PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
FATS DOMINO Blue Monday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2hq3DW_Bgk

Is a $40 reusable water bottle worth the investment?
https://moneyish.com/splurge/is-a-40-reusable-water-bottle-worth-the-investment/

The News in Zingers 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0818/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
A woman dared -- yes, dared! -- to question Fitbit's accuracy and almost ended up in a legal no-man's land 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/fung081318.php3

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
The Washington Post Crosses a Very Dangerous Line
https://townhall.com/columnists/douglasmackinnon/2018/08/12/the-washington-post-crosses-a-very-dangerous-line-n2509129?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Boston-area mayor pushes Sam Adams boycott over founder's Trump support
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/13/joseph-curtatone-somerville-mayor-boycotts-sam-ada/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=q7PBOBzLa3w8QLfYN4+jLISGFy/64oooGOspyI4aml/dM0eYIUWDHwV+fuAu4A++&bt_ts=1534212666063

HISTORY
What Was the Cold War?
https://www.prageru.com/videos/what-was-cold-war

MARKET
Show me the victims of insider trading. I'll wait 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0818/McArdle081318.php3

BUSINESS
Elon Musk reveals new details about taking Tesla private, says he thought tweeting announcement was 'the right and fair thing to do' (TSLA)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-reveals-details-taking-132538862.html

New York bereavement bill ‘another nail in the coffin’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/new-york-bereavement-bill-another-nail-in-the-coffin

GE preparing to sell power-conversion unit, for a lot less than what it paid for the assets--Bloomberg
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ge-preparing-to-sell-power-conversion-unit-for-a-lot-less-than-what-it-paid-for-the-assets-2018-08-10

The fight against subsidy-suckling Big Sugar: Blending populism with conservatism
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/the-fight-against-subsidy-suckling-big-sugar-blending-populism-with-conservatism

WEATHER
Heavy Rain Could Cause More Flooding in the East This Week
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/heavy-rain-could-cause-more-flooding-in-the-east-this-week?pl=pl-the-latest

FORESTRY
17 BIGGEST Trees in the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFBo5bj1tfU&app=desktop

Long-Term Risks of GE Trees Remain Unanswered 
https://www.ecowatch.com/genetically-engineered-trees-2594502148.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=67c85820cb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-67c85820cb-85328381

CYBER SECURITY
The feds keep creating cybersecurity offices and experts say it's not necessarily a good thing
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/the-feds-keep-creating-cybersecurity-offices-and-experts-say-its-not-necessarily-a-good-thing

DEFENSE
Getting Ready for China 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/chinese-military-buildup-dangerous/

FALCONS
The Iraqi Spy Who Infiltrated ISIS
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/12/world/middleeast/iraqi-spy-isis.html?emc=edit_nn_20180813&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180813&te=1

UNIONS
Unions see Missouri win as red state watershed
http://thehill.com/regulation/labor/401338-unions-see-missouri-win-as-red-state-watershed?userid=288549

CHINA
China is buying a world of headaches 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/VonDrehle081318.php3

TRUMPGATE
The Mechanics of Deception
https://apelbaum.wordpress.com/category/face-recognition/

Exposed: the Deep State's Authorship and Publication of the Dossier
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/the_real_dossier_story.html

Trump won’t sit for interview with Mueller after Sept. 1, Giuliani says 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-wont-sit-for-interview-with-mueller-after-sept-1-giuliani-says-2018-08-12

Signs grow that Mueller is zeroing in on Roger Stone
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/401637-signs-grow-that-mueller-is-zeroing-in-on-roger-stone?userid=288549

With Mueller, as with Starr before him, beware wishful thinking
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/with-mueller-as-with-starr-before-him-beware-wishful-thinking

POLITICS
Corey Stewart’s Flailing Virginia Campaign
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/corey-stewart-virginia-campaign-flails/

Vulnerable Republicans include several up-and-coming GOP leaders
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/401343-vulnerable-republicans-include-several-up-and-coming-gop-leaders?userid=288549

-- 
"Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain
thereof than fine gold."
           - Proverbs 3.13-14