PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
How the bear sh!ts in the woods
https://eatonrapidsjoe.blogspot.com/2018/07/how-bear-shts-in-woods.html

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




PARENTING
Thanks, TM ...


FINANCE
Chicago mulls 'universal basic income' testing, 'direct cash transfers to people'  [“Chief Financial Officer Carole Brown said the city’s total pension debt now stands at $28 billion ..." ]
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/17/chicago-mulls-universal-basic-income-testing-direc/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=//vKZMK85EI5MMXrK5gRKXZpLfSebbTSUlcV+dXk91GcCZ9qgxvpBkC+zdik/e/D&bt_ts=1531850380247

WEATHER
Hurricane Maria Aftermath: FEMA Admits to Deadly Mistakes in Puerto Rico
https://www.ecowatch.com/fema-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-2587275568.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=cb7ed9d6ae-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-cb7ed9d6ae-85328381

ARCHAEOLOGY
This oven was used to make bread—thousands of years before agriculture
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/oven-was-used-make-bread-thousands-years-agriculture

ASTRONOMY
Astronomers discover 12 more moons of Jupiter, including an oddity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/07/17/astronomers-discover-12-more-moons-of-jupiter-including-an-oddity/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d39856585d0d

MELITTOLOGY
California woman covered 'head to toe' with bees in critical condition after attack
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-california_woman_covered_head_to_toe_with_bees_in-rfoxnews/category/news

LEGAL STUFF
Four states sue Trump administration over tax law
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/17/four-states-sue-trump-administration-over-tax-law/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=46wBoDcsneQugIR05QPZFjlx2iZ+Tl13dNT9MjZz/yAMa7ZakuGE/8r7QB1hwgOO&bt_ts=1531842903393

Mandalay Bay owners sue victims of Las Vegas mass shooting 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mandalay-bay-owners-sue-victims-of-las-vegas-mass-shooting-2018-07-17

LAW ENFORCEMENT
FBI Official Peter Strzok Grew Up In Iran & His Father Supported The 1979 Iranian Revolution
http://dcwhispers.com/whoa-disgraced-fbi-official-peter-strzok-grew-up-in-iran-his-father-supported-the-1979-iranian-revolution/

National Guard deployment led to more than 10,000 arrests of illegal immigrants, says CBP
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/national-guard-deployment-led-to-more-than-10-000-additional-arrests-of-illegal-immigrants-says-cbp

IMMIGRATION
Oregon anti-sanctuary initiative qualifies for November ballot
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/17/stop-oregon-sanctuaries-anti-sanctuary-initiative-/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=d4e/1vCqix7kWCZ2LSS8sKUmTzvUsiaDvz1sO9gvbM2JJ2VtR4OcM3JfjPP0rDhI&bt_ts=1531874943305

NKOR
Kim Jong-un blasts delays in North Korean economic projects
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44855699

SCOTUS
Ten Commandments of the Supreme Court
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/supreme-court-whatever-advances-progressive-causes-is-sacrosanct/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-07-17&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Kavanaugh Hysteria at Yale: Qualified Judge Named to Court!
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/mac_donald071718.php3

RUSSIAGATE
Trump Is Right: Mueller’s Latest Indictment Suggests He’s Conducting A Witch Hunt
http://thefederalist.com/2018/07/16/trump-right-muellers-latest-indictment-proves-hes-conducting-witch-hunt/

Trump says he accepts US intel on Russia — then adds it ‘could be other people also’
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/397481-trump-says-he-accepts-us-intel-on-russia-then-adds-it-could-be-other?userid=288549

POLITICS
Democrats call for Trump's interpreter in Putin meeting to testify before Congress
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/17/jeanne-shaheen-joe-kennedy-want-trump-interpreter-/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=pdnj2aVeSuMM7E7H44BLYjnSGLcDzI2Nln9B4cu1TsfQ7fVFemqMO5yPAb+BXrAk&bt_ts=1531878061538

Trump’s Opportunity of a Lifetime to Win the Hispanic Vote
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2018/07/17/trumps-opportunity-of-a-lifetime-to-win-the-hispanic-vote-n2500978?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Ocasio-Cortez draws ire from Democrats: ‘Meteors fizz out’
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/397333-ocasio-cortez-draws-ire-from-democrats-meteors-fizz-out?userid=288549

The Socialists Are Coming: Another Far Left NYC Candidate Is Looking To Rock The Empire State
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/07/17/the-socialists-are-coming-another-far-left-nyc-candidate-looking-to-rock-the-emp-n2497114?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

The Bee Explains: Democratic Socialism
https://babylonbee.com/news/the-bee-explains-democratic-socialism/

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"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