PLATT MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Slopper
https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/the-slopper-cheeseburger-pueblo-colorado

Roseanne Barr’s teachable Trump moment
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/27/inside-the-beltway-roseanne-barrs-teachable-trump-/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

The Left’s Doomed Crusade to Erase Gender Differences
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/gender-differences-children-swedish-pre-school-social-engineering/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-03-27&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Why I’m suing over my dream internship
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/27/why-im-suing-over-my-dream-internship?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=269134&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH
A Second Wave Of Flu May Be On The Way, CDC Warns
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/time-a_second_wave_of_flu_may_be_on_the_way_cdc_warns-rtime/category/news

Neuroscientists say daily ibuprofen can prevent Alzheimer's disease
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180326140239.htm

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
When protecting the rights of adults hurts the rights of kids
http://jewishworldreview.com/0318/flowers032718.php3

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Planned Parenthood Affiliate: ‘We Need a Disney Princess Who’s Had an Abortion’
http://freebeacon.com/culture/planned-parenthood-affiliate-need-disney-princess-abortion/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=662c8504d2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-662c8504d2-46057833

BUSINESS
India Invests $500 Million In Two U.S. Steel Operations…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/03/26/india-invests-500-million-in-two-u-s-steel-operations/

NFL owners finalize $90M social-justice deal without resolving anthem protests
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/27/nfl-owners-finalize-90m-social-justice-deal/

MIAMI BRIDGE FAILURE
Miami Bridge Failure Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxQJj8D_FE0

On the Florida Bridge Failure (" ... the more we learn, the more it appears to be simple incompetence. And the incompetence appears to be the involvement of unqualified but diverse managers at the decision-making level.")
http://www.woodpilereport.com/

CLIMATE CHANGE
Hotting up: how climate change could swallow Louisiana's Tabasco island
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/27/climate-change-louisiana-tabasco-avery-island?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=269134&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SCIENCE ??
Amateur Rocket Launch in Illinois Goes Very Wrong
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/amateur-rocket-launch-in-illinois-goes-very-wrong?pl=pl-the-lift

Out-of-control Chinese space station will soon crash to Earth — and no one is sure when or where
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/27/chinese-space-station-tiangong-1-set-crash-earth-e/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

SCIENCE
The E.P.A. Says It Wants Research Transparency. Scientists See an Attack on Science.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/climate/epa-scientific-transparency-honest-act.html?emc=edit_nn_20180327&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180327&te=1

GEOLOGY
Texas sinkholes: oil and gas drilling increases threat, scientists warn
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/27/texas-sinkholes-oil-gas-scientists-report?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=269134&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SECURITY
Yes...There is no Safety without Freedom
http://neveryetmelted.com/2018/03/26/scary-stuff/

MARCH
Who Runs March for Our Lives?
https://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2018/03/who-runs-march-for-our-lives.html

MEDIA
Bozell Announces ‘Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers’ Project: ‘Americans Deserve the Truth’
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/bozell-announces-fact-checking-fact-checkers-project-americans-deserve-truth

IMMIGRATION
Republican bill would stop illegal immigrants from being able to 'disappear' once they're caught
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/inhofe-bill-aims-to-ensure-illegal-immigrants-show-up-in-court

Mitt Romney: I’m ‘more of a hawk on immigration’ than Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/27/mitt-romney-im-more-hawk-immigration-trump/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

Orange County votes to challenge California’s sanctuary law
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/27/orange-county-california-leaders-vote-join-trump-s/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

CHINA
China talks concessions after Trump’s tough trade moves
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/26/china-talks-concessions-after-donald-trumps-tough-/

UNIONS
Unions depriving children of education for pay and benefits, just to make a point?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/unions-depriving-children-of-education-for-pay-and-benefits-just-to-make-a-point

POLITICS
Pelosi Claims Adding a Citizenship Question to the Census Violates a 'Constitutional Mandate'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/03/27/pelosi-claims-adding-a-citizenship-question-to-the-census-violates-a-constitutional-mandate-n2465208?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Centrist lawmakers eye growing power in 2019
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/380565-centrist-lawmakers-eye-growing-power-in-2019?userid=288549

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