Tuesday, December 19, 2017

PLATT - MISC News


CHRISTMAS
Naughty, not nice: These are the 12 scams of Christmas
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/naughty-not-nice-these-are-the-12-scams-of-christmas-2017-12-18

GENERAL INTEREST
Elon Musk calls transit expert an ‘idiot,’ and then the ‘idiot’ fires back 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-calls-transit-expert-an-idiot-and-then-the-idiot-fires-back-2017-12-17

Hollywood Wants Your Money...and Your Mind
https://www.prageru.com/videos/hollywood-wants-your-moneyand-your-mind#

Pictures of the Year 2017
https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/pictures-of-the-year-2017-idUSRTX3K0L3

The Darwin Awards
http://www.darwinawards.com/

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/hamilton.php3


The WIRE: Your week in review
https://personalliberty.com/wire-week-review-20-72/

HEALTH
The 5-step plan to ditching Twitter, Facebook or Instagram
https://moneyish.com/ish/how-to-go-on-a-digital-detox-like-kim-kardashian-did-with-social-media/

Surprising Foods To Eat For Weight Loss
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/redbook-surprising_foods_to_eat_for_weight_loss-rhearst/category/news

BLACKOUT
Chick-fil-A Breaks Its Own Rule To Save The Day During Atlanta Airport Blackout
https://www.dailywire.com/news/24792/chick-fil-breaks-its-own-rule-save-day-during-james-barrett?utm_source=shapironewsletter-ae&utm_medium=email&utm_content=121817-news&utm_campaign=modelnames

BUDGET
Has Our Government Spent $21 Trillion Of Our Money Without Telling Us? (HOLY SMOKES HOW CAN THIS BE????????)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kotlikoff/2017/12/08/has-our-government-spent-21-trillion-of-our-money-without-telling-us/2/#5c73ba4466f0

CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change Already Hampers U.S. Military Sites Around the World, Government Study Finds
https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-us-military-2518373597.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=889025f0a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-889025f0a6-85328381

TECHNOLOGY
Who will be hit hardest by net neutrality? Marginalized America 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/18/net-neutrality-marginalised-america-open-internet-fcc?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=257125&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

CYBER SECURITY
U.S. says North Korea 'directly responsible' for 'WannaCry' cyber attack 
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/reuters-us_says_north_korea_directly_responsible_for_wanna-newscred2/category/news+

NATIONAL SECURITY
Trump’s national security strategy emphasizes economic prosperity and border protection
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/18/donald-trump-unveils-national-security-strategy/

Trump’s New National-Security Strategy Projects Confidence
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454733/donald-trump-foreign-policy-increases-defense-capability?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-12-18&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

DEFENSE
 A video shows an encounter in 2004 between two Navy jets and an unknown object
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005607812/look-at-that-thing-us-navy-jet-encounters-unknown-object.html?emc=edit_nn_20171218&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

UN
The U.S. Vetoed a U.N. Resolution Condemning President Trump's Jerusalem Decision
http://start.att.net/player/category/news/article/time-the_us_vetoed_a_un_resolution_condemning_president-vtime

SYRIA
How Syria's White Helmets became victims of an online propaganda machine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/syria-white-helmets-conspiracy-theories?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=257125&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

NORK
North Korean official in charge of nuclear facilities reportedly executed
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/12/18/North-Korean-official-in-charge-of-nuclear-facilities-reportedly-executed/2561513650935/

TERRORISM
Obama derailed campaign targeting Hezbollah to secure nuclear deal with Iran: Report
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obama-derailed-campaign-targeting-hezbollah-to-secure-nuclear-deal-with-iran-report/article/2643790

Trial of First U.S. Police Officer to Face Terrorism Charges Details Startling Ties Between Neo-Nazism and Islamist Terrorism 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/nazi_jihadi2.php3

RUSSIAGATE
The Co-Dependents of the 'Independent' Counsel 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/steyn121817.php3

POLITICS
SO MUCH FOR THE MORAL HIGH GROUND: Top Democrats Change Their Minds On Franken, Want Him Not To Resign
https://www.dailywire.com/news/24796/so-much-moral-high-ground-top-democrats-change-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=121817-news&utm_campaign=position1

Left Eats Left: Progressives Go After One of Few Remaining Moderate Democrats
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/12/18/dems-go-after-their-own-rep-dan-lipinski-n2424128?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

-- "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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