PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
It's the Steel: Bill Whittle's Solution to Gun Control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwLjFm6GMBM&feature=youtu.be

GENERAL INTEREST
Study: 90% Of Americans Strongly Opposed To Each Other
https://www.theonion.com/study-90-of-americans-strongly-opposed-to-each-other-1823168096

Four Vital Tips for Ethical Wildlife Photography 
https://www.ecowatch.com/wildlife-photography-tips-2534786587.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=e2c98fc918-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-e2c98fc918-85328381


HEALTH CARE
Would you travel overseas for surgery? You might after reading these experiences
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/would-you-travel-overseas-for-surgery-you-might-after-reading-these-experiences-2018-02-21

FINANCIAL
5 facts that show how pathetic Americans are with money
https://moneyish.com/ish/5-facts-that-prove-americans-dont-know-anything-about-managing-money/

SPORTS
Team USA's 'Rejects' are ready to win curling gold
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/team-usas-rejects-ready-win-curling-gold-041629076.html

Twenty years later, figure skating’s most famous back flip remains amazing (and illegal)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2018/02/22/twenty-years-later-figure-skatings-most-famous-backflip-remains-amazing-and-illegal/?utm_term=.eeef6f1f28a8

ENVIRONMENT
Debt for dolphins: Seychelles creates huge marine parks in world-first finance scheme 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/22/debt-for-dolphins-seychelles-create-huge-new-marine-parks-in-world-first-finance-scheme?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265200&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

CLIMATE CHANGE
How Six Americans Changed Their Minds About Global Warming
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/21/climate/changed-minds-americans.html?emc=edit_nn_20180222&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

WEATHER
Melting Snow and Heavy Rain Cause Flood Emergencies in the Midwest
https://weather.com/storms/severe/video/melting-snow-and-heavy-rain-cause-flood-emergencies-in-the-midwest?pl=pl-the-lift

ASTRONOMY
Amateur Astronomer Witnesses Something Scientists Have Been Waiting Decades For
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/bgr-amateur_astronomer_witnesses_something_scientists-rpenskemc

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Never Say These Stupid Things to a Police Officer
https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/never-say-these-stupid-things-to-a-police-officer.html/?a=viewall

 Montreal police may win the Funsuckers of the Year award after pulling over 38-year-old Taoufik Moalla on Sept. 27 as he drove to buy a bottle of water in Saint-Laurent. Moalla was enthusiastically singing along to C+C Music Factory's song "Gonna Make You Sweat" when a patrol car pulled behind him with lights and sirens blaring. Officers directed him to pull over, and four officers surrounded Moalla's car. "They asked me if I screamed," Moalla told CTV News. "I said, 'No, I was just singing.'" Then he was issued a $149 ticket for screaming in public, a violation of "peace and tranquility." "I understand if they are doing their job, they are allowed to check if everything's OK," said a "very shocked" Moalla, "but I would never expect they would give me a ticket for that." His wife, however, said she wasn't surprised and would have given him a ticket for $300. [CTV News, 10/22/2017] 

BIG BROTHER
Man removes feds’ spy cam, they demand it back, he refuses and sues
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/rancher-finds-creepy-and-un-american-spy-cam-tied-to-his-tree-sues-feds/

Under Trump, Border Patrol Steps Up Searches Far From the Border
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/us/politics/trump-border-patrol-searches.html?emc=edit_nn_20180222&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

MASS SHOOTING
Maryland school shooting prevented with better policing, not just gun laws
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/maryland-school-shooting-prevented-with-better-policing-not-just-gun-laws/article/2649631

VENEZUELA
Too hungry to pump oil, PDVSA crews skip work to hunt for food
https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Too-hungry-to-pump-oil-PDVSA-crews-skip-work-to-12632988.php

RUSSIAGATE
The Russian Bot Hysteria
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/the-russian-bot-hysteria/

POLITICS
Do Not Let the Children Lead
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/parkland-florida-shooting-child-victims-not-always-moral-guides/

Dems want gun control, but worry it could cost them midterms
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/374961-dems-want-gun-control-but-worry-it-could-cost-them-midterms?userid=288549

Why the Democrats Just Lost the House and Senate
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelhammond/2018/02/22/why-the-democrats-just-lost-the-house-and-senate-n2452212?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

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FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON TO GEORGE WILLIAM FAIRFAX | FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1774