Tuesday, January 30, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Fix Yourself
https://www.prageru.com/videos/fix-yourself

GENERAL INTEREST
2018: What could possibly go . . right? Five possibilities
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/reynolds012918.php3

Alaska Quake Felt as Far South as Death Valley
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/alaska-quake-felt-as-far-south-as-death-valley?pl=pl-the-lift

Man Killed After Being 'Sucked' Into MRI Machine by Powerful Magnetic Field and Inhaling Cryogenic Liquid Oxygen
http://www.newsweek.com/man-killed-after-being-sucked-mri-machine-powerful-magnetic-field-and-inhaling-793817?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
This Flu Is A Killer; Don’t Let Anyone Come to Work Sick
https://www.tlnt.com/this-flu-is-a-killer-dont-let-anyone-come-to-work-sick/

Magical microbes – how to feed your gut 
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/29/magical-microbes-how-to-feed-your-gut

How to Make Sure You Travel with Medication Legally
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/travel/how-to-make-sure-you-travel-with-medication-legally.html?emc=edit_mbae_20180128&nl=&nlid=58935408&te=1

EDUCATION
Do School Vouchers Work? Milwaukee’s Experiment Suggests an Answer
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/do-school-vouchers-work-milwaukees-experiment-suggests-an-answer-1517162799-lMyQjAxMTE4NTI3OTQyMTkxWj/

SPORTS
Tom Brady cuts off radio interview, threatens to end weekly WEEI appearances after host calls daughter ‘annoying little pissant (Kudos for Brady. He done good.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/tom-brady-cuts-interview-host-calls-daughter-pissant-article-1.3785665

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
No More War Movies: Leftists Angry Post-9/11 Movie '12 Strong' Promotes 'Toxic Masculinity'
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26443/no-more-war-movies-leftists-angry-post-911-movie-emily-zanotti?utm_source=shapironewsletter-ae&utm_medium=email&utm_content=012918-news&utm_campaign=modelnames

BUSINESS
Elon Musk is now selling flamethrowers.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-is-now-selling-flamethrowers-seriously-kinda-2018-01-28

The Perils of Protectionism
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455782/donald-trump-steel-tariffs-perils-protectionism?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180129_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Northrop Grumman Is Getting Ready for Great Power War (That Means Russia or China)
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/northrop-grumman-getting-ready-great-power-war-means-russia-24257

'#MeToo is having a chilling effect on camaraderie at work' 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/me_too_chilling_effect.php3

NATIONAL PARKS
Rotting cabins, closed trails: why we're shining a light on US national parks
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/29/national-parks-repair-backlog-grand-canyon-zion?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262182&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

CYBER SECURITY
Cybersecurity 2018
https://www.washingtontimes.com/specials/cybersecurity-2018/

Intel alerted Chinese tech firms about chip flaws before warning U.S. government 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/intel-alerted-chinese-tech-firms-about-chip-flaws-before-warning-us-government-2018-01-28

NATIONAL SECURITY
Fitness-tracking map reveals locations of secret U.S. military bases
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fitness-tracking-map-reveals-locations-of-secret-us-military-bases-reports-2018-01-29

Strava suggests military users 'opt out' of heatmap as row deepens 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/29/strava-secret-army-base-locations-heatmap-public-users-military-ban?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262182&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Russia 'will target US mid-term elections' says CIA chief
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42864372

At Age 13, Creating the Pentagon Papers. Photocopies, at Least.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/nyregion/pentagon-papers-robert-ellsberg.html?emc=edit_nn_20180129&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

LAW ENFORCEMENT
New York Attorney General to Investigate Firm That Sells Fake Followers
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/technology/schneiderman-social-media-bots.html?emc=edit_nn_20180129&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

IMMIGRATION
Demographers have been writing about 'chain migration' for years but Democrats have now declared the term racist 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/demographers-have-been-writing-about-chain-migration-for-years-but-democrats-have-now-declared-it-racist/article/2647346

 The Truth about Immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455834/sub-saharan-african-immigrants-highly-educated-decreasingly-so?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180129_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

The Truth in Trump’s Vulgarity
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-truth-in-trumps-vulgarity-1517175367-lMyQjAxMTA4OTI5OTIyMDk0Wj/

NORK
North Korea, Under Sanctions Strain, Dials Back Military Exercises
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/north-korea-under-sanctions-strain-dials-back-military-exercises-1517227829-lMyQjAxMTA4MjIzOTgyNzkwWj/

After Destroying North Korea's Military: What Next? Winning the Peace
https://www.themaven.net/warriormaven/history/after-destroying-north-korea-s-military-what-next-winning-the-peace-xadpOlVRB0KIQFDoy5EqiA?full=1

RUSSIA
Fusion’s Russian Dirty Work
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/fusions-russian-dirty-work-1517181776-lMyQjAxMTI4MjI0OTIyODkxWj/

RUSSIAGATE
House Intel meets Monday and could vote on memo release — is Jeff Sessions softening his stance? 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-house-intel-meets-monday-and-could-vote-on-memo-release-is-jeff-sessions-softening-his-stance/article/2647342

The Steele Dossier Fits the Kremlin Playbook
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-steele-dossier-fits-the-kremlin-playbook-1517175564-lMyQjAxMTI4MDIwOTcyOTkwWj/

Rod Rosenstein Is Shirking His Duty to Supervise Robert Mueller
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455869/robert-mueller-investigation-rod-rosenstein-shirks-his-supervising-role?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-01-29&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

SOTU
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Announces She Won't Sleep Through State Of The Union — At Least Not In Person 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26433/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsberg-joseph-curl?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=012918-news&utm_campaign=position2

POLITICS
Republican donors happy with Trump's policy successes but worry his demeanor will cost GOP in the midterms 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/republican-donors-happy-with-trumps-policy-successes-but-worry-his-demeanor-will-cost-gop-in-the-midterms/article/2647353


-- 
"Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues,
the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great
intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which
yields most painfully to change."
          - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929

Monday, January 29, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Why Trust the FBI?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455847/fbi-bias-trump-criticism-justified-sometimes?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Week%20in%20Review%202018-01-28&utm_term=VDHM

Worst case scenario: the ‘preppers’ gearing up for disaster 
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/28/worst-case-scenario-the-preppers-gearing-up-for-disaster?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262083&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

GENERAL INTEREST
California teacher slams military members as 'lowest of the low' in classroom rant caught on video
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/28/california-teacher-slams-military-members-as-lowest-low-in-classroom-rant-caught-on-video.html

My 10-Year Odyssey Through America’s Housing Crisis
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/my-10-year-odyssey-through-americas-housing-crisis-1516981725-lMyQjAxMTI4NTI1ODAyMzgyWj/

If You Shop Online, You Probably Evade This Tax
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/if-you-shop-online-you-probably-evade-this-tax-1516975200-lMyQjAxMTE4NTI4ODkyMTg1Wj/

Pedestrian deaths and environmental concerns threaten Florida's high-speed train project 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/28/florida-high-speed-train-brightline-project?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262083&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH
Medical Miracles From FDA Inefficiency
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/medical-miracles-from-fda-inefficiency-1517007927-lMyQjAxMTE4ODI4ODcyNjg3Wj/

PARENTING
Screen Time for Kids Is Awful—And I Can’t Live Without It
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/screen-time-for-kids-is-awfuland-i-cant-live-without-it-1516986617-lMyQjAxMTE4NTI4ODkyMTg1Wj/

GOVERNMENT MALFEASANCE
Connecticut’s S.O.S.
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/connecticuts-s-o-s-1517009390-lMyQjAxMTI4MDIwODcyOTgwWj/

REGULATORY STATE
These Prices Are a Steal—and in Some States, That’s Illegal
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/these-prices-are-a-stealand-in-some-states-thats-illegal-1517007867-lMyQjAxMTI4MzIyODYyMTg4Wj/

TAXES
Home Depot Co-Founder Tells Democrats to ‘Use Your Stupid Brains’: ‘You Don’t Have Any Brains!’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/home-depot-co-founder-tells-democrats-to-use-your-stupid-brains-you-dont-have-any-brains/

SEXUAL xxxxxx
At #MeToo U, the Faculty Loses Its Ideological Immunity
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/at-metoo-u-the-faculty-loses-its-ideological-immunity-1517007716-lMyQjAxMTA4OTI5ODIyMDg0Wj/

ENVIRONMENT
EPA Chief Reverses Course On Pebble Mine in Alaska (YES!!)
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/epa-chief-reverses-course-on-pebble-mine-in-alaska-1517019786-lMyQjAxMTI4NDIxODUyNjg0Wj/

CLIMATE CHANGE
Trump Willing To Sign A Revamped Paris Climate Deal
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/afp-trump_willing_to_sign_a_revamped_paris_climate_dea-afp/category/news

Boston Agonizes Over How to Protect Itself From Future Storms 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/boston-agonizes-over-how-to-protect-itself-from-future-storms-1517054400-lMyQjAxMTA4MjI4ODMyNjg4Wj/

WEATHER
Rare Hair Ice Discovered in Switzerland
https://weather.com/science/video/rare-hair-ice-discovered-in-switzerland?pl=pl-the-latest

ENERGY
Manmade quakes force Dutch to face future without gas
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/01/28/manmade-quakes-force-dutch-to-face-future-without-gas-n2440777

MILITARY
'The Military Has Seen the Writing on the Wall'
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/duckworth-trump-north-korea/551381/


LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRANS-AGE: Pedophile Charged With Abusing 3 Girls Says He's A 9-Year-Old Trapped In Man's Body (I have been rightly taken to task, by one of my more left-leaning readers, for my characterization of this guy as a progressive. For that mis-characteriztion and, any offense that it generated, I apologize.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26380/trans-age-pedophile-charged-abusing-3-girls-says-amanda-prestigiacomo

Key to Infamous 1962 Alcatraz Break: Popular Mechanics?
http://www.newser.com/story/254541/key-to-infamous-1962-alcatraz-break-popular-mechanics.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_us_syn

SOCIAL MEDIA
Sean Hannity's Twitter Page Compromised, Vanishes For Hours
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-sean_hannitys_twitter_disappears_conspiracy_theori-ap/category/news

IMMIGRATION
Are We Heading for an Immigration Sellout?
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2018/01/28/are-we-heading-for-an-immigration-sellout-n2440709?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Judge Jeanine Pirro Opening Statement - The Biggest Snow Job On U.S. Citizen Over Illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au7GxrfIxNA

Stop the Silly Statements About Immigration If You Want to Reach an Agreement
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2018/01/28/stop-the-silly-statements-about-immigration-if-you-want-to-reach-an-agreement-n2439583?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

IRAN
Turkish-Iranian gold trader's ‘Beautiful Mind’ testimony drove U.S. sanctions case
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/gas-gold-turkey-iran-scheme-explained-151517687.html


-- 
"Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues,
the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great
intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which
yields most painfully to change."
          - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929

Sunday, January 28, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Next time you’re audited by the IRS, try the FBI’s excuse
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=37847?omhide=true

Nutella discount sets off grocery-store riots in France 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nutella-discount-sets-off-grocery-store-riots-in-france-2018-01-26

Elena Ferrante: ‘The cat brought in a snake and left it under my bed. Screaming, I chased it out’ 
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/27/elena-ferrante-cat-brought-in-snake-accept-fear?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262015&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Culinary terrorism? Crock-Pot tells blockbuster primetime TV show fans: OUR SLOW COOKERS WON'T KILL YOU! 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/crock_pot_wont_kill_you.php3

The WIRE: Your week in review
https://personalliberty.com/wire-week-review-20-78/

HEALTH
Social media is giving us trypophobia
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/27/social-media-is-giving-us-trypophobia/

ECOLOGY
Striped Hyenas Don’t Have Magical Powers, But Their Disappearing Act Is Real 
https://www.ecowatch.com/hyenas-in-india-2528561632.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=3457792581-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-3457792581-85328381

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
TRANS-AGE: Pedophile Charged With Abusing 3 Girls Says He's A 9-Year-Old Trapped In Man's Body
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26380/trans-age-pedophile-charged-abusing-3-girls-says-amanda-prestigiacomo

JOBS
The Dignity Deficit
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455831/american-poverty-root-cause-dignity-deficit?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-01-27&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

TECHNICAL SECURITY
Take these steps to secure your phone before letting anyone—even your friends—borrow it 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/secure_your_phone.php3

MILITARY
$86,000 + 5,600 MPH = Hyper Velocity Missile Defense 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/86000-5600-mph-hyper-velocity-missile-defense/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60259038&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8821WCTfqLSjrI1LMI84M0OR-E1o9W7ma9_4rDC3TLkHXfLrOyt-ljXc3s-mi11TLg6mHYOkxM-k8gYJz_S9RKeDn_cw&_hsmi=60259038

BIG BROTHER
What Has Government Done to Our Bathrooms? (I posted this a couple of days ago.  It has been brought to my attention that some folks may skip over it thinking it is another gender-based rant.  Well, it is NOT a gender rant so, have a look.)
https://www.aier.org/blog/what-has-government-done-our-bathrooms

SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook's Changing Your Newsfeed. Here's How To Make Sure You Still See Posts By Your Favorite Sites.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26203/facebook-changing-your-newsfeed-heres-how-make-james-barrett

IMMIGRATION
Mythologies of Illegal Immigration
http://victorhanson.com/wordpress/mythologies-of-illegal-immigration/

The Talking Stick Senators
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455807/susan-collins-talking-stick-senators-behave-children?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-01-27&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Is Trump Caving On Illegal Immigration? Not Really.     
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26326/trump-caving-illegal-immigration-not-really-ben-shapiro

Protest set for Texas wildlife refuge at ground zero of Trump's border wall plan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/27/protest-set-for-texas-wildlife-refuge-at-ground-zero-of-trumps-border-wall-plan?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262015&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Why Dems won't get their way on immigration
http://jewishworldreview.com/0118/McArdle012618.php3

-- 
"Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues,
the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great
intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which
yields most painfully to change."
          - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929