PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
A Hot Dog Is Not a Sandwich 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/a-hot-dog-is-not-a-sandwich/

The Week in Good News: A 92-Year-Old Baseball Fan, Iceland Airwaves, Endangered Quolls
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/briefing/week-in-good-news-baseball-iceland-airwaves-endangered-quolls.html?emc=edit_nn_20180803&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180803&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (8 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/03/briefing/03weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180803&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180803&te=1

How to split the check without the accusations and awkwardness 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/check_splitting.php3

Keillor: An ordinary weekend, nothing more  
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/keillor080318.php3

PARENTING
Motherhood in the Age of Fear
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/opinion/sunday/motherhood-in-the-age-of-fear.html?emc=edit_nn_20180803&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180803&te=1

From Tokyo to Paris, Parents Tell Americans to Chill
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/reader-center/free-range-parenting-outside-united-states.html?emc=edit_nn_20180803&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180803&te=1

FINANCIAL
If you invested $1,000 in Apple 10 years ago, here’s how much you’d have now
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/02/if-you-invested-1000-dollars-in-apple-10-years-ago-youd-have-this-now.html?__source=yahoo%7Cfinance%7Cheadline%7Cstory%7C&par=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

What Will Cause the Next Recession? A Look at the 3 Most Likely Possibilities
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/upshot/next-recession-three-most-likely-causes.html?emc=edit_nn_20180803&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180803&te=1

This chart says stocks are about to run out of gas in a big way
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-chart-says-stocks-are-about-to-run-out-of-gas-in-a-big-way-2018-08-03

Poll: Majority disapproves of Trump, GOP's handling of deficit
http://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/400143-poll-majority-of-americans-disapprove-of-how-gop-administration?userid=288549

WEATHER
Developing Now: Dam Near Lynchburg, VA Above Capacity
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/developing-now-dam-near-lynchburg-va-above-capacity?pl=pl-the-latest

ORNITHOLOGY
Here's Why This Mama Merganser Has More Than 50 Ducklings
https://www.audubon.org/news/heres-why-mama-merganser-has-more-50-ducklings?ms=digital-eng-email-ea-x-20180831_mersanger76ducklings_engagement_medium&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180831_mersanger76ducklings_engagement&utm_content=medium

CYBER SECURITY
Worried About the I.R.S. Scam? Here’s How to Handle Phone Fraud
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/business/how-to-report-phone-scams-nyt.html

Reddit got hacked because this common security measure didn’t work 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/reddit-got-hacked-because-this-common-security-measure-didnt-work-2018-08-02

FOREIGN POLICY
Red Alert: Millennials, the most isolationist generation
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/millennials-the-most-isolationist-generation-study?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_08/03/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

NATIONAL SECURITY
America’s Turkey Problem Finally Comes to a Head 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/flawed-us-turkey-relations-have-begun-to-crack/

DEFENSE
What Really Matters In The Defense Authorization Act & What Didn’t Get Done
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/what-really-matters-in-the-defense-authorization-act-what-didnt-get-done/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64948258&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_cXuaRtq4gJVbQs66Axv8e24tRZHBrMU7iD3JotKj9Q6RL_PgNOqYRXSgBK9gvOcw9DDYfYulmvTmFIIcdEmKlhTkLhA&_hsmi=64948258

Army, NASA Want Laser Micro-Satellites For 50 Times The Bandwidth 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/army-nasa-want-laser-micro-satellites-for-50-times-the-bandwidth/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64948258&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_cXuaRtq4gJVbQs66Axv8e24tRZHBrMU7iD3JotKj9Q6RL_PgNOqYRXSgBK9gvOcw9DDYfYulmvTmFIIcdEmKlhTkLhA&_hsmi=64948258

Trump's 'Arab NATO' plan to counter Iran draws strong global reactions
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/3/trumps-arab-nato-plan-counter-iran-draws-strong-gl/?bt_ee=SkEr2txa6g5TmpRwmNsbOzC1Q+qCefCZB+ejxv2Hm4CYKy6WthMSweLsucofz+qf&bt_ts=1533321260773

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Las Vegas Police: We Don't Know Mandalay Bay Shooter's Motive And There Was No Second Shooter 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/08/03/las-vegas-police-we-dont-know-mandalay-bay-shooters-motive-and-there-was-no-second-shooter-n2506584?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

IMMIGRATION
Federal judge says Trump must fully restore DACA
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400332-federal-judge-says-trump-must-fully-restore-daca?userid=288549

U.S. deports Mexican wife of American Marine veteran
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-deports-mexican-wife-american-marine-veteran-164058190.html

NKOR
Are Russia and China Trying to Undermine U.S.-North Korea Negotiations? 
https://www.marketwatch.com/video/are-russia-and-china-trying-to-undermine-us-north-korea-negotiations/4A2F4D21-09B8-4B3F-AA1F-E1D15DAF196D.html

SCOTUS
Senate Democrats End Boycott, Agree to Meet with Kavanaugh 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-democrats-end-boycott-agree-to-meet/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-08-03&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POLITICS
To Improve Our Politics, Start with Leaders
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/civility-politics-leaders-communicating-help-increase-understanding/

Independent voters a major headache for the GOP as midterm elections loom
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/independent-voters-a-major-headache-for-the-gop-as-midterm-elections-loom

Rubio introduces plan to use Social Security to fund family leave
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/ruubio_family_leave.php3

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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