PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Some of Buster Keaton’s Most Amazing Stunts 
https://www.chonday.com/25830/busterstunts5/

The Facebook Comments On Oregon's Decision To Allow Motorists To Pump Their Own Gas Will Make Your Day
https://www.dailywire.com/news/25313/facebook-comments-oregons-decision-allow-motorists-jared-sichel

Taos, New Mexico: a road trip of highs and pueblos 
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/jan/04/taos-new-mexico-snowboarding-native-american-road-trip?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=259239&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH
If You’re Sick, Stay Away From Work. If You Can’t, Here Is What Doctors Advise.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/health/working-sick.html?emc=edit_nn_20180104&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

BUDGET
America Needs a Balanced-Budget Amendment More Than Ever
http://www.richmond.com/opinion/their-opinion/george-will/george-will-column-america-needs-a-balanced-budget-amendment-more/article_bafddf4a-f388-5bda-bf63-d1ae5b585c3f.html

BUSINESS
Bluefin Tuna Sold For $320,000 In Tsukiji's Last New Year
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/the_associated_press-bluefin_tuna_sold_for_320000_in_1st_tsukiji_sale_o-ap

Intel was aware of the chip vulnerability when its CEO sold off $24 million in company stock (INTC)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-aware-chip-vulnerability-ceo-013040434.html

CLIMATE CHANGE
Which works better: climate fear, or climate hope? Well, it's complicated 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/04/climate-fear-or-hope-change-debate?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=259239&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

WEATHER
The Latest: Flights To Resume Friday At Kennedy Airport
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-the_latest_maryland_governor_declares_state_of_eme-ap/category/news+

ENVIRONMENT
The ecological catastrophe that turned a vast Bolivian lake into a salt desert
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/04/the-ecological-catastrophe-that-turned-a-vast-bolivian-lake-to-a-salt-desert?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=259239&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SCIENCE
Scientists think they have found the reason some people are left-handed — and it has nothing to do with the brain
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/scientists-think-found-reason-people-125600410.html

Science has a solution for that constant ringing in your ear
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/science-solution-constant-ringing-ear-140200470.html

HERPETOLOGY
*A family in Coventry, England, are "quite mortified" after calling the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in September to rescue a lizard peeking from underneath a bed in their home. But when officer Vic Hurr arrived at the home, she discovered the "lizard" was not a "lizard at all, it was a pink stripy sock." The dirty imposter sock, about 7 inches long and 2 inches wide, wasn't moving, Hurr noted. "I think the family eventually saw the funny side," an RSPCA spokeswoman told the Independent. "The sock had obviously been there quite a while. It was a typical teenager's bedroom, I suppose."

TECHNICAL SECURITY
Security flaws put virtually all phones, computers at risk
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/security-flaws-put-virtually-phones-computers-risk-003147023--finance.html

Apple Says All Macs, IPhones, IPads Exposed To Chip Flaw
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/bloomberg_news-apple_says_all_macs_iphones_ipads_exposed_to_chip-rbloomberg/category/news

Meltdown and Spectre are huge vulnerabilities for Intel and others: What you need to know
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/meltdown-and-spectre-are-huge-vulnerabilities-for-intel-and-more-what-you-need-to-know-2018-01-03

DEFENSE
2018 Forecast: Can the Navy Say No? 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/2018-forecast-can-the-navy-say-no/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=59778600&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_hSE4-3alz-ciaOx4Nnlt19Qmfl3JxrwKYvHeXb1HnCEr-Bxnm4nT2TM4j5fRQfx6TmhBSk4NMROIyWv8O-SrJgYF1FQ&_hsmi=59778600

NORK
Will Nuclear North Korea Survive 2018?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455099/north-korea-nuclear-power-may-or-may-not-survive-2018?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180104_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

North Korea comes close to bombing one of its own cities by accident: report
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/north-korea-comes-close-to-bombing-one-of-its-own-cities-by-accident-report-2018-01-04

Trump's North Korea Tweets Aren't Going To Lead To Nuclear War. Just Stop.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/25336/trumps-north-korea-tweets-arent-going-lead-nuclear-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=010318-news&utm_campaign=position4

RUSSIAGATE
Liberal leaders now running from anti-Trump dossier in Russia probe
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/3/liberal-leaders-back-away-from-anti-trump-dossier/

POLITICS
Al Franken’s Touching Departure
http://www.freedomsback.com/al-frankens-touching-departure

Frustrated Democrats threaten to move on from Nancy Pelosi, leadership if party falls short in midterms
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/frustrated-democrats-threaten-to-move-on-from-nancy-pelosi-leadership-if-party-falls-short-in-midterms/article/2644932

Instead of 'Infrastructure Investment,' How About Killing Davis-Bacon?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/elder010418.php3
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