PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
VIDEO: 'Oh No!' -- The Most Embarrassing Tic-Tac-Toe Game Ever Played
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/02/09/video-the-most-embarrassing-tictactoe-game-ever-played-n2446937?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

The WIRE: Your week in review
https://personalliberty.com/wire-week-review-20-80/

HEALTH
Sparkling water – on the rocks! My battle through dry(ish) January
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/08/sparkling-water-on-the-rocks-my-battle-through-dryish-january-brigid-delaneys-dia?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263514&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

DIVERSITY
California school science project that connected race and IQ is pulled after complaints
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/10/california-school-science-project-that-connected-race-and-iq-is-pulled-after-complaints.html

The Michigan town where only Christians are allowed to buy houses
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/09/christians-only-town-bay-view-michigan?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263514&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SPORTS
Skijoring: The Wildest Winter Sport You’ve Never Heard Of
https://www.marketwatch.com/video/skijoring-the-wildest-winter-sport-youve-never-heard-of/A42AB268-471C-4353-B6BF-CDA309B4F3F1.html

BUSINESS
HR has lost the trust of employees. Here is who has it now
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/10/hr-has-lost-the-trust-of-employees-here-is-who-has-it-now/

FINANCIAL
Analysis: Let's Face It, Neither of These Awful Parties is Actually Serious About Fiscal Responsibility
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/02/09/dear-democrats-tax-cuts-arent-government-spending-dear-republicans-remember-the-debt-n2446865?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Entitlements: California pension cost rise just starting
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39097?omhide=true

CLIMATE CHANGE
STUDY: These Islands 'Sinking' From Global Warming Are Actually Growing In Size
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26976/study-these-islands-sinking-global-warming-are-james-barrett

ENVIRONMENT
War on the wildest places: US bill may open pristine lands to development 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/09/montana-wilderness-study-area-republican-bill-threat?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263514&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

CYBER SECURITY
Internet scammers are terrible, and this troll is their nightmare
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/scammer_troll.php3

IMMIGRATION
Thanks, DW ... 


MIDDLE EAST
Israeli fighter jet downed after alleged breach by Iranian drone
https://nypost.com/2018/02/10/israel-downs-iranian-drone-and-strikes-syria-f-16-crashes/

NORK/SKOR
Kim Jong Un invites South Korean president for meeting in the North
https://nypost.com/2018/02/10/kim-jong-un-invites-south-korean-president-for-meeting-in-the-north/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

TERRORISM
Study: Americans who left to join ISIS in Syria, Iraq were disappointed 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/pampered_terrorists.php3

SCOTUS
Supreme Court on the verge of reversing some of its old decisions
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/09/supreme-court-verge-reversing-some-its-old-decisions/319834002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories

RUSSIAGATE
Hillary Clinton’s Fingerprints Are All Over The FBI’s Investigation Into Trump’s Russia Ties
http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/10/hillary-clintons-fingerprints-fbis-investigation-trumps-russia-ties/

Trump Sold a $40 Million Estate to a Russian Oligarch for $100 Million—and a Democratic Senator Wants to Know Why
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sold-40-million-estate-155724850.html

The surveillance state is here, and to stay
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden020918.php3

POLITICS
Improving poll numbers give Republicans hope that the midterms might not be so bad 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/hohmann020918.php3

Trump’s approval rating tops Obama’s at same point in presidency
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/8/trump-approval-rating-tops-obamas-same-point-presi/

The Democratic Lead Is Shrinking
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456263/democrats-2018-chances-shrinking-extremism-blame?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-02-10&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

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"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, 1929ll to Arms, 1929