,1,False,0,,22000538,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040509,KHW,79361204,Seattle,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040508,- you forgot Trump - he totally self destructed by being associated with 'Trump'.,22001460,22001460,<br/>,comment,1491032522,1,False,0,,22001460,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040508,pieceofcake,65113539,not in Machu Picchu anymore,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040508,"So the Republican Party gets 100% control of the government, voted in by a desperate constituency that has experienced an actual drop in life expectancy and their first act is a failed attempt to hurt these people even more by taking away their health insurance? Who looks worse, Trump, the Republican Party, or poor people who voted for them? ",22001067,22001067,<br/>,comment,1491023016,1,False,0,,22001067,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040508,Boris and Natasha,60233857,97 degrees west,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040508,"Don't forget ol' Mike Pence. The way he always has to stand by his man, Trump, with shoulders very squared, muted lips clamped together in a Stepford vice president grin. But, perhaps, he's grinning because he suspects that--if he's just patient--he might in the not too distant future be in line for a promotion.",22000944,22000944,<br/>,comment,1491020903,1,False,0,,22000944,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5770/9701/cropped-57709701.jpg?0.06900825883939321,18,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491040508,Russ Weiss,57709701,"West Windsor, NJ",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040508,"It's a bit too early for any of these ""players"" to feel the embarrassment and humility of choosing these roles over preservation of their souls. Those with the courage to write the big tell-alls will be redeemed.",22000244,22000244,<br/>,comment,1491014158,1,False,0,,22000244,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040508,Nuffalready,72453554,"Glenville, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040507,"I admire Ms Collin's energies to present Trump and his circle through her trademark application of irony and humor. But the Trump story is getting far too worrisome to make fun of it although we need to keep some distance through irony and humor. The work of Trump and F.O.T, seems to be to erode the platform of truth and national decency. I live in Atlanta and a couple of days ago, we watched a large section of a major interstate collapse after being destroyed by fire. The foundations of the structure succumbed to the relentless flames that at first grew quietly out of sight and then rose in intensity to engulf and destroy the structure. The integrity of the structure has been affected and we are told rebuilding will take a long time. Similarly, Trump and the Friends of Trump are causing damage to the integrity of our national foundations with their aggressive lies and ignorant polices. I take solace that one day, this administration too shall pass, but it will take some time to rebuild and repair from the horrific damage they will leave behind. ",22001678,22001678,<br/>,comment,1491039227,1,False,0,,22001678,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040507,Rosemary Galette,37430296,"Atlanta, GA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040507,How could anything bad happen?,22001177,22001177,<br/>,comment,1491024866,1,False,0,,22001177,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040507,loveman0,73511720,SF,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040507,"Like you said, Gail, HE's doing great. And we're still letting him get away with robbing the country six ways to Sunday.",22001095,22001095,<br/>,comment,1491023410,1,False,0,,22001095,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2521/2506/cropped-25212506.jpg?7788465761149959453,5,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491040507,Nikki S.,25212506,Princeton,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040507,"Something is Right in the world, when I still have a Smile from Gail.<br/>Meanwhile I repeat, I truly hope President Trump's Beautiful First Family<br/>can Appreciate the Absence of His Presence.",22000188,22000188,<br/>,comment,1491013719,1,False,0,,22000188,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040507,Richard Deforest,63566672,"Mora, Minnesota",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040506,"When this is all over-hopefully in 45 months-a great movie will be made and of course, it will be produced by the new Trump Company-T Moives",22001554,22001554,<br/>,comment,1491035356,1,False,0,,22001554,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491040506,Den,63429372,Palm Beach,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040505,"Sometime in the future, stock phrases such as ""the barbarians are at the gates"" or ""the lunatics are running the asylum"" will have a companion phrase: ""The Republicans are in control"". ",22001677,22001677,<br/>,comment,1491039219,1,False,0,,22001677,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1343/0202/cropped-13430202.jpg?0.11158927390351892,18,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040505,Alan R Brock,13430202,Richmond VA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040505,The question is WHY in god's name are these people destroying their reputations for Trump?,22001254,22001254,<br/>,comment,1491026435,1,False,0,,22001254,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040505,Sally,60025847,NYC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040505,With all Trump's dodgy cabinet and advisor picks Washington is beginning to look as reputable as Al Capone's Chicago. ,22001207,22001207,<br/>,comment,1491025487,1,False,0,,22001207,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040505,Ben Luk,78335343,Australia,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040505,Love that last point! To see Flynn locked instead would be ironic indeed...,22000878,22000878,<br/>,comment,1491020118,1,False,0,,22000878,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040505,CBourne,76822372,"BC, Canada",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040505,"Let's hope that the curse extends to all the Republicans n Congress and the Democrats make great strides in 2018. As angry as people were in Town Halls over healthcare, imagine how angry people will be when they find out that Trump's tax :reform: mans beaks for corporations and millionaires and next to nothing for them.",22000815,22000815,<br/>,comment,1491019412,1,False,0,,22000815,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040505,Jerry S,23397057,Chelsea,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040505,"It is fruitless to attempt to persuade most people that their allegiance to a favored political party is misguided. This allegiance is no more rational than most fans' commitments to their favored professional sports team.<br/><br/>I have noticed that some people cease being fans of a team when that pro team moves to a different city in a different state.<br/><br/>Since, as Ms. Collin's columns frequently indicate, the GOP has moved to a different planet in an alternative reality, shouldn't a good many Republicans be looking for a new team?",22000029,22000029,<br/>,comment,1491012527,1,False,0,,22000029,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040505,"Andrew G. Bjelland, Sr.",58063917,"Salt Lake City, Utah",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040505,"Thank you for this. You nailed it. 45 is a disaster on every level, for the democracy, for the environment, for the world as we know it. His friends and supporters have only themselves to blame for not understanding that they are part of the biggest con in our lifetime.",22000026,22000026,<br/>,comment,1491012512,1,False,0,,22000026,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,19,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040505,Gwen Krause,36404651,"Troy, NY",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040504,All we got out of the the Citizen's United Supreme Court ruling is a political system stuffed with stupid drones.,22001692,22001692,<br/>,comment,1491039668,1,False,0,,22001692,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040504,Steve Bolger,67892453,New York City,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040504,"We can all laugh a bit now but the scary time is approaching for the Empire of Trump. You might remember the movie Empire of the Sun about the Japanese short-lived empire during WWII. John Malkovich said it best as the prisoner Basie talking about when it gets really dangerous and scary in the prisoner of war camp: ""It's at the beginning and end of war that we have to watch out. In between, it's like a country club.""<br/><br/>If and when the Empire of Trump starts to go down for good, it could get really scary. We all need to ""stay frosty."" Trump and his supporters could get nasty very quickly. Meanwhile, let's have a well-earned laugh.",22001149,22001149,<br/>,comment,1491024353,1,False,0,,22001149,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040504,SMC,6179698,Lexington,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040503,"Look at Kellyann's net worth and pay before you feel sorry for her. I believe Spicer is making $650,000.00 this year for his briefing talent and holding the press at bay. Not many in media with those figures. ",22001369,22001369,<br/>,comment,1491029549,1,False,0,,22001369,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6116/8150/cropped-61168150.jpg?0.7292408785396534,4,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491040503,Annette Johnson,61168150,Texas,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040503,Don't forget Kelly Ann. I'm sure her political career is over. Perhaps she could help Ivanka on QVC.,22000938,22000938,<br/>,comment,1491020846,1,False,0,,22000938,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040503,Larry,69077966,"Lexington, MA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040503,"Except for the coal miners, I don't know who I'ld save if I were on a sinking ship. Maybe Chris Christie because he has experience in this sort of thing and that whole flotation device thing.",22000889,22000889,<br/>,comment,1491020221,1,False,0,,22000889,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040503,Rick Gage,64318277,mt dora,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040503,"If it wasn't so serious, it would be delightful! Hehehehe, or jajajajaja",22000178,22000178,<br/>,comment,1491013640,1,False,0,,22000178,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040503,Publicus,65188575,Seattle,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040502,"Gail, please add the State Dept employees to this list (13,000 Foreign Service employees 11,000 Civil Service employees 45,000 Foreign Service local employees) because they have to deal with REX TILLERSON...<br/><br/>These poor public servants have BEEN WARNED to NEVER speak to their boss or even have eye contact should they run into him in the halls. And when Tillerson pays a visit overseas, he never goes to American Embassies to meet the Ambassador (if there are any left under Trump's lazy-golf-playing tenure) and Americans who put their lives on the line to try and keep the peace around the world.<br/><br/>Thanks, Gail, for reminding us that MAGA is still only a Trumpster Campaign Slogan, proffered these days just for laughs...",22001367,22001367,<br/>,comment,1491029490,1,False,0,,22001367,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2188/0515/cropped-21880515.jpg?18047928021656499968,21,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040502,Barbie Coleman,21880515,"Washington, DC",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040502,This was so funny.,22000280,22000280,<br/>,comment,1491014461,1,False,0,,22000280,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040502,Christopher,50704288,Carpenter,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040502,"As earnest and serious this column is, I'm thankful Gail could make me laugh. The wand shortage comment was especially priceless. Please keep us laughing; it's better than crying.",22000148,22000148,n/a,comment,1491013365,1,False,0,,22000148,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040502,Holly Hadlock,78305019,"MIll Valley, CA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040501,"Trumpfinger, the man with the touch of lead.",22000216,22000216,<br/>,comment,1491013941,1,False,0,,22000216,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040501,Oneiric,37076710,Stockton,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040427,But seriously is any of this registering with the people who voted for him? Will any of this help the Democrats regain control of Congress? Or is it just good SNL material?,21999995,21999995,<br/>,comment,1491012307,1,True,0,,21999995,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,661,,9,,0,approved,1,0,1491040428,James,57663081,Panams,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040039,This post is for the future not those reading in the present -- there were decent people in this era. They were just in the minority.,22001364,22001364,<br/>,comment,1491029424,1,True,0,,22001364,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,314,,7,,0,approved,1,0,1491040039,George,67045630,NC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491032707,"Birds of a feather flock together. If a person is ignorant, self-centered, politically inexperienced and administratively incoherent, what do you expect him to do in choosing his friends and assistants? By the Gail, you forgot the ineffable Kellyanne, Too bad she isn't a lawyer, otherwise with her singular interpretation of facts, she would make the perfect Trump nominee for the Supreme Court.",22001470,22001470,<br/>,comment,1491032652,1,False,0,,22001470,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1755/5430/cropped-17555430.jpg?0.8385502484161407,56,,7,,0,approved,1,1,1491032707,Frank,17555430,Durham,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491027606,"""Ryan was not only going to lose the big health care battle, he was going to look like an idiot doing it.""<br/><br/>Trump did not do that to Ryan. Ryan did it to himself. <br/><br/>He always had to do it to himself, when once he got the chance to do something about health care. He is evil, his ideas are evil, and once he got the chance to put his ideas on display this is the only possible outcome. <br/><br/>Until now he promised vaguely and covered with a magic asterisk. Actual opportunity forced him to reveal himself. Trump did not do that to him. It was inherent.<br/><br/>Actually we all knew that about him. Krugman told us in detail, repeatedly, for years. Many were just unwilling to believe it so long as Ryan could blow smoke. ",22001304,22001304,<br/>,comment,1491027547,1,False,0,,22001304,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3767/4938/cropped-37674938.jpg?0.41398809710517526,208,,3,,0,approved,1,1,1491027606,Mark Thomason,37674938,"Clawson, Mich",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491026347,"You forgot to mention poor, crazy Kellyanne. Haven't seen much of her lately. Think all her pathological lying has caused her to loose touch with reality? ",22001246,22001246,<br/>,comment,1491026324,1,False,0,,22001246,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3174/0333/cropped-31740333.jpg?0.9480581504758447,136,,4,,0,approved,1,1,1491026347,Philip S. Wenz,31740333,"Corvallis, Oregon",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491019448,"As much as I dislike the president, you have to admit he surrounds himself with very colorful characters. Janine Pirro--you couldn't make that voice up if you tried.<br/><br/>And Nunes! We know the president never progressed beyond fifth grade, but the chair of the congressional intelligence committee – what a name--likely sort of stayed in third grade.<br/><br/>Of course what he lacks in brains he makes up for in energy and inventiveness.<br/>I mean nobody really really cared how he got to the White House: did he have to ask that gratuitous touch about changing cars?<br/><br/>It's pretty clear that Donald Trump doesn't have a lot of time to be president if he spending all his time watching his staff perform on TV. When I think of how hard president Obama worked, spending five hours a night on briefing papers addition to his day job, I'm pretty sure I'm safe in saying I doubt he watched Josh Earnest on TV.<br/><br/>Somehow I get the feeling Trump isn't having a lot of fun being president, or even playing president. His face is looking more tired and depressed as each day passes. If he looks like he does now after 70 days, but will be look like at 100?<br/><br/>But if he's not having fun, just imagine all his minions--not to mention his constituents. You're not alone Donald! We aren't having any fun either.",22000813,22000813,<br/>,comment,1491019385,1,False,0,,22000813,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2073/520/cropped-2073520.jpg?0.18587254704312467,652,,5,,0,approved,1,1,1491019448,Christine McM,2073520,Massachusetts,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491017767,A gallery of rogues and enablers. But one should include in that gallery most of the Republican members of Congress. A thick skin (or skull) and not mind the mud flying all over the place is the minimum requirement to stick close to Trump. ,22000659,22000659,<br/>,comment,1491017734,1,False,0,,22000659,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4563/7812/cropped-45637812.jpg?0.7362245436322047,133,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491017767,serban,45637812,Miller Place,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491016687,"I just want to thank our so-called President for giving fatal coal a second chance to kill and maim a new generation of Americans.<br/><br/>Trump's Dirty Power Plan ensures that America's typically 500 megawatt coal-fired electricity plant continues to produce these Grand Old Poisons:<br/><br/>3.7 million tons of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas and leading cause of global warming.<br/><br/>10,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, the main cause of acid rain, which damages forests, lakes and buildings.<br/><br/>500 tons of small particles that cause lung damage<br/><br/>220 tons of smog-causing hydrocarbons<br/><br/>720 tons of carbon monoxide, a poisonous gas <br/><br/>125,000 tons of toxic ash and 193,000 tons of toxic sludge<br/><br/>225 pounds of arsenic, 114 pounds of lead, 4 pounds of cadmium, and many other toxic heavy metals known to contaminate lakes and rivers and the fish in them<br/><br/>2.2 billion gallons of water<br/><br/>America needs filthy, fatal coal energy like the average person needs strychnine poisoning.<br/><br/>And of course, coal jobs are largely automated these days, so there are no 'coal jobs' coming back in the dying coal industry as natural gas, solar and wind energy technologies accelerate and put coal out of permanent business.<br/><br/>But it was a magnificent political deception of the Fraudster-In-Chief to dupe some Whites R Us hillbillies into voting for a billionaire Scrooge who's getting ready to rip out the American safety net in exchange for a river of toxins.<br/><br/>Donald Trump: Making Coal Pollution Great Again<br/><br/>""Drop dead, America!""",22000540,22000540,<br/>,comment,1491016625,1,False,0,,22000540,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5187/8992/cropped-51878992.jpg?0.3028964879922569,1388,,18,,0,approved,1,1,1491016687,Socrates,51878992,Verona NJ,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491016567,"What a rogue's gallery of miscreants. Taking them down is almost too easy, like shooting fish in a swamp.<br/><br/>It seems that the entire government has taken on the personality of the president, proving once and for all that stupidity is contagious. Republicans who were content to merely obstruct good government are now in the spotlight, and all they can do is engineer dysfunction.<br/><br/>Eight years of Bush made them complacent. Eight years of Obama doused any light they may have had left, and reduced them to impotently voting against Obamacare over and over again. Winning the presidency, the House and the Senate didn't change anything.<br/><br/>It couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of nincompoops, chief among them being Paul Ryan. It turned out that Ryan only appeared ""smart"" when Democrats were there to squelch his ideas. Once they were allowed flourish in a friendly atmosphere of Republican hot air, they suffocated and died.<br/><br/>Now Republicans are just belligerent poseurs pretending to have ideas. They were once ideologues. Take away the ideas, and they're just logs, floating in that fetid swamp.<br/><br/>Things aren't looking good. The voters who put them in charge are having second thoughts. The G.O.P. is in disarray, fighting against itself. Key players are seeking immunity. Even worse, Putin is buy tying up loose ends, with extreme prejudice. Nobody is smiling.<br/><br/>Except Hillary.",22000535,22000535,<br/>,comment,1491016530,1,False,0,,22000535,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,736,,12,,0,approved,1,1,1491016567,gemli,57048689,Boston,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491013148,"We are all victims of the trump curse - some innocent, others deserving. The most deserving, other than those Americans who voted for him, is Paul Ryan. Why? He has been touted as the policy wonk, the brains, of the Republican Party, but he has been shown up for what he is - just another Republican hack, casting all pretense of intellect aside and taking whatever advantage he can to try to push through an ideological agenda.<br/><br/>He should swallow hard and begin to function as Speaker of the House, not Speaker of the Republican Party. ",22000118,22000118,<br/>,comment,1491013084,1,False,0,,22000118,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,478,,4,,0,approved,1,1,1491013148,mancuroc,12582762,Rochester,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011603,"Donald Trump is the human equivalent of a black hole that consumes light and distorts space, time and reality. Even planets and large stars will be drawn into his maw and consumed.",21999837,21999837,<br/>,comment,1491010742,1,False,0,,21999837,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6217/9826/cropped-62179826.jpg,810,,5,,0,approved,1,0,1491011603,Samme Chittum,62179826,90065,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011603,"Sean Spicer is in an unenviable position, yes, but he put himself there. No one made him become Trump's mouthpiece. No one with any integrity would have stated, as Spicer did on friday, that President Obama did very, very bad things to Trump. Not only is that baseless, it contradicts Nunes' claim of incidental eavesdropping.<br/>Spicer deserves no sympathy for being part of something reprehensible. ",21999790,21999790,<br/>,comment,1491010075,1,False,0,,21999790,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1854,,16,,0,approved,1,0,1491011603,NM,40118532,NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011603,"I would laugh, but there's nothing funny about this presidency, even though it is a sick joke. It just needs to end.",21999787,21999787,<br/>,comment,1491010062,1,False,0,,21999787,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,973,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491011603,Blue Moon,73241821,Where Nenes Fly,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011603,"Don't credit Trump with Sean Spicer's transformation into a fifth-grader protesting that the dog ate his homework every day like clockwork. He was the same obnoxious obfuscator when he was spokesperson for the RNC, long before Trump was the nominee. ",21999721,21999721,<br/>,comment,1491009435,1,False,0,,21999721,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,541,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491011603,MCV207,2108947,San Francisco,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011602,"When signing the Presidential proclamations in the Oval Office we always see a bunch of guys standing around Himself. At first, I thought it was to make sure he remembered to cross his T and not to write King before his name. <br/><br/>But as things progress, or regress, they may all be lining up for Presidential pardons... just in case the truth ever comes out. ""Please sign mine next"".",21999857,21999857,<br/>,comment,1491011010,1,False,0,,21999857,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,263,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011602,Gordon,43099153,Michigan,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011602,"Ms. Collins, you have included only the willing participants in the Trump curse. All the people you cite, aided and abetted this disastrous presidency. It's the majority of ordinary Americans who are feeling the curse of Donald Trump.",21999804,21999804,<br/>,comment,1491010179,1,False,0,,21999804,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,433,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011602,Doris2001,66560570,"Fairfax, VA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011602,I love this so much.<br/><br/>Next time include Republican reps who refused to listen to constituents about DeVoss.,21999724,21999724,<br/>,comment,1491009447,1,False,0,,21999724,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011634,Katherine,79131339,Texas,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011601,"Excellent work Gail, and now Trump is doing the same thing to the entire Us of A!",21999874,21999874,<br/>,comment,1491011234,1,False,0,,21999874,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,101,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011601,Ned Stark,76789222,Westeros,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011601,"I love your humor, Gail.<br/><br/>Absolutely love it. Also, it occurs to me that Melania may be playing a long game here.",21999862,21999862,<br/>,comment,1491011069,1,False,0,,21999862,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,188,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491011601,scrim1,59120993,"Bowie, Maryland",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011601,"What do the names listed, including coal executives pretending to be coal miners have in common. They are all the lowest. Common denominator of the greed equation.",21999845,21999845,n/a,comment,1491010847,1,False,0,,21999845,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6528/8079/cropped-65288079.jpg?0.4314634727779776,212,,2,,1,approved,1,0,1491011601,MKKW,65288079,Baltimore,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011601,"The coal miners who included mine owners, all of whom have jobs were there... but the real folks, who actually believed Lyin' Don, poor souls, still don't see it, do they?<br/>How ironic, that we elites want to provide them health care, a clean environment, and the prospect of a job that doesn't give them black lung, by paying more taxes, even, remain the villains. It will not give us any satisfaction to be forced to watch their misery increase under this fatuous fraud.",21999792,21999792,<br/>,comment,1491010088,1,False,0,,21999792,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011635,Present,31709759,Texas,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011601,"Mom always said you're known by the company you keep. I don't think she was thinking of Trump, Inc. as an exemplar.",21999784,21999784,<br/>,comment,1491010029,1,False,0,,21999784,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,82,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011601,forrestfromtrees,78498793,NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011601,"Guessing I am that, despite all the outcries about Trump's election and subsequent 70 days (so far) in office, the results have been the proverbial ""blessing in disguise"" for the NYT's calumnists -- oops, should that be columnists. Well, maybe not. ",21999782,21999782,<br/>,comment,1491010018,1,False,0,,21999782,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,8,,0,approved,1,0,1491011601,Pete in SA,16450199,"San Antonio, TX",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011601,Had to giggle .....then cry. What the heck were we thinking to elect this misfit (rich but a misfit just the same).,21999744,21999744,<br/>,comment,1491009667,1,False,0,,21999744,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011635,D Mac C,60036660,KC MO,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011601,"Poor Sean Spicer nothing. I want a reporter to ask him ""How do you sleep at night uttering so many lies day after day?""<br/><br/>And don't get me started on Paul Ryan. Many of us were infatuated with Ayn Rand when we were in junior high school. By college we had outgrown her. It is called maturity. When will Paul Ryan - the dump peoples' intellectual - grow up?",21999731,21999731,<br/>,comment,1491009484,1,False,0,,21999731,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,821,,8,,0,approved,1,0,1491011601,Caveat Emptor,43791549,New Jersey,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011601,"You forgot Kellyanne Conway, who will play the female henchman when the Mel Brooks screenplay is written.",21999726,21999726,<br/>,comment,1491009449,1,False,0,,21999726,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5707/3901/cropped-57073901.jpg,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011635,Little League Dad,57073901,San Mateo,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011601,"Never pity ""poor"" Sean Spicer. What sort of person would accept a position where his primary responsibility is to lie? Anyone who chooses to lie for a living is not one to be pitied.",21999711,21999711,n/a,comment,1491009265,1,False,0,,21999711,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1335,,6,,0,approved,1,0,1491011601,Brown,69561020,"Olympia, WA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011600,"I really do feel bad for poor Spicey, he has to go out there every day and polish this administration up just as hard as his poor little heart can. From what I've read/heard among politicos, he was actually somewhat liked before this. He should have read Faust. Sad",21999829,21999829,<br/>,comment,1491010633,1,False,0,,21999829,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,137,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491011600,Greg,73531262,Illinois,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011600,"Trump is like the proverbial bull in the china shop. Only the china shop turns out to be filled with thin, brittle Republicans.",21999808,21999808,<br/>,comment,1491010226,1,False,0,,21999808,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,122,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491011600,carllowe,63657126,"Huntsville, AL",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011600,"Want to make a pile of money? Make an animated TV series inspired by the unique characters who populate the 2017 White House. For a title, try : Game of Drones. ",21999805,21999805,<br/>,comment,1491010199,1,False,0,,21999805,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,113,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491011600,SA,66496317,Canada,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011600,"Trump has the opposite effect of the ""Midas Touch..."" in that everything and everyone he touches turns into manure....",21999764,21999764,<br/>,comment,1491009856,1,False,0,,21999764,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011631,Tim,61130203,NJ,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011599,"You missed the curse on the guy (?) who does whatever he does to cause Donald's fluorescent yellow squared-off helmet head. I can see why he doesn't use this on-going and constantly evolving project in his advertising but really, word must have gotten around among hair-challenged New Yorkers that there are much worse things than being a bit scanty on top. Or getting gray. Or both.",21999788,21999788,<br/>,comment,1491010068,1,False,0,,21999788,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,48,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011599,KJ,63446969,Tennessee,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011598,"Some great highlights from Friday night's PBS Newshour:<br/><br/>MARK SHIELDS: Judy, an old friend of ours, Les Francis from California, said . . . that the Republicans look more like the Donner Party than they do like the national governing party.<br/><br/>For those who don’t remember the 19th century, the Donner Party were settlers who got caught in the Sierra Madres at winter and ended up practicing cannibalism to survive.<br/><br/>DAVID BROOKS: Paul Ryan, I respect a lot of his policies, but I do think he’s a bit locked in the 1980s intellectually.<br/><br/>Republicans famously eat their own. Just ask Eric Cantor and John Boehner.<br/><br/>But really Mr. Brooks: Paul Ryan is ""a bit locked in the 1980s intellectually""? I see him as a throw back to laissez faire Gilded Age ""thinking.""",21999809,21999809,<br/>,comment,1491010241,1,False,0,,21999809,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,266,,6,,0,approved,1,0,1491011598,"Andrew G. Bjelland, Sr.",58063917,"Salt Lake City, Utah",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011598,"Jeanine Pirro is also remembered for having prosecuted a teenager for a crime he did not commit. He was exonerated after losing years of his young life to prison for the supposedly incriminating act of grieving a murdered classmate.<br/>Pirro's idea of ""law and order"" is quite like Trump's (think of his calls for the death penalty on the young Central Park rape suspects.<br/>Scary that people like those two ever wielded such power.",21999762,21999762,<br/>,comment,1491009848,1,False,0,,21999762,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,367,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491011598,NM,40118532,NY,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011478,"""You wouldn't wish this on anyone"" (regarding Spicer)<br/><br/>Oh, yes I would. I would wish all of it, on all of them.",21999841,21999841,<br/>,comment,1491010791,1,True,0,,21999841,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2313/0551/cropped-23130551.jpg?1728218932153348534,2331,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491011479,Bruce,23130551,Spokane WA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491011108,"You're right about all the lickspittles, Gail, but if our not-ready-for-prime-time-president is ""doing great,"" I'm convinced it's a just a temporary reprise on his way to the hoosegow. Flynn is already demonstrating just how much in the way of loyalty a bellowing billionaire can purchase with a high-profile job that's over almost before it can start. How long before all of the other worms begin to turn? Hopefully, those poor coal miners can be put out of their misery before their illusions are crushed right alongside of their jobs (and what remains of their lungs). As for The Donald himself, I'm betting that within a year or so he'll be raving about the size of his cell as compared with that of Bernie or O.J. ",21999860,21999860,<br/>,comment,1491011057,1,False,0,,21999860,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3559/1703/cropped-35591703.jpg?0.3012325658612995,165,,1,,0,approved,1,1,1491011108,stu freeman,35591703,brooklyn,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491010807,"So ya think that Trump might be a bit meshugene, eh Gail? His followers are the schlemazels who have to explain Trump's, the schlemiel's, behavior. It's a right tough job. Hopefully they'll get more out of it than that poor guy who gets soup spilled on him by that schlemiel waiter.<br/><br/>The task of explaining Trump is a little like explaining your son's suddenly bizarre behavior at a family gathering. ""You'll have to excuse Donnie, he's not responsible for his actions,"" as the rest of the family purses their lips.<br/><br/>But there is the other side of the Republican family, those heartland people for whom Trump can do no wrong. Nunes, Ryan, Priebus, Christie and the coal miners, et. al. all offer their Trump apologies to *them*. It's nice to have supporters, but as my Republican father (solid Goldwater and Reagan) asked me, ""Do you want smart people to endorse you, or dumb people?'<br/><br/>I've always admired smart people. I've worked with a couple of Nobel laureates, and it wasn't their Nobel, but the gracious way that they approached life. I've admired that person who is so confident due to his or her intelligence, that he or she would respect your (intelligent) contribution to the conversation.<br/><br/>They wouldn't tweet churlish, defamatory comments about people. But Trump people just love his lowbred phrases. And if you are a member of Trump's staff, you just have to defend him. Hopefully Ryan, et. al. will receive enormous financial compensation for the soup he spilled on them.",21999838,21999838,<br/>,comment,1491010747,1,False,0,,21999838,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,107,,1,,0,approved,1,1,1491010807,Charles,48930358,"Clifton, NJ",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491009149,"Read Cohen's requiem for America today on the Opinion page, and see Rachel Maddow's sad requiem last night:<br/><a href=""http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show"" title=""http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show"" target=""_blank"">http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show</a>",21999647,21999647,<br/>,comment,1491008456,1,False,0,,21999647,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6344/4899/cropped-63444899.jpg?0.2255916292530974,63,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491009149,Aslan,63444899,Narnia,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491009125,You left out the United States of America. ,21999657,21999657,<br/>,comment,1491008599,1,True,0,,21999657,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2541,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491009158,hal9000,4910655,Orlando,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491009122,"Another top-notch observation of the White House follies, Ms. Collins. You've come a long way from writing about a dog tied to the roof of a car, and I love it. Brava!",21999589,21999589,<br/>,comment,1491007556,1,False,0,,21999589,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4720/6881/cropped-47206881.jpg?7913252881360628503,152,,4,,1,approved,1,0,1491009122,wb,47206881,"Snohomish, WA",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491009121,"Yes, I remember. Now it's Flynn's turn. Lock Him Up!!!",21999664,21999664,<br/>,comment,1491008681,1,False,0,,21999664,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,467,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491009121,Brainfelt,56510207,NYC,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491009121,"Thank you, Gail, for including comedy in your columns (alongside all the scary & stupid stuff). We need the chuckles to help soothe the pain.",21999594,21999594,<br/>,comment,1491007630,1,False,0,,21999594,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,218,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491009121,Vermont Bob,66978149,"Shaftsbury, Vermont",,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491009088,"""Until recently, Ryan was regarded as the Republican idea man""<br/><br/>Which offers up all the evidence needed to show that the Republicans are out of ideas.",21999548,21999548,<br/>,comment,1491006872,1,False,0,,21999548,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,937,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491009088,THW,67031634,VA,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491008947,"Gee, Gail, we know you are only allowed a certain number of column inches, but omitting dear dear little Kellyanne Conway:<br/><br/><a href=""http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4354506/Patrick-Stewart-drag-looks-like-Kellyanne-Conway.html"" title=""http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4354506/Patrick-Stewart-drag-looks-like-Kellyanne-Conway.html"" target=""_blank"">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4354506/Patrick-Stewart-drag-loo...</a><br/><br/>from such an esteemed list just seems like horrible editing !<br/><br/>btw - We know she was banned by the White House in February from TeeVee appearances, so is she just rattling around in the executive mansion attic all by herself now, or what ? Should someone go check on her ?",21999686,21999686,<br/>,comment,1491008929,1,False,0,,21999686,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1004,,6,,0,approved,1,1,1491008947,R. Law,57123959,Texas,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491008047,"Trump has a reverse Midas touch<br/>And a brain not amounting to much<br/>His gruff ursine air<br/>Goes along with his hair<br/>A strong eyebrow raiser as such.<br/><br/>And Nunes and Ryan and Christie<br/>Would never make any eyes misty,<br/>Each one in his way<br/>Is a source of dismay<br/>With Christie most vindictivisty",21999616,21999616,<br/>,comment,1491008026,1,False,0,,21999616,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5616/6904/cropped-56166904.jpg?17170628101535579528,894,,7,,0,approved,1,1,1491043524,Larry Eisenberg,56166904,New York City,,,0,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064542,Who foots the bill and who gets the money??<br/>Us and not us.,22004666,22004666,<br/>,userReply,1491060137,2,False,22003896,JTowner,22003896:22004666,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064542,Lee K,20584063,New York NY,,,22003896,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,"hehehehe - yup, rex ""don't look at me!"" tillerson. All he needs is a tank of nitrous oxide and a handy mask to administer it when the going gets too tough - which, it would appear, is all the time.",22004850,22004850,<br/>,userReply,1491060755,2,False,22004033,J Reaves,22004033:22004850,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,Barbara,79198665,Canada,,,22004033,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064367,"i say YES....if Spicer came out one day and said, i can't lie for this man any longer....he's be embraced wholeheartedly by millions of people...it would be monumental, and fabulous if he did that....",22005047,22005047,<br/>,userReply,1491061505,2,False,22003716,Mark B.,22003716:22005047,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6521/6637/cropped-65216637.jpg?66754762136231675,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064367,Bill,65216637,New Jersey,,,22003716,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,"They do what the Tea Party (Freedom?) do. Nothing. They read their mail to find out what to support or how to vote, and then they work on raising money for re-election. And these free loaders are the first to criticize workers who either can't find a job or are working several jobs to get by, and looking for some tax breaks or health care. ",22004891,22004891,<br/>,userReply,1491060937,2,False,22003670,DW,22003670:22004891,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,CLSW2000,77405825,Dedham MA,,,22003670,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064507,"Well, Martha, one thing we know for sure, no one, and I mean NO ONE, is going down on Mike Pence. ",22005072,22005072,<br/>,userReply,1491061594,2,False,22003199,martha,22003199:22005072,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064507,Mark Schlemmer,63887614,"Portland, Ore.",,,22003199,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058673,"JW, you win the comments section for today. :-)",22003770,22003770,n/a,userReply,1491055949,2,False,22003430,JK,22003430:22003770,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491058673,Steve,27373584,CA,,,22003430,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058896,Love your moniker,22004019,22004019,<br/>,userReply,1491057259,2,False,22003063,IndyAnna,22003063:22004019,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491058896,Carl Psimer,64707749,VA,,,22003063,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491059015,There is that bridge I can sell you!,22003679,22003679,<br/>,userReply,1491055397,2,False,22003134,Tom,22003134:22003679,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491059015,RPS,70894541,Milford pa,,,22003134,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,@Tom: How can Nunes and Trump bring down the Obama administration? An administration that has already ended can't be brought down. It's time to add some extra tinfoil to your helmet.,22004693,22004693,<br/>,userReply,1491060214,2,False,22003134,Tom,22003134:22004693,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2690/0165/cropped-26900165.jpg?0.8206388991097251,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,Nedra Schneebly,26900165,Rocky Mountains,,,22003134,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062738,"Tom,<br/>Your idols Trump and Nunes don't have the brain power between them to bring down the laundry. And the people who think they do are likely on that list, too.",22005200,22005200,<br/>,userReply,1491062122,2,False,22003134,Tom,22003134:22005200,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062738,Mark Schlemmer,63887614,"Portland, Ore.",,,22003134,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062756,@Lake Woebegoner: Sounds like it's time for detox.,22004726,22004726,<br/>,userReply,1491060327,2,False,22002897,Lake Woebegoner,22002897:22004726,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2690/0165/cropped-26900165.jpg?0.8206388991097251,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062756,Nedra Schneebly,26900165,Rocky Mountains,,,22002897,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491054950,You forgot House of Cards - both versions.,22003321,22003321,<br/>,userReply,1491053517,2,False,22001370,Steven,22001370:22003321,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054950,Leslie,21256434,Virginia,,,22001370,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055006,"No Peter, our steel worker is not beginning to get the picture at all. Listen to the interviews of Trump voters recently broadcast on PBS and CNN. They're still 100% behind their guy, hating Hillary because some now-totally disgraced, immunity-seeking Michael T. Flynn repeatedly screamed out ""Lock her up!"" at an autumn campaign rally.<br/><br/>Hate trumps every inconvenient reality in the Trumpian universe of dyspeptic voting.<br/><br/><a href=""http://www.endthemadnessnow.org"" title=""www.endthemadnessnow.org"" target=""_blank"">www.endthemadnessnow.org</a>",22003370,22003370,<br/>,userReply,1491053799,2,False,22002847,PETER EBENSTEIN MD,22002847:22003370,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4875/1578/cropped-48751578.jpg?0.5667593658002,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055006,John LeBaron,48751578,MA,,,22002847,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,"John, I take your point. The Democrats need to reach our guy with a coherent economic message. Hillary failed to do that even though her policy ideas would have helped him and Trump and Ryan are happy to throw him under the bus.",22004085,22004085,<br/>,userReply,1491057570,2,False,22002847,PETER EBENSTEIN MD,22002847:22004085,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062689,PETER EBENSTEIN MD,65958596,WHITE PLAINS NY,,,22002847,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057120,You are reading it,22003222,22003222,<br/>,userReply,1491053021,2,False,22002258,yankeefan,22002258:22003222,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057120,Gary Webb,52150037,Cincinnati,,,22002258,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058613,"I agree about the book deal but I don't think Spicer is as in-the-loop as you're suggesting. You don't tell the communications guy everything. That way, he can go up on stage and credibly say ""I don't know' whenever he's asked a question he doesn't want to answer. Everything else is prepared talking points. In Spicer's case, the talking points hold little if any relationship to reality but whatever. He's paid to message, not to be accurate.",22003703,22003703,<br/>,userReply,1491055524,2,False,22002183,marks,22002183:22003703,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4184/7830/cropped-41847830.jpg?0.8912380009423941,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491058613,Andy,41847830,"Salt Lake City, UT",,,22002183,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064363,"Rumor this AM is that there will be a housecleaning soon, Spicer and Priebus to go.",22004766,22004766,<br/>,userReply,1491060480,2,False,22002183,marks,22002183:22004766,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064363,Dean Fox,25208314,California,,,22002183,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,"I wonder though, when Sean is much older and probably very alone, was the money worth being a 'Wormtongue' for the likes of Trump?<br/>The very first thing this Republican congress did was to do away with ethics oversight (well, they tried to before Donald sent his twitter message about more important things to work on). It seems to me that they knew all along that corruption would bring them down in a single term. Hence the rush to vote on a health bill that was so ill-conceived. Take the money and run.<br/>America, the Republicans cannot govern...period.",22004892,22004892,<br/>,userReply,1491060945,2,False,22002183,marks,22002183:22004892,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,christopher,73465102,"Manchester, CT",,,22002183,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052280,"Sean has to suffer a few more months of this before he can land a multi-million dollar, tell-all book deal. ",22002930,22002930,<br/>,userReply,1491051602,2,False,22001793,JeanBee,22001793:22002930,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052310,BertSkee,12254233,Beverly MA,,,22001793,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491058616,"He has been selected as the object of pity. Everyone else is simply despicable.<br/><br/>I'm with you on Spicer. Every day he stands up there and insists, producing no evidence, that Obama tapped Trump's phones, is another day I rue the death of our once fine Republic. I could tolerate him if he were just a mouthpiece. Somebody has to do it. It's that constant sneering and nastiness that's hard to take.",22003863,22003863,<br/>,userReply,1491056517,2,False,22001793,JeanBee,22001793:22003863,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491058616,CF,67499157,Massachusetts,,,22001793,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064354,@JeanBee: People like Spicer better than the rest of the Trump horribles because he reminds them of Melissa McCarthy.,22004826,22004826,<br/>,userReply,1491060680,2,False,22001793,JeanBee,22001793:22004826,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2690/0165/cropped-26900165.jpg?0.8206388991097251,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064354,Nedra Schneebly,26900165,Rocky Mountains,,,22001793,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055046,"Nora01: Actually, Trump had said he wanted to ""Make America Grope Again."" But his pronunciation -- remember ""bigly?"" -- confused the folks who were making the signs and banners and stuff. <br/><br/>[Then he pronounced the new word as ""greet,"" of course.]",22003276,22003276,<br/>,userReply,1491053289,2,False,22002486,Nora01,22002486:22003276,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055046,Rea Tarr,42543762,"Malone, NY",,,22002486,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055044,"Joe Mag - They're victims, not villains. Did you catch Trump purring to them, ""you did a lot for me, now I'll do a lot for you"" after he signed something that has zero meaning in terms of putting even one unemployed miner back to work in an industry that's in decline and subject to huge workforce cuts due to automation? Just as during the campaign, he was purring outright lies to them as he no doubt thought, ""you saps."" If he didn't toss a knowing wink at one of the coal industry executives in the room I'd be surprised.",22003475,22003475,<br/>,userReply,1491054362,2,False,22002468,Joe Mag,22002468:22003475,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055044,Jonathan,8619304,Brooklyn,,,22002468,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052530,"Get over being so uptight and self-righteous. The more of this that goes on, the sooner the trumpeters' ""fearless leader"" falls. This is bound to happen eventually, so relax and enjoy the process. We can only hope that these blunders will limit the damage done in the meantime. The failure of Ryan's so-called health-care plan is only the beginning.",22002882,22002882,<br/>,userReply,1491051297,2,False,22002484,s einstein,22002484:22002882,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052530,R. E.,44108876,"Cold Spring, NY",,,22002484,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491063884,so einstein - einstein you are not! Say what is this stuff you write. As meaningless as Don the Con's presidency.,22004598,22004598,<br/>,userReply,1491059832,2,False,22002484,s einstein,22002484:22004598,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491063884,trueblue,22178100,KY,,,22002484,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052275,Paul Ryan's real problem is that he is not that bright.<br/><br/>He had seven years to come up with a plan to replace the ACA.<br/><br/>What he ended up giving us to fix health care in the US was nothing but tax cuts for the wealthy and turn Medicaid into block grants.,22003044,22003044,<br/>,userReply,1491052194,2,False,22000980,Richard Luettgen,22000980:22003044,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052275,Independent,46988223,the South,,,22000980,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"Republicans "". . . blew it by LETTING the ACA be enacted then implemented.""<br/>Um Richard, weren't you saying pre-election that democrats ""rammed"" the legislation down our collective throats?<br/><br/>I'm betting your favorite movie is ""La La Land"" because it really seems to many readers that's where you're writing from. <br/><br/>Who would have thought that after approximately 75 days, Karma would have such a yuge role to play in the Trump Administration. Trump claimed Hillary was unqualified because she was under FBI investigation. Trump is now under two. Trump said anyone who asks for immunity must have commented a crime. His disgraced NSA advisor is now asking for immunity. Flynn led chants of ""Lock her up!"" and he very well be locked up himself. <br/><br/>""Repeal and replace, repeal and replace, repeal and replace."" For healthcare, that's all we heard for 6 years under President Obama, for 18 months of Trump's campaign and Trump and his minions finally go to do it, they choke and fail. What a bunch of losers. <br/><br/>As for tax reform? I heard it described like this: Republicans thinking they can pass tax reform after failing to repeal and replace Obamacare is like a runner thinking he can run a marathon after failing to finish a 5K. <br/><br/>BTW - Seamus was a classic. Why do you think Romney lost?",22003285,22003285,<br/>,userReply,1491053339,2,False,22000980,Richard Luettgen,22000980:22003285,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4799/0109/cropped-47990109.jpg?0.5370735698711623,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,ColtSinclair,47990109,"Montgomery, Al",,,22000980,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,"Ryan herding cats? No, he's herding GOP geese and most intelligent and reflective people do not want to step in the goose droppings left in their wake.",22004713,22004713,<br/>,userReply,1491060290,2,False,22000980,Richard Luettgen,22000980:22004713,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,"Andrew G. Bjelland, Sr.",58063917,"Salt Lake City, Utah",,,22000980,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"It's worth mentioning that <br/><br/>""The presidency of Ronald Reagan in the United States was marked by multiple scandals, resulting in the investigation, indictment, or conviction of over 138 administration officials, the largest number for any U.S. president.""<br/><br/>Johnson, Haynes (2003). Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years, p. 184. W. W. Norton & Co. Inc., New York. ISBN 0-393-32434-6<br/><br/>Iran Contra alone sent a lot more people to jail than Watergate. ",22002595,22002595,<br/>,userReply,1491049452,2,False,21999834,Look Ahead,21999834:22002595,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,Lee harrison,1258177,Kew Gardens,,,21999834,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,"Whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first drive mad. ",22002608,22002608,<br/>,userReply,1491049533,2,False,22002407,PB,22002407:22002608,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050574,Lee harrison,1258177,Kew Gardens,,,22002407,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052276,"He didn't want the job, he took it because his wife wanted him to. <br/><br/>Why doesn't he just hand over the job to her, given that she's the one who wants it?",22002630,22002630,<br/>,userReply,1491049638,2,False,22002389,Frau Greta,22002389:22002630,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052276,Lee harrison,1258177,Kew Gardens,,,22002389,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050807,"Every generation produces its toadies, sycophants, bully-wannabees, suck-ups, big-mouth losers, and empty-headed political remoras. <br/><br/>Kayleigh is another Tomi, beyond just looking like sisters. They are parlaying a look and empty-headed right-wingery into an early payday. It is a form of prostitution, and it won't wear well. <br/><br/>These women are all like the chicks in Phil Spector's productions: interchangeable commodities obeying the big man. ",22002744,22002744,<br/>,userReply,1491050434,2,False,22002383,Evangelos,22002383:22002744,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050807,Lee harrison,1258177,Kew Gardens,,,22002383,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050574,The mine owners will not give it up,22002553,22002553,<br/>,userReply,1491049245,2,False,22002257,DJ,22002257:22002553,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491050574,jbdra,52856300,"Copperhill, TN",,,22002257,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050869,"So, MBA stands for My Brain is Atrophied. Just what I always suspected.",22002791,22002791,<br/>,userReply,1491050710,2,False,22002205,Worried but hopeful,22002205:22002791,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050869,Nora01,55364403,<br/>,,,22002205,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052277,"I think you give Trump too much credit. He could not have won the electoral college vote without the help of thousands of Russians spreading disinformation throughout social media.<br/><br/>If you haven't watched the Senate hearing on this matter, you should. It's very educational -- and terrifying.",22002876,22002876,<br/>,userReply,1491051264,2,False,22002205,Worried but hopeful,22002205:22002876,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052277,Jersey Tomato,62665633,West of the Hudson,,,22002205,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491054951,"Maybe so, but (a) even if Hillary had won, we would be taking a hard look at how he got so many people to vote for him; and (b) it's incredible how many people are sticking with him, including those like our friend who defy any caricature.",22003449,22003449,<br/>,userReply,1491054183,2,False,22002205,Worried but hopeful,22002205:22003449,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054951,Worried but hopeful,19929446,Delaware,,,22002205,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050869,he has yet to discover that professional wrestling is fake.,22002757,22002757,<br/>,userReply,1491050529,2,False,22002167,Eliza Brewster,22002167:22002757,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050869,d ascher,2563978,"Boston, ma",,,22002167,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052280,"In the campaign, his kids told the media at Trump only wanted to do the ""fun stuff"" and he would let Mike Pence do the rest.",22002937,22002937,<br/>,userReply,1491051629,2,False,22002167,Eliza Brewster,22002167:22002937,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052310,Pat,34150414,Texas,,,22002167,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052613,"Tim, the day Flynn is handcuffed cannot come soon enough. Yelling and inciting a rally to yell ""Lock her up"" about a former 1st lady, Senator and Secretary of State was something that absolutely shocked our brains and we are lifelong Republicans.<br/>He and Drumpt said that Clinton's aides were guilty because they sought immunity. Now, Flynn wants IMMUNITY. HA !<br/>This is stuff you cannot make up!<br/>We the people are the only ones who can overcome<br/>this horrific takeover of our country that we have never seen before. The media could not get used to the constant lies happening because they had never witnessed that craziness.<br/>This is a sample that Putin just put out. He used-- ""read my lips""and attributed it to Reagan, So, the press corrects it all because he named the wrong president. It twists the mind and that is the point. Welcome to our world. ",22002821,22002821,<br/>,userReply,1491050923,2,False,22001797,Tim,22001797:22002821,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491052644,bec,75770532,westport,,,22001797,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052408,"She is still bothered that Don keeps calling Slovenia ""Slovakia"", or ""Slovenia"". So hard to pronounce those foreign country names. Remember when GW was laughed at when he couldn't name the heads of state in Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan? Don couldn't name more than 30 of the 50 States, let alone locate them on a map.",22002818,22002818,<br/>,userReply,1491050908,2,False,22001791,Janie,22001791:22002818,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052408,d ascher,2563978,"Boston, ma",,,22001791,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052410,"She was saying that only the Mexicans have come out of Trump tirades looking good. In case you did not know, Devin Nunes is of Portuguese ancestry.",22002964,22002964,<br/>,userReply,1491051758,2,False,22001218,g.i.,22001218:22002964,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052410,Pat,34150414,Texas,,,22001218,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062738,Thanks. I disagree with your defense and logic. And my so called racism detector is not a bad thing. ,22005084,22005084,<br/>,userReply,1491061631,2,False,22001218,g.i.,22001218:22005084,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062738,g.i.,64462680,l.a.,,,22001218,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,I don't think they look good. And I know Nunes is of portuguese decent. I speak portuguese. Ate logo ,22005114,22005114,<br/>,userReply,1491061772,2,False,22001218,g.i.,22001218:22005114,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,g.i.,64462680,l.a.,,,22001218,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052412,"The people of Maine are desperately waiting and hoping that Trump chooses their governor, the obnoxious LePage, to some federal post. It would rid them of him. He is as nasty as the rest of the Trump team and a self-made businessman, so he is qualified.",22002845,22002845,<br/>,userReply,1491051066,2,False,22001166,pjc,22001166:22002845,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052412,Nora01,55364403,<br/>,,,22001166,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052817,"""How dreary to be Somebody--<br/>How public, like a Frog--<br/>To tell your name--the livelong day--<br/>To an admiring bog--""<br/><br/>Thank you for your prescience, Emily Dickinson.",22002336,22002336,<br/>,userReply,1491047628,2,False,22000240,Lee harrison,22000240:22002336,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052817,Patricia,29403757,"Cleveland, OH",,,22000240,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052613,Animal Farmish rather. Sorry.,22002516,22002516,<br/>,userReply,1491048928,2,False,22002049,R. Adelman,22002049:22002516,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5396/63/cropped-539663.jpg?0.8621124064378181,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491052613,R. Adelman,539663,Philadelphia,,,22002049,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"""All those folks..."" included lawyers like Giuliani and Christie, hedge-fund managers, CEOs and their minions, the owner of Yuenglings brewery, all sorts of Christians including those who take their orders from the Vatican. They were not duped, and will get what they voted for. Unfortunately, in order to deny the right of women to control of their bodies, Catholics had to ignore the core teachings of Jesus.",22002233,22002233,<br/>,userReply,1491046909,2,False,22002012,slimjim,22002012:22002233,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6023/4566/cropped-60234566.jpg,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,dEs joHnson,60234566,"Forest Hills, NY",,,22002012,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052279,"One thing is for sure--Trump is no leader, for he never takes responsibility for anything he says or does.",22002990,22002990,<br/>,userReply,1491051879,2,False,22001976,Wendy L,22001976:22002990,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052279,Pat,34150414,Texas,,,22001976,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052412,"Christie's fall guys, Kelly and Baroni, will get good paying jobs when this is all over. Samson doesn't need any $$$.",22002878,22002878,<br/>,userReply,1491051279,2,False,22001859,vincentgaglione,22001859:22002878,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491052445,bec,75770532,westport,,,22001859,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052408,Bon idee Monsieur!,22002537,22002537,<br/>,userReply,1491049069,2,False,22002086,William Dusenberry,22002086:22002537,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491052408,beth reese,65225965,nyc,,,22002086,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050859,Your comparison to Hitler's supporters says it all. Try leaving that out next time.,22002734,22002734,<br/>,userReply,1491050357,2,False,22001605,Hobbes,22001605:22002734,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050859,Tom Goslin,52238832,Philadelphia,,,22001605,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"You're not being unfair to Trump but you're being unfair to Machiavelli. He never advocated constant lying or constant immorality. He merely suggested that they are sometimes necessary and cannot be avoided if one wishes to maintain power. As a Renaissance man, what Machiavelli counseled was balance and pragmatism, not unrestrained venality. He would not be impressed by the Trump administration.",22002081,22002081,<br/>,userReply,1491045521,2,False,22000512,Brucer,22000512:22002081,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,Dan,27830943,Alexandria,,,22000512,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048376,I didn't know there was a town in Ohio named Denial. I'll have to find it on the map.,22001922,22001922,<br/>,userReply,1491043855,2,False,22000969,Michaelendersby1,22000969:22001922,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048376,claudia demoss,78220540,dallas tx,,,22000969,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052274,Thanks for writing in!,22002000,22002000,<br/>,userReply,1491044627,2,False,22000969,Michaelendersby1,22000969:22002000,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052274,CF,67499157,Massachusetts,,,22000969,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"Friends, or fiends who 'yawn' when the going gets tough are usually bores. Perhaps this American citizen did not understand the basic definition of insanity, but after reading this infected and affected comment, I do now.",22002207,22002207,<br/>,userReply,1491046618,2,False,22000969,Michaelendersby1,22000969:22002207,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Miss Ley,58223613,New York,,,22000969,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"It's easy to understand Paul Ryan when one recalls that one of the books written by his mentor/heroine, Ayn Rand, (whose books he has required his staff to read) is titled, ""The Virtue of Selfishness.""",22002195,22002195,<br/>,userReply,1491046589,2,False,22000404,RK,22000404:22002195,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Jdcolv,66270873,Minnesota,,,22000404,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052409,"I said as much myself: I'm being held hostage to a reality TV program, the likes of which I abhor. It makes no difference which sources you use to educate and inform yourself, it CANNOT be escaped.",22001942,22001942,<br/>,userReply,1491044056,2,False,22001613,H. G.,22001613:22001942,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052409,claudia demoss,78220540,dallas tx,,,22001613,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,Please hang in there. Trump won't be president forever and the rest of us need you!,22001834,22001834,<br/>,userReply,1491042566,2,False,22001109,John,22001109:22001834,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Maryellen Simcoe,63262940,Baltimore md,,,22001109,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,They'd lose their tax exemption if they did. But you are right. It's hard to reconcile his Ayn Rand principles with Catholicism. The hypocrite also benefited from Social Security yet wants to dismember it.,22003294,22003294,<br/>,userReply,1491053395,2,False,22000209,Joe Timmons,22000209:22003294,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7262/6/cropped-72626.jpg?0.9806781237508488,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,Nora Webster,72626,"Lucketts, VA",,,22000209,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,"I am holding put hope the Rex is the only grown up in the group. He already made more money that Croesus so he may know, as only the very rich can know, that all the money in the world really an never fill the hole in one's soul. He may suspect that, at then end of the day, all that matters is if you somehow made the world a better place. There is a chance he will see his SOS role as an opportunity to actually do good. (We could have been stuck with Bolton or Guiliani.) The jury is still out. ",22004843,22004843,<br/>,userReply,1491060739,2,False,22001725,TRB,22001725:22004843,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6470/2728/cropped-64702728.jpg?0.9800722880447814,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,r. mackinnon,64702728,"concord, MA",,,22001725,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062035,why does everything seem to be boiled down to clowns on the left and jokers on the right. We need more bipartisanship and independent thinking and acting in this country for God sake.,22004648,22004648,<br/>,userReply,1491060048,2,False,22001414,Mike B.,22001414:22004648,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062035,trueblue,22178100,KY,,,22001414,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,"From your keyboard to God's ear.<br/>I wish I had great faith in your prophecy, but I remember that it was only 10 years after bush ii was elected and proceeded to trash the world with war and depression that we elected the tea party to rule and ruin congress, once again.<br/>Not remembering our history has led US to repeat, again and again. We don't remember our history, we don't even remember the news.",22004936,22004936,<br/>,userReply,1491061072,2,False,22001414,Mike B.,22001414:22004936,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4212/8569/cropped-42128569.jpg?1173591530237930251,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,Bob Laughlin,42128569,Denver,,,22001414,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064518,I request you talk with a person who remembers WW II.,22005177,22005177,<br/>,userReply,1491062021,2,False,22001414,Mike B.,22001414:22005177,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064518,mmp,39706786,Ohio,,,22001414,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052277,"Reminds me of the short-lived CBS TV Series, BrainDead!",22001994,22001994,<br/>,userReply,1491044585,2,False,22001392,Tom Beeler,22001392:22001994,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052277,claudia demoss,78220540,dallas tx,,,22001392,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052524,YES! We The People,22001965,22001965,<br/>,userReply,1491044253,2,False,22000215,Citizens,22000215:22001965,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052524,claudia demoss,78220540,dallas tx,,,22000215,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,My European friends all say the same thing. I have a friend whose parents<br/>were not Jewish but were sent to the death camps. They survived. As deeply intellectual people they could stand outside parts of the experience and describe what had happened to them and their colleagues as deeply disruptive to every level of their subsequent lives. I am fearful we are about to go through<br/>Something equally horrendous.,22004039,22004039,<br/>,userReply,1491057341,2,False,22000024,S F,22000024:22004039,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Warren Shingle,46032344,Sacramento,,,22000024,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"I guess every vice has its practicing ""genius.""",22002135,22002135,<br/>,userReply,1491046141,2,False,22001333,B. Rothman,22001333:22002135,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,jay reedy,12566950,"providence, ri",,,22001333,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"Rothman, it worked for him in his business dealing. Stick with what you know.",22003386,22003386,<br/>,userReply,1491053872,2,False,22001333,B. Rothman,22001333:22003386,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,sjs,63582179,"bridgeport, ct",,,22001333,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,Like one of his many declared bankruptcies and all of those he cheated from payment. ,22004881,22004881,<br/>,userReply,1491060877,2,False,22001333,B. Rothman,22001333:22004881,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,Brunella,3127789,Brooklyn,,,22001333,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,"What about those of us who didn't sign up for this Ship of Fools? To carry the metaphor on, its like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, except all the rich people in 1st class are allowed in the boats, and the rest of us are in Steerage. And we know what happened to them.",22005007,22005007,<br/>,userReply,1491061364,2,False,21999939,Anna Kisluk,21999939:22005007,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,Slr,46883064,Kansas City,,,21999939,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,"@Anna Kisluk: ""S'il vous plait Madame, soyez plus comprehensive!""As a patriotic American, you should wish all c-in c's to be successful, because if they succeed, so do we. If HRC or Sanders had won on 8 Nov. I and other Americans would wish them them the best, despite our political disagreements.That is the difference between Republicans, we who r on the right, and liberal Democrats who, based on remarks in the Comments column, refuse to engage in a dialogue,in a meaningful back and forth.Jean Marcel Zagame, head of Jeune Nation in Algeria when it was still French, explained to me that whereas the Left employed the word, ""comrade,"" the Right employed the word ""friend!""Reflect on that profundity for a moment.We Trump supporters do not have ""l'esprit ferme,"" do not believe that for us to succeed the other side must fail.Trump has not lost one iota of support from his base despite the ill will shown by Dem. Party stalwarts like Schumer and Pelosi inter alios. ",22005052,22005052,<br/>,userReply,1491061531,2,False,21999939,Anna Kisluk,21999939:22005052,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6718/2855/cropped-67182855.jpg,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,ALALEXANDER HARRISON,67182855,New York City,,,21999939,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062738,"@Anna Kisluk:""Soyez plus comprehensive, s'il vous plait!""As a patriotic American, you should wish all of our chiefs of state to succeed, because when they r successful, so r we. If HRC or Sanders had won, we on the right would wish them well.Jean Marcel Zagame, head of an extreme right wing grouplet in Akgeria when the ""provinces 'outre mer"" were still French, explained to me that whereas the left including the ""cocos,"" or communists employed the greeting , ""comrade,""the right called its adherents friends. Reflect on that profundity for a moment.GOP is settling in for a two term presidency under Trump. My advice is to get used to it! ",22005254,22005254,<br/>,userReply,1491062388,2,False,21999939,Anna Kisluk,21999939:22005254,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6718/2855/cropped-67182855.jpg,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062738,ALALEXANDER HARRISON,67182855,New York City,,,21999939,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055050,"Why not use the Russian National Anthem? When Trump and Putin meet you will only have to play the anthem once. And the Russian flag is already red, white and blue so why not just use one flag? ",22003341,22003341,<br/>,userReply,1491053605,2,False,22000708,Kent Pillsbury,22000708:22003341,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055050,blackmamba,17374907,IL,,,22000708,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491054950,"I had considered the song, "" Who's sorry now"" to be the new national anthem.",22003533,22003533,<br/>,userReply,1491054591,2,False,22000708,Kent Pillsbury,22000708:22003533,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054950,Janet,26434983,Key West,,,22000708,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,"<br/>The Stones will sue. Like other artists, they want no association with this sociopath. ",22004869,22004869,<br/>,userReply,1491060830,2,False,22000708,Kent Pillsbury,22000708:22004869,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6470/2728/cropped-64702728.jpg?0.9800722880447814,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,r. mackinnon,64702728,"concord, MA",,,22000708,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041619,Ouch.,22001754,22001754,<br/>,userReply,1491041095,2,False,22000876,The Dog,22000876:22001754,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041619,Not Again,73855800,USA,,,22000876,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,"Please! This can't go on for another 45 months--the country, and the world, couldn't survive that long!",22002028,22002028,<br/>,userReply,1491044986,2,False,22001554,Den,22001554:22002028,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Lisa,12515143,Charlottesville,,,22001554,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491051047,Spicer's salary is higher than that of the president????,22001880,22001880,<br/>,userReply,1491043234,2,False,22001369,Annette Johnson,22001369:22001880,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4692/6660/cropped-46926660.jpg?0.22607786998986978,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491051047,Eric,46926660,New Jersey,,,22001369,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052899,"Everyone's is. Remember, Little Donald loves us all so much he's doing the job for free.<br/><br/>OK, it's time for everybody to laugh.",22003131,22003131,<br/>,userReply,1491052603,2,False,22001369,Annette Johnson,22001369:22003131,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052899,KJ,63446969,Tennessee,,,22001369,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,"The people who voted for him, this is what they voted for. They listened to phony Russian propaganda, and they have a phony president.",22004811,22004811,<br/>,userReply,1491060623,2,False,21999995,James,21999995:22004811,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,sandhillgarden,51001833,"Gainesville, FL",,,21999995,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062756,Good questions.,22004878,22004878,<br/>,userReply,1491060873,2,False,21999995,James,21999995:22004878,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062756,Mark,10291990,Tucson,,,21999995,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062738,"The people who voted for him, thankfully, are a shrinking minority who are motivated as indicated in this prior response by DBMAN of Portland Oregon (March 31, 2017). <br/><br/>Mr. Trump is the symptom. The problem is a huge swath of the American electorate who have legitimate economic concerns, but who are also consumed with animosity towards minorities, foreigners, liberals, and anyone that threatens to raise up any group other than the white working class. They, like Mr. Trump, also despise people who have more education and training than they do because educated people give them an inferiority complex. (Mr. Trump is reputed to have an inferiority complex because he never felt accepted by the Manhattan elite.) This explains the hostility of Trump supporters, and Mr. Trump himself, to experts in science, economics, foreign affairs, public policy, journalism, or any academic profession.<br/><br/>Thus, to Trump and his supporters, a reduction in foreign tourism or fewer foreign applicants to American universities is a feature, not a bug, of Trump's policies.<br/><br/>Until Mr. Trump and like-minded politicians are removed from office, their policies will lead to an inevitable American decline",22005215,22005215,<br/>,userReply,1491062194,2,False,21999995,James,21999995:22005215,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062738,Bruce Maier,75684432,"Shoreham, BY",,,21999995,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,"Actually, they were the significant majority, if you count the votes. ",22004667,22004667,<br/>,userReply,1491060139,2,False,22001364,George,22001364:22004667,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6470/2728/cropped-64702728.jpg?0.9800722880447814,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,r. mackinnon,64702728,"concord, MA",,,22001364,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061934,"not quite - the decent ones were actually in the majority, but unfortunately many of their votes (almost 3 million of them) did not count because of the ""rigged"" electoral college voting system...",22005055,22005055,<br/>,userReply,1491061544,2,False,22001364,George,22001364:22005055,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061934,JN,29623573,"Baltimore, MD",,,22001364,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061960,"The decent people were not in the minority. Last fall, Hillary Clinton got millions more votes than did Donald Trump. Millions more voted for Democratic than for Republican candidates for Senate.<br/><br/>Our present predicament traces back to this nation's Original Sin: ensuring that the new national government would not prevent slavery. That helped give us the absurdity of a Senate in which 25 states with less than one-sixth of the population combined get as much representation as the 25 states with the other five-sixths of the population, and an Electoral College that once again has prevented the winner of the popular vote from taking office. ",22005144,22005144,<br/>,userReply,1491061902,2,False,22001364,George,22001364:22005144,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061960,EdM,5488047,Brookline MA,,,22001364,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041618,"You are in luck. Kellyanne is indeed a lawyer, having graduated from the George Washington University School of Law and served as a judical clerk for Judge Richard Levie.",22001743,22001743,<br/>,userReply,1491040751,2,False,22001470,Frank,22001470:22001743,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041618,James,223159,New York,,,22001470,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052412,But she is a lawyer,22001950,22001950,<br/>,userReply,1491044111,2,False,22001470,Frank,22001470:22001950,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052412,mother of two,18221531,IL,,,22001470,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491044887,"Regarding the kind corrections. That makes things worse. As long as I thought of her as a general partisan operative, I could understand her many errors, but as a trained lawyer, you got to wonder.",22002015,22002015,<br/>,userReply,1491044823,2,False,22001470,Frank,22001470:22002015,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1755/5430/cropped-17555430.jpg?0.8385502484161407,6,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491044887,Frank,17555430,Durham,,,22001470,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052529,I believed it the instant he lied about his race times. Just sayin' . . .,22001424,22001424,<br/>,userReply,1491031415,2,False,22001304,Mark Thomason,22001304:22001424,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052529,barbara jackson,78009466,adrian MI,,,22001304,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491034566,Someone should have taken Ryan's asterisks and suggested a couple of arithmetically plausible ways to fill them out and make his spreadsheets add up. ,22001537,22001537,<br/>,userReply,1491034521,2,False,22001304,Mark Thomason,22001304:22001537,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5735/3517/cropped-57353517.jpg?0.6396935859229416,14,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491034566,sdavidc9,57353517,Cornwall,,,22001304,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041327,"Hey, he's a good Roman Catholic altar boy. Where's the Pope when you need him. He should speak to Ryan",22001720,22001720,<br/>,userReply,1491040238,2,False,22001304,Mark Thomason,22001304:22001720,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041327,esp,65634231,Illinois,,,22001304,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040973,"Well, Kellyanne's husband is being appointed to Justice, so I guess they can both implode at once. Sorry for their kids-eggs in one basket and all...",22001651,22001651,<br/>,userReply,1491038739,2,False,22001246,Philip S. Wenz,22001246:22001651,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040973,CJC PhD,19814354,"Oly, WA",,,22001246,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055044,"There are too many women in Trumps administration, so being the most problematic she gone. Expect the other 3 to follow.",22003248,22003248,<br/>,userReply,1491053147,2,False,22001246,Philip S. Wenz,22001246:22003248,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055044,terri,66367317,USA,,,22001246,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064403,"Last I heard, Kellyanne was cleaning out the WH microwave. ",22004894,22004894,<br/>,userReply,1491060947,2,False,22001246,Philip S. Wenz,22001246:22004894,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6470/2728/cropped-64702728.jpg?0.9800722880447814,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064403,r. mackinnon,64702728,"concord, MA",,,22001246,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055044,"Christine, we can only hope that by day 100 (if I can last that long) Trump will be so bored with the Presidency that he will resign in full pique! I think he is bored already with ""governing"" and ""leading"". He can go back to his insulated role as CEO where if he says ""Jump!"", his sycophants will say ""How high?"" This is his natural habitat where he will not have to deal with those pesky legislators and their constituents.",22003451,22003451,<br/>,userReply,1491054205,2,False,22000813,Christine McM,22000813:22003451,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055044,Kate,77750430,"Austin, TX",,,22000813,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,"For those folks outside the NY Metro area Jeanine Pirro was DA of Westchester County (the very prosperous county just north of and bordering on NYC). In NY District Attorney is an elective position.<br/>She's originally from upstate Elmira, NY and by all accounts did very well in high school, college (SUNY Buffalo), and law school (Albany), a very smart woman.<br/>Unfortunately she married Al Pirro a shady real estate character (sounding familiar?) who was convicted of conspiracy and Tax evasion and did time in a federal pen, who was also a philanderer whom she divorced.<br/>That she is a Trump supporter and sycophant just goes to show that smart people can be really dumb.",22004731,22004731,<br/>,userReply,1491060339,2,False,22000813,Christine McM,22000813:22004731,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,William P. Flynn,64708548,"Mohegan Lake, NY",,,22000813,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,"I've read that he has adopted the scowl and the hunch because he thinks, or was told, it makes him look like Winston Churchill.<br/>He and McConnell could be models for a couple of new muppets; two very mean and nasty muppets.",22004864,22004864,<br/>,userReply,1491060810,2,False,22000813,Christine McM,22000813:22004864,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4212/8569/cropped-42128569.jpg?1173591530237930251,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,Bob Laughlin,42128569,Denver,,,22000813,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061874,"Remember, Prunella, that the wind doesn't just blow in one direction. We will all get those heavy metals and toxins. They will not only be in the air we breathe; they will be in the food we eat. We are already ingesting carcinogens from the pesticides sprayed on our crops and genetically engineered in to them to make them resistant to disease and insects. Who cares what damage they cause later? It is difficult to prove. What matters is the profits Monsanto makes.",22004240,22004240,<br/>,userReply,1491058297,2,False,22000540,Socrates,22000540:22004240,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061874,Nora01,55364403,<br/>,,,22000540,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062023,"Market forces have already ensured that coal will not come back.<br/>The future is in natural gas and renewables.<br/>DT will be remembered, among other things, as the American Luddite .",22004708,22004708,<br/>,userReply,1491060271,2,False,22000540,Socrates,22000540:22004708,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6470/2728/cropped-64702728.jpg?0.9800722880447814,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062023,r. mackinnon,64702728,"concord, MA",,,22000540,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062738,"Don't forget that Trump is pursing a plan to cut foreign aid as more than 20 million in Africa are suffering from famine and facing death. I really can't get that interested in how Devin Nunes snuck into the White House grounds. is Instead of bombing and killing Syrian civilians, Trump could use the military to get food aid to these countries. Karma is real, Donald. Same to Canada and all other western countries who are sitting on their hands.",22005222,22005222,<br/>,userReply,1491062215,2,False,22000540,Socrates,22000540:22005222,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062738,Susan,78014829,Toronto Canada,,,22000540,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050859,"""Take away the ideas, and they are just logs, floating in that fetid swamp."" Thank you for the first laugh of my day! ",22002746,22002746,<br/>,userReply,1491050448,2,False,22000535,gemli,22000535:22002746,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050859,June,47513469,Charleston,,,22000535,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052412,"""They are, without a doubt, the dumbest people on the planet.""<br/>Credit should go to Murdoch's FIX News,Limbaugh,Hannity,Beck and a cabal of right wing demagogues who brain washed them into a herd mentality. ",22002777,22002777,<br/>,userReply,1491050638,2,False,22000535,gemli,22000535:22002777,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052412,morGan,10237230,NYC,,,22000535,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,"""...Republicans,,,,,were once ideologues. Take away the ideas, and they're just logs, floating in that fetid swamp.""<br/><br/>Brilliant. ",22004302,22004302,<br/>,userReply,1491058547,2,False,22000535,gemli,22000535:22004302,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062689,cph,66880070,Massachusetts,,,22000535,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491017287,Ryan has few ideas and fewer political skills it seems. Whatever he thought he had up his sleeve regarding health care has vanished nearly instantly. He is fighting one set of Republicans who have begun to care a little about the health of their constituents (up for election in a blueish state are you?) and another who doesn't care about anything except axing programs. Who knew governing could be this hard? ,22000600,22000600,<br/>,userReply,1491017223,2,False,22000118,mancuroc,22000118:22000600,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5678/0855/cropped-56780855.jpg?0.19969997461885214,152,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491017287,Susan,56780855,Eastern WA,,,22000118,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"To the GOTP, the Speaker of the House role means nothing without the Party first.<br/><br/>No, sadly enough, Ryan really IS Speaker of his Party first and foremost. It's Party over Country all the way with him.",22003579,22003579,<br/>,userReply,1491054839,2,False,22000118,mancuroc,22000118:22003579,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6590/6412/cropped-65906412.jpg?0.2712489867117256,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,GWBear,65906412,Florida,,,22000118,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057339,"Hard to believe after all these years that it was just a pretty face in an empty suit. Now he get his own government airplane to fly him home and the big office with an extra $50k in pay. A heiress for a wife and a ""what me worry"" for attitude. Some guys have all the luck!",22003658,22003658,<br/>,userReply,1491055279,2,False,22000118,mancuroc,22000118:22003658,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057339,carl99e,18171296,"Wilmington, NC",,,22000118,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"Samme,<br/>America has lost its cultural and historical memory. Mark Twain lived from 1835-1910. Mark Twain wrote truth to power and those that read Twain know that even Donald Trump is a saint compared to so many of our heroes.<br/>America is a much better place than it has ever been.<br/>In Alice through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll introduced to Humpty Dumpty an egg that looked like Donald Trump and spoke like Donald Trump.<br/>Lewis Carroll was a professor of logic at Oxford and Donald Trump's world is a lot like the other side of the looking glass. Humpty Dumpty's defence for his words not meaning what we think they mean is exactly the same as the Trump defence.<br/>Words mean what Donald chooses them to mean ""neither more, nor less.""<br/>Who is in control the words or Mr Trump?<br/>Since we don't do addition and subtraction without a calculator maybe it is time study logic instead of arithmetic.",22000769,22000769,<br/>,userReply,1491018909,2,False,21999837,Samme Chittum,21999837:22000769,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6294/5206/cropped-62945206.jpg?11793331961204915387,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,Montreal Moe,62945206,"WestPark, Quebec",,,21999837,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052604,"You glorify him. Rather like the fetid, rank, sucking muck at the bottom of a swamp.",22001298,22001298,n/a,userReply,1491027392,2,False,21999837,Samme Chittum,21999837:22001298,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052604,Betsy Toll,56537470,"Portland, Oregon",,,21999837,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040980,"Samme: ""Even planets and large stars will be drawn"".<br/>Please Samme, he doesn't have that much power.",22001735,22001735,<br/>,userReply,1491040476,2,False,21999837,Samme Chittum,21999837:22001735,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040980,esp,65634231,Illinois,,,21999837,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491054951,"Granted, I've never been in the position to find out, but I'd like to think that there is not enough money out there to get me to lie in public the way Spicer has become famous for. I have no sympathy for this kind of low-life sell-out.",22003295,22003295,<br/>,userReply,1491053398,2,False,21999790,NM,21999790:22003295,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,23,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054951,Marty,50604656,Milwaukee,,,21999790,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064341,"Spicer is playing to one person, Trump....can't you just envision Trump watching Spicer's press conferences...rooting him on to be snarky and disrespectful to the press...to re-broadcast later, is just an added bonus.",22004931,22004931,<br/>,userReply,1491061059,2,False,21999790,NM,21999790:22004931,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6521/6637/cropped-65216637.jpg?66754762136231675,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064341,Bill,65216637,New Jersey,,,21999790,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,Of course! That's what so much of the spew is about — it's all stage managed in one reality for a different reality.,22005060,22005060,<br/>,userReply,1491061553,2,False,21999790,NM,21999790:22005060,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062737,Mary Trimble,44167981,"Evanston, Illinois",,,21999790,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041625,I agree...it won't be long before something really serious happens and all we have to deal with it is Trump and his minions. Woe is us.,22000443,22000443,<br/>,userReply,1491015672,2,False,21999787,Blue Moon,21999787:22000443,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041656,satchmo,61006133,virginia,,,21999787,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491051121,So *that's* how Spicer got the job!,22000984,22000984,<br/>,userReply,1491021405,2,False,21999721,MCV207,21999721:22000984,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491051121,Jazzmandel,56014823,Chicago,,,21999721,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040970,Exactly!,22001365,22001365,<br/>,userReply,1491029469,2,False,21999721,MCV207,21999721:22001365,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040970,Mary Louise,69412050,Los Angeles,,,21999721,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052280,It’s very sad when the only “talent” you can turn into a job is to twist and torture words until they scream. Spicer and Conway have taken this ability to new heights.,22002822,22002822,<br/>,userReply,1491050933,2,False,21999721,MCV207,21999721:22002822,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1712/6318/cropped-17126318.jpg?2075037871249040217,5,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491052280,Janet Camp,17126318,Mikwaukee,,,21999721,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046806,That sounds interesting. Go on.,22000706,22000706,n/a,userReply,1491018203,2,False,21999862,scrim1,21999862:22000706,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046806,Janet,15091533,Chicago,,,21999862,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050869,"Some times we don't realize how much something hurts until it stops. Melania is getting a break from living with a gigantic two-year old, even though it is at our expense. I am sure Barron is more mature than his dad. The two of them must be relaxing their tensed shoulders without Donnie-boy around constantly. It would not surprise me in the least if she filed for divorce a few months after having to move in with him at the White House. He is verbally abusive to everyone around him. I doubt she is an exception.",22002762,22002762,<br/>,userReply,1491050565,2,False,21999862,scrim1,21999862:22002762,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050869,Nora01,55364403,<br/>,,,21999862,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040508,"I thought it was strange that these guys were all wearing polo shirts. I figured, out of respect for the office they would be more formally attired. Now it turns out they were coal execs dressed straight out of central casting and insulting the very people they were impersonating.",22000486,22000486,<br/>,userReply,1491016032,2,False,21999845,MKKW,21999845:22000486,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/8203/131/cropped-8203131.jpg?0.695586818227082,23,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040508,Stan Continople,8203131,Brooklyn,,,21999845,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040513,"In the summer of 1991, workers at an Atomic Bomb plant in Albuquerque went on strike because, with the cold war winding down America would no longer need as many a-bombs and they were in danger of losing their jobs. As the saying goes, the shirt is closer to the body than the jacket.",22001465,22001465,<br/>,userReply,1491032618,2,False,21999845,MKKW,21999845:22001465,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040513,michael cullen,15424499,berlin germany,,,21999845,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050573,barbara Jackson - I recently re-read Giant by Edna Ferber. I don't think Texas will ever get the message.,22002469,22002469,<br/>,userReply,1491048562,2,False,21999782,Pete in SA,21999782:22002469,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050573,DR,65351610,New England,,,21999782,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491050817,"Since you're in San Antone why don't you head down to the Alamo and read the plaque on the cenotaph, especially the part where it states that this monument to those who stood for independence form central government authority was paid for by the U.S. Government. Then get back to us.",22002721,22002721,<br/>,userReply,1491050263,2,False,21999782,Pete in SA,21999782:22002721,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050817,BSF,36716674,"North Creek, NY",,,21999782,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,BSF.<br/>I know my history. I remember the Alamo. My heroes were the San Patricios who woke up and smelled the coffee.,22004016,22004016,<br/>,userReply,1491057239,2,False,21999782,Pete in SA,21999782:22004016,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6294/5206/cropped-62945206.jpg?11793331961204915387,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062689,Montreal Moe,62945206,"WestPark, Quebec",,,21999782,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052277,"When Rand's husband got sick, she took help from Social Security. Sometimes ""selfishness"" requires government help.",22002978,22002978,<br/>,userReply,1491051808,2,False,21999731,Caveat Emptor,21999731:22002978,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6532/6277/cropped-65326277.jpg?0.5299402666788198,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052277,David Henry,65326277,Concord,,,21999731,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491055043,"Her followers do preach an odd version of Objectivism: ""I don't want to pay for food stamps for some loser--but don't you touch my Medicare!""<br/><br/>It's so hard to be ideologically pure!",22003225,22003225,<br/>,userReply,1491053030,2,False,21999731,Caveat Emptor,21999731:22003225,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055043,Bystander,61547990,Upstate,,,21999731,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062737,"Dorothy Parker once said of Ayn Rand and ""Atlas Shrugged"", ""This is not a book to be tossed aside lightly. No, it should be heaved away with great vigor.""",22004753,22004753,<br/>,userReply,1491060422,2,False,21999731,Caveat Emptor,21999731:22004753,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4212/8569/cropped-42128569.jpg?1173591530237930251,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062737,Bob Laughlin,42128569,Denver,,,21999731,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041328,"And to think that Kellyanne Goebbels got an award for her work:<br/><a href=""http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/politico-playbook-kellyanne-conway-aapc-236678"" title=""http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/politico-playbook-kellyanne-conway-aapc-236678"" target=""_blank"">http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/politico-playbook-kellyanne-conway...</a>",22001286,22001286,<br/>,userReply,1491027136,2,False,21999711,Brown,21999711:22001286,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041328,Bimberg,66949592,Guatemala,,,21999711,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052605,Kelly-Anne,22001642,22001642,<br/>,userReply,1491038321,2,False,21999711,Brown,21999711:22001642,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052605,Bonnie Rudner,17169033,"Newton, ma",,,21999711,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,@Brown<br/><br/>Liing is part of the Republican DNA. ,22003642,22003642,<br/>,userReply,1491055179,2,False,21999711,Brown,21999711:22003642,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4954/846/cropped-4954846.jpg?0.30143147544004023,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,Welcome Canada,4954846,Canada,,,21999711,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"He deserves no sympathy. He knew before he took the job that he would be defending lies and he took it anyway. He's also astonishingly incoherent for someone in the business of communications, having almost no ability to speak in complete sentences. Maybe that's something you can catch from Truthless Trump. ",22001293,22001293,<br/>,userReply,1491027296,2,False,21999829,Greg,21999829:22001293,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,20,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,Bimberg,66949592,Guatemala,,,21999829,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040977,Sean Spincter was well liked?,22001491,22001491,<br/>,userReply,1491033439,2,False,21999829,Greg,21999829:22001491,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040977,Stephen,62813733,"Geneva, Ny",,,21999829,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040510,@Greg: Looking forward to Melissa McCarthy's next appearance on SNL. He's giving her so much great material.,22001634,22001634,<br/>,userReply,1491038050,2,False,21999829,Greg,21999829:22001634,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2690/0165/cropped-26900165.jpg?0.8206388991097251,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040510,Nedra Schneebly,26900165,Rocky Mountains,,,21999829,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040512,"Unfortunately the rest of America pays for the cost of the china, whether ceramic or country in a trade war. ",22001300,22001300,<br/>,userReply,1491027417,2,False,21999808,carllowe,21999808:22001300,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040512,Bimberg,66949592,Guatemala,,,21999808,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040977,"They already did, it was called The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show starring Boris Badenov, Natasha Nogoodnik and Fearless Leader.....please somebody send in Moose and Squirrel. ",22001593,22001593,<br/>,userReply,1491036577,2,False,21999805,SA,21999805:22001593,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040977,georgiadem,56882632,Atlanta,,,21999805,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048273,"@Andrew G. Bjelland, Sr.: I saw that exchange. Although Brooks half-heartedly defended Paul Ryan, he looked mortally embarrassed at the mention of his name.",22001629,22001629,<br/>,userReply,1491037965,2,False,21999809,"Andrew G. Bjelland, Sr.",21999809:22001629,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2690/0165/cropped-26900165.jpg?0.8206388991097251,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048273,Nedra Schneebly,26900165,Rocky Mountains,,,21999809,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040972,"It was the Sierra Nevada, in the US, not the Sierra Madre in Mexico, just sayin'. Shields was wrong when he said it.",22001644,22001644,<br/>,userReply,1491038343,2,False,21999809,"Andrew G. Bjelland, Sr.",21999809:22001644,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040972,CJC PhD,19814354,"Oly, WA",,,21999809,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,"@Richard: No wonder the Donner party perished, if they wandered all the way to Mexico. Richard, did you enroll in Trump University's history/geography class?",22004180,22004180,<br/>,userReply,1491057955,2,False,21999809,"Andrew G. Bjelland, Sr.",21999809:22004180,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062689,Aaron,50676146,Houston,,,21999809,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046121,"After her initially promising career in Westchester as an assistant D.A., the further up the ladder Pirro attempted to go the more disastrous she became until she actually became a laughing stock in many circles here. Then the only job she could get was on Fox, and there most who have ever seen her have been reduced to ""good grief!"" comments.",22001391,22001391,<br/>,userReply,1491030259,2,False,21999762,NM,21999762:22001391,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046121,Elizabeth W.,54004670,"Croton, NY",,,21999762,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491061933,"I truly despise Jeanine Pirro, but for the sake of accuracy, she actually took office after his trial. Though she reportedly refused to review the case in response to his continued pleas of innocence. <br/><br/><a href=""http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/nyregion/21dna.html"" title=""http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/nyregion/21dna.html"" target=""_blank"">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/nyregion/21dna.html</a>",22004366,22004366,<br/>,userReply,1491058821,2,False,21999762,NM,21999762:22004366,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491061933,Jonathan,20106866,"New York, NY",,,21999762,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491060310,"For a lot of People in Westchester, where she had started out with massive political support, that was the ultimate reveal of her character. The stuff with her husband - and his hijinks - showed that the law didn't apply to them, in her mind, and that she was vengeful. The refusal to take any action to get that man freed, when she had evidence of innocence, was cruel. Apparently, to her it is all about winning -- she's a trump wannabe.",22004707,22004707,<br/>,userReply,1491060269,2,False,21999762,NM,21999762:22004707,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3309/5648/cropped-33095648.jpg?0.6315588725265115,0,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491060310,Cheryl,33095648,Yorktown,,,21999762,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052277,"Including, I suppose, wishing Sean Spicer on Sean Spicer.",22002968,22002968,<br/>,userReply,1491051774,2,False,21999841,Bruce,21999841:22002968,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052277,Brad Page,65243507,North Carolina,,,21999841,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"Not to get too Biblical, Bruce, but this is truly a case of you reap what you sow. They should have know better. ",22003367,22003367,<br/>,userReply,1491053779,2,False,21999841,Bruce,21999841:22003367,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,sjs,63582179,"bridgeport, ct",,,21999841,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064332,"Sean Spicer...had the reputation at Connecticut College for being able to talk and talk and never say anything. In an article when he was running for student body president, the college newspaper called him ""Sean Sphincter."" When he complained, they (accurately) stated that it was a spell-check error. What they did not say was that it was caught before it went to press, and kept, because it was so appropriate.",22004739,22004739,<br/>,userReply,1491060375,2,False,21999841,Bruce,21999841:22004739,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064332,Old Mountain Man,2200818,New England,,,21999841,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040980,I so hope you win your bet.,22000901,22000901,<br/>,userReply,1491020419,2,False,21999860,stu freeman,21999860:22000901,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5737/7024/cropped-57377024.jpg?0.06474799360148609,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040980,Trauts,57377024,Sherbrooke,,,21999860,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040503,"I'm hoping Ryan et al receive nothing more than a ticket back to ""civilian"" life by being voted OUT of office as soon as possible--and a swift, hard kick in the behind as they are on their way out the door. That would be the appropriate ""reward"" for a group of people who get their jollies from repeatedly kicking the neediest among us.",21999971,21999971,<br/>,userReply,1491012111,2,False,21999838,Charles,21999838:21999971,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,24,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040503,VB,65937676,"San Diego, CA",,,21999838,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040510,Saddest and most on-point of all the comments and observations here. This is a most tragic time for our country. and I am old enough to remember Watergate.,22001168,22001168,n/a,userReply,1491024642,2,False,21999657,hal9000,21999657:22001168,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040510,Out of Stater,66813752,Colorado,,,21999657,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062689,"Not all of the United States of America is cursed. <br/><br/>Listening to the Southern drawls of the likes of Mitch McConnell, Jeff Sessions and Trey Gowdy I hear them whistling and singing ""Dixie"" and waving their Stars and Bars"" over their Confederate States of America. Replacing their Civil War loss with a rolling tide of governing victory over Washington District of Columbia.",22003874,22003874,<br/>,userReply,1491056574,2,False,21999657,hal9000,21999657:22003874,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062689,blackmamba,17374907,IL,,,21999657,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491062690,Thanks for this! Very funny.,22004352,22004352,<br/>,userReply,1491058766,2,False,21999657,hal9000,21999657:22004352,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062690,Wallis172,46988161,"New York, NY",,,21999657,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040980,"Gosh, I miss Seamus and his bland human. More sanctified than Trump, less sanctimonious than Pence.",22000742,22000742,<br/>,userReply,1491018601,2,False,21999589,wb,21999589:22000742,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040980,Leslie,21256434,Virginia,,,21999589,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040513,"Some of us long for the ""good old days"" of Seamus.",22000892,22000892,<br/>,userReply,1491020277,2,False,21999589,wb,21999589:22000892,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040513,Carol Wilson,77784244,"Bloomington, IN",,,21999589,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041706,"I actually stopped reading Gail Collins because I didn't want Trump served with a dash of humor. However, I succumbed today and was pleasantly pleased. <br/><br/>I'm back on the Collins train.",22001786,22001786,<br/>,userReply,1491041693,2,False,21999589,wb,21999589:22001786,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491041706,Debra,32140220,Formerly From Nyc,,,21999589,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491048376,Wrong! It's always Obama/s (that woman's) fault!,22000929,22000929,<br/>,userReply,1491020761,2,False,21999664,Brainfelt,21999664:22000929,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048376,what me worry,47931530,nyc,,,21999664,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040969,flynn will lok good in a US Federal Prison orange jumpsuit. No decorations just PRISONER printed on the back!,22001062,22001062,<br/>,userReply,1491022902,2,False,21999664,Brainfelt,21999664:22001062,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6391/6459/cropped-63916459.jpg?0.5629664602171418,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040969,Jack,63916459,"Boston, MA",,,21999664,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491052274,Karma is delicious when served on a flynn cracker.,22002754,22002754,<br/>,userReply,1491050502,2,False,21999664,Brainfelt,21999664:22002754,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052275,PhilDawg,77904063,Vancouver BC,,,21999664,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040974,"Meanwhile, their previous ""idea"" guy was Newton Leroy Gingrich, who's become one of the political Undead, lurching out unexpectedly to groan and moan. Oh, and Reagan, and Bush the Lesser, and…<br/><br/>Does make one wonder about the Dems, that they can't beat this string of tomato cans.",22000591,22000591,<br/>,userReply,1491017125,2,False,21999548,THW,21999548:22000591,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040974,Miss Anne Thrope,72535770,Utah,,,21999548,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041646,Clinton did win the popular vote...,22001781,22001781,<br/>,userReply,1491041621,2,False,21999548,THW,21999548:22001781,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491041646,Debra,32140220,Formerly From Nyc,,,21999548,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041619,Feet off the couch Kelly! Naughty.,22000068,22000068,n/a,userReply,1491012775,2,False,21999686,R. Law,21999686:22000068,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4690/7350/cropped-46907350.jpg,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041619,Rick,46907350,Philadelphia,,,21999686,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491041618,"For some reason, your comment brought to mind the Kingston Trio's rendition of ""With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm.""",22000104,22000104,<br/>,userReply,1491012989,2,False,21999686,R. Law,21999686:22000104,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491041618,Rahn Becker,79079820,"Arnold, CA",,,21999686,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491040974,Good idea! Call Randy Rainbow. He always knows just where to look for Kellyanne.,22001368,22001368,n/a,userReply,1491029491,2,False,21999686,R. Law,21999686:22001368,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040974,Deborah,34373870,"Ithaca, NY",,,21999686,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491046487,"The first two lines are priceless! Great job as always, Mr. Eisenberg.",22001229,22001229,<br/>,userReply,1491025946,2,False,21999616,Larry Eisenberg,21999616:22001229,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491046487,Expat Annie,17660444,Germany,,,21999616,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491049988,"Larry, I hope you plan to publish a collection of these. I'd buy.",22002671,22002671,<br/>,userReply,1491049954,2,False,21999616,Larry Eisenberg,21999616:22002671,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1690/9680/cropped-16909680.jpg?0.18742326740175486,9,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491049988,Sarah D.,16909680,"Monague, MA",,,21999616,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491057338,"When does Larry get a Pulitzer? It's overdue!<br/><br/>God bless you, sir! You bring sanity of sorts to an insane world...",22003479,22003479,<br/>,userReply,1491054395,2,False,21999616,Larry Eisenberg,21999616:22003479,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6590/6412/cropped-65906412.jpg?0.2712489867117256,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491057338,GWBear,65906412,Florida,,,21999616,58def3237c459f24986d7c84,Unknown,OpEd,823,23,Op-Ed,,,,,,
+1491064289,"There's Putin, there's Duterte, there's Maduro, and then there's Trump. ",22004409,22004409,<br/>,comment,1491059038,1,False,0,,22004409,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,26,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064289,Citizen,57063446,Planet,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064274,"Venezuela provides 'free' health care for all its people, 'generous' welfare programs and the government is always attacking the 'greedy' corporations that progressives despise so much.<br/><br/>So tell me again why the NYT is not praising Venezuela? After all, every policy and program the NYT supports would take the USA towards Venezuela's situation.",22003803,22003803,<br/>,comment,1491056150,1,False,0,,22003803,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,20,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064274,John T,1558582,"Los Angeles, Californai",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064252,"America, take note.",22004070,22004070,<br/>,comment,1491057517,1,False,0,,22004070,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5946/2016/cropped-59462016.jpg?0.30663872039961193,12,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491064252,Bri,59462016,Toronto,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064234,"Why not? Seems dictatorships are where it's at. If the US can come this close, why not Venezuela?",22003632,22003632,<br/>,comment,1491055119,1,False,0,,22003632,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064234,Virginia,15876855,"Cape Cod, MA",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064227,"Brandishing the Constitition?!? Pfff!! Mere parchment. Isn't the Constitution is a living, breathing document, which changes with the times? Does not the judiciary possesses the power to effect the necessary changes to the foundational document?<br/><br/>What American leftist objects to a decision, in which “... the court declared that henceforth the judicial branch would execute all powers normally reserved for the legislature”? Isn’t that sort of judicial power grab precisely what the left advocates – provided that the “judges” are leftists, like RBG, SS, SB, and RK? Indeed, doesn’t this paper routinely run editorials against originalism, on the grounds that judges should be empowered to arrive at the “correct” results, even when the actual law inconveniently dictates another result?<br/><br/>In short, the VZ court seems to have simply taken the Roe doctrine – that the law is whatever a committee of geriatric lawyers thinks it should be – and applied it to VZ’s circumstances, as the judges there see them. Waving the Constitution? Please. That’s so Scalia.<br/><br/>The American left should take notice, as it routinely advocates for rule by judges, unconstrained by the text and history of the law. NEVER take power for yourselves to which you’d object if it were wielded by folks with whom you disagree. Empowering judges to ignore the law is a fool’s errand. The result today might be abortion or gay marriage; tomorrow, tyranny you don't like. And you will have only yourselves to blame.",22004937,22004937,<br/>,comment,1491061073,1,False,0,,22004937,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064227,Michael,6393110,"Morris Township, NJ",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064223,"Venezuela is not ""one step closer to outright dictatorship."" Functionally it IS a dictatorship.",22003478,22003478,<br/>,comment,1491054391,1,False,0,,22003478,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064223,BF,63130338,Boston,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064086,"We could be on the same path. I recall that around 2003-2004 the Vz government began to close down decades old programs, work training programs that had been around for decades...pushing out foreign contractors, ""appealing to the Barrios""<br/><br/>Is Trump is Chavez, without the accent? I do not thin so, but you never know...<br/><br/>Caracas is a beautiful place.....too bad",22003964,22003964,<br/>,comment,1491056993,1,False,0,,22003964,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6733/4116/cropped-67334116.jpg?0.7299161159899086,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064086,Hawkeye,67334116,Cincinnati,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"How curious! There is no mention of the word ""socialism"" anywhere in the editorial. I wonder why?",22005243,22005243,<br/>,comment,1491062301,1,False,0,,22005243,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,22,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Bob Kantor,63260310,Palo Alto CA,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,But ... the oil. Who controls the oil and its revenues? Whose pockets are being lined by oil sales? It's all about the oil. Follow the money. Report back to us.,22004996,22004996,<br/>,comment,1491061336,1,False,0,,22004996,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5574/7814/cropped-55747814.jpg?0.48171199136413634,6,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062540,Agent 86,55747814,"Oxford, Mississippi",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"Is it really a descent? From what I am reading here, the chaos seems to be the legacy of a naive form of republic.",22004429,22004429,<br/>,comment,1491059152,1,False,0,,22004429,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Xiaoshan,67234662,US,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"Authoritarianism, violence and tyranny is how socialist economies always end up. Venezuela should be a lesson to Leftist Radicals and Progressives but alas it will not because their Social Darwinist romantic illusions are much more comforting. ",22004314,22004314,<br/>,comment,1491058611,1,False,0,,22004314,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Widhalm19,75722645,"Laramie, Wyoming",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"So what if Venezuela is a deadly, murderous dictatorship? The people have free health care!",22004115,22004115,<br/>,comment,1491057696,1,False,0,,22004115,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Larry,68586711,Chicago,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,Yet more proof that every leftist Big Government always descends into dictatorship. This is the path the Democrats want for America,22004063,22004063,<br/>,comment,1491057486,1,False,0,,22004063,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Larry,68586711,Chicago,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"The progressive left is at it again. Helping the poor and themselves to whatever is available, which is less and less.",22003892,22003892,<br/>,comment,1491056644,1,False,0,,22003892,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,leaningleft,65275409,"Fort Lee, N,J.",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"We don't have to forget, that this is not Maduro's (bus driver and butcher) fault he is the consequence of Hugo Chavez dictatorship and close links with Cuba. ",22003794,22003794,<br/>,comment,1491056067,1,False,0,,22003794,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,carlos,51620978,new york,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"Given our history with Cuba, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the CIA had plausibly deniable contractors dispatch Hugo Chaves and are behind Ms. Ortega's goal of democracy. Bernie Sanders should go there now and form a model democratic socialist state. Then he could do the same here in 2021. Perhaps the Liberal Redneck Manifesto will bring poor-and middle-class whites to vote to their own benefit. Oliver Stone could do a quick alt history of the end of Chavez and the start of anarchy. I would urge Sanders strongly to run as a Democratc Socialist, NOT as a Democrat. They're not w/you Bernie. And young people should mobilize on social media now, for Bernie's victory in 2020.",22003634,22003634,<br/>,comment,1491055136,1,False,0,,22003634,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062540,Anonymous,67653798,United States,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,After Trumps success Venezuela follows him into the abyss of ignorance. ,22003551,22003551,<br/>,comment,1491054693,1,False,0,,22003551,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6316/0788/cropped-63160788.jpg?1102740481579586141,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Reaper,63160788,Denver,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062514,"Not one mention of the fact that Maduro leads a ""socialist revolution"". The ""more equal"" pigs have the power and they are not going to give it up.",22004836,22004836,<br/>,comment,1491060720,1,False,0,,22004836,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062514,Matt Kkkkk,69583951,San Diego,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062510,"The administration has already faced an existential crisis, the Russia connection, and failed miserably. Why, because Trump never learned the lesson of Watergate; ""it's Not the Sin which brings you down, it's the Cover-Up."", which is obviously underway, exemplified by the splendid incompetence of the House's version of Rosencrantz and Guilderstein, Devin Nunes. <br/><br/>Like the author, I find the image of Lear compelling, raging across the White House carpets. except that Trump has no disloyal daughters. One hopes his family can help him decide to resign, when the time comes, as it almost certainly will. ",22004098,22004098,<br/>,comment,1491057612,1,False,0,,22004098,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062510,Frank McNeil,53422502,"Boca Raton, Florida",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"Every nation that has operated as a welfare state on income from petroleum extraction is under severe pressure from sustained low prices for black gold. Venezuela is the worst managed of them all, but others are cracking too.",22005067,22005067,<br/>,comment,1491061579,1,False,0,,22005067,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,Steve Bolger,67892453,New York City,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"It is time that the USA stands up and pays attention what has been going on in Venezuelan and the similar parallels to what is going on in the USA vs. Russian intervention. Venezuela has now completely lost its sovereignty, first to the Cubans, then to the Chinese and Russians. The level of corruption is unimaginable. Everything worth stealing has already been stolen. Everyone who could escape has already escaped. All that is left is a bloated dead whale to be harvested for her rich and cheap oil, on top of a mound of iron ore as big as Mount Everest. And, it is all happening two hours flight from Miami Beach.",22004991,22004991,<br/>,comment,1491061329,1,False,0,,22004991,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062490,Julio,55023859,"Jenkintown, PA",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"As the husband of a Cuban refugee whose family escaped the economic and political desperation of Castro’s Cuba, I have watched the slow but predictable descent of Venezuela with sadness. Chavez and now Maduro, adopting the Castro playbook, eliminated all power centers that could have resisted the dictator. This included nationalizing industry, using thugs to intimidate the populace, shutting down or taking over the media, removing judges that opposed their policies, disregarding the legislature, rigging elections and arresting politicians who opposed them, all the while blaming the US for their problems. The result is an imploding economy with high inflation, low savings, poor health care with no medicines, intense corruption, no political freedoms and increasingly tight government controls. Note that this was justified in the name of the downtrodden and lower classes of society, who are predictably the worst off because they can’t flee the desperation.<br/>The Obama administration should not escape blame for being complicit in this downward spiral throughout its time in office and blew the last chance for the Venezuelan people when it failed in 2016 to back the democratically elected opposition’s legitimate (under the Venezuelan constitution) to recall Maduro. Now we can only watch the suffering, which the Times has documented well, of the people and pray that somehow the government is overthrown and the rule of law and respect for democracy is re-instituted. ",22004861,22004861,<br/>,comment,1491060801,1,False,0,,22004861,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,Andy,40879745,Boston,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"Somehow I feel modern dictatorship keeps the ruler's power in check in far more effective manner than modern democracy. The so-called democracy that is practiced here produces an illusion of rule by commons even when its underlying authority is purely plutocratic. The best part of this kind of democracy is that upon maturity, it distributes the responsibility of an ineffective government to its people, which in turn provides stability even if the government is bad. On the other hand, dictators are often solely responsible for their actions and consequences. Unlike in our so-called democracy, blame can be easily assigned in a dictatorship.<br/><br/>So long as the blame also has power - which it does - a dictator would actually care much more about his/her long term well being than either a direct vote of the majority (who cares more about short term interests) or an elected official (who cares more about public opinions than well being of the people - if he made a bad decision in accordance to public opinions, he's off the hook regardless of the consequences).<br/><br/>So how is a dictator's power kept aligned in the interest of the people? Foucault's ""governmentality"" might have some answer. The key point stressed by Foucault is that in our large modern nations, population itself is the root of all powers. The well being of a population, I believe, can therefore directly impact well being of the dictatorship - who is never off the hook. ",22004640,22004640,<br/>,comment,1491060018,1,False,0,,22004640,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,Xiaoshan,67234662,US,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"Look at the recent fake repeal of HB2 in North Carolina; it was actually the passing of law that took away local control (isn’t that a sacrosanct conservative principle?) to prevent localities from making laws that allowed for trangender use of bathrooms.<br/>Look at how the legislature in Michigan did a similar thing after the people passed a referendum limiting the states emergency powers, the republican reinstated that right then passed law repealing the citizens right to take that right away from them again.<br/>I’m sure there are more examples across the country where republican controlled states and localities do this.<br/>This is why the GOP has been fighting so hard to get political judges on the SCOTUS. They need the SCOTUS to be rigged so they can run some of these illegal laws through it and get the stamp of approval so they can go on pretending to be right. Do you really think a man who gave W the legal stamp of approval for the War Crimes he committed is going to honestly interpret the Constitution?<br/>As with the former gov in NC who passed HB 2, (we aren’t going to let “them” redefine gender) the GOP has a self deceiving dogma that justifies their refusal to use the same objective reality we live in as the basis we all start from. This is the key to why the GOP appeal to religion, faith or belief requires that one ignore the parts of reality that disprove that dogma. That is a very useful tool when one is trying to get people to act against their best interests.",22004518,22004518,<br/>,comment,1491059468,1,False,0,,22004518,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,magicisnotreal,60215558,earth,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"Democracy is on the ropes in many places. The recent transfer and consolidation of power in Brazil, Egypt, the Philippines, South Korea, Turkey and Venezuela, and the fake democracies in Russia and, to some extent in the US, suggests the imagined ""End of History"" and the global transition to capitalist liberal democracy was exactly that - Imaginary.",22004463,22004463,<br/>,comment,1491059269,1,False,0,,22004463,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1657/7639/cropped-16577639.jpg?0.7411315941812988,3,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062490,Purple Patriot,16577639,Denver,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"The Maduro in Trump: want to lock up opponents, check/lie constantly & make ridiculous promises to uneducated base, check/threaten and attack the press as an enemy of the people, check/claim they won the popular vote, check/allege sinister conspiracies are undermining their greatness, check/their finances, tax returns are kept secret, check/only their Party can fill court vacancies, check.",22004395,22004395,<br/>,comment,1491058953,1,False,0,,22004395,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,AC,6967505,USA,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"The Venezuelans are reaping what they have sown, as do many of the poor, uneducated sub-cultures of the World. Power, once attained, will not easily be shared nor ceded. Some thought might be given to some form of intervention, before other World Powers consider their condition as an oppertunity.",22004281,22004281,<br/>,comment,1491058481,1,False,0,,22004281,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,Honor Senior,72433316,"Cumberland, Md.",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"Every single leftists government always becomes a brutal dictatorship. Venezuela did, as would America if Hillary or Bernie or Warren ever seize the White House. <br/><br/>Leftist, Socialist Big Governments must always become dictatorships because they violate the most basic, fundamental, inviolable human right there is: the right for an individual to act in their own self-interest. Nobody is going to work and pay taxes so someone who doesn't work and doesn't contribute to society can live in the lap of luxury. So Big Government must force them to. As Big Government gets bigger, resistance to its size, cost, and power grow. Big Government can only keep people in line through more brutal repression. This also explains why capitalism never fails: it recognizes the basic human right and natural tendency of people to act in their own self-interest; capitalism turns a group of people acting in their self-interest into a functioning economy and society. Capitalism thrives on people exercising their most basic human right, socialism dies when people exercise their basic human rights. Socialist governments must step in and force people to act how the government wants them to, and thus always become dictatorships",22004234,22004234,<br/>,comment,1491058267,1,False,0,,22004234,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,Larry,68586711,Chicago,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,This is what happens when people believe free stuff provided by a government which takes from the earners to buy votes is their inalienable right. Chavez was the pied piper of Venezuela. He counted on a one product economy which relied on high oil prices to feed the insatiable demands of the non-earners who elected him. Now these same people are getting what they deserve. The marketplace decided the world had enough oil to drop prices. Chavez was unprepared to face that reality. Too bad he is not around to face the wrath of the people who once adored him. ,22004171,22004171,<br/>,comment,1491057931,1,False,0,,22004171,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,Paul,51180606,White Plains,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490," Venezuela's Maduro is an incompetent and corrupt thug, casing untold suffering to its own people. He has become a dictator, making is abuse of power a mockery of democracy. He must go. If the O.A.S. members remain complacent with the current outrage, history will not look favorably on them, complicit in their silence while Venezuela continues to go down, in full misery.",22004018,22004018,<br/>,comment,1491057249,1,False,0,,22004018,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,manfred marcus,47112177,Bolivia,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"Every country has the politicians it deserves. We are the ones who put them in power, they only reflect our popular will (for the most part). Chavez and/or Maduro didn't ""happen"" to Venezuela, they were chosen by a population tired with the perceived status quo. Poor rich child, that didn't know what to do with all its money... how arrogant we were before with our lesser neighbours, we were one notch above everybody else. Now look at us.",22003932,22003932,<br/>,comment,1491056814,1,False,0,,22003932,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062490,Edo,10768974,Canada,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"How soon we forget. It wasn't to long ago that the left was congratulating Venezuela on it's people centered socialistic government and expounding on that wonderful man Hugo Chavez, obama's brother in arms. About the same time they were calling Greece ""The Working Man's Paradise"" and supporting the hard line islamists in Egypt! And now they are doing their best to take Trump down with nothing but rumours, leaks and innuendo, just because he has promised and is working to restore the U.S. into a constitutionally run republic.",22003866,22003866,<br/>,comment,1491056541,1,False,0,,22003866,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,nogard,71499045,California,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"I visited Caracas in 1996, just a one day sightseeing trip. This was about a year or so before Chavez was elected President. Two observations that stayed with me. 1. A large military compound within the bustling prosperous city. And 2. The hillsides surrounding the city were covered with shantytowns, 100's of them. 100's of thousands of Venezuelans living in poverty.<br/><br/>A true visual of the have's and have not's. It was no wonder to me that Chavez came to power, and what's taking place today.",22003656,22003656,<br/>,comment,1491055266,1,False,0,,22003656,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,cherrylog754,73137363,"Atlanta, GA",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"Currently, the US backs more than 20 dictatorships across the globe, a consistent pattern in our history. Venezuela has been singled out for destabilization because it is a leftist, populist regime, a pattern also consistent in our history. That said, the challenges that Venezuelans currently face are bordering on apocalyptic. Maduro has none of the charisma or energy of his predecessor; it is a divided nation, and the sidelined oligarchs remained poised to re-assert political dominance. Nonetheless, Venezuela is blessed with the world's largest proven reserves of oil, and immense quantities of natural gas. Its neighbor, Trinidad, is playing a constructive role in providing goods average Venezuelans desperately need, without meddling in Venezuelan internal affairs. More countries in the region need to adopt this constructive approach.The question that Venezuela faces is if it can stabilize economically and politically while preserving its Bolivarian revolution, for which there is considerable support. Double-standard lectures from the NYT are certainly not what Venezuelans need. ",22003626,22003626,<br/>,comment,1491055081,1,False,0,,22003626,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,riclys,58410146,"Brooklyn, New York",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054375,"Darn good thing trump doesn't/can't read ""the failing NYT,"" this piece would definitely be giving him ideas!",22003302,22003302,<br/>,comment,1491053444,1,False,0,,22003302,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491054375,Nina,73188938,Newburg,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054374,So much for socialist/Marxist utopias. When all economic and political power is concentrated at the State level dictatorship is the inevitable result. ,22003344,22003344,<br/>,comment,1491053627,1,False,0,,22003344,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054408,sjaco,77697217,north nevada,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054374,"Yes, hopefully one day Venezuelans will be given the opportunity to vote between two of their most disliked candidates ever to be their leader. Democracy. Or at least the illusion of it. Whatever keeps the people placated.",22003093,22003093,<br/>,comment,1491052390,1,False,0,,22003093,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491054374,Tom,31906971,"Dossenheim, DE",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054374,Where are Sean Penn and his fellow Hollywood Marxists now?,22002171,22002171,<br/>,comment,1491046414,1,False,0,,22002171,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1685/1596/cropped-16851596.jpg?0.7881612302735448,24,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491054374,Dan M,16851596,New York,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054373,"Funny how so many people can say ""tsk, tsk"" and not realize that Donald Trump is attacking the very same separation of powers and checks and balances here at home. Venezuela should be a warning to us, and hold up a mirror so we see where we're going.<br/>Trump is trying to control the federal courts, has nominated a stooge of his own for the Supreme Court, is challenging and attacking the powers of BOTH Houses of Congress, has shut down a necessary House investigation with a Congressman who thinks HIS loyalty is to Trump and not his district, and daily attacks the best of our free press.<br/>I'll bet Trump is sitting in the White House wishing HE could get Maduro's virtual absolute power by having OUR Supreme Court dissolve Congress and give their power to him.<br/>THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY DIES! By being corrupted bit by bit. When we see Cong. Nunes' shameful corruption of his office, and Speaker Ryan's refusal to act to protect the House, all because the former wants influence with Trump, and the latter is still attached to his college-student Randian agenda, we see our own democracy sickening.<br/>I don't expect Donald Trump to act against Madura. I expect, rather, he's taking notes about the ONLY thing he's willing to learn--how to grab more and more power.",22003080,22003080,<br/>,comment,1491052342,1,False,0,,22003080,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,35,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491416750,Dadof2,21069407,New Jersey,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054373,"While I agree with all the criticism addressed at the dictators, seeing who you have in the White House only reinforces the generalized irony of the situation. Democracy is no longer what you have... You have an Oligarchy that uses Democratic mechanisms to auto-legitimize/reproduce your institutional framework. Venezuela's problem is that it is just not as sophisticated as you at keeping control on the masses... The 'people' are more of an ideological tool or a vestige of an age gone by than a concrete reality. So, play diplomacy, condemn, etc... Nobody will take you seriously again! Funny thing: I would not have been as harsh during the Obama years...",22002440,22002440,<br/>,comment,1491048344,1,False,0,,22002440,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491054373,Alex C,50985989,"Ottawa, Canada",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054373,"Here in Trinidad and Tobago, where crime and corruption sleep together, Mr. Maduro has found a cozy bed companion. Our government will soon begin the Dragon deal where gas is piped from Venezuela to Trinidad.. the govt is silent and no details were released to the public. Here government works to enrich themselves and zero is spent on infrastructure. I live on a small farm in a tiny village over run with corruption from a company call Coosal. The multi billion dollar company sand/gravel company has destroyed the quaint village and turned it into dust pile. The govt has turned its back on everyone and Coosal is awarded millions of dollars in road repair contracts to fix the damage it consistently causes. That s how business operates here. Very frightening ",22002218,22002218,<br/>,comment,1491046753,1,False,0,,22002218,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054373,Indira,72538055,Ohio,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054372,Lefty ideas in action...,22003393,22003393,<br/>,comment,1491053897,1,False,0,,22003393,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491054372,Greg,61915797,"Chicago, Il",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054372,"Venezuela is what happens when socialist dictators come to power. When liberal fascist governments Promote ""Social Justice"" and when private property rights are not protected.",22002574,22002574,<br/>,comment,1491049365,1,False,0,,22002574,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,23,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491054372,wes evans,25261434,oviedo fl,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054372,"Oh, the irony of it all! Once proud Venezuela has fallen to a Colombian dictator and his Fidel-trained thugs. I spent 15 years of my life there, lived through several Presidents and coups d'etat. Nothing has changed; it simply has gotten worse. ",22002306,22002306,<br/>,comment,1491047374,1,False,0,,22002306,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491054372,ALFREDO VILLANUEVA,20467667,NYC,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054371,How about the title reading? Venuzuela Asserts It's Sovereignty Against Foreign Powers ,22003266,22003266,<br/>,comment,1491053243,1,False,0,,22003266,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054371,Mark Question,28886233,3rd Star to Left,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054370,"When in the history of the world had you ever seen that a Military Regimen (Maduro and its predecessor Chavez are both militaries) left their position by talking and finding peace? Never.<br/><br/>The Venezuela's Regimen will only end with violence and (lets hope not) civil war. International pressure will help to resolve, but it will take real actions and not just words.",22003046,22003046,<br/>,comment,1491052201,1,False,0,,22003046,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491054370,Jholl,76841736,Far away,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054370,"Venezuela needs to work out their own problems. Yes, it is hell but so is most of Central America and the U.S. is the recipient of many of those gang people like the group most recently arrested on Long Island for murders of several teenagers. More proof of why we need to know who is in this country for what reason and for how long. ",22002232,22002232,<br/>,comment,1491046894,1,False,0,,22002232,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054370,Jan,66732933,NJ,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054369,"One of the things I admire most about western democracies is their roots; individual rights and rebellion.<br/>It's time for Venezuelans to rise up and take their country back through force. The opposition knows no boundaries and 30 days of guillotine action may be the ultimate solution. I know....negotiate, peace,...nonsense!<br/>Learn from the French, the English, and the USA. You get what you are prepared to die for and nothing more. ",22002913,22002913,<br/>,comment,1491051495,1,False,0,,22002913,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054369,R padilla,64893124,Toronto,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054369,"Descent? Venezuela IS already a dictatorship, and has been for years....",22002348,22002348,<br/>,comment,1491047686,1,False,0,,22002348,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054369,Phil,195475,NY,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054368,Here we have an example of the foreign policy of hypocracy of the United States of Central North America. Great whining and gnashing of teeth over Russian meddling in US politics. The US has been 'meddling' in Venezuela for decades and helped a coup attempt. The upper class does not like to share or co-operate in Venezuela. This article is an example of the Times running ideological interference for Corporatism vs the Commons. ,22002884,22002884,<br/>,comment,1491051319,1,False,0,,22002884,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491054368,Dwight M.,39631482,"Toronto, Canada",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054360,"The U.S. Government should start paying attention to what is going on in Venezuela before the Russians and the Iranians do. Let's don't forget what happened in Cuba when the former Soviet Union got involved.<br/>But by cutting 30 percent of the budget of the State Department proposed by the Trump Administration, I don't see how can this happen<br/>We may be facing a geopolitical and humanitarian crises in Venezuela sooner and worse than what we anticipate.",22003360,22003360,<br/>,comment,1491053744,1,False,0,,22003360,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054360,Jorge D. Fraga,63823446,"New York, NY",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054360,"This was predicted long ago. Chavez was first elected in 1999, where has the NYT editorial board been? ",22002798,22002798,<br/>,comment,1491050775,1,False,0,,22002798,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054360,Bill Owens,66371869,Essex,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053984,"Now the NY Times has discovered Venezuela is descending into a dictatorship? Now? Where was the NY Times when Hugo Chavez was setting the ground work for all this, while Sean Penn and Oliver Stone were doing his PR work for him among the American Left?<br/><br/>And it's no coincidence Venezuela's Jews starting leaving the country as this Far Left regime who has allied itself with Iran began creating an atmosphere of antisemitism fueled under the guise of ""anti-Zionism"", until the centuries old Jewish population there under the increasing threat of harassment and pervasive violent crime is only a fraction of what it was. Yet another example of the proverbial ""canary in the coal mine.""",22003300,22003300,<br/>,comment,1491053410,1,False,0,,22003300,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,19,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053984,JW,48184428,New York,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053984,"The government-inflicted misery of the Venezuelan people seems beyond rational calculation. Indeed, without external relief, violence is surely inevitable. Such externality, however, should not involve the US except perhaps as moral support. <br/><br/>Nicolas Maduro is the architect of a spiraling national catastrophe, offering no prospect of remedy until he leaves, or is removed from, power. He has staged a coup against his own government, an insalubrious rarity in the affairs of any state.<br/><br/><a href=""http://www.endthemadnessnow.org"" title=""www.endthemadnessnow.org"" target=""_blank"">www.endthemadnessnow.org</a>",22002796,22002796,<br/>,comment,1491050763,1,False,0,,22002796,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4875/1578/cropped-48751578.jpg?0.5667593658002,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053984,John LeBaron,48751578,MA,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053983,"Failed state degenerates toeard complete irrelevance. Thank you, Carlos Andres Perez! A totally Venezuelan production with significant Cuban input.",22002998,22002998,n/a,comment,1491051921,1,False,0,,22002998,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053983,SW Pilgrim,30734175,Texas,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053951,"Sadly, this was predictable the moment Hugo Chavez was elected and thereafter spent his days at the foot of Fidel Castro (at the time the longest running dictator in history) learning how one goes about methodically and permanently consolidating all power in himself. ",22002623,22002623,<br/>,comment,1491049612,1,False,0,,22002623,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6984/9437/cropped-69849437.jpg?0.48015875183045864,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053951,DPM,69849437,"Miami, Florida",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053948,Trump probably admires Maduro for being a strong leader. ,22003135,22003135,<br/>,comment,1491052627,1,False,0,,22003135,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491053948,Jeffrey Waingrow,27557742,"Sheffield, MA",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053948,"I'm certain that Maduro and his corrupt loyalists, including the Supreme Court, felt rightly that with Trump as president, now was the time to act. The U.S. is on the verge of abdicating the role of world leadership, and without it, I fear that it's going to be a more dangerous place to live.",22002841,22002841,<br/>,comment,1491051046,1,False,0,,22002841,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491053948,LennyN,51156393,CT,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053945,"The Court ruling is a cause for concern and speaks to Maduro's lack of leadership more than his drive to be an autocrat. But at the heart of the crisis in Venezuela is a class conflict that has been central to Venezuela's difficulties since Chavez was first elected.<br/><br/>Venezuela has like many Latin countries been run by a small elite of traditional landowners, bankers, businessmen and more recently oil company executives. The power exclusively at the top is staggering. And with their rule poverty and inequality has consumed the day to day lives of most of the population.<br/><br/>The Chavez sought to change that and the people responded by supporting him through two constitutional referendums and three elections, all declared fair and open by international observers. But the ruling bourgeoisie would not relinquish power to democracy and sponsored a coup and an open campaign that has included media propaganda and violent demonstrations where police have been killed.<br/><br/>Unfortunately the US has supported these elements through its Democracy Initiative and funding from AID. It is ironic that as we complain about alleged Russian influence on our elections we have an open program to fund opposition movements elsewhere.<br/><br/>Maduro has neither the charisma nor skill that Chavez had and the people have expressed that sentiment in recent votes. But the average Venezuelan supports the Bolivarian revolution because as it should be, it spends the nations oil revenue on them and not the oligarchs. ",22002748,22002748,<br/>,comment,1491050459,1,False,0,,22002748,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491053945,drspock,68890766,New York,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053945,Could someone explain to me exactly how a dictatorship is inferior to American democracy?,22002636,22002636,<br/>,comment,1491049683,1,False,0,,22002636,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053945,Good John Fagin,43151661,Chicago Suburbs,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053945,"Well, any government that socializes a cement company should be run over.",22002584,22002584,<br/>,comment,1491049407,1,False,0,,22002584,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053945,G.P.,9629775,"Kingston, Ontario",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053945,"I used to visit Venezuela on business in the 1990s (although you had to say you were a tourist when you entered or you'd pay Venezuelan income tax on your normal earnings for however long you were in the country). It once was a very interesting place to visit and to do business, and I had (and hopefully still have) many friends there. It's hard to tell, since personal communications between the U.S. and Venezuela are so bad now, thanks to the government. It saddens me.",22002549,22002549,<br/>,comment,1491049196,1,False,0,,22002549,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053945,DBA,26880735,"Liberty, MO",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053943,Maduro regime is a result of identity politics. They rally the masses like mobs with us v them rhetoric, appealing to victimization tactics...while the individual is crushed in the process.,22002670,22002670,n/a,comment,1491049951,1,False,0,,22002670,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053943,Felipe,42415155,NYC,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,
+1491053942,"And what has Trump or Tillerson or anyone representing this administration said publicly about this yet? To my knowledge, nothing has been said. My bet is Trump has sent a private message of congratulations to Maduro. Even Trump, whose arithmetic errors are often in the 3 - 5 million range, can realize that governing is much less complicated if you are 1/3, the executive branch, you have in your pocket another 1/3, the Supreme Court, and can abolish the remaining 1/3, the legislature. Another good reason not to seat Gorsuch. Maybe Trump is so cozy with Putin because together they want to make the world safe for dictators again.",22003177,22003177,<br/>,comment,1491052821,1,False,0,,22003177,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491053942,M.I. Estner,31730295,Wayland MA,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053939,The Venezuelans deserve what has happened to them because they accepted socialism. Socialism and Communism have always failed. Venezuela will now serve as an object lesson for Ecuador and any other country that seeks to impose socialism on its citizens. ,22003376,22003376,<br/>,comment,1491053832,1,False,0,,22003376,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491053939,John Quinn,65204315,"Virginia Beach, VA",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053939,"Yes, we all know that dictatorships are bad. On the other hand, the residents of Venezuela, when they were rich in oil revenues and were given democracy, elected Hugo Chavez, at least partly because of his hostility to the US, and Hugo drove them right back into a dictatorship, steeped in corruption.<br/>Dictatorships seem to be the pattern of not only Venezuela, but nearly every country in South America. And it’s been the case for centuries. At some point, after a few hundred years of this, we need to ask ourselves whether South Americans really want democracy. Maybe dictatorships are the best thing for them, or at least dictatorships seem to be the only form of governance that works there.<br/>The same is true in the Middle East.",22002910,22002910,<br/>,comment,1491051471,1,False,0,,22002910,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491053939,Jack Dancer,69015025,California,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053939,Would this be happening if the price of oil was 120 a barrel? Would there be huzzah's for socialism instead of a text book example of its evils? Dozens of developing countries depend on the sale of oil and natural gas too survive while cheap fuel prices particularly in the USA support a booming economy. Could this have happen if we we paying 5 dollars a gallon at the pump? <br/><br/>How will the economies of the oil producers when oil is outlawed by the wealthy elite of the world? It seems what's proportion to be good for the planer won't be good for most of the people of the world. Think about the grandchildren if the choice is chaos and starvation or perfectly clean air.,22002846,22002846,<br/>,comment,1491051078,1,False,0,,22002846,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053939,Joe G,56748238,Houston,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053936,"In the late 90's, Venezuela was one of the most prosperous nations in South America. Last year, during the elections, I was talking to one of my students from Venezuela about the decline of Venezuela over the time that Hugo Chavez was President. I remember one of her comments to this day, ""The United States should worry, Trump will be your Hugo Chavez.""",22003275,22003275,<br/>,comment,1491053287,1,False,0,,22003275,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491053936,rob,29491471,"princeton, nj",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053935,"America, what sort of people are okay with exporting trillions of dollars in weapons, spending trillions of dollars waging never ending wars, and then wonder why their own neighborhoods are on fire? People who elect Don the Con and the deplorable GOP that's who. No worries, soon they will be living just like the Venezuelans. ",22003348,22003348,<br/>,comment,1491053669,1,False,0,,22003348,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5737/7024/cropped-57377024.jpg?0.06474799360148609,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053935,Trauts,57377024,Sherbrooke,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053935,Venezuela has been a dictatorship under Chavez, it is not starting a descent only now.<br/>That is the result of socialist/communist thinking, the wanton destruction of free enterprise and moderate capitalism.,22002928,22002928,<br/>,comment,1491051586,1,False,0,,22002928,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053935,Andrew Veselovsky,76230760,Canada,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,
+1491053935,Venezuela's descent to authoritarianism is different from the classic Latin American model of military coups. It has been accomplished by blatantly subverting democratic institutions. Voters fed up with the economic chaos and Chavez cronyism gave the opposition a majority in 2016 assembly elections. The Chavez packed judiciary has been a helpful tool for President Maduro. This may be a 21st century phenomenon. We're seeing this play out in Turkey where too step by step President Erdogan has been going about methodically undermining democracy. Shades of the same are ominously playing out in Russia and in Hungary. Subversion of pluralistic democracy by non military left and right populist oriented parties is becoming a political trend. ,22002485,22002485,<br/>,comment,1491048702,1,False,0,,22002485,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053967,Vox Populi,75717905,Boston,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053935,Perto states should go solar..The low price of oil brought about the starvation and dictatorship..USA always against Hugo Chavez cause he funneled oil money to the People..Too bad solar panels were not so cheap when Venezuela had more cash..,22002265,22002265,<br/>,comment,1491047100,1,False,0,,22002265,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491053935,Jean Mcmahon,57044670,North Pole,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053934,Make Venezuela Great again.,22002806,22002806,<br/>,comment,1491050830,1,False,0,,22002806,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491053934,scotto,60209562,michigan,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053932,"What do mean by ""descent into dictatorship?"" Venezuela has been a dictatorship since shortly after Chavez was elected. Just like in other communist/socialist countries, Chavez followed the model of ""one person, one vote, one time."" After that every election is a sham.",22003221,22003221,<br/>,comment,1491053018,1,False,0,,22003221,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053932,Jim Waddell,6815766,"Columbus, OH",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491052902,Simon Bolivar is spinning in his grave.,22002101,22002101,<br/>,comment,1491045747,1,False,0,,22002101,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052902,Ben,67059303,Akron,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491052885,"Most of America's oil rich allies are the anti-thesis of liberal secular plural egalitarian democracies. Mexico, Canada and Iraq are the lone exceptions. Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, U.A.E., Nigeria and Brazil lead the list of human rights misery. Venezuela is no better nor worse than any of them. <br/><br/>Oil is worth more to America than any human rights concerns. With 25% of the planet's prisoners America is in no position of clean hands high moral authority to judge or condemn another nation's governing human democratic violations",22002074,22002074,<br/>,comment,1491045471,1,False,0,,22002074,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491052885,blackmamba,17374907,IL,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491052854,"This is the best news President Drumpf has heard since January 20! Now, that's what he wants in a US Supreme Court, a bunch of lackeys ... uh, wise originalists ... to ax the Congress in the neck. THEN, get rid of the old Supreme Court and appoint the new ""Trump Court"" of Bannon, Kushners (Ivanka and Jared), Spicer, Conway, Miller, Flynn, Page, and Pence to help him run the country just as he wants. On the facade of the Supreme Court building he can install a yooge TRUMP sign in gold. Maduro is his hero. Way to go, Donny.",22001991,22001991,<br/>,comment,1491044564,1,False,0,,22001991,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052854,Janet W.,72156500,"New York, NY",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491052850,"This is hat happens when the uninformed elect megalomaniac maniacs into power. El presidente Chavez sowed the seals of dictatorship, now an ignorant bus driver is taking them over a cliff. Send in the marines.",22001982,22001982,<br/>,comment,1491044407,1,False,0,,22001982,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1831/2178/cropped-18312178.jpg?0.5884960233233869,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052850,Harry B,18312178,Michigan,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044394,"As long as the US can continue to buy cheap, accesible oil from Venezuela, the Maduro regime will hang on to power. Trump is not supporting the OAS efforts to put pressure on Maduro for fear that the spigot will be shut down. Maduro would not last a week if the US were to stop buying oil; Venezuelans would hurt temporarily but this action would eventually bring about a change towards democracy and a new representative government.<br/>However, Trump is too busy planning his wall and worrying about Russian interference in US politics to pay any attention to Venezuela. Besides, I wonder if he could even find Venezuela on the map.",22001751,22001751,<br/>,comment,1491040865,1,False,0,,22001751,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,36,,6,,0,approved,1,0,1491416778,IPM,34165942,DC,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044394,"""a senseless political dispute will end in violence""<br/><br/>No. Venezuela is already one of the most violent countries in the hemisphere. The government has been giving weapons, including war weapons to civilians for years. These gangs are organized now and they run the country.<br/><br/>Hunger is a daily for gangs, chavistas and, antichavistas. The Court's ruling was to institutionalize the dictatorship. Because Maduro was not expecting the international response and, the State Drug Cartel leadership got nervous, Luisa Ortega went on TV in order to demonstrate to the world ""Venezuela's respect for the separation of powers"" and reinstate the regime.<br/><br/>It is the same old story of democratically elected dictatorships. I remind the world that yes, Venezuela elected Chaves in 1998. For 5 years with no option to reelection. Venezuela did not elect the Castro/narco totalitarianism.<br/><br/>I am sure that the famished population will go again and again to the streets, including my 84-year mother and, my sister who received a kidnap threat last month. Some of those demonstrators will be killed and jailed. Again.<br/><br/>Internet and Whats-app will keep us connected until Maduro and Diosdado decide otherwise.<br/><br/>A free election; judicial due processes to the corrupt and narco-government leaders and, the demilitarization of gangs are what most Venezuelans that I know want. I know lots of them.",22001748,22001748,<br/>,comment,1491040825,1,False,0,,22001748,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3060/7067/cropped-30607067.jpg?0.8467663380294262,45,,5,,1,approved,1,0,1491044394,Aurace Rengifo,30607067,Miami Beach,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044393,Just send Sean Penn down for a weekend and everything should be fine.,22001836,22001836,<br/>,comment,1491042576,1,False,0,,22001836,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491044393,Kevin Thomas,67022347,NJ,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044393,"It's very sad to see some diehard leftists defend this socialist dictatorship that is descending into the same black hole of history as the USSR, Mao's China and Cambodia - the regimes that killed many more people than Nazi Germany. It is almost equally sad to see some newly emboldened right-wingers drag Obama into a situation that has nothing to do with him. Obama was not a socialist and America - thankfully - has no strong socialist movement. Trump's populism, on the other hand, does have some unsettling resemblances to what used to be called ""brown socialism"" - or fascism.",22001800,22001800,<br/>,comment,1491041971,1,False,0,,22001800,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6506/7919/cropped-65067919.jpg?0.6406161307822913,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491044423,Mor,65067919,California,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044393,"Chavez emphasized the importance of the Venezuelan Constitution, which was an early product of his legitimate election to the Presidency. He followed the Constitution, which mandated the use of referendum, and won.<br/>Later he lost another referendum, to change the Constitution, which the people would not permit. With his early dominance of the Assembly, using their passage of Los Leyes Habilitantes, or laws empowering him, he ended up changing the Constitution in his favor anyway. So began the erosion of power in the hands of the people. Now they are almost powerless.<br/>But still, Chavez kept everything going downhill, devouring petroleum profits without diversification, and nationalizing businesses without considering the long-term cost consequences to the nation.<br/>It's easy to understand the nationalization of petroleum, nearly every country has done this (except the U.S.) but the nationalization of the cement industry? Every nationalization shrugged off more costs onto the back of the government, which is now basically bankrupt.<br/>It is now just another corrupt military junto, grabbing everything that's not nailed down.",22001713,22001713,<br/>,comment,1491040101,1,False,0,,22001713,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491044393,Bruce,32411948,Ms,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044393,"Is it conceivable to the New York Times that at times autocratic rule is the only way to restore law and order and financial stability to a country?<br/><br/>Ever since the end of World War II, the Unites States has been trying to export Democratic concepts to the third world. The successes have been few and even those have been far more apparent than real- sham governments at best and controlled behind-the-scenes by international financial interests.",22001637,22001637,<br/>,comment,1491038107,1,False,0,,22001637,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491044393,steve,65431352,Paia,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044392,Terrible. I wonder why Venezuelans don't get rid of him. Nobody else is going to do it for them.,22001838,22001838,<br/>,comment,1491042619,1,False,0,,22001838,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491044392,david,21282535,mexico city,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044391,"And Turkey. Dictatorships are only possible by a fractured governments. First trash the press as untruthful. Then trash the legal stysem. Then appoint your loyal buddies to important positions. Then gut the functioning government agencies one little step at a time. Then one looks around at the newly elected goverment and do nothing., usually because they dont recognise whats happening til its too late.<br/>Humm. ",22001894,22001894,<br/>,comment,1491043482,1,False,0,,22001894,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,38,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491044391,Carol,54569562,Seattle,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044347,"It has always been a dictatorship except it is getting naked by as corruption has become to apparent and the manipulation of the masses no longer works.<br/><br/>This is a warning lesson for people here in the U.S.. Trump is using the Chavez playbook. Already, DHS, DOJ and ICE have become the paramilitary private army. While some of the masses still believe in Trump's populist agenda, already disproved by his appointments, outright nepotism and initiatives like the AHCA. Once the mass madness fever breaks and coal miners are still unemployed because natural gas is cheap and aplenty, it will follow the footstep of Venezuela ",22001970,22001970,<br/>,comment,1491044291,1,False,0,,22001970,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7221/086/cropped-7221086.jpg?0.9674960863776505,14,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491044347,Bos,7221086,Boston,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491038203,"Now there's a problem with Venezuela? What about when Chavez was sucking up to Obama's favorites, the Castro brothers? I guess Obama's rapprochement with Cuba didn't include any discussion about their ""aid"" to Venezuela.",22000372,22000372,<br/>,comment,1491015131,1,False,0,,22000372,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491038203,Larry,22896385,NY,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491038201,"The most frightening moment for me was when Mitch McConnell announced he was going to ignore the constitution and not allow Obama to appoint a Supreme Court justice. It was scary because it made me realize how fragile our constitution is.<br/>We are sure that it could not happen here, but it could.",22001631,22001631,<br/>,comment,1491037985,1,False,0,,22001631,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,132,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491038201,Sally,60025847,NYC,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491038200,"How about asking why the majority of Venezuelans voted in Chavez to begin with? Be honest New York Times!<br/>It's because preceding governments did nothing for the poor majority. Although all may be suffering now, nothing will be done to help the poor once the old guard gets back in power.<br/>Maybe a change in attitude toward the poor majority is needed on the part of smaller middle and upper classes of the country.",22001148,22001148,<br/>,comment,1491024337,1,False,0,,22001148,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1927/63/cropped-192763.jpg?1065157101668578623,11,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491038200,Kaari,192763,Madison WI,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491038200,"Send ""Salon's"" David Sirota down to help Maduro out. He wrote that Venezuela had ""racked up an economic record that American presidents could only dream of achieving."" ",22000017,22000017,<br/>,comment,1491012453,1,False,0,,22000017,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1051/26/cropped-105126.jpg?1420012750737530436,20,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491038200,gary misch,105126,"syria, virginia",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491038198,"Please don't drink the Mainstream Establishment's koolaid on Venezuela.<br/>Remember the US Government is an imperialist nation and is constantly looking to control the resources and wealth of other countries. Venezuela could well be another source of CHEAP oil!!<br/><br/>According to the CIA factbook, Chavez accomplished much for his people and the US, just like they did with Cuba, decided his success threatened to spread socialism to the rest of the SA continent,<br/><br/><a href=""https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html"" title=""https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html"" target=""_blank"">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html</a><br/><br/>And from the Council of Hemispheric Affairs: ""...The Chávez and Maduro governments have attempted to transition Venezuela away from a society that has been not only inherently racist and classist, but also highly rigid, stratified and oligarchic. Problems inevitably arise because this elite already holds the reins and can aggressively resist a recalibration of economic and social power....""<br/><br/><a href=""http://www.coha.org/the-other-explanation-for-venezuelas-economic-crisis-2/"" title=""http://www.coha.org/the-other-explanation-for-venezuelas-economic-crisis-2/"" target=""_blank"">http://www.coha.org/the-other-explanation-for-venezuelas-economic-crisis-2/</a>",22001171,22001171,<br/>,comment,1491024710,1,False,0,,22001171,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,3,,1,approved,1,0,1491038198,Sea Star RN,62356059,San Francisco,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491038128,President Nicolás Maduro won. Get over it.,22001131,22001131,<br/>,comment,1491023960,1,True,0,,22001131,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,23,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491416784,fran soyer,57179778,ny,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037986,"Once constitutional order slips under the autocratic control, rendering, in turn, the constitutionally delineated authority spheres of governance superfluous, the only corrective left is the popular protest voice similar to what could be seen in the street protests during last year when the economic and political crisis was building up in Venezuela. ",22001628,22001628,<br/>,comment,1491037930,1,False,0,,22001628,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5774/2567/cropped-57742567.jpg?0.4877129049242759,6,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491037986,Prof.Jai Prakash Sharma,57742567,"Jaipur, India.",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037953,"Maduro and Trump/GOP:<br/>1. Tell big lies to distract and deflect blame.<br/>2. Allege there are sinister conspiracies impeding your greatness.<br/>3. Attack the press.<br/>4. Always deny accountability for failure, blame the opposition.<br/>5. Accuse opponents of being criminals, ""lock them up!""<br/>5. Stack the courts, refuse to vote on legally nominated opponent candidates.<br/>6. Defund the health care system with graft or tax cuts for the powerful.",22001115,22001115,<br/>,comment,1491023684,1,False,0,,22001115,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037983,AC,6967505,USA,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037953,"Venezeula has been an outright dictatorshp since shortly after Hugo Chavez took power in 1999.<br/><br/>His tolerance of a ""democratic"" legislature was proporpotional to the number of his hacks and Quislings he could seed through government by volence, vote rigging and out-right thuggery.<br/><br/>Is the esteemed Editorial Board just mow twigging to the nature of Venezuela's terrible record of having the interests of The People.<br/><br/>Perhaps you folks move beyond Starbucks and Zabars.",22000329,22000329,<br/>,comment,1491014860,1,False,0,,22000329,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,19,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491037953,The Owl,57702801,New England,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037953,"I wonder if the NYT editorial staff has spent even one second considering the similarity between the antics of the Hugo Chavez/Nicolas Maduro regime and what Chilean President Salvador Allende attempted to do to Chile. If one reads history instead of the NYT, one cannot escape the conclusion that Maduro is Allende's alter ego, only Maduro has the courts, police and army firmly on his side. Contrary to the Orwellian musings of Peter Kornbluh, Christopher Hitchens and the NYT's Ariel Dorfman, Allende tried to follow, more or less, the script now being acted out in Venezuela.<br/><br/>Allende drove publishing house Zig-Zag out of business in 1971 by forcing it to raise wages 65 percent and denying it business loans; encouraged violent land seizures, which led to food shortages severe enough to require rationing; allowed extra-legal tribunals to be set up in tenements headed by people with no legal training; engaged in massive vote fraud during the 1973 congressional elections; merely reshuffled his cabinet when the Chilean Congress removed one of his ministers from office (e.g., Interior Minister Jose Toha was reappointed defense minister the day after he was suspended by Congress in January 1972); paid for increased government salaries by printing money, eventually causing inflation to rise to 300 percent per year; etc., etc.<br/><br/>For over forty years American leftists have glossed over the actual events that occurred in Chile during the Allende years. Maduro is Allende's ideological heir.",21999921,21999921,<br/>,comment,1491011638,1,False,0,,21999921,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,6,,0,approved,1,0,1491037953,publicitus,67661019,California,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037950,"In the US, judicial usurpation, via judicial review to undo some laws, rewrite the Const when laws don't exist from the legislature that the judiciary wants, and extensive use of judicial oversight and positive injunctions, to impose a Platonic Philosopher King rule by elites<br/><br/>all show us that Venezuela is merely US-lite<br/>=<br/>At least they are honest about it<br/>=",22001527,22001527,<br/>,comment,1491034104,1,False,0,,22001527,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037950,fortress America,3985142,nyc,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037950,"Every time a regime comes to power and calls itself ""socialist,"" the immediate response from the absurd political left (exemplary is Code Pink) embraces it. Then after sending legions of lefty advocates on ""reality tours"" to see first hand their would be ideal Marxist society, the reality of dictatorship sets in and the left becomes silent.<br/>One could ask when leftists will acknowledge that socialism doesn't work, but we already know the answer. Never.",22001180,22001180,<br/>,comment,1491024926,1,False,0,,22001180,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,18,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491037950,danguide,35726186,"Berkeley, CA",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037950,"This is one of the most important global events this week and, at least on-line ""front page,"" the Times has barely covered it. Why is it major events in the Americas always seem to be back-page news?",22001060,22001060,<br/>,comment,1491022872,1,False,0,,22001060,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037981,Arlen Neimeyer,46832380,Vancouver,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037950,Welcome back o the bad days of dictatorships in South America. At least this time it wasn't caused by actions of the Republicans.,22000261,22000261,<br/>,comment,1491014268,1,False,0,,22000261,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037950,paul,60834232,earth,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037950,"I cringe, when I see an ""editorial"" preaching a sermon about another country.<br/>It is a Venezulean problem, let them solve it themselves.<br/>Report the news wthoutmbias, but don't preach.<br/>Not your business, nor mine.",22000130,22000130,<br/>,comment,1491013182,1,False,0,,22000130,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037950,waldo,69620519,Canada,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037949,"The precedents for OAS action are good and bad. The OAS sanctions which drove Castro's Cuba from the OAS, braked his first efforts to promote Soviet backed revolutions elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere but they did not, as some American officials expected, drive him from office. By the early 1970s, most of Latin America opposed their continuance, which led Henry Kissinger to agree to have members of the OAS decide for themselves. Our sanctions, as readers know, continued until near the end of the Obama administration. <br/><br/>The 1960 ouster from the OAS of the Trujillo regime marked the beginning of the end for the Dominican dictator, who massacred Haitians, killed Dominican opponents and raped young girls. Trujillo was assassinated, with reason, by Dominican opponents. I'm not recommending that fate for Maduro but for Venezuelans to oust him will retire Latin American neighbors to put enough pressure, including ostracism by the OAS, on the ruling class to get it to end the dictatorship and hold honest elections. <br/><br/>If not, numbers of Venezuelans will die, unnecessarily.",22001157,22001157,<br/>,comment,1491024400,1,False,0,,22001157,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491037949,Frank McNeil,53422502,"Boca Raton, Florida",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037949,"How surprising that someone might see Madoro as a warning against Trump. After eight years of Obama support for Latin American socialism and selective enforcing out own laws, we should be breathing a sigh of relief that our former tin pot dictator is on the golf course and not running up the entitlement state.",22000918,22000918,<br/>,comment,1491020608,1,False,0,,22000918,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491037949,GeorgeB Purdell,65398410,Atlanta Ga,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037949,"""despicable""!<br/><br/>Self-correction!",22000080,22000080,<br/>,comment,1491012831,1,False,0,,22000080,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037949,D.,67438217,CT,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037948,Yet another situation that illustrates the utility of intelligent intervention when necessary . A Laissez faire policy of doing nothing enables and normalizes trends that can ultimately be our undoing. Being a good neighbor works on many levels. We might want to consider starting with Venezuela.,22001001,22001001,<br/>,comment,1491021657,1,False,0,,22001001,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037948,RjW,55170561,Chicago,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037948,Great legacy of Chavez,22000279,22000279,<br/>,comment,1491014456,1,False,0,,22000279,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037979,David Price,62789422,Tokyo,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037948,"""Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and {Nicolas Maduro} ... may profit from their example! If this be Treason, let us make the most of it!""<br/>[Patrick Henry, 1765; 1775].<br/><br/>Perhaps not only a warning to despots, but also a ray of hope to those oppressed and victimized by such cowards and criminals who, misrobed and misplaced into positions of authority and power which they subsequently abuse, destroy all that is good in order to satiate their own dispicable and sadistic lust for power. They always leave a wake of death and destruction -- of innocent people. <br/><br/>There are no good consequences from dictators. They should be obliterated from this Earth. With an emphasis! ",22000028,22000028,<br/>,comment,1491012518,1,False,0,,22000028,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037948,D.,67438217,CT,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037860,"Could Venezuela descend so low after Chavez? The interesting thing I noticed as a Western observer is that things are not what they seem. Incessant human rights calamities in China are met with indifference by most Chinese nationals because their lives are rarely affected, Filipinos I speak to laud Duterte marking urban peace in the midst of the hard-liner crackdown on drugs. I wonder what the majority sentiment of Venezuelans were during the height of Chavez Bolivarian revolution and how that contrasts with the mood now? One thing was likely, Western commentary on the socialist revolution of Chavez era was much more pessimistic than Venezuelan sentiments. With egregious steps towards autocracy now, what are the views of average Venezuelans? Would it be support, opposition, or blithe to change? I think the answer lies in the confidence of the average person of having food on the table every night. ",22000508,22000508,<br/>,comment,1491016251,1,True,0,,22000508,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037860,Green,58680644,"Cambridge, MA",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037804,"Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, exceeding Saudi Arabia by 30 billion barrels. It's not in the interest of other petrol states to have a functioning Venezuela pumping oil at full capacity and pushing the depressed price of global oil even lower. Certainly not in the interests of the State Department, a wholly-owned Exxon subsidiary, or Rex Tillerson, the Secretary of State for petroleum. <br/><br/>Venezuela, like Argentina, was once among the wealthiest nations in the world with a predictable clot of dynastic oligarch clans hogging most for themselves. Venezuela's oil reserves make it a magnet for mostly US banks eager to lend billions to any nation that measures its wealth in oil barrels. <br/><br/>During the '80's, Latin nations received loans from Western banks that amounted to a half of their total GDP. When the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, the debt service for Venezuela and other indebted Latin nations exceeded their ability to pay, leading Mexico to trigger a global financial crisis by suspending debt service payments.<br/><br/>Enter the IMF and World Bank, the collection agencies for Western banks, that make high-interest, strings-attached loans for debt service. The loans come with a double-shot of Milton Friedman: slash social spending and subsidies, mandatory austerity, Western access to markets, free trade. <br/><br/>Crushing debt leads to hyper-inflation and economic end days. Venezuela's ""descent into dictatorship"" is a narrative written here.",22001604,22001604,<br/>,comment,1491037057,1,False,0,,22001604,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3719/6826/cropped-37196826.jpg?0.02378307383427969,32,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491037804,Yuri Asian,37196826,Bay Area,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037803,"What might, our Congress, and the American Voters, learn, and benefit from, by studying how Venezuela's ""Dependence on Oil"" has the potential, to lead to a ""class-based civil war"" and/or ""anarchy-based chaos"" similar to what's associated with Syria, Iraq, and Yeamen?<br/><br/>Our continued dependence, on Big Oil, next to our continuing to do little, or nothing, to deal with continuing overpopulation, has the potential to result in the extinction of humankind.<br/><br/>Especially with the demagogue Trump, dumping fuel on this fire.<br/><br/>With Trump, it appears, ""ignorance is bliss.""",22001422,22001422,<br/>,comment,1491031294,1,False,0,,22001422,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037803,William Dusenberry,57954971,"Paris, France",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037803,Conservatives take note: this is what judicial activism looks like!,22001110,22001110,<br/>,comment,1491023577,1,False,0,,22001110,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037803,Michael,27136809,"Tacoma, WA",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037803,"Back in 1981, Fidel Castro created the Mariel Boat Lifg. He opened his prisons and mental hospitals, and allowed those folks--along with many in the general populace--leave he island. Some 121,000 Marielitos arrived in Miami-Dade over a two-month period. <br/><br/>Of course, the very sizable Cuban-American community took many of them in and, in time they assimilated into the community. Just think, 121,000 increasing the size of the country by four percent in a couple of months.<br/><br/>Venezuela, at approximately 33 million, has three times the popup;action of Cuba. But the primary destination, will still be the same--Miami! And we also have a large Venezuelan population in South Florida, but not as large as the Cubans.<br/><br/>Now, not all of Venezuela will come her; but, that problem--of it being a failed state--has been going on for sometime. The Organization of American States (OAS) was set to oust Venezuela, and isolate it; but, Donald Trump has got in the way.<br/><br/>All of the countries in Latin America have sided with Mexico, and not a one of them, now, wants to place the name of their country onto any document that also has Donald Trump's representative sign. <br/><br/>So, I fear that South Florida9 (Key bWest, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach) will, once again take however many Venezuelans in. Surely, some will turn-out to be criminals, but generally at a lower percentage than the general population. <br/><br/><a href=""https://thetruthoncommonsense.com"" title=""https://thetruthoncommonsense.com"" target=""_blank"">https://thetruthoncommonsense.com</a>",22001078,22001078,<br/>,comment,1491023196,1,False,0,,22001078,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037803,Cheekos,64667462,South Florida,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037803,A slippery slope that the U.S. may have stepped onto.,22000417,22000417,<br/>,comment,1491015473,1,False,0,,22000417,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037833,GH,77797451,CA,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037802,"As Hannah Arendt elucidated, if left unchecked by countervailing institutions, the natural evolution of socialism is inexorably toward despotic totalitarianism. There is no power that cannot be claimed in the name of the collective, or policy that cannot be imposed in the name of the collective good (general welfare). <br/><br/>The insidious evil is precisely in claiming absolute power in the name of good intentions.",22001213,22001213,<br/>,comment,1491025576,1,False,0,,22001213,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037802,Ignacio Couce,59972616,"Los Angeles, CA",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037802,It appears Venezuela is becoming the North Korea of our hemisphere - complete with Chinese financial support and resources.,22000277,22000277,<br/>,comment,1491014434,1,False,0,,22000277,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037802,PAN,582307,NC,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037801,"Live by the petro-economy, die by the petro-economy.<br/><br/>That being said, I do not think the US wants a failed state in its hemisphere. Maybe add this to Ivanka's portfolio?",22000823,22000823,<br/>,comment,1491019522,1,False,0,,22000823,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6256/5584/cropped-62565584.jpg?0.6938894520370719,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037801,pjc,62565584,Cleveland,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037800,"Wishing all the best for Venezuela in a very troubling time. Unregulated capitalism is a scourge. Populism as practiced by populists, a scam. If the scammer is charismatic, support for the populist can outlive its plausibility. If the populistic dies first, the regime, now deprived of its patina, can only continue by turning to reform (precarious) or repression (doubling down on the void).<br/><br/>What is the alternative? Taking 2 steps backwards and rethinking were all this leads. Nowhere good unless democracy is re-instated and then not manipulated for the sake of the few. In the end of the day, America under Trump and Venezuela are not that different. Give it 10 years. It didn't happen in Venezuela overnight either.",22001437,22001437,<br/>,comment,1491031778,1,False,0,,22001437,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037800,sandejo,55433563,"Lisbon, Portugal",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037800,"What the old saying people"" get the government they deserve"" They loved Chavez and the free lunch..only it was never free ",22001395,22001395,<br/>,comment,1491030406,1,False,0,,22001395,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037800,1515732,60569089,"Wales,wi",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037800,If you are reading this post you are also a witness to the collapse of western civilization.<br/><br/>Enjoy!,22001113,22001113,<br/>,comment,1491023669,1,False,0,,22001113,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6637/6181/cropped-66376181.jpg?0.6688126630930613,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491037800,dddsba,66376181,Left Coast,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037800,"So let me get this straight: the Editorial Board thinks Venezuela should be expelled from the OAS because it is becoming a dictatorship, but that Cuba should be allowed back into the OAS despite the fact that it is a dictatorship. Perhaps President Obama's policy of treating the Cuban government as a legitimate member of the international community, despite the fact that it does not allow elections or any independent political activity whatsoever, leads Mr. Maduro to think he can get away with anything. Of course, the Board actively cheerled that policy, which has failed to produce a single solitary step towards political reform on the island, zip, zilch, nada. ",22000807,22000807,<br/>,comment,1491019272,1,False,0,,22000807,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037800,SM,66264537,Tucson,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037800,"Three days ago, if I remember correctly, you were calling for aid to be sent to this government. Is that right or wrong?",21999950,21999950,<br/>,comment,1491011922,1,False,0,,21999950,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037800,Bob Acker,71821705,Oakland,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037798,"This headed all the way down the drain. Barring a miracle it will end with death and destruction at near Syrian levels. The refugee exodus will dwarf Syria's simply because it is a much bigger country. That won't cause any external problems, will it?",22001084,22001084,<br/>,comment,1491023233,1,False,0,,22001084,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037798,Dan Minor,56536788,Seattle,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037798,"The U.S. alone can end Maduro's regime. Oil represents 90% of Venezuela's export, and the U.S. purchases most of it. Venezuela's oil is heavy and more expensive to refine. If the U.S. stops buying oil from Venezuela, Maduro's regime collapses.",22001049,22001049,<br/>,comment,1491022541,1,False,0,,22001049,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491037798,BWCA,61339302,Northern Border,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037798,"What seems hard for ""progressives"" and those who have an affinity for ""social justice"" themes, is the reality of such movements and their decent into totalitarianism. Lets go back to articles in NYT years ago when Hugo Chavez was denouncing the then political elite and the wave overtaking Venezuela for the need to reform the social contract. If we go back a bit further, say at the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 the same sympathetic sentiments for social justice and the need for a people's power undertaking, strangely manifest themselves in the names of Lenin and Stalin. <br/><br/>Today, Bernie has been advocating the social justice aspects of life and government without the awareness of social justice legacies. ""Our good intentions bare no malevolence. Our thoughts are pure. What could possibly go wrong?"" Well, plenty. The Soviet Union and Venezuela are examples of what does go wrong with the social justice movements when they actually get into power: Totalitarianism.<br/><br/>At some point I wish the NYT would actually use the ""way back machine"" and review what the editorials said about Hugo Chavez. Revealing.<br/><br/>And there you have it; believe it or not.",22000820,22000820,<br/>,comment,1491019494,1,False,0,,22000820,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491037798,RiHo08,55851898,michigan,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037798,"Given past US machinationswould against leftist groups and governments in Latin America, I would not be surprised to learn that the CIA or similar US organizations deliberately contributed to Venezuela's economic woes - compounding that of lower oil prices.<br/><br/>It might be worthwhile to remember that the<br/>Chavez/Maduro administrations were voted in by a long-time desperately poor majority whose difficult lives were seemingly ignored by previous capitalist governments. Sound familiar?<br/><br/>Should Maduro's foes take back control of Venezuela, it's likely they will continue their historic ignoring of the impoverished majority of citizens.",21999927,21999927,<br/>,comment,1491011713,1,False,0,,21999927,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1927/63/cropped-192763.jpg?1065157101668578623,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037828,Kaari,192763,Madison WI,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037797,"The editorial says that this recent decision brings us ""one step closer to outright dictatorship."" The steps that the editorial refers to seem like those of Achilles in Zeno's paradox! Like Achilles' steps they bring us always only halfway there, but we never arrive at the fearsome condition. <br/><br/>The reason the editorial presents it this way, I think, is that the dictatorship fear is simply a bogeyman. Conditions are not good here at all -- that is true -- nor is the government especially helpful, but it is not really a question of abuse of power, nor would division of power really help us.<br/><br/>In fact, I dont think anybody but a few politicians cares very much about the National Assembly here or thinks that it protects us from anything. Its members have not shown the least interest in the real material problems of the population. If they had, they would have massive support from the people. And they dont!<br/><br/>The alarm bell sounded here in the Times comes both too late and too soon. If you think about it, the Assembly has had no power from about two years. So what is the big deal? Why sound the alarm so late? Yet it is too early, because in fact it will never be time for anyone but we Venezuelans to solve our own problems.",22001446,22001446,<br/>,comment,1491032060,1,False,0,,22001446,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037797,Francisco H. Cirone,71034821,Caracas,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037797,Descent into dictatorship?<br/>What in the name of sanity do you think has been going on in Venezuela for the last 20 years?<br/>A descent into dictatorship.,22000873,22000873,<br/>,comment,1491020066,1,False,0,,22000873,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037797,bewell4711,22867265,California,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037797,The United States of America is right behind them. All it takes is looking the other way.,22000041,22000041,<br/>,comment,1491012582,1,False,0,,22000041,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491037797,gordy,34095067,CA,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491023587,"Hugo Chavez started the downhill slide. I know a Venezuelan-American who is resolutely opposed to Trump, and not because of party loyalty or policy details, but because Trump reminds him strongly of Chavez. And he's not the only one. YouTube has a lot of persuasive material on that subject.",22001105,22001105,n/a,comment,1491023554,1,False,0,,22001105,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,22,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491023587,John,4348749,"Newton, Mass",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491019447,"So … what is the O.A.S. going to do? Thumb its collective nose at Maduro and Venezuela? Are Colombia, Guyana and Brazil going to combine to invade? It’s not like anyone does business with Venezuela now who doesn’t have to – and few do, or perhaps their bodegas wouldn’t be empty of bathroom tissue (and everything else). In the end, what levers do they really have?<br/><br/>In more realistic times, the CIA would be throwing money at internal resisters and with them seek to mount a coup. We don’t do that anymore, so Syrians die from mustard gas, Venezuelans of starvation and Italians from an excess of political exuberance.<br/><br/>The only thing that will kill off this classical South American strong-arm, failed, near-communism/fascism is their own people. Until that happens … no bathroom tissue.",22000814,22000814,<br/>,comment,1491019394,1,False,0,,22000814,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4712/3844/cropped-47123844.jpg?0.06419149620228637,7,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491019447,Richard Luettgen,47123844,New Jersey,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491011663,"My Venezuelan friend, whose family has all abandoned the country, wrote: ""It is a disgrace and a very serious humanitarian disaster what is going on there and it has nothing to do with left-right politics. It is a regime of gangsters that have decided to stay in power no matter what and they will not leave on their own. I am afraid many more dark days are ahead.""",21999835,21999835,<br/>,comment,1491010723,1,False,0,,21999835,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,101,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011663,Philip,5033246,South Orange,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491011663,"The turning point was many years ago when the Chavez regime with help from the Cubans, outlawed the private sector and declared that capitalism and the United States were the sources of all the world's problems. The liberal press was pretty indulgent as they half believed it themselves.<br/>Venezuela today is in its final agonizing death throes.",21999821,21999821,<br/>,comment,1491010517,1,False,0,,21999821,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2171/8272/cropped-21718272.jpg?0.04363735847297445,52,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491011663,Navigator,21718272,Brooklyn,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491011663,"The U.S. should put its money where its mouth is and sanction Venezuela. I've personally been boycotting Citgo for years, but it's time turn the screws in a big way. Make life so intolerable that the people revolt.",21999819,21999819,<br/>,comment,1491010483,1,False,0,,21999819,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,22,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491011663,DRS,34963770,"New York, NY",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491011663,"People in Venezuela are suffering and going hungry.<br/>Although it is admirable that the Times has published an editorial condemning these extraordinary moves toward open dictatorship, the situation is horrendous and getting worse for everyday people. Chronic shortages of food and medicines, and travel restrictions make life very difficult. People cross the border with Colombia to buy whatever food they can in small convenience stores and cart the food back to Venezuela in shopping bags. The health care system has almost collapsed. People who want to bring supplies into Venezuela face all sorts of obstacles.<br/>At the very least, we can work with other countries, perhaps through NGOs, to get food and medicine to people who so desperately need it. We send tons of equipment to the other side of the planet--I hope that we can find a way to lessen the emergency in Venezuela.",21999814,21999814,<br/>,comment,1491010286,1,False,0,,21999814,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,54,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491011663,babs,59924164,massachusetts,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491011663,"The judiciary making laws....how interesting. Over here, the government issues an Executive order, and selected judiciary take it on themselves to rule against it, thereby making laws and national security policy. Of course, the magnitude of what's done in Venezuela is different and far, far worse, but one can draw parallels to an over-reaching judiciary.",21999799,21999799,<br/>,comment,1491010139,1,False,0,,21999799,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491011663,Chris,56291784,La Jolla,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491011663,"The greatest example of a creepy dictator running a country illegally had to be when auto companies ran out of money and the Supreme Premier told the bondholders to face his supporters in the streets if they insisted on being repaid.<br/>Yes, that happened in 2009-10. Sinclair Lewis, It CAN Happen Here. It did.<br/><br/>The tragedy of Venezuela reflects the direction that Barack Obama wanted to U.S. to go. He insisted that the head man at the top must rule alone, by emotional appeals to large crowds if necessary. <br/><br/> When Barack Obama wrote some laws and ignored others as he needed to on the cuff he was acting EXACTLY as a Latin American dictator does. Having a lackey on the Supreme Court rewrite the PPACA to make it Constitutional was just the icing on the cake. ",21999760,21999760,<br/>,comment,1491009814,1,False,0,,21999760,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,10,,0,approved,1,0,1491011663,L’Osservatore,9640850,Fair Verona where we lay our scene,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491011663,Who is surprised?,21999737,21999737,<br/>,comment,1491009551,1,False,0,,21999737,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491011663,Mark Evans,63481963,Austin,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491011663,"OK, New York Times editors,<br/><br/>You have pointed out how bad things are in Venezuela, but you have offered no solutions except urging neighboring countries getting together and talk about taking meaningful action - whatever that is.",21999707,21999707,<br/>,comment,1491009218,1,False,0,,21999707,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4692/6660/cropped-46926660.jpg?0.22607786998986978,31,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491011663,Eric,46926660,New Jersey,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491011663,"A cautionary tale. Couldn't happen here, right???",21999661,21999661,<br/>,comment,1491008669,1,False,0,,21999661,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,73,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491011663,Phyliss Dalmatian,61986282,"Wichita, Kansas",,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491009548,"Reminiscent of The 1933 Enabling Act that gave the German Cabinet – i.e., Chancellor Adolf Hitler – the power to enact laws without the involvement of the Reichstag (German Parliament).<br/><br/>The Enabling Act gave Hitler absolute powers, and along with the Reichstag Fire Decree, abolished most civil liberties and transformed Hitler's government into a legal dictatorship.<br/><br/>Condolences to the good people of Venezuela who have been attacked by dictator Nicolás Maduro.<br/><br/>And an eerie warning to America to be very careful about letting Donald Trump place any justices on the Supreme Court who might be sympathetic toward 'enabling' our very own Megalomaniac-In-Chief.",21999735,21999735,<br/>,comment,1491009522,1,False,0,,21999735,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5187/8992/cropped-51878992.jpg?0.3028964879922569,162,,6,,0,approved,1,1,1491009548,Socrates,51878992,Verona NJ,,,0,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,Agree. All we have left working is the judiciary and Gorsuch will put an end to that if we aren't vigilant.,22003826,22003826,<br/>,userReply,1491056293,2,False,22003302,Nina,22003302:22003826,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Ellen G.,73737322,NC,,,22003302,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"I can only hope that some of the fleeing Venezuelans move in next door to you up there in Newburg. Or perhaps you can take some into your house and relieve the rest of the country of the time, energy and expense of dealing with people who were happy to take your gas money at $4 a gallon until the US started to resuscitate its' own oil industry, much to your chagrin.",22004205,22004205,<br/>,userReply,1491058106,2,False,22003302,Nina,22003302:22004205,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Jonathan,8958492,Boston,,,22003302,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064283,Chavez and Maduro never were Communists. Venezuela is a de-facto military dictatorship led by a populist.,22004129,22004129,<br/>,userReply,1491057748,2,False,22002171,Dan M,22002171:22004129,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064283,BWCA,61339302,Northern Border,,,22002171,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064028,Exactly! And is anybody taking bets on how long it will be before it happens here?,22003886,22003886,<br/>,userReply,1491056615,2,False,22003080,Dadof2,22003080:22003886,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064028,Melda Page,52121639,"Augusta, ME",,,22003080,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"What a crock. As your great leader said ""elections have consequences"". Trump won and he gets to appoint Federal Judges, including the Supreme Court. Criticizing Congress or the Judiciary is not a power grab. No power has changed hands. This tirade is just more Chicken Little blatherings by a lefty who can't stand that his side lost.",22003943,22003943,<br/>,userReply,1491056875,2,False,22003080,Dadof2,22003080:22003943,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Bob,4368539,San Francisco,,,22003080,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"Yeah, I'm sure you were up in arms when Obama issued all of his unconstitutional executive orders and recess appointments, which were overturned by the the courts. More Kool Aid?",22004880,22004880,<br/>,userReply,1491060877,2,False,22003080,Dadof2,22003080:22004880,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Matt Kkkkk,69583951,San Diego,,,22003080,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064277,"I'm sure you can explain how we have an ""oligarchy"" while at the same time Trump's executive orders on granting visas gets blocked by a few federal judges. Are they in on it? Is it all a clever plot? Trump wanted the judges to block his orders? ",22004933,22004933,<br/>,userReply,1491061064,2,False,22002440,Alex C,22002440:22004933,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064277,Matt Kkkkk,69583951,San Diego,,,22002440,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064028,"Seeing as though vwa have always been republic, not a democracy, your comment, Alex, is miguided at best, and more likely uniformed.",22005082,22005082,<br/>,userReply,1491061624,2,False,22002440,Alex C,22002440:22005082,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064028,The Owl,57702801,New England,,,22002440,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"this is a righty that sneaked into power, just like we have in the USA. ",22003927,22003927,<br/>,userReply,1491056804,2,False,22003393,Greg,22003393:22003927,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062540,Patrick,47683892,Michigan,,,22003393,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,These are Righties posing as Leftists or Fascists posing as Populists. It's easy to imagine the Trump crowd following the same game plan.,22004326,22004326,<br/>,userReply,1491058646,2,False,22003393,Greg,22003393:22004326,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1657/7639/cropped-16577639.jpg?0.7411315941812988,6,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491062540,Purple Patriot,16577639,Denver,,,22003393,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"I suppose the newly found freedom to dump coal waste into our nations waterways is something that benefits the people. Or having a President condemn sthe courts rather than express disappoint, or the removal of constraints over air and water quality. Inserting a daughter and a son in law into the workings of government, or having a key advisor who has spent a long time propping up the extreme right. The visions of oligarchs now in direct control of our government agencies and department is something we need to address. Throw in the belief that a colleague of Nunes defended his behavior saying that he works for the president. And the daily news briefings have become facade where the director of propaganda walks back his statements two days earlier, and does cartwheels to explain this presidents tweets and thinking. I think people - all of the people are starting to wonder what the Trump followers have brought us. It is not about Marxism, it is all about absolute power resting in the hands of the few with all the money in they country. ",22004887,22004887,<br/>,userReply,1491060910,2,False,22002574,wes evans,22002574:22004887,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,Jesse V,13247582,Florida,,,22002574,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"General Joao Figueiredo, the last of the military dictatorship in Brazil. There were mass demonstrations against the military rule in the 1980s which he didn't prohibit them even being a military dictator. He became famous in Brazil for the phrase ""I'll jail and punish those that want democracy."" He didn't jail anyone and Brazil became a democracy. General Figueiredo, and in fact all military presidents Brazil had since the military took power in 1964 did not enrich themselves. One of them, the most brutal of all, General Medici, died as a middle-class citizen living in a small apartment in Rio.<br/><br/>One thing is certain about the military in Brazil - they were not corrupted by money.",22004286,22004286,<br/>,userReply,1491058492,2,False,22003046,Jholl,22003046:22004286,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,BWCA,61339302,Northern Border,,,22003046,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062516,"The poor of Venezuela's get poorer by the minute, and have feen forced to accept it ever since Hugo Chavez assumed power in 1999.<br/><br/>The country is yet another failed socialist regime.",22005179,22005179,<br/>,userReply,1491062030,2,False,22002884,Dwight M.,22002884:22005179,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062516,The Owl,57702801,New England,,,22002884,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,Strong liars. Both. Liar- dictators all end up believing their own false world. Always surrounded by sycophants. History has seen this before. ,22005046,22005046,<br/>,userReply,1491061505,2,False,22003135,Jeffrey Waingrow,22003135:22005046,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Forastero,66250980,Queens NY,,,22003135,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"They've been ""acting"" as they wish for the full 8 years of Obama's tenure. But don't let facts get in your way.",22004975,22004975,<br/>,userReply,1491061265,2,False,22002841,LennyN,22002841:22004975,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Matt Kkkkk,69583951,San Diego,,,22002841,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"The ""Bolivarian revolution"" is responsible for destroying Venezuela's oil industry by using it as a jobs program and bleeding it dry to support unsustainable social programs. Like any business, the oil industry requires constant investment and improvement, which you can't do if you are taking all the profit and giving it away to prop up your dictatorship.<br/><br/>The death blow was the drop in oil prices, which revealed Venezuela's state run oil industry to be the inefficient and bloated disaster that it really was.<br/><br/>But leftist diehards like you still use terms like ""oligarchs"" and believe that private industry is evil. Chavez and his ""revolution"" will go down in history as a complete and object failure.",22003638,22003638,<br/>,userReply,1491055159,2,False,22002748,drspock,22002748:22003638,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,Paul,40537728,Califiornia,,,22002748,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064028,"I have no problem with quiet diplomatic actions.<br/><br/>There is no need for a government official to stand up and in form you, Mr. Estner, just because you are curious.<br/><br/>Let's not have the tail wagging the dog... It is as unnatural as it is unproductive.",22005264,22005264,<br/>,userReply,1491062468,2,False,22003177,M.I. Estner,22003177:22005264,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064028,The Owl,57702801,New England,,,22003177,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"Have you noticed China lately? Still with all of the problems that they now have are commonding a huge presence in the world economy. Where do you think your I phone was put together...Look at your other products as well. And also take a look at some of those other countries in Europe that lean towards Socialism and seem to have viable economies. A socialist type program brings you your Social Security, your Medicare and Medicaid, and now the right wants to begin to take that away, slowly but surely. Bernie Sanders might have scared the hell out of many Americans through his personal political preference, but he found a tremendous base of support...And we have ask ourselves here in this country that sticks toxic materials into waterways, lays oid shale pipes across thousands of miles across Native American lands whether or not we are really that well served by those giant corporations. And yes, they employed many of us, but have also taken so much from this land and its people. Now the coal companies are so eager to send those miners back into those holes to remove a product that will continue to poison them and those who breath the waste. ",22005212,22005212,<br/>,userReply,1491062163,2,False,22003376,John Quinn,22003376:22005212,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,Jesse V,13247582,Florida,,,22003376,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"I couldn't agree more! We keep pushing democracy on every nation thinking it is the best for all. But unless those countries, the citizens of those countries, want democracy for themselves we should stay out of it.<br/><br/>At least where the Middle East is concerned, Vizzini had it right: ""...You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - the most famous of which is ""never get involved in a land war in Asia""..""",22003586,22003586,<br/>,userReply,1491054900,2,False,22002910,Jack Dancer,22002910:22003586,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,B Dawson,39068024,WV,,,22002910,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,The US now is an oil exporter. So much for that theory. ,22004436,22004436,<br/>,userReply,1491059176,2,False,22002074,blackmamba,22002074:22004436,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,quantumtangles,73791087,NYC,,,22002074,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054369,"IPM,<br/><br/>I wonder if you know that the U.S. actually sells oil to Venezuela and imports from Venezuela are at a 25 year low?<br/>Most of that imported oil is used by the Venezuela owned oil company in the U.S.<br/><br/>Don't approve of Venezuela be carful where you buy your gas!",22003257,22003257,<br/>,userReply,1491053204,2,False,22001751,IPM,22001751:22003257,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5679/1527/cropped-56791527.jpg?0.5649568950757384,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054369,Richard,56791527,"Stateline, NV",,,22001751,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053986,"Huh? When did your hero Obama ever face up to Venezuela's deterioration? Or was Obama's strategy the same he decided upon with Syria. Make some clever excuses for doing nothing, and some day it will go away. Stop obsessing over Trump.",22003351,22003351,<br/>,userReply,1491053704,2,False,22001751,IPM,22001751:22003351,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053986,JW,48184428,New York,,,22001751,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"Not 100% accurate. The US sells small amounts of light crude to Venezuela that is needed to refine the heavy crude they produce. Venezuela still exports oil, much less than in the past, and the US purchases most of its oil.",22004338,22004338,<br/>,userReply,1491058697,2,False,22001751,IPM,22001751:22004338,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,BWCA,61339302,Northern Border,,,22001751,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054372,If there is a kidnap threat then where and how did you accumulate your wealth.<br/>Venezuela is rife with the rich whining and giving nothing back but hate for the people who do the work. Are you part of the problem or the solution.,22002912,22002912,<br/>,userReply,1491051483,2,False,22001748,Aurace Rengifo,22001748:22002912,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054372,Dwight M.,39631482,"Toronto, Canada",,,22001748,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053942,"i am so sorry. My family visited Venezuela a few times before all of this and met wonderful, generous people who opened their homes to us. My thoughts are with you.",22003002,22003002,<br/>,userReply,1491051938,2,False,22001748,Aurace Rengifo,22001748:22003002,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053942,robert blake,65753874,nyc,,,22001748,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064246,Thank you for this report from inside. I mourn what is happening in your homeland.,22005259,22005259,<br/>,userReply,1491062420,2,False,22001748,Aurace Rengifo,22001748:22005259,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064246,vermontague,34733293,"Northeast Kingdom, Vermont",,,22001748,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053982,"""Venezuelan officials who have enabled Mr. Maduro’s authoritarian rule need to stand up for democratic principles, including the separation of powers and respect for the will of the electorate.""<br/><br/>How laughable. Another typical NYT oxymoron. <br/><br/>Welcome to the socialist paradise...",22002403,22002403,<br/>,userReply,1491048059,2,False,22001836,Kevin Thomas,22001836:22002403,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053982,Phil,195475,NY,,,22001836,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054374,Don't forget Oliver Stone. He was shilling the Hugo Chavez team for years. Funny how Ollie only is able to concoct right-wing conspiracies to spice up his movies.,22003220,22003220,<br/>,userReply,1491053017,2,False,22001836,Kevin Thomas,22001836:22003220,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054374,JW,48184428,New York,,,22001836,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054373,"Oh, no, let's not include the New York Times in the blame for the mess in Venezuela.<br/>It is a complex problem. First, like any country blessed/cursed with a valuable resource, the country lost economic discipline long ago.<br/>Second, Latin American culture is not good at objective order, its area of excellence lies in the personal; so most Latino countries are badly organized and managed and will remain so until we set our minds to the task of strenghtening the public sphere and respect for it, through education, law and practice.<br/>As to the present regime, there is no excuse for it anymore. At one point Chaves spent a lot of money helping people who had never received much of anything, but increasingly resources have been absorbed by corruption and inefficiency.<br/>It is astonishing and painful to see the amount of human suffering a society must endure before real change comes to alleviate its situation.<br/>We are now witnessing the ordeal of the people of Venezuela, let's hope their plight is taken seriously.",22002499,22002499,<br/>,userReply,1491048799,2,False,22001637,steve,22001637:22002499,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054404,Pedro Shaio,31551842,Bogota,,,22001637,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053950,Perhaps a review of the turmoil in that country would reveal it is the autocratic rule that is creating the instability.,22002563,22002563,<br/>,userReply,1491049326,2,False,22001637,steve,22001637:22002563,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491053950,Dan,51816937,"Sandy, UT",,,22001637,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053939,"Autocratic rule in Venezuela (since Chavez) has been a financial and social disaster. I don't support our imperialist ways and think we should pay attention to addressing our own problems, like discontinuing the exportation of war all over the world. The Venezuelan people are going to have to decide what's right for them. This is not our problem. ",22002679,22002679,<br/>,userReply,1491050005,2,False,22001637,steve,22001637:22002679,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4804/7245/cropped-48047245.jpg?0.5432312423363328,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491053969,roark,48047245,Leyden ma,,,22001637,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053936,The US has been working diligently to reverse the revolution. ,22002932,22002932,<br/>,userReply,1491051608,2,False,22001838,david,22001838:22002932,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053936,Dwight M.,39631482,"Toronto, Canada",,,22001838,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053938,Except....the leftist judicial system seems to be the branch of government taking authoritarian powers not granted to them in this country. Hmmm,22002626,22002626,<br/>,userReply,1491049621,2,False,22001894,Carol,22001894:22002626,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053938,Emily,64541974,Westchester NY,,,22001894,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053933,"In case anyone misses your point, you are describing the United States. It's happening here. Bannon's stated objective is to ""bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment."" This will happen while the press is distracted by the Donald's day to day outrages, which are really just distractions.",22003272,22003272,<br/>,userReply,1491053267,2,False,22001894,Carol,22001894:22003272,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053933,Joe,76076805,Indianna,,,22001894,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044395,Who are we to tell countries who they should help. Lose the imperialist nonsense.,22001953,22001953,<br/>,userReply,1491044130,2,False,22000372,Larry,22000372:22001953,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4804/7245/cropped-48047245.jpg?0.5432312423363328,18,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491044395,roark,48047245,Leyden ma,,,22000372,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054372,"Sally,<br/><br/>If you had taken any classes in U.S. Government you might have heard of the (Joe) Biden rule (yes, that Biden) it's about not giving Republican Presidents Supreme Court picks in their final year in office! Of course that was ""different"" (Not!)",22003365,22003365,<br/>,userReply,1491053761,2,False,22001631,Sally,22001631:22003365,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5679/1527/cropped-56791527.jpg?0.5649568950757384,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054372,Richard,56791527,"Stateline, NV",,,22001631,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,Wikipedia does not qualify as a class in U.S. Government.,22003640,22003640,<br/>,userReply,1491055172,2,False,22001631,Sally,22001631:22003640,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5527/6232/cropped-55276232.jpg?0.37641639658249915,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,totyson,55276232,"Sheboygan, WI",,,22001631,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053945,"And maybe a change in attitude toward the poor by OUR ""government"" would be a good thing...",22002729,22002729,<br/>,userReply,1491050319,2,False,22001148,Kaari,22001148:22002729,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053945,kanecamp,69848987,mid-coast Maine,,,22001148,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053934,"The revolution was initially fruitful for many poor and indigenous people, hence their fervent support for Chavez. Now, under Madura, for those living in Venezuela, life has descended into chaos. Friends there have their cars stolen at gunpoint, there is no food. Children are malnourished, some months ago women pushed their way through the border because they had nothing to eat, inflation is totally out of control at 800%<br/>Can that be good for anyone?. ",22002125,22002125,<br/>,userReply,1491045994,2,False,22001171,Sea Star RN,22001171:22002125,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491053934,bella,27254690,paris,,,22001171,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054369,"But then, you are willing to drink the Venezuelan koolaid, aren't you?",22002420,22002420,<br/>,userReply,1491048171,2,False,22001171,Sea Star RN,22001171:22002420,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054369,Phil,195475,NY,,,22001171,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053986,"Successes? Cuba? Cuba went from the highest GDP among Latin American nations in the 1950's to the lowest/poorest by the 1980's and remains the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere by almost every measure. Meanwhile, countries who were behind Cuba in the '50's-- Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Panama, etc and many more are now far more wealthy (and free). ",22002708,22002708,<br/>,userReply,1491050186,2,False,22001171,Sea Star RN,22001171:22002708,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6984/9437/cropped-69849437.jpg?0.48015875183045864,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053986,DPM,69849437,"Miami, Florida",,,22001171,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054363,"Won what? He did everything in his power to prevent a recall vote which was completely constitutional. He prevented last year's elections and hasn't allowed new elections to be scheduled. The notion that we should ""get over it"" because he has a electoral mandate is silly. If he had any sort of mandate he'd permit elections. The only mandate he has now is through the army and the criminal gangs that Chavez created to prevent a popular uprising. <br/><br/>The ""experiment"" is dead. I believe that it is you who needs to ""get over it"". ",22002891,22002891,<br/>,userReply,1491051351,2,False,22001131,fran soyer,22001131:22002891,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054363,Sean,46672096,Pennsylvania,,,22001131,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,Do did Donald Trump. Should we get over that? Stop the protests? Stop the investigations? Stop demanding disclosure? Approve his choices to lead government agencies and sit on the supreme court without question? Wake up.,22003781,22003781,<br/>,userReply,1491056005,2,False,22001131,fran soyer,22001131:22003781,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Joe Becker,67842226,Laguna Beach,,,22001131,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064249,"And therefore gets to be the dictator? I don't think so.<br/>As has been pointed out, Venezuela has a constitution.... and what is going on doesn't conform.<br/>You'll be happy when T-Rex (the dinosaur who wants to be King) does something similar here....",22005204,22005204,<br/>,userReply,1491062132,2,False,22001131,fran soyer,22001131:22005204,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064249,vermontague,34733293,"Northeast Kingdom, Vermont",,,22001131,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053942,Katty but inaccurate. Chavez did great things. As usual the rich can't share!,22002992,22002992,<br/>,userReply,1491051896,2,False,22000329,The Owl,22000329:22002992,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053942,Dwight M.,39631482,"Toronto, Canada",,,22000329,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054373,"Publicitus, so Chileans should have been happy with the coup d'etat that replaced Allende with Gen. Pinochet and military repression-oppression instead? My childhood friends - refugees from the Pinochet rampage era - would differ with your opinion. Then, they were only kids at the time.<br/><br/>Eric, you mean Allende = Chavez = Maduro = Trump = Putin = Duterte = Kim?",22002905,22002905,<br/>,userReply,1491051452,2,False,21999921,publicitus,21999921:22002905,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054373,PAN,582307,NC,,,21999921,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054375,Pinochet was bettter?,22003048,22003048,<br/>,userReply,1491052203,2,False,21999921,publicitus,21999921:22003048,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054375,robert blake,65753874,nyc,,,21999921,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"@PAN, @robert blake<br/><br/>My point is that, while the sins of Gen. Pinochet have been widely aired in the leftist American (and European) press, those of Allende, Carlos Altamirano and other Chilean leftists have not. There has been a double standard in the reporting of Chile since the Sep, 1973 coup.<br/><br/>I also have Chilean friends, some of whom are ambivalent about Pinochet and others who actually liked him. If your friends were ""refugees"" from Pinochet, then possibly they or their parents were exactly the leftist radical militants who were trying to foment civil war and subvert the Chilean constitution.<br/><br/>The NYT has printed article after article by Ariel Dorfman, all of which are critical of Pinochet (fine), but none mention any of what I discussed in my earlier post. That is selective reporting of the worst kind, though what one would expect from NYT.<br/><br/>For example, such articles mention that after Allende received a 36.3% plurality in the 1970 presidential election, the Chilean Christian Democrats rebuffed CIA efforts to get them to not award Allende the presidency, a decision made by the Chilean congress in Oct, 1970. What Dorfman et al never mention is that six months later, the Christian Democrats realized that they had made a mistake. In other words, Henry Kissinger and the CIA accurately predicted what kind of leader Allende would be and the Chr Dems were completely wrong. And after the 1973 coup, former Chilean Pres. Eduardo Frei was glad Pinochet had undertaken it. ",22004298,22004298,<br/>,userReply,1491058526,2,False,21999921,publicitus,21999921:22004298,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,publicitus,67661019,California,,,21999921,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064269,"""Socialism"" works very well in Canada, Norway, Sweden, Germany, etc.. It doesn't work in countries like Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, etc. where the leadership is stupid and cruel. ",22005241,22005241,<br/>,userReply,1491062295,2,False,22001180,danguide,22001180:22005241,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064269,JAB,48676165,Daugavpils,,,22001180,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044393,We're so much better off now.,22001760,22001760,<br/>,userReply,1491041284,2,False,22000918,GeorgeB Purdell,22000918:22001760,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6007/4219/cropped-60074219.jpg?0.44374260152073175,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491044393,pendragn52,60074219,South Florida,,,22000918,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054373,Tin pot dictator with a party of NO to counter balance (check and balance) everything he did. Not much of a dictator.<br/><br/>Now we have a gold pot dictator with compliant legislative majority and SCOTUS one the stolen seat is filled.,22002987,22002987,<br/>,userReply,1491051845,2,False,22000918,GeorgeB Purdell,22000918:22002987,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054373,PAN,582307,NC,,,22000918,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"Yuri,<br/><br/>An alternative explanation for Venezuela's problems is regardless of how much oil is in the ground you can't sell it if you don't invest in the means to extract it for sale.<br/><br/>The Socialists in Venezuela have been living off the oil income since the 1990s. Using it to buy elections even as oil output fell for lack of reinvestment.<br/><br/>As everyone already knows socialism fails when it runs out of easy money to give away.",22003520,22003520,<br/>,userReply,1491054532,2,False,22001604,Yuri Asian,22001604:22003520,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5679/1527/cropped-56791527.jpg?0.5649568950757384,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,Richard,56791527,"Stateline, NV",,,22001604,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"BWCA,<br/><br/>The U.S. Buys very little of Venezuela's oil. The Venezuelan owned oil company located in the U.S. buys most of it. Want to end Socialist Dictatorship in Venezuela be carful where you buy gas right here at home!",22003601,22003601,<br/>,userReply,1491054963,2,False,22001049,BWCA,22001049:22003601,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5679/1527/cropped-56791527.jpg?0.5649568950757384,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Richard,56791527,"Stateline, NV",,,22001049,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"@BWCA<br/><br/>The US buys $14 billion of mostly crude petroleum from Venezuela while selling about $8 billion in gasoline, pharmaceuticals, industrial equipment, food, chemicals, etc. It's a major import/export economy, ranking it last year as the 66th largest trade economy in the world with a positive trade balance of $6 billion.<br/><br/>In other words, Venezuela isn't dependent on the US particularly with petroleum exports. Last year China bought $6 billion in crude petroleum from Venezuela and most likely would instantly take up any slack in Venezuelan oil exports if the US stopped. Because of the political impasse between an entrenched oligarchy, a corrupt leadership, and the considerable remnants of Chavez' populism, Venezuela's oil infrastructure has deteriorated and oil production has declined along with the economy.<br/><br/>Venezuela isn't some desperate underdeveloped nation without resources. It is a client state of Russia, receiving $10 billion in military assistance to circumvent US sanctions against arms sales to Venezuela by allies. <br/><br/>With Exxon in the State Department and Putin's puppet in the White House, Venezuela's future isn't its own.",22003603,22003603,<br/>,userReply,1491054964,2,False,22001049,BWCA,22001049:22003603,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3719/6826/cropped-37196826.jpg?0.02378307383427969,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,Yuri Asian,37196826,Bay Area,,,22001049,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037801,"But surely enforced progressivism is the best of all possible worlds, right?<br/>With Leftist Presidents, does the U.S. even NEED a court system or a Congress? ",22000166,22000166,<br/>,userReply,1491013536,2,False,21999821,Navigator,21999821:22000166,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037801,L’Osservatore,9640850,Fair Verona where we lay our scene,,,21999821,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037950,The esteemed Editorial Board had little to say when that happened when any sane person could see that Chavez had little interest in democracy when it got in his way.,22000360,22000360,<br/>,userReply,1491015054,2,False,21999821,Navigator,21999821:22000360,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037950,The Owl,57702801,New England,,,21999821,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491064238,@Navigator<br/><br/>Fake news is bad but revisionist history is worse. Doesn't take much to inform yourself about Venezuela before issuing an authoritative-sounding opinion that celebrates your ideological bias and breath-taking ignorance. That you didn't bother to consider any facts explains why Trump is president and why you think you have license to feel superior when you're sitting in the corner wearing a dunce cap.<br/><br/>Best not to shoot from the hip unless that's where your brain is...,22004132,22004132,<br/>,userReply,1491057767,2,False,21999821,Navigator,21999821:22004132,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3719/6826/cropped-37196826.jpg?0.02378307383427969,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064238,Yuri Asian,37196826,Bay Area,,,21999821,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037804,"Yes it's amazing how much they say they hated Chevez, but all that time the Hess refinery in St Croix USVI was happily refining Venezeulian crude and shipping it to the US.",22000245,22000245,<br/>,userReply,1491014159,2,False,21999819,DRS,21999819:22000245,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037804,paul,60834232,earth,,,21999819,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037797,What you are suggesting is callous and immoral. You are proposing to increase the suffering of the Venezuelan people and for what purpose? Boycotts have never been effective and they only further entrench these petty dictators. I suggest we follow Nixon's example and do what he did to reset the relationship with China and begin a dialogue with Venezuela's leaders. Come to the aid of the Venezuelan people in their time of need and win their ever lasting friendship.,22000278,22000278,n/a,userReply,1491014439,2,False,21999819,DRS,21999819:22000278,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037827,Raul Campos,56000381,San Francisco,,,21999819,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053945,"Sanctions work against financially stable countries, not those descending into chaos. In another world, we would have a president and congress who would work with other countries or the UN to take care of this human catastrophe. ",22002423,22002423,<br/>,userReply,1491048193,2,False,21999819,DRS,21999819:22002423,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7262/6/cropped-72626.jpg?0.9806781237508488,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053945,Nora Webster,72626,"Lucketts, VA",,,21999819,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037804,Venezuela does not accept foreign aid.,22000226,22000226,<br/>,userReply,1491014031,2,False,21999814,babs,21999814:22000226,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491037804,Sanford,26989456,ny,,,21999814,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"I know that Venezuela has refused foreign aid but that doesn't mean we can't try to find a way to support humanitarian aid. People are dying and getting ill from severe food shortages and the collapse of health care. A friend of a friend recently suffered a heart event outside of Caracas and cannot find a cardiologist. Family and friends find it difficult to bring food and medicine into the country. Expelling Venezuela from the OAS may well not make any difference--if Venezuelans are forced to leave the country, I wonder where they will go. ",22004638,22004638,<br/>,userReply,1491060010,2,False,21999814,babs,21999814:22004638,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,babs,59924164,massachusetts,,,21999814,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037953,No parallel. Our judiciary has protected us till the 2nd amendment misinterpreted and Citizens United was imposed.,22000658,22000658,n/a,userReply,1491017724,2,False,21999799,Chris,21999799:22000658,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4811/7818/cropped-48117818.jpg?2528079751088881801,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037983,Tullymd,48117818,Bloomington Vt,,,21999799,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037799,"Chris: You are obviously not familiar with the role of the judiciary in our government. The courts are our final remedy to unconstitutional laws passed by the legislative branch or unconstitutional orders by the executive branch of the government. What you see as an over-reaching judiciary I see as a barrier to Trump becoming even more like Maduro than he already is. You might be comfortable with a totally untethered president but I am certainly not. By the way, I lived and worked for four years in Venezuela during the Chavez regime and, believe me, there are no parallels to be drawn. ",22000737,22000737,<br/>,userReply,1491018515,2,False,21999799,Chris,21999799:22000737,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037799,Phillip Brown,51688367,"Spokane, WA",,,21999799,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062540,"To Phillip Brown: To take your argument (one-sided) to its logical conclusion, the courts are the final arbiters of making laws. In other words, anyone who disagrees with a law or policy can find the appropriate judge and have it overturned. If it goes to the Supreme Court, a right or left leaning Supreme Court can decide on a law based on its political ideology. It may be extreme in venezuela, but the logic is no different. And, oh, having worked for four years in Venezuela during the Chavez regime gives you no special insight into the roles of judiciary in the government. Just that you found no problem in working with the Chavez government.",22004775,22004775,<br/>,userReply,1491060505,2,False,21999799,Chris,21999799:22004775,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062540,Chris,56291784,La Jolla,,,21999799,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037950,"Yes, after George W. did such a great job with the economy in 2008, and Obama spent eight years bringing it down from those stratospheric heights. Some Alternative Universe you've been living in Dude. ",22001335,22001335,<br/>,userReply,1491028521,2,False,21999760,L’Osservatore,21999760:22001335,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5764/5792/cropped-57645792.jpg?0.409648879136875,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037950,Charles Justice,57645792,"Prince Rupert, BC",,,21999760,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491053939,"...especially when ""cultists"" liberals who couldn't accept a president as legitimate unless he was of their own party and who are dedicated to finding some was to impeach him with sham investigations. ",22003352,22003352,<br/>,userReply,1491053708,2,False,21999760,L’Osservatore,21999760:22003352,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491053939,Raul Campos,56000381,San Francisco,,,21999760,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"@rjnyc: There could have been many alternatives, some of which included the bondholders getting their fair share of the proceeds. <br/><br/>Instead we had what was arguably a fraudulent bankruptcy (not all liabilities were disclosed) let by Obama and Rattner for political gain. That's a tall order for Trump to match.",22004376,22004376,<br/>,userReply,1491058854,2,False,21999760,L’Osservatore,21999760:22004376,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,jp,1948827,MI,,,21999760,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037949,"Anything the NY Times suggests will 1. Probably fail and 2. Be criticized by Kristof and Krugman.<br/>Regarding 2, I guess the KK's have to earn a living somehow.",22000358,22000358,<br/>,userReply,1491015053,2,False,21999707,Eric,21999707:22000358,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037981,jp,1948827,MI,,,21999707,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491044392,"I thought this editorial as the beginning of a campaign to admit ever more refugees to this country. <br/><br/>However, judging by the posted comments, I must conclude that it is really a coded message to the lunatic left - which include most Democrats in Congress - to oppose Judge Gorsuch in order to prevent President Trump from making himself dictator.<br/><br/>I used to think the editors of this newspaper were merely dishonest and justified their lies for their good causes. I am now convinced that they are insane and have gone completely off the deep end not to mention being consumed by Donald Trump. ",22001860,22001860,<br/>,userReply,1491043016,2,False,21999707,Eric,21999707:22001860,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4692/6660/cropped-46926660.jpg?0.22607786998986978,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491044392,Eric,46926660,New Jersey,,,21999707,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491038203,Nope. Far too many people own firearms for there to be an effective government takeover in the US. And don't expect wholesale support from the military should someone attempt it.,22001467,22001467,<br/>,userReply,1491032646,2,False,21999661,Phyliss Dalmatian,21999661:22001467,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3513/183/cropped-3513183.jpg?0.38938056067394855,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491038203,Steve Crisp,3513183,"Raleigh, NC",,,21999661,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491037950,"So, the leftist government of Venezuela, supported and guided by the Cuban dictatorship, is destroying democracy and you want to make this about Trump? And these Hitler analogies are stupid and offensive, offensive above all to the memory of the millions killed by the Nazi regime. ",22001399,22001399,<br/>,userReply,1491030434,2,False,21999735,Socrates,21999735:22001399,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491037950,SM,66264537,Tucson,,,21999735,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491054371,Socrates. I often agree with you. Not on this one. Read Yuri Asians comment.,22003329,22003329,<br/>,userReply,1491053552,2,False,21999735,Socrates,21999735:22003329,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054371,Mark Question,28886233,3rd Star to Left,,,21999735,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491062490,"Richard:<br/>Calling the Republican dereliction of their Constitutional duty ""the Biden rule"" displays your partisan blind spot regarding both history and the law. No such ""rule"" exists or was ever exercised. Furthermore, the Constitution provides a clear method for the Senate to deny a president the nominee of choice: Vote the nominee down in open session. That, however, would take a stand based on principle instead of a dodge based on cowardice or worse.<br/>When a branch of the government ignores or abdicates its true powers of checks and balances, we do inch closer to an unchecked, unbalanced, and unrepresentative form of government. Our Constitution is much older than Venezuela's, but beneath the history it is still as vulnerable and as fragile when those elected to uphold and defend it intentionally disregard their oaths.",22003483,22003483,<br/>,userReply,1491054399,2,False,21999735,Socrates,21999735:22003483,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5527/6232/cropped-55276232.jpg?0.37641639658249915,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062490,totyson,55276232,"Sheboygan, WI",,,21999735,58def9f57c459f24986d7c90,Unknown,Editorial,575,22,Editorial,,,,,,
+1491154354,"It's not clear that athletic administrators at UNC ever did anything other than steering marginally qualified students with extraordinary demands on their time towards less demanding courses. Every university attempting to compete in football and basketball does the same thing. Of course there are options:<br/>(1) Stop lowering admission standards for athletes.<br/>(2) Reduce the number of hours required for students to participate in varsity athletics.<br/>(3) Cut the demands on freshmen by limiting their role in varsity sports.<br/><br/>Obviously the suspect courses at UNC should never have been offered. But hundreds of non-athletes enrolled in those classes. The scandal is about the lack of academic rigor and integrity, not extraordinary behavior by UNC athletes. ",22015199,22015199,<br/>,comment,1491145429,1,False,0,,22015199,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491154354,JohnK,65445764,Durham,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145442,"I recognize a hit piece full of carefully worded statements designed to give a negative opinion when I see one. I certainly hope the NYTimes Public Editor takes a close look at this article.<br/><br/>Although there have been problems at UNC the article flavors everything negatively. The first tell was when Mr. Powell says some student reports averaged ""almost"" an A-. Well that's a B+, right? But B's don't sound nearly as bad as A's. And when the University spends millions to help athletes academically, Mr. Powell makes it sound like a bad thing. Tutors?? How could they be so evil.<br/><br/>But I think the biggest violation of journalistic integrity is the timing of the article and Mr. Powell's insinuation that this team is a result. This is obvious given the comments to the article which are outraged at the way UNC IS behaving.<br/><br/>I was appalled when I learned of UNC's past practices, but they are not alone, and for UNC they ended years ago. If the American consumer doesn't want college sports to interfere with academia then the NCAA is a sham. The article rails at a $2 million coach's salary yet fails to mention that the average NCAA Commissioner's salary is more than $3 million, with PAC-10 commissioners receiving even higher. The ACC is the LEAST lucrative conference.",22012600,22012600,<br/>,comment,1491133340,1,False,0,,22012600,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145443,J Reaves,72502682,NC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145438,The timing of this article is repulsive. Final four is tonight! This year's team does not deserve the criticism.,22010581,22010581,n/a,comment,1491104575,1,False,0,,22010581,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145438,Cookie-o,11668467,SW CT,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145436,"Who cares? It is the strange NCAA structure and institution that causes these issues. Kids are good at basketball but aren't capable of attending UNC. They still get a degree as long as they show up. Good trade of talent for talent. Hilarious by the way about someone complaining that PhD students make no money while a basketball coach does. It's called supply and demand. Use your PhD to, you know, do something people care about (including coaching basketball if you can) and you will be just fine.",22014469,22014469,<br/>,comment,1491141964,1,False,0,,22014469,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145436,ABC,64510737,NYC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145436,How are these guys even in the tournament?<br/>Disgusting.,22013005,22013005,<br/>,comment,1491135431,1,False,0,,22013005,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145436,BC,17282944,New Jersey,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145384,Why does the author feel the need to point out that Professor Hildebrand is black? It is irrelevant what the color of his skin is.,22011534,22011534,<br/>,comment,1491117519,1,False,0,,22011534,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145384,Gerry McAree,67169324,Maryland,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145383,What a joke. Why not just get universities to sponsor sports teams like the local dry cleaner and the bowling league. No pretense of academics.,22010854,22010854,<br/>,comment,1491106912,1,False,0,,22010854,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145383,Allison Williams,65806446,Richmond VA,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145382,UNC won last night that is all that matters. Period. Thank you.,22015067,22015067,<br/>,comment,1491144704,1,False,0,,22015067,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145382,Southern Boy,45428638,The Volunteer State,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145382,"Whoever said that cheaters never prosper obviously had not looked at the NCAA Div. I, and North Carolina's program in particular. They have apparently gone from giving athletes fake grades in actual classes to giving fake grades in fake classes. In some ways it makes sense. Picture the administrator who argues that the practice is less dishonest, since it no longer requires finding faculty members who are willing to conspire in order to commit this fraud. That has to be better, right? (NO.) <br/><br/>UNC should be ashamed to assert that this is an accreditation issue, and none of the NCAA's business. And their accreditation organization should use this bald statement as justification to thoroughly investigate UNC's continued accreditation. Those ""useful fools"" have no business calling themselves professional educators and university professors if they ignore their duty to teach actual subject matter.<br/><br/>Why is UNC not suspended? I suppose the answer to that can only be answered by following the money, in Chapel Hill and in tournament offices, too.",22012192,22012192,<br/>,comment,1491130025,1,False,0,,22012192,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145382,EG,69409352,"NM, USA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145381,"Congrats, Michael. You revealed nothing new, made no attempt at objectivity in failing to mention how the subject spans universities across the country, and to put it nicely, stretched the truth, repeatedly. That said, you provided click bait for the haters in your own ""clever"" tone, so, well done. ",22014724,22014724,<br/>,comment,1491143225,1,False,0,,22014724,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145381,Therese,67745688,Boston,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145381,"When I graduated UNC in 1980, I thought that the university could not possibly further pimp itself to sports. Sadly, I have been proven horribly wrong. The university has gone from call girl to truck stop hooker for the sports program.",22011135,22011135,<br/>,comment,1491110159,1,False,0,,22011135,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145381,UNCalum,76258346,"Durham, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145381,I agree 100% with everything this journalist wrote. I disagree with most of the comments written by the UNC fans and really UNC apologist trying to defend UNC. That all said Roy Williams is a Great Basketball Coach. What he did with the team after the 2005 championship was phenomenal. That all said cheating occurred under his watch and he should lose wins and championships as a result. Still he's a great coach.,22010053,22010053,n/a,comment,1491100446,1,False,0,,22010053,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145381,Todd,79845050,NC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145341,College Sports teaches life lessons.<br/>Crime pays.<br/>Nobody knew anything about any of this.<br/>The corruption of the academic standards of a university is not important.<br/>Winning is the only thing.,22014821,22014821,<br/>,comment,1491143663,1,False,0,,22014821,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145341,Richard Crepeau,46845452,"Winter Springs, Floirdia",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145341,"Heading in to the NCAA finals, I feel like I did when I found out right before the superbowl that Tom Brady is a huge Trump fan - complete with his own Make America White Again hat - so I rooted against the Pats for the first time. <br/><br/>What to do? GO-GO-GO GONZAGA!!",22011010,22011010,<br/>,comment,1491108733,1,False,0,,22011010,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145341,common sense advocate,47969486,CT,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145341,what repercussions?,22010257,22010257,<br/>,comment,1491101991,1,False,0,,22010257,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145341,AO,57677228,JC NJ,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145332,"As a University brat, I witnessed the intimidation of my father, a professor and department chair, by the administrations at four major powerhouse sports universities to pass their players. He, the top man in his field, could resist because he knew they couldn't fire him or if they did, he would have multiple offers from other Universities or hospitals. As a student who worked in the college library at one of those Universities, I saw the sports teams treated like 4th graders with employees who ushered them through their classes and study periods with a lot of ""help"" with their writing assignments. All students would be straight A students if offered the same ""help"". This was in the 60's and 70's when sports were big for reputations and money making for attendance at games but not as big for money as the huge television deals that are here today. It was also a time when student athletes had to make it through 3 or 4 years of school before they could go on to the pro teams. It's a sham to keep up big college sports as amateur athletics. The pressure starts in middle school and continues on with the student's education being totally ignored in favor of his or her athletic ability. The cart before the horse, indeed!",22012839,22012839,<br/>,comment,1491134620,1,False,0,,22012839,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145332,jcs,43115010,nj,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145331,"The NCAA is arguably the most corrupt institution in the United States, tied with the United States Congress. It is a disgrace. At the very least, these millionaire coaches, athletic directors and college presidents should cough up half their salaries and put them into a fund for athletes to return and actually receive an education at any time of their choosing after their athletic careers (and they are careers) are completed. Not doing so makes the entire system smack of indentured labor. How UNC was not smacked with a decade-long punishment is a mystery. Oh...never mind. No, it isn't.",22010777,22010777,<br/>,comment,1491106244,1,False,0,,22010777,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145331,bstar,69693898,"Baltimore, MD",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145330,Excellent article. One question. Has anyone written about what happens to all of the athletes who graduate and don't turn pro? How do they fare in the job market? Where have they ended up?,22013174,22013174,<br/>,comment,1491136156,1,False,0,,22013174,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145364,M,63474919,Brooklyn,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145330,And the NCAA has done what? Remember what they did to Penn State and others?,22012737,22012737,<br/>,comment,1491134170,1,False,0,,22012737,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145330,Tom,68756294,Pa,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145330,"Thank you for this stark reminder of the corruption that plagues the NCAA big money sports. But I have to take issue with the teaser for your story which reads that for two decades until 2013 UNC engaged in activities that benefitted student-athletes. Let's be clear that the student-athletes are the biggest victims, not the beneficiaries of this otherwise excellent academic institution providing fabricated educations in exchange for years of full time unpaid athletic performances.",22012060,22012060,<br/>,comment,1491128247,1,False,0,,22012060,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145330,Colin Teichholtz,53287658,"New York, NY",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145320,"Asking the NCAA to investigate the North Carolina academic fraud for ""revenue sports"" athletes is like asking the Trump White House to investigate the Russia Convention. Lots of high-paid Devon Nuneses at work rounding up the usual suspects. How corrupt and tainted.",22010518,22010518,<br/>,comment,1491104029,1,False,0,,22010518,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145320,Leo,47847319,Central NJ,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145280,It does make you wonder how many other athletic programs across the country are doing the same thing ...?,22014220,22014220,<br/>,comment,1491140902,1,False,0,,22014220,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145280,Hi There,32285639,"Irving, TX",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145280,"Pay student athletes, but only after they earn their undergraduate degrees. The issues of pay and ""one and done"" will be resolved. Not perfect -- there will be cheaters and ""easy As"" -- but at least the priorities will shift. ",22013559,22013559,<br/>,comment,1491138021,1,False,0,,22013559,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145280,DCBinNYC,20457178,NYC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145279,"When fans the world over stop tuning in to college basketball, the athletes will knuckle down to their studies.",22012382,22012382,<br/>,comment,1491131780,1,False,0,,22012382,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145279,Laurel Durst,39353952,"Taghkanic, New York",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145278,"Money and college athletics. How do they impact the university's mission? At the University of Michigan, they have so much money, their football team is going to Italy for spring practice! Wouldn't that money be put to better use elsewhere?",22012657,22012657,<br/>,comment,1491133700,1,False,0,,22012657,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145278,PLombard,23404512,"Ferndale, MI",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145278,"UNC, dirty to the core. They should be surrendering a lot of ill gotten gains, including titles and be receive a death sentence for their programs. Fair, I'd say.",22011256,22011256,<br/>,comment,1491111864,1,False,0,,22011256,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145278,DTOM,75716722,CA,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145278,"Not to excuse it for one instant, but is it cheating if everyone's doing it? And does anyone think that, with the possible exception of the Ivies, this isn't going on at least throughout Division I, to one extent or another? Does Kentucky, with John Calipari's one and done program, even make a pretense of offering an education to its ""student-athletes""? So, who's being cheated? The answer, of course, is the athletes who contribute to the success of their teams at the college level but who have no realistic chance of a professional career. They endure the deprivation of maintaining amateur status until their eligibility expires, whereupon they are cast off like foster children who age out of the system.",22011038,22011038,<br/>,comment,1491109058,1,False,0,,22011038,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145278,Deja Vue,17513948,Escondido CA,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145277,"At UCLA, John Wooden put UNC to shame. He emphasized LEARNING, and had the best record ever. His definition of success is peace of mind. Do your best, but you may not win, because not everything is under your control.<br/>I wonder if UNC coaches have peace of mind about their winning records and players subsequent life performances.<br/>I don't know all the specifics of UNC programs, but they seem to be all about ""winning"" at all costs.<br/>I hope we all someday come to worship money less, as the definition of success.<br/>I was lucky to attend UCLA and serve hot dogs at Pauley Pavillion and see Woodens last year and last NCAA title, in 1975.<br/>I highly recommend googling Wooden and reading about his life philosophy. UNCS coaches and our current president definitely missed these lessons.",22014437,22014437,<br/>,comment,1491141858,1,False,0,,22014437,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145277,Rich,64906981,Richmond,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145277,"What sorts of job prospects come with an under-graduate degree from the Department of African and Afro-American studies? What is the median starting salary and is it sufficient to pay back taxpayer-subsidized student loans? If the answers are ""poor"", ""low"", and ""no"", then it is not just our so-called student athletes who are being ripped off. If you want to discover where unchecked rent-seeking has largely destroyed the economic prospects of the American middle class over the past fifty years, look first at those sectors where government plays a prominent role. Higher education, healthcare, and finance spring instantly to mind.",22013927,22013927,<br/>,comment,1491139572,1,False,0,,22013927,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491145277,Earl W.,4496023,"New Bern, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145276,"This is about money, big money. When you are watching big time collegiate sports you are watching professional sports.<br/>Genuine college athletics is played in the division two and three levels.<br/><br/>We need to be mindful of the fact that the media controls America.",22010174,22010174,<br/>,comment,1491101340,1,False,0,,22010174,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145276,Michael Ventura,30415304,New York,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145275,"Give the people bread and games! I don't watch college sport because I think it's indentured servitude. That being said, I hope these people don't win.",22014519,22014519,<br/>,comment,1491142199,1,False,0,,22014519,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145275,E,47413489,USA,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100409,Boycott the finals on Monday. This disgusts me to the core.,22009708,22009708,<br/>,comment,1491098091,1,False,0,,22009708,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491100409,La Justicia,59342289,"Chicago, IL",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100394,"This dude will get a statue. Corruption, hypocrisy, poor or no education? Just doesn't matter as long as it doesn't affect coach's bottom line. Trolls who take umbrage won't have a clue as to what it's all about. College grads on food stamps? Golly, how did that ever happen......?",22009458,22009458,<br/>,comment,1491096596,1,False,0,,22009458,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100394,will segen,30661753,san francisco,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100334,"""The answer to all of your questions, is money."" Don Ohlmeyer",22009243,22009243,<br/>,comment,1491095331,1,False,0,,22009243,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100334,Bob Lakeman,54701923,"Alexandria, VA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100217,"This is news? In 1972-1973, an innocent girl from a small town in western Wisconsin, I attended the University of Kentucky. Right off the bat, I was asked to do a correspondence course for one of the basketball players (I refused). It was no secret on campus that a select group of women had the role of 'entertaining' potential recruits for the basketball team. I had previously thought the purpose of school sports was to teach young people good sportsmanship. Even more naively, I thought good sportsmanship included being an honorable person. (I blame the university more than the young male students.) Although those were not the only reasons, after one year at UK, I transferred to a university north of the Mason-DIxon Line.",22008066,22008066,n/a,comment,1491087941,1,False,0,,22008066,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,18,,2,,1,approved,1,0,1491100217,slfiore,47184229,"Verona, WI",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100217,"“‘Little rigor” is a term of art that begs for definition.” This is so, but it doesn’t lack for illustration, this article being an exemplar.<br/><br/>It appears that Mr. Powell has chatted with Dan Kane and Jay Smith, scanned some documents, and done little else.<br/><br/>What the U has to say is consigned to 2 sentences near the end of the article; the remainder of the article is a confusing mash of facts, unproven allegations, insinuations and innuendoes. That many of the claimed “facts” are disputed and that the NCAA has come under severe and widespread criticism, most recently from Jay Bilas who most regard as both knowledgeable and fair, are not mentioned by Mr. Powell.<br/><br/>It’s made to sound sinister that there are some easy graders on college faculties - we had one nicknamed “Santa Claus”, another “Giveaway”, but we also had “Damnation” and “Hurricane” who were the opposite. The real issue here isn’t easy graders, it’s sham classes, a distinction lost on Mr. Powell.<br/><br/>One thing that sticks in my craw, as we say in NC, is that this article is published on the day UNC is playing in the Final Four WITHOUT mentioning that the sham classed ended in 2011 (not 2013 as Mr. Powell states), and none of the current players were then at the U. Their achievements should not be denigrated by past conduct in which they played no part. ",22007799,22007799,<br/>,comment,1491085447,1,False,0,,22007799,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,18,,6,,0,approved,1,0,1491100217,Jim Hugenschmidt,71193093,Asheville NC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100066,"Another corrupt system, with 1-10% (depending on the Division) getting the professional sports prize but the others defrauded of their promise of an education for their performance. (There's an analogy in there somewhere.) These big program athletes are second class students, paid only with a lottery ticket and denied the time required to actually get their education. And it's not like all the school cheat, but the NCAA is COMPLICIT in allowing those who do cheat to benefit from their malfeasance.",22007915,22007915,<br/>,comment,1491086576,1,False,0,,22007915,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491100066,Jpriestly,35171293,"Orlando, FL",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100066,As a fervent Duke basketball fan &, alumnus I too have a love/hate relationship with the beautiful powderblue overachievers tar heels. I however have come to admire them for the bigger picture over the years. Dean Smith was a strong advocate during the civil rights era for integrating southern basketball teams and presently Roy Williams is as vocal about the current discriminatory North Carolina legislation.,22007676,22007676,<br/>,comment,1491084140,1,False,0,,22007676,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491100066,Chrisman scherf,78854965,Forest Hills,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,
+1491100065,"Thank you for writing this article. It bothers me to no end that during the fever pitch of March Madness truths like the North Carolina academic scandal are allowed to hide in plain sight. I can't help but think that a substantial number of the programs that made it to the tournament have employed similarly shameful end-arounds, and it should bother their administrators that they labor under a cloud of suspicion because of what North Carolina did. But I guess if enough people don't care, this will remain a non-issue every time the tournament becomes the focus of the sports world for the month of March.",22008439,22008439,n/a,comment,1491090607,1,False,0,,22008439,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100065,Dave,69518586,Virginia,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100064,"Is there a single state in which the highest paid public employee is not the head men's football or basketball coach? What's worse, the fact that such a situation exists or that a huge number of people believe that is absolutely appropriate? Say what you will about Donald Trump - and I despise everything about him - he is the PERFECT leader for our society because he PERFECTLY reflects America's real values.",22007807,22007807,<br/>,comment,1491085546,1,False,0,,22007807,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,17,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491100064,Jason Shapiro,46836930,"Santa Fe , NM",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100063,"These colleges and universities have an amazing level of cognitive dissonance. You can have students and you can have semi-pro athletes. You can't have student-semi-pro-athletes.<br/><br/>When the highest paid state employee is a football or basketball head coach, you demonstrate your real priorities in the student vs. semi-pro-athlete debate.",22008022,22008022,<br/>,comment,1491087589,1,False,0,,22008022,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100063,Southerner in MA,76474259,"Boston, MA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100063,"Following this closely over all these years has taught me so much about journalism. The lessons I've learned of the self-serving nature of The News and Observer are helpful whenever I read big, sensational reports about issues I know less about than this years old academic mistake at Carolina. I have been cheering The Times on since the election, but this sure disappoints me.",22007870,22007870,<br/>,comment,1491086211,1,False,0,,22007870,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100063,dianev58,46654887,north carolina,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100063,"In 150 years of college athletics only one ""big time"" university that enjoyed national championships in football and other sports gave up on athletics to focus on academics. This same school was one of the original seven to found the first conference: The Big Ten. The school: The University of Chicago. ",22007681,22007681,<br/>,comment,1491084228,1,False,0,,22007681,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5456/2472/cropped-54562472.jpg?0.9639078087657071,20,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100063,The Perspective,54562472,Chicago,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100062,The Perspective claims winning at all costs triumphs over academics at UNC. He mentions Michigan as a great academic public school. Michigan pays their football coach 9 million dollars a year. ,22008774,22008774,<br/>,comment,1491092605,1,False,0,,22008774,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100062,sdt,70263545,"st. johns,mi",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491091688,How about not admitting student athletes that aren't academically qualified?,22008615,22008615,<br/>,comment,1491091639,1,False,0,,22008615,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,23,,3,,1,approved,1,1,1491091688,Jen A,57653191,Arkansas,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491083171,"I am continually at a loss when explaining the attachment of sports to academics with my Scottish wife. It simply doesn't make any sense to her that UK club sports are part of a curriculum. I try the semi-pro model.<br/><br/>On a less cynical note, degree attainment or not, sports offers some structure in critical years of maturity, if not accountability. That it generate dollars is the American way and if not impoverishing something else, let it ride. ",22007572,22007572,<br/>,comment,1491083131,1,False,0,,22007572,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491083171,Robert Rauktis,63602469,Scotland,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491082404,"When I was a student at UNC, I was proud to go to a school where we didn't have to worry about cheating because we had an honor code. A few years after graduating, I discovered that a classmate who had graduated with honors had never completed her honors thesis and that other classmates had been given A grades for courses for which they had incompletes although they never turned in the missing papers. None of these people were athletes. I never quite knew what to make of that information but I wasn't shocked when the scandal broke.",22007428,22007428,<br/>,comment,1491081863,1,False,0,,22007428,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,32,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491082404,jd,116516,California,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491082385,What shallowness.<br/>UNC Academia provided special privileges to the alternative History Department (African American Studies [AFAM]): separation from the History Department and no periodic performance reveiws for the Department Chair and the Department generally.<br/>UNC Athletics had nothing to do with these decisions.<br/>Political Correctness drove it all.<br/>Where is the NYT story outlining theses dynamics? Nowhere because these facts don't fit the narrative.,22007412,22007412,<br/>,comment,1491081690,1,False,0,,22007412,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491082385,Bluecheer,66137922,Pinehurst NC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491082346,"I am amazed to see so many defensive comments by UNC supporters. I read every word written about this case in the News and Observer, as well as the Wainstein report and I remain appalled. The conduct of officials in the athletic department and the administration was disgraceful. In my view, this was the worst scandal in college sports history and it calls for the most severe penalty. Due to the stature of UNC athletics and the ineptitude of the NCAA, nothing close to justice will ever be done.",22007372,22007372,<br/>,comment,1491081290,1,False,0,,22007372,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,52,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491082346,Make America Great,18904006,America,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080759,"I believe there is no answer except....... the semester these student athletes are competing, they should be exempt from attending classes, save one or two to sharpen their un-used learning skills. They would then take a full load in the off semester and and in the Summer.",22006641,22006641,<br/>,comment,1491074017,1,False,0,,22006641,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491080759,Pasquale,9540170,North Carolina,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080757,"One more daggum thing:<br/>Why the assumption that the majority of D1 athletes, particularly black athletes, couldn't graduate high school, much less pass college courses? Isn't that what we call ""profiling?""",22006447,22006447,<br/>,comment,1491071903,1,False,0,,22006447,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491080757,Malcolm,60396881,NC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080757,"According to the NY Times article, the 'fake"" classes ended in 2013. Current student-athletes on the UNC basketball team could not have been involved in the scandal. So why are they being blamed and shamed?",22006375,22006375,<br/>,comment,1491071149,1,False,0,,22006375,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491080757,CCC,27528100,FL,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080757,"Ol' Dadgum Roy is guilty of running a crooked program, and needs to receive the same sanctions as Calipari at UMass and Memphis, Boeheim at Syracuse,<br/>and at Michigan when Webber took money from boosters-- stripping of victories<br/>and titles. It's Williams' program, and he is responsible for what goes on in it.<br/>And by the way, I hope holier-than-thou Roy gets sent packing tonight by Oregon :)",22006363,22006363,<br/>,comment,1491071034,1,False,0,,22006363,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,20,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080757,Bob Boatman,79838866,Texas,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080755,"Remove competitive athletics from universities & colleges NOW...who cares if alumnus like it. Use minor/farm leagues for recruiting, like baseball does, and get that athletic mess away from the academics. Too much money and time is wasted on big name sports at U.S. universities. Why are sports such a sacred cow?",22006548,22006548,<br/>,comment,1491073033,1,False,0,,22006548,http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs326.snc4/41472_100000158305321_5325_q.jpg,19,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080755,Stacy,60946847,Krolczyk,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080755,"As an alumnus and former faculty member at UNC, it is painful for me to read this story, again. It is probably the sense. re-invigorataed by this fresh account, that little or nothing has been done internally to address the scandal of cheating, that is for me the most disheartening. <br/><br/>I don't know why the NCAA has been so slow in concluding its investigation, but I devoutly wish that the President, campus Chancellor and faculty senate will publish their own findings and make serious changes. Yes, to sanction yourself, that is what I have in mind! Do it for yourself as an institution and the good opinion of your all alumni, living and dead, not to mention the founders and the faculty and current students who live under this cloud. <br/><br/>Esse quam videri, the state's motto: TO BE RATHER THAN TO SEEM. ",22006464,22006464,<br/>,comment,1491072078,1,False,0,,22006464,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,23,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491080755,Kp,21252783,Omni,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080663,"I am shocked, SHOCKED, to find there is corruption going on in college sports!",22007187,22007187,<br/>,comment,1491079500,1,False,0,,22007187,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080739,bruno,47088830,"Oakland, ca",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080663,"Good article. But what it fails to mention is that in addition to the most egregious and longest lasting eligibility scam in the history of college sports, UNC in the past five years has been caught with coaches acting as agents, agent runners on the side lines, agents teaching summer classes to athletes, parents of athletes being hired to no show jobs for which they weren't qualified, university officers embezzling non-profit foundation funds while traveling to attend non-affiliated events while carrying on extramarital affairs, allowing athletes to register for classes while having outstanding fees, boosters providing money and valuable items to athletes, and multiple lawsuits from previous athletes. The NCAA is on the clock.",22006943,22006943,n/a,comment,1491077204,1,False,0,,22006943,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,19,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491080663,Cletus Hogg,74856612,"Cary, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080662,"As has been said many times, college sports are nothing more than a minor league recruitment tool for professional sports. Which are just a modern day equivalent of bread and circuses designed to placate the masses into complacency.",22007295,22007295,<br/>,comment,1491080410,1,False,0,,22007295,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080662,easytarget,62097476,"Poulsbo, WA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080662,"I stopped watching men's college basketball years ago because this stuff is happening behind the scenes everywhere, and a bunch of pot-bellied good old boys are making millions of dollars off the exploits of primarily poor, African-American young men who risk their health and self-esteem for a shot at the vestigial glory college sports offers. The propaganda touts it as the most authentic excitement sports can provide since everyone is doing it for the love of the game and their team, but the truth is so far from that it ends up being a metaphor for all that is wrong with the United States. Thank you for bringing attention to a well-documented but poorly publicized facet of college sports this year.",22006381,22006381,<br/>,comment,1491071232,1,False,0,,22006381,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6125/0025/cropped-61250025.jpg,17,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491080662,T O'Rourke MD,61250025,"Danville, PA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080661,"As a graduate of the University of Virginia, I look at the University of North Carolina with disgust for treating its students in such a dishonest and mean manner. I also look at the University of North Carolina with anger for its unwillingness to fully admit to its horrific conduct and to take steps to assure the public that it no longer abuses its students. I believe that UVA and the other premier ACC schools should step forward demand meaningful sanctions against UNC Chapel Hill in addition to and beyond what the NCAA imposes (if that actually ever happens). The NCAA has a sordid past and its work to date on this matter does not inspire confidence. ",22007222,22007222,<br/>,comment,1491079796,1,False,0,,22007222,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491080747,Kevin,10167007,Hartford,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080661,"Winning at all costs triumphs over academics. UNC claims to be a ""public ivy"" but this totally undermines any such belief.<br/>UNC is well below Michigan, Cal, UVA, or any number of more academic public universities. ",22007086,22007086,<br/>,comment,1491078579,1,False,0,,22007086,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5456/2472/cropped-54562472.jpg?0.9639078087657071,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080736,The Perspective,54562472,Chicago,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080661,"How about this - let's abolish all competitive sports at universities, and let the NBA and NFL recruit kids from farm and minor league teams like baseball does? <br/><br/>One commenter asked why academics aren't asked to be good at atheletics...because they have NO bearing on the mission of the organization they are a part of!!<br/><br/>Sports should be a ""club"" the way other student activties are, and they should have to apply for funds, instead of having a highly paid coach and organization spending billions on this distraction.",22006635,22006635,n/a,comment,1491073984,1,False,0,,22006635,http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs326.snc4/41472_100000158305321_5325_q.jpg,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080662,Stacy,60946847,Krolczyk,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080660,"The NCAA degree progress rules should be amended to give these student-athletes a real chance at academic success. Time to admit these students (often academically challenged) have enormous pressure on their time. If they have a history test on Monday, they can't call in to 'work' to study, like other students with rigorous part time jobs.<br/><br/>Instead of requiring 24 hours earned each year, cut it in half to 12, and provide REAL academic support. After their eligibility is up, allow them free tuition and continued academic support to finish their degree.",22007011,22007011,<br/>,comment,1491077851,1,False,0,,22007011,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080719,Louisa Glasson,78223642,Portwenn,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080659,The lack of a college education for athletes started over 100 years ago in this country when sports like football became big business. Basketball and football coaches of the big college programs become rich. I remember many years ago when a UCLA football player was injured in a car accident and taken to a hospital where the hospital staff was able to determine that he could neither read or write. The young men who get sports scholarships are there to make the colleges and universities rich and not to necessarily get an education. Most of the college players will never play professional sports and since they are not getting an education they should get paid. It will never happen because of hypocrisy that exists in the sports culture of this country. ,22006651,22006651,<br/>,comment,1491074140,1,False,0,,22006651,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080659,rivusc,61606948,Nevada,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080653,"I've lived in NC since 1984 and there's a fascinating but disgusting disconnect between the cretins in the state legislature who are apoplectic about bathroom monitoring, but disregard cheating at its flagship public university. I have no doubt that the two UNC-grad spokesmen for the state legislature who announced the compromise repeal of HB2 late this past week hope the NCAA will not only let major NCAA events return to the state, but come down easy on the cheating mess in Chapel Hill.",22006916,22006916,<br/>,comment,1491076962,1,False,0,,22006916,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6948/2944/cropped-69482944.jpg?0.5773217748954481,21,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080653,to make waves,69482944,Charlotte,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080645,"For anyone who has followed this, values education, or knows the true depth of NC's academic criminality, there are only two words: Go Oregon. ",22006803,22006803,<br/>,comment,1491075705,1,False,0,,22006803,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080645,Patrick,70354270,Santa Monica,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079290,"If you read all the research, then this article is poorly written. It is not classes, but one self study class taken by both athletes and non-athletes. The majority was actually taken by non-athlete students, though athletes did take them in a higher proportion as a percentage of total student population than non-athletes, This one self study class, 3 hours out of 120 hours needed to graduate, is an embarrassment to UNC. However, athletic advisors report to the faculty, not the coaches. So to suggest Roy Williams or his staff was directing kids to this one self study class is not only misleading, but false. If anything, Roy, after arriving at UNC, worked to get his kids to major in other subjects as he felt that the faculty counselors were pushing them into African American studies. While the university eventually picked up on the volume of students taking this one self study class and asked the department to reduce the number of students taking this class, it failed to provide proper oversight in monitoring how the class was taught and graded. While every university has ""slide"" courses, it should not have been allowed to happen.",22006299,22006299,<br/>,comment,1491070103,1,False,0,,22006299,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491079290,Chris M,20354414,"Nashville, TN",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079282,"Syracuse basketball got slammed hard for ""helping"" some athletes manage their academics. That ""helping"" was small change when compared with North Carolina. So is the NCAA going to collude with UNC to keep them in the hoop and loop and March Madness. My guess is they will.",22006283,22006283,<br/>,comment,1491069949,1,False,0,,22006283,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491079282,Dave Poland,12595267,Rockville MD,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079276,"What the schools do to keep their athletes eligible is a disgrace. But the student athletes, and their families, are willing accomplices. They all think they will make it in the pros and get rich so who needs an education. ",22006282,22006282,<br/>,comment,1491069935,1,False,0,,22006282,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491079276,Cleo,4215958,New Jersey,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079270,"UNC is the first state university. Whether or not this fact in itself generates prestige leading to a position in the status quo is moot. If in fact there have been improprieties in the academic system related to competitiveness in athletics, the question is are these related to the University's promulgation of the system, or does it have to do with the encroachment of the status quo considered as a national phenomenon? Competition has been characterized as a ruining agent as regards successful achievement of meaningful social goals. If the society at large is dominated by this, and the push to achieve is anything but egalitarian, then the item of compensatory action so as to achieve the status quo (the latter considered as mythical) enters as a noxious<br/>example of ""fair play"". It is quite the contentious issue whether the policy promulgated by the government could be considered as fair in many cases involving relations with other countries. The answer to North Carolina's problem is more emphasis on academia and less on the money which drives it and athletics. ",22006281,22006281,<br/>,comment,1491069932,1,False,0,,22006281,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491079270,Disinterested Party,62547199,At Large,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079252,"""He found Chapel Hill’s attitude toward student-athlete academics to be like an Easter egg: Beautiful and impressive to the outside world but without much life inside.”<br/><br/>That from the Wainstein report (and the last sentence of this article) is brilliant. Maybe one day, good people who have attended and currently attend this university will stand up and take it back. I'm thinking that will probably follow back to back losing seasons. In other words--when they feel like getting around to doing something about it. ",22006234,22006234,<br/>,comment,1491069414,1,False,0,,22006234,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491079253,lawrenceb56,15178446,Santa Monica,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079206,"The beat goes on. Reminds me in a way of Ali's disasterous, ""rope a dope"", strategy. Back against the ropes and use your arms to block or deflect punches .<br/>Protect your head but absorb blows to the body. Eventually your opponent will tire and you can launch a counter attack. While it may or may not have helped Ali to win some fights as a fan it certainly was painful to watch. Likewise, as an admirer of UNC, its discomcomforting to watch this elite public university ruin its own reputation for integrity in academics and athletics. Its being done by spending many millions of dollars crafting an elaborate defense against critics like the News & Observer. Unwilling to confront the truth ,UNC can easily outspend their critics to protect their hard-earned reputation, but will it work in the long run? After all, the consensus seems to be that Ali's strategy contributed to, if not accelerated his physical decline. ",22006198,22006198,<br/>,comment,1491069091,1,False,0,,22006198,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491079206,Bob,40758610,"Durham, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079150,"Actually, fewer basketball players majored in AfAm after Williams' arrival. Williams inherited five players who were AfAm majors when he replaced Matt Doherty. That number fell to three in 2005-06 and 06-07, and two in 07-08. By 2009, only one player was an AfAm major. The classes were not ""fake."" While they clearly didn't meet the University's standards, the classes required every student to write and submit a paper. More NON-ATHLETES than athletes took the courses, and when athletic department academic advisers raised concerns in 2002 and 2006 with academic leadership about the classes (advertised as lecture, but actually independent study), they were told to worry about athletics, not academics.",22006162,22006162,<br/>,comment,1491068756,1,False,0,,22006162,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491079150,Edward Gardner,64825431,North Carolina,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079112,"Money, big money, is at the center of this scandal and you have to be naive not to know the problem exists at most institutions although not always in equal measure. Universities and colleges get additional donations from alumni when they produce winning teams. The major college athletic programs and the NCAA receive money directly from television. Nobody televises a losing team. Athletes receive enormous preference for admission. If courses aren't fake exams are. There are few exceptions: the Ivy League, Stanford, and a few others. The unspoken word to professors is get in line or else. They get in line.",22006087,22006087,<br/>,comment,1491068070,1,False,0,,22006087,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491079112,alan brown,44519404,manhattan,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491078189,"North Carolina, the athletic department, the coaching staff suffered no consequences? it's quite unbelievable considering what they did. The NCAA is only interested in it's own power and the money being made off the athletes. I hope the Ducks prevail today.",22006057,22006057,<br/>,comment,1491067822,1,False,0,,22006057,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1942/8907/cropped-19428907.jpg?0.7240232420153916,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491078189,Moses,19428907,The Silver Valley,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491078178,"As Upton Sinclair might say, ""It is difficult to get a man (or the university) to understand (or admit) something, when his salary (or their huge profits) depends on his not understanding it.""",22006036,22006036,<br/>,comment,1491067645,1,False,0,,22006036,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491078178,pb,55022850,"Portland, OR",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491078164,"The interesting thing here is that the process applied to football players as well as basketball players. While UNC is, and has historically been, a dominant basketball power, it has never been so in football. Indeed, it's football record over the years has been fairly mediocre, and has certainly never generated the revenue and rabid loyalty that it's basketball program has. So is it a matter of consistency?, ""fairness""?, something else? that it ran the same risks for much less reward in it's football program? Perhaps even more risk, because college football teams are so much larger than basketball teams.",22005984,22005984,<br/>,comment,1491067140,1,False,0,,22005984,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491078164,Larry Covey,17293640,"Longmeadow, Mass",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491078146,"When my family came to the US, we settled in Charlotte, NC. I became, aberrantly, a fan of the Tar Heels and the Duke Blue Devils, in that order. Of course, as a child I had no understanding of what big-time college sports were really about. Several decades later, I still watch more UNC and Duke than other college basketball games, but not with any great enthusiasm. The ""one-and-done"" proclivities of the top players fits neatly with the educational ""shenanigans"" at many universities. If good enough to go pro, why not? If not good enough, will the players get any real education? At UNC, the players participate in a ""program"" that makes bundles of cash. If they're not going to get a degree, pay them for the job they're doing.",22005880,22005880,<br/>,comment,1491066204,1,False,0,,22005880,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491078146,A Benes,1924944,California,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491078130,"Yes, the situation is quite disturbing. However, the investigation has been mishandled by the NCAA. The NCAA has had an apparent propensity for exceeding its authority, not following its rules. and being spiteful per reports. See Miami and Penn State. The 3rd letter has sealed the deal in my mind. This case will finally end about 2-3 years from now in a federal court with a verdict largely in favor of UNC. Hopefully, the NCAA will have to disband. Regardless of the wishes of the public or columns in controversial newspaper, the organization must follow its rule. UNC is (in part) a victim in this case.<br/><br/>I am thankful that the University has stopped cooperating and is now adequately represented!<br/><br/>Go Heels!",22005878,22005878,n/a,comment,1491066194,1,False,0,,22005878,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491078130,UNC81,126856,Tallahassee FL,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491078100,"Just a thought. If a university grants educational privileges to some selected group of people for reasons other than academic prowess, then the whole academic process is under suspicion. Require the university to prove that every academic grade including those of non-athletes is justified. That will put a stop to this nonsense. ",22005851,22005851,<br/>,comment,1491065961,1,False,0,,22005851,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491078100,Andrew,60447180,Louisville,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077996,"The thing is NO ONE CARES. ESPN is full of pretend ex-jock hosts who dismiss any serious conversation about the absence of academics in college athletics. Only a handful of schools see essentially every student graduate while having few to no academic exemptions in Division I: Northwestern, Notre Dame, Stanford.<br/>When those schools do well there always seems to be amazement and shock and when they do poorly there is always soul-searching about why and how schools do not belong in Division I sports.<br/>Some conferences seem to demand more academically from students and then are ridiculed by the media if their teams underperform. Watching Wisconsin play LSU last year in football was a solid example wherein UW's admission requirements self-exclude huge numbers of potential athletes. LSU has no such concern. And during the tight game there was nonstop amazement by the announcers that a Big Ten school could hang with an SEC school. When schools and conferences green-light or ignore academics, the entire purpose of college is lost. Yet no one will care as long as 'Bama wins and UNC wins. ",22005812,22005812,<br/>,comment,1491065690,1,False,0,,22005812,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5456/2472/cropped-54562472.jpg?0.9639078087657071,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077996,The Perspective,54562472,Chicago,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077537,"Cheating sure didn't help the football team!<br/><br/>Didn't Auburn get enmeshed in an academic fraud case a few years ago, which concluded with the NCAA saying it would not get involved because it was an academic matter not an athletic matter?",22005719,22005719,<br/>,comment,1491065100,1,False,0,,22005719,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077537,Brewster Millions,66009579,"Santa Fe, N.M.",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077504,"The article touches on several problems inherent in the current structure of college sports -- we need more of that. But Powell unfortunately weakens his arguments by playing nearly as loose with the facts as UNC administrators -- check, for example, the real (lack of) evidence against Williams, who Powell is left to treat only with ad hominem attacks. Then, predictably, he establishes a suspiciously sanctimonious tone -- a little, I couldn't help but notice, like a sophomoric rival sports fan-- that only serves to pitch UNC as a scapegoat, ignoring that these problems are systemic. If the evidence shows that UNC violated NCAA rules, of course punish the school's offending sports programs according to those rules. But this is not a UNC problem, it's a D1 college sports problem, and as long as those fundamental flaws go unaddressed, situations like this are going to continue to occur.",22005642,22005642,<br/>,comment,1491064568,1,False,0,,22005642,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077504,chiasma,71731228,loop,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077488,"Thanks Mr Powell, but despite your brilliant and revealing article on the perfidies of the North Carolina athletic department over the past ten years lets face it, big time College sports has been the tail that waged the dog for many years. And yes, all of us sports fans know this, and in our knowing we are indeed complacent in the encouragement of its abuses. But like the average citizen of New York City under Tammany Hall in the late 19th and early 20th Century, we sports fans in our little neighborhoods of individual sports interests simply nod and wink and perhaps give the occasional knowing laugh when we are reminded of the corruption underlying the structure of the system- And then we go on supporting the whole thing with our time, money and loyalty to our favorite college team.<br/> -Yes, certainly North Carolina is one of the Dons in the corrupt world of college sports and yes, any clear thinking sports fan would almost reflexively say 'Yes' when asked if they think a team that is violating NCAA rules ought to be sanctioned, but I also strongly suspect this same college sports fan would hedge their support of penalties with, ""But they all do it"" when asked if their own team ought to be sidelined with penalties (when caught out). ",22005633,22005633,<br/>,comment,1491064533,1,False,0,,22005633,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077488,birddog,62423430,Oregon,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077469,"Yes, Raleigh's News & Observer and reporter Dan Kane in particular deserve credit for staying on this story of academic corruption, while CBS--ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR--resolutely looks the other way. This story doesn't mention that the director of the school's Parr Center for Ethics, Jan Boxill, participated in the cheating.<br/>The story here, aside from Williams's contemptible disinterest in academics, is that more than 3,000 students were cheated of real classes and real academic requirements, instructed by various Williams sycophants that that was the smart way to go.<br/>Sadly, UNC continues the cover-up and they will likely be successful.",22005522,22005522,<br/>,comment,1491063788,1,False,0,,22005522,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077469,John Briggs,2042221,"Ann Arbor, Michigan",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077411,"While the article is interesting and, in part accurate, I am concerned that the author failed to include the actions that the University has taken to resolve the academic issues and its ties to the athletic dept. Carolina fired Butch Davis, were restricted from post season football games, and vacated all wins. The athletic director was relieved, the questioned academic department and staff terminated, and UNC was placed on academic probation by the accreditation board. The author also failed to mention that the classes attended by students who were not associated with the athletic program. The tutor, who was fired, was a tudor for the football team, not the basketball team. Lastly, he failed to discuss that the academic fraud ended almost 10 years ago and that number of attendees (3100) included non-athletes...actually more than athletes. The NCAA investigation has reopened due to the Wainstein investigation, which the school ordered. The investigation is because of ""failure to cooperate"" because 3 fired instructors were fired and they refused to meet with the NCAA. ",22005488,22005488,<br/>,comment,1491063559,1,False,0,,22005488,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077411,Andrew,79836560,Pinehurst,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077389,"The NCAA is at a serious turning point.<br/><br/>It is no longer a ""college program"", they are TV programmers. They have lost the football gold, so all they have left for the big money is March Madness.<br/><br/>There is something seriously wrong with the ""Student Athlete"" program. These ""students"" make millions for their school and the NCAA and they come away with basically nothing. Fake degree and a 1% chance of pro sport's contract.<br/><br/>Why is the NCAA running farm teams for the NBA? Baseball PAYS it's farm team players, why doesn't the NCAA stop the slave labor and pay the ""students""?<br/><br/>The liberal hypocrisy is stunning. UNC professors worry about Tran's bathrooms, and never see the exploration of their own students<br/><br/>Of course, when was hypocrisy something liberals worried about?<br/><br/>SHAME",22005421,22005421,<br/>,comment,1491063250,1,False,0,,22005421,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077389,Ivanhead2,1498274,Charlotte,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072829,"Some years ago, the University of Maryland hired a new basketball coach who violated several recruiting rules. The NCAA imposed a three-year probation on the program. The team was not allowed to appear on television during the first year, lost several scholarships, and was banned from the NCAA tournament. What happened at North Carolina was a much more serious offense. Will they get a similar penalty? Probably not. Money talks louder these days.",22005258,22005258,<br/>,comment,1491062415,1,False,0,,22005258,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072829,ASR,17399496,"Columbia, MD",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072820,"One of the most blatant and long lasting abuses by one of the power schools, and the NCAA does nothing. If these was ever a cause for their dreaded ""death penalty"", this is it, but the spineless NCAA protects its finest, hopefully to its detriment.",22005246,22005246,<br/>,comment,1491062326,1,False,0,,22005246,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491072820,Jsbliv,15427921,San Diego,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072809,"The integrity of the degrees of many more individuals than just the at-issue athletes is called into question by your article, which is why I am surprised that you discuss such a sensitive topic in such a lazy manner. I imagine that you had some form of word limit to stick to, but all in all this comes off as a poorly researched article in which the writer has largely piggy-backed off of others (not to mention used conflicted sources - McCants - without a mention of such conflict).<br/><br/>Considering the heat the NYT has been taking recently, I expected a little more effort from its writers. I am a fan of the paper generally; hopefully this is an anomaly.",22005240,22005240,<br/>,comment,1491062293,1,False,0,,22005240,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491072809,James,79232999,DC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072784,"""He wrote of the fundamental conflict between the educational mission of a great university and “running a successful professional minor league franchise” such as Tar Heels basketball. A good coach, he noted, for a revenue-producing sport is paid more than some entire departments. When athletics sets the priorities, one cannot help but corrode the other.""<br/><br/>I can think of no better argument for ending the myth of ""student-athletes"" than this. <br/><br/>It's time to drop the pretense. Hire athlete talent as athletes only, pay them, with bonuses for post-regular-season accomplishments, and stop expecting them to go to college at the same time. Their income can be structured so that some is invested in a 529 or similar plan if they choose to go to college later. Or not--it's their money, and they can do what they want with it. <br/><br/>All the big-time athletic programs do the same thing; UNC just got caught. ",22005116,22005116,<br/>,comment,1491061777,1,False,0,,22005116,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072784,Andrew,28330043,Pennsylvania,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072772,"Minnesota fired Coach Haskins and vacated a final four appearance for academical wrong doing. Minnesota, however, is low on the prestige list of universities and so is the example and scape goat for the others. On the other hand I do understand that athletes are not there for an education primarily but to perform an important role whether we agree with it or not. This is a very mixed bag. I still think athletes can get a good education if the expectation is there. Minnesota 1965",22005056,22005056,<br/>,comment,1491061544,1,False,0,,22005056,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491072772,Gary Hanson,65440023,Kansas City,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072762,"Sorry student athletes do not deserve pay. That's called a tuition scholarship, for someone wanting an education.<br/><br/>University's need to get out of the business of providing, taxpayer funded 4 year NBA tryouts for kids who could barely get out of high school. When someone gets paid a 7 figure salary to coach an ""amateur"" basketball team, you know there's something very wrong.<br/>The gross amounts of corporate money in college sports is obscene.<br/><br/>Add to that, the same universities handing their campuses over to for-profit banks who's agenda appears to bankrupt students with loans and credit card debt before they can even graduate. That while their University's build ridiculous, and corrupt sports programs while the school sits on 100s of millions dollars of endowments.<br/><br/>I graduated from Indiana University, not a bad basketball program, and a school with an outstanding academic reputation in the 70's. <br/><br/>IU won two NCAA national titles then and I don't recall student athletes being paid a dime. Oh and you had better been carrying a 3.5 grade point average or you weren't on the team in the first place.",22005031,22005031,<br/>,comment,1491061447,1,False,0,,22005031,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072762,Steven,57017130,NYC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072703,"""Lousy"", ""poor"" In 40% of papers, 25% were plagiarized (which means 10%). I don't disagree with your conclusion...I don't know enough, but I think I need to see more fact based journalism on this issue and not opinion. ",22004824,22004824,<br/>,comment,1491060676,1,False,0,,22004824,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491072703,AnonYMouse,36154282,Seattle,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072689,"Only in the U.S. do universities have semi-professional sports teams with the inherent corruption they bring. The rest of the world's institutions of higher learning have intramural sports or their equivalent, if anything. Somehow, their youthful talent finds a way to be developed without making a mockery out of education.<br/>Here we have many states where the state university's coach is the state's highest paid employee. What a sick joke. North Carolina is only a particularly egregious example of a system that is designed for abuse.<br/>In 1939 the University of Chicago, a founding member of the Big 10 and a football powerhouse, quit. An example for us all. ",22004790,22004790,<br/>,comment,1491060545,1,False,0,,22004790,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072689,Yetanothervoice,54134074,Washington DC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072664,"Ultimately these schools are using these young men (and some young women ) for profit. So call college sports the minors. To play varsity, they have to attain a certain grade point average to demonstrate that they are serious about getting a degree. Then on varsity, pay them a stipend, give them a light but real course load and four more years to graduate.",22004772,22004772,n/a,comment,1491060495,1,False,0,,22004772,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072664,KM,45341715,NH,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072646,"North Carolina is hardly the only school guilty of this. As long as the NCAA continues to pretend that these are regular students who also happen to play sports, as opposed to acknowledging the reality - namely that they are operating de facto minor league systems for the NBA and NFL, then this will keep happening.",22004761,22004761,n/a,comment,1491060450,1,False,0,,22004761,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072646,J-rock,72818543,"Toronto, Canada",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072601,"Easy classes existed at unc in the afam department. Both athletes and students took them. All schools have easy classes. <br/><br/>Not excusing a department that was unaudited and believed giving good grades was their job to help underprivileged students, both athletes and general student body. But I believe that being African studies at the state university of a slave state kept academic enforcement away to some degree. <br/><br/>I don't understand the writer indicting unc for having a help athletes academic center. Unlike an academic scholarship where the student only focuses on academics, an athletic scholarship student has two jobs: academics and their sport. <br/><br/>Quoting mccants without noting he the evidence against his credibility and lack of verification is not proper journalism. At least as taught at the unc school of journalism. <br/><br/>Omitting unc's academic all Americans also paints an unbalanced picture. Omitting that the Weinstein report had no criticism of Roy Williams is not balanced. Omitting that when Williams came to unc in 2005 he was uncomfortable with his players concentrating in afam and sought to his credit to diversify their curriculum. And as Williams has said, he would have been yelled at for overreaching if he tried to tell the academics how to run their departments. <br/><br/>A fair article would have included these facts. Its embarrassing that a great academic school would have a weak department that athletes and students could take advantage of.",22004642,22004642,<br/>,comment,1491060020,1,False,0,,22004642,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491072601,George Brown,53863389,Hatteras NC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072585,"This is a smear that simply repeats contentions that have been public for many years. The academic scandal at Carolina was real. But, how many universities would have hired a former prosecutor to investigate and expose the real facts? Teams that fielded ineligible athletes wins should be vacated. The scandal runs deep in the women's basketball team and the football team. However, there is no evidence (aside from unsubstantiated claims by one disgruntled former player, Rashad McCants) that any of these transgressions were committed by the men's basketball team. And, there is no claim that any of this implicates any current player. The NCAA should have dealt with these allegations and issued its sanctions years ago. If proven, the sanctions should be stiff. But, they should not punish current or future players for behavior that occurred many years before they arrived at school.",22004636,22004636,n/a,comment,1491060008,1,False,0,,22004636,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072585,CS,33377399,Maine,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072572,"Oh, at last--the requisite screed as UNC enters the Final Four! <br/><br/>What's missing is any recognition that, awful as the irregular courses were, they ceased by 2011 (not 2013.) UNC-Chapel Hill since then has instituted over 70 reforms to academic processes for all undergraduate students, including student athletes. The athletes on this year's Men's Basketball team have studied under protocols and procedures for creating, teaching and administering courses that are as tough as any in the nation. <br/><br/>And yes, UNC is contesting the NCAA's proposed action. After years of investigations with which UNC fully cooperated, the NCAA has reversed its earlier position and is attempting to sweep regulation of the quality of academic course offerings into its jurisdiction. Meanwhile SACSCOC, the body that does have that oversight authority, restored UNC to full accreditation in June, 2016--satisfied that the academic anomalies had been addressed and corrected. <br/><br/>So what do people want to see happen now? Punishment? Anyone who thinks that UNC has not been ""punished"" should take notice of the years of distraction from the University's research and teaching missions, the millions of dollars spent on investigations and related litigation, and the careers damaged or ended as a result of this mess. <br/><br/>This scandal has taken an awful toll, and as an alumni, I'm proud that UNC nonetheless remains one of the best public Universities in the nation.",22004635,22004635,<br/>,comment,1491060006,1,False,0,,22004635,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491072572,David Parker,20812467,Chapel Hill,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070662,All this supposes athletes aren't getting a world class education from the tradition Dean Smith built. (Hint to NY: Roy learned everything from Smith.)<br/><br/>Why is it necessary for all students to excel in the same way?<br/>Why aren't the academics forced to excel in basketball? It pays more than social work if you get a job!<br/><br/>Hmm..,22004609,22004609,<br/>,comment,1491059887,1,False,0,,22004609,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491070662,Mike,43257391,San Diego,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070651, Student-athlete academics a sham? I thought this was an open secret we were not supposed to talk about it. Especially when so prevalent among other highly entitled colleges across the country.,22004584,22004584,<br/>,comment,1491059762,1,False,0,,22004584,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070651,manfred marcus,47112177,Bolivia,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070645,"Mr. Powell, following your predecessor Nocera writing so much with so little knowledge. Nice throw-together on FF Saturday. Use Luke Maye, the honor student who beat Kentucky at the buzzer, as your real barometer. Or read Marcus Paige's piece in Players Tribune. They are closer to 99 percent of the athletes at UNC than those who took too many ""easy classes"" that were offered by UNC (how many did you look for and take at your school?). Dig up overall GPA of all UNC athletes including FB and BB. Your sweeping generalizations about something over which NCAA bylaws have no jurisdiction (the real reason for the delay in proceedings) is inaccurate and unfair, and your naivete about college athletics that benefit so many students, faculty, alumni, local merchants and fans is astounding. <br/><br/>No school is perfect that plays D1 athletics, but UNC is much closer than those that take prep stars for one year, they register for two semesters and are gone forever. Dean Smith had pro teams write into contracts of players who left early a large bonus if they returned to school and graduated; almost all of his did. College athletics at most schools is so less corrupt than what is now going on in Washington, it is sad you blew up the old saw on a day when more people are reading. Do the work, don't just rip and read and write. You can help change the narrative, which for the most part is way off about UNC and other elite universities.",22004583,22004583,n/a,comment,1491059758,1,False,0,,22004583,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,27,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070645,Art Chansky,68316249,NC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070610,"While I have no qualms with the evidence and assertions of the university's wrongdoing, I think the writer's tone is uncalled for and the writer fails to acknowledge that this sort of thing happens at every university and UNC is in no way exceptional",22004577,22004577,n/a,comment,1491059741,1,False,0,,22004577,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070610,Carter,77394218,Virginia,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070601,"Please let's not forget the contrast between the steel-toed-boots-to-the-face manner of NCAA investigations into individual athletes compared to the almost timid approach they take to investigations like this one, in which rampant and blatant cheating by a supposedly top of the line university was allowed to fester and continue under milquetoast treatment by the NCAA.<br/><br/>The Association was forced into action in Chapel Hill, and has taken a long time to develop the conviction that it should act aggressively.<br/><br/>Let us not forget, either, that after an encouraging if self-aggrandizing gesture in support of NC Trans students, the NCAA leapt with both feet into a poorly concealed betrayal for the sake of nothing other than money. They abandoned their previous stand in North Carolina for profit and profit alone.<br/><br/>This is not a good or a moral or an honest organization.",22004557,22004557,<br/>,comment,1491059638,1,False,0,,22004557,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070601,John S.,60866179,Cleveland,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070590,"How is it that no UNC faculty, staff, student, administrator, parent, ""student athlete"" smelled a rat for 30 years? Could it be that living large basketball-wise was so tempting and too sweet? Of course the mandarins in charge of the NCAA knew how to manage this con. It's a template well tried in various forms from the pinnacle of college athletics right down to middle school. Academics? Never mind, first things first.",22004526,22004526,<br/>,comment,1491059510,1,False,0,,22004526,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491070590,JS,63286714,"Minnetonka, MN",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070582,"The cure for amoral actions is to expose and stand up to them. The ongoing denial and lies show the endemic corruption the North Carolina administration. The question for those now admitted to this school is whether they want to be part of this (with a long life in front of them, I cannot see why anyone with a choice would want to start it by joining a dishonorable organization). The question for the rest of us is why do we put up with this sort of thing. The NCAA showed some spine in decrying the North Carolina state for discrimination, yet here is North Carolina looking for a championship. 11% of top conference Division 1 football players were drafted in 2016 - what kinds of lives do the rest get? Student who are not in real academic programs (and who themselves are being victimized by losing the chance for an actual education) are not eligible players, and using ineligible players is cheating. Cheaters should lose their wins, all of them, including any ill-gotten championships or division victories.",22004506,22004506,<br/>,comment,1491059445,1,False,0,,22004506,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491070582,Jpriestly,35171293,"Orlando, FL",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070569,"Your indictment of Roy Williams as the puppet master is somewhat misleading as you say the ""scandal"" started a decade before his arrival. Furthermore, within 3 years of his arrival he banned any incoming basketball players from taking African American studies, and mandated that they major in something else. And furthermore, any academics complicit in this ""scandal"" left 5-6 years ago, so what does this have to do with this marvelous group of intelligent and dedicated student athletes who have made it to the final four the last two years?",22004490,22004490,n/a,comment,1491059383,1,False,0,,22004490,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,21,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491070569,Cartacay Ridge,79835407,"Sapphire, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070542,"North Carolina was one of the few southern states that I still admired, but it seems like all the news coming out of there nowadays is bad. Still, the details about the cheating scandal at UNC are hardly novel on a national level. The whole structure of university athletic programs has become fatally flawed. Until we uncouple the link between ostensibly academic institutions and the NCAA mega-corporation, sports programs will continue to be a costly obstacle to the time-honored objectives of our universities. ",22004418,22004418,<br/>,comment,1491059094,1,False,0,,22004418,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491070542,Lloyd,47233781,"Clinton, Washington",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070531,"The article doesn't fairly represent the overall situation. As I understand it, UNC athletes comprised a small percentage of the fake classes. This doesn't excuse the situation, but it does make it larger than an ""athletic"" scandal. Also, the other side of the McCant's accusations were short changed in the story. The NYTimes should insist that both sides of a serious accusation are equally covered. No one has collaborated McCants' version. Very flawed and biased story. Do some original reporting and report the facts.",22004379,22004379,<br/>,comment,1491058868,1,False,0,,22004379,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491070531,Jay Hamilton,24067525,"Arlington, VA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070494,Lets stop fooling ourselves these players are not going to college to learn. NCAA is a corporation and makes money on the backs of young people to fill coffers of presidents and endowments.,22004266,22004266,<br/>,comment,1491058399,1,False,0,,22004266,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/7860/0800/cropped-78600800.jpg?0.47150789326887854,9,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491070494,Kingsley Rowe,78600800,Jackson Heights,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070487,"Every state I've lived in has been into college sports. My husband and I have always thought it a bit strange, not coming from that kind of sports culture ourselves, especially when people who have never gone to the colleges are into the teams. Living in Texas for over 15 years now (time flies when you're having fun!) we have not grown to like it at all. I wish somehow we could separate the athletics from the schools and let them go their separate ways. It distorts things in a myriad different ways. Not good ones either. I'd like to end college athletics or place it in the lowest level (not really sure what that is), maybe intercollegiate? It needs to end.",22004253,22004253,<br/>,comment,1491058355,1,False,0,,22004253,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3165/0290/cropped-31650290.jpg,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070487,Moira,31650290,"San Antonio, Texas",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070316,"I know from personal experience that this kind of thing went on at the Big 10 school I attended. It's endemic in big money, big college athletic programs.",22004066,22004066,<br/>,comment,1491057509,1,False,0,,22004066,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070316,Joe,46532546,New York,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070272,"A lazy and pointless hit piece that reveals nothing that hasn't been previously reported by the Times multiple times, but with inaccuracies and omissions galore.<br/><br/>Let's start with the credibility of ""Professor"" Jay Smith, who carried on an extra-marital affair with his co-author, self-styled ""whistleblower"" Mary Willingham. ""Cheated""? Yes you did, professor.<br/><br/>Next let's ask why, if Rashad McCants's complaints about the university are true, the McCants family permitted Rashad's younger sister Rashanda to attend UNC. Not only have all of McCants's former teammates issued a statement refuting Rashad's claims, but McCants's professional career has been marked by being kicked off team after team for his cancerous personality. Despite being a first-round draft pick and a feature of the Tar Heel offense, McCants somehow blames UNC and Roy Williams for his post-collegiate problems.<br/><br/>Finally, it's obvious that Mr. Powell has no interest in hearing or printing anything that contradicts his pre-determined narrative. The fact is that UNC self-reported additional possible violations; this is one of the reasons the investigation hasn't yet reached a conclusion. One of UNC's responses pointed out that the NCAA itself admitted it had overstepped its authority in previous investigations at other universities. And Powell did not speak to Bradley Bethel, who compiled the documentary ""Unverified"". ",22003992,22003992,<br/>,comment,1491057134,1,False,0,,22003992,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070272,Charles,49974062,"Charlotte, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070236,Jim Boeheim of Syracuse was forced to abandon hundreds of wins for much lesser charges than appear here. Why does Williams and his North Carolina program get a pass while other less historic programs pay a heavier price for committing far less onerous sins?,22003956,22003956,<br/>,comment,1491056941,1,False,0,,22003956,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070236,Paul,51180606,White Plains,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070169,"For many years athletics have been the tail that wagged the dog at UNC, where I was a long-time professor. But athletes from the big-time sports (football, basketball) tended to avoid my classes, because 45% of the grade required the same study from everyone. One had to do the work. I saw no football players, only one basketball player, who did (by whatever means) tolerably well (academic confidentially forbids naming an individual). Athletes from tennis, wrestling, lacrosse and any number of the remaining sports tended to be pretty bright, at least in my classes.<br/><br/>When Bill Friday left his position as president of the university system, the standards deteriorated markedly. The administration seemed to cultivate a position of plausible deniability (they didn't know about athletes cutting corners because they didn't want to know). This is all about money, and the faculty (which was pretty limp in resisting the administration) was told that the money donated by boosters would dry up for academics if we didn't enhance the football stadium and support big-time sports. I very much doubt that. An honest audit of the books would show that, all told, big-time sports probably lose money. They certainly call academic integrity into question.<br/><br/>So I suggest UNC sell its name to minor-league football and basketball franchises (to tell it like it is). The scholar-athlete for big-time sports is in most cases a fiction, but those who want a degree could pay for it with their salaries.",22003910,22003910,<br/>,comment,1491056704,1,False,0,,22003910,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070169,WiltonTraveler,31215304,"Wilton Manors, FL",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070109,"A second comment, please:<br/><br/>Powell's column made no mention of the fact that the Chancellor of the University at the time the classes were offered is no longer at UNC, nor is the professor who led the AFAM department. Dozens of other reforms have been put in place to insure no repitition of such lax academic practices. I would wager that UNC athletes are now held to much higher academic standards thatn any other Div. 1 university.<br/><br/>Finally, this: the woman who was the administrator of the AFAM courses, Deborah Crowder, refused to testify to the Weinstein inquiry, but has now come forward to assert that the classes were not sham and that she did her best in the absence of the chair of the department to insure that the classes were legit. Crowder deserves to be heard, not just to protect her personal reputation, but to provide an inser's view of what the controversial classes were really like.<br/><br/>That's not something anyone has heard, other than from Rashad McCants, a former (star) player whose testimony that he failed to receive an education at UNC has been refuted by every other player who was in school with him, black and white. <br/><br/>I'd say that for the sake of journalistic integrity, the Times out to hold its fire until all the facts are known.",22003898,22003898,<br/>,comment,1491056655,1,False,0,,22003898,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070109,PaulB,6136710,"Cincinnati, Ohio",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070008,"The Tooth Fairy, the impartial Supreme Court, the unbiased Fox News, and student/scholars, at college to get an education rather than simply a boost to the NBA or the NFL.<br/>Ah, the great American capacity for gooey delusions.<br/>As that famous answer Lenny Moore gave when his Syracuse University professor asked him a question in class. Moore said, ""My name is Lenny Moore. I carry the ball. I don't answer no questions.""<br/>What is ""cheating"" in a system so fraudulent at its heart?",22003790,22003790,<br/>,comment,1491056054,1,False,0,,22003790,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491070008,Claudia,57198434,NEW HAMPSHIRE,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491064893,"The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is considered an elite institution, one of the so called ""Public Ivies."" It must maintain high academic standards for admission. In that sense it must compete with Duke University both academically and athletically. Academically for students; athletically for athletes. (The main advantage UNC has overall in terms of the general student population is affordability.) Back to the athletes. Do the athletes at UNC measure up academically to Duke's? Maybe. But if not then they must receive special treatment academically so that UNC and Duke can compete on the basketball court because that is where the true rivalry between these schools takes place. Thank you.",22003438,22003438,<br/>,comment,1491054102,1,False,0,,22003438,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491064893,Southern Boy,45428638,The Volunteer State,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491064881,"This is an existential crisis for the NCAA. If North Carolina can set up a department to dole out fake grades with the express purpose of keeping basketball and football players eligible, and that is not within the NCAA's jurisdiction to punish, then what is the NCAA's purpose? It has none.<br/><br/>If Rashad McCants can make the dean's list with all As at UNC while the team won a championship in 2005 without ever attending class or doing any work, by his own admission, and Julius Peppers can be kept eligible to play in a Final Four despite a horrendous academic record by giving him enough fake As to keep him afloat, and that is not something the NCAA can address, it is a useless organization.<br/><br/>If UNC can bully and defeat the NCAA by spending $18 million and exerting all its considerable power within college athletics to keep justice at bay, then why have an NCAA?<br/><br/>What would keep any university from giving every athlete carte blanche to skip every class and do no work for up to four years, if the NCAA can't touch a university who, effectively, did that? <br/><br/>Do you have a reason to exist, NCAA? Then prove it. Deliver appropriate justice for the worst cheating scandal in college sports history.",22003412,22003412,<br/>,comment,1491053974,1,False,0,,22003412,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,30,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491064881,Carrie,68677132,Maryland,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491064862,"No one mentions the strong identity so many people feel with hometown football and basketball (and baseball) teams. The bond of identity is all the stronger on college campuses...and that gives academic corruption a strong root among financial ""boosters"" who care, after graduation, that their school beats the other schools.<br/> But then, so many do care! Take a look at the raw passion of spectators, even those watching on TV, in a sports bar among noisy comrades or all alone and far away. I, too, have my teams and towns, most of which I give points to if I think they are actually having fun and behaving well to those less fortunate.<br/> This does not excuse the appalling corruption, waste and hypocrisy. Appalling, too, that many paid athletes feel isolated and gain no wider horizons from being at a university, despite their exalted images.<br/> But this is not a simple problem, easily solved. Those who know it well and act tough about it<br/>(say, ""superstars"" praised for their nastiness to teammates who don't live up to their own single-minded standards)...are a special obstacle...though not all are like that.<br/> And one might add the TV ""coverage"" of sports events, which has pretensions to journalism. I know we are not likely to see a TV documentary on corrupt athletic departments ruling universities...but it would be an improvement if the announcers would actually allude to the unpleasant parts of the hysteric celebrations they are ""covering""...",22003397,22003397,<br/>,comment,1491053930,1,False,0,,22003397,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064862,Jeremy Larner,65984864,"Orinda, CA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491064563,"Ignore the folks who say we/you (journalists) should ignore this. After all, it's big-time college athletics. We all know it's corrupt.<br/><br/>Our easy acceptance of this fact is scary -- and in some cases dangerous. Ask those who have been sexually assaulted by athletes only to have their complaints ignored or covered up by the universities involved.<br/><br/>Do not ignore this. Keep writing. Keep digging. And readers need to keep reading, even if the truth is unpleasant.",22003383,22003383,<br/>,comment,1491053862,1,False,0,,22003383,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2603/008/cropped-2603008.jpg?0.5691484249373571,18,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491064563,Jim Stovall,2603008,"Maryville, TN",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491064555,"I don't dispute what happened, but the Times has previously written a story about a school's past indiscretions right before a major game. And why should current members of the team bear the sins of the past? The only point of an article like this is to taint NC's winning this year's title, if that should happen.",22003204,22003204,<br/>,comment,1491052926,1,False,0,,22003204,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,18,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491064555,Sledge,47070006,Worcester,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491064543,"Cue the classic Claude Rains ""I'm shocked--shocked!"" quote. The priorities of Division I revenue-minting programs are blatantly clear, as is the hypocrisy of the ""student-athlete"" canard. Might as well sit back and enjoy the games: the NCAA isn't apt to slaughter their cash cows any more than the Congress is to act on campaign finance reform.",22003052,22003052,<br/>,comment,1491052230,1,False,0,,22003052,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064543,Stevecar,67311642,"Brattleboro, Vermont",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491064532,"Don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough. Look at it this way: If all the rules were followed religiously, most, the vast majority, of these student athletes would never get past 8th grade. They would inflate the ranks of gangs, addicts, and sponges off society. At least this sham keeps some of them in a decent environment for at least a few more years.",22003049,22003049,<br/>,comment,1491052207,1,False,0,,22003049,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064532,KayDayJay,72680998,Closet,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491064325,"This article isn't accurate. The basketball team has never been implicated in any of the investigations, of which there have been three. So using the fact that the men's basketball team is in the final four to write a story that was written in 2012 is pretty dumb. The paper class system was available to every student at UNC, I took one myself and did my work and got my grade. ",22002944,22002944,<br/>,comment,1491051646,1,False,0,,22002944,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,21,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064325,SeanO,75784466,Denver,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491064281,"In another comment, a reader from North Carolina writes that ""Chapel Hill is but the latest scapegoat.""<br/><br/>""Scapegoat""? How about ""malefactor.""",22002699,22002699,<br/>,comment,1491050096,1,False,0,,22002699,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064281,Observer,18890045,NC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491064212,"I fail to see what 's ""news"" here. This is a very, very old story, and what is true at UNC is true at virtually all major Division I programs. And can we please stop using the fantastical moniker ""student-athlete?""",22002633,22002633,<br/>,comment,1491049653,1,False,0,,22002633,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491064212,lawrence,3837104,nashville,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491062810,"UNC needs to have the ""death"" penalty imposed. Forfeiture of its NCAA tournament wins (all of them) and loss of all scholarships for several years for both football and basketball. It's the only way UNC will understand that it is a corrupt institution.",22005001,22005001,<br/>,comment,1491061347,1,False,0,,22005001,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062810,disheartened,36141101,"Washington, D.C.",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056486,My guess is this is a problem everywhere. Every top school controls athletics tightly. ,22003758,22003758,<br/>,comment,1491055878,1,False,0,,22003758,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,23,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491056486,Julie,1307620,"Fayetteville, AR",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056485,Student athletes deserve pay. Colleges and universities deserve less. Good luck with big business in the way.,22003801,22003801,n/a,comment,1491056141,1,False,0,,22003801,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491056485,Clifford R.,26836128,NYC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056485,"A few years ago, the NCAA vacated the wins of a major football program at Penn State for covering up a horrible crime which had essentially nothing to do with the success of the football program. <br/><br/>So why don't they vacate the hundreds of wins of this basketball program for a horrible crime and coverup which has had a huge amount to do with the success of the basketball program?",22003777,22003777,<br/>,comment,1491055984,1,False,0,,22003777,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,112,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491056485,Peter S.,29333534,"Tucson, AZ",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056483,"UNC, and other schools, should simply create a school and degree in basketball and football. Kids can apply and have the same guarantees as students in any other profession for finding good paying jobs thereafter.",22003724,22003724,<br/>,comment,1491055642,1,False,0,,22003724,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056483,Cavilov,9867193,New Jersey,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056480,"Regarding the absurdity of North Carolina in the Final Four, the NCAA protects a small cabal of major universities that are making hundreds of millions in the entertainment industry with paying a penny of taxes. It assures that they will always have access to kids who work essentially for free. So - the NCAA will work swiftly to impose harsh penalties of a university that has the temerity to pass a few extra bucks to its students. But it will go light on a university whose coaches hide hide and protect a successful coach engaged in repeated sexual predation. It will go light on a university that establishes fake academic programs to keep access to the very highest level of cheaply paid atheletes. <br/><br/>The stench of corruption pervades the entire system. The economic rewards are to great to fix this in any manner other than to kill the price fixing the NCAA perpetratrates. The academic frauds and Penn State situations can continue, but at least the exploitation of young atheletes will stop.",22003776,22003776,<br/>,comment,1491055979,1,False,0,,22003776,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,60,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056480,Bill Mahaffey,69084853,Colorado Springs,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056480,"College presidents could fix a lot of this in a hurry (not all of this, mind you, but quite a bit) by requiring 30 credits in residence before anyone can be on a varsity roster. Freshman could have a JV team that plays a short (8-10 game) exhibition schedule with no more than 3 practices per week. Students wishing to be on a varsity team would need passing grades and review of a portfolio of work. As long as the portfolios were retained and subject to outside review, the temptation to approve of papers that were clearly plagiarized would be diminished. This would lead to many schools of UNC's caliber to pass on recruits who would benefit from 2 years at a community college. For the other student athletes, they'd have a chance to succeed and learn as normal freshman before undertaking a 30 game season with road games and tournaments requiring day-long travel. They would begin their majors with some classroom knowledge, some study skills, and ties to non-athletes they got to meet and study with. This won't change coach salaries or other incentives, but would prevent many of the worst results of those financial motives from occurring in the first place. College presidents, if unanimous, could do this almost instantly. But I am not holding my breath! ",22003775,22003775,<br/>,comment,1491055971,1,False,0,,22003775,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,25,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056480,Stan Eaker,364318,"State College, PA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056480,"It all starts with a lie, that these kids are actual students, there to study. And after that it goes downhill. At least at Kentucky they no longer even pretend the lie; they walk across campus for a year and then go, and the NCAA pretends UK is a university sports program.<br/><br/>Since academics will never trump athletics in public attitude, it is time to quit the pretense, end the lie. Give the incoming athlete a contract to play that includes an irrevocable commitment by the institution to fully fund a standard educational career for the athlete at the time of the athlete's choosing, presumably some years in the future, after their pro career has seen its day, without the bother of classes, study hours, and all the other frauds now attendant, hardly only at UNC. ",22003734,22003734,<br/>,comment,1491055725,1,False,0,,22003734,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,44,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056480,Frank,48379784,"Columbia, MO",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056480,"The Onion says the UNC players are getting study abroad credit for their trip to Arizona. In fact no matter how well UNC does in any NCAA sport after this academic scandal there will always be a lingering question: ""Are they still cheating?""",22003721,22003721,<br/>,comment,1491055619,1,False,0,,22003721,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,33,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056480,Seeking Some Version Of The Truth,58799975,North Carolina,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056480,"The only good news I can see in any of this is that Raleigh, N.C., appears to have a great newspaper.",22003669,22003669,<br/>,comment,1491055347,1,False,0,,22003669,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1563/1421/cropped-15631421.jpg?0.8033319770274122,137,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491056480,Boo Radley,15631421,Florida,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056479,"""Cunningham....Last autumn, the university gave him a $60,000 raise, bringing his salary to $705,853.""<br/><br/>That's 9% in one year. No wonder tuition is rising so fast. <br/><br/>And one wonders if the janitors at the Dean Dome got any raise at all? ",22003797,22003797,<br/>,comment,1491056111,1,False,0,,22003797,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6855/7282/cropped-68557282.jpg?0.7799382680095732,39,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056479,Glen Macdonald,68557282,Westfield,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056479,"Well, this practice of providing athletes with academic short cuts has been in vogue for more than 40 years. I remember following the really tall seniors around and registering for the same electives. Taking a pillow to class was a requirement. Obviously the system has a problem. Many minority students have to use the alethic path as a way to enter college - their high school qualifications are a joke. I don't have a problem with pushing them through remedial classes the first two years to improve their academic skills. After that they should be on their own. Unfortunately these students are ruthlessly exploited by the schools for their specialized skills - the coaches make millions, they get nothing. Most end up as forgotten used car salesmen. It's a system that must be reformed; but there is no real interest in doing so.",22003722,22003722,<br/>,comment,1491055621,1,False,0,,22003722,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056479,Entice,58416144,"Miami, FL",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056310,"Calling these “fake classes” is as bad as Trump calling the Times “fake news.” Every student wrote a paper, generally 10 or more pages long. <br/><br/>You cite over 3,000 students taking these classes, but fail to note that less than half of them were athletes. And the vast majority of athletes who took these classes took only one. So the classes hardly had an impact on keeping them eligible. That’s fake reporting. <br/><br/>The scandal - and it was that - originated in the African American Studies department, not in the athletic department. In fact athletic officials warned academic deans about the problem. While there is slight evidence that football and women’s basketball staff encouraged players to take these classes, there is zero evidence that men’s basketball staff did. Yet, because it’s tournament time, you feature a picture of men’s basketball. <br/><br/>You also fail to address the real issue, which is that the NCAA is an *athletic* institution, and this was an *academic* failure. The NCAA has no mandate and no authority to police the quality of classes its universities offer; that is the job of the deans and of the accrediting council. There is nothing in the NCAA rule book that allows it to punish North Carolina.<br/><br/>I get it that the public wants a scapegoat for the very real problem of big-time sports distorting college athletics; I want to see that addressed too. But Roy Williams isn’t your man. Williams insists that his players go to class and keep their grades up. ",22003814,22003814,<br/>,comment,1491056212,1,False,0,,22003814,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,66,,4,,1,approved,1,0,1491056310,Tony Reid,23599051,"Cedar Falls, IA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056306,"Shocked only that this pretense of athletes representing their school still exists. The schools suck whatever monetary value they can from them and if the athletes are smart enough they will hopefully earn a degree.<br/>""Hoop Dreams"" has been a ridiculous sham that has done little to offer hope of real education.",22003720,22003720,<br/>,comment,1491055607,1,False,0,,22003720,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491056306,dan,14607849,Fayetteville AR,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056306,"Great article -- Mr. Powell, please keep them coming -- but the question for the Times is why the same edition of the paper includes a puff piece feature on Roy Williams and how ""genuine"" he is, written by Marc Tracy. Did Mr. Tracy go to do his feature on Williams in a bubble of ignorance about his apparent complicity in the cheating to ensure his players remained ""academically eligible,"" or did the paper decide that a puff piece on the coach was ""balance"" for Mr. Powell's column?",22003692,22003692,<br/>,comment,1491055469,1,False,0,,22003692,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491056306,liberalvoice,42675544,"New York, NY",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055537,"""One and Done"" seems to have made this problem worse in making men's basketball programs nothing more than a minor league for the NBA. Why would it be difficult for the NBA to set up their own minor league system like baseball has so players can be drafted straight from high school and sent to a minor league team for a few years? How expensive would it be for the NBA to set up that sort of system?<br/>The alternative to a minor league system would be for the NBA (and the NFL) to begin paying schools who train their players for free. Pay X amount for a top pick, with a sliding scale for later picks. Why should tax-payers be training their players for free?<br/>Some players are not meant to go to college. They just care about playing basketball, so let them. Quit making a mockery out of the college game.",22003420,22003420,<br/>,comment,1491054005,1,False,0,,22003420,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055537,Mark,12865083,Iowa,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055537,"It's time to stop pretending that big time D1 sports have any real connection (other than big time money) to a school's mission. Why not allow these teams to become university branded semi-pro teams? For all practical purposes they already are: but dishonestly.<br/><br/>So let's be honest, coaches could honestly make as much as the market can deliver. Players could get decently paid, and could take classes and earn a degree; or not, as preferred. There could be a limit on player tenure to give some illusion of school type team renewal. And school athletics could be returned to real students. <br/><br/>What's not to like?",22003189,22003189,<br/>,comment,1491052861,1,False,0,,22003189,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,18,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491055537,Steve EV,58929906,NYC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055537,"Why did the distinguished faculty of the University at Chapel Hill who so proudly proclaim their ""academic freedom"" and independence put up with this? And, at one point a critical participant in the scandal was chair of the faculty Senate! The emperors of the campus, truly, have no cloths. And, those of us who have earned degrees from UNC Chapel Hill have had the value of these degrees forever eroded.<br/>Clyde Ingle ",22003145,22003145,<br/>,comment,1491052670,1,False,0,,22003145,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491055537,Eva Ingle,40634708,"Laurel Springs, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055537,How many college degrees and how much money did North Carolina's athletes earn from their cheating?<br/><br/>How much money did the coaches at North Carolina earn while cheating?<br/><br/>How many coaches have been banned from coaching or punished as a result of their cheating?<br/><br/>Who is John Calipari? Where is John Calipari?,22002783,22002783,<br/>,comment,1491050667,1,False,0,,22002783,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055537,blackmamba,17374907,IL,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055119,"""interested in the Times doing pieces on programs that do it ""right"" and on coaches who demand their players go to class"" <br/><br/>Good luck finding programs that ""do it right,"" whatever you think that means. The NCAA is calling the shots everywhere, perpetuating its myth of a ""student-athlete,"" and universities are committed to their revenue generating athletic programs. This is hardly unique to UNC, and the relationship of higher education to the NCAA is messy. <br/><br/>No one wants to sound as though they approve of cheating, but I'm a bit weary of hearing all the sanctimonious outrage towards my alma mater. My guess is that Jordan, Worthy, Perkins and Smith would probably agree, as would alums of other high profile D-1 schools.",22003292,22003292,<br/>,comment,1491053386,1,False,0,,22003292,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491055119,Malcolm,60396881,NC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055119,"""They found that in 40 percent of the papers, one quarter or more of the content was plagiarized. The average grade for those papers was close to an A-minus.""<br/>As anyone who has taught undergraduates will tell you, this particular statistic is meaningless without comparison to a control group of the general student population. Plagiarism among undergraduate (and graduate) students and indifference to mediocrity among faculty and administration are nationwide problems. ",22003215,22003215,<br/>,comment,1491052990,1,False,0,,22003215,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055152,Hunt,53317029,Syracuse,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055117,"good article. the conference, the NCAA and the school have one interest in mind. make money on the backs of athletes. this school and many of its leaders have cheated for so many years that they seemingly think that what they have done is good. <br/><br/>i think they should be barred from inter-collegiate football and basketball for 18 years. the cheating, the stealing of taxpayer money and the non action by the NCAA and state politicians is a disgrace. if ""they all do it"" is true then ban all inter-collegiate football and basketball at all schools. stop making many coaches rich along with the athletic directors, et al. ",22003091,22003091,<br/>,comment,1491052385,1,False,0,,22003091,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491055117,jb,32316107,st. louis,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055114,wouldn't it be great if someone bribed the refs in the next unc game(saturdays final four game) to call foul after foul on UNC(i realize this would be unfair because the current players were not in school when the cheating took place) and caused UNC to lose by 50 points? i bet there would be an investigation with results in a manner of days. big deal. the cheating at UNC took place for 18 years! the school attempted to cover it up. come on opponents of UNC! ,22003471,22003471,<br/>,comment,1491054332,1,False,0,,22003471,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055114,jb,32316107,st. louis,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055114,"Yes, other schools are undoubtedly doing similar things. One is compelled to conclude that the revenue producing collegiate sports are, in a word, corrupt -- and probably beyond salvage. Still, Carolina's scandal is egregious. It has long trumpeted itself as different, as more academically pure, and the easter egg metaphor makes complete sense to me as a UNC alum. I just can't root for the Tar Heels with any conviction anymore. This is a case of outright fraud, and the NCAA should get on with it and hand down a severe --and deserved-- punishment. ",22003101,22003101,<br/>,comment,1491052444,1,False,0,,22003101,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055114,Teacher,16991127,Kentucky,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055114,Two words of advice for North Carolina: Division Three. It would be good for the collective soul.,22003008,22003008,<br/>,comment,1491051996,1,False,0,,22003008,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055114,Robert,46785284,Manhattan,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055114,The infractions uncovered at Syracuse pale to nothingness when compared to the hundreds of sins that have permeated the NC programs over the past decades. The NCAA continues to disgrace itself while running all the way to the bank. Surely there is some educational value in examining this farce.,22002919,22002919,<br/>,comment,1491051532,1,False,0,,22002919,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491055114,Rocky Vermont,55233316,VT-14,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055114,"You make it sound like this is a UNC specific problem. You don't think this is happening in every college campus with a serious sports franchise? This isn't a UNC issue - it's a NCAA issue. These students are recruited to play sports, not go to school. They should have an opportunity to do both. Why not extend their scholarship for 4 years BEYOND playing eligibility??? Let them play the sport for four years, realize they aren't going to make it at the next level, then come back and get a degree. Stop pretending it's possible to do both at the same time.",22002489,22002489,<br/>,comment,1491048724,1,False,0,,22002489,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055114,Alex,48756675,NJ,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055113,"This is why athletic scholarships should be banned. The NCAA and member schools hide behind the term scholar-athlete when they widely tolerate the most reprehensible conduct by athletes and the enablers employed by the schools in question.<br/><br/>Take a deep dive into the issue over decades and the amount of cheating by schools- many of them highly successful while cheating- is broad and has commonly been ignored by most big media. Since all of the broadcast networks have some relationship with the NCAA, member schools or their conferences, their news divisions have little desire to bite the hand that feeds them. Roone Arledge ran both ABC News and Sports at a time when ABC carried the bulk of national NCAA Football. Sean McManus and Van Gordon Sauter both headed CBS News and Sports when the network handled NCAA Football and the NCAA Basketball Tournament. CNNs parent Time-Warner also owns TBS which also handles the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Fox who has something called a News Division also has coverage contracts with the NCAA. Guess which one made more money for the Company- News or Sports?<br/><br/>College athletics was originally designed for the enrichment of students seeking an academic degree, but has morphed into a minor league for the NFL and NBA. Looking at Baylor and North Carolina one wonders if anybody is going to punish misconduct. Likewise, a strong stench is coming from Alabama football, cheating on the size of it's coaching staff, but nobody says a thing.",22003156,22003156,<br/>,comment,1491052723,1,False,0,,22003156,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3000/6326/cropped-30006326.jpg?711136243625463747,7,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491055113,David Gregory,30006326,Deep Red South,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055112,"My son visited this campus and another highly thought of campus in North Carolina. We watch as some of these schools bring in kids for one year to win another championship, and then are gone the next. I have always had my doubts, and now take comfort as we look to the Big Ten and Ivy League schools for admission.",22002773,22002773,<br/>,comment,1491050629,1,False,0,,22002773,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491055112,S Nillissen,78467501,Minnesota,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055111,"It seems, from a broad perspective, we are all responsible for a national mindset that favors athletics over intellectual efforts, competition over collaboration, and entertainment over any deeper engagement. That 'obviousness' noted, it's not all that surprising that ""higher learning"" has become increasingly infected by higher competition and higher entertainment, fueled by greater dollars. We are, after all, the audience for their spectacle.<br/>Not the only reader to veer off in this direction, it's doubtful that more exposés will improve big college cheating -- we're willing to watch the games, cheer the teams, and I doubt many of us have taken pen to paper and express our outrage to school leaders. Clearly their donors and alums continue to toss big dollars through the hoops and need to see winning teams, coaches, and players. That in itself is yet another 'contest': learning vs earning?<br/>Having watched fathers -- and mothers -- of 5-year-old T-ball kids screaming at their uniformed little ones swinging their hearts out, or rabid coaches marching up and down the sidelines of soccer and football fields as six-year-olds try to figure out which way to run -- I am convinced we are in one very long season of well-funded defeat. ",22002967,22002967,<br/>,comment,1491051772,1,False,0,,22002967,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055111,SGK,67961891,Austin Area,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055111,"The idea of the ""student-athlete"" is a fraud, unless the field of study is athletics itself. A real student makes their studies their priority, and travelling long distances to ""away"" games and spending large amounts of time to make small incremental improvements in athletic performance needed to out-compete Division 1 rivals is not consistent with the full commitment to learning and scholarship that a real student makes. Cheating like this is just the natural result of that fraudulence.",22002525,22002525,<br/>,comment,1491048990,1,False,0,,22002525,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055111,Amanda,50041425,New York,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055111,Keep the athletics, remove the money: softball and touch football can be the 'in' sports.,22002479,22002479,<br/>,comment,1491048632,1,False,0,,22002479,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491055111,Greig Olivier,63561108,Baton Rouge,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,
+1491055110,"So, the Director of Athletics gets over $700k a year to make sure that academically unqualified ""student/athletes"" maintain the appearance of academic credibility while devoting all of their time to revenue sports? He might be underpaid. The athletes certainly are.",22002975,22002975,<br/>,comment,1491051801,1,False,0,,22002975,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055110,Jack,10722105,Michigan,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055110,"Most football and basketball couldn't get into college based on their grades.They are offered scholarships to play and in return, the college pretends to give them an education. For the few who make it into professional sports with big contracts, that is an equitable tradeoff. For the rest, they have nothing to show for the years they spent at the college. It is ridiculous to expect students who should not be in college at all to excel in sports and complete the academic requirements. There is not enough time to do both. <br/><br/>Colleges should be honest and hire athletes to play on the sports teams and not pretend that they are also students. The alternative is to separate sports from colleges completely. Coaches are frequently the highest paid staff at colleges. There is something deeply flawed in a model where a college pays more attention to sports than to what should be its primary goal; giving a college education. Stop the farce; pay the athletes and leave the academics to the real students. ",22002809,22002809,<br/>,comment,1491050851,1,False,0,,22002809,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055110,S.L.,33339923,"Briarcliff Manor, NY",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055109,"The evidence points to the priorities of the NCAA as well as that of the University of North Carolina: money is more important than academics. One can look back at the instances of decisive action by the NCAA and see that strong and decisive responses followed financial impropriety. Most notable was the imposition of the ""death penalty"" imposed on Southern Methodist University for its wholesale under the table system of paying athletes. Even cases of very minor financial advantage e.g. Ohio State's athletes trading sports memorabilia for tattoos drew a swift and severe response. But massive academic fraud? The NCAA has been sitting on the North Carolina case for years. The NCAA needs to be reminded that they and their fat salaries exist because of the existence of academic institutions. Not the other way around. They need to get their priorities straight.",22003174,22003174,<br/>,comment,1491052816,1,False,0,,22003174,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491055109,Wezilsnout,73031116,Indian Lake NY,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055109,"As a long time hard-core 'Heel fan, who will be rooting for them this evening and hopefully in the final, this scandal has been like a knife in the heart. The cover-up has only made it worse, and any sanctions heaped on UNC are well-deserved. I don't know when and if it changed, but as a grad student there over 35 years ago the only ""interference"" we got regarding scholarship players was ""is he going to class?"" a reasonable question. But as a TA we never had one of the super-stars like Laurence Taylor, James Worthy or Michael Jordan in any of our classes.<br/>Since this scandal goes back about 20 years I would like to think it began after Dean Smith retired, but I realize that's probably a pipe dream and it's painful to think how a man who faced being burned in effigy for integrating the Tar Heels, who stood up for what he believed so many times, who stayed in touch with ALL his players throughout their lives, not just the stars, could have fallen to cheating.<br/>This is how Penn State fans must feel--totally betrayed. The circumstances are different, but corruption is corruption and shows, yet again, that our college sports system desperately needs a major overhaul so it can help student-athletes, not merely exploit and discard them while coaches are paid millions. Roy Williams: $2.1 million, & the legendary Coach K, down the road, is getting $9.6 million.<br/>Much as I love watching the Tar Heels, I would GLADLY give that up so that students aren't exploited.",22002949,22002949,<br/>,comment,1491051660,1,False,0,,22002949,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055109,Dadof2,21069407,New Jersey,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048779,"How many members of UNC championship basketball teams were beneficiaries of faux classes? If the University is going to skate on the deception, are they also going to skate on the cover up? Is the NCAA going to look the other way because of the value of UNC to basketball and the cost of scandal? <br/><br/>Tark once observed something along the lines of--big school gets caught stepping over the lines and violating NCAA rules, no problem. Bot then some small school is going to get hammered so the NCAA can show how tough they are. Seems true to me.",22002447,22002447,<br/>,comment,1491048419,1,False,0,,22002447,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048809,John,46360369,maryland,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048779,"The entire premise of this article is false. There were never ""fake"" classes at UNC. Never. Every school has easy classes - passed around by word of mouth through the fraternities and sororities and yes, even the athletic teams. <br/><br/>But the implication of this article is that classes were created solely for athletes to stay eligible. Such a notion is objectively untrue. The Wainstein report, so heavily relied upon here, has been largely rendered a waste of taxpayer money due to its lack of diligence and (now) apparent goal to reach a conclusion even if the evidence did not support it. Witnesses have since come out to reveal this very truth. <br/><br/>Glass houses are susceptible to rocks too. So many people want UNC to be something different. It isn't. ",22002182,22002182,<br/>,comment,1491046475,1,False,0,,22002182,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048809,Brad,79832613,Raleigh,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048779,"Please get real. There is no need for investigation. There are rules, but these ""rules"" are for show, and have no real force. The world of big-time college athletics is a stage, and all the parts of it -- professors and support personnel -- have their places, required as a condition of employment to provide deniability and create doubt, however tenuous, to what is really happening. The world turns on accepted fictions, and purity of college athletics is one of them.<br/>The cultural problem is that no one connected with winning teams, either administration, alumni, or just fans, cares a lick. They (we) are unindicted co-conspirators.",22001242,22001242,<br/>,comment,1491026262,1,False,0,,22001242,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,63,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048779,George,67045630,NC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048776,"North Carolina...again. These people in a state I call home part of the year don't care about rising above anything. It's clear they will sink to any low to get something. Clean up your act people. You can do better. You are setting a mighty poor example for the next generation by saying it is all about winning. Oh, and then there's ethics and morality.",22002328,22002328,<br/>,comment,1491047572,1,False,0,,22002328,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2284/1158/cropped-22841158.jpg?0.992933010449633,35,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491048776,Terry,22841158,Florida And North Carolina,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048776,"Tar Heel tarnished. Gad. And I want to so root for them 100% but impossible under these circumstances. It's not old news. And, with funding cut from state and federal government to support higher education, The University (all of them) look the other way because revenue contributes to the whole. It's a dirty deal all the way around. The big losers are the athletes who will never earn what the Bubba's of the world do. Yes, this is a metaphor for what is going on in our country. Promises, promises and only those at the top reap the rewards. ",22002300,22002300,<br/>,comment,1491047340,1,False,0,,22002300,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,40,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491048776,"Norma Schafer, Oaxaca Cultural Navigator LLC",34392699,"Durham, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048776,"""the university provided fake classes for many hundreds of student athletes""<br/><br/>So did Harvard!<br/><br/>Probably other schools did too. <br/><br/>Why focus on just one team again?",22001910,22001910,<br/>,comment,1491043668,1,False,0,,22001910,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491048776,Alive and Well,14251206,Freedom City,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048776,"Answer?<br/><br/>Raise tuition! Those athletic officials, coaches and other college administrators really need their money!<br/><br/>Deserved?<br/><br/>The championships say it most definitely is so!<br/><br/>Aaah, the smell of education at a big sports campus!<br/>Wait a minute. Is that really a stench?<br/><br/>Quibbles really. It's not the professors that deserve the moola (what with their consulting gigs and so forth - and those boring lectures!). It is the ever growing legions of administrators. That's what education's about baby. Now who have I heard talk like that...hmm.",22001124,22001124,<br/>,comment,1491023816,1,False,0,,22001124,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048811,AJ,20657712,Trump Towers Basement,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048776,"Why is this allowed ?<br/><br/>All of this is criminal.<br/><br/>All the athletes who do not make it to the pro's and who are not allowed<br/>to have a full opportunity to learn while at College are being terribly misused.<br/><br/>Why are these Administrators being paid so much money ?<br/>What else could they ever do to make so much money ?<br/><br/>Bread and Circuses, Bread and Circuses<br/>and total corruption.",22000673,22000673,<br/>,comment,1491017854,1,False,0,,22000673,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4476/6294/cropped-44766294.jpg?11701526201256895942,36,,3,,0,approved,1,0,1491048776,John Brown,44766294,Idaho,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048775,If North Carolina continues to cheat they may have to be sent be sent to the<br/>SEC.,22002461,22002461,<br/>,comment,1491048477,1,False,0,,22002461,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,57,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048775,Aunt Nancy Loves Reefer,56603831,"Hillsborough, NJ",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048775,"Someone please explain why a state supported institute of higher education, should pay a sports coach 2 million plus a year salary, while a PhD, who is lucky enough to get an associate appointment at the same university struggles to support him/her self on a meager salary. The PhD is the person who actually supplies the education to students, while the coach only provides entertainment. At some point we have to decide what is the real ""raison d'être"" of higher education",22002450,22002450,<br/>,comment,1491048434,1,False,0,,22002450,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,221,,9,,0,approved,1,0,1491048775,Concerned citizen,62822522,"Sarasota, FL",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048775,"It's so easy to be outraged, isn't it? The Bad Bad University of North Carolina. Just look what they did! The shame! Makes us feel sooooo good and moral.<br/><br/>News Flash: Some kids who are great athletes just don't have the educational background to succeed in college, let alone an elite University. Yet the entire NCAA Athletics Cash Cow is predicated on their enrollment and eligibility to play their sport. <br/><br/>This isn't a UNC thing. It's a systemic NCAA Athletics thing. UNC is only playing that game as best they can. As a two-time alum, given the realities on the ground, I'd expect them to remain competitive athletically, if only because it brings in massive amounts of money to the larger University, money used to attract better teachers and students, and build better facilities.<br/><br/>I'm also a Duke Alum, Duke of course noted for their superior academics AND their basketball team. While the average kid they matriculate is top of their class brilliant (or comes from a family with a lot of cash or pull), most of their basketball players are young black men from disadvantaged backgrounds, on campus for one year, two at most, with the sole purpose of playing basketball just long enough to be eligible to cash an NBA check. Two of them (Jeter, Giles) just declared their intent to do so after their freshman year, their bball season over. As of now, these kids won't step inside another Duke class ever. Why would they? They're not there for that, and Duke and the NCAA know it.",22001755,22001755,<br/>,comment,1491041118,1,False,0,,22001755,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,154,,6,,0,approved,1,0,1491048775,Tim,66220641,Raleigh,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048774,one of my fave american oxymorons....'stoodent ath a leets'.......,22001315,22001315,<br/>,comment,1491027842,1,False,0,,22001315,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,17,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048774,brupic,14749653,nara/greensville,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048774,"C'mon, man.<br/><br/>The NCAA Division I basketball program generates more revenues off the labor of black men than the old plantation bosses from sharecroppers. The largely white benefactors range from sports bar owners to TV stations to corporate sponsors. The issue of grade inflation schemes is really a chicken issue by comparison. At the least, the NCAA should create an extensive program of contract set-asides for black-owned businesses. It should also establish employment partnerships between NCAA contractors, and retail establishments, with employment agencies that recruit workers in black communities. The goal should be to recruit, hire, and promote black talent for positions of all kinds. ",22000846,22000846,<br/>,comment,1491019802,1,False,0,,22000846,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048774,roger,60077598,boston,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048774,Some questions ...<br/><br/>1) How many basketball players actually enrolled in one or more of these classes? How many football players? How many other scholarship athletes? <br/><br/>2) Was it just a single class that a student could take just once or could you 'major' in this subject and take a multitude of basically fake courses?,22000552,22000552,<br/>,comment,1491016795,1,False,0,,22000552,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048774,Bill,71803741,Arizona,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048773,"I taught high school in North Carolina. Any account of this scandal should communicate the status of UNC among North Carolinians. Admission to UNC for most North Carolina kids is like admission to Harvard. It is out of reach for all but the very best students. While this shouldn't be exaggerated, the fact is that the top black kids generally look to N.C. State, which admits many more blacks. Still. when it comes to basketball almost everyone follows UNC. N.C. State hasn't won it all for 35 years. And Wake Forest is relatively obscure. <br/><br/>As this investigation has slowly progressed, the number of applicants to UNC has steadily increased. Maybe kids figure that their prospects of admission will increase as the top applicants look elsewhere. But the top kids are not changing their habits. UNC is indeed the state's Harvard and it will take more than this scandal to bring the university down.",22001625,22001625,<br/>,comment,1491037794,1,False,0,,22001625,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4814/7869/cropped-48147869.jpg?1475980521793890914,12,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048773,Michjas,48147869,Phoenix,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048773,"Give it a rest. College athletics are crooked. But so are professional athletics. How many laudatory stories has the NYT written about A Rod, the master drug using cheat. The real news would be if honesty were ever found in big time athletics.",22000950,22000950,<br/>,comment,1491020991,1,False,0,,22000950,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048773,MAL,58530137,Iowa,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048772,"""Beautiful and impressive to the outside world but without much life inside.""<br/><br/>Gee willikers. Anybody surprised?<br/><br/>Sounds just like what the outside world found atop the shoulders of the dude who so impressed them last november. So what's new?",22002402,22002402,<br/>,comment,1491048052,1,False,0,,22002402,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048772,buttercup,63467874,cedar key,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048772,"Thank you for this piece! Don't give up -- Bravo Dan Kane, Bravo Michael Powell. Corruption must be be outed, cheating must be outed. Between Bathroom Politics and this story, North Carolina seems like the mirror, crucible, or weather vane of the whole country. Must be fascinating and hell to live there day to day.<br/><br/>It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair<br/><br/>Are you listening Devin Nunes? Mitch McConnell? David Brooks? ... ",22001427,22001427,<br/>,comment,1491031534,1,False,0,,22001427,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,17,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048772,Christopher Delogu,63862408,Lyon France,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048512,"We know that NCAA football and basketball are dirty. We know about boosters and alumni pressure and recruitment hijinks and donated SUVs and fake tests and dropped charges and everything else. It's the last bastion of ""shamateurism"", where everybody knows the score. The ""scholar-athlete"" myth has to survive because it's the justification for re-selling a billion dollar product and not paying its creators. It has to survive because the stereotypes are so deeply embedded: too many white Americans want to hear tales of troubled African-American kids ""shown the way"" by a paternal white coach (who happens to be the most highly-remunerated public employee in the state), not that those kids get paid for being good.",22001000,22001000,<br/>,comment,1491021546,1,False,0,,22001000,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,19,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048512,L.B.,3817376,"Charlottesville, VA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048512,"First, the tawdry, showy spectacle depicted here falls broadly under the definition of prostitution, not higher education per se. (Integrity sold to the highest bidder.)<br/><br/>Second, Americans in general have a complicated relationship with such tiresome necessities as actually, you know, reading books, sustained, rigorous thinking, skillful, in-depth writing of arguments and analysis. E-e-uw.<br/><br/>Third, the entire concept of merging multi-billion dollar sporting enterprises with schools cannot but be problematic, as Professor Hildebrand wrote. So let's just be a bit radical here and propose that we correct our error and sever this connection. Then institutions like UNC can stop trying to be half what they are not.<br/><br/>The model I'm thinking of is the multi-layered sporting club structure that exists in Europe that is connected to the communities they fall into, but in no way overlap with university. So young people at some point take their pick - either/or. A career or sports.<br/><br/>Is education about learning, thinking, personal transformation, making better informed citizens, building a better, more efficient, more sustainable world? Or is it a luxury consumer product and a branding operation?<br/><br/>If you don't ask the question you'll never get the answer.",22000968,22000968,<br/>,comment,1491021240,1,False,0,,22000968,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,41,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491048512,paultuae,45511469,Asia,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048508,"The whole situation is deeply disturbing. There exists a widespread culture where athletes are taken advantage of in the name of success at the University. The culture goes far deeper than just at Chapel Hill. It permeates the entire collegiate system and the NCAA itself. Chapel Hill is but the latest scapegoat. If the NCAA wants to stop the abuse, it needs to investigate itself. Athletes who come to Universities should be expected to commit to a set period of time, ""one and done"" should not exist. Rather they should go straight to the professional leagues.<br/>Athletes can not be expected to carry the same load as regular students while playing their sports. As repeatedly noted most never make it into the professional leagues. Universities should be required to provide scholarships for a number of years equal to the years played after the athlete completes his/her eligibility where the athletes are held to the same standards as all students.",22001801,22001801,<br/>,comment,1491042054,1,False,0,,22001801,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048508,Benson Timmons,67145438,North Carolina,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048508,You might want to look into whether North Carolina is the only college in America that uses its African-American Studies department to get poor students through with easy courses.,22001704,22001704,<br/>,comment,1491039960,1,False,0,,22001704,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048539,Steve Sailer,63984680,America,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048507,"The facts that: 1. Information continues being uncovered and 2. the NCAA seems to be trying to let this case die quietly with no consequences, only highlights the collective hypocrisy. UNC is simply the most flagrant, recent perpetuator of this money making machine. The NCAA collides with schools to line the pockets of coaches and administrators while bilking the athletes who actually generate income.",22001928,22001928,n/a,comment,1491043921,1,False,0,,22001928,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048507,John Simpson,45361252,"Charlotte, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048507,UNC deserves one thing: death. penalty.<br/><br/>Anything less and the NCAA is a sham.,22000965,22000965,<br/>,comment,1491021176,1,False,0,,22000965,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048507,Shiloh 2012,62552564,"New York, NY",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048499,"Well, SB Lewis, this is not slavery. Pick a different metaphor. The athletes get money, prestige and no academic responsibility. They have an awesome deal with freedom and choice.<br/>I grew up in Chapel Hill, went to UNC undergrad and Medical School. Everyone knew that athletes cheated and administration lied about it. I dated a girl who wrote their papers---and signed their names on ""autographed"" photos, basketballs and the like. I still love the school I attended, the town where I grew up: UNC was not the athletic department. Athletics was a remote and untouchable domain. I have no doubt that if you were an elite athlete, you could graduate while being functionally illiterate.<br/>I doubt other universities are much different. Watching the selection process as my own children applied to college was interesting: athletic ability was rewarded above intellectual or artistic achievement even at ""no athletic scholarship"" schools.<br/>These are not scholar-athletes. The whole concept is a facade. ",22001771,22001771,<br/>,comment,1491041459,1,False,0,,22001771,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,45,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048499,Richard,75946278,New Zealand,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048499,Minnesota basketball was punished by the NCAA in the 1990s - quite severely but rightly so. However UNC needs to meet its maker. At least let's see some equality and fairness in this matter to other institutions like UNC which get by because they make too much money for the NCAA. ,22001245,22001245,<br/>,comment,1491026317,1,False,0,,22001245,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048499,brainiac,15362574,Midwest,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048499,"It's not the act which is so distasteful, it's the hypocrisy of acting as though they are above all the dirty tricks, when they are deeply immersed. <br/><br/>Then again, you don't get to be a ""Tarheel"" without spending time with your feet in the muck, do you?",22000545,22000545,<br/>,comment,1491016679,1,False,0,,22000545,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048499,P. Done,21398696,Vancouver,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048498,"Let's face it. College sports is a huge, multi million dollar making enterprise wrapped up to look like a quaint extension of a our notions of what a college or university is. It is now an empire that uses each institution's identity as a marketing tool. This has NOTHING to do with educational and it has EVERYTHING to do with making money and acting as the minor leagues for professional football and basketball. Maybe there was a time when this wasn't so, but that is now ancient history. Fake classes? Perks of all kinds delivered to players under the table? In some cases, players shielded from prosecution of wrongdoing? Standard business, and I do mean BUSINESS. What the report on Carolina indicates is only the simplest of infractions, and don't think the NCAA has any interest in pursing the real problems that are rampant on any campus.<br/>They might lose revenue share. ",22002038,22002038,<br/>,comment,1491045146,1,False,0,,22002038,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,17,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048498,Richard Beard,66449903,North Carolina,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048498,"College sports should be exclusively intramural, for the purpose of promoting physical fitness and sportsmanship. The great universities of the world are known for academic excellence, not football or basketball. The argument that college sports pay for educational costs not covered by tuition, grants or donations is specious; the monies generated by college sports are plowed back into coaches"" salaries, multimillion dollar dorms and training facilities for the athletes, and stadiums. <br/><br/>College sports are a self serving, self perpetuating business that has nothing to do with higher education. In some cases it seems the academic programs exist as a kind of wrapping for the real purpose of the school---semi professional sports---necessary to maintain the fiction that the institution is a school first and not a sports revenue generating machine. These scandals come up periodically and the public indifference demonstrates our preference for bread and circuses. Is it any wonder we now have Donald Trump as our ringmaster-in-chief?",22001774,22001774,<br/>,comment,1491041508,1,False,0,,22001774,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,85,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048498,Katrina Lazenby,47889084,Georgia,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048498,AFAM program was disbanded in 2011. If you had actually read the Weinstein Report you would know that.,22001198,22001198,<br/>,comment,1491025337,1,False,0,,22001198,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048498,Beau,79831184,Richmond Virginia,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048498,"Easy to write a lazy, one-sided article to do what...malign athletes who are playing for a championship and who have had nothing to do with this scandal? The truth: many regular students took these classes and athletes who attended UNC during the scandal included students who graduated with honors, including Phi Beta Kappa. A broad brush serves no truth.",22001184,22001184,<br/>,comment,1491025041,1,False,0,,22001184,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491065262,Cynthia O,3384240,NYC,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048498,"Finally!! Something more on this story! Was it 5 years ago this first broke and still nothing has happened! At the time that I first read about these fake classes and outright academic fraud I was sure there would be SMU-like repercussions. I have nothing against UNC but I am a little worried about what they have over the NCAA to be able to still stymie any logical punishment.<br/><br/>Since then Syracuse and Jim Boeheim were both punished harshly for something much less serious or widespread. Most of what happened was done by boosters at SU.<br/><br/>These are violations done by and obviously sanctioned by someone in an administrative capacity at UNC. <br/><br/>In an unrelated note- we should forget about the fiction that any of these football or basketball players get anywhere near the education that real students get. Pay these players, let the colleges still enjoy the entertainment they provide and if they want to take a few classes to their benefit then they can. But let's stop living this lie, stop putting professors in a tight spot with pressure to pass them, and keep the standards high for real students.",22000601,22000601,<br/>,comment,1491017236,1,False,0,,22000601,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,30,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048498,Mark,70594876,"Marion, NY",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048498,Such disrespect for the most vulnerable among us. They are sentenced in college and before to a life of illiteracy. ,22000349,22000349,<br/>,comment,1491014983,1,False,0,,22000349,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048498,S B Lewis,58565194,"Lewis Family Farm, Essex, N. Y",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048497,"I finished my grad degree in 1983 at UNC. Good school. My program is and was one of the best in the country. I was there in the MJ-Phil Ford-Sweet D era. I used to contribute yearly. Since this cheating thing broke, not a cent. Because not only was there and is there cheating, but the whistle-blower lost her job. That's the thing that is the most wrong at UNC. I won't give them a cent (it all goes to pay Roy a gazillion bucks a year, and none for scholarship anyway) until they find a way to make the tutors good. The tutors should not be the ones who pay the price for institutional corruption.",22002246,22002246,<br/>,comment,1491046959,1,False,0,,22002246,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048497,POed High Tech Guy,67530043,"Flyover, USA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048497,"North Carolina administration and athletic officials, including coaches are just as honorable as the Penn State cadre who protected Jerry Sandusky for so many years. Or maybe the same types of low life participants who sheltered the sexual assault legions of Baylor. The fact that these institutions fill their arenas and stadiums to cheer on their ""one and done"" teams is testimony to the core morality of their fans.<br/><br/>NCAA Division 1 football and basketball are minor league sports for the NFL and NBA. They exist for the betting industry and the participants. They provide entertainment for the mindless. They have zero to do with the notion of a student athlete.<br/><br/>The sports themselves are wonderful. The players are marvelous athletes. But to confuse the sports as meaningful to an education or the players as students is delusional.<br/><br/>Worse, to confuse the schools' administrators and athletic departments as educators is Orwellian.",22002116,22002116,<br/>,comment,1491045877,1,False,0,,22002116,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048497,TDurk,21573232,Rochester NY,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048497,"""for two decades until 2013, the university provided fake classes for many hundreds of student athletes, most of them basketball and football players.""<br/><br/>Fake classes, the master narrative. Unfortunately for the author scholarship athletes constituted less than 50% enrollment; the courses - the byproduct of a lazy African American Studies department chair - required real work and were awarded real grades. Unfortunately, UNC never offered college credit for intro to college parts 1 and 2 (offered at NC State; 100% of enrolled students are scholarship athletes; median grade is an A); unfortunate that basketball players at UNC are not clustered in a Sociology major and able to routinely graduate in 3 years, or, failing that, able to enroll and take 100% of classes at a NC Central University, average SAT Math score of 480 (Duke); unfortunate that UNC coaches don't pass lists of easy courses to football and basketball players (Stanford); unfortunate that UNC doesn't offer college credit for sports practice (Nebraska); unfortunate that over 100 students, many athletes, weren't recently found guilty of a massive cheating scam with dozens of suspensions (Harvard.)<br/><br/>For years, the AFAM chair, too lazy to provide regular lectures, talked his administrative assistant into running the course as an independent study, requiring a paper that she graded. Easy courses are found at all US unis, likely including the author's alma mater. The reaction to this ""scandal"" far exceeds its reality.",22001799,22001799,<br/>,comment,1491041963,1,False,0,,22001799,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048527,Michael,55427752,Manila,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048495,"Fake classes, fake news, but the money is real.<br/><br/>When I was a journalism student at UNC I interviewed Dean Smith, whose only vices were smoking and cussing on the golf course. He was a great moral force in college sports, especially regarding civil rights. And he was a great coach. But the students wanted him out his first year for a .500 season. So they ""toilet papered"" the trees in protest.<br/><br/>What a waste of athlete diplomas.",22001383,22001383,<br/>,comment,1491029996,1,False,0,,22001383,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048495,Richard C.,19025140,"Washington, D.C.",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048495,"Coach: If your son succeeded and had a pro career by cheating, what would he be?<br/>Player's mother: [ pause] A millionaire.<br/>(immortal dialogue from the movie Blue Chips)<br/>Did any bookie's handle go down because of this stuff _while it was going on_? Did any of the best players miss out on NBA contracts? Did any alumni/boosters hold back on gifts? Were any broadcast ads pulled? Did any professors not get tenure? <br/><br/>Indentured servants not getting an education seems like a mighty small price to pay for all the wealth and fun everyone who mattered here scarfed up. The only bad things that happened to anyone important came because some nosy busybody reporter who doesn't understand the purpose of a university stirred things up.<br/><br/>or, ""It's Chinatown, Jake.""",22001200,22001200,<br/>,comment,1491025360,1,False,0,,22001200,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048495,delievre,26419573,"Berkeley, CA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048495,I can't help but wonder if this is unique to the Tarheels. Does the New York Times plan to investigate other powerhouse schools building on The work done in Raleigh?,22001056,22001056,n/a,comment,1491022805,1,False,0,,22001056,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048495,Elizabeth,71025969,Seattle,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048373,Note that these athletic departments have 501(c)(3) status and rake in millions of dollars without paying a penny in tax. Americans are essentially subsidizing their criminal activities.,22002241,22002241,n/a,comment,1491046943,1,False,0,,22002241,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048373,Nate,43810488,London,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048373,"Would be interesting to get the comments of people like Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Sam Perkins or Kenny Smith on this issue and their experience at UNC. Also would be interested in the Times doing pieces on programs that do it ""right"" and on coaches who demand their players go to class.",22001996,22001996,<br/>,comment,1491044588,1,False,0,,22001996,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048373,Frank L.,2156318,"Accord,NY",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048371,"When it comes to big time college athletics and big time professional sports, many people (who are otherwise very responsible) simply lose their bearings.<br/>The hostile reaction toward the NCAA investigation into North Carolina's athletic -academic scandal by numerous supporters of the University is a good example.",22001997,22001997,<br/>,comment,1491044613,1,False,0,,22001997,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048371,Edwin B Peacock Jr,18674587,Charlotte,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048370,"college athletics in general smells to high heaven of corruption and has for years. many people can run very fast or are great at dunking a basketball, but don't have the academic preparation to be in college. Coaches are under intense pressure to take these guys because if they don't someone else will. It may take an act of congress, but i have believed that for decades the NCAA needs to get of of their behinds, set up real standards for student athletes, and hold every school to a standard no exceptions, that way no individual school will be able to take unprepared students.",22002031,22002031,<br/>,comment,1491045016,1,False,0,,22002031,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491048370,chris,37643855,"orlando, fla.",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048370,"thank you Michael Powell for reminding us, winning has a way of letting people off the hook they deserve to be also remembered for",22002021,22002021,<br/>,comment,1491044907,1,False,0,,22002021,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3518/4287/cropped-35184287.jpg?0.5251449516508728,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048370,frankly 32,35184287,by the sea,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048370,"Reduce the class requirement for the college athlete by half while they are eligible to compete, but require them to take classes toward a legitimate degree. When their four (or five) years of eligibility are finished they should be halfway to their degree. Then when they are done pursuing a professional career they can return to school to finish their degree on their athletic scholarship. For those athletes who opt to go pro early, they receive one free semester for every year they complete on campus.",22001966,22001966,n/a,comment,1491044270,1,False,0,,22001966,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,16,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048370,Geoff,3269320,Vermont,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048370,"At my desperate-to-be-a-football-power university, an Associate Provost told me a football player came to him to inquire about a tuition bill he had received for a summer term class called ""Theory and Practice of Football."" The student-athlete explained he was not on campus that session and took no classes. It turned out the head coach registered his players for the class without telling them, but was too dumb to make sure the athletic department actually paid the fake tuition bills it generated for the ghost students.",22001724,22001724,<br/>,comment,1491040310,1,False,0,,22001724,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,14,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048370,Benjamin W. Palmer,3961998,"Ann Arbor, MI",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048370,"Years ago when teaching at a Pac Ten school, I found that student athletes from the income generating teams were forbidden to major in my subject because it took too much time. It also prepared them, of course, for real post-athletic careers. The football and basketball teams certainly received more money and better facilities than were bestowed on academics. And this was a ""clean"" program, about which there have thankfully been no major complaints, and one, I might add, that very seldom fielded a winning team in either sport. The United States is one of the few places in the world where university education is distorted in this way, and it is directly related to why so many schools cost so much, and why alumni loyalty is so prized. In Europe, the alumni matter less, tuition is lower, and universities are very proud of their Olympians, to whom they give little more assistance than permission to take a semester off, miss an occasional class, or hand in an assignment late.",22001484,22001484,<br/>,comment,1491033074,1,False,0,,22001484,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048370,kate,11274049,dublin,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048370,"Penn State got hammered other schools have been penalized in the last ten years,why does N.C get over.TheNCAA to have credibility has to penalize the Tar Heels for a serious institutional infraction.",22000913,22000913,<br/>,comment,1491020522,1,False,0,,22000913,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048370,Jerry Fitzsimmons,19306556,Jersey,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048369,"Having 2 daughters who have /are at UNC, i know first hand just how rigorous their academics are for most students who attend there and hate the fact that the scandal taints them as well. What is more important is the motivation that drove the cheating - the big money generated by football and basketball. The question should be whether big money NCAA sports should hold their atheletes to the standards of an academic environment at all or instead be treated as the farm league businesses the really are. ",22002297,22002297,<br/>,comment,1491047316,1,False,0,,22002297,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048369,MikeB,66311480,"Charlotte, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048369,"parse it as you will, the big-time, big-money college sports racket has nothing to do with education...as long it is tolerated there will be cheating, the kind that would get your kid tossed out...the paper being chased is money, not degrees ",22002132,22002132,<br/>,comment,1491046098,1,False,0,,22002132,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048369,tuttavia,46822803,connecticut,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048369,Pay the athletes and end this charade.,22001828,22001828,<br/>,comment,1491042459,1,False,0,,22001828,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048369,Engineer Inbar,46131581,Connecticut,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048369,"Sad to say, North Carolina's semi-final opponent, the University of Oregon, has left its own corrupt trail of scandalous behavior without much in the way of sanction, presumably because the NCAA is beholden to the Ducks' corporate patron, the Nike sports empire and UO's billionaire alumnus, Phil Knight.",22001393,22001393,<br/>,comment,1491030360,1,False,0,,22001393,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5134/2855/cropped-51342855.jpg?913978546407256062,6,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491048369,Edward Hershey,51342855,"Portland, Oregon",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048368,"These players, most of them teens during their time at UNC, were exploited. They played and essentially worked in their sport in exchange for an education. However, they did not receive an education. UNC should be required to pay these student- athletes back. They gave UNC their time and talent... UNC gave zilch in return.",22001102,22001102,<br/>,comment,1491023472,1,False,0,,22001102,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,24,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048368,Catherine Nelson,32318383,"San Mateo, CA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048368,"When I lived in North Carolina, one heard often about the so-called ""Carolina Way"" when talking about athletics. The claim was that it was a super-clean program in a morass of cheating.<br/><br/>It turns out, ""The Carolina Way"" was actually cheating worse than anyone else, and covering it up better.",22000956,22000956,<br/>,comment,1491021081,1,False,0,,22000956,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,95,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048368,CACondor,1716907,Foster City. CA,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048368,"If nothing else if nothing else comes out of this scandal, one thing is for sure: The carefully cultivated myth of ""The Carolina Way"" is dead and buried.",22000853,22000853,<br/>,comment,1491019860,1,False,0,,22000853,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048368,Earl,55750030,"Cary, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048368,"Just wonder whether the Wainstein report covered sports other than basketball and football at UNC.<br/><br/>One thing UNC athletics should be proud of is its perhaps unique championships in Division I lacrosse last year with Both the men's and women's teams winning the national championship. <br/><br/>As far as I know, college lacrosse teams usually are among the teams at the top with respect to grade-point averages, presumably sans signs of cheating whatsoever. Furthermore, the sport is known to discourage early recruiting.",22000693,22000693,<br/>,comment,1491018042,1,False,0,,22000693,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048368,David Bee,78488967,Brooklyn,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048367,UNC paid almost no price for an egregious scandal. Imagine what the penalty would have been had a D-I University in Texas done the same thing,22002422,22002422,<br/>,comment,1491048185,1,False,0,,22002422,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048367,Dan,25830282,Boca Raton FL,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048367,"I love the comment, ""I waded through their reports, and it was like watching a reluctant striptease.""<br/>The NCAA refuses to 'do its job' of monitoring sports activities for all, not just a privileged few. (Does this remind anyone of our own Congressional institutions?)",22001988,22001988,<br/>,comment,1491044464,1,False,0,,22001988,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048367,Diana Hauser,78193898,"Unity, Maine 04988",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048367,"I have tried to follow the story where possible. It is my understanding that almost half of the 3000 students who took these classes over two decades were REGULAR students, not just student athletes. Many of the regular students were on, or facing, academic probation, and at risk of being dismissed from the school for not maintaining their grades. <br/><br/>The classes were offered as easy A's to raise a student's overall GPA. Given the high cost of attending any University these days, I think these sham classes are a way for students - many living away from home and being on their own for the first time - to make up for a couple of bad grades. No parent wants to see a child sent home, and certainly no child wants such embarrassment. The University certainly doesn't want to lose those tuition payments. <br/><br/>But some lessons SHOULD be painful. The son of a good friend lost his focus and was suspended. His parents are making him work in the family business until he pays back the opportunity he squandered. Only when he has paid them in full will he be allowed to continue<br/><br/>Division 1 revenue sports programs are big business, so much so, that they are undermining the original purpose of the university's existence, which is higher education and creating responsible young adults. The only way to reverse that is to punish such cheating aggressively. UNC basketball and football should be given a 5 year ban. Step up NCAA!",22001117,22001117,<br/>,comment,1491023728,1,False,0,,22001117,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491048367,Lambros Balatsias,78308981,"Charlotte, NC",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048367,"Money is surely important to the Carolina scandal. But there is much more to it. Carolina has a history of excellence in basketball, and its tradition creates great pressure to succeed. Also, there are academic and racial factors -- Carolina is a selective school. so athletes admitted based on the NCAA standards have SAT's well below the average. And. because of the popularity of basketball in North Carolina, the best high school athletes tend to play basketball rather than football. These kids are the main source for Carolina recruiting. And too many are marginal students compared to those at schools like Duke and Notre Dame, which recruit nationally. <br/><br/>This is not to say that money is irrelevant. It's clearly huge. But those seeking to understanding the problem need to recognize that multiple factors are at play.",22001087,22001087,<br/>,comment,1491023239,1,False,0,,22001087,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4814/7869/cropped-48147869.jpg?1475980521793890914,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048397,Michjas,48147869,Phoenix,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048367,"The farce that is collegiate athletics is magnified by the millions in revenue to coaches and schools on the backs of athlete who should be content with tuition, room and board.<br/><br/>The winds of change are inevitable where education is subverted to the money machine generated by collegiate athletics to national tv and brands and the endorsements that come with it. None of which goes to the athletes who generate it.<br/><br/>It's frankly disgusting that the rationale not to compensate these young talents is based on the pathetic rationale that they get an education in the deal. In basketball the deal is one year and millions in the pros for the best. <br/><br/>Collegiate sports are the triple A farm system for the pros. And most farms pay their workers. Except the most lucrative farm of all...collegiate athletics.",22001047,22001047,<br/>,comment,1491022502,1,False,0,,22001047,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,7,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048367,murfie,39539959,san diego,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048366,"The NCAA is a big business and North Carolina one of it's star performers. It should be a national story, and yet barely a peep from the media. <br/><br/>The 1997 Minnesota Gophers basketball team had it's Final Four appearance and Big Ten Championship vacated by the NCAA. A single tutor had written papers for some of the players. <br/><br/>The cheating scandal in North Carolina is far greater; woven into the institution itself. <br/><br/>And yet, no punishment. ",22002191,22002191,<br/>,comment,1491046536,1,False,0,,22002191,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,18,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048366,Loring Park Crows,24053167,Minneapolis,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048366,"Chapel Hill is such a stellar academic university, it seems a shame that the athletes who attend are not getting the full advantage of this opportunity. But to single Chapel Hill out here in the South is at best unfair and likely misleading. As a U of F graduate, I am pretty certain this situation exists in many, if not all, of the powerhouse schools that make up the ACC and SEC. There are notable exceptions like Vanderbilt and Duke and perhaps Georgia Tech. But those are, of course, private schools, not state universities. In the end, it's all about the money. And we all know what money does...it corrupts...period. This sad situation is just a reflection of what we have become as a nation, not just a reflection of pride and glory at a major university. I love to see the Gators win, but I most proud when the agriculture school develops a better tomato or the medical school makes a breakthrough with spinal cord injuries. ""You may say that I'm a dreamer....""",22001762,22001762,<br/>,comment,1491041298,1,False,0,,22001762,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,20,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048366,Lauren,76187860,Jacksonville FL,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048366,When I see how other schools have been punished for allegations far less serious it infuriates me that this investigation keeps getting kicked down the road. <br/><br/>I truly believe the NCAA is hoping this will go away and that people will forget. IF these allegations are proven true it could mean having to take away both conference championships and national championships. I think the NCAA is afraid of opening a Pandora's box. ,22001670,22001670,<br/>,comment,1491039062,1,False,0,,22001670,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048366,Jill,55021935,North Carolina,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048366,"I was an athlete in a minor sport at a Big Ten school - no scholarship, just loved to run. We shared a facility with the football team. Walking into the facility one day I heard this shout by a lineman: ""Hey Coach, you'd be proud of me! I went to class today!""<br/><br/>This assistant coach was being paid more than 95% of the faculty and he wasn't even in the top tier of coaches - like a weightlifting coach or something. But the coach and the lineman both knew this - classes, education and integrity were an impediment and not worthy of more than lip service.<br/><br/>I believe I became a better person by struggling through a double major in 4 years while competing without any financial aid - that is the mark of a student athlete. It is too late, but big money has corrupted the collegiate ideal in so many ways that I don't even know why athletes and athletic departments even pretend any more. What is the bigger question is why faculty and administrators who haven't drunk the Kool-Aid don't fight even more.",22001080,22001080,<br/>,comment,1491023208,1,False,0,,22001080,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,34,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048366,Jim L,466416,Seattle,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048366,The difference between Chapel Hill and the other big time sports programs out there? They got caught.,22000875,22000875,<br/>,comment,1491020073,1,False,0,,22000875,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048366,Chris,54404161,NJ,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048366,"The corruption, exploitation and racism of uNC and pretty much every other Division 1 basketball and football university is stunning. <br/><br/>I have very little respect for folks who are watching the March Madness spectacle.<br/><br/>Little wonder that serious students don't consider attending colleges like that.",22000546,22000546,n/a,comment,1491016687,1,False,0,,22000546,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491048366,Cousy,70479300,New England,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048365,The most disheartening part of this story has been the University's response to the N&,O reporting. The shameful response of the administration suggests that the fundamentals won't change any time soon at UNC. But this attitude is true of all elite NCAA athletic programs. Division I football and basketball are harming American universities and the players they exploit.,22002288,22002288,<br/>,comment,1491047266,1,False,0,,22002288,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048365,Andy,472970,Beaufort,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,
+1491048365,fake classes, fake news, alternative facts, head in the sand, squelching of dissidents, cover ups, firing of investigators- does any of this sound familiar? ,22001914,22001914,<br/>,comment,1491043699,1,False,0,,22001914,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048365,jonathan berger,29579942,philadelphia,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News
+1491048365,"There's an easy solution to this: ban all college sports. Learning and throwing a ball have absolutely nothing common. If Oxford, Cambridge and the Sorbonne can survive without a football or a basketball team then so can American universities.<br/><br/>'Education' simply is not a priority at any level of the American education system. That has to change, and radically.",22001566,22001566,<br/>,comment,1491035714,1,False,0,,22001566,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048365,Krausewitz,70226441,"Oxford, UK",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048362,"This Tar Heels case illustrates the uncomfortable bedfellows of academics and athletics, especially when $$$ are involved. The $$$ corrupt the ethics of serving students within the walls of an academic institution. It seems as though we cannot have a great athletics program sit side-by-side in a strong academic institution without corruption raising its ugly head. If individuals spend more time developing their bodies to do amazing things at the expense of their minds, reading, writing, and thinking to do amazing things, then we should just accept that reality. But let's not cheat the system and make them appear to be academically successful when they clearly are not. It dilutes the hard work of all those students who are faithful to the development of their minds and work hard to achieve milestones in their academic career. <br/><br/>The right thing for North Carolina to do is to lower the bar for the academic success of their athletes. Let them compete and work hard on the court, getting 1.5 GPAs on their own merits. Of course, the NCAA would have to lower its standards. But then accept the fact that $$$ have polluted and corrupted the system. Don't set people up to have to cheat the system to please the sponsors, alums who invest in these programs, etc. Who's fooling who?<br/><br/>We just need high-powered athletic schools separate from high-powered academic schools. North Carolina will never be the University of Chicago or MIT. Those institutions devote time to academics.",22002278,22002278,<br/>,comment,1491047211,1,False,0,,22002278,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048362,Robert Ryshke,15962340,"Atlanta, GA",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048362,not penalties?,22000541,22000541,<br/>,comment,1491016646,1,False,0,,22000541,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048362,AO,57677228,JC NJ,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048361,"Having four degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I realized with a shock last week that after decades of bleeding Carolina Blue I cannot name a single member of the Carolina basketball team. Felt kind of sad, really. There was so much joy in watching them when you could plausibly believe the program was clean, before the university spent $18 million in legal and PR fees in continuing to obfuscate what a sorry mess the athletic program had become. Their money machine will chug merrily along without me.",22000715,22000715,<br/>,comment,1491018270,1,False,0,,22000715,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,13,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048361,JestInEarnest,49640357,Virginia,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491019208,"“Everybody believes in affirmative action when it comes to the admission of athletes,” Hildebrand wrote.<br/><br/>These athletes are being used. Very few of them have a chance at a professional career in sports, but almost all would benefit from a bona fide college degree. <br/><br/>Every school in the NCAA should be required to offer its athletes real educations after their lives as athletes are over. Work that into the budget!",22000790,22000790,<br/>,comment,1491019160,1,False,0,,22000790,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5678/0855/cropped-56780855.jpg?0.19969997461885214,204,,5,,0,approved,1,1,1491019208,Susan,56780855,Eastern WA,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491014146,Is this not old news? This scandal is over five years old. Now you bring it out again? To what end? This has been going on for a long time. ,22000183,22000183,<br/>,comment,1491013667,1,False,0,,22000183,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,34,,18,,0,approved,1,0,1491014146,Wendell,6652528,Eastern North Carolina,,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491014144,"North Carolina Coach Roy Williams: when asked in 2014 about the investigation into academic fraud, Williams said: “It’s been a pain in the rear end. I feel strongly, strongly, that we did things the right way.” <br/><br/>Just like the others. <br/><br/>President Trump and Kellyanne Conway: Lying in DC is not lying at The White House; it's alternative facts. <br/><br/>Lying is so needed to win in college sports. In fact, lying is a sport. <br/><br/>Who cares about education? Not a Queens graduate of a military academy... that gets his news from FOX in the morning, Fox in the evening. Fox... Fox... Fox. <br/><br/>Fox went out on a windy night, prayed to the moon to give him light: Burl Ives. <br/><br/>Has anyone noticed Mr. Trump's vocabulary? Doonesbury.<br/><br/>Has anyone noted the chaos in this White House? <br/><br/>Second City with Severn Darden was heading planning. <br/><br/>Dystopian books are the rage. Brave New World.<br/><br/>Robert Maynard Hutchins and Amos Alonzo Stagg are meeting to discuss Big Ten football this month. They will be meeting covered by Julian Assange. <br/><br/>Perhaps they will be recorded... for Late Late Night... ",22000167,22000167,<br/>,comment,1491013537,1,False,0,,22000167,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,50,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491014144,S B Lewis,58565194,"Lewis Family Farm, Essex, N. Y",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491014078,Slavery was abolished in the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Chapel Hill did not get the memo. ,22000015,22000015,<br/>,comment,1491012432,1,False,0,,22000015,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,101,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491014078,S B Lewis,58565194,"Lewis Family Farm, Essex, N. Y",,,0,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145438,"Why is this STILL a topic of discussion? As you well know, UNC isn't the first university to to be investigated for academic impropriteties. Nor will it be the last. The offending staff is long gone; the sham classes have been eliminated. It makes no sense at this point to not allow UNC to play a tournament. How are to going to punish a group of kids who were in high school for the transgressions of a few adults. This isn't even a relevant story. New York Times I know you can do better than this.",22013064,22013064,n/a,userReply,1491135673,2,False,22009708,La Justicia,22009708:22013064,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145438,Michelle,79849853,NC,,,22009708,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145330,"Yep, because nothing bad happens in northern schools. Just ask Syracuse. Even better ask Penn State. Or Wisconsin who never graduated a black player under Bo Ryan and only graduated 40% of others.",22011595,22011595,n/a,userReply,1491118601,2,False,22008066,slfiore,22008066:22011595,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145364,Trap,79848367,"S town, ky",,,22008066,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145320,"Glad you left. It's no better at Wisconsin.,",22014243,22014243,<br/>,userReply,1491140994,2,False,22008066,slfiore,22008066:22014243,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145320,Doug,57862542,Bozeman,,,22008066,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145280,The current coach is implicated in this scandal. I didn't (appropriately) see any current players named.,22012244,22012244,n/a,userReply,1491130553,2,False,22007799,Jim Hugenschmidt,22007799:22012244,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491145280,Greg Maletic,2944465,"Portland, OR",,,22007799,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145331,"Wrong-- the program should have been unplugged years ago because the level of corruption and the incredible time period over which it occurred is indefensible. The corrupt university system and the tag-along NCAA operate as a collective crime syndicate. Many schools and athletes have been severely penalized for just a whiff of wrongdoing, yet in this case, the coverup continues.",22012991,22012991,n/a,userReply,1491135376,2,False,22007799,Jim Hugenschmidt,22007799:22012991,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145362,Nomoremaos,66054019,DC,,,22007799,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145318,UNC is a criminal enterprise. Deal with it.,22013500,22013500,<br/>,userReply,1491137748,2,False,22007799,Jim Hugenschmidt,22007799:22013500,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145318,Joe B.,54357050,Center City,,,22007799,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145329,What does this comment have to do with the academic corruption? Black students were clearly separated from the rest of the other students if they were in athletics it appears. Indentured servants to the effort to make more money.,22011208,22011208,<br/>,userReply,1491111033,2,False,22007676,Chrisman scherf,22007676:22011208,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145329,Lee Scott Theisen,72829648,"Pasadena, California",,,22007676,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145280,"With due respect to the things you mention, what do they have to do with cheating, and how could they possibly excuse it?",22012260,22012260,n/a,userReply,1491130724,2,False,22007676,Chrisman scherf,22007676:22012260,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491145280,Greg Maletic,2944465,"Portland, OR",,,22007676,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145277,You may be right. Nick Saban of Alabama's NCAA football team reportedly makes $7 million dollars per year. ,22014697,22014697,<br/>,userReply,1491143106,2,False,22007807,Jason Shapiro,22007807:22014697,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145277,Anabelle Rothschild,31770349,"Santa Monica, CA",,,22007807,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145277,The irony of this is that UNC had to turn down Kevin Durant because his grades weren't good enough for admissions.,22011171,22011171,<br/>,userReply,1491110584,2,False,22008615,Jen A,22008615:22011171,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145277,Hayden,79847660,USA,,,22008615,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145279,"This comment raises an important point, as the concept of ""academically qualified"" is fundamentally arbitrary. Most profitable Division I athletic programs are at best a minor league for their sport. In the same vein, students at these schools should be paid a salary and be allowed to unionize. Let's call a big business for what it is.",22013803,22013803,<br/>,userReply,1491139010,2,False,22008615,Jen A,22008615:22013803,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145279,Eric Fisher,69133164,"Shelton, CT",,,22008615,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145318,"In NCAA lingo, that's the talk of a heretic. In NC you could be held by the heel, tarred, feathered, and cast out among the heathens. ",22014735,22014735,<br/>,userReply,1491143274,2,False,22008615,Jen A,22008615:22014735,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145318,Anabelle Rothschild,31770349,"Santa Monica, CA",,,22008615,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100334,"Nice try Bluecheer, how about the author write about who was instrumental in getting the AA curriculum at UNC... why it was the architect of the cheating himself Dean Smith. The use of the AA department was done so as it was the best place to hide the cheating. Hey it worked for more than twenty years till the tweet heard around the NCAA by Marvin Austin, who it was found his first class at UNC was a summer school graduate course where there was no teacher, just a paper due at the end of the summer school semester. This for a student athlete that was going to have to take remedial class his first semester at UNC. That's some real UNC Academia you got there bluecheer. Want to try and deflect again?",22009095,22009095,n/a,userReply,1491094493,2,False,22007412,Bluecheer,22007412:22009095,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,11,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100334,Todd,79845050,NC,,,22007412,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145437,"You hit on it, Yuri, organization: African American students,most regular students and civil rights activists, insisted upon the creation of an alternative History curriculum ( needed in my opinion), but UNC Academia, not athletics, decided to isolate the AFAM Department from the rest of the History Department without oversight.<br/><br/>UNC Academia also have insisted athletics be separated from Academia ""to protect academic integrity"" except in this instance,<br/>the snafu is all on the academic side.<br/><br/>And we all know how envious elitist academics, newspaper N & O editors, and aspiring journalists are of athletes. So we have classic insult to anti-athletics academics.",22013138,22013138,<br/>,userReply,1491136031,2,False,22007412,Bluecheer,22007412:22013138,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145437,Bluecheer,66137922,Pinehurst NC,,,22007412,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145276,"Dean Smith had nothing to with the organization or oversight of the History Department, AFAM or otherwise.",22013411,22013411,<br/>,userReply,1491137333,2,False,22007412,Bluecheer,22007412:22013411,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145276,Bluecheer,66137922,Pinehurst NC,,,22007412,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100403,Worse than the Sandusky scandal at Penn State? Surely not!,22009626,22009626,<br/>,userReply,1491097605,2,False,22007372,Make America Great,22007372:22009626,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100403,tsk,41342006,"Lawrence, KS",,,22007372,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100413,You must be a NC State fan. Have you forgotten about the BC point shaving scandal.,22009951,22009951,<br/>,userReply,1491099720,2,False,22007372,Make America Great,22007372:22009951,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491100413,Dean Smith,24067525,Heaven,,,22007372,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145278,In basketball there is no off semester.,22012421,22012421,<br/>,userReply,1491132020,2,False,22006641,Pasquale,22006641:22012421,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145308,Dave Smith,52492645,Cleveland,,,22006641,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100334,"@CCC<br/><br/>No one knows or are likely to remember any of the players unless their initials were MJ. I think the article makes clear the players are either victims or innocent bystanders. I think that fellow Roy Williams is the only one at the pay grade that comes with accountability...oh probably that Bubba fellow who's only making 750K but is the ""Athletic Director"" who Williams reports to might not be blameless either. <br/><br/>Reading all the comments trivializing Tar Heel cheating and defending UNC's brazen lack of integrity as the present-day norm for all institutions of higher learning, I get why North Carolina is Trump Country and why NC Congressmen are over-represented in the Freedom Caucus.<br/><br/>As with all things Trump, there's no blame or shame when cheating. It's called ""smart."" <br/><br/>Didn't have a dog in tonight's final four fight but for some reason I'm liking ducks for cosmic retribution. Too many quacks running around in your state to duck Karma.",22008595,22008595,<br/>,userReply,1491091524,2,False,22006375,CCC,22006375:22008595,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3719/6826/cropped-37196826.jpg?0.02378307383427969,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100334,Yuri Asian,37196826,Bay Area,,,22006375,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100334,"Hilarious. You really don't understand? I've got a short peir for you to take a long walk on, figure it out at the end.",22009127,22009127,n/a,userReply,1491094691,2,False,22006375,CCC,22006375:22009127,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100334,Todf,79845050,NC,,,22006375,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145381,"So, Yuri, there is no cheating in ""progressive"" parts of the country like around Syracuse or the University of Southern California. Funny. ",22011349,22011349,<br/>,userReply,1491113362,2,False,22006375,CCC,22006375:22011349,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145381,Norm,76580189,Tenn,,,22006375,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100062,"Starting with the decision to put the AFAM Department outside of Hamilton Hall and ignoring the absence of performance reveiws of the Department Chair, JN, and the Department generally, the Academic side should sanctions themselves. Sorry, but this is on the Administration and Faculty.<br/><br/>Athletics had no part in those decisions.",22007935,22007935,<br/>,userReply,1491086742,2,False,22006464,Kp,22006464:22007935,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100062,Bluecheer,66137922,Pinehurst NC,,,22006464,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100217,This post is utterly false.,22007832,22007832,<br/>,userReply,1491085896,2,False,22006943,Cletus Hogg,22006943:22007832,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100217,PaulB,6136710,"Cincinnati, Ohio",,,22006943,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100066,"The ACC is known for doing just that with Swofford, the current ACC commissioner leading the way as AD at UNC. But he's very quiet on that front now and being that he was the AD at UNC during much of the cheating, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the head cheat leader to do anything at all.",22009203,22009203,n/a,userReply,1491095072,2,False,22007222,Kevin,22007222:22009203,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100066,Todd,79845050,NC,,,22007222,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100217,"Only a UNC homer like you would believe 10% of your post. Reporter Dan Kane has laid this huge shameful scam bare for anyone with their eyes open to see. The Wainstein report corroborated all of Kane's findings, which UNC did their best to stop via stalling and improperly using FERPA as an excuse to not provide public information. UNC has already paid the whistleblower damages, rather than risk allowing her to testify in court.<br/>Thank you NYT and Dan Kane. The state of NC, which is run by UNC sports fanboys and grads, cannot bring itself to clean up this scandal like they would if it were not at UNC. The rest of us in NC who don't want UNC to get off light for this, perhaps the largest scandal in the history of college sports (David Ridpath), are depending on outsiders to put enough pressure on the NCAA to clean up this UNC scandal.<br/>Please rescue us!",22007609,22007609,n/a,userReply,1491083426,2,False,22006299,Chris M,22006299:22007609,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100217,jer,69331749,Piedmont,,,22006299,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100065,"Defending a coach who has been at Chapel Hill for 13 YEARS while this wholesale cheating occurred, is really poor form. Williams has 12 players a year. It is simply a lack of oversight if he does not know what classes each player takes each semester. The reality is, as we and you most certainly know, is that there is no way Williams DIDN'T know his players were enrolled in these bogus classes. He should be sacked, wins should be voided, the entire athletic program should face years of probation.",22009014,22009014,<br/>,userReply,1491094054,2,False,22006299,Chris M,22006299:22009014,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100065,GM,17171402,Austin,,,22006299,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100334,"Just another lie, deflection by a unc blue kool-aid drinker. Deorah Crowder was a secretary that was grading classes. She also sent an email saying that the Frats had discovered the fake classes and wondered what to do about that. Also sent the following email.<br/> The following quote is from an email from Crowder concerning grading of these legitimate classes Crowder writes about now.<br/><br/>""Crowder: As long as I am here I will try to accommodate as many favors as possible. Did you say a D will do for [basketball player]? I'm only asking that because 1. no sources, 2. it has absolutely nothing to do with the assignments for that class and 3. it seems to me to be a recycled paper. She took AFRI in spring of 2007 and that was likely for that class.""",22009266,22009266,n/a,userReply,1491095487,2,False,22006299,Chris M,22006299:22009266,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100334,Todd,79845050,NC,,,22006299,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100217,"All your claims are false or misleading, as proven by reporter Dan Kane and detailed in the book Cheated. But you probably know that.<br/>For example, athletes didn't major in the fake AFAM, but many basketball players got free A's from these fake classes despite not majoring in AFAM. Sneaky, huh? And many athletes that were not in the AFAM major who returned to finish their degrees after a pro career took -you guessed it! - AFAM fake classes.<br/>Everything about this scandal involved deception and controlling the government, courts, and the media to keep the scandal from being exposed for decades. Many of us in the state of N Carolina are fed up with UNC but depend on those outside of NC to straighten this out.",22007688,22007688,n/a,userReply,1491084299,2,False,22006162,Edward Gardner,22006162:22007688,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100217,jer,69331749,Piedmont,,,22006162,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100334,"Nice try, but simply not true. The secretary graded the papers. In other words she just put a grade on the paper. Whatever the athlete needs.",22009318,22009318,n/a,userReply,1491095804,2,False,22006162,Edward Gardner,22006162:22009318,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100334,Todd,79845050,NC,,,22006162,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145437,"UNC is a victim, eh? Laughable. UNC is a criminal racketeering operation.",22013593,22013593,<br/>,userReply,1491138173,2,False,22005878,UNC81,22005878:22013593,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145437,Joe B.,54357050,Center City,,,22005878,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080639,"Actually, the total opposite. One of the most overhyped, exaggerated 'scandals' ever, and the NCAA pursues it in some misguided effort to prove something.",22006775,22006775,<br/>,userReply,1491075405,2,False,22005246,Jsbliv,22005246:22006775,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080660,Neweryorker,67537168,Brooklyn,,,22005246,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080634,"Agreed. This is mostly a re-hash of excellent reporting by N&O. Also wrongly implies UNC basketball players continued using the paper classes until 2013 - as Wainstein report says, they stopped soon after Williams was playing his own recruits (unlike football and Olympic sports). But Williams was complicit, at least by acts of omission, esp. for 2005 team.<br/>Also, Wainstein report makes clear it was a non-athletic academic problem as well (many students took these classes), which is what complicates NCAA's ability to respond with punishment on sports programs. I think that's what NCAA is hung up on. A better column would have done a deep dive on that issue.",22006773,22006773,<br/>,userReply,1491075350,2,False,22005240,James,22005240:22006773,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080634,Elzorro,15671090,Florida,,,22005240,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080663,"I think that what you meant to say is not that Minnesota is low on the prestige list of universities, but that it is not a basketball and athletic superpower. It is a fine university doing what universities are supposed to do-educate people.",22006623,22006623,<br/>,userReply,1491073860,2,False,22005056,Gary Hanson,22005056:22006623,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080663,MG,59758826,Kirkland WA,,,22005056,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080664,"The two cases are not remotely comparable, except that the word ""academic"" appears in both. I mean, Minnesota had academic counselors performing coursework for student athletes. I mean you had coaches driving players to the home of the counselor so she could do their homework for them. <br/><br/>This is an issue of whether or not classes themselves were too easy and did athletes abuse enrollment of those easy classes.<br/><br/>The two instances are not close to the same.",22006734,22006734,<br/>,userReply,1491074959,2,False,22005056,Gary Hanson,22005056:22006734,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080664,The Voice Of Reason,79837571,"Boston, MA",,,22005056,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080661,"These weren't easy classes. They were fake, and in many cases added by a department secretary long after the add/drop deadline, and always in a way that ensured an at-risk athlete was awarded the grade they needed to maintain eligibility. Further, the Weinstein report revealed that professor signatures had been forged in a large number of occasions.",22006960,22006960,n/a,userReply,1491077375,2,False,22004642,George Brown,22004642:22006960,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080676,Cletus Hogg,74856612,"Cary, NC",,,22004642,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100065,"All of that is true; but the school's athletic programs remain under the governance of the NCAA. The public relations fallout is not punishment, it's a byproduct of the scandal and years of legal processes the school chose to undertake. Furthermore, each investigation revealed more problems, indicating that the school never fully cooperated at all. They did the minimum amount. <br/><br/>I don't agree that this makes UNC a bad school. It's a terrific university on multiple fronts. How sensible, educated adults believe UNC is immune to the pressures of big-time sports and would therefore never deliberately cheat to remain successful is staggeringly naive. In the end, UNC is like all other big time sports schools. And I think that's what hurts the most.",22008045,22008045,n/a,userReply,1491087744,2,False,22004635,David Parker,22004635:22008045,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100065,Craig,79843454,Rowe,,,22004635,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080663,"Then why have athletics be a part of the university at all? Have farm/minor league teams, like baseball, and let's stop pretending it has ANYTHING to do with academics...",22006554,22006554,<br/>,userReply,1491073131,2,False,22004609,Mike,22004609:22006554,http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs326.snc4/41472_100000158305321_5325_q.jpg,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080663,Stacy,60946847,Krolczyk,,,22004609,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080756,"No chance no one else noticed. Everyone chose to look the other way. Having worked in Division I college athletics myself, I can say, what happened at UNC happens at more schools than not. Big time or mid-major, it matters not. ",22006491,22006491,<br/>,userReply,1491072407,2,False,22004526,JS,22004526:22006491,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080756,Cupcake Runner,75287056,Connecticut,,,22004526,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080658,I believe the fact that Roy Williams had to ban or stop anything as far as those classes proves that it was not legitimate. So if there was nothing wrong then why did you have to ban anything or change anything? That speaks for itself and there's no way that Roy and other people did not know about this otherwise the changes wouldn't ever needed to be made.,22006952,22006952,n/a,userReply,1491077322,2,False,22004490,Cartacay Ridge,22004490:22006952,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080671,Chris,79840501,28027,,,22004490,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491078015,"Compare UNC with the University of Michigan or the University of Virginia. Way, way harder to get admitted to those two than UNC for non-athletes.",22005828,22005828,<br/>,userReply,1491065814,2,False,22003438,Southern Boy,22003438:22005828,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5456/2472/cropped-54562472.jpg?0.9639078087657071,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491078015,The Perspective,54562472,Chicago,,,22003438,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079134,"Fact: UNC was recently placed on placed on probation by its accrediting agency for institutional lack of academic integrity. It is the only major research university to have ever been sanctioned in this manner, and it was a lenient punishment given the breadth, severity and duration of their transgressions. Please do not refer to it as an elite university. It is an athletics factory operating behind the veneer of ivy-clad buildings.",22006134,22006134,n/a,userReply,1491068466,2,False,22003438,Southern Boy,22003438:22006134,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491079134,Cletus Hogg,74856612,"Cary, NC",,,22003438,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079173,"This is all about competing with Duke.<br/><br/>Dean Smith and UNC ruled the ACC in basketball until Coach K caught up and then passed Dean with back to back national championships in 1991 and 1992.<br/><br/>The UNC academic fraud enterprise commenced with ""independent study"" courses in 1993 - connect the dots. ",22006164,22006164,<br/>,userReply,1491068779,2,False,22003438,Southern Boy,22003438:22006164,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491079173,Dan,1598039,Atlanta GA,,,22003438,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079301,"Amen. UNC's argument that the NCAA has no jurisdiction is astounding in its sheer audacity. If one accepts UNC's argument, why would the NCAA bother to have GPA minimums for eligibility?<br/>Am a retiree from university administration, and can assure you that this scheme was well known on the campus. You could not perpetrate this fraud without the willing and/or coerced cooperation of those who work in the university's registrar's office.<br/>As an alum of UNC and native North Carolinian, have been astonished and saddened that this has happened. However, the PTB have certainly compounded ""the felony"" by their trying to deny responsibility and escape penalties for this scam. Fully agree that this is the worst college cheating scandal in the history of my lifetime. I continue to wonder if we would be at a different place in this if the ACC commissioner was not an alum and former UNC athletic director....much less the fact that the president of ESPN is an alum?",22006317,22006317,<br/>,userReply,1491070304,2,False,22003412,Carrie,22003412:22006317,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491079301,Bedfordcalled,67047927,VA,,,22003412,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080587,"The University did not set up a department to offer fake classes. One department, where a rogue administrative assistant working for the department head, set up one self study class to help struggling students - a self study class taken by athletes and non-athletes. The fact that it took the university a decade to figure out how this one class was being taught is an embarrassment to the school, though it is not a systemic issue within the academic side of UNC to offer ""slide"" courses for either athletes or non-athletes. Your comments reflect the poor reporting of this article and illustrates the issue of getting news correctly reported by both traditional and non-traditional outlets.",22006341,22006341,<br/>,userReply,1491070689,2,False,22003412,Carrie,22003412:22006341,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080587,Chris M,20354414,"Nashville, TN",,,22003412,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079257,"Thank you, Jim. I second this. Thank you to the Times and to this reporter. You are doing truly important work in very uncertain times.",22006261,22006261,<br/>,userReply,1491069736,2,False,22003383,Jim Stovall,22003383:22006261,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491079257,lawrenceb56,15178446,Santa Monica,,,22003383,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080756,"Yes, it's interesting that the story reappears at Tournament Time, when the faithful are particularly disinclined to pay attention. I appreciate the hard work of all the student/athletes who have made it to this Final Four, not just the UNC guys. Could your condemnation be reserved for a later date? A bunch of us ethically challenged fans just want to watch some great basketball in a few hours.",22006349,22006349,<br/>,userReply,1491070802,2,False,22003204,Sledge,22003204:22006349,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491080756,Malcolm,60396881,NC,,,22003204,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070454,"The difference is that not every academic program is tightly controlled by athletics, as was/is the case with UNC. They blatantly cheated their athletes, many of them minorities, to chase banners. ",22004167,22004167,<br/>,userReply,1491057916,2,False,22003758,Julie,22003758:22004167,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070454,Paul,73603707,"Asotin, WA",,,22003758,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072609,"Julie, you are wrong to dismiss this as an ""Oh everybody does it"" phenomenon. To some degree, these problems are widespread but certainly not everywhere. Money in college sports creates many problems that are not, as of yet, adequately addressed. Shining a light on these issues may save a great form of US entertainment if the NCAA gets out of the way.",22004691,22004691,<br/>,userReply,1491060204,2,False,22003758,Julie,22003758:22004691,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6747/8717/cropped-67478717.jpg?0.3473553989011491,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072609,Badger,67478717,Saint Paul,,,22003758,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070463,"Student athletes are already paid. It's called an athletic scholarship. That amounts to more than $50,000 a year at most good colleges or universities. it is up to these athletes to chart their own academic success. Most have tutors, and academic help during their college year. Those who take gut classes to just get by are wasting their privileged status as athletes, and students. No pity for them from those of us only wish we had the athletic talent to be where they are. ",22004223,22004223,<br/>,userReply,1491058176,2,False,22003801,Clifford R.,22003801:22004223,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070463,Paul,51180606,White Plains,,,22003801,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077459,"Problem is that when the tv deals pumped hundreds of millions into college athletic departments, the only people allowed to benefit from the new massive amounts of cash were the administrators and coaches. If the players had, from the beginning, been paid, the the cash flow would have been ""fairly"" split among all participants in the entertainment being televised. Now, everyone who makes decisions about how the cash flow gets shared are the people whose benefits/wages are dependent on getting the whole cash flow split among themselves. There is no cash flow left over for anybody new -- the athletes.<br/><br/>If the NCAA had signed massive television contracts and then imposed a pay structure to the athletes -- the increase in revenue going to the athletes -- then there might be ""fairness"". But the administrators are basically one-trick ponies. They got to where they were by climbing a ladder they're familiar with (all cash goes to administrators and coaches) and have no clue the ladder should be changed (""I got here by doing this and this is how the world shall always be"" conceit). <br/><br/>They are being asked to come up with a new system of dividing the cash flow and have no idea how and that causes anxiety which causes ""panic"" and panic typically means ""batten down the hatches and ride out the storm"", aka, sticking your head in a bucket of sand.",22005521,22005521,<br/>,userReply,1491063770,2,False,22003801,Clifford R.,22003801:22005521,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077459,Pablo Zocken,54924916,"Birmingham, MI",,,22003801,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077496,"This is a very valid point: why is this being tolerated? Many of these athletes will not go on to play pro. UNC makes UNBELIEVABLE money off of these students. At the very least, ensure they get a real college education. They deserve a real college education. I cannot look at their coach again and be disgusted. Just like Penn State: permanently tainted",22005641,22005641,<br/>,userReply,1491064559,2,False,22003777,Peter S.,22003777:22005641,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077496,Laura Nevill,66762322,Cambridge MA,,,22003777,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080760,Perhaps I'm misunderstanding here? Sexual exploitation of minors = possible academic improprieties to athletes eligible?,22006378,22006378,<br/>,userReply,1491071223,2,False,22003777,Peter S.,22003777:22006378,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491080760,Malcolm,60396881,NC,,,22003777,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070439,"Hear, hear. The News and Observer has been the class of southern journalism for several generations. Their reporters and editors are not afraid to call out powerful and corrupt in sports, business and politics.<br/>Please keep it up.",22004097,22004097,n/a,userReply,1491057611,2,False,22003669,Boo Radley,22003669:22004097,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5707/3901/cropped-57073901.jpg,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070439,Little League Dad,57073901,San Mateo,,,22003669,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080658,"Yes, they did a great job exposing the Bakers' religious TV circus.",22006677,22006677,<br/>,userReply,1491074402,2,False,22003669,Boo Radley,22003669:22006677,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4704/1764/cropped-47041764.jpg?0.16229906967901453,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080658,john holm,47041764,"santa fe, nm",,,22003669,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077510,"Actually, the NCAA does look at the quality of the courses in high school and in college. The NCAA imposes academic requirements for eligibility to receive scholarships and to play during the academic year. A university commits fraud in their agreements with the NCAA regarding the eligibility requirements by offering courses that are ""no shows"", has other students perform the athletes' course work, or inflate the athletes' grades. The fact that the athletes tell other students about the ""no show"" courses and the other students take advantage does not make the no show courses any less a fraud on the university's obligations to the NCAA to comply with academic eligibility requirements.",22005660,22005660,<br/>,userReply,1491064712,2,False,22003814,Tony Reid,22003814:22005660,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077510,Pablo Zocken,54924916,"Birmingham, MI",,,22003814,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079244,It is clearly a violation of not only NCAA rules but UNC rules to have any student commit plagiarism so no matter what you think about the AAS program academic violations apply to all students. Fraud is fraud.,22006213,22006213,<br/>,userReply,1491069226,2,False,22003814,Tony Reid,22003814:22006213,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491079244,Doug Wallace,60524134,Ct,,,22003814,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145328,"Mr Reid, please. The athletic department knows what these kids are doing every minute of the day. To say they had no knowledge of these courses is laughable.",22012962,22012962,<br/>,userReply,1491135237,2,False,22003814,Tony Reid,22003814:22012962,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145328,pat,63667990,chi,,,22003814,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080658,"Nobody has accused Roy Williams of having any complicity -- not the NCAA, not the N&O, not Jay Smith. ",22006492,22006492,<br/>,userReply,1491072446,2,False,22003692,liberalvoice,22003692:22006492,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080658,bw,58104945,Michigan,,,22003692,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070308,"What's not to like is that only a small handful of schools, the cream of the crop: UNC, Louisville, Duke, etc. are making money through athletics. Most schools, even Power 5 conference schools are bleeding money or struggling to keep out of the red. Maryland moved from the ACC to the Big 10 because they thought the ACC was no longer financially viable for them, even as a charter member of the league. That's why paying players would be difficult.",22004045,22004045,<br/>,userReply,1491057379,2,False,22003189,Steve EV,22003189:22004045,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070308,EJ,74816645,ATL,,,22003189,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070130,"I graduated from UNC in 1968. I did four semesters of graduate work. My wife (who died) was a National merit scholar at Michigan who did a Ph. D. at Chapel Hill. My wife of the past twenty years did her undergraduate work at UNC. We tried something different from the athletes. It is called reading, thinking and studying. It is called hours and hours spent in Wilson Library. It is called becoming a student and a scholar who wants to contribute to our community and our nation. Take back the damn fake degrees and make then take actual academic courses!",22003904,22003904,<br/>,userReply,1491056669,2,False,22003145,Eva Ingle,22003145:22003904,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070130,Bubba,30340024,"Bristol, Va",,,22003145,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070077,Malcolm - NC - read Powell on the Navajo... two or three pieces that detail principled coaching in a world long ignored... and raped. <br/><br/>Good coaches exist. They care deeply. And they get it.,22003893,22003893,<br/>,userReply,1491056648,2,False,22003292,Malcolm,22003292:22003893,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070077,S B Lewis,58565194,"Lewis Family Farm, Essex, N. Y",,,22003292,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072734,"I would abolish all inter-collegiate sports, reducing certain to ""club level""- the savings would fund mandatory PE where a student could learn a life- long healthy endeavor, such as jogging, yoga, cycling or play intramural team sports.<br/>I am sick of football every night on one of the ESPN sub- networks.<br/>This plan is feasible and the bread & circus crowd can go to pro games. ",22004904,22004904,<br/>,userReply,1491060986,2,False,22003091,jb,22003091:22004904,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072734,William Jordan,59349245,Houston TX,,,22003091,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077518,"The article said there was educational value:<br/><br/>""A historian, Jay Smith, has written a book, “Cheated,” on this case, and recently taught a class: “Big-Time College Sports and the Rights of Athletes, 1956 to the Present.” Students loved it; his classroom was filled. Last fall, the university canceled the class for a year.""<br/><br/>Just not at UNC.",22005695,22005695,<br/>,userReply,1491064961,2,False,22002919,Rocky Vermont,22002919:22005695,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077519,Pablo Zocken,54924916,"Birmingham, MI",,,22002919,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070229,Eliminating scholarships in basketball would fall disproportionately on Aftican Americans. Therefore your proposal would be considered racist and a violation of federal law.,22003930,22003930,n/a,userReply,1491056811,2,False,22003156,David Gregory,22003156:22003930,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070229,Shamrock,62635177,"Westfield, IN",,,22003156,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072725,"How many one and done kids on UNC's basketball team? Seems like there key players have been around for awhile. Thanks for the broad-brush based on, well, nothing. Also: Maybe the author of the piece can do some legwork the next time and find out what types of majors the bb-ball players are involved in. Might also check on the players in other D-1 sports and see what they studying and how, after practicing for three hours a day and taking classes they end up at the academic support center to catch up. But, no. they would take some actual work by the writer instead of gathering clips, finding an outraged voice or two and giving us a ""hot take"" that isn't even worthy of an ESPN overnight talk show. ",22004842,22004842,<br/>,userReply,1491060738,2,False,22002773,S Nillissen,22002773:22004842,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072725,newshound,67080017,westchester,,,22002773,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077342,"UNC has had only one player leave after his freshman year, and that was in 2010. The starters for UNC playing tonight are two seniors and three juniors.<br/><br/>The only school in North Carolina that actively features one and done players is Duke.",22005270,22005270,<br/>,userReply,1491062507,2,False,22002773,S Nillissen,22002773:22005270,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077342,PaulB,6136710,"Cincinnati, Ohio",,,22002773,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077371,"They have their priorities straight. The American public pays enormous attention to sports and pays well for the spectacle. The American public provides a lot of money through Universities, but very little gets spent on the educational mission,",22005395,22005395,<br/>,userReply,1491063121,2,False,22003174,Wezilsnout,22003174:22005395,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077371,RG,52181995,upstate NY,,,22003174,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055537,"As a part-time North Carolina, wouldn't that be ""we"" instead of ""you.""",22002617,22002617,<br/>,userReply,1491049589,2,False,22002328,Terry,22002328:22002617,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055568,GB AnnArbor,25678082,Ann Arbor. MI,,,22002328,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491072745,"""Revenue contributes to the whole""? In most cases, that most certainly is not the case! Sports revenue pays for the athletic programs and that's only when schools are not operating their programs at a loss, which is often the case. Local example? Check out Rutgers as it fleeces NJ taxpayers and students to pay for its B10 debacle.",22004950,22004950,<br/>,userReply,1491061156,2,False,22002300,"Norma Schafer, Oaxaca Cultural Navigator LLC",22002300:22004950,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072745,Ernesto,46910405,NY,,,22002300,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055542,"It's a good point. Even Harvard has been shown to let in questionable students, helps them glide through school, and had a bona fide cheating scandal. The whole college basketball scene is a farce.",22002971,22002971,<br/>,userReply,1491051786,2,False,22001910,Alive and Well,22001910:22002971,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055542,The Old Netminder,238498,chicago,,,22001910,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055113,"ban inter-collegiate football and basketball. let the pro owners organize minor league teams if they wish. after all, as one ohio state player said ""i did not come here to play college"".",22003136,22003136,<br/>,userReply,1491052632,2,False,22001910,Alive and Well,22001910:22003136,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055113,jb,32316107,st. louis,,,22001910,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056482,"Many people break the speed limit.<br/>But if I get caught speeding, I still have to pay a fine.<br/><br/>Or I guess I could go the UNC-CH route and deny it. But once the overwhelming evidence comes out I could spend millions of dollars in attorney and PR firm fees and try to claim that perhaps my speed was ""irregular"" but the officer has no jurisdiction to fine me for it.",22003747,22003747,n/a,userReply,1491055819,2,False,22001910,Alive and Well,22001910:22003747,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056482,Glen Hickens,79834516,"Winston-Salem, NC",,,22001910,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491064308,"Why is this criminal? People like to toss around the word ""slave"" for all of rhetorical power, but no one is forcing the kids to do anything. They play a very fun sport for about half a year and they get a huge amount of tuition forgiven. How is that a crime? Kids (and their parents) are spending years on the courts hoping to get just such a deal. I would take it if it were offered to me. <br/><br/>Plus, the kids get the same opportunity to get an education as any other kid at UNC. No one is forcing them to take the easy classes. No one is forcing them to plagiarize. <br/><br/>All of the things you call a sin are derived from the choices made by the basketball players themselves. Everyone is doing these things out of free will. There are smart NBA players giving them solid advice. Why do you call it a ""crime?""",22002924,22002924,<br/>,userReply,1491051553,2,False,22000673,John Brown,22000673:22002924,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491064308,"No Name, Know Nothing",46960200,East Coast,,,22000673,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079223,"NNKN,<br/><br/>Sadly the athletes are ""strongly encouraged"" to take easier courses, not allowed to take courses that interfere with their<br/>practice schedules. Some dream of being a Pro and thus do not take courses that prepare them for life without pro-sports.<br/>Corrupt Coaches and Coaching Staff encourage them not to take courses that might endanger their playing eligibility.<br/><br/>In short they do not have the athletes ""best interest"" at heart.<br/><br/>Thus the scandal at North Carolina and so many other Colleges.<br/><br/>It is a crime because the Administrators know what is going on,<br/>they condone it, they cover it up, they mislead the athletes, they misuse public and university funds and they lie to investigators.",22006202,22006202,<br/>,userReply,1491069106,2,False,22000673,John Brown,22000673:22006202,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4476/6294/cropped-44766294.jpg?11701526201256895942,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491079223,John Brown,44766294,Idaho,,,22000673,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145332,"The money paid to athletics personnel is so grossly disproportionate to the faculty and administrative pay scale at most universities that it is sickening. In the 1990s, as a full-time, twelve-month, full professor with administrative responsibilities for an entire department, I did not make 1/10 of the UNC athletic director's salary.<br/><br/>Williams made $2.5 MILLION for coaching 15 guys playing a game. Oh, and he has a staggering number of people on staff to help him to do this. His pay is some 36 times the salary a community college professor can expect to earn with a doctoral degree if s/he teaches 15 credits per term to classes of 22-30+ students each. The professor also serves as the students' adviser for registration and course planning, and mentors the students during their early college career. S/he must also serve on committees, or is subject to pay reduction. No secretarial or other support is available to faculty unless assigned after a special application process, which requires executive board approvals. <br/><br/>There is something wrong with this picture.",22012753,22012753,<br/>,userReply,1491134234,2,False,22000673,John Brown,22000673:22012753,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145332,EG,69409352,"NM, USA",,,22000673,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055114,The SEC will not take them until they fall to a much lower level. Meeting the bottom feeder academic requirements requires a virtual free fall from academic rigor,22002725,22002725,<br/>,userReply,1491050285,2,False,22002461,Aunt Nancy Loves Reefer,22002461:22002725,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055114,S Nillissen,78467501,Minnesota,,,22002461,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491080760,""" the coach only provides entertainment""<br/><br/>The reality is the coach provides income for the college/university while the PhD associate merely assists in education. As always, money talks and anything else walks...",22006344,22006344,<br/>,userReply,1491070782,2,False,22002450,Concerned citizen,22002450:22006344,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1812/066/cropped-1812066.jpg?0.9243989072402602,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491080760,HapinOregon,1812066,Southwest corner of Oregon,,,22002450,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491082298,They don't! Athletic programs including salaries are funded by boosters.,22006603,22006603,<br/>,userReply,1491073621,2,False,22002450,Concerned citizen,22002450:22006603,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491082298,Cynthia O,3384240,NYC,,,22002450,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100064,"Yeah, but Do2, that's exactly the point.<br/><br/>As long as you continue to root for 'Heels, they don't care what you think.",22007717,22007717,<br/>,userReply,1491084504,2,False,22002450,Concerned citizen,22002450:22007717,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100064,John S.,60866179,Cleveland,,,22002450,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077357,"""....massive amounts of money to the larger university""? What a load of hooey! If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you! The vast majority of that money goes to the athletic departments to support their massive phony ""academic"" support staffs who work their magic to keep these kids eligible, the coaching staffs and the gold plated athletic facilities - like that brand new 29000 sq/ft ""academic support center"" so UNC can now hide its so-called student athletes so they won't have to lower themselves to mingle with everyone else.<br/><br/>Stop all the fiction and pay the kids whatever they're worth to satisfy the sports crazed alum like yourself. And who should be paying the bill? The NFL and NBA who've been feeding at this public trough for decades!",22005318,22005318,<br/>,userReply,1491062704,2,False,22001755,Tim,22001755:22005318,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077357,Ernesto,46910405,NY,,,22001755,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100066,"Then there are the 90% of Duke players who won't make it to the NBA or NFL. Is NCAA operating a lottery with a few winner, or a lifeline to a better life for all its athletes? Our entertainment is paid for with the bypassed dreams of thousands.",22007863,22007863,<br/>,userReply,1491086162,2,False,22001755,Tim,22001755:22007863,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491100066,Jpriestly,35171293,"Orlando, FL",,,22001755,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145331,"The idea that sport brings massive amounts of money to universities with successful (or not) programs is a popular rallying cry to justify all manner of fiscal and educational malfeasance. The reality, though, is not as lovely as athletics supporters would like to believe. The huge costs associated with staff, facilities, travel, support, etc. make athletics a costly proposition for most colleges and universities. When problems arise, especially ones requiring the expertise of legal counsel, costs soar. The increase in athletics-related litigation for everything from injuries, to Title IX, to sexual abuse, to failure to educate (it has happened...) make the financial drain's sucking sound ever louder. It is no surprise that a number of colleges and universities have opted to drop their major athletics programs (primarily football and/or basketball) rather than continue to support the myth that they are necessary, or beneficial, to the college experience.",22012340,22012340,<br/>,userReply,1491131430,2,False,22001755,Tim,22001755:22012340,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145331,EG,69409352,"NM, USA",,,22001755,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055538,athletes posing as students? ,22003641,22003641,<br/>,userReply,1491055173,2,False,22001315,brupic,22001315:22003641,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491055538,dan,14607849,Fayetteville AR,,,22001315,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055119,"The book they mention by Jay Smith and Mary Willingham, covers it quite well. There were professors with hundreds of independent study students per semester, something not really possible for a professor to maintain. They also, to cover foreign language requirements, had a Swahili program with no actual teaching of the language. There are thousands of students judged to have earned fake credit hours. Not all were athletes because word got around about the easy grades.",22003419,22003419,<br/>,userReply,1491054001,2,False,22000552,Bill,22000552:22003419,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055152,Todd Kesselring,68222048,Pittsboro NC,,,22000552,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055537,"someday maybe college sports will be as honest as TV wrestling. <br/><br/>the mobsters now wear conservative clothes, speak good English and work for colleges in the sports departments. ",22003288,22003288,<br/>,userReply,1491053359,2,False,22000950,MAL,22000950:22003288,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055537,jb,32316107,st. louis,,,22000950,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055112,"we all know the answer. sadly, the majority of the public do not care. they look the other way and do not care about the cheating and dishonesty as long as their school wins. of course, this type of thinking is now a part of the fabric of our political life, big business, etc. we deserve what we practice and/or permit to continue on and on........",22003373,22003373,<br/>,userReply,1491053813,2,False,22000968,paultuae,22000968:22003373,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055112,jb,32316107,st. louis,,,22000968,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491077380,"The NCAA is a sham. It is the ""scholar-athlete"" myth that deserves the death penalty.",22005414,22005414,<br/>,userReply,1491063201,2,False,22000965,Shiloh 2012,22000965:22005414,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491077380,L.B.,3817376,"Charlottesville, VA",,,22000965,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491070478,"You do realize the vast majority of athletic departments are subsidized by the university except schools like Purdue. Purdue athletics actually gives money back to the general university budget. This is extremely rare.<br/>If athletic department ""made money"" why would it have to be subsidized? The answer is there is no profit, all of the revenue is spent on scholarships, facilities, travel, meals, trainers, doctors, insurance, coaches, equipment, etc. There is no profit.<br/>Do all of you know that Purdue athletic department pays the university for every scholarship. Every scholarship. That's why Purdue has so few varsity sports, it can't afford any more sports, hence fewer students recieve a scholarship. Is Purdue praised by the Times for this? No, because their writers are unaware.",22004247,22004247,n/a,userReply,1491058326,2,False,22002038,Richard Beard,22002038:22004247,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070478,Shamrock,62635177,"Westfield, IN",,,22002038,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491079238,"The so-called ""whistle blower""plagiarized her dissertation at UNC-G, and three outside experts from other universities exposed her research and her translation of that research as a complete sham.",22006212,22006212,<br/>,userReply,1491069219,2,False,22002246,POed High Tech Guy,22002246:22006212,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491079238,Edward Gardner,64825431,North Carolina,,,22002246,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145437,"@delievre<br/><br/>If you understand what the line ""It's Chinatown, Jake"" means, you'd know how offensively racist it is and make your point without casually denigrating one fourth of humankind. If your imagination fails you, try Trumptown instead. Chinatown is a ghetto enforced by white supremacists and xenophobes, not a literary device denoting a sinister zone of alien amorality whites attribute to inscrutable, scheming Chinese who smile and nod as they cut your throat.<br/><br/>Your comment is about rich white men exploiting young Black men in a state that was part of the Confederacy and went to war to defend the mass enslavement of men and women. The individuals at UNC responsible for your outrage may have acted like NCAA coaches, college bureaucrats, even plantation owners. But they didn't act like Chinatown. They acted like Chapel Hill.",22011892,22011892,<br/>,userReply,1491125051,2,False,22001200,delievre,22001200:22011892,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3719/6826/cropped-37196826.jpg?0.02378307383427969,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145437,Yuri Asian,37196826,Bay Area,,,22001200,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491056481,If there's as much evidence as there is in the decades of corruption found at UNC-CH I would certainly hope so.,22003804,22003804,n/a,userReply,1491056161,2,False,22001056,Elizabeth,22001056:22003804,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056481,Glen Hickens,79834516,"Winston-Salem, NC",,,22001056,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100368,"Edwin, my hostile reaction is based on folks not examining the evidence in these investigations. A lot of people want to believe that UNC created bogus classes for the betterment of athletes' grades. The truth is that a lazy dept chair in a politically sensitive dept wanted to avoid the work of giving lectures and conned his administrative asst. into morphing the class into an independent study. Every student in the class wrote at least a 10 page paper. Easy grades were awarded. Students in the course were from all over campus, athletes and non-athletes alike. Basketball players were a tiny minority of students. It wasn't designed for athletes and the ""scandal"" was primarily academic, overly PC and not athletic in nature.",22009393,22009393,<br/>,userReply,1491096174,2,False,22001997,Edwin B Peacock Jr,22001997:22009393,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100368,Michael,55427752,Manila,,,22001997,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145278,"They didn't cover it up better, they got caught. <br/><br/>It's naive to think that other high profile programs aren't doing the exact same thing.",22014394,22014394,n/a,userReply,1491141661,2,False,22000956,CACondor,22000956:22014394,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145278,kuidj,79850758,nowhere,,,22000956,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100064,The NCAA CAN'T do it's job because the institutions have adopted the Grover Norquist approach to administration...shrink it until you can drown it...the NCAA does not have the funding or the power (like subpoena power) to conduct a competent investigation...and that's the way the athletic powers like it...,22009519,22009519,<br/>,userReply,1491096955,2,False,22001988,Diana Hauser,22001988:22009519,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100064,Canuck Domer,79718996,"Toronto, ON",,,22001988,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055537,"Do the math. What percentage of UNC students are revenue producing athletes? A tiny percentage. What percentage of students who took fake classes were revenue producing athletes? Over 50%. Revenue producing athletes over-represent their proportion of the student body by many orders of magnitiude. Do you think that occurred by chance? The presence of so-called ""REGULAR"" students doesn't excuse a deliberate plan to subvert academic standards in order to line the pockets of a few and provide bread and circus for the many.",22002915,22002915,<br/>,userReply,1491051507,2,False,22001117,Lambros Balatsias,22001117:22002915,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055568,Mike Masinter,46982179,Miami,,,22001117,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491145330,"1. Not almost half - over half.<br/><br/>2. Proposing that a university should be punished for offering easy classes?:<br/><br/>a. Harvard: super easy class turns hard and 100s cheat.<br/>b. Nebraska: awards class credit for football practice<br/>c. NC State: Intro to College I and II; 100% athletes; median grade is an A<br/>d. Stanford: Coaches pass list of easy courses to scholarship athletes<br/>e. Duke: Basketball players now allowed to take all of their courses at NC Central Univ, where avg. admitted Math SAT is 480<br/>f. Duke: Median grade for all students (except engineering classes) was A- in late 80s early 90s; wonder what it is now?<br/>g. Tennessee: PE class gives credit for chair stacking<br/>h. Georgia: Class taught by BBall HC's son, preponderance of basketball players in class, has a ""test"" including the Q ""How many points awarded for a successful 3-point shot attempt?""<br/><br/>Outside of Cal Tech, Princeton and maybe a couple of other Unis, easy classes are offered everywhere.",22011210,22011210,<br/>,userReply,1491111053,2,False,22001117,Lambros Balatsias,22001117:22011210,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491145330,Michael,55427752,Manila,,,22001117,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100066,"UNC, Duke, and a handful of other schools in basketball are always referred to as ""basketball blue bloods"" and enjoy a lower standard of behavior by the NCAA.<br/>SEC football is in a similar situation. ",22007725,22007725,<br/>,userReply,1491084568,2,False,22002191,Loring Park Crows,22002191:22007725,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5456/2472/cropped-54562472.jpg?0.9639078087657071,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100066,The Perspective,54562472,Chicago,,,22002191,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055112,"Cousy - My understanding is that, at the other end of its academic spectrum, UNC is an outstanding university and one of the best state schools in the country, with plenty of students who'd be equally at home at the private schools with the leading academic brands.<br/><br/>I'll add here that what complicates the present issue is that some of the money from the athletic program (and in absolute terms, that's a lot of dough at a place like UNC) undeniably goes to support all that the school is doing apart from intercollegiate sports. Isn't that why university presidents tolerate having these machines on their campuses? Plus there's a secondary benefit in that the rah-rah spirit created by a world-beating team motivates some alumni to make donations supporting the school's academic mission.<br/><br/>Of course, all of that seems to be on the backs of the players. One commenter here has noted that steering them to fraudulent courses is like paying them with counterfeit money. Another, though, says that a few former players chosen at random, who didn't get to the NBA, were found to have made lots of money in European professional basketball.<br/><br/>Whatever the case, it does seem that the details of big time college sports have the aroma of a dirty secret that everybody knows. Perhaps that's the only way the system can work. On the other hand, maybe universities would switch to treating athletes in big-money sports like employees if not for the gargantuan practical hurdles to making that change.",22002832,22002832,<br/>,userReply,1491050990,2,False,22000546,Cousy,22000546:22002832,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055112,Jonathan,8619304,Brooklyn,,,22000546,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048506,"College degrees aren't cheap. Many athletes make more in forgiven tuition than they make after they graduate-- and while the season is intense it only lasts maybe half the year at best. I wish I could be so ""used"" by my boss. <br/><br/>It's interesting that you use the word ""offer."" All of the schools do this. The athletes don't need to take the easy classes. The entire course catalog is available to them. They're adults. Now I realize the schools will whisper in their ears and steer them toward the easier paths, but the athletes don't need to follow. ",22001803,22001803,<br/>,userReply,1491042083,2,False,22000790,Susan,22000790:22001803,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491048506,"No Name, Know Nothing",46960200,East Coast,,,22000790,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055119,"Many of them have no chance at either a major-league professional career OR intellectual development. They should be paid to play minor-league ball while they are healthy, and allowed to find non-intellectual jobs when they become too old for that.",22002605,22002605,<br/>,userReply,1491049515,2,False,22000790,Susan,22000790:22002605,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055119,Amanda,50041425,New York,,,22000790,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491100241," The left's favorite meme: that NCAA athletes are pitiable victims. Please. They're voting-age adults, not toddlers without sentient free will or responsibility.<br/><br/> My favorite part is when you say the NCAA should be required to ""offer its athletes real educations."" What, do you think that under the current system, student athletes are banned from taking meaningful classes and reading real books and learning things? Don't be asinine. UNC is an R-1 university, brimming with incredible academic opportunities for anyone enrolled there. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.<br/> Many of these student athletes have little interest in academics, they're just there to play their sport. And in many cases, their leverage is sufficient that this is what they get. Universities like UNC bend over backwards and risk flouting regulations to give them exactly what they want: a free pass that allows them to be sports stars who don't have to study and learn.<br/><br/>UNC ""offer[s] real educations"" to these student athletes every single semester. If the students themselves cared about learning, scandals like this wouldn't exist in the first place: UNC wouldn't feel pressured to offer fake educations alongside the real ones.",22008345,22008345,<br/>,userReply,1491090030,2,False,22000790,Susan,22000790:22008345,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491100241,dingusbean,73121147,a,,,22000790,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048369,Because this is what happens when more focus is placed on the bathrooms students are using than the classes they're taking. ,22002431,22002431,<br/>,userReply,1491048249,2,False,22000183,Wendell,22000183:22002431,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491048369,Tad La Fountain,33045673,"Penhook, VA",,,22000183,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048774,"To what end? Seriously? Apart from the obvious fact that UNC's administration and various coaching staffs knowingly violated (or turned a blind eye to) NCAA rules to their respective teams' advantages for over a decade, this article is timely because it's the second year in a row that the basketball team has participated in post-season play and reached the Final Four. The widely-held sentiment among other schools' fan-bases (and probably administrations and coaching staffs) is that virtually any other team would have at least received a one or two-year post-season ban by now, and perhaps even the so-called ""death penalty"" for such a period. This is not just a now-stale ""scandal"" to anyone other than those in the UNC community. It is a clear example of how certain college institutions are able to skirt the rules that should be equally applicable to all college institutions. Put another way, to many it is ""one [more] shining moment"" in which dominant, revenue-producing teams have a perceived advantage over everyone else. UNC should not be playing in the NCAA tournament this year, let alone in the Final Four.",22002432,22002432,<br/>,userReply,1491048249,2,False,22000183,Wendell,22000183:22002432,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048774,Thomas,79832638,"Washington, D.C.",,,22000183,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055537,"It is still news because UNC has done nothing real to fix it. The administrators who covered it up are either still there or have gone on to better jobs elsewhere. A proud university sold its academic integrity. <br/><br/>It's been interesting over the past eight years to hear the evolving spiel from students working as alumni fundraisers when I refuse to contribute out of anger and embarrassment. They actually have talking point bullets about the actions taken by the university: firing a coach, foregoing bowls one season, etc. The banners still hang in the Smith Center and the university apparently conspired to trash McCants' reputation.<br/><br/>My first year at UNC was Dean Smith's first. The team was limited to only two nonconference games by Chancellor William Aycock and President Bill Friday as a consequence of being involved in the Dixie Classic point shaving scandal with NC State. Academic leaders stood tall.<br/><br/>It is not old news; it is a continuing story.",22002573,22002573,<br/>,userReply,1491049365,2,False,22000183,Wendell,22000183:22002573,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055537,Jim Smith,20925765,"Panacea, FL",,,22000183,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048366,"Nobody knows Hutchins, Stagg or what they mean. Monsters of the Midway indeed. ",22002397,22002397,<br/>,userReply,1491048009,2,False,22000167,S B Lewis,22000167:22002397,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2615/9226/cropped-26159226.jpg?0.049763717921450734,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048366,ntsc,26159226,New York,,,22000167,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048776,"Please. Slavery was very different. Spare us the bogus outrage. Non-athletes need to take on a huge debt and work long hours for the classes the jocks are given for free. If anyone is being abused, it's the non-athletes who fund the temple of sweat. ",22001813,22001813,<br/>,userReply,1491042227,2,False,22000015,S B Lewis,22000015:22001813,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,8,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491048776,"No Name, Know Nothing",46960200,East Coast,,,22000015,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491048366,"I'm no longer a fan of college sports, in large part due to this scandal, but it is offensive to compare the life of a student-athlete to that of a slave. There is no comparison.",22002054,22002054,n/a,userReply,1491045267,2,False,22000015,S B Lewis,22000015:22002054,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491048366,ChapelThrill23,65353134,"Chapel Hill, NC",,,22000015,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491055114,"To be fair, this kind of slavery exists at colleges in every corner of the country, not just the home of actual slavery. ",22002733,22002733,<br/>,userReply,1491050346,2,False,22000015,S B Lewis,22000015:22002733,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055114,Kevin,71035835,Philadelphia,,,22000015,58defd317c459f24986d7c95,College Basketball,Sports,1374,1,News,,,,,,
+1491233591,"Cute puzzle, but for those of us online, how to get two letters into one space on the computer screen? ",22021840,22021840,<br/>,comment,1491233541,1,False,0,,22021840,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491233591,Mathis Chazanov,66418188,Los Angeles,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491226530,"I guess there are too many straws in the wind for it not to be true—the Times has decided to turn its Saturday crossword puzzle into a toy.<br/><br/>The Saturday puzzle has long been the established “gold standard” in puzzles because it required no cuteness in the construction. A top-notch puzzle is one that consists of answers that a well-educated person would have heard of or that he could figure out based on crosses—all hinted at by tough, oblique and downright opaque cluing. <br/><br/>Then, I guess in order to appeal to youths or the hip amongst us references to pop singers and rap artists began to proliferate. (Dear NYT: nobody who listens to rap can be thus inveigled into doing crossword puzzles.) Ditto with mindless TV shows.<br/><br/>Now, for the second time in recent weeks, a cute theme has been added to the Saturday puzzle. How fun! (I’m being sarcastic.)<br/><br/>I don’t particularly like “theme” puzzles. That’s why I don’t do the Sunday puzzle. The themes are usually ho-hum and the difficulty is not that great, so I find other ways to spend my time. Now they are infecting the one place free of them for (at least) the thirty years I have been doing them.<br/><br/>Solvers already have at least two days of the week in which to play in the sandbox of a theme puzzle. Can’t you please reserve one tiny space in the week for a puzzle (i.e. Saturday) that relies on the ability of solvers to recognize and overcome complex, clever misdirection and just plain tough clues?",22011452,22011452,<br/>,comment,1491115882,1,False,0,,22011452,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4196/3655/cropped-41963655.jpg?0.7949089715904842,1,,2,,1,approved,1,0,1491226530,Jim Baughman,41963655,West Hollywood,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491187206,"I've been doing the crosswords for about a month now, and had no idea what was going on - but I knew something wasn't right. I now understand the cleverness at work, but it was very frustrating to me to not be able to answer even what i call a look-up clue. Fun for experienced regulars; not so much for beginners.",22017551,22017551,n/a,comment,1491187183,1,False,0,,22017551,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491187206,Mark,79167847,Boston,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491173286,"First they failed to deliver my Saturday puzzle. Then I found a place to print it out today, and it's a gimmick puzzle. No gimmicks on Saturday, please! The rest of your newspaper is trash, please don't also ruin the Saturday crossword puzzle.",22017151,22017151,<br/>,comment,1491173234,1,False,0,,22017151,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491173286,Susanne,54511936,New England,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491170407,baffling,22017058,22017058,<br/>,comment,1491170392,1,False,0,,22017058,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/1464/2905/cropped-14642905.jpg?0.5683836763267271,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491170407,Petaltown,14642905,<br/>,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491153847,Far too difficult for the average solver. But an interesting challenge anyway. Thank you.,22016278,22016278,<br/>,comment,1491153812,1,False,0,,22016278,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491153847,RP,77045376,Minneapolis,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491134350,"The NYT crossword app fails to properly check words with rebus squares. The app word checked the I in ERIE as correct. Later, after figuring out the theme, I placed only an H in the first square for HELSINKI and the app's word check feature identified it as correct. Frustrating.",22012782,22012782,n/a,comment,1491134333,1,False,0,,22012782,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491134350,JayMack,67044295,OHIO,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491107407,"Helsinki is not in Scandinavia. The Scandinavian countries are Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Finland is not one of them. <a href=""https://wordsnax.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/scandinavia/"" title=""https://wordsnax.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/scandinavia/"" target=""_blank"">https://wordsnax.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/scandinavia/</a>",22010892,22010892,<br/>,comment,1491107400,1,False,0,,22010892,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491107407,Jadran Lee,25884046,Chicago,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491102067,"i knew something was up with this puzzle from the start. i mean, a saturday with ERIE as the first answer? yeah right! same with OSLO for the last one.<br/><br/>but while i'm good at coming up with answers (raiment, emigrants, ginormous, eeriness were some of my first guesses... of which i am proud :-)) i'm TERRIBLE at picking up on when a puzzle is a rebus (and exactly how... i knew there were extra letters strewn all around, but despite leaving it and coming back multiple times, i just wasn't getting it). something in my brain that doesn't work that way i guess.<br/><br/>i finally came to this blog with ~60% of the puzzle done or close, not able to get 55A bc i didn't have many things that crossed it (which woulda helped... a lot of the crossings were on the trickier side, compared to the rest of the grid). all i wanted to know what was the april fool's trick i was missing. <br/><br/>to that end, i wish that this blog entry (and other similar ones) had stated at top that this is a rebus puzzle, without giving away so many answers right off the bat. i had to read through the answers to 1A, 1D, 2D, etc. to get to the point. <br/><br/>this could also help folks who solve it online - those who want to know if it's a rebus could come here to the blog. (even in print, i've always wished rebus clues were marked w/ a * like themed answers are.)",22010266,22010266,n/a,comment,1491102040,1,False,0,,22010266,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491102067,a.,47748508,"sf, ca",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491081367,"My partner and I do the puzzle together. I am always expecting a rebus when he is never expecting one. So he put in ERIE and OSLO and then handed it to me and I was stumped. But SAKI was my way in and once I had that and THINMINTS, I knew ERIE was wrong. We tried IMMIGRANTS and GARMENTS and PRICE until it all fell together. ",22007377,22007377,<br/>,comment,1491081347,1,False,0,,22007377,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491081367,BuffCrone,74097165,AZ,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491080466,"Devilish clues! I, too, was suspicious but victim in the early going of ERIE/OREO/OSLO.",22007297,22007297,n/a,comment,1491080443,1,False,0,,22007297,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491080466,m.d.silver,56863391,"New York, NY",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491079568,Something was up early on when ERIE seemed too easy for a Saturday puzzle and wouldn't mesh with NOLA. The tipoff cam with ANASAZI. Great puzzle.,22007192,22007192,n/a,comment,1491079510,1,False,0,,22007192,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491079568,Joel,13725224,NJ,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491079509,Puzzles that are difficult but solveable are interesting. Puzzles that are incomprehensible are not.,22007179,22007179,<br/>,comment,1491079459,1,False,0,,22007179,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,1,,1,approved,1,0,1491079509,Ken Varley,24313,Waterford NY,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491078248,"Wonderful idea. I expected something tricky for April 1st, beyond the regular Saturday-level toughness. So clever to use those 4 overworked entries as bait to lead us astray.<br/><br/>My solve was the very epitome of the ""take a break and come back to it"" strategy today. Even with the reveal TWOBYFOURS in place, and the sense we had a rebus on our hands, I grew increasingly frustrated and put the paper aside. Half a hour later, a fresh look dropped the veil from my eyes, and the rebi fell into place. Nicely done.<br/><br/>Calling Steve EARLE a rocker is a stretch. He's had several Top 40 country hits, but none on the pop charts. <br/><br/>My favorite song by Julio IGLESIAS is the easygoing ""Moonlight Lady"" from 1984. I like how he weaves in the chorus of ""It Never Rains in Southern California"" near the close (both songs written by Albert Hammond).<br/><br/><a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJRyyi7RdMo"" title=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJRyyi7RdMo"" target=""_blank"">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJRyyi7RdMo</a>",22007048,22007048,<br/>,comment,1491078216,1,False,0,,22007048,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5192/5143/cropped-51925143.jpg?0.7476036203747284,1,,1,,0,approved,1,1,1491078248,Jimbo57,51925143,Oceanside NY,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491076386,"I love it when a Friday or Saturday has a bit of a theme, and this was a great one.",22006861,22006861,<br/>,comment,1491076377,1,False,0,,22006861,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491076386,Rick Box,74385533,"Glenview, IL",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491073208,"In reading through the comments of frustrated anti-rebus folks today, I have two thoughts:<br/><br/>--When I started doing puzzles online, rebus puzzles were frustrating because it hadn't been made clear how to enter the extra letters. Having a direct notice about it flags the rebus puzzle, a disappointment to experienced solvers. What to do to help new solvers not be so frustrated by the physics of rebus puzzles without lessening the challenge for the experienced? I think something could be done, but I don't know what. [Sorry, I sound like the House of Representatives right there...]<br/><br/>--For those who found this to be outré, the ""I protest, you ruined my day"" crowd, I have this thought: it is a P - U - Z - Z - L - E . What does that word mean to you?",22006557,22006557,<br/>,comment,1491073191,1,False,0,,22006557,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491073208,David Connell,69450816,Weston CT,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491072847,"First, the really fun part. I was doing okay, thought something was up, had RAIMENT with the squished NT but remained stumped…<br/><br/>Then I read the clue to 29A, bolted from my chair, grabbed my coat and some money, and ran out the door. I hadn’t even had time to think “But Oreo doesn’t end in NT!”<br/><br/>It was “Popular cookie?” that sent me off. It reminded me that I’d been alerted that there would be Girls Scouts selling cookies on the sidewalk two blocks away today, from noon till three.<br/><br/>Here in NYC, Scouts do not come to your door. I haven’t have genuine GS cookies in years.<br/><br/>So I raced there, bought three boxes of Thin Mints, and raced home. <br/><br/>I ripped open a package and took a bite, then looked at the puzzle and found I was no longer confused by 29A.<br/><br/>Things proceeded nicely. The hint I needed to complete the lower right I got by my method of barely squinting at Deb’s comments but lucking upon the info I needed, that the answers were placed symmetrically. I’d been trying to put the double letters in at 61A because I had REEL instead of REIN in, and OSLO for the capital. Fixed it, and Bob’s your uncle.<br/><br/>A lot of fun! Thanks, Howard Barkin!",22006527,22006527,<br/>,comment,1491072811,1,False,0,,22006527,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072847,spenyc,20372960,Manhattan,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491071347,"I dnf because I chose PRIcE which, as Lewis noted, was a bit of a Natick, no? That did not in any dampen my enthusiasm for this wonderful April Fool's Day gift from Howard Barkin. And it's really nice that Will wanted the puzzle and us to celebrate in the trickiness this day can bring, Saturday or not. Switching things up is always a good move in my book. <br/><br/>I did write in erie but didn't trust it, keeping one eye open, waiting for that aha moment. EERINESS make me question erie even more. I finally cracked it at THONG/THINMINT and quickly wrote in the rest of the TWOBYFOURS. Thank you, Howard, and watch your back today!<br/><br/>I'm seriously thinking of changing my name here to GUESSAGAIN. ",22006393,22006393,<br/>,comment,1491071333,1,False,0,,22006393,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491071347,Johanna,31394123,Ohio,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491070747,"Hi, everyone. My name is Kristin. And I…<br/> I…<br/>I love rebus puzzles.<br/>There, I said it. I regret nothing. ",22006342,22006342,<br/>,comment,1491070704,1,False,0,,22006342,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,15,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070747,Kristin,73884264,Cincinnati,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491070566,"Oh dear, Messrs. Barkin and Shortz. Don't you know that Finland, and therefore Helsinki, is Nordic but not Scandinavian?",22006334,22006334,n/a,comment,1491070547,1,False,0,,22006334,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491070566,Marjorie,40710031,Larchmont NY,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491069607,Great fun. How serendipitous that April 1 fell on a Saturday this year. I guess the only other day that would've worked is Friday. I should've known instantly but still stubbornly inserted 'erie' and all the others. Had 'storm' before SWARM and the NW errors didn't help. Also 'reel' in rebus form before REIN. Very satisfying. A puzzle to PRIZE.,22006248,22006248,n/a,comment,1491069562,1,False,0,,22006248,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5832/5275/cropped-58325275.jpg,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491069607,CS,58325275,"Providence, RI",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491069548,"An exceptional puzzle! Took me forever to get enough letters to fill in the hint, 55A, and even then had to get GUESS AGAIN to keep me from giving up. Finally saw the theme and find this a wonderful April Fool's joke. Of course I'd had ERIE and OREO and ANTI and OSLO until they all became untenable. A great theme extremely well executed! Many thanks to Mr. Barkin.",22006244,22006244,<br/>,comment,1491069486,1,False,0,,22006244,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491069548,polymath,228594,British Columbia,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491069547,"On a note unrelated to the ethnicity of Finns, I may be one of the few for whom the name MARA Wilson did not ring a bell, and I have seen ""Mrs. Doubtfire."" On the other hand, ANASAZI was one of the tipoffs, for me, to the trick. I did have PRICE before PRIZE, and it kept me from seeing the ending of ANASAZI for a while. Then again, with LESIAS in place, IGLESIAS (both of whom are gimmes to me) was missing in action. <br/><br/>Also, in some spots it seemed that the answer was too long; most would put BACON instead of RASHERS for the breakfast strips. Same with FLOORED/GUNNED IT; O HENRY/SAKI. Others were the right number of letters, but the obvious answer was wrong: PATIO/LANAI. Even with the AU in place, AUF wasn't a gimme; it could have been AUS.<br/><br/>One other little nit: I came in thinking, it's an April 1 puzzle; there must be a trick. But even though there was a trick, it didn't seem very ""April fooly."" (That word to go with SEEPY and SMEARY.) Not like the one last year. If you missed it, you should go back to the Archive and do it.",22006245,22006245,<br/>,comment,1491069508,1,False,0,,22006245,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,1,,0,approved,1,1,1491069547,Steve L,15444060,"Chestnut Ridge, NY",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491069307,"Devilish April foolery, and I loved it.<br/>After seeing that neither ERIE nor OSLO were going to work, I filled in all I could, with growing puzzlement, until the revealer provided a lifeline - aha, there's a rebus here. But I only figured how to do it when SAKI and HELSINKI landed in that SE corner and I saw the light. Not that it went completely smoothly from that point on - the clever cluing throughout kept me on my toes and provided waves of aha pleasure.<br/>BTW, I did have to look up MARA, but that was at a point when I was still in the dark. But that was the only absolutely definite word for which I had to find a way to squeeze in.<br/>I would love to have more puzzles like this one. Thanks, Howard!",22006216,22006216,<br/>,comment,1491069248,1,False,0,,22006216,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/2283/7994/cropped-22837994.jpg,3,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491069307,Viv,22837994,"Jerusalem, Israel",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491068947,"Denmark, Sweden and Norway are Scandinavian countries; they are also Nordic countries. Finland is definitely a Nordic country, too, but some sources also consider it a Scandinavian country. And that's just enough wiggle room for it to pass muster in a crossword.<br/><br/>Personally, I wouldn't consider Finnish ""Scandinavian"" because to me, what makes the other three ""Scandinavian"" is that their national languages are closely related; in fact, they're practically dialects of the same language. Finnish is completely different, more related to Hungarian than to Swedish. <br/><br/>Does using ""Scandinavian"" instead of ""Nordic"" create some kind of wordplay or somehow enhance the puzzle? I don't think so. Would ""Nordic"" have been more accurate, and therefore better, in this clue. Probably. Is ""Scandinavian"" wrong? See above. ",22006178,22006178,<br/>,comment,1491068908,1,False,0,,22006178,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,2,,0,approved,1,1,1491068947,Steve L,15444060,"Chestnut Ridge, NY",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491067387,"My birthday is April Fools' Day, and I expect to have a lot of fun. Thanks for adding to the festivities. Great puzzle.",22006007,22006007,<br/>,comment,1491067346,1,False,0,,22006007,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491067387,Sue,37924918,<br/>,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491066727,I have learned to enjoy these types of puzzles because they are so satisfying when finally broken. The key for me was Mara Wilson. Had to be Mara. There was no way it was anything else. How to do that? Duh!,22005932,22005932,<br/>,comment,1491066666,1,False,0,,22005932,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491066727,Frank,73527473,Fremont CA,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491066427,"Rebuses aside, this puzzle had some wicked cluing. ""Words on a jacket"" (BLURB) and ""It might be added to alcohol"" (SIN TAX) definitely deserve honorable mentions.",22005904,22005904,<br/>,comment,1491066387,1,False,0,,22005904,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491066427,Ryan Choate,78321892,"Central City, KY",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491066308,"This was a tough one. I like a challenge, but I never would've gotten through this puzzle without the blog. Like others, I didn't clue into the gimmick until MARA Wilson. <br/><br/>Respect to she who UNSNARLS it on her own!",22005891,22005891,n/a,comment,1491066283,1,False,0,,22005891,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491066308,Emily,74358875,Canada,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491065647,"Hated it. Way too inside-baseball, show-offy, the kind of puzzle I hate. I figured out so much of it and still couldn't get it. I love hard puzzles, but there was no pleasure in this one.",22005802,22005802,<br/>,comment,1491065634,1,False,0,,22005802,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491065647,Sharon Bryan,54192130,"Arlington, MA",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491064149,"Strictly speaking, Helsinki is NOT Scandinavian but Nordic.",22005580,22005580,<br/>,comment,1491064116,1,False,0,,22005580,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491064149,annabelle,52580467,New England,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491063369,"Oh so very nice for an April 1 puzzle. I love how the theme answers replace the ""obvious"" answers -- clever and fun. It did feel harder than a Thursday, so whoever tightened the clues did good work, and I especially liked the clues for PAW, LINEUP, and SAUTE.<br/><br/>There is one problem, though, IMO. ANASAZI is definitely in Natick territory, and it crosses PRIZE at the Z, while the clue for PRIZE could equally work for PRICE (the clue is ""value""). So if you don't know ANASAZI, you're just guessing between C and Z, or you didn't think about it and just guessed right or wrong. It was certainly an inadvertent mistake (it just needed a clue that only fit PRIZE), and for heaven's sakes, Will and Joel deserve earned passes, for all the rightness in their puzzles.<br/><br/>But I'm not giving them one. I'm quitting crosswords. For good.*<br/><br/>April Fools!",22005443,22005443,<br/>,comment,1491063324,1,False,0,,22005443,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,7,,0,approved,1,0,1491063369,Lewis,39579359,"Asheville, NC",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491062948,"Yes this was extremely challenging. Of course I thought Erie, Oreo,Oslo etc were gimmes. I did know there were rebi involved with RAIMENT and MINT.( It took a while to recall THINMINT) I actually had to stop to go to a yoga class and wake up some brain cells. When I started again, I got the revealer and was able to finish. Not evil- just a good Saturday challenge.",22005350,22005350,<br/>,comment,1491062914,1,False,0,,22005350,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491062948,Deborah,62825061,"Mississauga, On",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491060730,"Well, I tried. Not surprisingly, I filled in the NE corner no problem, and I came close to figuring out the SW as well. (My bad for not persisting there.) I did NOT fill in ERIE, because I looked at the calendar and smelled a RO DE NT, but as it happens, I have a full calendar today so I came to the blog for a hint. I did get the three non-MICHIGAN rebi on my own, but only after looking up MARA Wilson. Again, I should have seen EMIGRANTS/CONTRARY unaided, so I feel kinda bad.<br/><br/>Great puzzle!",22004828,22004828,<br/>,comment,1491060696,1,False,0,,22004828,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491060730,twoberry,48812842,"Vero Beach, FL",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491060009,"I have a friend who lives in HELSINKI, and another who lives in MICHIGAN. Yet those were my last two answers in this delightfully wickedly nasty puzzle. One for the record books, Mr Barkin!<br/>But isn't GINORMOUS spelled with a Y?",22004623,22004623,n/a,comment,1491059950,1,False,0,,22004623,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5859/9774/cropped-58599774.jpg,0,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491060009,archaeoprof,58599774,"Jupiter, FL",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491059589,"Just what we needed, more MOLES.",22004534,22004534,<br/>,comment,1491059548,1,False,0,,22004534,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491059589,RY,58312485,Forgotten Borough,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491059349,"I wasn't tempted to enter either Erie, Oreo or Oslo in a Saturday puzzle, but it took me a while to get the rebus as I thought it might be some other kind of trick. I finally got it with MARA, but I had to look that up. Then it was just a matter of thinking of 8 letter words for the remaining themes. I'm thrilled to have a theme on a Saturday and always enjoy a rebus even though the entire puzzle still disappears when I try to put 2 letters in a square using the method designed for across lite on my iPad which worked for a couple of years for up to 3 letters. <br/><br/>Today is Howie's birthday, a big one, so if you are lurking Howie, have a good one. ",22004476,22004476,<br/>,comment,1491059331,1,False,0,,22004476,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/4692/0789/cropped-46920789.jpg?0.7725434140302241,4,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491059349,suejean,46920789,Harrogate,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491058690,This puzzle was evil! I loved it. Thanks for the surprising Saturday solve.,22004316,22004316,n/a,comment,1491058626,1,False,0,,22004316,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491058690,Becky Warren,34984945,Nashville,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491058088,"I was unable to type two letters in the double squares. They all has to be ""revealed"". Was it supposed to function like that?",22004198,22004198,n/a,comment,1491058081,1,False,0,,22004198,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491058088,Kevin O,78271735,"Madison, WI",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491056948,"Whoa! Was completely flummoxed by this one. Deb's column confirmed the rebus angle but what completely stumped me, even after reading all the comments was that middle eastern block. I didn't understand PSA; it never entered my mind that SIKH should replace SEER and no amount of googles ever told me what that 'tough, tenacious sort' was. Finally had to use the 'check' and 'reveal' buttons. <br/><br/>Will now return to my ordinary Saturday activities. ",22003948,22003948,<br/>,comment,1491056902,1,False,0,,22003948,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491056948,Meg H,4303650,<br/>,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491056709,"I hate April Fool's jokes, and this puzzle frankly made me angry. Naturally, there are now 'cheats' available on the Internet, of which I make use when frustrated. Thanks for this post, as I do feel better now, but while working on the puzzle, I was yelling at my computer screen. Well-played, Messrs. Shortz and Barkin. Don't ever do anything like this again. I expect Saturday's puzzle to be tough, but this one was just mean.",22003899,22003899,<br/>,comment,1491056658,1,False,0,,22003899,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056709,alboyjr,430304,NYC,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491056049,"I think flummoxed rather than frustrated. A voice kept niggling at me that Erie and Oslo weren't right on a Saturday, but of course, I tried them anyway. More fool me! And Oreo totally didn't work. I figured a rebus because of IGLESIAS, RAIMENT, and REel (in), the last not quite right. I wasn't parsing well, so I resorted to checks, but ended up having a rollicking good time, and was happy to be able to put in THIN MINTS. I'll be sure to get some today. Well done on a foolish Saturday! ",22003778,22003778,<br/>,comment,1491055991,1,False,0,,22003778,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/6999/7790/cropped-69997790.jpg?0.898561101173982,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491056049,Beejay,69997790,San Francisco,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491055868,"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. But fool me four times? I fell into every one of the four brilliantly bedeviled rabbit holes.<br/><br/>Well done!",22003749,22003749,<br/>,comment,1491055821,1,False,0,,22003749,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5257/2798/cropped-52572798.jpg,4,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491055868,Chungclan,52572798,"Cincinnati,OH",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491055089,"Loved it! Made me work, but that's what I like about Saturday.",22003616,22003616,<br/>,comment,1491055026,1,False,0,,22003616,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055089,LuS,35337780,"Brunswick, ME",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491054908,"I feel intensely satisfied to have finished this very challenging puzzle. I knew something was afoot but could not find out what. Until strophe, and then it finally clicked. Terribly clever replacing ERIE, OREO, ANTI, and OSLO which are so ubiquitous, in this way.",22003587,22003587,<br/>,comment,1491054900,1,False,0,,22003587,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491054908,Michael Brothers,71822476,"Boone, Iowa",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491053648,"Mean Old Lady, a paper cup filled with water atop the medicine cabinet door.<br/><br/>34D led me to believe something was up. I thought Erie and Oreo were a bit too easy. So with some plodding I solved for most of the grid. Misspelled 3D and had reelsin instead of REIN. Of course I grumbled the entire time as my Saturday (aka my precious) puzzle was ruined by trickery.<br/><br/>May barbecue today. Hauling out the Green Egg and it will be 62 degrees. Perhaps chicken.<br/><br/>Oh Howard, what have you done.",22003342,22003342,<br/>,comment,1491053614,1,False,0,,22003342,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3028/2902/cropped-30282902.jpg?0.6199225238524377,1,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491053648,dk,30282902,"Saint Croix Falls, WI",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491052870,Rebuses are painful. I really really hate them. But the clues in this puzzle were terrificly clever.,22003181,22003181,<br/>,comment,1491052849,1,False,0,,22003181,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052870,Skeptical1,63413142,new york ny,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491052330,"It was a hard puzzle, made especially so by the fact that my on-line version had the correct answer for the Great Lake as MI CH I AN and therefore Ilesias for the singer. ",22003068,22003068,<br/>,comment,1491052301,1,False,0,,22003068,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491052330,Ann Young,38816683,Massachusetts,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491050948,Just brilliant. Thank you!,22002820,22002820,<br/>,comment,1491050913,1,False,0,,22002820,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491050948,martha,34557976,"arlington, mass",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491050828,"TH AT WA SF UN!<br/>TH AN KS, HO WA RD BA RK IN.<br/><br/>I could never top the rigged kitchen sink sprayer incident from some years back, so the DHubby, despite glancing anxiously over his shoulder, is safe this year. Unless someone has a suggestion for me, however belated....",22002800,22002800,<br/>,comment,1491050784,1,False,0,,22002800,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5882/4578/cropped-58824578.jpg?0.3225123089449049,1,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491050828,Mean Old Lady,58824578,"Conway, Arkansas",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491050227,Major problem<br/>My computer will not allow me to put two letters into a square,22002712,22002712,<br/>,comment,1491050214,1,False,0,,22002712,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,2,,0,approved,1,0,1491050227,john charambura,79262066,jenkintown,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491050109,Great April Fool's puzzle. Thanks Mr. Barkin!! ,22002688,22002688,<br/>,comment,1491050052,1,False,0,,22002688,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491050109,georgeparks49,1823679,"Nashville, TN",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491049688,"Dumb puzzle. I'm with Chris in Pittsburgh. Stop the gimmick puzzles, especially the rebus. One letter per square is challenge enough! These kinds of puzzles always break my solving streaks. ",22002629,22002629,<br/>,comment,1491049631,1,False,0,,22002629,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491049688,Calvin Edgerton,73806772,"Newton Grove, NC",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491048068,"One glaring error in the clues today. Finland is a Nordic country, but not a Scandinavian one. Therefor Helsinki is not a Scandinavian capital.",22002404,22002404,<br/>,comment,1491048060,1,False,0,,22002404,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,6,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491048068,Justus,35298029,"Ibiza, Spain",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491047408,These gimmick puzzles do not translate well to the digital edition. Call me old fashioned but 2 letters per square is not a crossword puzzle.,22002301,22002301,<br/>,comment,1491047359,1,False,0,,22002301,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,4,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491047408,Chris Reilly,57687860,Pittsburgh,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491047288,Anyone care to share the spelling bee?? TYIA,22002280,22002280,n/a,comment,1491047223,1,False,0,,22002280,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491047288,John G,76011269,<br/>,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491043027,"It wouldn't be April Fools Day without some fools, so you can count me.<br/><br/>I still have to look at a wall calendar to remember what year to write on a check, so the chances that I was going to remember what day this was were virtually nil, even with the multiple hints in the puzzle (like a theme on Saturday). I did at least doubt ERIE at 1a but I never thought of a rebus and didn't come close to finishing this (and that's an understatement). <br/><br/>Very clever idea. You got me, Howard. I have named several of the fenced dogs that I always encounter on my daily walks with my avatar - the ones who enthusiastically greet us when we pass by. There's Bob Barker, Ellen Barkin, Yippie and Yappie and Beagle Bailey, among others. You are about to join the list.<br/><br/>Something way OT in a reply (if I have time). ",22001858,22001858,<br/>,comment,1491042993,1,False,0,,22001858,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5752/0630/cropped-57520630.jpg,4,,4,,0,approved,1,1,1491043027,Rich in Atlanta,57520630,"Decatur, Georgia",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491040506,"Howard had me coming and going with ERIE and OSLO, but I cottoned to the theme with THINMINT. I had to GUESSAGAIN more than once along the way. A Saturday rebus--it must be April 1.",22001733,22001733,<br/>,comment,1491040451,1,False,0,,22001733,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491040506,Paul,70218161,Virginia,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491038226,Took me 31 minutes. Well done.,22001638,22001638,<br/>,comment,1491038163,1,False,0,,22001638,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491038226,Chris,72239967,Brooklyn,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491029166,"Relative daily crossword novice here, playing on my phone. Canceled my sub a few days back because I hadn't much time to play lately, today's puzzle and my introduction to this rebus nonsense pretty much affirms my decision. Just seems like a cheap gimmick on the writers part.",22001352,22001352,n/a,comment,1491029153,1,False,0,,22001352,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,2,,1,approved,1,0,1491029166,ryanjm58,60811964,"Denver, CO",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491024485,"Took a while to accept that there was a rebus involved... on a Saturday! Had to get to the revealer clue. And still, finally cottoned on to the trick only after MARA forced the issue!<br/><br/>Got me again! ",22001158,22001158,<br/>,comment,1491024468,1,False,0,,22001158,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491024485,Rampiak,46931257,SF Bay Area,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491024186,Very fun.,22001141,22001141,<br/>,comment,1491024147,1,False,0,,22001141,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491024186,Benjamin Teral,40405621,"San Francisco, CA",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491024006,"I really enjoyed this puzzle, but was really disappointed that my solution wasn't accepted as correct until I changed MICHIGAN to MCIN and THINMINTS to TIMN. Oddly enough the other two by fours were accepted.",22001132,22001132,<br/>,comment,1491023966,1,False,0,,22001132,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491024006,LindaR,22279403,<br/>,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491021787,"When your grid is still pretty ragged after a half hour or so, you know there's some trickeration going on. I thought this was a good one but it makes me realize that rebuses could be very dangerous in the wrong hands. Any further escalation in rebuses might push innocent puzzle-doers right over the edge. Rebuses could reach a critical mass, causing untold havoc and destruction. So please be careful.",22001005,22001005,<br/>,comment,1491021724,1,False,0,,22001005,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491021787,chamsticks,61328080,Champaign IL,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491018127,"So proud of myself for figuring this out! Although even with the trick in mind, I was still afraid I wasn't going to get all the letters--especially the RY of SORRY/CONTRARY, which was my last fill. Of course I fell for ERIE and OREO and OSLO. But when things just didn't work out, I had to move away from the problem areas and work from the NE and SW into the middle. IGLESIAS and RAIMENT and SAKI were my early warning signs, but it took a long time to figure out what to do with them. I didn't know hockey teams had six players, and had EMIGRES before EMIGRANTS. So it was very frustrating, but then a very satisfying solve.",22000700,22000700,<br/>,comment,1491018106,1,False,0,,22000700,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5740/8110/cropped-57408110.jpg,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491018127,Liz B,57408110,"Durham, NC",,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491017647,"Hmm, red flag: ERIE and OREO a bit too easy for a Saturday. Suspected a rebus theme when THONG fits a bit snugly; have to wedge it in there somehow. Then the tantalizing revealer. Finally cracked the theme when MI of EMIGRANTS gave me a truly popular cookie! MICHIGAN quickly replaced ERIE and CONTRARY replaced ANTI.<br/>""Finnished"" with HELSINKI.<br/><br/>Revealer helped big time. Clever clues for SIN TAX, SWARM, AIRE, SONG.<br/><br/>A worthy Saturday challenge indeed.",22000643,22000643,<br/>,comment,1491017620,1,False,0,,22000643,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,9,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491017647,Mike Ramee,59915041,Denver,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491017587,Nice pick for April Fool's. And a welcome departure from the panic attack the Times almost gave me last year!<br/><br/>I thought GUESSAGAIN was especially elegant.,22000634,22000634,n/a,comment,1491017536,1,False,0,,22000634,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,1,,0,approved,1,0,1491017587,Mike P,56758055,Long Island,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491016989,"Very difficult and challenging puzzle, which took me about 35 minutes to complete. One minor point: Finland is Nordic, but technically not Scandinavian; therefore a better clue would have been ""Nordic capital"".",22000567,22000567,<br/>,comment,1491016932,1,False,0,,22000567,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,5,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491016989,bfomberstein,13717026,North Hills NY,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491016988,"PRICE vs PRIZE held me up longer than the TWO-BY-FOURS. ANASAZI was vaguely familiar, but knowing that C and Z can be equivalents in Spanish kept me from changing it right away.",22000575,22000575,<br/>,comment,1491016980,1,False,0,,22000575,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3960/1591/cropped-39601591.jpg,1,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491016988,Kiki Rijkstra,39601591,Arizona,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491016087,Amazingly I only worked up a mild sweat on this one. I got the 2x4 thing pretty quickly and then the work was figuring where the rebus squares were located. Then steady going from there. ,22000488,22000488,<br/>,comment,1491016045,1,False,0,,22000488,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491016087,Steve,55085708,Arizona,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491015848,"very hard and very good. cotton on with Ming vase and therefore Lake Michigan! Erie was obvious and obviously wrong. Got the revealer ""Two by fours"" which helped. Still hard. Did it on across--lite, but I had to write out the 2x4 compressed word to keep track for the downs. very clever. felt a sense of accomplishment in finishing.",22000466,22000466,<br/>,comment,1491015832,1,False,0,,22000466,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491015848,judy d,57884580,livingston nj,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491015307,"Whew. That was a workout. The kind where you want to hurt somebody right up until you're glad they gave you such a solid puzzle to unravel. Even before the solve, I read the byline and thought, ""Howard's such a nice guy."" Luckily, a half hour later I still feel that way about him...",22000389,22000389,<br/>,comment,1491015258,1,False,0,,22000389,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,10,,4,,0,approved,1,0,1491015307,David Connell,69450816,Weston CT,,,0,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491320709,"Matt: depends on what kind of computer screen (desktop or tablet). On a desktop, click ""Rebus"" above the ""Across"" clues. On an iPhone (and I presume Android phone), tap the ""More"" button at the lower right of the keyboard; the ""Rebus"" key is along the bottom row. (Remember to tap the key again when you're done entering the letters.)",22032945,22032945,<br/>,userReply,1491320693,2,False,22021840,Mathis Chazanov,22021840:22032945,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491320709,Dan Rosenbaum,1202677,"Brooklyn, NY",,,22021840,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491489198,"Uhhhh Dear NYT, actually plenty of us listen to rap AND watch crappy TV AND also do the Times crossword puzzle. Thanks for keeping culturally relevant!",22050950,22050950,<br/>,userReply,1491446270,2,False,22011452,Jim Baughman,22011452:22050950,http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491489198,Sam,7804859,"Oakland, CA",,,22011452,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491570848,"Where is the challenge of working a puzzle that the solver knows she/he has a reasonable chance of completing? The fun, the benefit and the challenge is not knowing if you will successfully complete it or not. I thought this was the most difficult puzzle in a number of years, and I loved it. I am seventy-one and am constantly on the lookout for any mental slippage (how quickly I can recall the answers on jeopardy and if I can work the Thursday through Saturday puzzles without any googling are two of the tests by which I measure my mental fitness). Being able to complete this puzzle gives me an enormous feeling of well-being and I can relax for a few more weeks knowing all is still well.Thank you, Mr. Shortz and Mr. Barkin for the challenge. Please, keep them coming.",22072386,22072386,<br/>,userReply,1491570803,2,False,22011452,Jim Baughman,22011452:22072386,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491570848,billwa,49944935,los angeles,,,22011452,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491138428,"I just tested the NYT crossword app. Using the word check feature, it reports TIMN as correct when the clued word is, as we know, THINMINT.",22013639,22013639,n/a,userReply,1491138372,2,False,22012782,JayMack,22012782:22013639,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491138428,JayMack,67044295,OHIO,,,22012782,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491150667,"Yeah, the Finns make a big deal of being Nordic and not Scandinavian.<br/>And Finns are not Fjord explorers: there are no fjords in Finland.",22015962,22015962,<br/>,userReply,1491150625,2,False,22010892,Jadran Lee,22010892:22015962,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,3,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491150667,Jack Aubert,26431090,Falls Church,,,22010892,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491130388,i feel your pain. i figure another decade of this and i might actually get one of these buggers.,22012231,22012231,<br/>,userReply,1491130371,2,False,22007179,Ken Varley,22007179:22012231,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491130388,Robert Honeyman,77719003,"Southfield, MI",,,22007179,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491102247,"agree on EARLE. i am knowledgeable about my musicians... was thinking steve perry, miller, steven tyler,... even though i know of steve earle.",22010278,22010278,n/a,userReply,1491102199,2,False,22007048,Jimbo57,22007048:22010278,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491102247,a.,47748508,"sf, ca",,,22007048,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491102427,"i wrote this in another comment, but - an easy solution to the rebus issue is for the wordplay blog to list it at the top of the blog post about that day's puzzle, *before* giving away number of the answers (as this entry does). maybe even list the rebus entries. i've never understood why rebus clues can't be marked with a * as themed clues are. but this at least would be a place those of us who don't pick up on rebuses could come if we suspect it -- but without having to read through a cavalcade of answers to get to the point! :-)",22010306,22010306,n/a,userReply,1491102397,2,False,22006557,David Connell,22006557:22010306,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491102427,a.,47748508,"sf, ca",,,22006557,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491071647,"The thought strikes me that rummaging through the Archives for April 1 puzzles might be a fun project for those so inclined. Thanks for planting the seed, Steve L.",22006419,22006419,<br/>,userReply,1491071593,2,False,22006245,Steve L,22006245:22006419,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491071647,David Connell,69450816,Weston CT,,,22006245,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491081247,"Maybe ""Capital in Europe"" would work better, and add to the (April) foolishness.",22007367,22007367,<br/>,userReply,1491081236,2,False,22006178,Steve L,22006178:22007367,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491081247,Jack Sullivan,15075256,"Scottsdale, AZ",,,22006178,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491151087,Scandinavian is wrong. Nordic is right. The Finns are quite insistent about that. Believe me: I lived there for four years and learned Finnish. ,22016010,22016010,<br/>,userReply,1491151031,2,False,22006178,Steve L,22006178:22016010,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491151087,Jack Aubert,26431090,Falls Church,,,22006178,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491067206,"Exactly. There are 3 countries on the 2 Scandinavian peninsulas: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Finns may often wish that Finland (more properly Suomi) were on a peninsula rather than jammed up against Russia, but it is not.",22005986,22005986,<br/>,userReply,1491067148,2,False,22005580,annabelle,22005580:22005986,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491067206,carol goldstein,26434155,new york,,,22005580,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491103868,"PS. i got PAW, but i didn't / don't really get the clue to it. what's so clever about it? agree that LINEUP and SAUTE were good clues.",22010502,22010502,n/a,userReply,1491103856,2,False,22005443,Lewis,22005443:22010502,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491103868,a.,47748508,"sf, ca",,,22005443,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491105729,"a., I'll give you a hint about the clue for PAW: you can't teach an old dog new tricks.<br/><br/>PS. It took me some time to figure that out also.<br/><br/>PPS. To ease the sting, here a fine old chestnut: a dog limps into a saloon and says 'I'm looking for the man who shot my PAW'.",22010714,22010714,<br/>,userReply,1491105701,2,False,22005443,Lewis,22005443:22010714,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5128/4005/cropped-51284005.jpg?0.6864764326309076,2,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491105729,Leapfinger,51284005,"Durham, NC",,,22005443,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491163147,"Oh, Leapy, I'm actually sorry I came back to catch up on late comments....<br/>hee hee jk lol<br/>My best friend growing up was born blind. Our favorite joke - he told it to me - ""How does a blind parachutist tell when he's getting near the ground?""<br/>""The line to his guide dog goes slack.""",22016817,22016817,<br/>,userReply,1491163095,2,False,22005443,Lewis,22005443:22016817,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491163147,David Connell,69450816,Weston CT,,,22005443,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491072068,"(I think Ginormous is a portmanteau for gigantic and enormous, so an ""i"" seems more apt. When I was at Penn State for summer music camp, the fashionable word was Gigundawampus, and the spelling depended on a ""gigantic"" connection.)",22006462,22006462,<br/>,userReply,1491072049,2,False,22004623,archaeoprof,22004623:22006462,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491072068,David Connell,69450816,Weston CT,,,22004623,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491059770,"If you're doing the puzzle in a web browser, hit the ""Insert"" key and you can type as many letters in the box as you need.",22004573,22004573,<br/>,userReply,1491059715,2,False,22004198,Kevin O,22004198:22004573,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491059770,bigbee51,289217,Houston,,,22004198,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491061630,Public Service Announcement.,22005078,22005078,<br/>,userReply,1491061607,2,False,22003948,Meg H,22003948:22005078,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491061630,twoberry,48812842,"Vero Beach, FL",,,22003948,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491068528,April barbecue today. May barbecue next month.,22006138,22006138,<br/>,userReply,1491068500,2,False,22003342,dk,22003342:22006138,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491068528,Steve L,15444060,"Chestnut Ridge, NY",,,22003342,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491050948,"If you download the free PuzzAzz app, it will be a simple matter.<br/>Personally, I print late-week puzzles as the fun way to handle Thursday trickery, Friday foiling, Saturday stumpers (literally; I also do Stan Newman's puzzle), and Sunday sumptuousness.",22002816,22002816,<br/>,userReply,1491050893,2,False,22002712,john charambura,22002712:22002816,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5882/4578/cropped-58824578.jpg?0.3225123089449049,0,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491050948,Mean Old Lady,58824578,"Conway, Arkansas",,,22002712,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491057189,"Hi John, <br/><br/>I don't know if you're on a tablet or desktop, but all devices have the ability to enter more than one letter into a square. Try clicking on the square you want, then hitting ""Escape""; that should open up a larger square that allows you to type in more than one letter. Once you've done that, hit ""enter"" and it should close the square. <br/><br/>There is really no need to download any other app.",22003989,22003989,n/a,userReply,1491057125,2,False,22002712,john charambura,22002712:22003989,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3822/5670/cropped-38225670.jpg,1,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491057189,Deb Amlen,38225670,"Wordplay, the Road Tour",,,22002712,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491067447,The ESC key works for me.,22006013,22006013,<br/>,userReply,1491067397,2,False,22002301,Chris Reilly,22002301:22006013,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491067447,carol goldstein,26434155,new york,,,22002301,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491081126,Or shift + letter keys.,22007354,22007354,<br/>,userReply,1491081094,2,False,22002301,Chris Reilly,22002301:22007354,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491081126,juliac,76897931,Rural SW MI,,,22002301,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491091329,"On mine, tap-and-hold on the square brings up a couple of options, including revealing as well as rebussing.",22008559,22008559,<br/>,userReply,1491091278,2,False,22002301,Chris Reilly,22002301:22008559,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491091329,David Dalto,59972978,<br/>,,,22002301,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491055030,U in the center<br/>A E I M R T in the surrounding circle<br/><br/>9 good<br/>16 excellent<br/>23 genius,22003602,22003602,<br/>,userReply,1491054964,2,False,22002280,John G,22002280:22003602,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491055030,LuS,35337780,"Brunswick, ME",,,22002280,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491061208,"May I suggest ""Diogenes?""",22004956,22004956,<br/>,userReply,1491061193,2,False,22001858,Rich in Atlanta,22001858:22004956,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491061208,twoberry,48812842,"Vero Beach, FL",,,22001858,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491077109," Well, there's Lefty Wilbury (a.k.a. Roy Orbison), but I'm having trouble making a connection.<br/><br/>On the other hand, the song ""Poncho and Lefty"" by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson has least a Mexican connection.<br/><br/>Am I barking up the wrong tree?<br/><br/>P.S. You've got Yippie and Yappie, but what about Yahooey?",22006923,22006923,<br/>,userReply,1491077050,2,False,22001858,Rich in Atlanta,22001858:22006923,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5192/5143/cropped-51925143.jpg?0.7476036203747284,1,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491077109,Jimbo57,51925143,Oceanside NY,,,22001858,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491088807,just for the record and because he's exceptional: Pancho and Lefty was written by Townes Van Zandt.,22008169,22008169,<br/>,userReply,1491088776,2,False,22001858,Rich in Atlanta,22001858:22008169,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491088807,samsabug,26977321,chillisquaqie,,,22001858,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491059769,"Chris, I would say you certainly did well. It took me over an hour and 31 minutes, with lots of checks. My aged brain takes a long time to UNSNARL these extra clever puzzles. Forget about wheelhouse, combining April first with Saturday pretty much pushed me off the ship.",22004580,22004580,<br/>,userReply,1491059750,2,False,22001638,Chris,22001638:22004580,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491059769,hepcat8,4809869,jive5,,,22001638,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491061091,"Appreciate your honesty, but I hope you give up on giving up. The blog is here for help, especially on rebus days, which are almost always on Thursdays, but April 1 is a special day as we all know. I have a feeling you'll grow to like us (maybe not on Thursdays) if you give us a chance.",22004920,22004920,<br/>,userReply,1491061023,2,False,22001352,ryanjm58,22001352:22004920,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491061091,twoberry,48812842,"Vero Beach, FL",,,22001352,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491092888,"If multiple letters are an outrage, how would you have felt about the one that used the playing card symbols (❤, ",22008804,22008804,<br/>,userReply,1491092864,2,False,22001352,ryanjm58,22001352:22008804,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,1,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491092888,David Dalto,59972978,<br/>,,,22001352,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491020227,"Agreed. ERIE before MI CH IG AN, GUESSAGAIN. STORM before SWARM, GUESSAGAIN. MOLDS before MOLES, GUESSAGAIN (Wrong kind of plant), ANTI before CO NT RA RY. GUESSAGAIN. Fun.",22000886,22000886,<br/>,userReply,1491020188,2,False,22000634,Mike P,22000634:22000886,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/607/947/cropped-607947.jpg,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491020227,Robert Michael Panoff,607947,"Durham, NC",,,22000634,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491019746,Escape also works for inserting rebus.,22000836,22000836,<br/>,userReply,1491019717,2,False,22000466,judy d,22000466:22000836,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/607/947/cropped-607947.jpg,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491019746,Robert Michael Panoff,607947,"Durham, NC",,,22000466,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491020108,"Used to use the insert key with my Dell, but now I have a Surface Pro 3 with no inert key! So with rebuses, I just put in the first letter of the box. Mr Happy Pencil likes that. thanks for the tip anyway.",22000874,22000874,<br/>,userReply,1491020067,2,False,22000466,judy d,22000466:22000874,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491020108,judy d,57884580,livingston nj,,,22000466,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491027725,"RMP,<br/><br/>Escape doesn't work in Across Lite.",22001307,22001307,<br/>,userReply,1491027703,2,False,22000466,judy d,22000466:22001307,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/3960/1591/cropped-39601591.jpg,0,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491027725,Kiki Rijkstra,39601591,Arizona,,,22000466,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491051309,"No, do NOT emerge from your bunker yet! I still feel like hurting somebody! Brain cells injured, pride injured more...:) You're a stinker, Mr. Barkin!",22002873,22002873,<br/>,userReply,1491051243,2,False,22000389,David Connell,22000389:22002873,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,2,,0,,0,approved,1,0,1491051309,Robbie Wilson,56991576,"Fairfax, VA",,,22000389,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491051308,"Aw, Howard, you can come out! Some lurkers emerged from their caves to cavil, but *I* really enjoyed it. When ERIE was plainly not going to work for my Julio IGLESIAS, I twigged to the trickery.<br/>The final line (which had to be either O'Henry or SAKI, both of whom I honor,) was my favorite even if the clue was skewed.<br/>Great puzzle. I am wearing a GINORMOUS grin. And my jammies.",22002877,22002877,<br/>,userReply,1491051272,2,False,22000389,David Connell,22000389:22002877,https://s3.amazonaws.com/pimage.timespeople.nytimes.com/5882/4578/cropped-58824578.jpg?0.3225123089449049,4,,0,,0,approved,1,1,1491051308,Mean Old Lady,58824578,"Conway, Arkansas",,,22000389,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
+1491572352,"This puzzle formed new brain cells. Thank you, Howard.",22072728,22072728,<br/>,userReply,1491572287,2,False,22000389,David Connell,22000389:22072728,https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/timespeople/none.png,0,,0,,1,approved,1,0,1491572352,billwa,49944935,los angeles,,,22000389,58df09b77c459f24986d7ca7,Unknown,Games,708,0,News,,,,,,
diff --git a/ComputeCommentEmbeddings.py b/ComputeCommentEmbeddings.py
index 954c2bea2af9794bc1cd8b89b29dd171dfad5fd2..93bf10470a5162f7854e596333efc01183288cc3 100644
--- a/ComputeCommentEmbeddings.py
+++ b/ComputeCommentEmbeddings.py
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ def compute_embedding(comments: dict) -> dict:
if __name__ == '__main__':
- comments = get_argument_list(path="", filename="NewYorkTimesComments/CommentsApril2017_DEV.csv")
+ comments = get_argument_list(path="", filename="CommentsApril2017_DEV.csv")
comments = compute_embedding(comments)
torch.save(comments, "embedded_comments.pt")