PLATT - MISC News

Barbara Bush, the 'enforcer' of a political dynasty, is dead
https://www.yahoo.com/news/barbara-bush-enforcer-political-dynasty-dead-234738150.html

GENERAL INTEREST
Icelandic boy's Titanic Lego replica makes it safely across to US museum 
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/17/icelandic-boys-titanic-lego-replica-us-museum-worlds-biggest?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=271701&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

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

What did one hat say to the other?   Stay here I’m going on ahead. 
Why can’t a bike stand up?    Because it’s too tired.

HEALTH
Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer With Immune Therapy
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/health/lung-cancer-immunotherapy.html?emc=edit_nn_20180417&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180417&te=1

A YouTube-inspired prank ruined my daughter's life 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/17/a-youtube-inspired-prank-ruined-my-daughters-life?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=271701&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH CARE
After the Gas and Bombs: The Health Crisis That’s Killing Syria
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/after-the-gas-and-bombs-the-health-crisis-thats-killing-syria-1523984870-lMyQjAxMTI4MzEwNzUxNTc4Wj/

SPORTS
NFL’s Colin Kaepernick makes waves by comparing himself to civil rights icon Jackie Robinson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/17/colin-kaepernick-makes-waves-comparing-himself-civ/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

BUSINESS
The market thinks Trump's tax cuts are a hollow win for corporate America
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/market-thinks-trumps-tax-cuts-hollow-win-corporate-america-165000176.html

Starbucks will close all U.S. stores on May 29 for 'racial-bias education'
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/starbucks-will-close-u-s-stores-may-29-racial-bias-education-180410747.html

Tsunami of job-stealing robots isn't coming anytime soon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/tsunami-of-job-stealing-robots-isnt-coming-anytime-soon

Facing Historic Labor Shortages, Companies Snap Up Teenagers
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/facing-historic-labor-shortages-companies-snap-up-teenagers-1523895726-lMyQjAxMTI4MTE5NzMxMDc3Wj/

BUDGET
Budget chairman floats plan to eliminate his own committee
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/383454-budget-chairman-floats-plan-to-eliminate-his-own-committee?userid=288549

The Trillion-Dollar Myth
https://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2018/04/17/there-is-an-old-saying-that-you-cant-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks-and-weve-learned-that-again-with-the-congressional-budget-office-and-its-latest-highly-misleading-fiscal-forecast-n2471476?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

FACEBOOK
Facebook Explains What Data It Collects Even When You're Not Logged In
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fortune-facebook_explains_what_data_it_collects_even_when-rtime/category/finance

I was one of Facebook's first users. I shouldn't have trusted Mark Zuckerberg 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/17/facebook-people-first-ever-mark-zuckerberg-harvard?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=271701&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

ENVIRONMENT
UK Pledges £61.4 Million to Fight Ocean Plastics 
https://www.ecowatch.com/uk-plastic-waste-oceans-2560593488.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=dd6989f4b0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-dd6989f4b0-85328381

SCIENCE
How Bad Is the Government’s Science?
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/how-bad-is-the-governments-science-1523915765-lMyQjAxMTE4ODEwNzUxNzc5Wj/

Scientists Accidentally Develop 'Mutant' Enzyme That Eats Plastic 
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-eating-enzyme-scientists-2560856195.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=dd6989f4b0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-dd6989f4b0-85328381

The Most Important Equation In The Universe
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/04/17/the-most-important-equation-in-the-universe/#664a991e60da

TECHNOLOGY
Electricity industry on a collision course with the FCC
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/electricity-industry-on-collision-course-with-fcc

Researchers Find Vast Reserve of Rare Earth Minerals Off Japan
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/researchers-find-vast-reserve-of-rare-earth-minerals-off-japan?pl=pl-the-latest

NATIONAL SECURITY
FCC Moves to Block Wireless Carriers From Using Subsidies to Buy Chinese Telecom Gear
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/fcc-moves-to-block-wireless-carriers-from-using-subsidies-to-buy-chinese-telecom-gear-1523984053-lMyQjAxMTI4NTEyNzExMDc4Wj/

LAW ENFORCEMENT
U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies Snatch up New Tools to Crack iPhones
https://www.idropnews.com/news/u-s-law-enforcement-agencies-snatch-tools-unlock-iphones/69139/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=04162018&utm_term=Newsletter

8-Year-Old Boy At School Slashes Other Students With Knife
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-8yearold_boy_at_school_slashes_other_students_with-ap/category/news

NORK
Top U.S. Officials Have Spoken Directly With Kim Jong Un to Set Up Summit
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/trump-expects-to-meet-north-korea-leader-soon-1523997270-lMyQjAxMTI4NTEyNzExMDc4Wj/

RUSSIA
Trump puts brakes on Russian sanctions over Syria
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/16/trump-backs-sanctions-against-russia-syria/

Haley fires back at White House: 'I don't get confused'
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/383634-haley-fires-back-at-white-house-i-dont-get-confused?userid=288549

COMEY
James Comey’s Attacks on Trump May Hurt a Carefully Cultivated Image
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-book.html?emc=edit_nn_20180417&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180417&te=1

Clinton allies seethe with rage at Comey
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/383445-clinton-allies-seethe-with-rage-at-comey

Ex-FBI agents say Comey is 'damaging the agency' as he clashes with Trump 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/17/james-comey-book-former-fbi-agents-reaction?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=271701&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

TRUMPGATE
Mueller Issues New Warning To Media Following Report On Trump Lawyer
https://www.dailywire.com/news/29509/following-story-about-trump-lawyer-mueller-issues-ryan-saavedra

POLITICS
Ted Kennedy's enablers at Chappaquiddick
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/noemie-emery-ted-kennedys-enablers-at-chappaquiddick

-- "Political language - and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists - is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." - George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language", 1946