PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Summertime Is Puppy Time 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/summer-vaction-puppy-training-ups-and-downs/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-08-10&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Huge Moose Spotted Walking on Median in Anchorage, Alaska
https://weather.com/series/crazimals/video/huge-moose-spotted-walking-on-median-in-anchorage-alaska?pl=pl-the-latest

The Week in Good News: ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ Self-Destructing Plastic, Honors for Military Dogs
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/briefing/the-week-in-good-news-crazy-rich-asians-military-dogs-self-destructing-plastic.html?emc=edit_nn_20180810&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180810&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (6 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/10/briefing/10weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180810&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180810&te=1

MENTAL HEALTH
Trying to Be Happy Is Making You Miserable. Here's Why 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/time-trying_to_be_happy_is_making_you_miserable_heres_w-rtime/category/lifestyle

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Civility Left Off Menu At Maxine Waters' Cafe
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnkass/2018/08/10/civility-left-off-menu-at-maxine-waters-cafe-n2508351?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

The War On Traditional Gender Identity
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2018/08/10/the-war-on-traditional-gender-identity-n2508410?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

There's a Petition Going Around to Kick Education Secretary DeVos Out and Replace Her With...
https://townhall.com/notebook/erikahaas/2018/08/09/theres-a-petition-going-around-to-kick-secretary-devos-out-and-replace-her-with-n2508343?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Actress Thinks Democrats Lost Because of The Green Party-Russia Alliance, Or Something
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/08/09/insane-actress-thinks-democrats-lost-because-of-the-green-party-russia-alliance-n2508020?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

SPORTS
Trump renews attacks on NFL players, calling for suspensions (IMHO< Trump needs to butt out of this.  Not everything is all about him.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/401217-trump-attacks-protesting-nfl-players-they-want-to-show-outrage-at?userid=288549

BUSINESS
Fearing ‘blue wave,’ drug, insurance companies build single-payer defense
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/401169-fearing-blue-wave-drug-insurance-companies-build-single-payer-defense

ICHTHYOLOGY
Thousands of Farmed Salmon Escape Into the Wild 
https://www.ecowatch.com/farmed-salmon-escape-into-the-wild-2594231035.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=0d2f3d0908-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-0d2f3d0908-85328381

CYBER SECURITY
DHS warns of North Korea-linked malware
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dhs-warns-of-north-korea-linked-malware?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_08/10/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

DEFENSE
Air Force releases video of Sgt. John Chapman's final moments
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/10/air-force-releases-video-sgt-john-chapmans-final-moments.html

SOCIAL MEDIA
In Outrage Campaigns, It’s the Internal Mob That Matters 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/twitter-mob-alex-jones-takedown/

Are We to Blame for the Alex Jones Problem?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/alex-jones-we-want-authorities-to-make-tough-decisions-for-us/

MUNICIPALITIES
A Tale of Three Cities
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/a_tale_of_three_cities.html

AFGHANISTAN
Taliban Launch Assault on Ghazni, a Key Afghan City
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-ghazni.html?emc=edit_nn_20180810&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180810&te=1

IRAN
Iran test-fires ballistic missile for first time in 2018, officials say
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/10/iran-test-fires-ballistic-missile-for-first-time-in-2018-officials-say.html

ISRAEL
Hamas, Thanks to Iran, Just Launched Hundreds of Rockets at Innocent Israelis 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/08/10/hamas-thanks-to-iran-just-launched-hundreds-of-rockets-at-innocent-israelis-n2508440?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

SCOTUS
Women Rise To Defy The Sleaze Slingers Against Kavanaugh
https://townhall.com/columnists/suzannefields/2018/08/10/women-rise-to-defy-the-sleaze-slingers-against-kavanaugh-n2508464?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

POLITICS
Dems seek GOP wipe-out in California
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/401247-dems-seek-gop-wipeout-in-california

Michael Avenatti ‘Exploring’ Presidential Run, Travels to Iowa (Oh, great ... another Dem slime ball ... )
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/michael-avenatti-exploring-presidential-run-travels-to-iowa/

Obama midterm endorsements seen as too little, too late by Dem critics
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/401183-obama-midterm-endorsements-seen-as-too-little-too-late-by-dem-critics

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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