PLATT - MISC News

The Grand Convergence
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0418/steyn040918.php3

GENERAL INTEREST
Welcome to White Cliffs: The outback opal mining town so hot locals live underground to escape the blistering heat and face a 300km trek to the supermarket - but they love the peace and quiet
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5576547/Welcome-White-Cliffs-outback-opal-mining-town-100-hot-people-live-underground.html

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0418/hamilton.php3

MENTAL HEALTH
Criminal-Justice Officials Should Stand Up to Mental-Health Officials 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/criminal-justice-officials-should-stand-up-to-mental-health-officials/

HEALTH CARE
Russian woman embalmed alive in deadly hospital mistake
https://nypost.com/2018/04/08/russian-woman-embalmed-alive-in-deadly-hospital-mistake/

Medicaid Expansion Is Helping Able-Bodied Adults Instead of the Truly Needy 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/medicaid-expansion-is-helping-able-bodied-adults-instead-of-the-truly-needy/

The persistent myth of the medical bankruptcy 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0418/McArdle040918.php3

PARENTING
Connecting with the uncooperative child 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0418/connecting_uncooperative.php3

EDUCATION
SJW Mom Attacks Mike Rowe’s ‘Work Ethic’ Scholarship
https://www.dailywire.com/news/29186/sjw-mom-attacks-mike-rowes-work-ethic-scholarship-jacob-airey?utm_source=shapironewsletter-ae&utm_medium=email&utm_content=040918-news&utm_campaign=modelnames

BUSINESS
Republicans want to know Trump’s endgame on trade
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/382389-republicans-want-to-know-trumps-endgame-on-trade?userid=288549

FACEBOOK
A Tough Task for Facebook: European-Type Privacy for All
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/technology/a-tough-task-for-facebook-european-type-privacy-for-all.html?emc=edit_nn_20180409&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180409&te=1

Facebook suspends Cubeyou over harvesting data claims 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/09/facebook-suspends-cubeyou-over-harvesting-data-claims?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=270692&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SPORTS
How Can You Make Running Less Painful?
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/how-can-you-make-running-less-painful-1523280896-lMyQjAxMTE4OTAzOTAwOTk5Wj/

FINANCE
Trillion-dollar deficits come roaring back under Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/9/trillion-dollar-deficits-return-under-trump/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

What It Was Like to Finally Write My Will
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/smarter-living/writing-will.html?emc=edit_nn_20180409&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180409&te=1

The exaggerated advantages of extended warranties 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0418/extended_warranty.php3

As the Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Richer
https://www.prageru.com/videos/rich-get-richer-poor-get-richer

CLIMATE CHANGE
A Startling New Discovery Could Destroy All Those Global Warming Doomsday Forecasts 
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/global-warming-computer-model-nitrogen-rocks/

Why Increased Snowfall in Antarctica Is Actually a Bad Thing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-increased-snowfall-antarctica-actually-164010450.html

ENERGY
U.S. Ethanol Policy Under Siege
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2018/04/08/u-s-ethanol-policy-under-siege/#12ecd92115bb

NATIONAL SECURITY
Trump administration seeks authority to intercept drone communications to thwart domestic attacks 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0418/drone_interception.php3

MEDIA
Nothing Is Ever On The Level
http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=13445

These Americans are trapped in their jobs: they need to pay $10,000 to quit
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/08/sinclair-broadcast-anchors-us-labor-contracts?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=270692&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

IMMIGRATION
DHS to build 20-mile wall along border in New Mexico
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/9/dhs-build-20-mile-wall-along-border-new-mexico/

CHINA
China Installed Military Jamming Equipment on Spratly Islands, U.S. Says 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/china-installed-military-jamming-equipment-on-spratly-islands-u-s-says-1523266320-lMyQjAxMTE4NTA5OTkwMTk5Wj/

IRAN
Report: Iran is Threatening to Restart Nuclear Program Within Days
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/04/09/report-iran-is-threatening-to-restart-nuclear-program-within-days-n2469190?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

POLITICS
David Hogg taking ‘gap year’ from college to work on midterm elections, push gun control
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/9/david-hogg-taking-gap-year-college-work-midterm-el/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

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