PLATT - MISC News

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

At adult camp for nerds, there's wizarding, mermaiding and cosplaying 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/adult_nerd_camp.php3

Jim Brown: Black community 'has a responsibility' to look inward, not blame Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/28/jim-brown-black-community-has-responsibility-look-/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=M+v65sZkfNJvmMTtZB87giXC203kA0NGJC/qUtSrMMrsB1D9jw9H8lU8iyQPITGD&bt_ts=1535471295600

HEALTH
Getting too much sleep can be just as damaging as having too little
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/getting-too-much-sleep-can-be-just-as-dangerous-as-having-too-little-2018-08-28

HEALTH CARE
Teacher Has Heart Attack, Gets $108,951 Bill From Hospital 
http://www.newser.com/story/263927/teacher-has-heart-attack-gets-108951-bill-from-hospital.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_money_syn

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Britain’s Failed Weapons-Control Laws Show Why the Second Amendment Matters
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/britain-failed-weapons-control-laws-curb-self-defense-rights/

PARENTING
Five Tips to Give Kids Some Culture and a Vacation at the Same Time
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/travel/kids-vacation-culture.html?emc=edit_nn_20180828&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180828&te=1

FINANCIAL
Shocking Look at Average vs Median Household Savings
https://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/economics/shocking-look-at-average-vs-median-household-savings-6LFokUv9GkG5-_0zWbALUA/

BUSINESS
Is Your Email Address Holding You Back?
copy, paste & go the title into your browser

Conservative Facebook employees are organizing to attack the liberal company's 'intolerant' culture (FB)
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/conservative-facebook-employees-organizing-attack-004428106.html

LAW
Sixteen States Back Funeral Home's Right to Fire Transgender Employee
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/briannaheldt/2018/08/28/untitled-n2513807?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&profileid=

METEOROLOGY
This amazing NASA map shows clouds of particles spreading across the globe 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-amazing-nasa-map-shows-clouds-of-particles-spreading-across-the-globe-2018-08-27

ICHTHYOLOGY
Millions of Seahorses Wind Up Dead on the Black Market for This Senseless Reason 
https://www.ecowatch.com/seahorses-black-market-2599489793.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=6cc13adfe0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-6cc13adfe0-85328381

TECHNOLOGY
iPhone 8 Plus Has the Longest Battery Life (Here’s How Your iPhone Ranks)
https://www.idropnews.com/news/iphone/iphone-8-plus-has-the-longest-battery-life-heres-how-your-iphone-ranks/80861/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=08272018&utm_term=Newsletter

BIG BROTHER
The Washington Post Should Respond to Amazon’s Book Banning 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/amazon-removes-3d-gun-printing-book-guidelines-unclear/

POLITICS
A Post-Trump World?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/donald-trump-impeachment-unlikely-unwise/

Ted Cruz passes the hat for campaign cash as concern rises about challenger Beto O'Rourke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/ted-cruz-passes-the-hat-for-campaign-cash-as-concern-rises-about-challenger-beto-orourke

-- 
"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