Monday, December 25, 2017

PLATT - MISC News

CHRISTMAS
5-year-old calls 911 to report that Grinch plans to steal Christmas 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2017/12/20/5-year-old-calls-911-to-report-that-grinch-plans-to-steal-christmas/?utm_term=.f894e9a37356

Santa #9: A Christmas Short Story
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/santa-9-a-christmas-tale-1513955247-lMyQjAxMTE3MzI1MjcyODIxWj/

Santa Is a Psychedelic Mushroom
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/opinion/santa-christmas-mushrooms.html?emc=edit_nn_20171224&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Santa in Finland, Where Marketing Triumphs Over Geography
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/world/europe/finland-lapland-santa.html?emc=edit_nn_20171224&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Life inside a town called Santa Claus
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42434698

GENERAL INTEREST
Why we keep scanning the skies for signs of alien intelligence 
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/22/why-we-keep-scanning-the-skies-for-signs-of-alien-intelligence?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=257867&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Ta-Nehisi Coates v Cornel West: black academics and activists give their verdict 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/22/-ta-nehisi-coates-cornel-west-black-academic-activists-debate-equality?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=257867&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

My deerest customers! Colorado woman feeds doe a peanut bar when she trots in to store only to have her return for more with her fawns
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5208441/Woman-feeds-doe-fawns-peanut-bars-visit-store.html

What NOT to do when you re-gift your unwanted swag after the holiday season 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/when-is-it-ok-to-re-gift-2014-11-13

HEALTH
Opinion: That mean, awful gift you got? It was deliberate
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/that-mean-awful-gift-you-got-it-was-deliberate-2017-12-15

Americans are willing to wreck their financial futures on behalf of their pets
https://moneyish.com/heart/americans-are-willing-to-wreck-their-financial-futures-on-behalf-of-their-pets/

ECONOMY
Could the 'curve' be warning of a US recession?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/could-curve-warning-us-recession-053245688.html

TAX BILL
Analysis: How Consensus for Corporate Rate Cut Turned Into Partisan Tax Brawl
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/analysis-how-consensus-for-corporate-rate-cut-turned-into-partisan-tax-brawl-1513959787-lMyQjAxMTI3MDI2MjEyMjIzWj/

This Tax Bill May Do Some Good
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/this-tax-bill-may-do-some-good-1513899773-lMyQjAxMTI3MDIwMjcyODI5Wj/

MILITARY
Marine’s Epic Father-Daughter Dance Stuns Everyone (That's a rather portly Marine ... LOL.)
https://blog.theveteranssite.com/marine-daughter-dance/

IMMIGRATION
Trump travel ban should not apply to people with strong US ties, says court
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/23/trump-travel-ban-should-not-apply-to-people-with-strong-us-ties-says-court?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=257867&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

CHINA
China Delays Move to Blacklist Ships That U.S. Says Aid North Korea 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/china-holds-up-u-s-call-for-action-against-ships-said-to-aid-north-korea-1513895723-lMyQjAxMTI3MDI2MjEyMjIzWj/

NORK
This Is the 1 Group of People Kim Jong Un Refuses to Kill, and It’s Not His Family
https://www.cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/group-of-people-kim-jong-un-refuses-kill-not-his-family.html/?ref=YF&yptr=yahoo

POTUS
Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging Trump violated Constitution 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/trump_law_suit_dismissed.php3

RUSSIAGATE


-- 
"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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