PLATT - MISC News

CHRISTMAS
Teacher's homeroom class surprises him with tickets to a Duke basketball game
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/teachers-homeroom-class-surprises-tickets-duke-basketball-game-194747642.html

Bob Welsh - My Christmas Eve
https://www.youtube.com/embed/WxjZB5S_g7s?rel=0

GENERAL INTEREST
The funniest wildlife photos of 2017 are just as wild and hilarious as you'd expect
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/12/15/funniest-wildlife-photos-2017-just-wild-and-hilarious-youd-expect/955613001/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories

Washington Commuters Ask: For Whom Does the E-ZPass Toll?
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/washington-commuters-ask-for-whom-does-the-e-zpass-toll-1513381946-lMyQjAxMTA3MTEzNjkxMDY1Wj/

HEALTH
After searching 12 years for bipolar disorder's cause, team concludes it has many
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-years-bipolar-disorder-team.html

PARENTING
13 Hilarious Parenting Quotes That Will Have You Saying "So True"
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/lifestyle/article/good_housekeeping-13_hilarious_parenting_quotes_that_will_have_you_s-rhearst

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Prof: Academic rigor reinforces 'power and privilege'
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10257

BUSINESS
Mr. Trump’s Trade War
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/donald-trumps-trade-war-1513356667-lMyQjAxMTI3MjE1NjYxNzY2Wj/

Why Cash Returning From Overseas Isn’t Likely to Create Jobs—and Might Even Reduce Them
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/how-would-companies-deploy-repatriated-cash-under-tax-bill-1513429201-lMyQjAxMTE3NTE3NjYxNjY1Wj/

ENVIRONMENT
Lake in Africa Could Release Deadly CO2
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/lake-in-africa-could-release-deadly-co2?pl=pl-editor-picks

That Ear-Splitting Leaf Blower? It Also Emits More Pollution Than a Car
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/that-ear-splitting-leaf-blower-it-also-emits-more-pollution-than-a-car-1513346400-lMyQjAxMTE3NTE3NjYxNjY1Wj/

Executive Monuments Order Violates the Law
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/executive-monuments-order-violates-the-law-1513373033-lMyQjAxMTI3MzExNjExODY4Wj/

770 fewer people driving cars to work at EPA spells good news for the environment!
http://michellemalkin.com/2017/12/15/770-fewer-people-driving-cars-to-work-at-epa-spells-good-news-for-the-environment/

ENTOMOLOGY
‘A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/14/a-different-dimension-of-loss-great-insect-die-off-sixth-extinction?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Long+Read+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=256834&subid=20430811&CMP=longread_collection

ENERGY
It’s Final — Corn Ethanol Is Of No Use
http://peakoil.com/alternative-energy/its-final-corn-ethanol-is-of-no-use

Time for the ethanol lobby to be put out to grass, Sen. Grassley
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/time-for-the-ethanol-lobby-to-be-put-out-to-grass-sen-grassley/article/2643663

TECHNOLOGY
BAE's newest drone uses jets of air to maneuver — and it could revolutionize aviation
http://www.businessinsider.com/bae-systems-magma-drone-air-jets-2017-12

Can Robots Learn to Improvise?
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/can-robots-learn-to-improvise-1513368041-lMyQjAxMTI3MjE1NjYxNzY2Wj/

MILITARY
Russia has begun testing its new Su-57 stealth fighter engine — but there's a snag
http://www.businessinsider.com/su-57-russia-testing-new-stealth-fighter-engine-2017-12

Even the Deadliest Taliban 'Commandos' Are No Match for U.S.-Afghan Forces
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/even-the-deadliest-taliban-commandos-are-no-match-us-afghan-23656

Germany Does Not Have One Working Submarine
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/germany-does-not-have-one-working-submarine-23688

U.S. Army Study Finds Flaws With Military’s Pivotal Assault on Mosul 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/u-s-army-study-finds-flaws-with-militarys-pivotal-assault-on-mosul-1513333800-lMyQjAxMTE3NTE3NjYxNjY1Wj/

One obvious detail revealed this 'Green Beret' was a total fraud
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/16/one-obvious-detail-revealed-this-green-beret-was-total-fraud.html

JUDICIAL
Florida’s Legal Tourism
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/floridas-legal-tourism-1513382859-lMyQjAxMTI3MTE2NjYxMDYyWj/

NORK
North Korea Says U.S. Is “Terrified” of Its Nuclear “Might” in Rare U.N. Appearance
https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-says-u-apos-210122086.html

Give Bad Faith a Chance in North Korea
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/give-bad-faith-a-chance-in-north-korea-1513294005-lMyQjAxMTA3NzE1NjAxODY1Wj/

Tillerson Says North Korea Has to Stop Nuclear Tests Before Any Talks
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/tillerson-says-north-korea-has-to-stop-nuclear-tests-before-any-talks-1513376496-lMyQjAxMTE3NTE3NjYxNjY1Wj/

North Korea's Kim Jong Un Wants to Blow up the World Because His Father Wasn't Nice to Him
https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-apos-kim-jong-194917543.html

TERRORISM
After New York Attack, Investigators Ask: Should ISIS Material Be Online?
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/investigators-looking-at-how-nyc-terror-suspect-found-radical-islam-online-1513339201-lMyQjAxMTE3NTE3NjYxNjY1Wj/

POLITICS
Elizabeth Warren embarrasses herself — BADLY — over demand for McConnell to seat Doug Jones ‘without delay’ (She really is a bothersome twit.)
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2017/12/13/elizabeth-warren-embarasses-herself-badly-over-demand-for-mcconnell-to-seat-doug-jones-without-delay/

-- "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