Monday, December 4, 2017

PLATT - MISC News


GENERAL INTEREST
Taming 'the worm': how the Minhocão is São Paulo's soul 
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/dec/01/taming-worm-minhocao-elevated-highway-sao-paulo?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=254820&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Vehicles Slide Down Snowy Street
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/vehicles-slide-down-snowy-street

Octopus Stinkhorn Fungus as Gross as it Sounds
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/octopus-stinkhorn-fungus-as-gross-as-it-sounds

Revenge of the Wild Pigs Goes Toxic
https://www.agweb.com/article/revenge-of-the-wild-pigs-goes-toxic-naa-chris-bennett/

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Convenience Stores in One Major City Are In Real Trouble Because of This Proposed Legislation
https://townhall.com/notebook/bethbaumann/2017/11/30/one-major-city-just-created-a-war-on-convenient-stores-n2416434?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

TAXES
Republicans Will Cut Social Security and Medicare After Tax Plan Passes, Says Marco Rubio
http://www.newsweek.com/tax-plan-social-security-medicare-welfare-republicans-rubio-729133?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

FINANCE
Opinion: Trump’s fatal mistake on consumer financial protection 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-fatal-mistake-on-consumer-financial-protection-2017-11-30

JOBS
Creating More Opportunity for the Unskilled
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/creating-more-opportunity-for-the-unskilled-1512070342-lMyQjAxMTI3NTA5MTMwNTE0Wj/

CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE
“It’s been complete hell”: how police used a traffic stop to take $91,800 from an innocent man
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/1/16686014/phillip-parhamovich-civil-forfeiture

PARENTING
For Texas grandparents raising children, 'we have to fight' to get state help 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/01/for-texas-grandparents-raising-children-we-have-to-fight-to-get-state-help?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=254820&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SEXUAL xxxxxxx
The fraught case of elderly people accused of sexually harassing carers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/01/sexual-misconduct-harassment-elderly-caregivers?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=254820&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

The dirty little sex secret thousands of singles keep over the holidays
https://moneyish.com/heart/the-dirty-little-sex-secret-thousands-of-singles-keep-over-the-holidays/

'WHAT TOXIC MASCULINITY'S OWN MEDICINE TASTES LIKE': Actress Amber Tamblyn Writes That It's Worthwhile For Men To Feel 'Afraid, Disoriented, Discounted'     
http://www.dailywire.com/news/24172/what-toxic-masculinitys-own-medicine-tastes-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=120117-news&utm_campaign=position2

When prey becomes predator 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden120117.php3

Is Office Romance Still Allowed?
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/is-office-romance-still-allowed-1512144685-lMyQjAxMTE3NTA0MjMwNjI5Wj/

SPORTS
Israeli college football player adjusts to life in the US
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/Kovalski.php3

ENVIRONMENT
Lawsuit Challenges Trump's Approval of Corporation's Plan to Drain California Desert Aquifer (crony capitalism)
https://www.ecowatch.com/lawsuit-challenges-trump-administrations-ok-of-corporations-plan-to-drain-california-desert-aquifier-2513542263.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=6c2770a393-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-6c2770a393-85328381

Could the Great Barrier Reef Heal Itself? New Study Offers Cautious Hope 
https://www.ecowatch.com/great-barrier-reef-regeneration-2513510305.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=156dcbc782-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-156dcbc782-85328381

TECHNOLOGY
How Alexander Graham Bell's talking dog led to the iPhone X
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/bell_talking_dog_iPhone.php3

MILITARY
Searching For The Next Generation Of Warfighters In A Divided America
http://taskandpurpose.com/east-orange-army-recruitment-divided-america/

Thanks, DW ...
You can bet no one will be taking a knee at this game...
 

  
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DEFENSE
Redouble Our Whole Of Government Efforts To Fix Perfect Storm Of Strategy Goobledygook! 
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/12/redouble-our-whole-of-government-efforts-to-fix-perfect-storm-of-strategy-goobledygook/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=59010204&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-83GPT1z7TujVfgWe6jFf-Jef3IgLA2WEcTPDv5fu9zWdGVS5-Qu9jmaEHYVZ2CdMKw2AdRUHKoSLbHEDR8Z_5olAvboQ&_hsmi=59010204

JUDICIARY
Trump judicial pick didn’t disclose 16,000 ‘provocative and disturbing’ online posts
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/30/trump-judicial-pick-didnt-disclose-disturbing-post/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1dRNU1EazRaakZoWXpreSIsInQiOiJCZWlJelYzZldMcFI3VzdiTnVuN3FrUU9IeUtsbUU3d1JSNitMN1g1SWRxRUh0am1yRFVIOHZiVnd4aDVtWjdVZXlydjhYWHh1S1BEY1oxMWhvTThLbmtza3JRT3o3MDhOd0t2cmFoaFpsTDREcDVHdVYyZCt1dXpXRmJSVnMzYiJ9

ARCTIC
Why Russia is sending robotic submarines to the Artic
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171121-why-russia-is-sending-robotic-submarines-to-the-arctic

POTUS
Trump donates $100K in pay to HHS
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/30/donald-trump-donates-100k-pay-hhs/

RUSSIAGATE
BREAKING: Flynn Ready To Testify That Candidate Trump Told Him To Reach Out To Russians
http://www.dailywire.com/news/24198/breaking-flynn-ready-testify-candidate-trump-told-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=120117-news&utm_campaign=position3

POLITICS
Kimmel vs. Moore: Late Night Host Deploys Comedian To Disrupt Church Service, Moore Fires Back
http://www.dailywire.com/news/24170/kimmel-vs-moore-late-night-host-deploys-comedian-ben-shapiro

Trump calls Tillerson exit reports 'fake news' – but was it a misfired plot? 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/02/trump-tillerson-exit-reports-fake-news?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=254965&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

-- "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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