PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
The Little Country that Does
https://townhall.com/columnists/gilgutknecht/2018/03/11/the-little-country-that-does-n2459681?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

GENERAL INTEREST
We tried biscuit breakfast sandwiches from major fast-food chains — and the winner is shockingly clear
http://www.businessinsider.com/fast-food-biscuit-breakfast-sandwich-review-2016-8

A Passenger Sued Southwest Airlines for Exactly $74,999 and It's Totally Brilliant. Here's Why
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/a-passenger-sued-southwest-airlines-for-exactly-74999-its-totally-brilliant-heres-why.html

Chile’s Mysterious Hand In The Desert
https://weather.com/travel/video/chiles-mysterious-hand-in-the-desert?pl=pl-the-latest

Thanks, TM ...

SCHOOL SAFETY
Student Walkout Over Guns Poses Balancing Act For Schools
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-schools_brace_for_massive_student_walkouts_over_gu-ap/category/news

Report: NRA Gave Over $7 Million to Hundreds of Schools Across the Country
https://townhall.com/notebook/bethbaumann/2018/03/10/report-nra-gave-over-7-million-to-hundreds-of-schools-across-the-country-n2459632?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Trump’s plan to combat school shootings includes federal commission, review of FBI tip line
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/11/trumps-plan-combat-school-shootings-includes/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

ENVIRONMENT
'On a hot day, it's horrific': Alabama kicks up a stink over shipments of New York poo 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/11/alabama-new-york-poo-sewage-environment?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=267029&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

TECHNOLOGY
After Math: When it all comes crashing
https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/11/after-math-when-it-all-comes-crashing-down/

Airbus A400M Pilot Performs Vomit-Inducing Takeoff
https://www.yahoo.com/news/airbus-a400m-pilot-performs-vomit-231720865.html

FOREIGN POLICY
Possible North Korea summit raises anxiety in Washington
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377841-possible-north-korea-summit-raises-anxiety-in-washington?userid=288549

North Korea Might Negotiate In Good Faith This Time But It Would Be The FIRST Time
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/06/north-korea-might-negotiate-in-good-faith-this-time-but-it-would-be-the-first-time/

NATIONAL SECURITY
Getting REAL: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #478
https://www.motorists.org/alerts/getting-real-nma-weekly-e-newsletter-478/

IMMIGRATION
Cutting welfare to illegal aliens would pay for Trump’s wall
https://nypost.com/2018/03/10/cutting-welfare-to-illegal-aliens-would-pay-for-trumps-wall/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Is it still worth trying to come to America as an asylum seeker? I don't think so 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/10/america-asylum-seeker-refugees-human-rights?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=267029&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

RUSSIAGATE
5 facts about Mueller’s grand jury
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/377746-5-facts-about-muellers-grand-jury

POLITICS
Sen. Warren says she isn't running for president in 2020 (No way she would ever be able to shuck the "Fauxcahontas" label.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/10/politics/warren-not-running-for-president/index.html

-- " ... 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