PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
9 travel destinations that don't live up to the hype
https://travelwirenews.com/9-travel-destinations-that-don039t-live-up-to-the-hype-1119941/

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

Daunting world of competitive grandparents
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1018/barreca100818.php3

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Astronaut Scott Kelly apologizes after quoting, praising Winston Churchill
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/astronaut-scott-kelly-apologizes-after-quoting-praising-winston-churchill?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_10/08/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

Goodbye, Columbus Day
https://www.prageru.com/videos/goodbye-columbus-day

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Leftist Protesters FREAK OUT, Claw At Supreme Court Doors While Brett Kavanaugh Is Sworn In
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36824/watch-leftists-protesters-freak-out-claw-supreme-emily-zanotti?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=100818-news&utm_campaign=position2

Sen. Hirono on Leftists Targeting GOP in Their Homes and at Restaurants: They're Just Very 'Motivated'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/10/08/sen-hirono-on-leftists-targeting-gop-in-their-homes-and-at-restaurants-theyre-just-very-motivated-n2526516?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

After Kavanaugh Confirmation, Crazed NYT Op-Ed Argues White Women Are The Problem
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36862/insane-after-kavanaugh-confirmation-crazed-nyt-op-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=100818-news&utm_campaign=position1

Video Of Dancing Girl Accosting Elderly Man On Supreme Court Steps Goes Viral. It Doesn't End Well For Her.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36840/video-dancing-girl-accosting-elderly-man-supreme-joseph-curl?utm_medium=email&utm_content=100818-news&utm_campaign=position2

CLIMATE CHANGE
Study: Unprecedented Global Effort Needed to Limit Impacts of Climate Change
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/study-unprecedented-global-effort-needed-to-limit-impacts-of-climate?pl=pl-the-latest

Why Half a Degree of Global Warming Is a Big Deal
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-report-half-degree.html?emc=edit_nn_20181008&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181008&te=1

VOLCANOLOGY
NASA Is Looking at How to Contain a Supervolcano That Could Wipe Out Humanity 
https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-is-looking-at-how-to-contain-a-volcano-that-may-wipe-out-humanity-yellowstone?utm_source=ScienceAlert+-+Daily+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=ee362474f5-MAILCHIMP_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe5632fb09-ee362474f5-365889541

CYBER SECURITY
Homeland Security says it has no reason to doubt spy-chip denials by Apple, Amazon
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/homeland-security-says-it-has-no-reason-to-doubt-spy-chip-denials-by-apple-amazon-2018-10-07

Google Plus to close after bug leaks personal information
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-google_plus_to_close_after_bug_leaks_personal_info-ap/category/finance

NATIONAL SECURITY
Russians caught red-handed in cyber-spying 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1018/applebaum100818.php3

Thanks, DW ... 


LAW AND ORDER
Texas Democrat Slapped With Federal Charges – Completely Destroys His 2018 Race
https://rwnofficial.com/federal-charges-completely-destroys-his-2018-race-2/

False reports of sexual assault not as rare as claimed, studies show
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/7/false-sex-assault-reports-not-rare-reported-studie/?bt_ee=Stvnki%2FBacX%2FlVtPl8iYytSve71W429qJL7uvNeVLMsLBK%2B0%2FauaANCsRLqUmEOH&bt_ts=1539023659839

MEDIA
45 percent say media coverage was biased against Kavanaugh
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/410409-45-percent-say-media-coverage-was-biased-against-kavanaugh?userid=288549

Who's Afraid of Fake News? 
http://jewishworldreview.com/1018/hare100818.php3

MIDDLE EAST
When Will the Next War Erupt in the Middle East?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/next-war-erupt-middle-east-114900369.html

SCOTUS
Early work for Kavanaugh will include immigration and firearm cases
https://nypost.com/2018/10/08/early-work-for-brett-kavanaugh-will-include-immigration-and-firearm-cases/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Kavanaugh's First Action As Supreme Court Justice Makes History, And Dems Won't Like It
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36839/kavanaughs-first-action-supreme-court-justice-james-barrett?utm_medium=email&utm_content=100818-news&utm_campaign=position1

As the newest justice prepares for his Tuesday debut, his colleagues on the bench are already moving quickly to paper over the damage
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1018/rbarnes100818.php3

POLITICS
Dems face backlash from ‘mama bears’ angered by Kavanaugh hearings
https://nypost.com/2018/10/07/how-the-nations-mothers-reacted-to-brett-kavanaughs-confirmation/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: We must 'eliminate the Electoral College'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/8/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-we-must-eliminate-the-ele/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=uu7Qkx25e4Ug02LT3ezq9Vm74SAAjPrXU5Qg2A0ZoyEBEzHotwKADuaBgWIITTnF&bt_ts=1539025120376

Don't Get Cocky, Republicans
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/10/08/dont-get-cocky-republicans-n2526534?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

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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