PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
The kindness of strangers: Seven tales of totally unexpected benevolence, from our readers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2017/11/13/the-kindness-of-strangers-seven-tales-of-totally-unexpected-benevolence-from-our-readers/?utm_term=.23e8e3f97ab0&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

GENERAL INTEREST
The Latest: Iran's death toll from earthquake rises to 445
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2017/11/13/the-latest-at-least-30-dead-200-hurt-in-iraniraq-quake-n2408436

No, whites do not face discrimination en masse today 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/no-whites-do-not-face-discrimination-en-masse-today/article/2640409

Rand Paul’s alleged assault by a neighbor is a cautionary tale for all homeowners 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/rand-pauls-alleged-assault-by-a-neighbor-is-cautionary-tale-for-all-homeowners-2017-11-13

JetBlue passenger bit by dog at Orlando airport says airline isn't helping identify the owner 
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-jetblue_passenger_bit_by_dog_at_orlando_airport_sa-rfoxnews/category/news

The News in Zingers 
http://jewishworldreview.com/1117/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
Blood pressure of 130 is the new ‘high,’ according to first update of guidelines in 14 years
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/11/13/blood-pressure-of-130-is-the-new-high-according-to-first-update-of-guidelines-in-14-years/?utm_term=.8b7c1bbc11f2&wpisrc=al_news__alert-hse--alert-national&wpmk=1

Head Transplants: Sergio Canavero Is About to Perform the First Human Surgery—and There’s Nothing to Stop Him
https://www.yahoo.com/news/head-transplants-sergio-canavero-perform-164142880.html

HEALTH CARE
Amazon to regulators: We won't use state licenses to sell prescription drugs
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-regulators-won-apos-t-202135653.html

GRUESOME
Man killed in woodchipper accident 
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news%20/article/fox_news-man_killed_in_woodchipper_accident-rfoxnews

ENVIRONMENT
The Federal Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Is a Bipartisan Success Story, Which House Republicans Want to Undo 
https://www.ecowatch.com/electric-vehicles-tax-credit-2509058367.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=a10fc2ef92-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-a10fc2ef92-85328381

SPORTS
Roger Goodell is Asking for a Ludicrous Raise
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2017/11/12/roger-goodell-is-asking-for-50-million-and-a-lifetime-private-jet-n2408434?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

GQ magazine names Colin Kaepernick 'Citizen of the Year'
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/gq-magazine-names-colin-kaepernick-citizen-year-160912129.html

OCEANOGRAPHY
Mystery 'Shadow Patch' in Pacific Hasn't Moved For 1,000 Years And Scientists Finally Know Why
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mystery-apos-shadow-patch-apos-182803369.html

TECHNOLOGY
Algorithms With Minds of Their Own
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/algorithms-with-minds-of-their-own-1510521093-lMyQjAxMTE3NDEwMzIxNjMzWj/

CYBER SECURITY
Surveillance Cameras Made by China Are Hanging All Over the U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/surveillance-cameras-made-by-china-are-hanging-all-over-the-u-s-1510513949-lMyQjAxMTA3MzE4MzMxMzM2Wj/

NATIONAL SECURITY
Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. to Its Core
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/12/us/nsa-shadow-brokers.html?emc=edit_nn_20171113&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 Navy SEALs killed Green Beret over embezzlement scheme: report 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/2-navy-seals-killed-green-beret-over-embezzlement-scheme-report-2017-11-12

Sessions considering second special counsel to investigate Republican concerns, letter shows
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-considering-second-special-counsel-to-investigate-republican-concerns-letter-shows/2017/11/13/bc92ef3c-c8d2-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html?utm_term=.84901768b827&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1

Small-town SWAT teams proliferate in Western Massachusetts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/11/13/small-town-swat-teams-proliferate-in-western-massachusetts/?utm_term=.d8c276bf449e&wpisrc=nl_popns&wpmm=1

SOCIAL MEDIA
'Way too little, way too late': Facebook's fact checkers say effort is failing 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/13/way-too-little-way-too-late-facebooks-fact-checkers-say-effort-is-failing?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=252135&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

TERRORISM
The digital war against Isis is being lost. What should be done? 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/13/digital-war-against-isis-lost-islamic-state-mohamad-al-arefe?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=252135&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

NORK
North Korean Shot as He Apparently Defects Across DMZ
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/north-korean-shot-as-he-apparently-defects-across-dmz-1510570310-lMyQjAxMTA3OTEzMzQxNDMyWj/

MIDDLE EAST
Tillerson Sees Some Cause for Concern in Saudi Arabia Crackdown 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/tillerson-sees-some-cause-for-concern-in-saudi-arabia-crackdown-1510352922-lMyQjAxMTA3MjE4MzMxNjM4Wj/

POLITICS
Hillary Clinton, the DNC and the Law
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/hillary-clinton-the-dnc-and-the-law-1510521378-lMyQjAxMTA3NTE3MzIxOTMxWj/

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“The last resort of the competitive economy is the bailiff, but the ultimate sanction of a planned economy
is the hangman."
                ~ F. A. Hayek