PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
BART rider calls cops on fellow passenger for eating burrito
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/26/bart-rider-calls-cops-on-fellow-passenger-for-eating-burrito/

Donald Trump Jr. bets Elizabeth Warren $10,000 that Kimberly Guilfoyle is 'more Native American'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/27/donald-trump-jr-bets-elizabeth-warren-10000-kimber/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

Barking mad and proud of it 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden062718.php3

HEALTH
‘Unbearable’ smelling passenger that caused plane’s emergency landing dies from tissue necrosis
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/06/27/unbearable-smelling-passenger-that-caused-plane-s-emergency-landing-dies-from-tissue-necrosis.html

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
The Left in 2018: Unhinged
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFRHX6glTSM

WELFARE
Our Welfare System Needs Serious Disruption
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/welfare-system-needs-serious-reform-reorganization-not-enough/

ENVIRONMENT
Tropical Forests Lost 40 Football Fields of Tree Cover Per Minute in 2017
https://www.ecowatch.com/tropical-trees-deforestation-2581736008.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=81cabc5119-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-81cabc5119-85328381

MELITTOLOGY
Fl. Homeowner Regrets Killing Thousands of Honeybees 
https://www.ecowatch.com/fl-homeowner-kills-thousands-honeybees-2581544515.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=81cabc5119-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-81cabc5119-85328381

SCIENCE
Korea claims superior way of distilling seawater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3666336/posts

AUTOMOTIVE
The Electric Volkswagen I.D. R Is the Fastest Car to Ever Climb Pikes Peak
https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a21929211/the-electric-volkswagen-id-r-is-the-fastest-car-to-ever-climb-pikes-peak/

TECHNOLOGY
Facebook scraps high-altitude drone project
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-scraps-high-altitude-drone-project-2018-06-26

Supreme Court's travel ban ruling could have big implications for Trump's Twitter account 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0618/fung062718.php3

DEFENSE
GAO Decision Threatens US Military Dominance; Reject It
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/06/gao-decision-threatens-us-military-dominance-reject-it/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64065746&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9A6WAlpeSHp3U4IhvHvvp2d8WGTME3Hs_nq_9SwWG4V5SdEuisIuN4opAEGa7YHRkc3h6XYBX9Crc4szo6-85GDdOFog&_hsmi=64065746

Google Helps Chinese Military, Why Not US? Bob Work 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/06/google-helps-chinese-military-why-not-us-bob-work/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64065746&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9A6WAlpeSHp3U4IhvHvvp2d8WGTME3Hs_nq_9SwWG4V5SdEuisIuN4opAEGa7YHRkc3h6XYBX9Crc4szo6-85GDdOFog&_hsmi=64065746

US Plans to Arm B-52 With ‘Mother of All Bombs’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3666281/posts

MIDDLE EAST
Trump's new deal for the Middle East 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0618/chafets062718.php3

UNIONS
Supreme Court deals blow to public-sector unions, ruling against 'fair-share' fees
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/394371-court-deals-blow-to-public-sector-unions-ruling-against-fair-share?userid=288549

POLITICS
Politics Can’t Fill the Holes in Our Souls 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/when-partisan-identity-like-religion-bad-for-america/

The View from the Pigsty
https://townhall.com/columnists/billmurchison/2018/06/27/the-view-from-the-pigsty-n2494764?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Is America headed toward a civil war? Sanders, Nielsen incidents show it has already begun
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/25/sanders-nielsen-incidents-suggest-new-us-civil-war-underway-column/729141002/

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half of ’em are stupider than that.”
          -  George Carlin