PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
The un-Americans
http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=12704

GENERAL INTEREST
Rags to Riches
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/01/poor-americans-poverty-rich-class?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262564&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Going beyond bourbon: You can now buy ‘mixing water’ from Kentucky 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/going-beyond-bourbon-you-can-now-buy-mixing-water-from-kentucky-2018-02-02

PHYSICAL HEALTH
Flu numbers hit fresh highs: 16 new reports of child deaths from flu since last week
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/16-us-children-died-flu-last-week-bringing-165103856--abc-news-topstories.html

6 Things to Know About the Global Superbug Crisis
https://www.ecowatch.com/global-superbug-crisis-2529961065.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=7724bde667-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-7724bde667-85328381

How healthy is YOUR state? Map reveals tobacco-loving North Dakota has the highest rate of life-threatening illness - but its neighbors are fitter than anywhere else
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5344835/Is-state-healthy.html

MENTAL HEALTH
Can schools really ban 'best friends'?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/kass013118.php3

Why college grads are more miserable at work than high school grads
https://moneyish.com/ish/why-that-college-degree-wont-guarantee-youll-like-your-job/

SCAMS
There's A Nasty Netflix Scam Going Around. Here's How To Avoid It
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/money-theres_a_nasty_netflix_scam_going_around_heres_how-rtime/category/finance

SPORTS
Cleveland Indians Bench Chief Wahoo
https://earloftaint.com/2018/01/29/cleveland-indians-bench-chief-wahoo/

CLIMATE CHANGE
We can battle climate change without Washington DC. Here's how
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/01/climate-change-action-trump?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262564&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SCIENCE
100 Petawatt lasers could generate antimatter from vacuum and create commercial nuclear fusion
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/02/100-petawatt-lasers-could-generate-antimatter-from-vacuum-and-create-commercial-nuclear-fusion.html

BIOLOGY
How a hungry, hardy bacteria eats toxic metals and excretes gold nuggets
https://newatlas.com/bacteria-toxic-gold-nuggets/53230/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=111f088536-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-111f088536-91357693

ARCHAEOLOGY
Mysterious Lost Maya Cities Discovered In Guatemalan Jungle
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-mysterious_lost_maya_cities_discovered_in_guatemal-rfoxnews/category/news

TECHNOLOGY
The punk rock internet – how DIY ​​rebels ​are working to ​replace the tech giants 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/01/punk-rock-internet-diy-rebels-working-replace-tech-giants-snoopers-charter?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262564&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Data is the new lifeblood of capitalism – don't hand corporate America control 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/31/data-laws-corporate-america-capitalism?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262564&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

POWER
 Why the rest of U.S. power grid lags behind Texas
https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Why-the-rest-of-U-S-power-grid-lags-behind-12543115.php?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60398714&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7yLAKA2j3iICGFycAVeMIyeEhNmoupwhWxHtE1fWnQpnBmIyUeXKkZhGb0uLUEC9TMy-QGVRK3t22dtMHpjATuRbaYw&_hsmi=60398714

DEFENSE
Sure looks like China has a ship-mounted railgun
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sure-looks-china-ship-mounted-191815169.html

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Woman claims illegal aliens threatened her if she didn’t help them

http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38396?omhide=true

Black Lives Matter Minnesota issues ‘travel alert’ for St. Paul
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38432?omhide=true

BIG BROTHER
New Mexico Lawmakers Want to Force High Schoolers to Apply for College, and That’s Dumb
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456033/new-mexico-high-school-juniors-college-applications-required?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180202_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

IMMIGRATION
When Democrats Wanted to Compromise on Immigration
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456028/democrats-once-welcomed-immigration-compromise?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-02&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Trump says an immigration deal by March 5 'could very well not happen'
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/02/02/trump-says-an-immigration-deal-by-march-5-could-very-well-not-happen-n2443786?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=


MEMO
A Reckoning for the FBI
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/a-reckoning-for-the-fbi-1517617641-lMyQjAxMTI4NzA0MjcwNDIzWj/

Nune's Memo
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/memo_and_white_house_letter.pdf

Read the full memo shaming the FBI - and reveals how top official's WIFE worked for the D.C. smear firm which Hillary paid to keep Trump out of office
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5345727/Read-memo-shames-FBI.html

Sen. John McCain On Nunes Memo Release: ‘We Are Doing Putin’s Job For Him’
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sen-john-mccain-nunes-memo-putin_us_5a749987e4b06ee97af24494?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313

RUSSIAGATE
The Gang That Couldn’t Lie Straight
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456030/robert-mueller-investigation-russia-collusion-obstruction-justice-trump-tower-meeting-emails-hope-hicks&hl=en&geo=US?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-02&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POTUS
Can Trump transcend his Twitter persona? The answer could determine GOP's fate 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/can-trump-transcend-his-twitter-persona-answer-could-determine-gops-fate/article/2647893

Trump's mysterious ratings mixup 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-mysterious-ratings-mixup/article/2647821

POLITICS

-- 
"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, 1929