PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
How not to lose things: Three techniques for keeping track of your stuff 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/forgetting_found.php3

Dord: The Word That Didn’t Exist
https://www.snopes.com/language/mistakes/dord.asp

This Is Why Some Words Just Sound Funny—and Others Don’t
https://www.rd.com/magazine/funny-words/

Barbra Streisand Slammed For 'Shameful' Decision To Clone Dead Dog Twice
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-barbra_streisand_slammed_for_shameful_decision_to-rfoxnews/category/entertainment

'Taking them down fuels it more': why conspiracy theories are unstoppable
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/28/florida-shooting-conspiracy-theories-youtube-takedown?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265831&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH
Doing this common cooking task is even riskier than handling raw meat
https://moneyish.com/upgrade/doing-this-in-the-kitchen-is-actually-more-dangerous-than-handling-raw-meat/

Understanding cravings can help you control them
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/understanding_cravings.php3

Pregnancy is a life experience I’d rather avoid. That doesn’t mean I’m selfish 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/27/pregnancy-is-a-life-experience-id-rather-avoid-that-doesnt-mean-im-selfish?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265831&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

MENTAL HEALTH
Tread Carefully on Mental-Health Reform
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/mental-health-reform-caution-giving-government-more-powerWEATHER/

WELFARE
A New GOP Entitlement
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/a-new-gop-entitlement-1519776031-lMyQjAxMTI4NzI4ODYyNzgyWj/

CLIMATE CHANGE
Good Climate News Isn’t Told
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/good-climate-news-isnt-told-1519772044-lMyQjAxMTI4NzIxODEyODg3Wj/

WEATHER
Hurricane Harvey Destroys Up To A Million Cars
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/hurricane-harvey-destroys-up-to-a-million-cars?pl=pl-the-lift

TECHNOLOGY
How Quantum Computing Threatens Blockchain 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/quantum-computing-blockchain-technology-threat/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-28&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

NATIONAL SECURITY
National Security: US Needs to Stop Singapore’s Gordon Gekko from Handing the Internet to China
https://townhall.com/columnists/setonmotley/2018/02/27/national-security-us-needs-to-stop-singapores-gordon-gekko-from-handing-the-internet-to-china-n2455053?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

American lives are worth budgeting for with biodefense
http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/375874-american-lives-are-worth-budgeting-for-with-biodefense?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13836

White House: Kushner will stay despite losing top-secret clearance
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/375938-white-house-kushner-will-stay-despite-losing-top-secret-clearance?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13836

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
After Latest Twitter Insult From Trump, Jeff Sessions Pushes Back
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/trump-blasts-sessions-disgraceful-handling-of-justice-department-surveillance-probe-1519839815-lMyQjAxMTE4MjI3ODEyNzg3Wj/

When Illegally Obtained Evidence Can Be Used Against You
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/in-digital-age-defendants-can-lose-even-when-they-win-1519747467-lMyQjAxMTE4MzI5ODkyODgyWj/

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Commanding officer initially ordered responding deputies to 'stage' not enter Stoneman Douglas, sources say
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/28/commanding-officer-initially-ordered-responding-deputies-to-stage-not-enter-stoneman-douglas-sources-say.html

Supreme Court sympathetic to man arrested by city officials he criticized. But he might still not win case
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/rbarnes022818.php3

IMMIGRATION
'It's a bit of a nightmare': Immigration crackdown squeezes US horse racing
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/28/us-horse-racing-immigrant-workers-problems?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265831&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

RUSSIAGATE
Hicks tight-lipped in House interview, frustrating Democrats
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/375935-hicks-tight-lipped-in-house-interview-frustrating-democrats?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13836

POLITICS
Living and Dying by Identity Politics 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/living-and-dying-by-identity-politics/

Dems surge in generic ballot as economy fades from spotlight
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/375940-dems-surge-in-generic-ballot-as-economy-fades-from-spotlight?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13836

-- 
"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