Friday, May 4, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Top 10 College Marching Bands

https://www.collegemagazine.com/top-10-college-marching-bands/

HEALTH CARE
Breast Cancer Scan Error May Have Led to Death of 270 Women in England
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-care-news/articles/2018-05-02/breast-cancer-scan-error-may-have-led-to-death-of-270-women-in-england

SCOUTING
Boy Scouts of America 'Effectively Dead': Huckabee Blasts Name Change, New Co-Ed Nature 
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/05/02/boy-scouts-america-name-change-huckabee-says-bsa-effectively-dead-thanks-surbaugh
(Once again, we have a politician who knoweth not what he spouts off about.  There is much less here than meets the eye.  My son-in-law is an Eagle Scout and currently a scoutmaster.  My grandson, who is 13, is currently a Life rank scout, has 69 (of 137) merit badges and is working to become an Eagle Scout before his 15th birthday ... one of the youngest Eagle scouts ever.  My daughter is a den mother and, is involved with the regional leadership of the Scouting organization.  The following is her take on this. "So .. the only thing that changed was the Boy Scouts (the older youth program) is now called Scouts BSA.  The organizational name is still Boy Scouts of America.  I think it’s all reasonable."  The chart, below, shows what she is talking about.)


TECHNOLOGY
Elon Musk explains how a ‘Fluffer Bot’ slowed down Model 3 production 
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/bgr-elon_musk_explains_how_a_fluffer_bot_slowed_down_m-rpenskemc

FOREIGN POLICY
Is Trump Now Bad Cop or Good Cop?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/donald-trump-good-cop-bad-cop-foreign-policy/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-05-03&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Not Being A Wimp Works
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/05/03/not-being-a-wimp-works-n2476837?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

NATIONAL SECURITY
White House preps 27-page talking point defense for controversial CIA nominee
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/386031-white-house-messaging-document-lists-5-key-talking-points-for-haspel?userid=288549

IMMIGRATION
GOP Midterm Slogan: ‘We Need Guest Workers To Do Your Jobs!’
http://www.freedomsback.com/gop-midterm-slogan-we-need-guest-workers-to-do-your-jobs-2

IRAN
How the Iranian navy’s new tactics are puzzling the Pentagon
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/2/iranian-navy-lies-low-strait-hormuz-us-military-un/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

NORK
GET THAT NOBEL PRIZE READY: North Korea Bends, Releases Three American Detainees
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30172/get-nobel-prize-ready-north-korea-bends-releases-hank-berrien?utm_medium=email&utm_content=050318-news&utm_campaign=position1

KANYE
Kanye's Big Breakthrough
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30129/kanyes-big-breakthrough-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=050318-news&utm_campaign=position1

WATCH: Kanye: Black People More Offended By Me In A 'MAGA' Hat Than Dead Black Kids In Chicago 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30164/kanye-people-more-offended-black-man-maga-dead-amanda-prestigiacomo?utm_medium=email&utm_content=050318-news&utm_campaign=position6

RUSSIAGATE
Robert Mueller files request for 70 blank subpoenas
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/3/robert-mueller-files-request-70-blank-subpoenas/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

TRUMPGATE
Federal Investigators Wiretapped Michael Cohen’s Office ahead of Raid 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/michael-cohen-wiretap-federal-investigation/

Mueller’s Questions for Trump Show the Folly of Special-Counsel Appointments 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/robert-mueller-questions-trump-decline-interview/

POLITICS
Trump: Millstone or Savior? 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/donald-trump-millstone-savior-2018-elections/

The President Who Knew Too Little about the Electoral College
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/president-trump-electoral-college-complaints-unfounded/

New Poll Shows President Trump Gaining Black Supporters
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/05/03/new-poll-shows-trump-gaining-black-supporters-n2477057?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

RED WAVE? Poll Shows Republicans Could Pick Up 9 Senate Seats
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30223/red-wave-poll-shows-republicans-could-pick-9-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter-ae&utm_medium=email&utm_content=050318-news&utm_campaign=modelnames


-- 
"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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