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/

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"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)