PLATT - MISC news

GENERAL INTEREST
Hatch Malfunction Causes Russian Plane to Drop Gold and Platinum https://weather.com/news/trending/video/hatch-malfunction-causes-russian-plane-to-drop-gold-and-platinum?pl=pl-the-lift

A French baker is fined $3,600 for working too hard
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0318/works_too_hard.php3

What's Up, Medical Professional?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/crosby031618.php3

The Anthropology of Manhood
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/03/15/why-are-men-violent-science-society/

PHYSICAL HEALTH
13-year-old dies when sinus infection spreads to his brain—how common is this?
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/13-year-old-dies-sinus-infection-spreads-brain-common-154124149.html

We Are What We Eat
http://www.freedomsback.com/we-are-what-we-eat

Woman says she was fat-shamed at Universal theme park — and she's filing a discrimination complaint
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/woman-says-fat-shamed-universal-theme-park-shes-filing-discrimination-complaint-141517222.html

MENTAL HEALTH
Federal Action to Reduce Violence Should Focus on Mental Health
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/gun-violence-congress-should-address-mental-health-measures/

Bleak maps reveal where hopelessness is driving Americans to death with murder, suicide and overdoses
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5507235/Bleak-maps-reveal-hopelessness-driving-Americans-death.html

The Crisis of Fatherless Shooters
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/03/13/crisis-fatherless-shooters/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpnME5UZzFZVEUyWkRsbCIsInQiOiJzVUJHM25tSDRTKzY0bGowU1Y3dlE0ME9LWnlUdDg3OUx0MmtNMUhacGlYeUdiZXZwSTFHTHBhOW5SQWU2ekx3b3VGOVcrbE1vZmtFU2d3S3ZCWUljT3FcLzhiOFBiRVh4azF6TWhCNXJXaUdQVXp1bEhRQXkrRUlZZ0lKWitpUDQifQ%3D%3D

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Why Trump's latest plan to reduce gun violence could instead promote racism (No one is willing to factor in the possibility that black kids might commit offenses at a higher rate that white kids.)
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/trumps-latest-plan-reduce-gun-violence-instead-promote-racism-202632892.html

Code Pink Thinks it's Found the Real Culprit in the Parkland Shooting
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/03/16/code-pink-wants-to-take-the-rotc-out-of-schools-n2461606?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

EDUCATION
Environment | How One Student Is Using SUP To Study Fish
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/sup_magazine-environment_how_one_student_is_using_sup_to_save_f-tenart/category/news

Teacher in Ghana who used blackboard to explain computers gets some Microsoft love
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/15/teacher-in-ghana-who-used-blackboard-to-explain-computers-gets-some-microsoft-love/

Why Trump's latest plan to reduce gun violence could instead promote racism
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/trumps-latest-plan-reduce-gun-violence-instead-promote-racism-202632892.html

Penn Won't Punish Professor Who Said Black Students ‘Rarely’ Score Well
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/penn-law-professor-demoted-saying-122136081.html

HISTORY
The Time For Choosing
http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=12860

FINANCIAL
What to do if the IRS makes a mistake
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-to-do-if-the-irs-makes-a-mistake-2018-03-15

What if your inheritance turns out to be just a pile of bills?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-if-your-inheritance-turns-out-to-be-just-a-pile-of-bills-2018-03-16

CALIFORNIA
America's new Vietnam': why a homelessness crisis seems unsolvable
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/16/us-homelessness-crisis-los-angeles-politicians?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=267762&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

San Francisco Is Suffering From The Excesses Of Its Own Liberalism
http://thefederalist.com/2018/03/16/san-francisco-is-suffering-from-the-excesses-of-its-own-liberalism/

ENVIRONMENT
Environmental groups back Ted Cruz, Republicans on overhaul of Renewable Fuel Standard
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/15/renewable-fuel-standard-promoting-ethanol-shunned-/

5 Environmental Catastrophes in the Trump Budget (and Who to Call to Stop Them)
https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-budget-environment-earthjustice-2544539818.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=554f7dfcab-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-554f7dfcab-85328381

TECHNOLOGY
Florida bridge that collapsed was touted as 'engineering feat come to life'
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/florida-bridge-collapsed-touted-engineering-feat-come-life-233503040--abc-news-topstories.ht

TECHNICAL SECURITY
Intel redesigned its 8th-gen processors to patch ‘Meltdown’ flaws
https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/15/intel-chip-redesign-spectre-meltdown-flaws/

NATIONAL SECURITY
US Sounds Alarms Over Chinese Tech, IP Thefts & Espionage
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/03/us-sounds-alarms-over-chinese-tech-ip-thefts-espionage/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61412926&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_wel6zaP-m-_ygRfHK1Rr9GqXT4h6NG36L7ExO91j369wLdPqg5kXq6Da-pSSVu-c9zt5yJBBq7_VAUf2mAJH11Yuwxw&_hsmi=61412926

DEFENSE
Build Missile Defense Space Sensors Now
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/03/build-missile-defense-space-sensors-now/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Air%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61420045&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-97XQKd0om1mo1CVpFAG8h2ZIjSDQhHPBEMBYbOeXIvN1_h8xHHU0ZS4Ewyxh4vBNUeCQsnPxU2E1G-oS5LSYznFqeTLg&_hsmi=61420045

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Sessions Fires Former FBI Deputy Director McCabe
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-sessions_fires_former_fbi_deputy_director_andrew_m-ap/category/news

The Las Vegas shooting: why the deafening official silence?
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-las-vegas-shooting-why-deafening.html

MEDIA
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/03/16/not-real-news-a-look-at-what-didnt-happen-this-week-n2461715?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

IMMIGRATION
Thanks, TM ...

NORK
North Korean minister in 'constructive' talks in Sweden
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/03/16/north-korean-foreign-minister-in-sweden-amid-speculation-n2461520

RUSSIAGATE
Mueller probe loses political punch even as it moves closer to Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/mueller-investigation-loses-punch-as-it-moves-closer-to-trump

POLITICS
Pro Publica retracts waterboarding claim about Trump’s CIA pick Gina Haspel
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/15/gina-haspel-trump-cia-nominee-didnt-oversee-abu-zu/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

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