Wednesday, October 31, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Ask yourself these questions before starting a DIY project at home
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ask-yourself-these-questions-before-starting-a-diy-project-at-home-2018-10-29

How Safe Is Your Airline?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/travel/how-safe-is-your-airline.html?emc=edit_nn_20181030&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181030&te=1

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1018/hamilton.php3

HEALTH CARE
Liberals Cry Louder for Single-Payer While England’s Single-Payer Nightmare Worsens
https://townhall.com/columnists/justinhaskins/2018/10/30/liberals-cry-louder-for-singlepayer-while-englands-singlepayer-nightmare-worsens-n2533019?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

PARENTING
How to Keep Your Child from Becoming a Snowflake 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/book-review-the-coddling-of-the-american-mind-snowflake-students/

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Conservatives Don’t Get to Mourn 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-republicans-fight-blame-game/

BUSINESS
Hershey plans to roll out Reese's Cups that are 40% thinner — and people are furious
https://www.businessinsider.com/thinner-reeses-cups-spark-backlash-2018-10

FINANCIAL
Cash is king again, but is that also a sign that another recession is looming?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cash-is-king-again-but-is-that-also-a-sign-of-an-impending-recession-2018-10-29

KA-CHING! Kavanaugh Accuser Who Had 'Nothing To Gain' Raises Nearly $1 Million, Fields Book Offers
https://www.dailywire.com/news/37718/ka-ching-kavanaugh-accuser-who-said-she-had-joseph-curl?utm_source=cnemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=103018-news&utm_campaign=position1

CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change Threatens World’s Major Crops
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/climate-change-threatens-worlds-major-crops?pl=pl-the-latest

The Climate Implications of the Migrant Caravan (I was wondering how long it would take ... )
https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-implications-migrant-caravan-2616282125.html

ENVIRONMENT
Self-Driving Cars Could Cause More Pollution – Unless Electric Grid Transforms Radically
https://www.ecowatch.com/self-driving-cars-pollution-2615443313.html

World's Biggest NO2 Emissions Hotspots Revealed 
https://www.ecowatch.com/worlds-biggest-no2-emissions-hotspots-2616234815.html

ENERGY
Voters worried about Trump’s ethanol plan
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/413670-oil-industry-voters-worried-about-trumps-ethanol-plan

SCIENCE
This Bizarre Form of Ice Grows at Over 1,000 mph, And Now Physicists Know How 
https://www.sciencealert.com/bizarre-form-of-ice-vii-grows-over-1000-mph-now-physicists-know-how?utm_source=ScienceAlert+-+Daily+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=4ef9094bf4-MAILCHIMP_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe5632fb09-4ef9094bf4-365889541

He Promised to Restore Damaged Hearts. Harvard Says His Lab Fabricated Research.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/health/dr-piero-anversa-harvard-retraction.html?emc=edit_nn_20181030&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181030&te=1

CYBER SECURITY
Facebook’s London security event suffers a security flaw
https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/facebook-security-event-suffers-a-security-flaw-20181030

UNH ... HMMMM
Pedophile’s Decapitated Corpse Found On Judge’s Doorstep After Bail Hearing In Aurora, Illinois
http://www.thenyherald.com/2018/09/11/pedophiles-decapitated-corpse-found-on-judges-doorstep-after-bail-hearing/

Kanye West breaks with 'Blexit': 'I've been used to spread messages I don't believe in'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/30/kanye-west-breaks-candace-owens-blexit/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=X3pX8MsqO9SHUdFSVaWTs65T4bVmVAE%2Fi5yBbhGIq7QjrXvBqZmm4wI0tQDkyM%2Bz&bt_ts=1540938133367

Electric chair builder worried Tennessee execution will fail 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-electric_chair_builder_worried_tennessee_execution-ap/category/news+

PITTSBURGH
The World’s Oldest Virus
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-anti-semitism/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-10-30&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Trump visits Pittsburgh synagogue
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/413939-trump-visits-pittsburgh-synagogue?userid=288549

IMMIGRATION
Graham to introduce legislation to end birthright citizenship
https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/413832-graham-to-introduce-legislation-ending-birthright-citizenship?rnd=1540912370?userid=288549

MUELLERGATE
Special counsel asks FBI to investigate conspiracy against Mueller
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/413873-fbi-asked-to-investigate-claims-women-were-offered-money-to-allege?userid=288549

POLITICS
Dems seek to expand House fight one week before midterms
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/413743-dems-seek-to-expand-house-fight-one-week-before-midterms?userid=288549

'Staying on the sidelines is no longer an option': How Silicon Valley is trying to help Dems capture Congress in 2018 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1018/silicon_valley_dems.php3

The Hugin Knot 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/new-jersey-senate-race-republican-bob-hugin-long-shot/

Why the Left Hates Prosperity
https://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2018/10/30/why-the-left-hates-prosperity-n2533071?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

--
"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to
Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
           - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Muslim groups fundraising for Pittsburgh synagogue victims, families inundated by donations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/muslim-groups-fundraising-for-pittsburgh-synagogue-victims-families-inundated-by-donations

My Racist Bake Sale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDVnzQD_FVU

HUMOR
Missing out doesn't bother me anymore
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1018/barreca102918.php3

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1018/hamilton.php3

Thanks, TM ...


MENTAL HEALTH
Over 1,000 Parents Protest Pediatrics Group’s Treatment Guidelines for Transgender Youths 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/parents-protest-transgender-treatment-guidelines/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-10-29&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Baseless, Activist Scholarship on Gender Dysphoria 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/gender-dysphoria-children-transgender-activist-scholarship-new-york-times/

TeenNick and Trump's 'transgender' memo 
http://jewishworldreview.com/1018/flowers102918.php3

HEALTH CARE
Medicare Reform Has No Constituency 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/medicare-reform-no-constituency-republican-failure/

PARENTING
A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/phones-children-silicon-valley.html?emc=edit_nn_20181029&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181029&te=1

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
'Angry' protesters forcibly removed from Marsha Blackburn, Lindsey Graham rally
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/angry-protesters-forcibly-removed-from-marsha-blackburn-lindsey-graham-rally

Marsha Blackburn Says 'Liberal Mob' Ruined Moment of Silence for Pittsburgh Victims
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/10/29/marsha-blackburn-says-liberal-mob-ruined-moment-of-silence-for-pittsburgh-victims-n2533035?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

CYBER SECURITY
Civil servant who watched porn at work blamed for infecting a US government network with malware
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/29/porn-sites-blamed-after-government-network-infected-malware/?yptr=yahoo

FOREIGN POLICY
Nikki Haley a key figure in the case of a Qatari agent
https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Nikki-Haley-a-key-figure-in-the-case-of-a-Qatari-agent-570508

PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh synagogue sought active-shooter training from feds: official
https://nypost.com/2018/10/28/pittsburgh-synagogue-was-advised-on-active-shooter-scenarios-before-attack/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Emergency gov't panel including Mossad to convene after Pittsburgh attack
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Emergency-govt-panel-including-Mossad-to-convene-after-Pittsburgh-attack-570609

Pittsburgh shooting reveals lack of security measures in U.S. synagogues 
https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Pittsburgh-shooting-reveals-lack-of-security-measures-in-US-synagogues-570586

Pittsburgh Jewish group to Trump: You are not welcome in our city
https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Pittsburgh-Jewish-group-to-Trump-You-are-not-welcome-in-our-city-570585

Pittsburgh mayor hits back at Trump: Armed guards aren’t the answer
https://nypost.com/2018/10/28/pittsburgh-mayor-hits-back-at-trump-armed-guards-arent-the-answer/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

CARAVAN
2nd group of migrants enters Mexico as main caravan resumes
https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-migrant-dies-2nd-group-tries-force-entry-042048490.html

POLITICS
How About Nikki Haley for Speaker?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/nikki-haley-house-speaker-could-unite-parties/

Rage Makes You Stupid 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/rage-makes-you-stupid/

Dems falling behind in latest polls for key Senate races
https://nypost.com/2018/10/28/dems-falling-behind-in-latest-polls-for-key-senate-races/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

-- 
"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to
Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
           - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)

Monday, October 29, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Scary Moments as Texas School Bus Drives into Flood Waters
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/scary-moments-as-texas-school-bus-drives-into-flood-waters?pl=pl-the-latest

Audrey Hepburn’s secret past as a Nazi fighter
https://pagesix.com/2018/10/28/audrey-hepburns-secret-past-as-a-nazi-fighter/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Furious Mongoose
https://twitter.com/Peacharu_/status/1053039011307155456

Goodwill Workers Find Original 1774 Newspaper With 'Unite or Die' Political Cartoon in Donations
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/27/goodwill-workers-find-original-1774-newspaper-with-unite-or-die-political-cartoon-in-donations-n2532413?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

PROGRESSIVE MEDIA RUNNING AMOK
Georgetown Prep after the Smear 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/georgetown-prep-kavanaugh-confirmation-media-circus-damage/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202018-10-28&utm_term=VDHM

FINANCIAL
Government dysfunction could doom us to a never-ending financial crisis when the next one hits 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/government-dysfunction-could-doom-us-to-a-never-ending-financial-crisis-when-the-next-one-hits-2018-10-23

BUSINESS
Microsoft Says It Will Sell Pentagon Artificial Intelligence and Other Advanced Technology
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/us/politics/ai-microsoft-pentagon.html?emc=edit_nn_20181028&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181028&te=1

New Trump drug-price plan activates big pharma fear: government-set prices 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-trump-drug-price-plan-activates-big-pharma-fear-government-set-prices-2018-10-26

Ceasefire in trade war with China bodes well for American business
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/413465-ceasefire-in-trade-war-with-china-bodes-well-for-american-business

TRANSPORTATION
Why Philadelphia halted plans to unleash e-scooters across the city
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/philadelphia-halted-plans-unleash-e-scooters-across-city-115322008.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
Mattis: Military moving equipment to border ahead of migrant caravan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/28/james-mattis-says-military-moving-equipment-us-mex/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=UAM7cR4M7%2FQ8xwJcs%2FHJh%2B5Vvuur7SLxvAEeepPTGGFZWPIRBkgFJVufL7layQwY&bt_ts=1540735232494

LAW AND THE COURTS
Transgender fight could prove major test for Supreme Court
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/413420-transgender-fight-could-prove-major-test-for-supreme-court?userid=288549

SOCIAL MEDIA
The suspected Pittsburgh shooter allegedly had a following on a social network that many call the far-right's alternative to Twitter — here's everything we know about Gab
https://www.businessinsider.com/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-gab-2018-10?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral#/#gab-was-launched-in-august-2016-1

IMMIGRATION
Massive Migrant Caravan Keeps Proving Trump Right on Border Policy
https://www.dailywire.com/news/37444/massive-migrant-caravan-keeps-proving-trump-right-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=102818-news&utm_campaign=position1

CARAVAN
Caravan inches closer to border as many reject Mexican asylum
https://nypost.com/2018/10/27/caravan-inches-closer-to-border-as-many-reject-mexican-asylum/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Migrant caravan halts after report of abducted child
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/28/migrant-caravan-abducted-child-report-halts-journe/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=T0TkssgJKkKansqfdmaAJypXifIlJPV8EeF85MHs9K5C%2BpeIkd%2BjvzwkFlKsCTYF&bt_ts=1540729680244

Central American caravan moves on in spite of Mexico jobs offer
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-caravan/central-american-caravan-moves-on-in-spite-of-mexico-jobs-offer-idUSKCN1N10Q8

RUSSIAGATE
Unprecedented: Mueller has 'heavy burden' to prove Russian firm's intent to defraud in 2016 election
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/28/robert-muellers-russia-case-difficult-prosecute/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=l%2BF28jLdIftWowX4vO9ksvOwiWhiu3KsY%2BQKG6YGY9pi1uaUhV3KfOf%2FYYW5Hidp&bt_ts=1540765177004

POLITICS
A Changing Tennessee Weighs a Moderate or Conservative for Senate
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/politics/tennessee-senate-phil-bredesen-marsha-blackburn.html?emc=edit_nn_20181028&module=inline&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408_nn_20181028&te=1

What Could Hold Back a Democratic Wave? Economy, Confidence, Independence
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/us/politics/democratic-house-midterms-blue-wave.html?emc=edit_nn_20181028&module=inline&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408_nn_20181028&te=1

Smart money is on Republicans keeping control of House, betting site odds say
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/10/28/midterm-elections-betting-odds/1800052002/

-- 
"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to
Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
           - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)

Sunday, October 28, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Woman's mistaken call to a sandwich shop saves her brother 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1018//mistaken_call.php3

The Week in Good News: London Jazz, Lavender for Anxiety, Candy
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/briefing/week-in-good-news-london-jazz-lavender-anxiety.html?emc=edit_nn_20181026&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181026&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (10 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/26/briefing/26weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20181026&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181026&te=1

Today in Fun Finds, Construction Workers Discover Hundreds of Human Teeth Behind a Wall
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/time-today_in_fun_finds_construction_workers_discover_h-rtime

HEALTH
Mom Warns About Online ‘Choking Game’ That Led to the Death of Her 11-Year-Old Son 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/people-mom_warns_about_online_choking_game_that_led_to_th-rtime/category/lifestyle+

Tempted by a caloric-restriction diet? Not so fast --- until you answer these 9 questions 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1018/9_questions_diet.php3

A Sunday talk on sex, drugs, drinking and dying with the frat boys
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sunday-talk-sex-drugs-drinking-dying-frat-boys-louis-m-profeta-md/

I Know You Love Me — Now Let Me Die
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-know-you-love-me-now-let-die-louis-m-profeta-md/?trk=pulse_spock-articles

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
University Warns that ‘Sexualized’ Costumes Are ‘Dangerous’ 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/gonzaga-university-warns-sexualized-halloween-costumes-dangerous/

ICHTHYOLOGY
Loved to Death: How Pirate Fishing Decimates Chile’s Favorite Fish 
https://www.ecowatch.com/pirate-fishing-chile-2615164866.html

TECHNOLOGY
Why Did it Take Google Earth So Long to Update Pics of This Base?
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/why-did-it-take-google-earth-so-long-to-update-pics-of-this-base?pl=pl-the-latest

LAW AND ORDER
Dem Florida Gov Candidate Gillum Says Police Go 'Too Far' if They Pull Out a Weapon 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/10/26/dem-florida-gov-candidate-gillum-says-police-go-too-far-if-they-pull-out-a-weapon-n2532324?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

NATIONAL SECURITY
New Russian hacks raise alarms in US
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/413430-new-russian-hacks-raise-alarms-in-us?userid=288549

DEFENSE
A look at the future aircraft of the Israeli Air Force 
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/A-look-at-the-future-aircraft-of-the-IAF-570355

SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter defends removal of fake accounts after Trump criticism
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/technology/413318-twitter-defends-removal-of-fake-accounts-after-trump-criticism?userid=288549

Facebook finds evidence of Iranian disinformation campaign
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/413344-facebooks-finds-evidence-of-iranian-disinformation-campaign?userid=288549

TERRORISM
'These are Not Hoax Devices': FBI and DOJ Give Update on Bomb Scares
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/10/26/sessions-presser-n2532314?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

ISRAEL
Israel sends elite rescue unit to Jordan after flood kills at least 20 
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Israel-sends-elite-rescue-unit-to-Jordan-after-flood-kills-at-least-14-570347

POLITICS
Logic of the Vendetta Now Guides Our Politics
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/vendetta-logic-guides-politics-democrats-republicans/

In Praise of Divided Government
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/midterm-elections-divided-government-not-bad-result/

-- 
"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to
Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
           - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)