PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Remembering a true polymath 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0518/carter052318.php3

• Constantin Reliu, 63, appealed unsuccessfully to a court in Barlad, Romania, in March to overturn a death certificate that his wife had obtained after not hearing from him for more than a decade.  According to The Guardian, Reliu left Romania for Turkey in 1992 to look for employment, but neglected to keep in touch with his family.  In 2003, Reliu's wife, believing he had died in an earthquake in Turkey, argued in court for a death certificate, which didn't come to light until Reliu was deported back to Romania because of expired papers in Turkey.  Upon his arrival, immigration officers explained to Reliu that he had died in 2003. His appeal failed, as the court maintained he was too late, and the ruling is final, leaving Reliu in an odd state of limbo.  "I am officially dead, although I'm alive," Reliu told Romanian media outlets. "I have no income and because I am listed dead, I can't do anything." [The Guardian, 3/16/2018] 

The Religion of Racism
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270161/religion-racism-daniel-greenfield

Thanks, TM ...

BUSINESS
Opinion: Deal or no deal, the bilateral trade deficit with China is a phony issue 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/deal-or-no-deal-the-bilateral-trade-deficit-with-china-is-a-phony-issue-2018-05-23

CLIMATE CHANGE
National Park Service Releases Climate Report That Officials Tried to Censor 
https://www.ecowatch.com/national-park-service-climate-change-2571033658.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=0f6ae34f2b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-0f6ae34f2b-85328381

By getting serious about limiting global warming, the world could save itself more than $20 trillion
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-global-warming-costs-20180523-story.html

ENERGY
World's Largest Battery and Rapid-Charge Network Launches to Accelerate EV Adoption 
https://www.ecowatch.com/renewable-energy-network-london-2571350395.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=0f6ae34f2b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-0f6ae34f2b-85328381

ZOOLOGY
Louis, an 18-year-old male gorilla at the Philadelphia Zoo, appears to be something of a germophobe, according to the Associated Press.  When he is carrying food, 6-foot-tall Louis walks on his hind legs, like a human, rather than leaning forward on his front knuckles, as gorillas usually do.  Zoo curator Michael Stern says workers installed a fire hose over a mud puddle in Louis' yard, which he crosses like a tightrope to avoid getting his feet dirty.  Stern says in the wild, gorillas may stand up on their hind feet to reach food or wade in a swamp, but only for a few seconds. [The Associated Press, 3/16/2018] 

HERPETOLOGY
Hunters bag 1,000 pythons in Florida Everglades
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-florida-python-hunt-20180522-story.html

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Of the 27 Deadliest Mass Shooters, 26 of Them Had One Thing in Common
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/markmeckler/2018/02/27-deadliest-mass-shooters-26-one-thing-common/

A pig in a policecar! Stalker beast taken into custody after 911 called. 'Victim' and cops were both sober 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0518/pig_911.php3

IMMIGRATION
GOP dissidents on cusp of forcing immigration votes
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/388914-gop-dissidents-on-cusp-of-forcing-immigration-votes?userid=288549

NORK
‘North Korea Is A Cyber Super Power:’ Former ROK Commander
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/05/north-korea-is-a-cyber-super-power-former-rok-commander/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Land&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63156909&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8sO4dbcuO96nNE3YEI6icUaG5MaXJxrDEftt9xch_CXo0ypF-iKiddxUXVonZzHTk42uL8pEXyF62GXrAjhWjh0Q1PdA&_hsmi=63156909

ELECTIONGATE
The Real Origination Story of the Trump-Russia Investigation
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-russia-investigation-obama-administration-origins/

Separating Conspiracy from Reality in the Trump–Russia Investigation
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-russia-investigation-separating-conspiracy-from-reality/

Former Obama Intel Czar: 'A Good Thing' The FBI Was Spying On Trump Campaign. Also, They Weren't Spying  ["There was no spy, there was just an informant trying to gather information under false pretenses."]  
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/05/23/former-obama-intel-czar-its-a-good-thing-the-fbi-was-spying-on-trump-campaign-also-they-werent-spying-n2483618?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

POLITICS
From Russia With Love
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams052318.php3

-- "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