PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Giant pig caught on camera ravaging dumpster near school goes viral
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/giant-pig-caught-on-camera-ravaging-garbage-bin-near-school/news-story/1a4a44c8704825f95844f2bc2ec8943c

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

Here's a Commentary That We Need Right Now
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/malanga021218.php3

PHYSICAL HEALTH
What the Flu Does to Your Body, and Why It Makes You Feel So Awful 
https://www.ecowatch.com/influenza-symptoms-2533998041.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=64ace0bfcd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-64ace0bfcd-85328381

Doctors thought they knew the cause of a teen's seizures. So why didn't he get better?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/seizures_not.php3

MENTAL HEALTH
Lincoln Wasn’t Handsome, but He Had a Great Sense of Humor
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/lincoln-wasnt-handsome-but-he-had-a-great-sense-of-humor-1518377892-lMyQjAxMTE4NjEyMjExNzI5Wj/

Notable & Quotable: What We Need Now
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/notable-quotable-what-we-need-now-1518377811-lMyQjAxMTE4ODE2MjIxMDIyWj/

SPORTS
Play ball, with informed intelligence 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will021218.php3

EDUCATION
Adults who went undercover at a high school found 7 things people don't realize about life for teenagers today
http://www.businessinsider.com/undercover-high-teenagers-lives-2018-2/#social-media-has-changed-the-game-1

Philadelphia school pays kids $100 if they don’t get into fights
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/41863/

Harvard, Berkeley rank among 10 worst schools for free speech
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/harvard-berkeley-among-top-10-worst-schools-free-s/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVdJNFlXSmpNVFEwWXpWaSIsInQiOiJcLzJLc1RTN1orV3NJMlVVTHc0MndkYk9iRTdKSVBzNGhNdk0yNHF4V0hnYUg0cGVvT0xPRVNJK3hQamdMWGpFSG1lUHA3QnRiWmZYaTR2QzErSjhENmFTdlAyV1kxVGRLV1p4M0E5eTBqU1hHRU1yc0k3K3hCbXNcL1hxS2FaeWZWIn0%3D

GOVERNMENT OVERREACH
When Border Searches Become Unreasonable
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456282/border-patrol-warrantless-searches-often-unconstitutional?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180212_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

ENVIRONMENT
Hawaii’s Cesspools Threaten Drinking Water, Tourism
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/hawaiis-cesspools-threaten-drinking-water-tourism-1518357620-lMyQjAxMTI4MDEyMjgxOTI2Wj/

Lions Eat Suspected Lion Poacher
http://www.newser.com/story/255301/suspected-lion-poacher-is-killed-by-lions.html

EVOLUTION
Tracing the tangled tracks of humankind's evolutionary journey 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/12/tracing-the-tangled-tracks-of-humankinds-evolutionary-journey?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263771&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

TECHNOLOGY
It’s Too Hard to Search the Cloud
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/its-too-hard-to-search-the-cloud-1518377986-lMyQjAxMTA4MzExMjgxMTI0Wj/

CYBER SECURITY
Encryption keeps us safe. It must not be compromised with ‘backdoors’ 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/12/encryption-safe-hillary-clinton-secure-backdoors-privacy?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263771&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

NAVY
Navy Kludges Networks: $1M Per Carrier Strike Group, Per Deployment 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/navy-kludges-networks-1m-per-carrier-strike-group-per-deployment/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60606341&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_V8z86IUUfe8ecLDNxuK2WKH083tXJMUlb7ToXX0JwLCz-01j_9BlzHA8EBXWkGB3hQt5-DBjee1vhR_ZJFXGgv12anw&_hsmi=60606341

DEFENSE
The drone shot down by Israel was an Iranian copy of a US craft, Israel says 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/syria_israel_bombing.php3



NATIONAL SECURITY
Where might Trump go in a nuclear attack?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42969877

MEDIA
Understanding the Media’s Ugly Weekend
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456319/north-korea-olympics-media-fawn-over-kim-jong-un-sister?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-12&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

IMMIGRATION
GOP senators offer stiff security plan as ante in immigration debate
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/11/grassley-and-cornyn-unveil-enforcement-heavy-immig/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRCaU1UZ3haV0kxTm1JMiIsInQiOiJaSXB1aHpKMnkwYmp1a2xiTjZ4UlB6WjRtZ3RpMUJITXNcL0NVbzE2K3Z3aWlkSE91UWpBT1BYYjRuMXdmS2p3WllIVTUzSnNYWWpWZzRnV0hNWXMrTVM1VEtYUVZmVklcL0tLazZ2ZDE2dnpQb3dHd2xWSExcL1wvbE1JczR2YmNNM3EifQ%3D%3D

DACA or DACA-Plus?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456303/daca-or-daca-plus-who-are-dreamers?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-12&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

MIDDLE EAST
Israel has taken its biggest step into the Syrian war yet. What does that mean?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/israel_syria_bombing.php3

RUSSIAGATE
The FBI Was Desperate for Somebody to Spy On
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-fbi-was-desperate-for-somebody-to-spy-on-1518216629-lMyQjAxMTA4MzExMjgxMTI0Wj/

POLITICS
How Nancy Pelosi ginned up $50 million for Democrats in 2017
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/nancy-pelosi-raised-nearly-50-million-democrats-20/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTW1Nd1pqTm1ORGhqWlRFeCIsInQiOiJrcWVnRDUwSnVITXV5NTBsdVdjZHljTk9MXC9tY2VNQWZCRytHVm9YbytCZXIwMWwxVHFmYmdRNGxJQ3pkQ2k2TUh5MlJLeVJzTFBmMFZTdzRnS3hwT3p1eXBhWHZZd2pBUDZJeWsrQyt0d0pKaURhOXdENE0xbzZzQ3pKZEZndkQifQ%3D%3D

Bizarro World --- the Comic Book Version and the Real Thing 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/bernie_g021218.php

-- 
"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