PLATT - MISC NEWS

SPECIAL
We're at the end of white Christian America. What will that mean?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/20/end-of-white-christian-america?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=244445&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

The Black Family Is Struggling, and It’s Not Because of Slavery
http://dailysignal.com/2017/09/20/black-family-struggling-not-slavery/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTldSaVl6QXlZVEUwWVRoaiIsInQiOiJmSXIyUHZzaFQ1TGpSSFBlZVhZazh1OVY0RjU5XC9yNzNERHdlaFRBVWJwc05TbDVjS3lMMVpTb3Z4OXU1Y1ZBM2RNWDVjR3dNZW5uUnJPdjUzWjZYSFNTWG9NeGtTVUxmMkNKaG1KbFFnckxDSzZVakxpZWg3ZnY3R1RhZllrRzkifQ%3D%3D

GENERAL INTEREST
Pirates - yes, pirates - may be why the US doesn't use the metric system 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0917/pirates_metric.php3

Keillor:  Of thee they sing with feeling
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/of-thee-they-sing-with-feeling/2017/09/19/f5973e9e-9d50-11e7-9c8d-cf053ff30921_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.286024a67e60&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

This Is the Least Diverse State in US
http://www.newser.com/story/248853/this-is-the-least-diverse-state-in-us.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_lifestyle_syn

HEALTH
Would you pay $475,000 to be cured of cancer? 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0917/cancer_cure_expensive.php3

Food Consumed At Church Functions Does Not Count Toward Daily Caloric Intake, Nutritionists Confirm
http://babylonbee.com/news/food-consumed-church-functions-not-count-toward-daily-caloric-intake-nutritionists-confirm/

Why That $3 Organic Apple Might Not Be Organic After All
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451542/organic-food-safety-integrity-united-states-department-agriculture-report-enforcement-flaws?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-09-20&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

DISASTERS
The Climate Catastrophe We’re All Ignoring 
https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-catastrophe-2485745545.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=fb2394e5c3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-fb2394e5c3-85328381

Hurricanes are dominating the news. But forest fires are raging out West. 
https://mg.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=neo&reason=bkt_myc#3624698766

Buildings Across Mexico City That Toppled in the Earthquake
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/19/world/americas/mexico-earthquake-map-photos.html?emc=edit_nn_20170920&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Puerto Rico entirely without power as Hurricane Maria hammers island with force not seen in ‘modern history’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/20/hurricane-maria-takes-aim-at-puerto-rico-with-force-not-seen-in-modern-history/?utm_term=.5116f28cd366&wpisrc=al_alert-national&wpmk=1

Dave Barry:  Even with Irma knocking at our door, we here in Miami are NOT FREAKING OUT AT ALL!
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article171702477.html

SPORTS
Eight-year-old football players kneel during national anthem amid St. Louis protests
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/09/20/eight-year-old-football-players-kneel-during-national-anthem-amid-st-louis-protests/?utm_term=.b7b877cecece&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

ENERGY
Hurricane Irma cut power to nearly two-thirds of Florida's electricity customers
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=32992&src=email

EDUCATION
‘Future Dead Cops’: A Hateful Tweet Exposes an Academic Cancer
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451479/campus-leftism-michael-isaacson-john-jay-college-twitter-future-dead-cops-berkeley-ben-shapiro-liberal-arts-natural-sciences?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=170919_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

ENVIRONMENT
Who’s the world’s leading eco-vandal? It’s Angela Merkel 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/19/world-leading-eco-vandal-angela-merkel-german-environmental?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=244445&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

BUSINESS
Unemployment Is So 2009: Labor Shortage Gives Workers an Edge
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/business/economy/labor-shortage.html?emc=edit_nn_20170920&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Detoured by Government
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0917/stossel092017.php3

CYBERSECURITY
Ransomware hack targeting 2 million an hour 
https://www.axios.com/ransomware-hack-targeting-2-million-an-hour-2487583502.html

The growing threat of ransomware attacks 
https://www.axios.com/ransomware-attack-is-an-escalation-of-cyber-hacks-2449233920.html

NORK
North Korean defector describes witnessing 11 musicians executed by anti-aircraft guns
https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korean-defector-describes-witnessing-11-musicians-executed-anti-aircraft-guns-134800965.html

RUSSIAGATE
Mueller casts broad net in requesting extensive records from Trump White House
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-casts-broad-net-in-requesting-extensive-records-from-trump-white-house/2017/09/20/3c5cfbe2-9e2e-11e7-8ea1-ed975285475e_story.html?utm_term=.4d54e6bbafc2&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%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