PLATT -Misc News

GENERAL INTEREST
Make Men Masculine Again
https://www.prageru.com/videos/make-men-masculine-again

The Error of Comedy
https://arcdigital.media/the-error-of-comedy-227496727979

The Case for Sustainable Meat
http://quillette.com/2018/04/05/case-sustainable-meat/

There’s Nothing Wrong With Black English
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/who-gets-to-use-black-english/566867/

Hawk Beats Heat on Sprinkler in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/hawk-beats-heat-on-sprinkler-in-pittsfield-massachusetts?pl=pl-the-latest

A Dream Ended on a Mountain Road: The Cyclists and the ISIS Militants
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/world/asia/islamic-state-tajikistan-bike-attack.html?action=click&emc=edit_nn_20180808&module=Top+Stories&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408emc%3Dedit_nn_20180808&pgtype=Homepage&te=1

PARENTING
It's sleep-away camp reentry time. Here's how parents should deal
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/camp_reentery.php3

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Feminist Group: Postcards with Butts on Them ‘Normalize Violence against Women’
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/feminists-complain-postcards-normalize-violence-against-women/

BUSINESS
No, Tariffs Aren’t Going to Pay Down the National Debt
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/business/no-tariffs-arent-going-to-pay-down-the-national-debt.html?emc=edit_nn_20180808&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180808&te=1

Amazon Selling 'Make Israel Palestine Again' T-Shirts
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/bds_t-shirt_amazon.php3

DEFENSE
Detect Nukes In Flight With Electron Beam Technology
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/detect-nukes-in-flight-with-electron-beam-technology/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65048137&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_qUv6XQBhN5fPVgcJerr51ncm7sz8deSHubf7V4YNYTtN8MIdBebFW-7UtN8XkP3DeaqXY-cRFSwG7OJRhcM1nwi0g5A&_hsmi=65048137

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Watch Cows Swarm And Chase Suspect Running Away From Police
https://start.att.net/player/article/geobeats-watch_cows_swarm_and_chase_suspect_running_away_fr-velephant/category/news

IRAN
'Revolution is coming': Tensions escalate in Iran with 100,000 flooding city streets and chanting 'death to the dictator' as experts predict regime change is imminent
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6038847/Revolution-coming-Tensions-escalate-Iran-100-000-flooding-city-streets.html

TERRORISM
Siraj Wahhaj Was Training Starving Children at New Mexico Compound to Carry Out School Shootings
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/08/man-arrested-at-new-mexico-compound-was-training-kids-to-commit-school-shootings-court-documents-say.html

UNIONS
Missouri voters overturn GOP's right-to-work law, in win for labor
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-missouri-right-to-work-20180808-story.html

TRUMPGATE
Midterms pose dilemma for Mueller
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400811-midterms-pose-dilemma-for-mueller?userid=288549

POLITICS
Conservatives in Cities — Desperate Refugees or Confident Pioneers?
https://arcdigital.media/conservatives-in-cities-desperate-refugees-or-confident-pioneers-abf08eabc67a

Trump’s endorsements cement power but come with risks
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400813-trumps-endorsements-underline-his-takeover-of-gop?rnd=1533749148/?userid=288549

Latino candidates set to play most prominent role ever in presidential race
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/400815-latino-candidates-set-to-play-most-prominent-role-ever-in?userid=288549

Five takeaways from Ohio's too-close-to-call special election
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/400841-takeaways-from-ohios-too-close-to-call-special-election?userid=288549

-- "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