PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: Berlin Marathon, Doctor Who, Pizza for the Troops
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/20/briefing/the-week-in-good-news-berlin-marathon-doctor-who.html?emc=edit_nn_20180921&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180921&te=1

Here’s why gas is sold in gallons but engines are sized in liters
https://mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.src=ym&reason=myc#7876837040

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (7 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/21/briefing/21weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180921&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180921&te=1

HEALTH
68 people left partially or totally BLIND after botched cataract cure was injected into their eyeballs
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6194893/68-people-left-BLIND-botched-cataract-cure-injected-eyeballs.html

The FDA says your pet’s flea and tick treatment could cause neurological damage 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/bgr-the_fda_says_your_pets_flea_and_tick_treatment_cou-rpenskemc/category/lifestyle

________ RUNNING AMOK
Professor draws ire after declining to help student study in Israel
https://nypost.com/2018/09/20/professor-draws-ire-after-declining-to-help-student-study-in-israel/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Booker Called Out For 'Groping' Drunk Female While He Was A Teenager, Report Says
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36121/bookers-opposition-kavanaugh-called-out-over-his-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=cnemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092118-news&utm_campaign=position1

INSIGHT
March For Our Lives Founder Leaves Group, Regrets Trying to ‘Embarrass’ Rubio 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/march-for-our-lives-founder-leaves-group-regrets-trying-to-embarrass-rubio/

FINANCIAL
Freezing Credit Will Now Be Free. Here’s Why You Should Go for It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/your-money/credit-freeze-free.html?emc=edit_nn_20180921&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180921&te=1

What Is Your World Income Percentile Ranking?
https://finance.townhall.com/columnists/politicalcalculations/2016/10/07/what-is-your-world-income-percentile-ranking-n2228882?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

SCIENCE
Mathematics meets biology to uncover unexpected biorhythms
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180920115521.htm

ARACHNOLOGY
'Partying' Spiders Blanket Greek Beach on 1,000-Foot Cobweb 
https://www.ecowatch.com/partying-spiders-in-greece-2606579843.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=de8156c57d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-de8156c57d-85328381

TECHNOLOGY
Google workers mulled manipulating search-engine results in wake of Trump’s travel ban
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-workers-mulled-manipulating-search-engine-results-in-wake-of-trumps-travel-ban-2018-09-20

CHINA
China warns the West: Ships near South China Sea islands ‘must be stopped’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/china-warns-the-west-ships-near-south-china-sea-islands-must-be-stopped

China opens embassy in Dominican Republic after break with Taiwan
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dominican-diplomacy-china/china-opens-embassy-in-dominican-republic-after-break-with-taiwan-idUSKCN1M12IF

SCOTUS
Democrat Senator Reveals What They'll Do To Kavanaugh If He's Confirmed And They Win In November
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36136/democrat-senator-reveals-what-theyll-do-kavanaugh-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=cnemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092118-news&utm_campaign=position2

Grassley extends deadline for Kavanaugh accuser to decide on testifying
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407895-grassley-extends-deadline-for-kavanaugh-accuser-to-decide-on-testifying

GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski Just Got Even More Pressure To Vote Against Brett Kavanaugh
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lisa-murkowski-kavanaugh-walker_us_5ba4058ae4b0181540db7607

Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis says she was sexually assaulted and can’t remember certain details — just like Christine Blasey Ford
https://www.businessinsider.com/patti-davis-sexual-assault-defends-christine-blasey-ford-kavanaugh-accuser-2018-9

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TRUMPGATE
Report: Rosenstein Considered Secretly Recording Trump to Bolster Impeachment Case 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/rod-rosenstein-considered-secretly-recording-donald-trump-bolster-impeachment-case/

POLITICS
Censure Dianne Feinstein 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/kavanaugh-hearings-dianne-feinstein-senate-should-censure/

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           - C. S. Lewis