PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Congress Plotting to Cut a Hole in the 4th Amendment, Again 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0118/napolitano011118.php3

GENERAL INTEREST
When Boris Yeltsin went grocery shopping in Clear Lake
http://blog.chron.com/thetexican/2014/04/when-boris-yeltsin-went-grocery-shopping-in-clear-lake/

Work 50 minutes for a meal: Other quirky restaurants with a good cause
http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/food/work-50-minutes-for-a-meal-other-quirky-restaurants-with-a-good-cause

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is now an Ecuadorian citizen
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/11/julian-assange-ecuador-citizenship/

US 'do not travel' advisory puts five Mexican states on same level as Syria 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/10/us-travel-advisory-mexico-do-not-travel-crime-drug-cartel?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=260145&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH
Woman Dies From Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Eating Oysters: 'She Knew She Was Dying,' Says Relative
https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-dies-flesh-eating-bacteria-214848281.html

The Flu Killed a Healthy 21-Year-Old Man. Here's How That Can Happen
https://www.yahoo.com/news/flu-killed-healthy-21-old-185404372.html

CDC official on why the flu is near-epidemic, peaking early this year
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/cdc-official-why-flu-near-epidemic-peaking-early-164607874--abc-news-wellness.html

HEALTH CARE
Trump to require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to seek employment
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/11/trump-admin-offers-roadmap-medicaid-work-requireme/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTUdFeU56UmpPV00xT0RBdyIsInQiOiJqNlNYVjBuMnNXVk1rWjNUSGpVSHYxK1g4c2xIODhuNldBMVFVOTFmM1FXa2VNaWVGRlQ2SWY3T2hGNnBkN2s5REJwV0NWWnh4Z3lLbnBLUm5HN0ZxM0dETGJ2eGlKbTVuSFd6cEpTT1BCQ3JhdStkaUJVbm1WOTF3MlFqMzhXNSJ9

WEINSTEIN
Singer Seal accuses Oprah of knowing about Weinstein rumors 'for decades'
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seal-oprah-weinstein_us_5a576fb0e4b0a300f9065f61

IRS
PRIVATE DEBT COLLECTION: The IRS’s Private Debt Collection Program Is Not Generating Net Revenues, Appears to Have Been Implemented Inconsistently with the Law, and Burdens Taxpayers Experiencing Economic Hardship 
https://taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/Media/Default/Documents/2017-ARC/ARC17_Volume1_MSP_01_PDC.pdf

TAXES
Democrats in high-tax blue states look to gimmicks, loopholes to cut residents’ federal bill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/10/democrats-look-tax-loopholes-gimmicks-cut-federal-/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpkbVpXTTVOVEJoTVRWaCIsInQiOiJvT01HVHF0eTAyTHR5Nk4zQUJ3RE5PQzdLdDN0cDNMcmwwVWlYR1I3d29XRlwvQkVSVmp5Z1liM2lVdGcyZ3lcLzFqSUNQbnJwZkdpazQwWVwvc3docGthNGZ4Z2Ewc0hWN2JZK0R6NXVZRGNJOHAwM004ZTNBcmZsNXRxZCt1Nmd1ZSJ9

The Tax System, Explained in Beer! By Johnston Grocke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BomQxCG5VG4&feature=s&app=desktop%3D

AUTOMOTIVE
Why Ford Wants Owners To Immediately Stop Driving Their 2006 Ford Rangers
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/finance%20/article/fortune-why_ford_wants_owners_to_immediately_stop_driving-rtime

Engineering Explained shows one reason Mercedes F1 is so successful 
http://autoweek.com/article/technology/engineering-explained-tells-us-one-way-mercedes-f1-so-successful?utm_source=DailyDrive20180111&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=image-center&utm_content=body&utm_campaign=awdailydrive

HERPETOLOGY
Driver spots venomous, red-bellied black snake hissing at him through his car window
https://www.yahoo.com/news/driver-spots-venomous-red-bellied-180415825.html

ENVIRONMENT
Is This How We Save Wild Salmon?
https://www.ecowatch.com/wild-salmon-sierra-2522468241.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=66b100fe74-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-66b100fe74-85328381

WEATHER
US cold snap was a freak of nature, quick analysis finds
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-cold-snap-freak-nature-quick-analysis-finds-140502572.html

POWER
Nuclear power receives its death sentence in California: Regulators vote to shut down Diablo Canyon
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/sd-fi-diablocanyon-shutdownvote-20180111-story.html

TECHNOLOGY
The FCC Is On The Verge Of Doing Something Stupid
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2018/01/11/the-fcc-is-on-the-verge-of-doing-something-stupid-n2432661?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

New iPhone Overheating Incidents Reported in Orlando, Zurich
https://www.idropnews.com/news/two-separate-iphone-overheating-incidents-seemingly-caused-batteries/59945/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=01102018&utm_term=Newsletter

HP Issues Recall of 50,000 Laptop Batteries Due to Fire Risk
https://www.idropnews.com/news/fast-tech/hp-issues-recall-50000-laptop-batteries-due-fire-risk/59722/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=01102018&utm_term=Newsletter

Apple Faces 25+ Lawsuits for ‘Secretly and Intentionally’ Slowing Down iPhones
https://www.idropnews.com/news/apple-faces-25-lawsuits-secretly-intentionally-slowing-iphones/59762/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=01102018&utm_term=Newsletter

MILITARY
Navy — Don’t Classify It! Tell America ‘The Story Of Seapower’: Rep. Gallagher
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/navy-dont-classify-it-tell-america-the-story-of-seapower-rep-gallagher/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=59915548&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8SFTfCgCIwfAXBd8uq9Uar_YqUOXYLTmkinwkV_mWO3SVeVspEcLqhrvDaAjgITa0Y2auen4MRPjwBJAUErJpkNp3B8g&_hsmi=59915548

New Icebreaker Will Have Space, Power For Weapons: Coast Guard 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/new-icebreaker-will-have-space-power-for-weapons-coast-guard/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=59915548&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8SFTfCgCIwfAXBd8uq9Uar_YqUOXYLTmkinwkV_mWO3SVeVspEcLqhrvDaAjgITa0Y2auen4MRPjwBJAUErJpkNp3B8g&_hsmi=59915548

New research shows Army recruits from the South are less fit than recruits from other states 
https://www.postandcourier.com/features/your_health/new-research-shows-army-recruits-from-the-south-are-less/article_be8efbf8-f624-11e7-8dab-831070250da7.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

JUDICIARY
The Bundys and an Egregious Case of Prosecutorial Misconduct
https://patriotpost.us/articles/53383

IMMIGRATION
It Turns Out Bannon Was Trump’s Brain
http://www.freedomsback.com/it-turns-out-bannon-was-trumps-brain

Olive branch: Trump offers scaled-back border wall as Democrats soften resistance
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/10/trump-offers-scaled-back-border-wall-democrats-sof/

Pope Francis admits: Not all migrants good, not all border limits bad
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=36906?omhide=true

IRAN
What Cannot Continue Eventually Won't
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2018/01/11/what-cannot-continue-eventually-wont-n2432388?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

RUSSIAGATE
If Mueller moves beyond collusion to charge Trump, constitutional clash may follow
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/11/robert-mueller-money-laundering-push-could-spark-c/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTUdJd05EVTBZbUkwTXpobCIsInQiOiJTVm5cL0lrd2ZoS3MrYWNMUE42QTZlTzVrVjNDTFhFOU56aG43OUdcL2VQbVwvckNVMnZYNTBGcitrXC9HRVwvRVF1c2x0ZXkydXR6SzJQdmdBamJCZ2Yzb2t5S2ZIQkpiWjh2MzVzTDZRU3lHSVB6MXlXVFF5a1ZNeEZXa0ZQeHdEKzZtIn0%3D

POLITICS
Growing number of retirements threatens Republican House majority 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/growing-number-of-retirements-threatens-republican-house-majority/article/2645597

The Oprah for president news cycle is moronic, and yet it may be unstoppable 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-oprah-for-president-news-cycle-is-moronic-and-yet-it-may-be-unstoppable/article/2645573

Coming Out As A Republican To My Democrat Family Went Worse Than Coming Out Gay
http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/09/coming-republican-democrat-family-went-worse-coming-gay/

California in revolt: how the progressive state plans to foil the Trump agenda 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/11/california-resistance-trump-cannabis-immigration-environment?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=260145&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