PLATT - MISC News

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

GENERAL INTEREST
KLM Lost and Found
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NK-T_t166TY?feature=player_embedded

How to Make (and Keep) a New Year's Resolution
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/smarterliving/resolution-ideas?emc=edit_nn_20171231&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

HEALTH
We’re Not ‘National Hangover Service,’ N.H.S. Tells U.K. Drinkers
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/world/europe/uk-nhs-alcohol.html?emc=edit_nn_20171231&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

America, Can We Talk About Your Drinking?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/opinion/sunday/alcohol-binge-drinking.html?emc=edit_nn_20171231&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

WEATHER
Niagara Falls is coated in ice — and absolutely jaw-dropping
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/12/31/niagara-falls-is-coated-in-ice-and-absolutely-jaw-dropping/?utm_term=.094a4b296e7b

TAX BILL
Op-Ed The GOP tax plan creates one of the largest new loopholes in decades 
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-batchelder-kamin-tax-deduction-pass-through-income-20171231-story.html

Disconnect
http://www.thediplomad.com/2017/12/disconnect.html

JUDICIARY
When Judicial Deference Becomes Dereliction of Duty
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454990/marquette-universitys-free-speech-case-when-judicial-deference-becomes-dereliction?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Week%20in%20Review%202017-12-31&utm_term

BIG BROTHER
Congo orders cuts to internet and SMS to stifle protests
https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/30/congo-orders-cuts-to-internet-and-sms/

Iran blocks internet services in bid to quash protests
https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/31/iran-blocks-internet-services-in-bid-to-quash-protests/

TERRORISM
Its dreams of a caliphate are gone. Now Isis has a deadly new strategy 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/31/isis-dreams-of-caliphate-gone-now-deadly-new-strategy?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=258800&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

NORK
Kim says US should know North Korean nuclear force a reality
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kim-us-north-korean-nuclear-force-reality-52076678

South Korea Seizes Second Ship Suspected Of Selling Oil To North Korea
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/fox_news-south_korea_seizes_second_ship_suspected_of_sellin-rfoxnews

IRAN
Top Iranian Cleric Shows Support for Anti-Government Protesters
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2017/12/30/top-iranian-cleric-shows-support-for-antigovernment-protestors-n2428526?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

FLASHBACK: Trump Tells UN That 'Iran’s People Are What Their Leaders Fear the Most'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2017/12/30/flashback-trump-to-un--irans-people-are-what-their-leaders-fear-the-most-n2428498?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Iranian Women Defy Islamic Dress Code as Anti-Government Protests Sweep Nation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2017/12/30/iran-protests-n2428347?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Voices from the Grave Cry out for Justice in Iran
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2017/12/30/voices-from-the-grave-cry-out-for-justice-in-iran-n2428451?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

RUSSIAGATE
Australian Diplomat's Tip A Factor In FBI's Russia Probe (Papadopoulus again ... what a little weasel this guy has turned out to be.)
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-australian_diplomats_tip_a_factor_in_fbis_russia_p-ap/category/news

CLINTONGATE
WikiLeaks Drops Proof That NYTimes Colluded With Hillary Clinton
https://www.dailywire.com/news/25249/wikileaks-drops-proof-proves-nytimes-colluded-joseph-curl

POLITICS
For Trump, a Year of Reinventing the Presidency
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/us/politics/trump-reinventing-presidency.html?emc=edit_nn_20171231&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

-- "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