PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
The 20 photographs of the week
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/jun/16/the-20-photographs-of-the-week

Katmai National Park drama: Bear vs. Eagles
https://www.adn.com/outdoors-adventure/2018/06/16/katmai-national-park-drama-bear-vs-eagles/

Treasure-hunting Belgians warned to keep pickaxes away after claim lost masterpiece hidden beneath street
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ghent-altarpiece-code-solved-gino-marchal-belgium-treasure-dig-holes-kalandeberg-mystic-lamb-a8402156.html

Undercover at the world's most secretive society: Mail reporter infiltrates shadowy Bilderberg summit where the West's power brokers set the world to rights
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5850053/Undercover-worlds-elitist-secret-society.html

I'M SPEECHLESS
CNN Celebrates Father's Day: 'He Gave Birth. He Breastfed. Now, He Wants His Son To See Him As A Man.'
https://www.dailywire.com/news/31903/cnn-celebrates-fathers-day-he-gave-birth-he-hank-berrien?utm_medium=email&utm_content=061718-news&utm_campaign=position1

ALT-___
'Alt-right' reeling after string of setbacks
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/17/alt-right-reeling-after-richard-spencer-matthew-he/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

DEFENSE
The £6 billion Royal Navy fleet that hardly ever went to sea: Warships that can't sail in the heat spent 80 per cent of the year in dock (Rolls-Royce strikes again ... )
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5850349/The-6-billion-Royal-Navy-fleet-hardly-went-sea.html

NOKO SUMMIT
Trump’s trusted diplomat faces daunting task with North Korea
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/392523-trumps-trusted-diplomat-faces-daunting-task-with-north-korea

POLITICS
Arizona Republicans brush off talk about McCain Senate seat
https://www.apnews.com/20494292080b4f5c87b667012cf747f5/Arizona-Republicans-brush-off-talk-about-McCain-Senate-seat'

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“Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize
half of ’em are stupider than that.”
          -  George Carlin