Thursday, September 20, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

Democrats, Kavanaugh, and ‘The End of Civilization’ 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-democrat-accusations-not-enough-evidence/

GENERAL INTEREST
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/no-good-deed-goes-unpunished/

Reasoning About Race
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2018/09/19/reasoning-about-race-n2519676?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

THE GREAT ESCAPE
Tunnel back in time: Revealed after 67 years, the passage used in Great Escape
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2064068/Tunnel-time-Revealed-67-years-passage-used-Great-Escape.html

Remembering “The Great Escape,” 70 Years Ago
https://www.history.com/news/remembering-the-great-escape-70-years-ago

World War II: The Great Escape 
https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-ii-the-great-escape-2361492

PHYSICAL HEALTH
Burt Reynolds' Heart Attack
http://www.drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/burt-reynolds-heart-attack.html

MENTAL HEALTH
Tips for Life After Florence, From Those Who’ve Been There
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/reader-center/hurricane-florence-recovery.html?emc=edit_nn_20180919&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180919&te=1

EDUCATION
DeVos's Free-Speech Promotion
https://patriotpost.us/articles/58319?mailing_id=3746&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.3746&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

WEATHER
See Flood Waters Rise Across the Carolinas After Hurricane Florence
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/18/us/hurricane-florence-flooding.html?emc=edit_nn_20180919&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180919&te=1

‘It’s Back’: Underwater Yet Again, the Carolinas Face a New Reality
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/us/north-carolina-hurricanes-storms-history.html?emc=edit_nn_20180919&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180919&te=1

ECONOMY
Alfredo Ortiz: “Hispanics Flourishing in Trump Economy”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/alfredo-ortiz-hispanics-flourishing-trump-economy/?utm_source=ods&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wwr

Congress Finds a New Excuse to Avoid Balancing America’s Books 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/modern-monetary-theory-excuse-to-ignore-deficits-debt/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-09-19&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

BUSINESS
Ferrari to launch larger car — but don’t call it an SUV
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ferrari-to-launch-larger-car-but-dont-call-it-an-suv-2018-09-18

ENVIRONMENT
Feel-Good Bans on Straws and Plastic Bags Don’t Help the Ocean
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/plastic-bag-straw-bans-ocean-pollution/

TECHNOLOGY
Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots
https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/amazons-face-recognition-falsely-matched-28

DEPT OF JUSTICE
Trump Attacks Sessions: ‘I Don’t Have an Attorney General’ ( ... maybe not but, the USA has a really good one.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/donald-trump-attacks-jeff-sessions-i-dont-have-an-attorney-general/

New Mexico observatory closure stemmed from FBI child porn probe: documents 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/reuters-new_mexico_observatory_closure_stemmed_from_fbi_ch-newscred2/category/news+

MIDDLE EAST
What Is Hezbollah?
https://www.prageru.com/videos/what-hezbollah

NKOR
North Korea will allow foreign experts to inspect nuclear sites
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/north-korea-will-allow-foreign-experts-to-inspect-nuclear-sites-2018-09-19

SCOTUS
McCaskill to oppose Kavanaugh nomination
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407506-mccaskill-to-oppose-kavanaugh-nomination?userid=288549

Key GOP senators appear cool to Kavanaugh accuser's demand
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407507-key-gop-senators-appear-cool-to-kavanaugh-accusers-demand

Kavanaugh’s prep school pal: Ford’s wrong, I was never at party
https://nypost.com/2018/09/19/kavanaughs-prep-school-pal-fords-wrong-i-was-never-at-party/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Brett Kavanaugh's high school yearbook entry touts 'Keg City Club' membership, other references to beer drinking
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/new_york_daily_news-brett_kavanaughs_high_school_yearbook_entry_touts-tca/category/news

POLITICS
Do Democrats Really Want an Outsider? 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/michael-avenatti-michael-bloomberg-democratic-outsider/

Blue Wave Receding? TX GOP Wins Special Election In District Held By Democrats For 139 Years 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/09/19/blue-wave-receding-tx-gop-wins-special-election-in-district-held-by-democrats-fo-n2520371?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

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“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”
           - C. S. Lewis

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