Tuesday, September 26, 2017

PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Special Forces, Entrepreneurship: Only the Practical Matters
http://havokjournal.com/nation/business/special-forces-entrepreneurship-only-the-practical-matters/

GENERAL INTEREST
What would an entirely flood-proof city look like? 
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/sep/25/what-flood-proof-city-china-dhaka-houston?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=245158&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Darcy Oakes' Jaw-Dropping Dove Illusions
http://www.flixxy.com/darcy-oakes-jaw-dropping-dove-illusions-britains-got-talent-2014.htm

GIVES 'HOME ALONE' an entirely new meaning: Walmart wants to send people into your house to stock the fridge --- even when you're not there 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0917/walmart_home_alone_delivery.php3

The News in Zingers
http://jewishworldreview.com/0917/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
ADHD may be a type of sleep disorder 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0917/ADHD_sleep_disorder.php3

SPORTS
Trump’s Strange, Sports Radio-Style Weekend
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/trumps-strange-sports-radio-style-weekend-1506289670-lMyQjAxMTI3MjI0NTkyNTUzWj/

Mike Rowe: If Fans Want NFL Players To Stop Kneeling, They Should Turn Off The TV
http://thefederalist.com/2017/09/25/mike-rowe-fans-want-nfl-players-stop-kneeling-turn-off-tv/

Professional Bull Riders Association Becomes First Major Sport to Pledge to Stand for National...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3588956/posts

FLASHBACK: NFL Banned Teams From Honoring Murdered Cops; Threatened Players Honoring 9/11
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21473/flashback-nfl-banned-teams-honoring-murdered-cops-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=dwemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092517-news&utm_campaign=position2

TECHNOLOGY
How to open your messed up files 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0917/fix_damaged_files.php3

The inexplicable ease with which foreign hackers attack U.S. computers and security systems is finally grabbing the attention of officials. In a March Washington Post report, a technology expert from Britain's King's College London told a reporter of his astonishment to realize that the "security chips" on Congressional staff members' identification badges are fake: The badge "doesn't actually have a proper chip," he said. "It has a picture of a chip." Apparently, he added, "It's (there) only to prevent chip envy." [Washington Post, 3-31-2017] 

DEFENSE
The U.S. Navy's Nuclear Submarines Could Be Made Obsolete
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-navy-apos-nuclear-submarines-190500502.html

LAW ENFORCEMENT
'NSA leaker' Reality Winner, 25, seeks pre-trial release from jail after the 'Kosher vegan' suffered 'health problems' from eating prison food
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4918600/Reality-Winner-seeks-release-jail-ahead-trial.html

IMMIGRATION
REPORT: Of 1.2 Million Migrants To Germany, Just 2.8% Found Jobs
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21492/report-12-million-migrants-germany-just-28-found-joseph-curl?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092517-news-title&utm_campaign=six

Republicans propose new DACA bill 
http://blabber.buzz/politics/conservative-news/232551-republicans-propose-new-daca-bill

NORK
The Latest: White House rejects NKorea's view of Trump words 
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-the_latest_white_house_rejects_nkoreas_view_of_tru-ap



POTUS
Make America Normal Again
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451708/donald-trump-national-anthem-protests-football-now-divisive?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-09-25&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POLITICS
Please Don’t Arrest Me—Until the Cameras Are Here 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/please-dont-arrest-meuntil-the-cameras-are-here-1506258001-lMyQjAxMTI3NjIyNTkyNjU3Wj/

Monday Short Cuts
https://patriotpost.us/articles/51472

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“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”
                ~ Jack London

Monday, September 25, 2017

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
This flaw in the human mind explains why the world is full of overconfident, bumbling know-it-alls 
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-flaw-in-the-human-mind-explains-why-the-world-is-full-of-overconfident-bumbling-know-it-alls-2017-09-20

Dogs’ Love of Man Is Real
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451614/new-study-confirms-dogs-love-man-real?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Week%20in%20Review%202017-09-24&utm_term=VDHM

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017
http://earthsky.org/earth/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2017-finalists?mc_cid=647914f68c&mc_eid=11b1b20d94

This Is The Real Reason Your Jeans Have Those Studs on the Pockets
http://start.att.net/player/category/news/article/southern_living-this_is_the_real_reason_your_jeans_have_those_stud-5min

The Strange Case of Confederate Cool
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451486/confederate-chic-when-leftists-love-johnny-reb?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Week%20in%20Review%202017-09-24&utm_term=VDHM

News quiz: The year (so far) in review, Part I (5/10)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/24/news-quiz-the-year-so-far-in-review-part-i/?undefined=&utm_term=.8c7785b90b3e&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

HEALTH
A woman inside a restaurant is bitten several times by a copperhead snake
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article175141381.html

Husband dies of disease caused by deer tick in Pennsylvania
https://www.yahoo.com/news/husband-dies-disease-caused-deer-193608039.html

You won’t believe where you might encounter bedbugs these days
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/you-wont-believe-where-you-might-encounter-bedbugs-these-days/2017/09/22/78d22f98-93e8-11e7-aace-04b862b2b3f3_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.41d5a5e1bd77&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

HEALTH CARE
Health Insurers and Drug Companies Contributed $26.2 Million to 111th Congress
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/newsrelease/health-insurers-and-drug-companies-contributed-262-million-111th-congress

Four Themes Shaping the Future of Health Care
https://www.globalxfunds.com/four-themes-shaping-the-future-of-health-care/#..WcezIwhifiM.mailto

MEXICO CITY
Mexico City, Before and After the Earthquake
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/23/world/americas/mexico-city-earthquake-surveying-destruction-damage.html?emc=edit_nn_20170924&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

CLIMATE CHANGE
The Weird Way That Climate Change Could Make Earthquakes Worse
http://www.newsweek.com/weird-way-climate-change-could-make-earthquakes-worse-669922

EDUCATION
Forget Cheat ‘Sheet’ — Student Outwits Professor With Enormous 'Cheat Poster'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-cheat-sheet-student-outwits-130123589.html

TECHNOLOGY


LAW ENFORCEMENT
Axon hopes you'll submit smartphone video as evidence
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/axon-hopes-apos-ll-submit-100400872.html

BIG BROTHER
The new electronic police state
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/electronic-police-state-133057392.html

SOCIAL MEDIA


Obama tried to give Zuckerberg a wake-up call over fake news on Facebook
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-tried-to-give-zuckerberg-a-wake-up-call-over-fake-news-on-facebook/2017/09/24/15d19b12-ddac-4ad5-ac6e-ef909e1c1284_story.html?utm_term=.3fe2bca83afe&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-economy%252Bnation&wpmk=1

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“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”
                ~ Jack London

Sunday, September 24, 2017

Jocko Podcast 63 w/ Colonel Bill Reeder: "My Captivity in Vietnam"

Jocko Podcast 76 with Charlie Plumb - 6 Years a POW at The Hanoi Hilton




I met Charlie Plumb back in the late 70s or early 80's. Actually I was in the Gulf of Tonkin when the POW's were released. After the shooting stopped, we stayed around a month or so longer to warn shipping away from the Northern Gulf of Tonkin where a lot of mines were laid. By the time we got back to Subic Bay, PI, the POW's had already come and gone through Clark Airbase. That was a good feeling.

PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Why I hitchhiked the Rust Belt in search of the American man
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/19/in-search-of-the-american-man-hitchhiking-masculinity?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=244299&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

GENERAL INTEREST   
The News in Zingers
http://jewishworldreview.com/0917/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
This place may be the couch potato capital of America
https://moneyish.com/ish/exercise_regularly/

HEALTH CARE
The High Cost of Public Reporting (Here it comes.)
http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2017/09/18/the-cost-of-public-reporting/


EQUIFAX
What retirees should do in wake of Equifax data breach
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-retirees-should-do-in-wake-of-equifax-data-breach-2017-09-18

Equifax suffered previously undisclosed hack in March
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/equifax-suffered-previously-undisclosed-hack-in-march-report-2017-09-18

ADDITIONAL CREDIT BUREAUS
Who is Innovis? Are They A Fourth Credit Bureau?
https://blog.smartcredit.com/2011/06/20/who-is-innovis-are-they-a-fourth-credit-bureau/

PRBC
https://www.prbc.com/

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Students protest Western Civ course because it’s too European
http://redalertpolitics.com/2017/09/18/students-protest-western-civ-course-european/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter%20-%2009/19/17&utm_medium=email

For the sake of “equity,” school abandons tradition of honoring top performing graduates
http://redalertpolitics.com/2017/09/18/sake-equity-school-abandons-tradition-honoring-top-performing-graduates/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter%20-%2009/19/17&utm_medium=email

BUSINESS
Verizon cutoffs mark an uncertain future for rural customers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/verizon-cutoffs-mark-uncertain-future-215500722.html


WEATHER
Hurricane Jose Could Affect Maria's Path
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/hurricane-jose-could-affect-marias-path-0?pl=pl-hurricane-maria

FOREIGN POLICY
Crafting Trump’s first National Security Strategy: What it could be—and why it might not matter anyway
https://www.brookings.edu/research/crafting-trumps-first-national-security-strategy-what-it-could-be-and-why-it-might-not-matter-anyway/

UN
Trump’s Successful U.N. Speech
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451501/trumps-un-speech-was-success?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-09-19&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

IMMIGRATION
In Germany, immigrants are becoming a serious political force
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/09/19/in-germany-immigrants-are-becoming-a-serious-political-force/?utm_term=.c0233cfae1bb&wpisrc=nl_popns&wpmm=1

NORK
Brutal and inhumane laws North Koreans are forced to live under
https://www.yahoo.com/news/brutal-inhumane-laws-north-koreans-115952831.html

Attack On North Korea Could Spare Allies, Secretary Mattis Says. Analysts Aren't So Sure.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/north-korea-james-mattis_us_59c05eaae4b0f22c4a8c0b15

RUSSIAGATE
Paul Manafort wiretapped — and suddenly, Trump’s not so crazy
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/19/paul-manafort-wiretapped-and-suddenly-trumps-not-s/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRkbE5HVXlOelppTUdSbCIsInQiOiJTajBubVdUbVFuUlgrSzBoZGZtMWVqNGtzVHJCMVlPZnhGTEFhamhVRjJWZ3ZBcjNOSzhBT1RvbzUzVklrSU5seExkTGRoZHdjOXFtTWJyaEs5RCtRNGU0SWpRaDhXSGVjVEk3T0NZUEFraTJTSXRMYTA3bDFrcENVcUExXC9YdEIifQ%3D%3D

Manafort Has Been Told He Will Be Indicted
http://blabber.buzz/politics/conservative-news/228557-sources-manafort-has-been-told-he-will-be-indicted

Trump’s lawyer trashes Russia dossier, says document ‘riddled with total falsehoods’
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/19/michael-cohen-trashes-trump-russia-dossier-riddled/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpoaE9URm1Nalk0TURSaiIsInQiOiJWWGlKVmgxQzBzWTFqZW9cLzA5c3g0amhjWVhqZldpRW8zOFwvTXpUdDgyQVdEeStaQTZGbTM0TnErOHJTQThyV2MwazBlRXNMa0VTXC9LSEI4OWtVbVcxNTVRU0lkYUJmNEZTNTVYNVwveWorTmh5UDJtdzlHaDMrNGJTWGVMUUdsUHcifQ%3D%3D

POLITICS
After DACA deal, few Trump voters attend “Mother of All Rallies.” Those who showed up explain why
http://redalertpolitics.com/2017/09/18/daca-deal-trump-voters-attend-mother-rallies-showed-explain/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter%20-%2009/19/17&utm_medium=email

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“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”
                ~ Jack London

PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Elizabeth Warren confronted over ‘one percenter’ status, says ‘it’s not hypocrisy’
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/22/elizabeth-warren-confronted-over-one-percenter-sta/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRrM016QTVNR0kzT1RWbCIsInQiOiJ2T0ZSSmdJcll1Z2xxZmpcL2lcL1wvaGFZa2RNc2JBVStkMkxPcm5MN0poTU5EZE51Z24rTjdPQnZMNHRub1cyZ1YxZ2hueUpxRnhERWNrYlpkNmlpVzJ4aUE4ZlwvbEgxODJTR2lteHJ1bHhOenJUdmNnbEpHXC85Z2NDMzFNN2ZWZE90In0%3D

GENERAL INTEREST
America's new $1billion embassy in London is the world’s most expensive - and it’s being protected from deadly terrorists... by a tiny moat!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4907900/World-s-expensive-Embassy-protected-tiny-moat.html

HEALTH
98 brain tumors: lessons in fortitude and forgiveness
https://www.uchealth.org/today/2017/08/30/98-brain-tumors-lessons-in-fortitude-and-forgiveness/?utm_source=UCHealth%20Today&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=brain%20tumor&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=UCHealth+Today+News&utm_campaign=9%2F14+External

Death Wish Coffee recalls its Nitro Cold Brew over risk of deadly botulin toxin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/22/death-wish-coffee-recalls-its-nitro-cold-brew-over-risk-of-deadly-botulin-toxin/?utm_term=.e2314960576b&wpisrc=nl_mix&wpmm=1

How Much Water Should You Drink? Here Is THE Definitive Answer.
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21417/how-much-water-should-you-drink-here-definitive-joseph-curl?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092217-news-title&utm_campaign=two

I live a healthier life now I’m free of the trappings of modernity 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/21/healthier-life-free-modernity-doctors-technology-exercise-herbs?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=244766&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Portland Police Declare Tracking Gang Affiliation Is Racist
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21365/portland-police-declare-tracking-gang-affiliation-tyler-dahnke?utm_source=dwemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092117-news&utm_campaign=position4

So, What's With This 'Gender Unicorn' Popping Up On College Campuses?
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21389/so-whats-gender-unicorn-popping-college-campuses-paul-bois?utm_source=dwemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092217-news&utm_campaign=position3

ALT____
‘James Comey, you’re not our homie!’: Protesters disrupt ex-FBI director’s speech at Howard University
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/protesters-disrupt-former-fbi-director-comeys-speech-at-howard-university/2017/09/22/ae75d1c8-9fae-11e7-9c8d-cf053ff30921_story.html?utm_term=.6ccba994704e&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

MONEY
Spending alerts don’t work for the people who need them the most 
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/spending-alerts-dont-work-for-the-people-who-need-them-the-most-2017-09-22

Congress Takes Positive Steps to Protect Property Owners From Asset Seizure
http://dailysignal.com/2017/09/18/congress-takes-positive-steps-to-protect-property-owners-from-asset-seizure/

MARIA
‘Thousands of people could die’: 70,000 in Puerto Rico urged to evacuate with dam in ‘imminent’ danger
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/22/at-least-6-dead-in-puerto-rico-due-to-hurricane-maria-officials-say/?utm_term=.517a085102b9&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-world%252Bnation&wpmk=1


Puerto Rico Faces Mountain of Obstacles on the Road to Recovery
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/us/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-recovery.html?emc=edit_nn_20170922&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
... and ...
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000005441310/maria-hits-dominica-and-guadeloupe.html?emc=edit_nn_20170922&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

CYBER SECURITY
Keeping Things Secure From Cyber Attacks
https://dieselgasturbine.com/keeping-things-secure-cyber-attacks/

DEFENSE
Watch: Taliban Shoot at US Military, “They Don’t Know What’s About to Hit Them”
https://conservativetribune.com/taliban-us-military-hit-them/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=patriotupdate&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=libertyalliance

Urban Battles May Mean Fricking Lasers, EW, Networks For Air Force 
http://breakingdefense.com/2017/09/urban-battles-may-mean-fricking-lasers-ew-networks-for-air-force/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=56608328&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7JSxt5u2ar26rzldUY8a8fhADorNCzRKxMIZFke_LrPPWDHP2MMRQu2qOfSh5GIaFRUM91PHoTpM9xmJVqZaG-mLb4Q&_hsmi=56608328

MEDIA
New York Times Omits Key Details About Identities Of London Bombers
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21362/new-york-times-omits-key-details-about-identities-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=dwemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092117-news&utm_campaign=position1

The media are on the brink of a nervous breakdown
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-media-are-on-the-brink-of-a-nervous-breakdown/article/2635193

Sharyl Attkisson rips media for ignoring weaponization of intel agencies under Obama
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/21/sharyl-attkisson-rips-media-for-ignoring-weaponiza/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWTJRNU1qZGtNVEZoTXpZMyIsInQiOiJiSGV0NUJEbk10K2x5MkxMa0ZtZHFlWXlhZ1VRUEtIWE9DRVY5Y25cL3BlWGgwU0orTXNmXC96S254bHF6OG9CMTl3MkN6TmVONndDTzBzNjQyZXdVb0xVT0VjalV5ZkRrSFJUbkx4MHROUzM1QWdpZVJSRmVUK1NlV280SzRIbXU0In0%3D

IMMIGRATION
Build a wall around DACA
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/build-a-wall-around-daca/article/2635224?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Examiner+Today&utm_source=StructureCMS

EEOC prioritizes protection for immigrants, migrants, Muslims, Arabs 
http://blabber.buzz/politics/conservative-news/230694-eeoc-prioritizes-protection-for-immigrants-migrants-muslims-arabs

IRAN
Iran’s president says country will ‘strengthen’ missile capabilities 
http://blabber.buzz/politics/conservative-news/230655-irans-president-says-country-will-strengthen-missile-capabilities

NORK
China imposes limit on oil supply to North Korea
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/the_associated_press-china_imposes_limits_on_oil_supply_to_north_korea-ap

Command and Control in North Korea: What a Nuclear Launch Might Look Like
https://warontherocks.com/2017/09/command-and-control-in-north-korea-what-a-nuclear-launch-might-look-like/

North Korea warns of hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific Ocean
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/north-korea-warns-of-hydrogen-bomb-test-in-the-pacific-ocean/article/2635242?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Examiner+Today&utm_source=StructureCMS

RUSSIAGATE
Mueller team under fire for 'brass-knuckle' tactics in bid to squeeze Manafort
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/22/mueller-team-under-fire-for-brass-knuckle-tactics-in-bid-to-squeeze-manafort.html


-- 
“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”
                ~ Jack London