Thursday, September 27, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
A sonic tour around the world
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/21/magazine/voyages-travel-sounds-from-the-world.html?emc=edit_nn_20180924&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180924&te=1

How Your Personality Type Could Influence Your Food Choices 
https://www.ecowatch.com/how-your-personality-type-could-influence-your-food-choices-2606814843.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=17945923b5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-17945923b5-85328381

NIMBY Me This, YIMBY Me That
https://arcdigital.media/nimby-me-this-yimby-me-that-a395e63bf39a

Crack in beam shuts down San Francisco's new $2B terminal (... next door to the sinking condo ... )
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-crack_in_beam_shuts_down_san_franciscos_new_2b_ter-ap/category/news

Arizona Deputy Uses Taser Gun to Escape Big Black Cow Attacking Him
https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-deputy-uses-taser-gun-224237067.html

PHYSICAL HEALTH
Tiny Device Is a ‘Huge Advance’ for Treatment of Severe Heart Failure
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/23/health/heart-failure-valve-repair-microclip.html?emc=edit_nn_20180924&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180924&te=1

MENTAL HEALTH
#WhyIDidntReport: Survivors of Sexual Assault Share Their Stories After Trump Tweet
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/23/us/why-i-didnt-report-assault-stories.html?emc=edit_nn_20180924&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180924&te=1

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
We Are Living Nineteen Eighty-Four
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/kavanaugh-nomination-battle-like-orwells-1984/

BUSINESS
EBay starts managing payments in first step of move away from PayPal
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ebay-starts-managing-payments-in-first-step-of-move-away-from-paypal-2018-09-25?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo

WEATHER
Thanks, TM ... 


Wobbly Air France Plane Aborts Landing in Storm Ali
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/wobbly-air-france-plane-aborts-landing-in-storm-ali?pl=pl-the-latest

ENVIRONMENT
Oxygen Loss in Canada Linked to Climate Change
https://www.ecowatch.com/oxygen-loss-climate-change-canada-2607545970.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=17945923b5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-17945923b5-85328381

NASA's New Space Laser to Measure Earth's Changing Ice 
https://www.ecowatch.com/nasa-space-laser-2607578536.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=17945923b5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-17945923b5-85328381

SCIENCE
Science
https://www.nytimes.com/section/science?emc=edit_nn_20180925&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180925&te=1

MELITTOLOGY
Common weed killer linked to bee deaths
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180924174506.htm

PHYSICAL TECHNOLOGY
Pulsed engines provide high efficiency, output power, low fluctuations
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/pulsed-engines-provide-high-efficiency-output-power-low-fluctuations/

After a decade of testing, propylene rocket fuel may be ready for prime time
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/after-a-decade-of-testing-propylene-rocket-fuel-may-be-ready-for-prime-time/

NATIONAL SECURITY
CIA Director Gina Haspel vows efficiency, accountability of agency’s work
https://www.oann.com/cia-director-gina-haspel-vows-efficiency-accountability-of-agencys-work/

SCOTUS
Kavanaugh to Give Senate Calendars From 1982 to Back Up Denial
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/23/us/politics/kavanaugh-senate-calendar.html?emc=edit_nn_20180924&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180924&te=1

Kavanaugh’s fate rests with Sen. Collins 
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408193-kavanaughs-fate-rests-with-sen-collins?userid=288549

Red-state Democrats haven't written off Kavanaugh
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/red-state-democrats-havent-written-off-kavanaugh

GOP confidence grows on Kavanaugh
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408424-gop-confidence-grows-on-kavanaugh?userid=288549

Senate panel schedules Friday morning vote for Kavanaugh
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408402-senate-panel-schedules-friday-morning-vote-for-kavanaugh?userid=288549

Feinstein Has 'No Way of Knowing' if Ford Will Show After Committee Hires Outside Counsel
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/09/25/senate-judiciary-hires-outside-counsel-for-questioning-n2522508?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Second Kavanaugh accuser refusing to talk to Congress
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/gop-lawmaker-second-kavanaugh-accuser-refusing-to-talk-to-congress

10 Serious Problems With New Accusations Against Kavanaugh
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36229/10-serious-problems-new-accusations-against-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=sremail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092518-textversion&utm_campaign=position1

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer says third Kavanaugh accuser is ready to come forward
https://nypost.com/2018/09/25/stormy-daniels-lawyer-says-third-kavanaugh-accuser-is-ready-to-come-forward/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Michael Avenatti Warns Trump, Kavanaugh: 'Be Very, Very Careful' About What You Do Next
https://www.yahoo.com/news/michael-avenatti-warns-trump-kavanaugh-073826240.html

Uh Oh, Did Creepy Porn Lawyer Avenatti Get Pranked By Internet Trolls On Kavanaugh Gang-Rape Ring Allegation?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/09/25/oh-my-god-did-porn-lawyer-avenatti-get-pranked-by-internet-trolls-on-kavanaugh-gangrape-ring-allegation-n2522495?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

‘Holy WOW if this is true!’ Wait, is THIS why Michael Avenatti locked his Twitter account? 
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2018/09/25/holy-wow-if-this-is-true-wait-is-this-why-michael-avenatti-locked-his-twitter-account/

TRUMPGATE
Judge signals he may dismiss Stormy Daniels’ defamation suit against Trump
https://nypost.com/2018/09/24/judge-signals-he-may-dismiss-stormy-daniels-defamation-suit-against-trump/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

POLITICS
Republican Party’s approval rating at its highest in 7 years
https://nypost.com/2018/09/25/republican-partys-approval-rating-its-highest-in-7-years/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

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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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