PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Dozens of professional goats briefly take over neighborhood 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/goats_take_over.php3

You’ve never seen an ‘Uber’ like this before
https://nypost.com/2018/08/04/youve-never-seen-an-uber-like-this-before/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

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

Bison harasser busted after string of drunken park incidents: officials
https://nypost.com/2018/08/04/bison-harasser-busted-after-string-of-drunken-park-incidents-officials/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

American held in Russia after mistakenly sailing there from Alaska
https://nypost.com/2018/08/03/american-held-in-russia-after-mistakenly-sailing-there-from-alaska/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

PHYSICAL HEALTH
Patients who accepted infected kidneys cured of hepatitis C 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-patients_who_accepted_infected_kidneys_cured_of_he-ap/category/health

MENTAL HEALTH
Ex-South Carolina GOP leader sacrifices family dog after claiming to receive command from God
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ex-south-carolina-gop-leader-sacrifices-family-dog-after-claiming-to-receive-command-from-god?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_08/06/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

Harvard Researchers: Trigger warnings ‘increase anxiety’ in students
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/harvard-researchers-trigger-warnings-increase-anxiety-in-students

GOVERNMENT MALFEASANCE
Congress Shouldn’t Reward the U.S. Virgin Islands’ Fiscal Profligacy
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/virgin-islands-fiscal-profligacy-shouldnt-reward/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-08-06&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

JOBS
Employers rejecting pot users will pay a price 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0818/McArdle080618.php3

ENVIRONMENT
Trump Admin Reverses Ban on 'Bee-Killing' Pesticides in National Wildlife Refuges 
https://www.ecowatch.com/bee-killing-pesticides-in-national-wildlife-refuges-2593236939.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=dffeba43ea-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-dffeba43ea-85328381

Our Cellphone Addiction Is Turning Wireless Tech Into an Invisible Weapon That’s Destroying Wildlife 
https://www.ecowatch.com/electromagnetic-radiation-harming-wildlife-2592118695.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=dffeba43ea-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-dffeba43ea-85328381

Trump wrongly blames California’s worsening wildfires on water diversions
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-wrongly-blames-californias-worsening-wildfires-on-water-diversions-2018-08-06

SCIENCE
How a ‘Usefulness’ Mindset Is Killing Scientific Curiosity ["America is eating its seed corn."]
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/scientific-breakthroughs-not-driven-by-desire-to-be-useful/

CYBER WAR
Anonymous takes aim at QAnon: 'We will not sit idly by while you take advantage of the misinformed'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/6/anonymous-launches-operation-qanon-vows-expose-ide/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=tC562vGOjSOVUF1neF6glBcMutsfCI0pAJBaWa+yvwl9Pd2wahTtY049o1hVaJ0+&bt_ts=1533593970378

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Please don't quote this column on social media. You could wind up in trouble
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/carter080618.php3

Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/rocklandwestchester-police_officer_jumps_off_overpass_to_save_boys_lif-rgannett/category/news

MEDIA
Thanks, DW ...


CHINA
Taiwan's Kinmen island begins importing water from China
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/08/06/taiwans-kinmen-island-begins-importing-water-from-china-n2507139

TRUMPGATE
Robert Mueller’s Unhinged Hunt for the Big Bad Trump
https://townhall.com/columnists/shawnmitchell/2018/08/06/robert-muellers-unhinged-hunt-for-the-big-bad-trump-n2507086?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Adam Schiff Says There’s ‘Plenty Of Evidence’ Trump Colluded With Russia 
https://www.inquisitr.com/5017561/adam-schiff-says-theres-plenty-of-evidence-trump-colluded-with-russia/

POLITICS
Michigan race shows two parties on different trajectories
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/400540-michigan-race-shows-two-parties-on-different-trajectories?userid=288549

Women poised to take charge in Dem majority
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/400348-women-poised-to-take-charge-in-dem-majority?userid=288549

Republican gerrymandering wall is starting to crumble
https://thinkprogress.org/the-gops-wall-of-gerrymandering-is-starting-to-crumble-1e449988f6a6/

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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