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HEALTH
Scientists Test an Experimental Painkiller That's More Powerful Than Morphine But Non-Addictive
https://www.sciencealert.com/experimental-non-addictive-painkiller-solution-opioid-crisis-at-121?utm_source=ScienceAlert+-+Daily+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=5c551d3c49-MAILCHIMP_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe5632fb09-5c551d3c49-365889541

Suspicions Confirmed | Want to Get Away?
• Visitors crowding into a Vancouver, Canada, street festival on June 17 were invited -- at $38 a pop -- to try a new health craze: Hot Dog Water.  The drink is marketed as a gluten-free, Keto diet-compatible, post-workout source of sodium and electrolytes, and every sleek bottle, which promises to help with weight loss, also contains a hot dog.  It's also a prank.  Hot Dog Water CEO Douglas Bevans told Global News the product was dreamed up as a response to the "snake oil salesmen" of health marketing.  In small print at the bottom of the sales sheet is this disclaimer: "Hot Dog Water in its absurdity hopes to encourage critical thinking related to product marketing and the significant role it can play in our purchasing choices."
Touche. [Global News, 6/17/2018]

HEALTH CARE
Why CBO won't estimate cost of Bernie Sanders's 'Medicare for all' bill
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/404004-why-cbo-wont-estimate-cost-of-bernie-sanderss-medicare-for-all-bill?rnd=1535534799/?userid=288549

BUSINESS
Opinion: Trump’s exasperating ignorance on trade
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-exasperating-ignorance-on-trade-2018-08-30

ENVIRONMENT
Vast Deep-Water Coral Reef Discovered off South Carolina Coast
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/vast-deep-water-coral-reef-discovered-off-south-carolina-coast?pl=pl-the-latest

BIG BROTHER
Hall Monitor Nation
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2018/08/29/hall-monitor-nation-n2514230?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&profileid=

IMMIGRATION
Texas Democrats’ Reckless Call to Decriminalize Illegal Border Crossings
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/texas-democrat-plan-decriminalize-illegal-border-crossings-dangerous/

TERRORISM
Arrest of Iranian Spies in U.S. Just ‘Tip of the Iceberg,’ Lawmaker Warns
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/arrest-iranian-spies-u-s-just-tip-iceberg-lawmaker-warns/

SCOTUS
More Useful Questions Republicans Could Ask Kavanaugh
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-nomination-more-questions/

Guilty: The ABA Was Rightfully Sidelined from Judge Kavanaugh Debate
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/american-bar-association-acts-as-left-wing-advocacy-group/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-08-30&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

TRUMPGATE
The Truth Will Set Us All Free
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/trump-russia-probe-robert-mueller-time-for-truth/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-08-30&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POLITICS
Steve Bannon’s open revolt against GOP establishment sputters
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/29/bannons-open-revolt-against-gop-establishment-sput/

Gillum to face tougher road in Florida after primary stunner
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/404269-gillum-to-face-tougher-road-in-florida-after-primary-stunner?userid=288549

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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