Saturday, December 23, 2017

PLATT - MISC News

CHRISTMAS
The Sort Of Real Story About How NORAD Tracks Santa — And WHY! 
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/12/the-sort-of-real-story-about-how-norad-tracks-santa-and-why/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=59598937&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_Vt9Ye7w2tPsSMvgUCYAD1fuQDW47Q5GCkySdDQGrihINtrn6yg0SJ7EDAIvB8vE8YE4Vdbm6MJ9328s_UAK_3AfoekQ&_hsmi=59598937

Majority of Americans Prefer 'Merry Christmas' to 'Happy Holidays'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2017/12/22/majority-of-americans-prefer-merry-christmas-to-happy-holidays-n2425961?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Homeless at Christmas: 'The kids believe Santa's coming, just not by the chimney'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/22/homeless-christmas-holidays?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=257745&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

GENERAL INTEREST
Miscellaneous Musings
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/hollis122117.php3

This Man Owns More Land in US Than Anyone
http://www.newser.com/story/253176/this-man-owns-more-land-in-us-than-anyone.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_us_syn

Jakarta Faces Rising Seas, Sinking Land
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/jakarta-faces-rising-seas-sinking-land?pl=pl-the-lift

Pregnant mom shuts down mansplaining shamer at KFC with a killer comeback
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/pregnant-mom-shuts-mansplaining-shamer-kfc-killer-comeback-170920305.html

HEALTH CARE
The doctor won't see you now. Where it's a way of life 
http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby122117.php3

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Kansas State University class: 'Gender is not determined by chromosomes' 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/kansas-state-university-class-gender-is-not-determined-by-chromosomes/article/2644162

EDUCATION
The Democrats Just Discriminated Against Homeschoolers and Children With Disabilities
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryschilling/2017/12/22/the-democrats-just-discriminated-against-homeschoolers-and-children-with-disabilities-n2425915?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

TAX BILL
Does corporate America need a tax cut? Here’s what every S&P 500 company actually pays in taxes
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/does-corporate-america-need-a-tax-cut-heres-what-every-sp-500-company-actually-pays-in-taxes-2017-12-04?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo

Meet some victims of the Trump tax plan
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meet-victims-trump-tax-bill-180523129.html

Republicans Bet the Farm
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2017/12/22/republicans-bet-the-farm-n2425878?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Where Does the Federal Government Get All That Money?
https://www.prageru.com/videos/where-does-federal-government-get-all-money



BUSINESS
Here's what America's biggest companies plan to do with all that cash coming back to the US
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apos-america-apos-biggest-companies-181800102.html

SPORTS
Congratulations, You Finished the Marathon! Sorry, We Measured It Wrong!
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/congratulations-you-finished-the-marathon-sorry-we-measured-it-wrong-1513957815-lMyQjAxMTE3NTI3MjYyNjI1Wj/

TECHNOLOGY


MILITARY
Here’s The True Story Of A 13-Year-Old Who Earned A Bronze Star Fighting In WWII (And How It Was Taken Away)
http://blog.theveteranssite.com/calvin-graham/

NATIONAL SECURITY
How Obama manipulated sensitive secret intelligence for political gain
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/21/barack-obama-used-classified-intelligence-leaks-po/

UN
Haley played hardball with the UN — and it worked
https://nypost.com/2017/12/21/haley-played-hardball-with-the-un-and-it-worked/

IMMIGRATION
White House to push merit-based immigration in new campaign
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/15/white-house-to-push-merit-based-immigration-in-new-campaign.html

NORK
The UN has a new round of sanctions ready for North Korea, and it could bring Kim Jong Un to his knees
http://www.businessinsider.com/un-sanctions-north-korea-could-bring-kim-jong-un-to-his-knees-2017-12

North Korea Tells Trump That Kim Jong Un Will Keep His Nuclear Weapons and U.S. Can Blame Obama
http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-tell-trump-kim-jong-un-keep-nuclear-weapons-blame-obama-757224?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

North Korea Expected to Test a Missile Loaded With a Live Nuclear Weapon in 2018
http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-test-missile-loaded-nuclear-weapon-2018-756557?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

Kim Jong Un Says North Korea Poses 'Substantial' Nuclear Threat to U.S.
http://www.newsweek.com/kim-jong-un-says-north-korea-poses-substantial-nuclear-threat-us-757495?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news&yptr=yahoo

Thank Kim Jong Un for your crypto gains
https://www.yahoo.com/news/thank-kim-jong-un-crypto-192218269.html

Kim Jong Un's sister a rising power in North Korea (Uh-oh ... her days are numbered unless she acts quickly and offs the little s__t.)
https://www.upi.com/https:/www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/12/22/Kim-Jong-Uns-sister-a-rising-power-in-North-Korea/6911513958899/

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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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