PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
‘We Need Bullies’: Chris Rock Speaks Truth to Weakness in Tamborine (Warning:  This is a typical F-word laced  piece by Rock.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456472/chris-rock-tamborine-we-need-bullies-marital-fidelity-no-pornography?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180216_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Sympathy must be earned. Don't be played 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/wholberg021618.php3

GENERAL INTEREST
Dozens Of Dog Food Brands Recalled After Euthanasia Drug Found
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/02/15/dog-food-recall-euthanasia/

23 Passengers Booted From Carnival Cruise Following 'Bloodbath' Of A Brawl
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-23_passengers_booted_from_carnival_cruise_followin-rfoxnews/category/news

People are walking into glass at the new Apple headquarters 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/people-are-walking-into-glass-at-the-new-apple-headquarters-2018-02-15

GPS, smartphones and speed keep road deaths at 10-year high
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/forget-texting-the-most-dangerous-distractions-for-drivers-come-with-the-car-2017-10-05

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (8/10 ... a couple of these were WAGs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/16/briefing/16weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180216&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

MASS SHOOTINGS
Steve Scalise: No ‘magic unicorn law’ can stop mass shootings
http://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/16/steve-scalise-no-magic-unicorn-law-will-stop-mass-/

A cure for mass shootings doesn't exist
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-mass-shooting-assault-weapons-0218-20180216-story.html

How likely is gun violence to kill the average American? The odds may surprise you
http://businessinsider.com/mass-shooting-gun-statistics-2018-2

We Can’t Have A Debate About Guns If Liberals Keep Lying About Them
http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/16/we-cant-have-a-debate-about-guns-if-liberals-keep-lying-about-them/

A Gun-Control Measure Conservatives Should Consider
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456510/gun-control-republicans-consider-grvo?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-16&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Police: Grandmother turned in Washington teen planning school attack
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39464?omhide=true

Right and Left React to the Gun Control Debate After the Florida Shooting
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/politics/right-and-left-react-to-the-gun-control-debate-after-the-florida-shooting.html?emc=edit_nn_20180216&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

BUDGET
Trump's Deficit-ridden Budget Plan Is Filled With Wasteful Spending
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2018/02/16/trumps-deficitridden-budget-plan-is-filled-with-wasteful-spending-n2449808?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

ENVIRONMENT
Update on Nestlé: Michiganders Mobilize to Take Back Public Water 
https://www.ecowatch.com/nestle-michigan-water-2534869852.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5d463eecd5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5d463eecd5-85328381

How to Reduce Methane Emissions From the Oil and Gas Industry Across North America 
https://www.ecowatch.com/methane-emissions-us-2534478882.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5d463eecd5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5d463eecd5-85328381

SPACE
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Headed for Earth or Venus Crash (In a Few Million Years)
https://www.space.com/39704-elon-musk-tesla-roadster-earth-venus-crash.html

DEFENSE
Admiral warns US must prepare for possibility of war with China 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/16/admiral-warns-us-must-prepare-for-possibility-of-war-with-china?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264350&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Pentagon’s ‘deploy-or-be-removed’ policy takes effect
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39566?omhide=true

JUDICIARY
An unusual turn in the Michael Flynn case?
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-an-unusual-turn-in-the-michael-flynn-case/article/2649272

MEDIA
Fun With President Trump
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/crosby021618.php3

IMMIGRATION
White House refuses to back down from key immigration priorities after Senate rejects all proposals
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/white-house-refuses-to-back-down-from-key-immigration-priorities-after-senate-rejects-all-proposals/article/2649271

GOP looks for Plan B after failure of immigration measures
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/374143-gop-looks-for-plan-b-after-failure-of-immigration-measures?rnd=1518779002

Japan had 20,000 applications for asylum in 2017. It accepted 20
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/16/japan-asylum-applications-2017-accepted-20?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264350&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

ALGERIA
The brutal world of sheep fighting: the illegal sport beloved by Algeria’s 'lost generation' 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/16/algeria-sheep-fighting-illegal-sport-angry-young-men?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264350&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

TURKEY
US, Turkey return from brink, aim to 'normalize' ties
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/02/16/dozens-protest-as-turkish-us-diplomats-try-to-calm-ties-n2450129

RUSSIAGATE
13 Russians charged with meddling to help Trump in election (IMHO, this likely is not the end of the special counsel ... expect an announcement next week that it will continue looking into criminal activity by Trump.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/13-russian-nationals-charged-mueller-investigation-180554016--politics.html

POTUS
Big Bad Don - The Ballad Of Donald Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALGkQq3RJ7k&feature=youtu.be

POLITICS
Ami Presents: Communist Manifesto or Democratic Party Platform?
https://www.prageru.com/videos/ami-presents-communist-manifesto-or-democratic-party-platform

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"Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness." 

G. Washington

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