PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Incredible scenes at the Rose Bowl after stirring National Anthem led by US Army forces and a B2 bomber flying over left the packed stadium roaring with applause
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5227233/Stirring-national-anthem-kicks-Rose-Bowl-playoffs.html

Westward bound! More and more Americans are leaving the East Coast and heading west because it's 'cheaper, warmer and easier to find a job'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5229083/Moving-study-People-continuing-west.html

Police arrest Louisiana man involved with 'Nigerian prince' email scams
http://mashable.com/2017/12/30/nigerian-prince-scam-arrest/#KHCHvTDRoPqZ

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/hamilton.php3

The cost of confusing fantasy with an informed opinion 
https://eatonrapidsjoe.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-cost-of-confusing-fantasy-with.html

PARENTING
"Ideas", "Feelings" and "Opinions" are not interchangeable 
https://eatonrapidsjoe.blogspot.com/2017/12/ideas-feelings-and-opinions-are-not.html

HEALTH
Parkinson's disease may soon have a smell test
https://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/blogs/parkinsons-disease-smell-test

The Giant, Under Attack
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/27/business/drug-addiction-rehab.html?emc=edit_nn_20180102&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

ACADEMIA
Students are enrolled in the University of Sensitivity
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/students-are-enrolled-in-the-university-of-sensitivity/article/2644615

JOBS
Here Are The 18 States That Could Learn A Brutal Lesson In Minimum Wage Hikes 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/01/02/here-are-the-18-states-that-could-learn-a-brutal-lesson-in-minimum-wage-hikes-n2429109?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

BUSINESS
Tim Cook Earned $102 Million in 2017 and Transport via Private Jet
https://www.idropnews.com/news/tim-cook-earned-102-million-in-2017-traveled-exclusively-via-private-jet/59201/

The Trump Effect: Business, Anticipating Less Regulation, Loosens Purse Strings
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/us/politics/trump-businesses-regulation-economic-growth.html?emc=edit_nn_20180102&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Fighting Climate Change, One Laundry Load at a Time
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/business/energy-environment/climate-change-enzymes-laundry.html?emc=edit_nn_20180102&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

ECOLOGY
Mekong region reveals 115 new species
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/more-new-species-mekong-region

HERPETOLOGY
Children found dozens of eggs in a sandpit. The contents were alarming.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/01/02/children-found-dozens-of-eggs-in-a-sandpit-the-contents-were-alarming/?utm_term=.bec2ab977f0d

TECHNOLOGY
Take it from the insiders: Silicon Valley is eating your soul 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/01/silicon-valley-eating-soul-google-facebook-tech?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=258979&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

MILITARY
This Is The True Story Of How The North Platte Canteen Was Born
http://blog.theveteranssite.com/north-platte/

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Border Patrol lacks technology to detect, stop drones carrying drugs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/2/drones-fly-drugs-us-no-border-patrol-detection-tec/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRWaE5qa3haVFEyWm1JMyIsInQiOiJSUzBEWHdUZjZ3Tll0V3ZCSlpSU2JYVzM5ZXJ2WGw0V0dTNnEyamdTTGNYenZaVlVMRUxsSThaMlQ2NDdvRU44XC9ySmJ2VU5FMzBSVzJZUzVhUFwvMElCQWhHeUJLU3BvZFBPVzlJdVl0TE1uc2hEdkM4MVJJd0dtOVRPRm5yV01OIn0%3D

MIDDLE EAST
Dubai Frame: UAE's latest surreal landmark frames a controversy 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/01/dubai-frame-uaes-latest-surreal-landmark-frames-a-controversy?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=258979&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

IRAN
Pence Promises U.S. Support for Iranian Protestors
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/01/01/pence-pledges-us-support-for-iranian-protestors-n2428936?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Iran's Oil Production, Exports Not Impacted By Protests
https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/irans_oil_production_exports_not_impacted_by_protests_sources-02-jan-2018-152990-article/

PAKISTAN
Pakistan’s foreign minister promises response to apparent Trump threat 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pakistans-foreign-minister-tweets-response-to-apparent-trump-threat-2018-01-01

CHINA
China covertly offering North Korea missiles, aid to halt nuclear program
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/2/china-covertly-offering-north-korea-missiles-aid-t/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVdZeU5HWmxNekpsTWpVeiIsInQiOiJnNkNtc083VFAxOXI5MW5nMkwySUcwNVZKTlpEd3kxWmRKTFwveStMN3BBYUFOVWQ1Tm95VXVRd0k4UDRFMTR5a2djUGZCeHE4WjhaWDFxV2dKNjB4cjJqenFoMjBzbEErRjJmclwveGZ3RThCVWtJdXBkZldsbjVrTG1rbjdGa0lvIn0%3D

NORK 
Rocket Man offers an opening, or a trap
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/1/rocket-man-offers-an-opening-or-a-trap/

Kim Jong-un’s Overture Could Drive a Wedge Between South Korea and the U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/world/asia/kim-jong-un-offer-talks-south-korea-and-us.html?emc=edit_nn_20180102&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

RUSSIAGATE
House expands Russia probe to FBI, Justice use of unconfirmed dossier to snare Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/1/devin-nunes-expands-russia-probe-use-Trump-dossier/

UNIONS
Democrats hope to undo bipartisan 2014 fix for troubled pension plans (Dems want a government bailout.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/democrats-hope-to-undo-bipartisan-2014-fix-for-troubled-pension-plans/article/2644604

POTUS
Trump's medical exam will disappoint critics. Here's why 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-medical-exam-will-disappoint-critics-heres-why/article/2644610

POLITICS
Dems think 2018 will be a good year, but are they realistic about their own problems? 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/balz010218.php3

-- "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