PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
9 surprising facts about Neanderthals
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/surprising-facts-about-neanderthals

Man Drives Truck Straight into Ohio Floodwater
https://weather.com/storms/severe/video/man-drives-truck-straight-into-ohio-floodwater?pl=pl-the-lift

A Vintage Porsche Returns, 50 Years Later 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/a-vintage-porsche-returns-50-years-later-1519739137-lMyQjAxMTA4ODI5NzkyNTcyWj/

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/hamilton.php3

BLM
Black Lives Matter jealous of attention lavished on Florida gun control teens
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40268?omhide=true

GOVERNANCE
A Citizen of the Republic
https://christianmerc.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-citizen-of-republic.html

100,000 noncitizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania
http://www.gopusa.com/100000-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-in-pennsylvania/?omhide=true

EDUCATION
The real reasons colleges told students they’re OK with gun-control protests 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-real-reasons-colleges-told-students-theyre-ok-with-gun-control-protests-2018-02-27

School discipline also failed in Florida shooting case
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39982?omhide=true

Trump's removal from office sole focus of college course
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/27/california-college-course-focuses-solely-on-removing-trump-from-office.html

BUSINESS
FedEx Says It Will Keep NRA Discounts Despite Calls for Boycott
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fedex-stays-silent-while-calls-180318951.html

Amazon Made $5.6 Billion in Profits Last Year and Reportedly Paid Zero American Dollars in Federal Taxes
https://splinternews.com/amazon-made-5-6-billion-in-profits-last-year-and-repor-1823329221

FINANCIAL
US tax law explained in animation by a CPA firm
https://www.youtube.com/embed/BomQxCG5VG4?rel=0&autoplay=1

TECHNOLOGY
World's largest plane with a wingspan longer than a FOOTBALL FIELD - designed to launch rockets into space - taxis down the runway at 46mph in latest test
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5439515/Worlds-largest-plane-taxis-46mph-ahead-2019-flight.html

CYBER SECURITY
Identity theft is skyrocketing, and getting more sophisticated 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/identity-theft-is-skyrocketing-and-getting-more-sophisticated-2018-02-27

NAVY
We Must Shock-Test the USS Gerald R. Ford
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/shock-test-uss-gerald-r-ford-super-carrier/

US Navy sails massive fleet through South China Sea in defiance of Chinese
http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/us-navy-sails-massive-fleet-through-south-china-sea-in-defiance-of-chinese/news-story/6fe3e3fa96e211d3fa5fbf88002a95d1

The Navy Needs to Do More Than Rebuild for the Future, It needs to Reinvent Itself
http://cimsec.org/navy-needs-rebuild-future-needs-reinvent/35561

CHINA
Numbers Matter: China’s Three ‘Navies’ Each Have the World’s Most Ships
http://www.andrewerickson.com/2018/02/numbers-matter-chinas-three-navies-each-have-the-worlds-most-ships/

SYRIA
U.N. Report Links North Korea to Syrian Chemical Weapons 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/u-n-report-links-north-korea-to-syrian-chemical-weapons-1519760023-lMyQjAxMTI4MjIyNzEyMjc3Wj/

RUSSIAGATE
The Real Russian Disaster 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/russia-spreading-chaos-fooling-media-exposing-fbi/

POLITICS
Right warns GOP agenda can’t stop at Trump’s tax law
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/375713-right-warns-gop-agenda-cant-stop-at-trumps-tax-law?userid=288549

The Democratic party is now publicly attacking progressive candidates
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/26/democratic-party-laura-moser-texas?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265681&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

-- 
"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

PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Cowards and Losers: Name One, Forget the Other
https://amgreatness.com/2018/02/23/cowards-losers-name-one-forget/

GENERAL INTEREST
8 Traits Successful People Have In Common
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/money-8_traits_successful_people_have_in_common-rtime/category/finance

Churchill: The Man Who Saved the Free World
https://www.prageru.com/videos/churchill-man-who-saved-free-world

Eel Launches Sudden Attack on Photographer in South Africa
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/eel-launches-sudden-attack-on-photographer-in-south-africa?pl=pl-the-lift

What is white culture, exactly? Here's what the stats say
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/26/white-culture-statistics-vegetables-alcohol?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265577&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/hamilton.php3

HEALTH CARE
Democrats march toward single-payer health care
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/375376-democrats-march-toward-single-payer-health-care?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13796

Republicans will lead us unwittingly to single-payer health care 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/republicans-will-lead-us-unwittingly-to-single-payer-health-care-2018-02-26

Why are Democratic party think tanks still not backing universal healthcare? 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/25/us-healthcare-reform-medicare-for-all?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265577&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

GOVERNMENT MALFEASANCE
Washington legislature votes to keep records hidden from public
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40198?omhide=true

What was so secret at Obama’s Boston speech?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40184?omhide=true

'Steal what you like, but do not flaunt it'? 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/dalrymple022618.php3

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Leftist Students Freak Out When Panel Agrees Men And Women Are Different
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27571/watch-leftist-students-freak-out-when-panel-agrees-hank-berrien

SPORTS
Iowa point guard intentionally misses free throw to preserve fallen player's record
https://sports.yahoo.com/iowa-point-guard-intentionally-misses-free-throw-preserve-fallen-players-record-040549723.html

BUSINESS
Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle threatens Delta for cutting NRA ties
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/26/casey-cagle-threatens-delta-cutting-nra-ties/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

INFRASTRUCTURE
Fortified but Still in Peril, New Orleans Braces for Its Future
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/24/us/new-orleans-flood-walls-hurricanes.html?emc=edit_nn_20180226&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Absolute hell: the toxic outpost where Mumbai's poorest are 'sent to die' 
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/feb/26/mumbai-poor-mahul-gentrification-polluted?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265577&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

ARCHAEOLOGY
What Scientists Just Found Deep In The Ocean Is Seriously Unbelievable.
http://www.theunknownbutnothidden.com/scientists-just-found-deep-ocean-seriously-unbelievable/

CYBER SECURITY
How the number of data breaches is soaring — in one chart 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-the-number-of-data-breaches-is-soaring-in-one-chart-2018-02-26

MILITARY
'They beat our a--es': Russian mercenaries talk about humiliating defeat by US in reportedly leaked audio
http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-leaked-audio-humiliating-defeat-by-us-forces-2018-2

FAA
Trump wants his personal pilot to lead FAA
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-wants-his-personal-pilot-to-lead-faa-drug-dealers-to-be-executed-reports-2018-02-25

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
The real conspiracy behind the Florida school shooting (I am not an imgurer or, whatever they are called.)
https://imgur.com/a/bNyDX#Cpxb8gF

Attorney: Deputy thought gunfire was from outside school
https://www.yahoo.com/news/students-resolute-enter-school-shooting-045640708.html

A Tale of Two Shootings
https://ricochet.com/498051/a-tale-of-two-shootings/

Trump Says He’s Ready to Take On the NRA in Response to Florida Shooting
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-says-ready-nra-response-162808915.html

GUN CONTROL
Grieving Father Slams Fox News Host for Gun Control Agenda
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40252?omhide=true

Gun control debate greets Congress after Florida shooting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/25/gun-control-debate-greets-congress-after-florida-s/

As America debates gun control, remember the black community
http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/375539-as-america-debates-gun-control-remember-the-black-community?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13796

Senate's midterm calculations could scuttle gun debate before it begins
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/26/politics/republicans-democrats-gun-bill/index.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13796

IMMIGRATION
The Forgotten Dreamers
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/daca-debate-imperils-children-of-lawful-resident-immigrants/

NORK
Trump Sees Talks With NKorea Only Under 'Right Conditions'
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-white_house_takes_cautious_approach_on_north_korea-ap/category/news

SCOTUS
Conservative Supreme Court justices take aim at union fees
https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-hear-pivotal-challenge-union-fees-144137432.html

Supreme Court declines to rule on White House appeal of DACA injunction
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40271?omhide=true

RUSSIAGATE
In Russia probes, Republicans draw red line at Trump's finances
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/02/26/politics/russia-republicans-trump-finances/index.html

POLITICS
Three black women could beat Trump
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/375551-juan-williams-three-black-women-could-beat-trump?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13796

Democrats And Republicans Agree: 85% Say Congress Is Doing A Lousy Job
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/time-democrats_and_republicans_agree_85_say_congress_is-rtime/category/news

-- 
"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

Five things

https://medium.com/the-mission/i-embraced-these-5-characteristics-best-decision-i-ever-made-f26dc4bce484

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Scientists Say That Being Forgetful Is Actually A Sign You Are Unusually Intelligent
https://www.littlethings.com/forgetting-makes-you-smarter/

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
“In God We Trust” Removed From Classroom After Atheist Complaint
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2018/02/25/in-god-we-trust-removed-from-classroom-after-atheist-complaint-n2453892?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

BUSINESS
Tech Giants Are Less Powerful Than They Seem
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/tech-giants-are-less-powerful-than-they-seem-1519427936-lMyQjAxMTA4ODI1NTQyMTU1Wj/

Airlines' Latest Sneaky Trick: Charging Passengers According to Who They Are, Not Where They're Flying
https://www.inc.com/chris-matyszczyk/airlines-latest-sneaky-trick-charging-passengers-according-to-who-they-are-not-where-theyre-flying.html

SPORTS
Marjory Stoneman Douglas wins state hockey title, dedicates victory to shooting victims
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/375558-marjory-stoneman-douglas-win-state-hockey-title-dedicates

Transgender wrestler wins second straight Texas girls’ high school title
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/25/mack-beggs-transgender-wrestler-wins-texas-girls-h/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

ENVIRONMENT
Judge Suspends Construction of Louisiana Oil Pipeline
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/judge-suspends-construction-of-louisiana-oil-pipeline-1519439308-lMyQjAxMTA4ODI1NTQyMTU1Wj/

SCHOOL SECURITY
Questions for Your Child’s School
https://gavindebecker.com/questions-for-your-childs-school/

PERSONAL SECURITY
Naked and Afraid: Fighting an Active Shooter When You are Unarmed
http://www.activeresponsetraining.net/naked-and-afraid-fighting-an-active-shooter-when-you-are-unarmed

CYBER SECURITY
Apple moves iCloud encryption keys for Chinese users to China
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/25/apple-is-moving-icloud-encryption-keys-for-chinese-users-to-china/

Congress should close the loophole allowing warrantless digital car searches
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/25/congress-should-close-the-loophole-allowing-warrantless-digital-car-searches/

DEPT OF JUSTICE
Wayne’s World ["If Wray and Sessions won’t step up, they ought to step down."]  
https://townhall.com/columnists/gilgutknecht/2018/02/25/waynes-world-n2453876?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Florida House Republicans Demand Sheriff's Ouster Over Parkland Shooting Response
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-house-republicans-demand-sheriff-205217924.html

Broward’s Cowards
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/broward-county-sheriff-scott-israel-should-resign/




GUN CONTROL
The Gun-Control Debate Could Break America 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/the-gun-control-debate-could-break-america/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202018-02-25&utm_term=VDHM

Trump Weighs ‘Red Flag’ Orders to Take Guns Away Quickly
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/white-house-considers-protection-orders-110000673.html

IMMIGRATION
Trump Recites Inflammatory 'Snake' Song In Anti-Immigrant Diatribe
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/afp-trump_recites_inflammatory_snake_song_in_antiimmig-afp/category/news

Senate pivots to stopgap 'Dreamers' deal
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/375377-senate-pivots-to-stopgap-dreamers-deal?userid=288549

NORK
North Korea willing to start direct talks with US, says South Korea 
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/25/north-korea-general-protests-olympics-visit?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265504&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

POLITICS
California Democrats Decline To Endorse Dianne Feinstein For Re-Election
https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-democrats-decline-endorse-dianne-162631877.html

-- 

"At a time, when our lordly masters in Great Britain will be satisfied with nothing less than the deprivation of American freedom, it seems highly necessary that something should be done to avert the stroke…"  G Washington

LETTER TO GEORGE MASON | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 05, 1769