Saturday, March 10, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: A Penguin Supercolony, an Indigenous Roller Derby Team and a Message in a Bottle
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/briefing/the-week-in-good-news-penguins-indigenous-roller-derby-message-bottle.html?emc=edit_nn_20180309&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180309&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (8/11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/09/briefing/09weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180309&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180309&te=1

How Long to Keep Tax Records and Other Documents
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/long-keep-tax-records-other-214837944.html

Scaffolding at the Amerock Building Collapses in Rockford, Illinois
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/scaffolding-at-the-amerock-building-collapses-in-rockford-illinois?pl=pl-the-lift

Jet Engine Seems to Hang By a Thread Over Kyrgyzstan
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/jet-engine-seems-to-hang-by-a-thread-over-kyrgyzstan?pl=pl-the-lifthttps://weather.com/news/trending/video/jet-engine-seems-to-hang-by-a-thread-over-kyrgyzstan?pl=pl-the-lift

Alien hunters think they’ve found a UFO on Google Maps
https://nypost.com/2018/03/09/alien-hunters-think-theyve-found-a-ufo-on-google-maps/

SPORTS
The Quarterback Whose Decision Will Upend the NFL 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-quarterback-whose-decision-will-upend-the-nfl-1520604440-lMyQjAxMTI4NzA3OTUwMTkwWj/

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross brought up President Trump and that could be problematic for NFL in Colin Kaepernick’s grievance
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/dolphins-owner-stephen-ross-brought-president-trump-problematic-nfl-colin-kaepernicks-grievance-180024969.html

SCIENCE
Nuclear fusion on brink of being realized, say MIT scientists 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/09/nuclear-fusion-on-brink-of-being-realised-say-mit-scientists?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=266831&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Scientists Explain How A Nuclear Warhead Could Save Us From An Asteroid Apocalypse
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/bgr-scientists_explain_how_a_nuclear_warhead_could_sav-rpenskemc

HEALTH
Opinion: The costs of the annual switch to daylight saving time are becoming increasing evident 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-costs-of-the-annual-switch-to-daylight-saving-time-are-becoming-increasing-evident-2018-03-07

PARENTING
The Growing Attack on Boys 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/boys-attacked-girls-praised-boyhood-not-disease/

EDUCATION
6- and 7-Year-Olds Couldn't Solve This Math Test Question, and We're Not Surprised (WTF!)
https://www.popsugar.com/tech/Math-Test-Question-Stumps-Parents-41259705

AP Finds The NRA Gave $7 Million To Hundreds Of Schools
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-ap_analysis_nra_gave_7_million_to_hundreds_of_scho-ap/category/finance+

Racial Quotas Kill Kids
http://www.freedomsback.com/racial-quotas-kill-kids

ECONOMY
The New Corn Laws: Why Housing Costs Are So High
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/high-housing-prices-solution-relax-constraints-on-supply/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-03-08&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

CLIMATE CHANGE
Ryan Zinke Blames Wind Turbines for Contributing to Global Warming 
https://www.ecowatch.com/ryan-zinke-wind-turbines-2544468642.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=0d570f2fac-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-0d570f2fac-85328381

Interior Dept. spending nearly $139,000 on doors for Ryan Zinke’s office 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/interior-dept-spending-nearly-139000-on-doors-for-ryan-zinkes-office-2018-03-08

ENTOMOLOGY
One of world’s most destructive insects found at DC airports
https://nypost.com/2018/03/08/one-of-worlds-most-destructive-insects-found-at-dc-airports/

NATIONAL SECURITY
A ‘Hail-Mary moment,’ a ‘bad idea’: Foreign-policy experts weigh in on Trump-Kim meeting 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-hail-mary-moment-or-a-bad-idea-foreign-policy-experts-weigh-in-on-trumpkim-meeting-2018-03-09

The Flaw in Trump’s National Security Tariffs Logic
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-flaw-in-trumps-national-security-tariffs-logic-1520612895-lMyQjAxMTE4MjAxOTAwMzkyWj/

DEFENSE
Batteries, Bullets, & Drones: Commandant’s Wishlist For Infantry Task Force 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/03/batteries-bullets-drones-commandants-wishlist-for-infantry-task-force/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61236124&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-92Acto2eFJ-vhY67cCDhAuGXGo2qQCe1I3oyMEp5ld_vqgZigXg8rD3AdWKAUfwWneHPF_CLFj0LD0BMUigw7jBcZTkA&_hsmi=61236124

LAW ENFORCEMENT
The Mass Shooting You’ll Never Hear About
https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/03/09/mass-shooting-youll-never-hear/?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Disgraced school deputy gets caught lying about Florida massacre
https://nypost.com/2018/03/09/disgraced-school-deputy-gets-caught-lying-about-florida-massacre/

MEDIA
Media step back from Democrat 'blue wave' predictions
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/congress-can-reaffirm-state-powers-on-medical-marijuana-in-the-face-of-sessions-threat/article/2651135

ISLAM
WaPo: No, Mr. Ellison, Your Relationship With Farrakhan Did Not End When You Entered Congress
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/03/09/pinocchios-for-ellison-and-farrakhan-n2459260?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

JAPAN
Japan Wants More Women in Construction. Pink Toilets May Not Be Helping.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/business/japan-women-construction.html?emc=edit_nn_20180309&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180309&te=1

NORK
Don’t Meet with Kim
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/dont-meet-with-kim/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-03-09&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

SYRIA
Russia’s Greatest Problem in Syria: Its Ally, President Assad
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/world/europe/russia-syria-assad.html?emc=edit_nn_20180309&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180309&te=1

RUSSIAGATE
Russian Trolls Tried to Torpedo Mitt Romney’s Shot at Secretary of State
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/russian-trolls-tried-to-torpedo-mitt-romneys-shot-at-secretary-of-state-1520505000-lMyQjAxMTE4MjAxOTAwMzkyWj/

Trump Lawyers Seek Deal With Mueller to Speed End of Russia Probe
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/trump-lawyers-seek-deal-with-mueller-to-speed-end-of-russia-probe-1520625944-lMyQjAxMTE4MjAxOTAwMzkyWj/https://www.wsj.com/article_email/trump-lawyers-seek-deal-with-mueller-to-speed-end-of-russia-probe-1520625944-lMyQjAxMTE4MjAxOTAwMzkyWj/

-- 
" ... cause very hand's a winner and, every hand's a loser and,
the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
          - Kenny Rogers, The Gambler, 1978

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