PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Taking Demolition into His Own Hands
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/taking-demolition-into-his-own-hands?pl=pl-editor-picks

Woman accused of racism by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is human-rights activist
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/27/woman-accused-racism-dem-rep-human-rights-activist/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRRNE9ERXhORE16TlRGayIsInQiOiJSSzVVb1hKZ2E1YTZmV3JiV2EzOW9ueEEydTlsaVA1bVBtc1pQWGNERTA1V1VyazVJMWJuZ1JFYVNOZVRQTzZsenR0eWxkVk4yU1haSGpqRWZFM1lvOExrMGFQWUxETXlzZEJobm90dXNSYzlSbk4yOWV0M0R2eFpub21CXC9tUUIifQ%3D%3D

Superheroes might save the world, but they'd totally wreck the environment
http://jewishworldreview.com/1217/superheroes_destroy_world.php3

HEALTH
Nanowire device to detect cancer with a urine test
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171226134622.htm

HEALTH CARE
How Big Tech Is Going After Your Health Care
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/technology/big-tech-health-care.html?emc=edit_nn_20171227&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

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PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
This Is Satire, Right? Newsweek Says Trump Is Using Christmas To Promote White Nationalism 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/12/27/this-is-satire-right-newsweek-says-trump-using-christmas-to-promote-white-nationalism-n2427277?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

EDUCATION
Educational Rot 
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams122717.php3

BUSINESS
Teens make $100k mowing lawns
https://moneyish.com/heart/meet-the-teens-who-make-six-figures-mowing-lawns/

When Picking Apples on a Farm With 5,000 Rules, Watch Out for the Ladders (Regulatory Overkill ... these people are afraid of retaliatory action, IMHO)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/27/business/picking-apples-on-a-farm-with-5000-rules-watch-out-for-the-ladders.html?emc=edit_nn_20171227&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

CONSERVATION
How the fight to save a bird species shows how to bridge the red/blue divide
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/27/how-the-plight-to-save-a-bird-species-shows-how-to-bridge-the-redblue-divide?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=258298&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

WEATHER
Erie, Pennsylvania Shatters Snowfall Records
https://weather.com/storms/winter/video/erie-pennsylvania-shatters-snowfall-records?pl=pl-winter-storm-central

NATIONAL SECURITY
What Trump’s First Nuclear Posture Review Should Do 
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/12/what-trumps-first-nuclear-posture-review-should-do/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=59652731&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_kXj55Q8CiwI4xRBILbEgCEobIWoROiYnnOrBGvYw4O2tv50DP40IRVTbUsLzYQ37WrnRF2uhwZaCKrLhIWSSBg9J5Vw&_hsmi=59652731

MILITARY
Pilots Say F-35 Superior Within Visual Range: Dogfight Criticisms Laid To Rest
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/06/pilots-say-f-35-superior-within-visual-range-dogfight-criticisms-laid-to-rest/?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=59607993&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8FmQwxDyz8aiGlUbAhMp1pE9UwexicVNEA1Ewy36CAAM7Aa2ME68D2TlpSaUevBGBsAuDu8C09_ySBTJ-U8qAY8Ev0rg&_hsmi=59644819

Navy Warships Get New Heavy Missile: 2,500-Lb LRASM 
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/07/navy-warships-get-new-heavy-missile-2500-lb-lrasm/?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=59608614&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_4gLdkNG8JxghpCQ5Taz2SwxhpUKHgZgF6n2_qdmNJgSigToNRxN6CNmXfmlzdyCZQDZSJy3LUHz3oP73FUJu65_a2Zw&_hsmi=59644835

Lockheed Exoskeleton Gives Troops A Leg Up, Literally 
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/05/k-srd-exoskeleton-gives-overburdened-troops-a-leg-up-literally/?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=59608466&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_z86eJMJfmv0giM2Y6hJsQ8nAZcdW78nbSZFq6XDtaF4XOV9Eee8sR9rGxiaGN_ph3vNy9LWyTx_h-NRWPwcJjdUg5YA&_hsmi=59644933

CHINA
Chinese ships spotted by satellites 'selling oil to North Korea [ships] 30 times since October, despite sanctions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-ships-spotted-satellites-apos-152120947.html

NORK
How North Korea Would Wage War Against the U.S.
http://www.newsweek.com/how-north-korea-would-attack-us-760499?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

North Korea may test a satellite that can transmit data
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/video/north-korea-may-test-satellite-162600327.html

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