Tuesday, November 20, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
A German hiker thought she would die in a snowstorm. But a stranger was looking out for her
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1118/german_hiker_saved.php3

Elevator falls 84 floors in Chicago before rescue: 'I believed we were going to die'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/11/19/elevator-chicagos-former-hancock-building-falls-84-floors/2056499002/

Chuck Schumer’s daughter weds in Brooklyn
https://nypost.com/2018/11/18/chuck-schumers-daughter-weds-in-brooklyn/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HUMOR
The News in Zingers 
http://jewishworldreview.com/1118/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
New Peanut Allergy Drug Shows ‘Lifesaving’ Potential
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/18/well/live/new-peanut-allergy-drug-shows-lifesaving-potential.html?emc=edit_nn_20181119&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181119&te=1

Tests Showed Children Were Exposed to Lead. The Official Response: Challenge the Tests
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/18/nyregion/nycha-lead-paint.html?emc=edit_nn_20181119&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181119&te=1

You Should Be Serving Bacon-Wrapped Turkey This Thanksgiving
https://start.att.net/player/category/lifestyle/article/delish-you_should_be_serving_baconwrapped_turkey_this_tha-hearst-2/category/holiday/?source=En00000000000000U&wtExtndSource=holiday_microsite&utm_source=att

WEATHER
Two Months After Hurricane Florence, Treasures Found on Topsail Beach
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/two-months-after-hurricane-florence-treasures-found-on-topsail-beach-0?pl=pl-the-latest

CALIFORNIA FIRE
Paradise lost 
http://jewishworldreview.com/kathleen/parker111918.php3

California fire: What started as a tiny brush fire became the state’s deadliest wildfire. Here’s how
https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-camp-fire-tictoc-20181118-story.html

How Misguided Environmentalism Is To Blame For California’s Wildfires
http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/16/misguided-environmentalism-blame-californias-wildfires/

MYCOLOGY
2,500-Year-Old Mushroom Keeps Growing, Could Help Cancer Research
https://weather.com/health/video/2500-year-old-mushroom-keeps-growing-could-help-cancer-research?pl=pl-the-latest

TECHNOLOGY
The New iPad Pro May Bend Under Pressure, But This Isn’t ‘Bendgate 2’
https://www.idropnews.com/news/the-new-ipad-pro-may-bend-under-pressure-but-this-isnt-bendgate-2/87873/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=111918&utm_term=Newsletter

DEFENSE
Trump blasted for criticizing Navy SEAL in charge of killing bin Laden
https://nypost.com/2018/11/19/trump-blasted-for-criticizing-navy-seal-in-charge-of-killing-bin-laden/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

LAW AND THE COURTS
6-year-old girl brain-damaged after shock from MGM resort handrail: suit
https://nypost.com/2018/11/18/6-year-old-electrocuted-by-handrail-at-mgm-resort-left-brain-damaged-suit/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

CARAVAN
Caravan forces short-term shutdown on U.S. border as DHS boosts security
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/19/caravan-forces-short-term-shutdown-us-border/?bt_ee=WlCAFHttDlhj4LNYDinuoM6NbJet2U%2Blk5WCPPVzr989fHsEgoAci3Z4YogRFKs5&bt_ts=1542656166481

Mexican Journalist Reveals the Truth About the Caravan
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2018/11/19/mexican-journalist-reveals-the-truth-about-the-caravan-n2536154?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

POLITICS
Women’s March Founder Calls on Leaders to Step Down amid Accusations of Bigotry
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/womens-march-founder-calls-on-sarsour-other-leaders-to-step-down-for-indulging-anti-semitism/

The paradox of big cities: They're getting richer but losing electoral clout 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1118/big_city_paradox.php3

-- 
"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)

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