PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Blaming an inanimate object for evil avoids examination of our culture
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39633?omhide=true

GENERAL INTEREST
Woman seen berating flight attendant on viral video now placed on leave
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/delta-airlines-susan-peirez-berating-flight-attendant-placed-on-leave/

Beach Trip Turns to Terror in Somerset, England
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/beach-trip-turns-to-terror-in-somerset-england?pl=pl-the-lift

Why sleeping under the stars in the Monument Valley Native American reservation was the best night of my life
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-5366119/Staying-Monument-Valley-best-night-life.html

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

HEALTHCARE
Link between health spending and life expectancy: US is an outlier
https://ourworldindata.org/the-link-between-life-expectancy-and-health-spending-us-focus

Insurers at Aetna admit to bad behavior while patients suffer
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/denied-insurers-at-aetna-admit-to-bad-behavior-while-patients-suffer/article/2649373

SPORTS
Missouri youth baseball team holds AR-15 raffle after Parkland shooting
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/missouri-youth-baseball-team-holds-ar-15-raffle-parkland-shooting-162151355.html

Olympic Curlers Are Buff Now, and Have the Calendars to Prove It
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/sports/olympics/curlers-fit-buff.html?emc=edit_nn_20180219&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

X-FILES
UFO ???evidence???: Recordings reveal air traffic control???s confusion at strange craft over Oregon
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/ufo-evidence-recordings-reveal-air-traffic-controls-confusion-at-strange-craft-over-oregon/news-story/48b24368ad23ffd6ccbb60972ce015ed

When good TV goes bad: how The X-Files lost its x-factor
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/feb/19/when-good-tv-goes-bad-the-x-files?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264708&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

DEFENSE
Pentagon budget euphoria could be short-lived
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/374329-pentagon-budget-euphoria-could-be-short-lived?userid=288549

NATIONAL SECURITY
Scuffle over nuclear football during Trump???s visit to China ends with tackled guard: Report
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/18/scuffle-over-nuclear-football-china-during-trumps-/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

FOREIGN POLICY
U.S. Officials Tell World Leaders To Ignore Trump's Tweets
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-officials-tell-world-leaders-123104774.html

LAW ENFORCEMENT
End the 9/11 Syndrome at the FBI: Terrible Things Happen, and There???s Little Accountability 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/911-syndrome-fbi-little-accountability/

The Detroit Police Department got a little carried away on Nov. 9 while trying to address a persistent drug problem on the city's east side. Two undercover special ops officers from the 12th Precinct were posing as drug dealers on a street corner when undercover officers from the 11th Precinct arrived and, not recognizing their colleagues, ordered the 12th Precinct officers to the ground. Shortly, more 12th Precinct officers showed up and the action moved to a house where, as Fox 2 News described it, a turf war broke out as officers from the two precincts engaged in fistfights with each other. An internal investigation is underway, and the police department has declined comment. [FOX 2 TV, 11/13/2017] 

MASS SHOOTINGS
Is The Second Amendment Worth Dying For?
http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/19/second-amendment-worth-dying/

If You Want Gun Control, Stop Calling The NRA A ???Terrorist Organization???
http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/19/want-gun-control-stop-calling-nra-terrorist-organization/

Don't blame the 2nd Amendment. Blame our politics
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-lemieux-parkland-second-amendment-20180219-story.html

After the latest mass shooting, we???re focusing on the wrong amendment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/after-the-latest-mass-shooting-were-focusing-on-the-wrong-amendment/2018/02/19/1b308ba0-1593-11e8-92c9-376b4fe57ff7_story.html

IMMIGRATION
What's next for DACA recipients as deadline approaches?
http://thehill.com/latino/374322-whats-next-for-daca-recipients?userid=288549

Congress punts fight over Dreamers to March
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/374326-congress-punts-fight-over-dreamers-to-march?userid=288549

SCOTUS
Four cases to watch when the Supreme Court returns this week
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/four-cases-to-watch-when-the-supreme-court-returns-this-week/article/2649326

RUSSIAGATE
Trump's anger boils over with Russia probe
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374444-trumps-anger-boils-over-with-russia-probe?userid=288549

A non-alarmist reading of the Mueller Russia indictment
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-a-non-alarmist-reading-of-the-mueller-russia-indictment/article/2649445

Robert Mueller Has Trump Cornered
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-kuttner-mueller-russia_us_5a8a3dfde4b004fc31939016?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313

Jill Stein, Bernie Sanders under fire as Russian indictments reopen old wounds for Democrats
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/19/jill-stein-bernie-sanders-under-fire-robert-muelle/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

POLITICS
New Pennsylvania congressional districts a ???dream??? for Democrats
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/19/pennsylvania-supreme-court-issues-new-congressiona/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

Calls mount from Dems to give platform to Trump accusers
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/374323-calls-mount-from-dems-to-give-platform-to-trump-accusers?userid=288549

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"The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms…"  G. Washington

ADDRESS TO THE CONTINENTAL ARMY BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND | TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1776





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