PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Distracted Drone Operator Accidentally Starts Brushfire in Oregon (It has been reported to me that some folks cannot get these "Weather Channel" video clips to play.  I conduced a limited test and, found that the clips do not play on Apple devices but, do play just fine on Windows PCs.  If you have a different experience, please let me know.)
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/distracted-drone-operator-accidentally-starts-brushfire-in-oregon?pl=pl-the-latest

'Why are you still here?': Inside the last Blockbuster left in America
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/last_blockbuster.php3

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/hamilton.php3

PARENTING
10 ways to help kids take risks in a world of 'No's' 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/kids_take_risks.php3

Apple’s dangerous new nanny app 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/apples-dangerous-new-nanny-app-2018-07-16

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGE
How I lost the war against speech 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/scarjo_trans_columnist.php3

BUSINESS
Psst: Strong New Retail Sales Report Foreshadows Big Second Quarter GDP Growth Number
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/07/16/strong-sales-report-points-to-big-gdp-growth-number-n2500732?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Trump’s Economics of Exhortation
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-economics-about-exhortation-not-wealth-creation/

Elon Musk Can't Take His Own Advice and Tesla Falls Again
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-16/tesla-falls-as-musk-fails-to-rein-in-his-open-season-tweets

Record-breaking fine expected this week could put Google’s business model at stake 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/bgr-recordbreaking_fine_expected_this_week_could_put_g-rpenskemc/category/finance

Amazon’s Curious Case of the $2,630.52 Used Paperback
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/15/technology/amazon-used-paperback-book-pricing.html?emc=edit_nn_20180716&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180716&te=1

How to outsmart Amazon and pay the lowest price – every time
https://www.joinhoney.com/g-blog/how-to-outsmart-amazon-and-pay-the-lowest-price-everytime/?utm_source=tabo&utm_medium=dis&utm_campaign=TB_US_Broad_None_18-65_All_Amazon_Multi_GhostAmazon3_NA&utm_content=GhostAmazon3&from=r

MUNICIPALITIES
The Left-wing Paradise of San Francisco
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2018/07/16/the-leftwing-paradise-of-san-francisco-n2500641?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

HERPETOLOGY
The teen was mowing the lawn when snakes attacked — and started biting
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article214924585.html

ORNITHOLOGY
Jewels of the Sky
https://www.audubon.org/news/jewels-of-the-sky?ms=digital-eng-email-ea-x-20180716_jewelofthesky-engagement_medium&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180716_jewelofthesky-engagement&utm_content=medium

CYBER SECURITY
Your password has likely been stolen. Here's what to do about it (This may be click-bait.)
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/password_managers.php3

NATIONAL SECURITY
INL specialists left plutonium in their car. In the morning, it was gone
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/northwest/idaho/article214731995.html

DEFENSE
Air Force paid about $10G for toilet seat cover: report 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-air_force_paid_about_10g_for_toilet_seat_cover_rep-rfoxnews/category/news

BIG BROTHER
Israel says that monitoring social media has cut 'lone wolf' attacks. Palestinians are crying foul 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/lone_wolf_social_media.php3

MEDIA
Cuomo throwing cash at CBS, NBC to keep late-night shows in NYC
https://nypost.com/2018/07/16/cuomo-throwing-cash-at-cbs-nbc-to-keep-late-night-shows-in-nyc/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

How I lost the war against speech 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/scarjo_trans_columnist.php3

TERRORISM
Israel says that monitoring social media has cut 'lone wolf' attacks. Palestinians are crying foul 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/lone_wolf_social_media.php3

IRAN
Inside Israeli spies’ secret mission to steal Iranian nuclear secrets
https://nypost.com/2018/07/15/inside-israeli-spies-secret-mission-to-steal-iranian-nuclear-secrets/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

How Israel, in Dark of Night, Torched Its Way to Iran’s Nuclear Secrets
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/15/us/politics/iran-israel-mossad-nuclear.html?emc=edit_nn_20180716&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180716&te=1

RUSSIA
John Brennan: Trump's press conference with Putin 'nothing short of treasonous'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/16/john-brennan-trumps-press-conference-putin-nothing/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=3lH13haTMUBKotKirQdwyb+qPJqgL2Mq1KMD1OFEUA0EEPu8wjkqUrBr3d7cwmGc&bt_ts=1531760228889

Rand Paul: President's summit critics 'mistaken,' suffering from 'Trump derangement syndrome'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/16/rand-paul-says-donald-trump-summit-critics-mistake/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=jKWy6g9N5UlY/qQOgGr8wlm9G/w4RQ3iKzwRp6DATZ1tC7LXHbxdW1q1pVIjsWqc&bt_ts=1531778304277

UNIONS
Public Union: Public Enemy
https://www.prageru.com/videos/public-union-public-enemy

RUSSIAGATE
The Problem Isn't Russian Collusion. It's Trump's Massive Ego.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/33126/problem-isnt-russian-collusion-its-trumps-massive-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=071618-news&utm_campaign=position4

SCOTUS
The Supreme Court Has Been Making Policy
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/supreme-court-should-not-make-policy-not-what-founders-intended/

POLITICS
Democrats Are Dumping Moderates
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/democrats-dump-moderates-move-to-far-left/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-07-16&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

It’s Undeniable: Trump Is Blessed With Really Stupid Enemies
https://townhall.com//columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/07/16/its-undeniable-trump-is-blessed-with-really-stupid-enemies-n2500638?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Anthony Bourdain slammed 'monstrous' Clintons in newly released interview
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/16/anthony-bourdain-shredded-clintons-newly-released-/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=26wo0Wls9HzH9egg+pXdqWtnQWR9w0icYywA6SDeqg2FciCRZHSS6ZB882L3JqHe&bt_ts=1531767090335

GOP weighs ICE vote to torture Democrats
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/gop-weighs-ice-vote-to-torture-democrats?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/16/2018&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