PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Kiss Take Shot At Colin Kaepernick - Honor Veterans, Say Pledge, Play National Anthem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsGGjYaeFqM&feature=youtu.be

GENERAL INTEREST
The woman who flipped off Donald Trump is getting a huge payday because of it 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-woman-who-flipped-off-donald-trump-is-getting-a-huge-payday-because-of-it-2017-11-14

South African doctor invents female condoms with 'teeth' to fight rape
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/20/south.africa.female.condom/index.html

HEALTH
In Medicine, the Science Has Stopped Working
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453748/research-replication-crisis-growing-problem?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-11-15&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Link Between Alcohol and Cancer? It’s Not Nearly as Scary as It Seems
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/upshot/health-alcohol-cancer-research.html?emc=edit_nn_20171115&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

How to get enough protein, without meat
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/how-to-get-enough-protein-without-meat/2017/11/13/b6d139b4-c3d7-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?utm_term=.f443a40c0832&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

HEALTH CARE
Parents of 4-year-old with cancer can’t buy ACA plan to cover her hospital care
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/parents-of-4-year-old-with-cancer-cant-buy-aca-plan-to-cover-her-hospital-care/2017/11/15/a3ba6fb6-c56d-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html?utm_term=.9f2305625398&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
'Lock her up': Girl who mistakenly shot elk 'bullied' as wildlife officials decide her fate (A fine, absolutely but, "lock her up", that's effing stupid.  The kid is just 14 years old.  Most likely it's the anti-gun/hunting crowd.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/15/lock-her-up-girl-who-mistakenly-shot-elk-bullied-wildlife-officials-decide-her-fate/865541001/

JOBS
How the Robot Revolution Could Create 21 Million Jobs
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/how-the-robot-revolution-could-create-21-million-jobs-1510758001-lMyQjAxMTA3OTEzNTQxNDUyWj/

The Poor Are Not Poor Because the Rich Are Rich
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2017/11/15/the-poor-are-not-poor-because-the-rich-are-rich-n2409395?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

CLIMATE CHANGE
Global climate action must be gender equal 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/15/global-climate-action-must-be-gender-equal?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=252464&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

ENVIRONMENT 
An Immediate Threat
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/an-immediate-threat

ASTRONOMY
Second-Closest Earth-Like Planet Discovered
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/popular_mechanics-secondclosest_earthlike_planet_discovered-rhearst/category/news

DEFENSE
Army Didn’t Submit ‘Significant Amount’ of Military Convictions to Federal Database
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/army-didnt-submit-significant-amount-of-military-convictions-to-federal-databases-1510777076-lMyQjAxMTE3NjEzNTQxNDU4Wj/

30 Army Photos With Hilarious New Captions
http://blog.theveteranssite.com/army-funny-captions/

TERRORISM
‘He could have blown up the block’: Fla. police discover booby-trapped SpongeBob lunchbox
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/11/14/he-could-have-blown-up-the-block-fla-police-discover-booby-trapped-spongebob-lunchbox/?utm_term=.a675a195df03&wpisrc=nl_mix&wpmm=1

I released 2,000 minks from a fur farm. Now I'm a convicted terrorist 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/15/i-released-2000-minks-fur-farm-convicted-terrorist?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=252464&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Russia’s ‘proof’ that U.S. helps ISIS is from a video game. Mistakes happen, Kremlin says.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/11/14/russia-is-using-a-video-game-to-prove-the-u-s-is-letting-isis-flee-syria/?undefined=&utm_term=.8174c0dd3bed&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

NORK
Trump 'Sentenced to Death' in North Korea Over Tweet
http://www.newser.com/story/251626/north-korea-hideous-criminal-trump-is-sentenced-to-death.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=synacor&utm_campaign=rss_world_syn

POLITICS
Who’s the More Effective Conservative?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453735/mitch-mcconnell-federal-judiciary-more-effective-conservative-steve-bannon-roy-moore?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=171115_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Democrats introduce articles of impeachment against Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/15/democrats-introduce-articles-impeachment-trump/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRreE5tRXhZakU0T0dZMiIsInQiOiJqRVJwYit6MlwvTng0TUhOYVRhNExrZVJVak5CVGt3WmtJelNKc2ExSUFkQktmdkZEU00xRU9ZYlRxVVFNWkNcL0NaVUJ0N0hRdWkxNWVZK1llS1F6VG81enl1SXJLeUFyVDhqR3NWTnpHS1B0cytaOXBhdlJMelo5UUJHRVwvQmFrayJ9
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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