PLATT - MISC News

Left Claims The Moral High Ground – For What?

FORT MIMS - AUGUST 1813 fortmims.org

https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2018/08/14/draft-n2509460?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

GENERAL INTEREST
Migaloo the Albino Humpback Whale Spotted off Coast of Australia
https://weather.com/series/crazimals/video/migaloo-the-albino-humpback-whale-spotted-off-coast-of-australia?pl=pl-the-latest

Driver spots ‘Bigfoot’ walking across rural highway
https://nypost.com/2018/08/13/driver-spots-bigfoot-walking-across-rural-highway/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

With help from NASA astronaut, treasure hunter says he may have found alien space ship off Florida's coast
https://pilotonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article_5170cf7a-9fc9-11e8-b387-97555062d174.html

Scientists have finally worked out how to snap a piece of dry spaghetti into two pieces (and the secret is in the twist!)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6058803/Scientists-finally-worked-break-spaghetti-break-just-TWO-pieces.html

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

PARENTING
The Kids Aren't All Right
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/skenazy08!418.php3

WEATHER
Flash Flooding Pushes Cars from New Jersey Dealership into River
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/flash-flooding-pushes-cars-from-new-jersey-dealership-into-river?pl=pl-the-latest

SCIENCE
Science
https://www.nytimes.com/section/science?emc=edit_nn_20180814&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180814&te=1

CYBER SECURITY
Google still tracks your location even if setting is disabled
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-still-tracks-your-location-even-if-setting-is-disabled-2018-08-13

New ransomware arrives with a hidden feature that hints at more sophisticated attacks to come
https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-ransomware-arrives-with-a-hidden-feature-that-hints-at-more-sophisticated-attacks-to-come/

DEFENSE
Watch A C-5M Super Galaxy Land at Joint Base San Antonio With No Nosewheel
https://theaviationist.com/2018/08/14/watch-a-c-5m-super-galaxy-land-at-joint-base-san-antonio-with-no-nosewheel/

#METOO
What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused? (interesting twist at the end)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/nyregion/sexual-harassment-nyu-female-professor.html?emc=edit_nn_20180814&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180814&te=1

TERRORISM
UN Report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State Members in Iraq, Syria
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/08/14/un-report-30000-islamic-state-members-iraq-syria.html

Sweden: 80 cars set on fire by gangs in several cities
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45181321

SCOTUS
Senate gears up for major Kavanaugh confirmation battle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/senate-gears-up-for-major-kavanaugh-confirmation-battle

Desperation: Ludicrous Tactics of Kavanaugh Opponents Sink to New, Hilarious Low
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/08/13/swing-and-a-miss-nyt-wapo-notice-the-lefts-failure-to-lay-a-glove-on-kavanaugh-n2509180?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Progressives fume as Dems meet with Brett Kavanaugh
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/401865-progressives-fume-as-dems-meet-with-brett-kavanaugh?userid=288549

POLITICS
Trump Is Not the Reason the GOP Sputtered in Ohio
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2018/08/14/trump-is-not-the-reason-the-gop-sputtered-in-ohio-n2509537?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Dems say they’ll sue to keep Collins on ballot
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/401825-dems-say-theyll-sue-to-keep-collins-on-ballot?userid=288549

2018’s Midterms Expose Divide in the Democratic Party
https://libertyvideonews.com/2018s-midterms-expose-divide-in-the-democratic-party/

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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