PLATT - MISC NEws

GENERAL INTEREST

The Week in Good News
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/briefing/week-in-good-news-royal-wedding-ex-convicts-ice-cream.html?emc=edit_nn_20180525&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180525&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (7 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/25/briefing/25weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180525&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180525&te=1

Sledgehammer Road Rage Attack Caught On Video
http://start.att.net/player/article/geobeats-sledgehammer_road_rage_attack_caught_on_video-velephant/category/news

HEALTH
New Health Guidelines Say 'No Amount' Of Alcohol, Bacon, Or Sausage Is Safe
https://www.dailywire.com/news/31062/outrage-new-health-guidelines-say-no-amount-emily-zanotti?utm_medium=email&utm_content=052518-news&utm_campaign=position2

EPA grapples with potential health threat in drinking water
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/389297-epa-grapples-with-potential-health-threat-in-drinking-water?userid=288549

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
The New Starbucks Bathroom Policy Is a Terrible Idea
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/starbucks-bathroom-policy-terrible-idea/#slide-1

BUREAUCRACY
How Trump is making it easier to say 'You're fired!' to bad federal bureaucrats
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/25/trump-makes-it-easier-fire-bad-federal-employees/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

NATURE
Wolf-dog? Wolf-man? 'Something mythical'? Montana authorities trying to ID this beast
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article211897344.html

CLIMATE CHANGE
Earth's Shifting Crust Linked to Climate Change, Scientists Propose 
https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-plate-tectonics-2571356546.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=11b5b651f6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-11b5b651f6-85328381

CYBER SECURITY
FBI to America: Reboot Your Routers, Right Now 
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/popular_mechanics-fbi_to_america_reboot_your_routers_right_now-rhearst/category/news

NATIONAL SECURITY
Source: Trump administration has cut deal with China's ZTE
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/05/25/source-trump-administration-has-cut-deal-with-chinas-zte-n2484501?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

MEDIA
Media Misrepresents NRA’s Comments on News Censorship 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/media-misrepresents-colion-noir-comments-on-news-censorship/

IMMIGRATION
GOP nearing end game on immigration votes
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/389295-gop-nearing-end-game-on-immigration-votes?userid=288549

DHS to cancel Obama-era foreign investor immigration program
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/25/dhs-cancel-foreign-investor-immigration-program/

ISLAM
Islam and the West Are Incompatible
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/05/islam_and_the_west_are_incompatible.html

TERRORISM
CANADA’S BEACH JIHAD
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270249/canadas-beach-jihad-robert-spencer

IRAN
Pompeo’s Encouragingly Tough Words for Iran
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/iran-policy-mike-pompeo-signals-tougher-stance/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-05-25&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Iran seeks assurances on nuclear deal after US pullout
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/05/25/iran-seeks-assurances-on-nuclear-deal-after-us-pullout-n2484303

NORK
Here's What Happened in the Lead Up to Trump Cancelling the Summit With North Korea 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/05/24/heres-what-happened-in-the-lead-up-to-trump-cancelling-the-summit-with-north-korea-n2484155?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Mattis Says There May Be 'Good News' Coming on North Korea Summit
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/05/25/mattis-says-there-may-be-good-news-coming-on-north-korea-summit-n2484415?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

North Korea Responds to Canceled Summit, Is 'Willing' to Talk
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/05/24/north-korea-responds-to-trump-is-willing-to-talk-n2484230?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

ELECTIONGATE
Mitch McConnell says he supports Mueller probe after Gang of Eight meeting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/25/mitch-mcconnell-says-he-supports-mueller-probe-aft/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

POLITICS
Conservatives Need to Argue About Ideas, Not about Trump
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/conservatives-must-argue-about-ideas-not-trump/

Frank Luntz sees 'best' GOP tracking in a year; pollster says swing voters loathe Nancy Pelosi
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/25/frank-luntz-sees-best-gop-tracking-in-a-year-polls/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

-- 
"But there is no turning time, inexorably it moves from under you; what you were
yesterday is fixed for always, making its mark on what you are today, what you will
be tomorrow"
          -  From "The Horizontal Man" by Helen Eustis