Sunday, April 15, 2018

PLATT - MISC News


We are proud to be 'rednecks'. It's time to reclaim that term
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/14/redneck-pride-west-virginia-protests-strikes?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=271402&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

GENERAL INTEREST

20 Examples of Liberals vs. Also Liberals
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2018/04/14/draft-n2470798?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

The WIRE: Your week in review
https://personalliberty.com/wire-week-review-20-89/

MENTAL HEALTH
Jordan B. Peterson: Liberals are failing to police ‘pathological extremism’ ["... right-wing groups embracing doctrines of racial superiority are easily spotted and ostracized ..."]
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/13/jordan-b-peterson-leftists-failing-to-identify-mar/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

FINANCE
5 major way shady Americans cheat on their taxes
https://moneyish.com/hoard/5-major-ways-shady-americans-cheat-on-their-taxes/

BUSINESS
How disability is holding back the Trump economy
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/disability-holding-back-trump-economy-145316656.html

Elon Musk says 'humans are underrated,' calls Tesla's 'excessive automation' a 'mistake'
https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/13/elon-musk-says-humans-are-underrated-calls-teslas-excessive-automation-a-mistake/

AUTOMOTIVE
A teenager died in a Honda Odyssey ... (an explanation of what happened)
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/teenager-died-honda-odyssey-due-165015892.html

FACEBOOK
 "Facebook?  Sounds kinda' boring.  When I was young we used 'Phone book' and actually talked to each other."
              - Betty White

EDUCATION
Majority of Americans Want Climate Education in Schools
https://www.ecowatch.com/us-schools-climate-science-2559713513.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=476a5c15e4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-476a5c15e4-85328381

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Hot Take: Chick-fil-A Is 'Infiltrating' NYC With Its Christian Values
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/04/13/hot-take-chickfila-is-infiltrating-nyc-with-its-christian-values-n2470717?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Trashing Populism: Dim-Bulb Academic Vs. Deplorables
https://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/2018/04/13/trashing-populism-dimbulb-academic-vs-deplorables-n2470579?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

CLIMATE CHANGE
Avoid Gulf shttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/13/avoid-at-all-costs-gulf-streams-record-weakening-prompts-warnings-global-warming?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=271402&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collectiontream disruption at all costs, scientists warn

ENVIRONMENT
Fear and Fury in Michigan Town Where Air Force Contaminated Water 
https://www.ecowatch.com/michigan-water-contamination-wurtsmith-2559356236.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=476a5c15e4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-476a5c15e4-85328381

MELITTOLOGY
Detroit's Newest Industrial Workers: Bees 
https://www.ecowatch.com/detroit-industrial-workers-bees-2558291602.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=476a5c15e4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-476a5c15e4-85328381

 SCIENCE
Scott Pruitt Isn’t Anti-Science 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/scott-pruitt-not-anti-science-epa-administrator/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-04-14&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

The Botch of the Human Body
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-botch-of-the-human-body-1523630069-lMyQjAxMTI4MDE3NDcxOTQxWj/

TECHNOLOGY
If Alexa was Southern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=q3j6708kzEY

Amazon Echo - SNL (Silver version for Seniors)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvT_gqs5ETk&feature=youtu.be

DEPT OF JUSTICE (DOJ)
‘Trust but Verify’ Applies to the FBI
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/trust-but-verify-applies-to-the-fbi-1523658315-lMyQjAxMTI4NTE0NDExNzQ3Wj/

DEFENSE
Russia's S-500: The Ultimate Weapon That Can Kill the B-2, F-22 and F-35?
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russias-s-500-the-ultimate-weapon-can-kill-the-b-2-f-22-f-35-25372

MIDDLE EAST
Syria fired 40 missiles 'at nothing' after allied air strikes destroyed three Assad chemical sites
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-claims-ally-syria-shot-090208590.html

Israelis, Palestinians and the Necessary Injustice of Partition
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/israelis-palestinians-and-the-necessary-injustice-of-partition-1523630155-lMyQjAxMTA4OTE1NDkxODQyWj/

TRUMPGATE
The Real Investigation 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/michael-cohen-investigation-serious-peril-for-trump/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-04-14&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

What is the FBI Hiding in its War to protect Comey?
http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/374675-what-is-the-fbi-hiding-in-its-war-to-protect-comey

POLITICS
American Politics in a Convex Mirror
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/president-trump-era-perspective-new-normal/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-04-14&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Thanks, TM ...

-- "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

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