PLATT - MISC News

McCain's farewell: 'Do not despair of our present difficulties'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/27/mccain-do-not-despair-present-difficulties/?bt_ee=Txd8iOwWNQvMbLuZhq73013tTyfF6d9Xf6/fzzn1ldTGs+ZXPqyQYLiWmRQXhgpk&bt_ts=1535395175454

GENERAL INTEREST
Wasp Control that Works
https://survivalblog.com/guest-post-wasp-control-works-patrice-lewis/

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

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
DNC Abandons Rule Requiring Gender Parity on Committees to Accommodate Non-Binary Members
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dnc-abandons-rule-requiring-gender-parity-on-committees-to-accommodate-non-binary-members/

How to Think about Privilege 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/whiteness-meaningless-catch-all-progressive-epithet/

The Latest 'Privilege' Scam: Decorated Dorm Rooms
https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-latest-privilege-scam-decorated-dorm-rooms/

ECONOMICS
Experts’ Hubris and the Public’s Indifference: A Bad Combination 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/federal-reserve-economic-policy-requires-informed-specialists-and-public/

BUSINESS
Trump announces agreement with Mexico on NAFTA overhaul
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/403781-trump-announces-deal-with-mexico-on-nafta-overhaul?userid=288549

FINANCIAL
Americans are willing to wreck their financial futures on behalf of their pets
https://moneyish.com/heart/americans-are-willing-to-wreck-their-financial-futures-on-behalf-of-their-pets/

LAW
Governor Cuomo Gets to Be Above Unfair Laws, but Ordinary Americans Don’t 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/andrew-cuomo-federal-crime-intent-standards-key-to-justice-reform/

ENVIRONMENT
Sinister 'Hunger Stones' With Dire Warnings Have Been Surfacing in Europe 
https://www.sciencealert.com/sinister-hunger-stones-dire-warnings-surfacing-european-heatwave-czech-drought-elbe-decin?utm_source=ScienceAlert+-+Daily+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=f0bea0e86f-MAILCHIMP_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe5632fb09-f0bea0e86f-365889541

HERPETOLOGY
New Python Hybrid May Spell Future Trouble in Everglades 
http://www.newser.com/story/263749/hybrid-everglades-pythons-may-spell-trouble-in-florida.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_science_syn

IMMIGRATION
The Priorities of US Justice 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/steyn082718.php3

IRAN
Iran says it has full control of Gulf, U.S. Navy does not belong there
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/iran-full-control-gulf-strait-083212921.html

NKOR
North Korea accuses US of ‘hatching a criminal plot’ against Pyongyang
https://nypost.com/2018/08/26/north-korea-accuses-us-of-hatching-a-criminal-plot-against-pyongyang/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

PERU
For Thousands of Peruvian Families, the Road Out of Poverty Is Paved in Squid
https://www.ecowatch.com/peruvian-families-squid-2598698777.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=bb31e02dcc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-bb31e02dcc-85328381

POLITICS
Arizona Governor Faces a Tough Choice: A Senator Made From McCain’s Mold or Trump’s
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/us/politics/john-mccain-trump-replacement.html?emc=edit_nn_20180827&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180827&te=1

Republicans see chance for major upset in New Jersey Senate race
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republicans-see-chance-for-major-upset-in-new-jersey-senate-race

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For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain
thereof than fine gold."
           - Proverbs 3.13-14