PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Make way for Irish moonshine
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/make-way-for-irish-moonshine-2018-08-10

One Hundred and Counting
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/crosby081018.php3

Walmart Cashier Uses Her Break to Right a Wrong
http://www.newser.com/story/263008/walmart-cashier-uses-her-break-to-right-a-wrong.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_us_syn

Don’t overpay for these 5 simple car fixes 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dont-overpay-for-these-5-simple-car-fixes-2018-08-10

Dirty Feed, Done Dirt Cheap: Are Consumers Who Shell Out for Organic Meat Eating a Bunch of Bull?
https://www.ecowatch.com/are-consumers-who-shell-out-for-organic-meat-eating-a-bunch-of-bull-2594493480.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=f7436ebe01-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-f7436ebe01-85328381

MENTAL HEALTH
Have you heard of ‘silico evangelism’ and ‘techno shabbat’? This is the new front line in combating smartphone addiction 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/have-you-heard-of-silico-evangelism-and-techo-shabbat-this-is-the-new-front-line-in-combatting-smartphone-addiction-2018-08-07

EDUCATION
Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She’ll Thank You Later.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/opinion/stem-girls-math-practice.html?fallback=0&recId=18eYyNl3mY9d26dzSJYDTi6QzG0&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=CA&recAlloc=thompson_sampling_story&geoCountry=US&blockId=signature-journalism-vi&imp_id=161212817

LITERATURE
Jordan B. Peterson fear explained by The Atlantic: Left facing its own 'doomsday clock'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/10/jordan-b-peterson-fear-explained-by-the-atlantic-l/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=GJKhZQuM6salrybnX4jjTTDAoVuqWJQMdWjGpQ1bITQkHOk/vhbpgY0Cum6eGpM/&bt_ts=1533927812709

BUSINESS
Hey Elon Musk, where’s the funding to take Tesla private? (This whole "privatize" thing smells like a scam to me,)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hey-elon-musk-wheres-the-funding-to-take-tesla-private-2018-08-10



FINANCIAL
Turkey’s crisis was not a black swan but it still played havoc with global markets 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/turkeys-crisis-was-not-a-black-swan-but-it-still-played-havoc-with-global-markets-2018-08-10

WEATHER
Solar Geoengineering Could ‘Fail to Prevent Damage to Crop Yields’ 
https://www.ecowatch.com/solar-geoengineering-crop-damage-2594218102.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=f7436ebe01-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-f7436ebe01-85328381

Chesapeake Bay Fills With Debris, Trash From Heavy Rain and Flooding
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/chesapeake-bay-fills-with-debris-trash-from-heavy-rain-and-flooding?pl=pl-the-latest

ORNITHOLOGY
The Origins of Hummingbirds Are Still a Major Mystery
https://www.audubon.org/news/the-origins-hummingbirds-are-still-major-mystery?ms=digital-eng-email-ea-x-20180810_hummingbirdorigins_engagement_medium&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180810_hummingbirdorigins_engagement&utm_content=medium

TECHNOLOGY
Why it’s almost impossible to steal a Tesla (and get away with it) 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nearly-100-of-teslas-stolen-in-the-us-since-2011-have-been-recovered-2018-08-10

DEFENSE
Israel Sees Five Eyes As Closed Door To Arms Sales 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/israel-sees-five-eyes-as-closed-door-to-arms-sales/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65129007&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-971s847xf0xMzhsL4eKHPbg9fgQu7MFZ-E3BIfS9ifeL9XH6mZa2BW-UHCkfgeA5cJR1MR5Nix2isoY3_sQsQU5W2xqQ&_hsmi=65129007

China Warns US Navy Plane: 'Leave Immediately' 
http://www.newser.com/story/263162/china-warns-us-navy-plane-leave-immediately.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_world_syn

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Thermal Goes on Patrol in East Chicago, Indiana
https://www.ammoland.com/2018/08/thermal-goes-on-patrol-in-east-chicago-indiana/

PUERTO RICO
Donations for Puerto Rico hurricane victims found rotting in parking lot
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/401360-donations-for-puerto-rico-hurricane-victims-found-rotting-in

TRUMPGATE
Of Course There Is Such a Thing as a ‘Perjury Trap’ 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/trump-perjury-trap-legitimate-concern-reason-to-decline-mueller-interview/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-08-11&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

-- 
"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