PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Caribou
https://www.facebook.com/cathy.hampson/videos/10214681999956898/UzpfSTEwNTkzMzE3NTQ6MTAyMTUxMDMzMjI2MzA2NjQ/

Rich men will go to crazy lengths to cheat on board their yachts
https://nypost.com/2018/08/04/rich-men-will-go-to-crazy-lengths-to-cheat-on-board-their-yachts/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Space Needle Just Got a Terrifying Upgrade 
http://www.newser.com/story/262903/space-needle-just-got-a-terrifying-upgrade.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_lifestyle_syn

FINANCIAL
Don't pick up (or maybe you should): That annoying robocall could be about your student loans
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/03/why-student-loan-companies-are-lobbying-to-keep-robocalls.html

HISTORY
Killing Yamamoto: Operation Vengeance From Roger Ames’ Cockpit
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/killing-yamamoto-operation-vengeance-from-roger-ames-cockpit/

ENVIRONMENT
EPA Report Finds Ethanol Causing Environmental Damage
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-08-02/climate-change-air-quality/epa-report-finds-ethanol-causing-environmental-damage/a63554-2

Popular Tourist Attraction Is Extremely Toxic
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/popular-tourist-attraction-is-extremely-toxic?pl=pl-the-latest

TECHNOLOGY
The bizarre new way people are finding jobs: Tinder 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/people-are-using-tinder-and-okcupid-to-find-jobs-2018-07-26

Authorities botched attempt to redact report on Florida school massacre
https://nypost.com/2018/08/04/authorities-botched-attempt-to-redact-report-on-florida-school-massacre/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

FOREIGN POLICY
Trump poised to reimpose sanctions on Iran
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/400321-trump-poised-to-re-impose-sanctions-on-iran?userid=288549

Tougher Russia sanctions face skepticism from Senate Republicans
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/400343-tougher-russia-sanctions-face-skepticism-from-senate-republicans?userid=288549

IMMIGRATION
Denmark hands out first fine under controversial ‘burqa ban’
https://nypost.com/2018/08/04/denmark-hands-out-first-fine-under-controversial-burqa-ban/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Q ANON
'Q,' followers gain prominence at Trump rallies: 'All of us are looking for truth'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/5/q-qanon-followers-gain-prominence-donald-trump-ral/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=8+TFsl0dajDFDOb+rkGP01RTwSQK666Qy3cWxve2vr5DC6U9iEkPpQG4gXVKaNf1&bt_ts=1533492121233

QAnon believers react to Bill Maher’s monologue on the conspiracy theory
https://www.salon.com/2018/08/04/qanon-believers-react-to-bill-mahers-monologue-on-the-conspiracy-theory/

POLITICS
99 Days to Go, and the Midterm Elections Battleground Is Not What Was Expected
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/upshot/99-days-till-midterm-elections-battleground.html?emc=edit_nn_20180805&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180805&te=1

Early polls favor Biden but Senate officials skeptical 
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/400344-many-voices-in-senate-doubt-biden-presidential-run?userid=288549

Cory Booker’s lame excuse after holding sign critical of Israel
https://nypost.com/2018/08/04/cory-bookers-lame-excuse-after-holding-sign-critical-of-israel/

If You Can't Communicate
https://townhall.com/columnists/gilgutknecht/2018/08/05/if-you-cant-communicate-n2506866?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

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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