PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Confirmed: Naked Chicken Chalupa Clear Sign Of The Apocalypse
http://babylonbee.com/news/confirmed-naked-chicken-chalupa-sign-apocalypse/

HEALTH
An Unfortunate Memento of the Total Eclipse: Eye Damage 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/an-unfortunate-memento-of-the-total-eclipse-eye-damage-1512666000-lMyQjAxMTI3NDAwODgwMjg5Wj/

Animal Antibiotic Sales Finally Drop, But Much Work Remains 
https://www.ecowatch.com/animal-antibiotics-health-2515861668.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=d290edcfe7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-d290edcfe7-85328381

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
How Democrats Corrupt English to Create Hysteria
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454462/democratic-rhetoric-hysterical-and-false?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=171208_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Insane Number Of Women Believe Physical Differences Between Genders Due To 'Societal Expectations,' Not Biology
http://www.dailywire.com/news/24443/poll-insane-number-women-believe-physical-amanda-prestigiacomo

SEXUAL xxxxxx
Can We Be Honest About Men?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454481/sexual-harassment-recognize-human-nature?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-12-08&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Rep. Trent Franks to resign after discussing surrogacy with female staffers 
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/07/trent-franks-expected-to-resign-286967

Why Liberal Democrats Ignored Sexual Harassment for So Many Years
https://townhall.com/columnists/johncgoodman/2017/12/07/why-liberal-democrats-ignored-sexual-harassment-for-so-many-years-n2419493?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

TAXES
Jerry Brown’s Pension Epiphany
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/jerry-browns-pension-epiphany-1512691649-lMyQjAxMTE3MDAzODgwMzg2Wj/

SPORTS
Please! Hire Me to Coach College Football 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/please-hire-me-to-coach-college-football-1512673093-lMyQjAxMTA3MTAzODkwMDg1Wj/

CLIMATE CHANGE
New Climate Study: Most Severe Warming Projections Are Now the Most Likely 
https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-study-2515859984.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=d290edcfe7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-d290edcfe7-85328381

ENVIRONMENT
How Trump’s Dismemberment of Bears Ears Was Driven by Racism, Grave Robbery and Mormon Beliefs 
https://www.ecowatch.com/bears-ears-indigenous-mormons-2515344214.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=f9f483f905-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-f9f483f905-85328381

Outdoor-Recreation Companies Fight Trump on National Monuments
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/outdoor-recreation-companies-fight-trump-on-national-monuments-1512668021-lMyQjAxMTI3NDAwODgwMjg5Wj/

Greenhouse Gas Emission Giants: Why Tyson Foods Rivals Exxon 
https://www.ecowatch.com/tyson-foods-exxon-emissions-2515590426.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=f9f483f905-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-f9f483f905-85328381

ENERGY
Renewable Energy Is Surging. The G.O.P. Tax Bill Could Curtail That.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/climate/tax-overhaul-energy-wind-solar.html?emc=edit_nn_20171208&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Some Inconvenient Truths of Wind and Solar
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/some-inconvenient-truths-of-wind-and-solar-1512682905-lMyQjAxMTA3MTAxODYwOTg3Wj/

Op-ed: The Washington swamp is filled with ethanol 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-washington-swamp-is-filled-with-ethanol/article/2642828

Ethanol Hostages on Capitol Hill
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/ethanol-hostages-on-capitol-hill-1512661073-lMyQjAxMTA3MTAzODkwMDg1Wj/

White House Pressures Big Corn To Meet On US Biofuels Policy 
http://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/white_house_pressures_big_corn_to_meet_on_us_biofuels_policy-08-dec-2017-152747-article/

TECHNOLOGY
From Pond Scum to Food Bowl, Dutch Designers 3D-Print Algae Into Everyday Products ("Soylent Green")
https://www.ecowatch.com/dutch-3d-print-algae-products-2515117809.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=f9f483f905-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-f9f483f905-85328381

FOREIGN POLICY
The Nutball the Neocons Wanted in NATO
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2017/12/08/the-nutball-the-neocons-wanted-in-nato-n2419783?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

MILITARY
It’s Big, It’s Loud, And It Can Perforate A Football Field In Seconds — Meet “Spooky,” The AC-130 Gunship
http://blog.theveteranssite.com/spooky-gunship/

BIG BROTHER
Here to Help? Congress Thinks Government Bureaucrats Belong In The Home
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmettmcgroarty/2017/12/08/here-to-help-congress-thinks-government-bureaucrats-belong-in-the-home-n2419714?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

IMMIGRATION
Report: Trump Unleashes Brutal Surprise On United Nations
http://patriotjournal.com/report-trump-surprise-un/

NORK
U.N. Sanctions Leave North Korean Drug Maker on Life Support 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/u-n-sanctions-leave-north-korean-drug-maker-on-life-support-1512729000-lMyQjAxMTI3NDAwODgwMjg5Wj/

RUSSIAGATE
Trump-Russia investigation: The key questions answered
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/dec/08/donald-trump-russia-investigation-key-questions-latest-news-collusion-timeline?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=255824&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Mueller turns over evidence for ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort's trial (over 400,000 documents)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mueller-turns-over-evidence-ex-trump-campaign-manager-211807059.html

Byron York: Dossier author was in contact with Obama Justice Department 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-dossier-author-was-in-contact-with-obama-justice-department/article/2642930?platform=hootsuite

ROY MOORE
Moore Accuser Admits She Wrote Note Under Moore's Yearbook Signature
http://www.dailywire.com/news/24480/breaking-moore-accuser-admits-she-wrote-note-under-ben-shapiro

Two Newly-Uncovered Quotes From Roy Moore Will Make Your Head Spin
http://www.dailywire.com/news/24479/two-newly-uncovered-quotes-roy-moore-will-make-ben-shapiro

POLITICS
Public Unions Can’t Deny Their Activism
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454474/supreme-court-union-dues-public-unions-abuse-bargaining-process?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-12-08&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

-- "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