PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST

After Plastic Straws, Are Balloons Next to Go? 
https://www.ecowatch.com/balloons-bad-for-the-environment-2596193514.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=c934102753-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-c934102753-85328381

How to Clean the Most Common Dog Messes
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/smarter-living/how-to-clean-the-most-common-dog-messes.html?emc=edit_nn_20180817&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180817&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (6 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/17/briefing/17weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180817&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180817&te=1

Don’t Make These Coffee Brewing Mistakes at Home 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/extra_crispy-dont_make_these_coffee_brewing_mistakes_at_home-rtime/category/lifestyle

HEALTH
Eating pasta could save your life
https://nypost.com/2018/08/17/cutting-carbs-is-linked-to-dying-young/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Dereliction of Leadership Imperils Military
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/army-chaplain-disciplined-for-following-rules-threat-to-religious-liberty/

WEATHER
Seven Southwestern States Face Possible Water Restrictions
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/seven-southwestern-states-face-possible-water-restrictions-0?pl=pl-the-latest

AUTOMOTIVE
'Little Red' 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 found after 50 years, could be worth millions
http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/08/17/little-red-1967-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-found-after-50-years-could-be-worth-millions.html

North Carolina police arrest 198 mph 'Hellcat' speeder seen in Facebook video
http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/08/17/north-carolina-police-arrest-198-mph-hellcat-speeder-seen-in-facebook-video.html

Toyota Tests its Hydrogen-Fuel Truck in North America
https://www.oilandgas360.com/toyota-tests-its-hydrogen-fueled-truck-in-north-america-i-dont-ever-see-going-back-to-diesel-after-this-driver/?utm_source=Closing+Bell&utm_campaign=cc0d36bf61-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d4943fe35f-cc0d36bf61-27363477#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toyota-tests-its-hydrogen-fueled-truck-in-north-america-i-dont-ever-see-going-back-to-diesel-after-this-driver

BUSINESS
Musk tells newspaper he's cracking under stress of Tesla job
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/teslas-musk-says-stress-overwork-taking-heavy-toll-053612364--finance.html

To ‘Save’ Jobs, Wisconsin Republicans Set a Dangerous Precedent 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/wisconsin-kimberly-clark-tax-incentive-plan-crony-capitalism/

Big media companies are branching into health care. Here’s why
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-your-cable-company-may-soon-provide-your-health-care-2018-08-16

Google Employees Protest Secret Work on Censored Search Engine for China
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employees-protest-search-censored-china.html?emc=edit_ne_20180816&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=6512372520180816&te=1

NATIONAL SECURITY
Adversaries Could Have Fiddled With US Satellites: DoDIG 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/adversaries-could-have-fiddled-with-us-satellites-dodig/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65267721&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_-4_PabQs7TlvwLWRcPfhDoG2VsUZF2ayT_ouu6EIDLgnL5ocM5nkjwzlXgl-XYp64ffSJkkTFZouCbr1fyMPbTIiGSg&_hsmi=65267721

Space Mystery: Are Russian Doll Sats a Threat? 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/details-lacking-over-u-s-concern-about-new-russian-space-objects/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65267721&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_-4_PabQs7TlvwLWRcPfhDoG2VsUZF2ayT_ouu6EIDLgnL5ocM5nkjwzlXgl-XYp64ffSJkkTFZouCbr1fyMPbTIiGSg&_hsmi=65267721

DEFENSE
China 'training for strikes' on US targets
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45218741?ocid=global_bbccom_email_17082018_top+news+stories

Laser Beam Attacks Bedevil U.S. Military Pilots in Mideast 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/laser-beam-attacks-bedevil-u-s-military-pilots-in-mideast-1534498200

LEGAL
Omarosa secretly recorded her coworkers—think very carefully before doing the same 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/omarosa-secretly-recorded-her-coworkersthink-very-carefully-before-doing-the-same-2018-08-16

AP source: Omarosa has video, audio, texts 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/the_associated_press-ap_source_omarosa_has_video_audio_texts-ap

IMMIGRATION
DOJ: Iraqi man who fought, killed for ISIS entered US as refugee under Obama
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doj-iraqi-man-who-fought-killed-for-isis-entered-us-as-refugee-under-obama?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_08/17/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

POLITICS
The Center Does Not Hold
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2018/08/17/the-center-does-not-hold-n2510583?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&profileid=

Worst-case scenario for House GOP is 70-seat wipeout
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/402329-worst-case-scenario-for-house-gop-is-70-seat-wipeout?rnd=1534520689

Bernie Sanders socialism moves to Democratic mainstream
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/402251-bernie-sanders-socialism-moves-to-democratic-mainstream

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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