PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
This guy is an inspiration.
https://twitter.com/dailypupples/status/1037920457817767936?s=11

Homeless Vet Will Get $400K in GoFundMe Donations Despite Couple's Alleged Fraud, Lawyer Says
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/homeless-vet-400k-gofundme-donations-153807213.html

HEALTH
Scientists Trace The Origin of Cystic Fibrosis to a Mysterious Group of Europeans 
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-trace-the-origin-of-cystic-fibrosis-back-to-a-mysterious-group-of-europeans?utm_source=ScienceAlert+-+Daily+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=d81870aaad-MAILCHIMP_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe5632fb09-d81870aaad-365889541

What Puerto Rico’s death toll really tells us
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/405642-what-puerto-ricos-death-toll-really-tells-us

HEALTH CARE
The Pernicious Impact Of Government Intervention In Healthcare, Captured In A Chart
https://finance.townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2018/08/20/the-pernicious-impact-of-government-intervention-in-healthcare-captured-in-a-chart-n2511397?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4

EDUCATION
Are We Setting a Generation Up for Failure? Part II
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/jonathan-haidt-coddling-of-the-american-mind-college-experience/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-09-08&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

ECONOMY
Jobs report beats as wage growth soars at its fastest pace since the Great Recession
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-jobs-report-unemployment-rate-august-2018-2018-9

Thanks, DW ...


BUSINESS
Here’s what Twitter data say about the Nike boycott 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-what-twitter-data-says-about-the-nike-boycott-2018-09-08

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The zoo that wants to release wild elephants in Denmark
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160527-the-zoo-that-wants-to-release-wild-elephants-in-denmark

LAW AND ORDER
Transgender woman accused of sexually assaulting inmates
https://nypost.com/2018/09/07/transgender-woman-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-inmates/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

UNIONS
Beware of Unions Offering Gifts: Patients Are Their Collateral Damage
https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2018/09/08/beware-of-unions-offering-gifts-patients-are-their-collateral-damage-n2516902?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4

SCOTUS
Sen. Ben Sasse unloads on Congress at Kavanaugh hearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJK2JveCAbI&feature=youtu.be

Kavanaugh's abortion views under new scrutiny
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/405663-kavanaugh-comes-under-new-scrutiny-over-abortion-views

POLITICS
The year the party machines broke
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/405378-the-year-the-party-machines-broke

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