PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: Thai Cave Rescue, a Rehabilitating Restaurant, Sea Turtles
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/briefing/the-week-in-good-news-thai-cave-rescue-opioid-crisis-restaurant-sea-turtles.html?emc=edit_nn_20180713&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180713&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (8 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/13/briefing/13weeklynewsquiz.html?rref=collection%2Fspotlightcollection%2Fnews-quiz&action=click&contentCollection=briefing&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

Yard sales: How sellers can maximize their succes$ --- and buyers, their savings 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/yard_sales.php3

HEALTH
Israeli doctors are first to implant device for congestive heart failure 
https://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Health-and-Science/Israeli-doctors-are-first-to-implant-device-for-congestive-heart-failure-503648

Health Scan: How long can bacteria wait out antibiotics? 
https://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Health-and-Science/Health-Scan-How-long-can-bacteria-wait-out-antibiotics-502245

Commuting a medical death sentence? Promising new class of cancer treatments offers hope 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/immune_cells_against_cancer.php3

HEALTH CARE
Trump Administration Issues Rule Against Union Disability Scheme
http://1600daily.com/2018/07/13/trump-administration-issues-rule-against-union-disability-scheme/

BUSINESS
Senate GOP plots next steps to thwart Trump's trade war
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/senate-gop-plots-next-steps-to-thwart-trumps-trade-war?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/13/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Professor: Wings-Eating Show Hot Ones Is Problematic for Women
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/hot-ones-problematic-women-professor/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-07-13&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

No, the Phrase ‘Catch and Release’ Doesn’t Dehumanize Illegal Immigrants
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/catch-and-release-term-for-illegal-immigrants-is-accurate/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-07-13&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

'ScarJo' is latest target of social-justice warrior mob. Popular website responds by self-victimizing 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah071318.php3

The Hysterical Left 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/crosby061318.php3

HISTORY
‘Hope for All Mankind’: In 1975, a Meeting in Helsinki Changed the World 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/helsinki-accords-1975-reminder-to-press-human-rights-with-putin/

NATURE
Mysterious Creatures from Deep Found off Southeastern Coast
https://weather.com/series/crazimals/video/mysterious-creatures-from-deep-found-off-southeastern-coast?pl=pl-the-latest

WEATHER
Well Sinks into Rain-Softened Ground in India
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/well-sinks-into-rain-softened-ground-in-india?pl=pl-the-latest

Watch Lightning Bolt Zap Tree in Colorado
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/watch-lightning-bolt-zap-tree-in-colorado?pl=pl-the-latest

MELITTOLOGY
Low Doses of Pesticides Make It Harder for Bees to Find Flowers 
https://www.ecowatch.com/bees-pesticides-neonicotinoids-2586039759.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=c43cf08570-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-c43cf08570-85328381

DEFENSE
Can’t Spend? Won’t Spend? 4 Lessons From NATO’s Bottom Lines 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/07/cant-spend-wont-spend-4-lessons-from-natos-bottom-lines/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64427122&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8msx7oBYS7cw07wDhn2w1-tZ_xXD9wqYk3I5JLXT7xmq06CyhZ7AKiEAOINtpWCToy9pLqmDuCuEGA5Sm_SzgnrxfaKA&_hsmi=64427122

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Burglar who broke into an escape room repeatedly called 911 when he couldn't escape, police say 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/trapped_in_escape_room.php3

NKOR
Nikki Haley unveils 89 examples of North Korea smuggling oil, calls for supply cutoff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/nikki-haley-unveils-89-examples-of-north-korea-smuggling-oil-calls-for-supply-cutoff?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/13/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

SCOTUS
GOP moderates hint at smooth confirmation ahead for Kavanaugh
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/396789-gop-moderates-signal-smooth-confirmation-ahead-for-kavanaugh?userid=288549

RUSSIAGATE
Twelve Russian Intelligence Officials Indicted by U.S. Government 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/rod-rosenstein-russia-12-indictments-announced/

POLITICS
Californians Will Vote on Whether to Split the State in Three
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/cal3-referendum-california-will-vote-to-split-state-into-three-parts/

What Trump's approval ratings in all 50 states mean for the Senate
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/what-trumps-approval-ratings-in-all-50-states-mean-for-the-senate?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/13/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

-- 
"When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;
they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along."
           - Carl Sandburg