Tuesday, May 8, 2018

PLATT - MISC News


GENERAL INTEREST
5 Cheap(ish) Things You Need for Summer Travel Season
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/smarter-living/cheap-gear-summer-travel.html?emc=edit_nn_20180507&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180507&te=1

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0518/hamilton.php3

 South Korea President Moon Jae-in nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing Kim Jung Un to the peace table. What a turnaround. Kim admits he originally wanted to destroy America but then he realized social media beat him to it, so he agreed to negotiate with Trump. 

HEALTH
Boy wakes up from diagnosed brain death a day before his organs were to be donated
http://theweek.com/speedreads/771791/boy-wakes-from-diagnosed-brain-death-day-before-organs-donated

She Thought She Had a Runny Nose. It Was a Brain Fluid Leak 
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/newser-she_thought_she_had_a_runny_nose_it_was_a_brain_fl-rnewsernor/category/news

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Professor Tells A Harmless Lingerie Joke On Elevator. Unfortunately, There's A Gender Studies Professor Aboard. You Can Guess What Happened Next.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30325/professor-tells-harmless-lingerie-joke-elevator-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=050718-news&utm_campaign=position1

BUSINESS
ZTE asks Commerce to reconsider business ban
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/386516-zte-asks-commerce-to-reconsider-business-ban

CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate skeptics more eco-friendly than global-warming alarmists: study
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/climate-skeptics-more-eco-friendly-global-warming-/

SCIENCE
How to Reveal Subatomic Particles at Home | NOVA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN_DMMQEhfQ

CYBER SECURITY
Scholars Have Data on Millions of Facebook Users. Who’s Guarding It?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/technology/facebook-information-data-sets-academics.html?emc=edit_nn_20180507&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180507&te=1

FOREIGN POLICY
State Dept.: Giuliani doesn't speak for US on foreign policy
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/05/07/state-dept-giuliani-doesnt-speak-for-us-on-foreign-policy-n2478389?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

NATIONAL SECURITY
White House steps up efforts to confirm CIA director
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/386304-white-house-steps-up-efforts-to-confirm-cia-director?userid=288549

Gina Haspel: Full Steam Ahead 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/05/06/gina-haspel-full-steam-ahead-n2478118?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

IRAN
Trump slams Kerry over ‘possibly illegal’ private talks with Iran
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/trump-kerry-possibly-illegal-private-talks-iran/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

Where’s the Outrage over Kerry’s Collusion with Iran?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/john-kerry-iran-deal-collusion/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SPONSORED:%20NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-05-07&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Trump to announce Iran decision Tuesday
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386556-trump-to-announce-iran-decision-tuesday?userid=288549

NORK
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about the Korean Summits 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/north-korea-summit-kim-jong-un-skepticism-warranted/#slide-1

PUERTO RICO
How Storms, Missteps and an Ailing Grid Left Puerto Rico in the Dark
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/06/us/puerto-rico-power-grid-hurricanes.html?emc=edit_nn_20180507&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180507&te=1

POLITICS
Washington Offers Up Bread and Circuses, but the U.S. Is Remarkably Resilient 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/america-resilient-economy-political-institutions-washington-bread-and-circuses/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SPONSORED:%20NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-05-07&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Civil Liberties Can’t Survive Partisan Hatred 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/free-speech-under-attack-america-both-sides-blame/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SPONSORED:%20NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-05-07&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Trump winning over Democrats with his handling of key issues, CNN poll finds
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/donald-trump-winning-over-democrats-cnn-poll-finds/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

-- "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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