PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
A Lufthansa passenger filmed a 'demonic' child screaming for 8 hours on a flight — and people are horrified
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/lufthansa-passenger-filmed-apos-demonic-212125104.html

N.Y. landlord obliterated dozens of graffiti murals. Now he owes the artists $6.7 million 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/graffiti_murals.php3

POVERTY
A New Look Into Poverty in America
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2018/02/14/a-new-look-into-poverty-in-america-n2448671?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Sorry, NYT: For Child Poverty, Family Structure Still Matters
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456365/single-mothers-new-york-times-story-wrong-impression?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180214_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

TAXES
Feds Just Made History In Tax Collection. Here Are The Numbers.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27064/trumponomics-feds-just-made-history-tax-collection-james-barrett?utm_source=shapironewsletter-ae&utm_medium=email&utm_content=021418-news&utm_campaign=modelnames

EDUCATION
DeVos seeks cuts from Education Department to support school choice 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0218/school_choice_funding.php3

SPORTS
The Swiss Aren’t Neutral at These Olympics. They’re Hilarious.
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-swiss-arent-neutral-at-these-olympics-theyre-hilarious-1518616870-lMyQjAxMTE4NTE1NDYxOTQyWj/

FINANCIAL
Meet cryptocurrency guru George Weiksner—he’s 11 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/meet-cryptocurrency-guru-george-weiksner-hes-11-2018-02-13

JOBS
9 students who built a career without the classic college experience—or debt 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/9-students-who-built-a-career-without-the-classic-college-experienceor-debt-2018-02-14

Robots are the ultimate job stealers. Blame them, not immigrants 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/14/resentment-robots-job-stealers-arlie-hochschild?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264034&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

WEATHER
When you're fed up with winter ... 
https://weather.com/storms/winter/video/when-you-fight-winter-winter-fights-back?pl=pl-the-lift

TECHNOLOGY
Google Will Block Spammy Ads (Just Not Many of Its Own) 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/how-google-swayed-efforts-to-block-annoying-online-ads-1518623663-lMyQjAxMTE4NjE2NDQxNzQ1Wj/

They shared their lives on YouTube. Then an obsessed fan came calling --- with a gun 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/YouTube_fan.php3

NATIONAL SECURITY
How new Russian submarine tactics are threatening to overwhelm aging U.S. fleet
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/13/russian-submarine-threat-has-us-navy-scrambling-to/

Russia Sees Midterm Elections as Chance to Sow Fresh Discord, Intelligence Chiefs Warn
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/russia-sees-midterm-elections-as-chance-to-sow-fresh-discord-intelligence-chiefs-warn.html?emc=edit_nn_20180214&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

DEFENSE
261 M1 Tanks Getting Trophy Anti-Missile System As Army Reorients To Major Wars 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/261-m1-tanks-getting-trophy-anti-missile-system-as-army-reorients-to-major-wars/

BIG BROTHER
The IRS Is Coming for Your Passports
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456393/irs-policy-targets-us-passports-congress-should-reverse-it

So Long, Huck Finn and Atticus Finch
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456394/kill-mockingbird-huckleberry-finn-deemed-offensive-racial-slurs?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180214_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

IMMIGRATION
Trump poll / Corker / Veto threatened on immigration deal 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-approval-ticks-up-in-poll-veto-threatened-on-immigration-deal-2018-02-14

MIDDLE EAST
Iran is playing with fire in Syria 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/iran_playing_with_fire.php3

FAUXCAHONTAS
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, ‘FAUXCAHONTAS,’ is a no-show at tribal conference
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/13/rnc-elizabeth-warren-fauxcahontas-no-show-tribal-c/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1dNMU1qWXpaRFkzTUdZNCIsInQiOiJNc0IwS0cxUEVBVDJcL2YxWkxTUFVYazRvd1Q2elR1OU5jb0dmc2VtRm1jbU03cnAxWlo0T0NsaW5GOGc3OXliOGdHeFVnd05peWdrKzJQUFwvajhybGx4MlVqemhndml3NzVzZXA2VzBocHFZT2J0TFwvS2I1dzJtNjdTZzNIUHhQXC8ifQ%3D%3D

Elizabeth Warren embraces her Native American heritage, pushes back against criticism
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/14/elizabeth-warren-embraces-native-american-heritage/

Elizabeth Warren Ancestor Rounded Up Cherokees For Trail of Tears
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2012/05/08/elizabeth-warren-ancestor-trail-of-tears/

POLITICS
This Isn't Normal
https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2018/02/14/this-isnt-normal-n2448648?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Uranium One Is a Curious Case
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/uranium-one-is-a-curious-case-1518564360-lMyQjAxMTI4NzEwNDExNDQzWj/

Internal Dem Poll: Trump and GOP Gain Ground, 2018 'Blue Wave' in Peril
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/02/14/internal-dem-poll-trump-is-gaining-and-democrats-are-in-danger-of-blowing-it-n2448635?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

-- 
"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