PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Washington's Redskin (classic Steyn)
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/steyn120417.php3

GENERAL INTEREST
Boiling Water + Freezing Air = Awesome!
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/boiling-water-freezing-air-awesome

Hello, It’s the Post Office. Your Chickens Have Escaped
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/hello-its-the-post-office-your-chickens-have-escaped-1512329001-lMyQjAxMTE3MjAxNDEwNjQ1Wj/

The News in Zingers 
http://jewishworldreview.com/1217/hamilton.php3

HEALTH CARE
CVS to Buy Aetna for $69 Billion in a Deal That May Reshape the Health Industry
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/business/dealbook/cvs-is-said-to-agree-to-buy-aetna-reshaping-health-care-industry.html?emc=edit_nn_20171204&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Why the CVS-Aetna Merger Could Benefit Consumers 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/upshot/why-the-giant-cvs-aetna-merger-could-benefit-consumers.html?emc=edit_nn_20171204&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

PARENTING
This simple "rule of four" can tame the holiday spending parents do on their kids
https://moneyish.com/hoard/this-simple-rule-of-4-can-tame-the-holiday-overspending-parents-do-on-their-kids/

What Children — and Parents — Can Learn From Baking Together
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/magazine/what-children-and-parents-can-learn-from-baking-together.html?emc=edit_nn_20171204&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

EDUCATION
Permission to Speak, Please
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1217/weintrob120417.php3

MARKET
It’s rare for the Dow to have ramped up like this — here’s what typically happens next 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-rare-for-the-dow-to-have-ramped-up-like-this-heres-what-typically-happens-next-2017-12-04

TAXES
The Expense-Account Racket
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-expense-account-racket-1512338252-lMyQjAxMTI3MzAyNDYwMTQ4Wj/

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Stop apologizing to the loons
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/stop-apologizing-to-the-loons/article/2642181

SPORTS
NFL’s Hail Mary: Deal would dole out millions to Soros-linked social-justice groups
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/4/nfl-inks-deal-george-soros-linked-social-justice-g/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRCa05qYzVaalF3TkRObCIsInQiOiI4d3ZIRGlIRXBVcXF2VkEzQ0J5dG1FOUorY1pUK3Z6TWFOUCt2WHlvbExXTCtES2E2VCtaXC9ZQ2hHU1wveE5US3FuNnRYT3loQUdwbVwvNlJITFhxY2FyanROQUZ6NmJtTm5ybzlQV3NKNm41NFNSZ09CU3ZCK1YxN3BaQ2puQ1JsOSJ9

PSYCHOLOGY
Does Matt Lauer look different to you? Here's why
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/matt-lauer-look-different-heres-211212086.html

ENVIRONMENT
Manufacturers push back against environmentalists' climate court strategy
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/manufacturers-push-back-against-environmentalists-climate-court-strategy/article/2642361

'We'll see the battle lines': Trump faced by Native American alliance over Bears Ears 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/04/native-american-alliance-bears-ears-trump?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=255186&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

President Trump, don't decimate the Bears Ears National Monument 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/04/president-trump-decimate-bears-ears-national-monument?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=255186&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

GLACIOLOGY
The Giant Iceberg That Broke off Antarctica Has Disintegrated Into Pieces, Raising Major Concerns Among Scientists
https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=C111US91118D20150814&p=study+of+icebergs

TECHNOLOGY
Senators ask the FCC to delay its net neutrality vote (updated)
https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/04/senators-ask-fcc-delay-net-neutrality-vote/

Amazon Patents Drone Self-Destruction System 
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/popular_mechanics-amazon_patents_drone_selfdestruction_system-rhearst/category/finance

How white engineers built racist code – and why it's dangerous for black people 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/04/racist-facial-recognition-white-coders-black-people-police?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=255186&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

MILITARY
South Korea, U.S. kick off large-scale air exercise amid North Korean warnings
https://www.yahoo.com/news/south-korea-u-kick-off-largest-air-exercise-005824721.html

JUDICIAL
What the Constitution says about cakes and compelled speech 
http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby120417.php3

When is making a cake constitutionally protected speech? 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will120217.php3

George Will Is Wrong about Masterpiece Cakeshop
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454319/masterpiece-cakeshop-case-free-speech-still-obtains?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-12-04&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

MEDIA
Lawmakers enlist Mike Pence to protect reporters from Trump administration
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lawmakers-enlist-mike-pence-to-protect-reporters-from-trump-administration/article/2641901

NORK
North Korean nuclear tests sickening residents with 'ghost disease,' defectors say
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/fox_news-north_korean_nuclear_tests_sickening_residents_wit-rfoxnews

Cathay Pacific Crew Say They Saw North Korean Missile ‘Blow Up And Fall Apart’
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cathay-pacific-north-korea-missile_us_5a2525cde4b0a02abe923b35?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313

RUSSIAGATE
Mueller to invite criticism by revealing taxpayers’ tab for Russia investigation
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/4/robert-muellers-expenses-give-critics-fresh-ammo/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTjJaa1pXVTVZbU5sWlRZNSIsInQiOiJGbGJoakhmTkxHMTJRYWxcLzZZRWJ4TTZGQ3I5TmdBeHhkMlg3Yk5TT3Jxdk52Z2FTUFZ3aEFOZkg1VUFIVFwvdjRzSFJVZVRQR2FHTjZDQ3F0em1SUjRxTDRLZEc0akxDWXhycThlWStCTzZLaGtYTVhwdGxrS3IxMWRCb2JIXC9LWCJ9
   
POLITICS
Democrats Thrive by Keeping Americans Divided, Dependent, and Angry
http://dailysignal.com/2017/11/29/democrats-incentive-keep-americans-divided-dependent-angry/

Meet the ‘real Indian’ who plans to hound Elizabeth Warren to the end of her Senate race
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/3/shiva-ayyadurai-dogs-elizabeth-warren-over-indian-/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1dVME16YzFOVEU1TXpOaCIsInQiOiJ4QlNUbEdudVltS2R3M2Nkcjg5NnZXZFFLM2owQlhQQ0RjYSt0K2NmVlVuXC9XbENXZklWbEVSTDZQeENYQTFBT3p6K3RIc0RFVEhqUnJDN1wvc0pGRW1uU09wcTNMdDVcL042XC82Vlh0NHBjSG9PWWM3OFpIQ0tqWlJcL1p6dGlRc3U0In0%3D

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                  --Douglas MacArthur