Tuesday, January 2, 2018

PLATT - MISC News


SPECIAL
AULD LANG SYNE by Sissel - Happy New Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtajxo8d7js&app=desktop

GENERAL INTEREST
I Predict That 2018 Will Either Be a Disaster or It Won’t Be
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/01/01/i-predict-that-2018-will-either-be-a-disaster-or-it-wont-be-n2428780?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Trophies Are for Winning
https://www.prageru.com/videos/trophies-are-winning

New year, new rules: what changes around the world from 1 January
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/01/new-year-new-rules-what-changes-on-1-january-around-the-world?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=258874&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Bacon Makes Every Day Better
http://www.michellesmirror.com/2017/12/bacon-makes-every-day-better.html#.WksjsHlMHRY

HEALTH
Giving up alcohol for a year salvaged my mental health 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/31/giving-up-alcohol-salvaged-mental-health?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=258874&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

JOBS
Hiring like it’s 1999: U.S. jobs market hasn’t been this good in decades
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hiring-like-its-1999-us-jobs-market-hasnt-been-this-good-in-decades-2017-12-30

BUSINESS
‘Mindfulness’: Corporate America’s Strange New Gospel
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455026/mindfulness-fad-corporate-america-buddhism-without-buddha?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-01-01&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Smart lock maker Otto suspends operations
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/01/smart-lock-maker-otto-suspends-operations/

AGRICULTURE
Growing Plants With 'Speed Breeding' Could Be The Key To Feed The World's Exploding Population
http://www.newsweek.com/growing-plants-speed-breeding-could-be-key-feed-worlds-exploding-population-767450

TECHNOLOGY
AI in 2018: Still more hype than reality, AI is nothing to be scared of yet
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ai-in-2018-still-more-hype-than-reality-ai-is-nothing-to-be-scared-of-yet-2017-12-29

FOREIGN POLICY
Trump withholding $255M in aid to Pakistan, as he accuses country of giving 'safe haven' to terrorists
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/01/trump-withholding-255m-in-aid-to-pakistan-as-accuses-country-giving-safe-haven-to-terrorists.html

Former Obama Official: US 'Chose to Not Be as Supportive' of 2009 Iranian Protesters
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2017/12/31/former-obama-official-says-us-chose-to-not-be-as-supportive-as-we-could-have-been-in-2009-iranian-protest-n2428678?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

LAW ENFORCEMENT
We Were Wrong about Stop-and-Frisk
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455035/new-york-city-stop-and-frisk-crime-decline-conservatives-wrong?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-01-01&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Baltimore breaks city record for killings per capita in 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/baltimore-breaks-city-record-killings-per-capita-2017-160045125.html

IMMIGRATION
18 refugees, 18 countries – and their hopes for 2018 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/01/18-refugees-18-countries-and-their-hopes-for-2018?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=258874&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

POTUS
The Tragic Reason Donald Trump Doesn’t Drink Will Make You Rethink Everything
https://www.cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/the-tragic-reason-donald-trump-doesnt-drink-will-make-you-rethink-everything.html/?ref=YF&yptr=yahoo

RUSSIAGATE
Withhold Judgment on the New York Times’ Latest Russia Scoop
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455033/new-york-times-george-papadopoulos-scoop-unproven-withhold-judgment?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-01-01&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POLITICS
Clinton Allies Paid Firm $700K For Women Who'd Accuse Trump Of Sexual Misconduct Week Before Election
https://www.dailywire.com/news/25263/clinton-allies-paid-firm-700k-women-whod-accuse-amanda-prestigiacomo

-- "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

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