PLATT - MISC News

The Origins of Our Second Civil War
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/origins-of-second-civil-war-globalism-tech-boom-immigration-campus-radicalism/

GENERAL INTEREST
Mountain Lions Explore Porch in Conifer, Colorado
https://weather.com/series/crazimals/video/mountain-lions-explore-porch-in-conifer-colorado?pl=pl-the-latest

Dolphin-whale hybrid spotted near Hawaii
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_week-dolphinwhale_hybrid_spotted_near_hawaii-newscred2/category/news+

We Need More Skeptics
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/skeptics-provide-useful-service-for-modern-age/

DRACO - The Most Badass Monster Bush Plane EVER!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqhI4MeCn1c&app=desktop#fauxfullscreen

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

HEALTH
Bite from exotic snake sparks multi-state scramble for antivenom
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/07/31/snake-bite-antivenom-quest/870409002/

‘Hot water challenge’ leaves teen seriously injured
https://nypost.com/2018/07/30/hot-water-challenge-leaves-teen-seriously-injured/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
    
Red Alert: Feds issue warning about #InMyFeelings dance challenge
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/feds-issue-warning-about-inmyfeelings-dance-challenge

Wisconsin Man Has Legs and Hands Amputated After a Lick From a Dog Causes Severe Infection
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/people-wisconsin_man_has_legs_and_hands_amputated_after_a-rtime/category/news

HEALTH CARE
The Battle over Socialism Is Joined
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-catches-on-with-democrats/

PARENTING
What Are Your Child's Passions?
https://townhall.com//columnists/dennisprager/2018/07/31/what-are-your-childs-passions-n2505290?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
The Strange Death of Comedy
https://www.prageru.com/videos/strange-death-comedy

SPORTS
‘It’s another level’: Giants rookie QB doesn’t envy Darnold
https://nypost.com/2018/07/31/rookie-giants-quarterback-can-tell-sam-darnold-what-he-missed/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

JOBS
Young veterans face pushback in efforts to drive trucks
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/young-veterans-face-pushback-in-efforts-to-drive-trucks

$500 of free taxpayer money each month — a solution or a problem?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/500-of-free-taxpayer-money-each-month-a-solution-or-a-problem?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/31/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

President Trump Reiterates That Apple's Building "New Plants" in the U.S.
https://www.idropnews.com/news/president-trump-reiterates-that-apples-building-new-plants-in-the-u-s/78659/

Worker pay and benefits climbing at fastest pace in 10 years, ECI finds
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/worker-pay-and-benefits-climbing-at-fastest-pace-in-10-years-eci-finds-2018-07-31?mod=mw_share_twitter

FINANCIAL
When a state is drowning in debt, should the rest of us have to pay?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/daniels073118.php3

CLIMATE CHANGE
FAKE NEWS: 'Nat Geo' Photographer Admits Viral Photo Of Polar Bear 'Dying From Climate Change' Is False
https://canadafreepress.com/article/nat-geo-photographer-admits-viral-photo-of-polar-bear-dying-from-climate-ch

TECHNOLOGY
How Robot Hands Are Evolving to Do What Ours Can
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/30/technology/robot-hands.html?emc=edit_nn_20180731&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180731&te=1

SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook says it has uncovered a coordinated disinformation operation ahead of the 2018 midterm elections
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/07/31/facebook-says-it-has-uncovered-coordinated-disinformation-operation-ahead-midterm-elections/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9f7dfbddb544

BIG BROTHER
The TSA has been sneakily tracking you for years
https://nypost.com/2018/07/30/the-tsa-has-been-sneakily-tracking-you-for-years/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

ANTISEMITISM
Stanford Student Threatens Violence against Pro-Israel Students
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/universities-must-oppose-immoral-dangerous-bds-movement/

NKOR
North Korea has built new facilities at missile site, satellite photos show
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/north-korea-has-built-new-facilities-at-missile-site-satellite-photos-show-2018-07-30

SOUTH AFRICA
Silent slaughter - Farm attacks in South Africa
https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/world-economy/south-africa-farm-attacks-brutal-crimes-landowners-face/news-story/dfaabafca743056b6d6656ea1fff49eb

POLITICS
Trump is a risk to GOP in midterms
http://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/399601-the-memo-trump-is-a-risk-to-gop-in-midterms?userid=288549

Trump says Voter ID needed to stop Democrats' push for non-citizens to vote
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/31/trump-voter-id-required-stop-democrats-push-non-ci/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=Gj8PMNg0moOVszTWPlzH5277Hu0z8bLTlZu8YNu5RkZdayl5uVqH5qknL8lwEj8i&bt_ts=1533086850136

Insider admits: Obama's people pumped up Trump because they thought it would help Democrats
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/insider-admits-obamas-people-pumped-up-trump-because-they-thought-it-was-good-for-democrats?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/31/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

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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