PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Mayim Bialik Is Right, Modesty Is Prudent
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/452902/mayim-bialik-nyt-piece-right?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-10-19&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives



GENERAL INTEREST
Vladimir Putin laughs uncontrollably at suggestion Russia should export pork to Muslim country
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vladimir-putin-laughs-uncontrollably-suggestion-russia-export-pork-muslim-country-085242989.html

Why you might need a passport card to travel domestically in 2018
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/might-need-passport-card-travel-domestically-2018-141115032.html

The other Melania: A Trump horror story
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2017/10/18/the-other-melania-a-trump-horror-story/?nid&utm_term=.c2ee030d5179

HEALTH
Drinking Water for Millions in Rural America Contaminated With Suspected Carcinogen 
https://www.ecowatch.com/drinking-water-nitrate-2497624282.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=1e42da5752-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-1e42da5752-85328381

WILDFIRES
The Energy 202: Western wildfires spark compromise on firefighting in Washington
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2017/10/19/the-energy-202-western-wildfires-spark-compromise-on-firefighting-in-washington/59e7ada730fb041a74e75e04/?utm_term=.ce513d813ca3

Santa Rosa ignored nature’s warning
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/santa-rosa-ignored-natures-warning/2017/10/18/54240560-b425-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.9a553d463ffa&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

SPORTS
Bennett: Kaepernick must be signed before players, owners can make progress (It would be interesting to see the results of a secret vote on this issue by the NFLPA membership ... )
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/thescore-bennett_kaepernick_must_be_signed_before_players_o-rthescore

Desperation:  NFL to give away 500 tickets to Super Bowl 52 
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/sporting_news-nfl_to_give_away_500_tickets_to_super_bowl_52-rspnews

What if the NFL were a diner?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1017/kass101917.php3

SCIENCE
Standing on the Shoulders of Diversocrats
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/452863/academic-diversity-racket-administrators-get-rich-american-competitiveness-suffers?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=171019_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

FOREIGN POLICY
North Korea Knowns and Unknowns
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/452866/north-korea-military-capability-known-and-unknown?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-10-19&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

DEFENSE
Armed Robots: US Lags Rhetoric, Russia 
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/10/armed-robots-us-lags-rhetoric-russia/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=57527802&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9mDRAyL2JlY81Q6PbuFfidPrEIG8_eZiXsu7qEs0PPyMu9oty2aIOSMttlAoIfeu1mdcqmzlumzRQiqc3WGZOyXMFI1g&_hsmi=57527802

Rubio asks Army to kick out West Point grad with pro-communist posts
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/353901-rubio-army-should-revoke-commission-of-west-point-grad-with-pro-communist

IMMIGRATION
California, the sanctuary state, will reap the whirlwind
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/california-the-sanctuary-state-will-reap-the-whirlwind/article/2637991

CHINA
China’s president just laid out a worrying vision for the world
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/xi-jinpings-ambitions-ought-to-concern-the-worlds-democratic-nations/2017/10/18/53c8c9d8-b41c-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.98899e8c78ff&wpisrc=nl_popns&wpmm=1

NORK
Sky high over North Korea — a rare and dazzling 360 video of Pyongyang
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/10/19/the-north-korean-capital-looks-great-from-the-sky-just-as-the-kim-regime-wants/?utm_term=.7a51e6637592&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

TERRORISM
Terrorists planning 'another 9/11', US intelligence head warns 
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/the_week-terrorists_planning_another_911_us_intelligence_he-newscred2

RUSSIAGATE
'Silenced' FBI Informant Called To Testify On Corrupt Russian Bribery Scheme Involving Hillary
http://www.dailywire.com/news/22470/silenced-fbi-informant-called-testify-corrupt-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=101917-news-title&utm_campaign=six

Ex-Trump aides use FBI, ethics, court complaints to counter Russia collusion allegations
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/18/trump-aides-entangled-in-russia-election-quagmire-/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTm1ZMVlUaGpOalJpTWpoaiIsInQiOiIyMFZnSWVZcmFLZDV4Qm02YzAxdFYwNm9oV2d5Z0w4N1paRkhoeHYzZTZcL2tPTFRXWVFWbWdzWHl5M2dISkM3ZTQyOEhrRTBZTktKK0ZPWkE3UG1cL2sxRFpGQlhldlNNR3JRUjM4REVcL2tFU0s3bkUzY0d3S1hSXC9cL3F6bkJ5cmFXIn0%3D

POLITICS
Op-ed: Truth catches up with the effort to abolish the Electoral College 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/truth-catches-up-with-the-effort-to-abolish-the-electoral-college/article/2637915

The Power of King Corn (Underneath the veneer, they are all just crooked politicians)
https://patriotpost.us/articles/51945

Implosion at the DNC as Longtime Officials Lose Top Positions 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2017/10/implosion-at-the-dnc-as-longtime-officials-lose-top-positions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LegalInsurrection+%28Le%C2%B7gal+In%C2%B7sur%C2%B7rec%C2%B7tion%29

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