GENERAL INTEREST• Finished with her shopping at the Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, Walmart in late June, an unnamed woman returned to the parking lot and drove off in the black rental car she had just picked up. Two weeks later, when she returned the car to the rental agency, she complained about the car's messy condition and the set of golf clubs left in it. Nation Valley News reported the "slightly confused" manager informed her the car she had rented was a Nissan Sentra, but the car she returned was an Infiniti. Sure enough, the Infiniti owner had reported his car stolen from the Walmart parking lot, and when the woman and the agency manager returned to the lot, the Nissan was still parked there. The Infiniti owner got his car back, the woman was a "wee bit embarrassed," and the Cornwall Community Police Service reported on July 8 that there was a "happy and funny ending to the story." They also urged citizens to "not leave your key fobs in your vehicle when not being operated." [Nation Valley News, 7/8/2018]
• In 1985, Tosya Garibyan of Arinj, in Armenia, asked her husband, Levon Arkelian, 44, to dig a pit under their home where she could store potatoes. But once he got started, Radio Free Europe reported, he just couldn't stop. Twenty-three years later, the underground oasis Arkelian created is a tourist attraction. Working as many as 18 hours a day with only a hammer and chisel, Arkelian created seven rooms, stairwells and passages running as deep as 65 feet and adorned them with carvings and decorations made from found objects. Arkelian passed away in 2008, and his widow welcomes tourists to her museum, which includes his shredded work boots and tools. But she says the couple argued about the project. "He ruined his health because of this hole," she told RFE. [Radio Free Europe, 6/20/2018]
PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
This Might Be the Dumbest Liberal Boycott Yet
https://libertyvideonews.com/this-might-be-the-dumbest-liberal-boycott-yet/
BUSINESS
Sanders introduces 'Stop BEZOS Act' in the Senate
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0918/sanders_bezos.php3
ENVIRONMENT
Amazon Mangroves ‘Twice as Carbon Rich’ as Its Rainforests
https://www.ecowatch.com/amazon-mangroves-climate-change-2602201519.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=23b12e6904-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-23b12e6904-85328381
NATIONAL SECURITY
Anticipating Putin’s Next Gamble
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/vladimir-putin-russia-us-nato-alliance-must-anticipate-next-moves/
Real Pushback on Chinese Mineral Imports = More Mining in America
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/rare-earth-critical-minerals-from-china-national-security-concern/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-09-06&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives
Hacking, cyberattacks now the biggest threat to US, Homeland Security chief warns
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0918/hacking_problem.php3
DEFENSE
Army Wants New Aerial Scouts For Major War (Hello, Russia!)
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/09/army-may-create-new-aerial-scout-force-hello-russia/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65736295&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9mW7B11csO7AufBBM4T8Gmn8-ZCIIR1I7fEfi8y4A0bVpUQq0tIr6wP4mLIREfg2q6vWfAWznx4i1H6xhSHrdVNtg2ww&_hsmi=65736295
SCOTUS
Susan Collins Downplays Brett Kavanaugh Email About Abortion Rights And ‘Settled Law’
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-susan-collins-roe-v-wade_us_5b9165b1e4b0511db3e04121
POLITICS
Beware the Politics of Fear
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/midterm-election-campaigns-politics-of-fear/
Republicans mull new punishments for dissident lawmakers
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/405301-republicans-mull-new-punishments-for-dissident-lawmakers?userid=288549
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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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