PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Banksy Painting Self-Destructs After Fetching $1.4 Million at Sotheby’s
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/arts/design/uk-banksy-painting-sothebys.html?emc=edit_nn_20181007&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181007&te=1

The Creepiest Places in All 50 States
https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/photos/the-creepiest-places-in-all-50-states

HEALTH
6.5 Million Pounds of Beef Were Recalled Due to Salmonella. Here’s How to Check If Your Meat Is Safe 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/money-65_million_pounds_of_beef_were_recalled_due_to_sal-rtime/category/lifestyle+

HEALTH CARE
Why Americans Spend So Much on Health Care—In 12 Charts (If the link does not work, try copy, paste and go the article title into your browser.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-americans-spend-so-much-on-health-carein-12-charts-1533047243?emailToken=c74bae08f916df312627f40be1c6bb71CJUVI8adSQYoW4EK/OK1CIjsqZLVCHv63OIsIIKCf4n1rmgurxbIhTHLTMrH/h0LGLauUJWcvsBGhHBce3orP03lTkgvQcGpZ1uQfvbL7UkJ0yfhJEyUyqHj/77CtUn2&reflink=article_email_share

FINANCIAL
Where in the World Is Denmark’s $2 Billion?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/business/denmark-skat-tax-scandal.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

BUSINESS
Langone to millennials embracing socialism: 'I'll put you on my plane and fly you to Venezuela'
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/langone-millennials-embracing-socialism-ill-put-plane-fly-venezuela-112048374.html

ORNITHOLOGY
Blood on the Blades: Is Bird Life Facing Global Catastrophe from Wind Turbines?
https://townhall.com/columnists/vijayjayaraj/2018/10/07/blood-on-the-blades-is-bird-life-facing-global-catastrophe-from-wind-turbines-n2524722?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

NATIONAL SECURITY
Beijing 'wants a different American president' and is working to undermine Trump, Pence says
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1018/beijing_undermining_trump.php3

LAW AND ORDER
'Mean Girls' Accused of Faking Sex Assaults to Implicate Boy 
http://www.newser.com/story/265604/mean-girls-accused-of-faking-sex-assaults-to-implicate-boy.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_crime_syn

NKOR
Pompeo: Progress made with Kim Jong Un on North Korea trip
https://nypost.com/2018/10/07/pompeo-progress-made-with-kim-jong-un-on-north-korea-trip/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

POLITICS
Kavanaugh May Be the Democrats’ Waterloo (If the link does not work, try copy, paste and go the article title into your browser.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaugh-may-be-the-democrats-waterloo-1538780107?emailToken=7042966e537c7cb8cefa27d80ea715f0nU8FG6A1j7yN4GG77DKagjj4r29pO0GjEpQULEzjyyMzuQ1epcFRCTBENW9BvHYCAGqzQjP8SR/11Xpoc/Vb4cI+uJUP0hdpxCKqb9jQhvM%3D&reflink=article_email_share

In Iowa debut ... [Spartacus] tells Dems to turn despair into action
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrat-booker-fresh-kavanaugh-vote-makes-iowa-debut-233020218--election.html

The Kavanaugh Backlash
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1018/morris100518.php3

Dems see blue 'tsunami' in House as Senate path narrows
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/410213-dems-see-blue-tsunami-in-house-senate-slipping-away?userid=288549

Collins on possible Susan Rice challenge: 'Everybody knows' she doesn't live in Maine
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/410277-collins-on-possible-susan-rice-challenge-everybody-knows-she?rnd=1538921099

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