PLATT - MISC News

 

GENERAL INTEREST
What Color Is The Wind?
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/10/13/what-color-is-the-wind-anne-herbauts/

Beauer 3X expandable teardrop trailer gives you 3x the space 
https://newatlas.com/beauer-3x-expandable-teardrop/38991/

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (5/11 ... this NYT quiz is more difficult than WaPo's)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/19/briefing/19weekly-news-quiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180121&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
PHOTOS: Top 21 Signs from the Angry Women’s March in D.C. (WARNING! ... contains very foul language.)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/20/photos-top-21-signs-from-the-angry-womens-march-in-d-c/

Growing homeless population at Atlanta's airport sparks safety, health concerns
http://www.fox5ny.com/news/police-officers-at-atlantas-airport-speak-out-about-homeless-population

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
‘Baby PISA’ Is in the Nursery—But Hold Off on Sending the Cigars and Flowers
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertholland/2018/01/20/baby-pisa-is-in-the-nurserybut-hold-off-on-sending-the-cigars-and-flowers-n2436651?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

BUSINESS
I had an Apple store experience from hell — and it's clear there are larger problems with Apple's retail presence (This, in some ways, mirrors my own few experiences at the Apple Store in my area ... 50 miles away in the edge of downtown Houston.  The major difference is that Apple fixed our problems on the first visit.)
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/had-apple-store-experience-hell-140000067.html

How Zappos and Fernet Saved Downtown Vegas
https://punchdrink.com/articles/how-zappos-and-fernet-saved-downtown-vegas/

GEOLOGY    
Scientists Say Stone Predates Solar System
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/scientists-say-stone-predates-solar-system?pl=pl-the-latest

TECHNOLOGY
Astonishing New Invention From Israel: Paint That Cools Your House With No Electric Bill
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26093/astonishing-new-invention-israel-paint-cools-your-hank-berrien?utm_source=shapironewsletter-ae&utm_medium=email&utm_content=012018-news&utm_campaign=modelnames

Are Microwaves Really as Bad for the Environment as Cars? 
https://www.ecowatch.com/microwave-oven-emissions-2526868759.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=b446808ad7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-b446808ad7-85328381

NATIONAL SECURITY
Ex-C.I.A. Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informants Is Arrested
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/us/politics/cia-china-mole-arrest-jerry-chun-shing-lee.html?emc=edit_nn_20180121&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1    

JUDICIAL MALFEASANCE
Judge Interjects, Tells Jury That God Wants A Not Guilty Verdict
http://www.newsweek.com/did-god-speak-texas-judge-786121?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

MEDIA
I run a small, independent magazine. I worry Facebook will kill us off 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/21/small-independent-magazine-facebook?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=261334&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

What to Watch on NETFLIX
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/68735693854/sent/?sfo=1&sender=290341644635496401&invite_code=f83b64aad26d47c78b09794b55a79a06

IMMIGRATION
Build The Wall: U.S Special Forces Tried To Breach Trump's Border Wall–They Couldn't Do It
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/01/20/build-the-wall-us-special-forces-tried-to-breach-border-wallthey-couldnt-do-it-n2437039?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Why some African Americans are moving to Africa
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/african-americans-moving-africa-180116092736345.html

FLOTUS
Seldom seen, rarely heard: Melania's tenure is most notable for her absence
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/21/melania-trump-first-lady-donald-trump?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=261334&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

POLITICS
Who's To Blame For A Government Shutdown? Democrats. Here's Why.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26107/whos-blame-government-shutdown-democrats-heres-why-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=012018-news&utm_campaign=position1

GOP congressman reveals House Intel Committee will release top secret FISA memo to public
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/21/gop-congressman-reveals-house-intel-committee-will-release-top-secret-fisa-memo-to-public

Dems. Begin to Crack - Rep. Gutierrez Shows Reluctant Support for Funding the Wall 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/01/20/democrats-begin-to-crack--rep-gutierrez-shows-support-for-wall-n2437360?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

-- 
"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