PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST

TIMELAPSE OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBikbn5XJhg

The dysfunctional megacity: why Dhaka is bursting at the sewers 
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/21/people-pouring-dhaka-bursting-sewers-overpopulation-bangladesh?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=268395&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

EDUCATION
Make America Gritty Again
https://townhall.com/columnists/gavinwax/2018/03/21/make-america-gritty-again-n2462896?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

BUSINESS
BMW headquarters searched by police in emissions raid
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43480138

ENVIRONMENT
Reduction in Hunting Numbers Threatens Conservation Efforts 
https://bearingarms.com/patrick-r/2018/03/20/175138/?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Those Little Produce Stickers? They’re a Big Waste Problem 
https://www.ecowatch.com/produce-stickers-2548390944.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=a50c6d8f00-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-a50c6d8f00-85328381

Ocean Plastic Projected to Triple Within Seven Years 
https://www.ecowatch.com/oceans-plastic-pollution-2550762861.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=a50c6d8f00-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-a50c6d8f00-85328381

TECHNOLOGY
Cadillac Unleashes Its Own V-8 Engine For 2019 CT6 VSport
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/automobile-cadillac_unleashes_its_own_v8_engine_for_2019_ct6-tenart/category/lifestyle

MIT's Robot Fish Can Blend In And Spy On Real Sea Creatures
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/lifestyle/article/popular_mechanics-mits_robot_fish_can_blend_in_and_spy_on_real_sea_c-rhearst

FOREIGN (AND, DOMESTIC) POLICY
Donald Trump and the Art of Strategic Ambiguity 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/donald-trump-foreign-policy-strategic-ambiguity-american-interests/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-03-21&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Nearly 200 Busted in $3.7-Million Food-Stamp Fraud Operation
http://jw.structure.email/corruption-chronicles/nearly-200-busted-in-3-7-million-food-stamp-fraud-operation?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20180322041915

SOCIAL MEDIA
Time to cut ties with the digital oligarchs and rewire the web 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/20/digital-oligarchs-rewire-web-facebook-scandal?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=268395&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

IRAN
What happens the day after Trump pulls out of the Iran deal 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0318/rogin032118.php3

POTUS
The Trump White House is 'furious and rattled' over the Putin phone call leak
http://theweek.com/speedreads/762145/trump-white-house-furious-rattled-over-putin-phone-call-leak

Flashback: Obama Congratulated Putin on His 2012 Election 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/barack-obama-vladimir-putin-congratulatory-call-2012/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-03-21&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POLITICS
Republicans May Come to Regret Their Silence on Trump 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/republicans-donald-trump-silence-on-actions-may-hurt-party/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-03-21&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Despite warning signs, Trump says Republicans can keep House
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-trump/despite-warning-signs-trump-says-republicans-can-keep-house-idUSKBN1GX06Z?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=14245

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"Old is not a matter of chronological age but, rather, aspirations.
You know you are old when your bucket list has only one item ... 
getting up tomorrow morning."
          - jppjr, 2018