PLATT MISC - News

GENERAL INTEREST
Nine Hits from the ‘70s That Sound Totally Inappropriate Today
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/9-hits-from-the-70s-that-sound-totally-inappropriate-today/

How Faith-Based Organizations Are Helping Communities Recover After Hurricane Florence
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/28/how-faith-based-organizations-are-helping-communities-recover-after-hurricane-florence/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTm1JMU9XTXlOell3TVRNMCIsInQiOiI4V0g1clAxUGtlWXRzdWZmM3dXbWJSd21QZlJKeUo3dTBxSkJ6OUQ2c3NMcytRMGo0eXpCVWg1cXJyUVFIZzArSmh6OElZa2hMUWIyV2lPNnJIbTJsXC9xdUhHdXh6VUFpOVJOVEUzcTdnMnJMZmlKXC9NZDdQcXYrMmw1Zzh2MlVcLyJ9

HEALTH
7 Science-Backed Health Benefits of Having Plants at Home 
https://www.ecowatch.com/health-benefits-of-having-plants-at-home-2608386260.html

NJ Man Dies of Brain Eating Amoeba [in Texas]
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/nj-man-dies-of-brain-eating-amoeba?pl=pl-the-latest

These Cholesterol-Reducers May Save Lives. So Why Aren’t Heart Patients Getting Them?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/health/pcsk9-cholesterol-prices.html?emc=edit_nn_20181002&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181002&te=1

PARENTING
How to 'Christine Blasey Ford-Proof' Your Son
https://pjmedia.com/parenting/how-christine-blasey-ford-proof-your-son/

SPORTS
Watch: Deer Sprints End Zone-to-End Zone During Kickoff Return for Touchdown 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/sports_illustrated-watch_deer_sprints_end_zonetoend_zone_during_kicko-rtime/category/sports

Mom Files Lawsuit After Son Doesn't Make Varsity Soccer Team
https://start.att.net/player/category/news/article/buzz60-mom_files_lawsuit_after_son_doesnt_make_varsity_so-zazoom

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
BUSTED: Georgetown Professor Who Said Kavanaugh Supporters Should Be Killed/Mutilated Suspended On Twitter
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/10/02/busted-georgetown-professor-who-called-for-kavanaugh-supporters-to-be-killed-and-multilated-suspended-on-twitter-n2524626?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

SCIENCE
Science
https://www.nytimes.com/section/science?emc=edit_nn_20181002&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181002&te=1

NATIONAL SECURITY
Hezbollah South of the Border: A Rare U.S. Government Update
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/hezbollah-south-of-the-border-a-rare-u-s-government-update/

DEFENSE
U.S. would destroy banned Russian warheads if necessary: NATO envoy
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nuclear-russia/u-s-would-destroy-banned-russian-warheads-if-necessary-nato-envoy-idUSKCN1MC1J6

LAW AND ORDER
Trump administration abruptly ends key law enforcement program at wildlife refuges
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/409455-trump-administration-ends-key-law-enforcement-program-at-wildlife?userid=288549

TERRORISM
Hazmat Team Responds to Ted Cruz Campaign Office after White Powder Arrives in the Mail
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hazmat-team-responds-ted-cruz-campaign-office-after-white-powder-arrives-in-mail/

Envelopes sent to Mattis, Navy chief test positive for ricin
https://nypost.com/2018/10/02/packages-sent-to-pentagon-test-positive-for-ricin/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

France seizes Iranian assets after foiled June terror plot 
https://www.jpost.com/International/France-seizes-Iranian-assets-after-foiled-June-terror-plot-568466

NKOR
South Korea estimates North Korea has 20 to 60 nuclear weapons
https://nypost.com/2018/10/02/south-korea-estimates-north-korea-has-20-60-nuclear-weapons/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

North Korea tells US it will not denuclearise in return for peace treaty
https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-tells-us-not-094527676.html

SCOTUS
Fallout from the Kavanaugh Hearings: A Permanent Cloud?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/fallout-from-the-kavanaugh-hearings-a-permanent-cloud/

Libel? NBC News Manufactures Text Messages Story to Claim Kavanaugh Lied Under Oath
https://pjmedia.com/trending/libel-nbc-news-manufactures-text-messages-story-to-claim-kavanaugh-lied-under-oath/

Jeff Flake says it does no good to have an FBI investigation ‘that just gives more cover’ on Kavanaugh allegations 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/jeff-flake-says-it-does-no-good-to-have-an-fbi-investigation-that-just-gives-more-cover-on-kavanaugh-allegations-2018-10-01

Leland Keyser meets with FBI, doesn’t back Blasey Ford’s story about Kavanaugh
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/2/leland-keyser-tells-fbi-she-doesnt-know-kavanaugh-/

Senate GOP coy on when final vote on Kavanaugh will happen
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409587-senate-gop-coy-on-when-final-vote-on-kavanaugh-will-happen?userid=288549

SWETNICK
Michael Avenatti: One of Julie Swetnick's friends told her Kavanaugh was spiking the punch (GOOD GRIEF !!!)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/michael-avenatti-one-of-julie-swetnicks-friends-told-her-kavanaugh-was-spiking-the-punch?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_10/02/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

Weatherman Says Swetnick Confessed to Enjoying Group Sex
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/weatherman-says-swetnick-confessed-to-enjoying-group-sex/

POLITICS
Explaining the Left, Part IV: Leftist Contempt for Middle-Class Values
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2018/10/02/explaining-the-left-part-iv-leftist-contempt-for-middleclass-values-n2524560?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

-- “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” - C. S. Lewis