PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Gold Star Families Are Sacrosanct
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453028/honoring-gold-star-families-protecting-innocents-some-things-must-remain-sacred

GENERAL INTEREST
Feminists gave up the high ground in the Bill Clinton era; they can't get it back
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feminists-gave-up-the-high-ground-in-the-bill-clinton-era-they-cant-get-it-back/article/2638413

George Clooney's 'Perfect Example Of Unconscious Sexism In Action'
http://www.dailywire.com/news/22660/george-clooneys-perfect-example-unconscious-sexism-joseph-curl

What would you save if your life depended on it? 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1017/albom102417.php3

The News in Zingers 
http://jewishworldreview.com/1017/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
World leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come ‘sooner than we expect’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/10/24/world-leaders-rehearse-for-a-pandemic-that-will-come-sooner-than-we-expect/?undefined=&utm_term=.b1d6440d3d81&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

PROGRESSIVES RUN AMOK
9 Tips To Avoid Being A Racist Bigot This Halloween
http://www.dailywire.com/news/22665/9-tips-avoid-being-racist-bigot-halloween-matt-walsh

No, Sam Smith Isn't 'Just As Much Woman As I Am A Man.' Because That's Ridiculous.
http://www.dailywire.com/news/22620/no-sam-smith-isnt-just-much-woman-i-am-man-because-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=102417-news-title&utm_campaign=three

David Schwimmer Did Something Awesome To Make A Female Critic Feel Comfortable. The Media Cheer Him. So Why Did They Target Mike Pence?
http://www.dailywire.com/news/22663/david-schwimmer-did-something-awesome-make-female-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=102417-news-title&utm_campaign=lead

TAXES
Tax Cuts Are Coming. So Are the Fights About Paying for Them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/us/politics/tax-cuts-costs-offsetting-tax-increases.html?emc=edit_nn_20171024&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Thanks, DW ... 


PUERTO RICO
Small Montana firm lands Puerto Rico’s biggest contract to get the power back on
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/small-montana-firm-lands-puerto-ricos-biggest-contract-to-get-the-power-back-on/2017/10/23/31cccc3e-b4d6-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.d35ef14442f6&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-economy%252Bnation&wpmk=1

Why FEMA sent ‘junk food’ to Puerto Rican hurricane survivors
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/24/why-fema-sent-junk-food-to-puerto-rican-hurricane-survivors/?utm_term=.010c622675a8&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

CYBER SECURITY
New ransomware is causing major issues across Europe and Russia (I strongly suggest that you immediately go into your computer control panel and remove "Adobe Flash" )
https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/24/ransomware-major-issues-across-europe-russia/

NATIONAL SECURITY
No Nuke Bombers On Call 24/7, But Alert Centers Being Upgraded  (This miscommunications is more than a little bit scary considering that we are  talking about nuclear weapons here ... )
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/10/no-nuke-bombers-on-call-247-but-alert-centers-being-upgraded/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=57668732&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9noEHfTxnmn3LE2onPx5I3t5Myw7k-2GTBDtVSyOrSPua2VnH2PZ918YvWiafFkF3NtFDIaQqXuSFNuWWoUSjnbMSDJg&_hsmi=57668732

DEFENSE
Pentagon advocates requiring women to sign up for military draft
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/24/pentagon-advocates-requiring-women-to-sign-up-for-/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpBMVptTTVOelJrTlRRNCIsInQiOiJJY1RuZk93TzZjZ1BlOVRjaUFnZmxIcmhvK1k2djE5R0NSRVRFalloQWUwWGpNbTg2cEhQMDJTSEQ2RDFDUFdJcFMxZjJhQTF2bkJaTHptRzJyUUVQcVJtNHVka2pIRGVVYU5GU1ZOam9BTFBiOURmV1ozd0xcL2xpVlArOVJIZk0ifQ%3D%3D

LAW ENFORCEMENT
FBI couldn’t access nearly 7K devices because of encryption
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/fbi-couldnt-access-nearly-7k-devices-because-of-encryption/2017/10/22/75c712e6-b765-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html?utm_term=.12a53425ee18&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

BIG BROTHER
Google wants to run cities without being elected. Don't let it 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/24/google-alphabet-sidewalk-labs-toronto?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=249332&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

MIDDLE EAST
As Islamic State falls, has US missed bigger picture?
https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-islamic-state-falls-has-us-missed-bigger-picture/

TERRORISM
Congress AWOL in the War on Terror
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/congress-awol-in-the-war-on-terror/article/2638405

RUSSIAGATE
The Facebook Farce
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453023/russian-facebook-ad-buys-did-they-really-affect-election?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=171024_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.1aaa7483067a&wpisrc=al_exclusive__alert-exclusive--alert-national&wpmk=1

POLITICS
Increasingly Partisan Americans Don’t Want ‘Unity’
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453057/polarization-america-unity-both-sides&arubalp=065e75cc-4b77-4e71-831b-7f51ac65b6?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-10-24&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

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