GENERAL INTEREST
Weary of the Internet, I went back to mail. 108 letters later, here’s what I learned.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/12/11/weary-of-the-internet-i-went-back-to-mail-108-letters-later-heres-what-i-learned/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-posteverything%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.795c85a3f001
Shining sea and sky
http://earthsky.org/todays-image/tehran-sea-sky-phytoplankton-photo?mc_cid=e0297fdbec&mc_eid=11b1b20d94
Winning photos capture awe-inspiring moments of science
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/royal-society-photography-contest-celebrate-science
Unquote
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/schiller_unquote.php3
The News in Zingers
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/hamilton.php3
HEALTH
To Work All His Muscles, He Gets the Ax
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/to-work-all-his-muscles-he-gets-the-ax-1512821221-lMyQjAxMTA3NzE1MTAxODE1Wj/
Woman beats bedbug infestation, but her house is a loser
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/woman-beats-bedbug-infestation-but-her-house-is-a-loser-2017-12-10
URBAN LIFE
Portland homeless crisis: sportswear CEO's threat prompts soul-searching
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/11/columbia-sportswear-ceo-tim-boyle-homeless-portland?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=256203&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection
Playgrounds for Elites
https://www.city-journal.org/html/playgrounds-elites-15494.html
EDUCATION
About That ‘Hillsdale Exemption’
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/about-that-hillsdale-exemption-1512938724-lMyQjAxMTI3MTEyMTkxMjE2Wj/
Quotation of the day on the only lens given to today’s college students (power) and how it leads to intellectual impotence….
https://www.aei.org/publication/quotation-of-the-day-on-the-only-lens-given-to-todays-college-students-power-and-how-it-leads-to-intellectual-impotence/
I go to UC Berkeley and I'm watching free speech slip away
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/i-go-to-uc-berkeley-and-im-watching-free-speech-slip-away/article/2643063
JOBS
Pushed by Trump, states look to promote apprenticeships
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pushed-by-trump-states-look-to-promote-apprenticeships/article/2642903
Who are the poor Americans?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41930107
The death of the shoe salesman is long overdue
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/postrel121117.php3
BUSINESS
Annoying office drone forces overworked Japanese employees to knock off at night
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/annoying-office-drone-forces-overworked-japanese-employees-to-knock-off-at-night-2017-12-11
SPORTS
Weak 14: NFL Stadiums Look Like Ghost Towns As Attendance Crisis Continues
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/12/10/weak-14-nfl-stadiums-continue-ghost-towns-attendance-crisis-cintinues/
CLIMATE CHANGE
Why did climate scientists emit 30,000 tonnes of C02 this weekend?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/11/climate-scientists-emit-30000-tonnes-c02?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=256203&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection
AGRICULTURE
Mass starvation is humanity’s fate if we keep flogging the land to death
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/11/mass-starvation-humanity-flogging-land-death-earth-food?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=256203&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection
PHYSICS
Long-theorized new form of matter, excitonium, finally discovered
https://newatlas.com/excitonium-new-form-matter/52550/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=459b6f6646-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-459b6f6646-91357693
ENERGY
The Super Basin Behind U.S. NatGas Dominance
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/super-basin-behind-u-natgas-200000976.html
GEOLOGY / OCEANOLOGY
The Earth is making a weird noise, and researchers have no idea why
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/bgr-the_earth_is_making_a_weird_noise_and_researchers-rpenskemc/category/news
TECHNOLOGY
Net Neutrality’s Holes in Europe May Offer Peek at Future in U.S. (Repealing this is gonna be a huge mistake.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/10/business/net-neutrality-europe-fcc.html?emc=edit_nn_20171211&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
DEFENSE
Pentagon Makes New Push to Put a Laser Weapon on a Fighter Jet
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/pentagon-makes-new-push-to-put-a-laser-weapon-on-a-fighter-jet-1512756505-lMyQjAxMTI3NDEwMTgxMjE5Wj/
NATIONAL SECURITY
Can Congress rein in 'fire and fury'?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will120917.php3
MEDIA
The U.S. Media Suffered Its Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages and Now Refuses All Transparency Over What Happened
https://theintercept.com/2017/12/09/the-u-s-media-yesterday-suffered-its-most-humiliating-debacle-in-ages-now-refuses-all-transparency-over-what-happened/
IMMIGRATION
In fear of deportation: five hours that can make or break a family's future
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/dec/11/us-immigration-ice-deportation?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=256203&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection
TERRORISM
How ISIS Produced Its Cruel Arsenal on an Industrial Scale
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/10/world/middleeast/isis-bombs.html?emc=edit_nn_20171211&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
NORK
N. Korea's advances in biotech alarm US
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/20171211/n-koreasadvances-in-biotechalarm-us
N. Korea Says Kim Climbed Mountain in Dress Shoes
http://www.newser.com/story/252719/n-korea-says-kim-climbed-mountain-in-dress-shoes.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_world_syn
PUERTO RICO
Official Toll in Puerto Rico: 64. Actual Deaths May Be 1,052.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/08/us/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-death-toll.html?emc=edit_nn_20171211&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
RUSSIAGATE
Forget Collusion. Can Mueller Prove Russia Committed Cyberespionage?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454515/russian-cyberespionage-does-mueller-have-proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=171211_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt
The Long War on Donald Trump
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-long-war-on-donald-trump-1512774932-lMyQjAxMTA3MTEzMTkxMDE1Wj/
POLITICS
Thanks, TM ...
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"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion
to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of
his actions and the integrity of his intent."
--Douglas MacArthur
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