PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Deadly Isms
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/stossel1122017.php3

GENERAL INTEREST
The Quagmire of Manipulation (Scott Adams)
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/manipulation_goldson.php3

2018: What could possibly go wrong? Five possibilities 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/reynolds122017.php3

HEALTH
Do You Do These 5 Things With Your Cellphone That Health Officials Say You Shouldn’t? 
https://www.ecowatch.com/cellphones-health-effects-2518393001.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=26e6e2cb90-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-26e6e2cb90-85328381

The laundry-folding robots are coming
http://jewishworldreview.com/1217/schmich122017.php3

PARENTING
50 questions you should ask your kids on a regular basis
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/50_kids_questions.php3

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Crazy College Courses and the Religion of Sex
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankturek/2017/12/20/crazy-college-courses-and-the-religion-of-sex-n2424553?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

TAX BILL
HEY, WHERE IS EVERYBODY?: Republicans Pass Tax Reform, Everyone DEAD
https://www.dailywire.com/news/24892/hey-where-everybody-republicans-pass-tax-reform-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=122017-news&utm_campaign=position1

BUSINESS
The Best of 2017 in Business
http://fortune.com/2017/12/18/business-trends-news-2017/

SEXUAL xxxxxx
How tough is it to change a culture of harassment? Ask women at Ford
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/ford-chicago-sexual-harassment.html

Does Yes Ever Mean Yes?
https://www.dailywire.com/news/24893/does-yes-ever-mean-yes-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=122017-news&utm_campaign=position4

Drawing a Line on Sexual Harassment
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozell/2017/12/20/drawing-a-line-on-sexual-harassment-n2424850?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

What the Bishop Bell Case Reveals about Our #MeToo Moment (Remember this while reading the next article.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454794/bishop-bell-case-what-it-reveals-about-metoo-moment?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-12-20&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

The Texas boys were beaten, abused, raped. Now all they want is an apology
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/20/texas-cal-farleys-boys-ranch-stories?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=257445&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Muhammad Resigns as Prophet Amid Sexual Assault Allegations
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/268747/muhammad-resigns-prophet-amid-sexual-assault-peoples-cube

ROSIE O'DONNELL
Rosie O'Donnell Tells Shapiro 'Suck My D**k.' His Response Flattens Her. 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/24899/rosie-odonnell-tells-shapiro-suck-my-dick-his-daily-wire?utm_source=shapironewsletter-ae&utm_medium=email&utm_content=122017-news&utm_campaign=modelnames

Rosie O'Donnell Compares Self to Gandhi After Tweeting Bribe, Insults
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2017/12/20/rosie-odonnell-responds-maturely-to-ben-shapirojust-kidding-she-swore-at-him-n2425110?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

SPORTS
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is serious about buying Carolina Panthers and Colin Kaepernick is playing big role in plans
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/sean-diddy-combs-serious-buying-carolina-panthers-colin-kaepernick-playing-big-role-plans-193513977.html

CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change Has Doubled Snowfall in Alaskan Mountains 
https://www.ecowatch.com/alaska-mountains-snow-2518637276.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=26e6e2cb90-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-26e6e2cb90-85328381

‘The bayou's alive’: ignoring it could kill Houston 
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/dec/20/bayou-houston-flood-hurricane-harvey-texas-resilience?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=257445&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

CYBER SECURITY
Bill Gates’ former cybersecurity adviser on how to protect yourself this holiday season 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-one-mistake-could-put-your-kids-in-danger-this-holiday-season-2017-11-22

How a Dorm Room Minecraft Scam Brought Down the Internet
https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-botnet-minecraft-scam-brought-down-the-internet/

BIG BROTHER
SCOTUS and the Spy in Your Pocket
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/12/scotus_and_the_spy_in_your_pocket.html

Dear Democrats, Ownership Isn’t Theft
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454801/democrats-republican-tax-bill-theft?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-12-20&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

IMMIGRATION
Senators, White House lay groundwork for Dreamers deal
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/19/senate-white-house-trump-lay-groundwork-for-daca-deal-306298

TERRORISM
The media condemns President Trump for 'normalizing hatred' --- while it looks the other way on Islamist violence and loathing by black-nationalists
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/mac_donald122017.php3

NORK
[Another] North Korean soldier defects to the South: South Korean defense official
https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korean-soldier-defects-south-south-korean-defense-010136241.html

North Korea Begins Tests to Load Anthrax Onto ICBMs, Report Says
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/video/north-korea-begins-tests-load-154229025.html

Closing the Sanctions Net on North Korea
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/closing-the-sanctions-net-on-north-korea-1513729433-lMyQjAxMTA3NTI2MDIyMTA1Wj/

U.S. Seeks U.N. Ban on Ships Helping North Korea Dodge Sanctions 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/u-s-seeks-u-n-ban-on-ships-helping-north-korea-dodge-sanctions-1513764003-lMyQjAxMTE3OTI0MDkyNzA0Wj/

Kim Jong Un expands his war on Christmas with new ban on singing and drinking
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kim-jong-un-expands-war-025755167.html

WELFARE REFORM
The Risks and Rewards of Welfare Reform
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454785/welfare-reform-huge-risks-huge-potential-rewards-president-trump?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=171220_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

POLITICS
We Interrupt This Broadcast — Who Speaks for America?
https://spectator.org/we-interrupt-this-broadcast-who-speaks-for-america/

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