PLATT - MISC News

OS BUG
‘Text Bomb’ iMessage Links Are Crashing iOS and macOS Devices (DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK)
https://www.idropnews.com/news/text-bomb-imessage-links-crashing-apple-devices/60637/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=01192018&utm_term=Newsletter

GENERAL INTEREST
Should you get a tattoo made with motorcycle exhaust?
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/get-tattoo-made-motorcycle-exhaust-222856641.html

Does the California Model Really Work?
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2018/01/19/does-the-california-model-really-work-n2436475?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

What Is a Good American?
https://townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/2018/01/19/what-is-a-good-american-n2436483?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Fear of the Federal Government in the Ranchlands of Oregon
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/magazine/fear-of-the-federal-government-in-the-ranchlands-of-oregon.html?emc=edit_nn_20180119&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

HEALTH
New blood test could help detect eight common cancers before they spread 
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jan/19/new-blood-test-could-help-detect-eight-common-cancers-before-they-spread?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=261122&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection



FINANCIAL
Another top Silicon Valley investor slams politically correct tech culture, praises Chinese work ethic
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/18/sequoia-vc-mike-moritz-praises-china-tech-work-ethic-joins-sam-altman.html?__source=yahoo%7Cfinance%7Cheadline%7Cheadline%7Cstory&par=yahoo&doc=104953395&yptr=yahoo

California's bullet train (and biggest boondoggle) is over budget by billions
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/19/californias-bullet-train-and-biggest-boondoggle-overbudget-by-billions.html

JOBS
Post-work: the radical idea of a world without jobs 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/19/post-work-the-radical-idea-of-a-world-without-jobs?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=261122&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SPORTS
Vikings’ so-called hero finds new low in NFL celebration lunacy
https://nypost.com/2018/01/19/vikings-so-called-hero-finds-new-low-in-nfl-celebration-lunacy/

CLIMATE CHANGE
The Climate-Change Doomsday Just Got Canceled
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/climate-change-doomsday-temperature-increase-co2/ 

WATER
Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/climate/water-iran.html?emc=edit_nn_20180119&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

NASA
Jeanette Epps, black NASA astronaut set to make space station history, removed from flight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/19/jeanette-epps-black-nasa-astronaut-set-make-space-/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT0RZME1EWmtPR0prT0dObSIsInQiOiJzcXorMVBxbW1YYzdsZHJ1ZlpSMEUySkhpT2Y1Z05RVVMyaXZHZlF3ZjFwZHFBcmRRSGk1UVFIMEdEWExqckRibzdGSGFXTG9DazdIV2RpNTFaT0huRXluVVZaNE81bThjOTZTTlRzbkJmUXQ0WGFiMW51UjdQNVZZdjFjN1BvbyJ9

NATIONAL SECURITY
Lockheed's 'Son of Blackbird' spy plane might already be here
https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/19/lockheed-son-of-blackbird-SR-72-spy-plane/

DEFENSE
Mattis’ Defense Strategy Raises China To Top Threat; Allies Feature Prominently 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/mattis-military-strategy-raises-china-to-top-threat-allies-feature-prominently/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60088427&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--QUXKN7Ceju6pQJnGUpyypG7SQlz3YMW7NjhM1-kmtkH9kfbU1uKkWswzbNNivdgSwDh6J91Ow4j8_krLmSV6LtU5qCA&_hsmi=60088427

Mattis: Defense Cuts Have Done More Damage to US Military than Any Enemy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/01/19/mattis-defense-cuts-have-done-more-damage-to-military-than-any-enemy-n2436895?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

AIR FORCE
U.S. Air Force Weighs International Squadrons to Strike Terror Targets 
https://mail.yahoo.com/#6751130441

LAW ENFORCEMENT
California AG: We will prosecute employers who help ICE
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=37505?omhide=true

BIG BROTHER
China uses facial recognition to monitor ethnic minorities
https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/18/china-facial-recognition-uyghurs-xinjiang/

MEDIA
The biggest risk to American journalism isn't posed by Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/19/american-journalism-fake-news-trump?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=261122&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Babe in the Woods: Journalism in the Age of Clickbait­­
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455568/aziz-ansari-babe-story-journalism-fails-clickbait-wins?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180119_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

TV crew caught trying to sneak fake bomb into Newark Airport
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tv-crew-caught-trying-to-sneak-fake-bomb-into-newark-airport-2018-01-19

IMMIGRATION
Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Legality of Current Trump Travel Ban
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/supreme-court-agrees-to-decide-legality-of-current-trump-travel-ban-1516389203-lMyQjAxMTE4MDEwOTkxMjk4Wj/

POTUS
Trump's tendency to move Republicans off message is a major midterm concern
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-tendency-to-move-republicans-off-message-is-a-major-midterm-concern/article/2646403

Lindsey Graham may have cracked the code for dealing with Trump
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lindsey-graham-may-have-cracked-the-code-for-dealing-with-trump/article/2646404

RUSSIAGATE
Transparency for Fusion and the FBI
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/transparency-for-fusion-and-the-fbi-1516319613-lMyQjAxMTI4MjE0OTIxODkxWj/

FISA abuse memo, #ReleaseTheMemo campaign send Congress, Wikileaks and Twitter into a tailspin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/19/fisa-abuse-memo-and-releasethememo-send-congress-w/

Twitter updates total of Russia-linked election bots to 50,000
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/19/twitter-updates-total-of-russia-linked-election-bots-to-50000/

POLITICS
Democrats sweat nightmare scenario in California
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/19/california-democrats-fear-nightmare-midterms-2018-346948

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