PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST

'Wicked Tuna' star Nicholas 'Duffy' Fudge dead at 28 (This is a pretty good program ... if you like fishing stuff.)
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/07/24/wicked-tuna-star-nicholas-duffy-fudge-dead-at-28.html

Bulls, Horses, Competition and Camaraderie -- Without the Selfies
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2018/07/24/bulls-horses-competition-and-camaraderie--without-the-selfies-n2503007?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

We Need a Hog Driver in the US Senate
https://townhall.com/columnists/patrickbobko/2018/07/24/we-need-a-hog-driver-in-the-us-senate-n2502792?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

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

HEALTH
Woman's Pedicure Infection Almost Results in Leg Amputation 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news%20/article/marie_claire-womans_pedicure_infection_almost_results_in_leg_am-rhearst

PARENTING
My, What Big Neuroses You Have! 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/skenazy072418.php3

Care Before Kinship 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/n_s_Rilley072418.php3

BUSINESS
A Trump trade war victory over China could be disastrous for the US
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-trade-war-victory-china-disastrous-us-120224664.html?.tsrc=applewf

This gig can pay more than $130K - but you've probably never heard of it
https://moneyish.com/ish/this-gig-can-pay-more-than-130k-but-youve-probably-never-heard-of-it/

The commas that cost companies millions
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180723-the-commas-that-cost-companies-millions

EDUCATION
Dartmouth Business School to Evaluate Applicants Based on ‘Niceness’ 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/dartmouth-business-school-will-evaluate-applicants-based-on-niceness/

GOVERNMENT RUNNING AMOK
The Curbelo Carbon Tax as Wealth Redistribution
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/carlos-curbelo-carbon-tax-wealth-redistribution/

WEATHER
Thunderstorms Created Their Own Cap Cloud Over the Weekend
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/thunderstorms-created-their-own-cap-cloud-over-the-weekend?pl=pl-the-latest

ENVIRONMENT
In Mozambique, a Living Laboratory for Nature’s Renewal
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/science/gorongosa-animals-environment.html?emc=edit_nn_20180724&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180724&te=1

SCIENCE
Photos Provide Intimate Look at Apollo Astronauts During Moon Landing
https://weather.com/science/space/video/photos-provide-intimate-look-at-apollo-astronauts-during-moon-landing?pl=pl-the-latest

Science 
https://www.nytimes.com/section/science?emc=edit_nn_20180724&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180724&te=1

AGRICULTURE
White House to Extend $12 Billion in Aid to Farmers Hurt by Trade War
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trade-war-trump-farmers-12-billion-aid/

NATIONAL SECURITY
Russian hackers breached U.S. electric-utility control rooms, feds say 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/russian-hackers-breached-us-electric-utility-control-rooms-feds-say-2018-07-23

Russia tests new nuclear weapons that can strike ANYWHERE on the planet and wipe out an area ‘the size of France’ in military video footage
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5985985/Russias-new-nuclear-weapons-able-wipe-area-size-Texas-France.html

DEFENSE
Pentagon Sounds Alarm Over Sub-Hunting Tech Shortage, Hypersonic Funding 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/07/pentagon-sounds-alarm-over-sub-hunting-tech-shortage-hypersonic-funding/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64669761&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_QbZ43O6GAjal6saaLYxL3QoO10UFzqsXNdEHXC32hPgppBeOVl3TA8dY_waWnsfxrE2nQz5cVLaB9NsS-hEasdVFYdA&_hsmi=64669761

SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Has Not Changed Us; It Has Revealed Us
https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2018/07/24/twitter-has-not-changed-us-it-has-revealed-us-n2503059?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

SCOTUS
Kavanaugh comes knocking but Democrats won't meet with him
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/brett-kavanaugh-comes-knocking-but-democrats-wont-meet-with-him

Under Pressure: Another Poll Shows Big Majorities in Four Key Senate States Want Kavanaugh Confirmed 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/07/24/polls-majorities-in-four-key-senate-states-want-kavanaugh-confirmed-n2502836?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

RUSSIAGATE
Russianism
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/russianism-democrat-scapegoating-over-trump-victory-and-presidency/

POLITICS
Dems grapple with Trump’s resilience
http://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/398471-the-memo-dems-grapple-with-trumps-resilience?userid=288549

Nikki Haley Suggests Conservatives Stop Saying 'Own the Libs'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/07/24/nikki-haley-own-the-libs-advice-n2503159?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Sen. Corker: Trump Looking Into Revoking Security Clearances Is a 'Banana Republic Kind of Thing'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/07/24/sen-corker-trump-looking-into-revoking-security-clearances-is-a-banana-republic-kind-of-thing-n2503232?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Democrat Backlash Against Ocasio-Cortez Is Getting Ugly
https://www.dailywire.com/news/33411/democrat-backlash-against-ocasio-cortez-getting-james-barrett?utm_medium=email&utm_content=072418-news&utm_campaign=position5

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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