PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL  INTEREST
News Reporter Says 'Flux Capacitator' May Have Caused Plane Crash 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/time-news_reporter_says_flux_capacitator_may_have_cause-rtime/category/news

HEALTH
A High Blood Pressure Medication Is Being Recalled After a Potentially 'Life-Threatening' Labeling Mistake 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/time-a_high_blood_pressure_medication_is_being_recalled-rtime/category/news

Wrinkles and risk of death (total and cardiovascular mortality) in a middle-aged working population
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878648017307085

China is withholding samples of deadly new flu virus
https://nypost.com/2018/08/29/china-is-withholding-samples-of-deadly-new-flu-virus/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Widely Used Diabetes Drug Can Cause Flesh-Eating Genital Infection 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/bloomberg_news-widely_used_diabetes_drug_can_cause_flesheating_ge-rbloomberg/category/news+

EDUCATION
Apple, Google, et al. Strike a Blow against the College Cartel 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/employers-stop-requiring-college-degrees-that-arent-needed/

FINANCIAL
Credit-card super users are searching for answers amid a string of shutdowns from Chase, as billions in costs on lavish rewards pile up (JPM)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/credit-card-super-users-searching-150319333.html

The Public-Pension Party Must End
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/state-public-pension-liabilities-major-reforms-needed/

ENVIRONMENT
California wildfire frequency could surge 50% by 2050, report finds
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/california-wildfires-could-increase-by-50-by-2050-beaches-fully-erode-report-finds-2018-08-28

DEFENSE
Can Army Futures Command Overcome Decades Of Dysfunction? 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/can-army-futures-command-overcome-decades-of-dysfunction/?utm_campaign=Raytheon%20Air%20Dominance%202018&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65529570&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ntej87XMb-ODWOrg0PMTu4ruGq9FOqtG1_EvjzKjzSdljf8fbSAqLwn1uRji8dEur0DDDzdZ6q74LZZ0QfY_ajwZaQQ&_hsmi=65529570

China 'building military base in Afghanistan' as increasingly active army grows in influence abroad
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/29/china-building-military-base-afghanistan/

Navy brings back legendary 2nd Fleet to counter rising Russian threat
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/28/navy-reestablishes-2nd-fleet-face-russian-threat/?bt_ee=2NCo38Wh4smAR9kp1NZHc+s+NYUvTPPcaXNvIRygxVyxd9RY/2aY2DyKyejbRtGk&bt_ts=1535568014819

BIG BROTHER
The Left’s Long War on Conservative Free Speech 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/social-media-content-censorship-conservatives-hardest-hit/

We should all be worried about Google’s power
https://nypost.com/2018/08/28/we-should-all-be-worried-about-googles-power/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

No, the Government Should Not Interfere with Google’s Search Results
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/donald-trump-google-serach-tweets-government-shouldnt-interfere/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-08-29&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

IMMIGRATION
Immigrants and Disease 
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams082918.php3

NKOR
Haley: North Korea 'maybe changing their mind' on nuclear talks
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/haley-north-korea-maybe-changing-their-mind-on-nuclear-talks

SCOTUS
Brett Kavanaugh Is a Mensch 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/brett-kavanaugh-religious-freedom-supporter/

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"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