Friday, November 23, 2018

PLATT - MISC - News

GENERAL INTEREST
Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/576526/?__twitter_impression=true

'Cursed' ship that sank in Lake Huron 90 years ago claiming 16 lives is discovered intact by shipwreck hunters - and there's a 1927 Chevrolet Coupe still on board
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6414047/Cursed-vessel-sunk-90-years-ago-claiming-16-lives-discovered-intact.html

This Thanksgiving, Ample Servings of Amusement 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/thanksgiving-past-year-many-reasons-for-laughter/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-11-22&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Things I Am Thankful For That Will Annoy Liberals
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/11/22/things-i-am-thankful-for-that-will-annoy-liberals-n2536322?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

HEALTH
Slowed brainwaves linked to early signs of brain cells going haywire due to dementia
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181121073208.htm

BUSINESS
Report: Facebook's Zuckerberg Pushed A Top Executive To Publicly Disavow Support For Trump, Then Fired Him
https://www.dailywire.com/news/38634/report-facebooks-zuckerberg-pushed-top-executive-ben-shapiro

Zuckerberg at center of new Facebook firestorm
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/417933-facebook-faces-calls-for-new-leadership?userid=288549

Will Facebook’s Grownups Please Stand Up
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Doctor fights to keep dinosaur skull seized by feds
https://nypost.com/2018/11/21/doctor-fights-to-keep-dinosaur-skull-seized-by-feds/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

ICHTHYOLOGY
Study shows tropical fish able to adapt body temperature by environment
https://www.jpost.com/International/Study-shows-tropical-fish-able-to-adapt-body-temperature-by-environment-572452

ORNITHOLOGY
Turkeys: Who Are They, and Why Should We Care? 
https://www.ecowatch.com/turkeys-animals-rights-2620717859.html

CYBER SECURITY
Amazon hit with major data breach days before Black Friday 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/21/amazon-hit-with-major-data-breach-days-before-black-friday

FOREIGN POLICY
Top House Democrat on Saudi Arabia and Khashoggi murder: 'Show our annoyance, but I don't think you slam the door'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/top-house-democrat-on-saudi-arabia-and-khashoggi-murder-show-our-annoyance-but-i-dont-think-you-slam-the-door

DEFENSE
Mattis says troops at US border ‘not even carrying guns’
https://nypost.com/2018/11/21/mattis-says-troops-at-us-border-not-even-carrying-guns/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

China Copied This Russian Jet Fighter (And It Has All Sorts of Problems)
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/china-copied-russian-jet-fighter-and-it-has-all-sorts-problems-36887

Trump’s Attacks on Admiral McRaven Have Successfully Pissed Off Everyone 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/rolling_stone-trumps_attacks_on_admiral_mcraven_have_successfull-rpenskemc

LAW AND THE COURTS
Lucrative law enforcement will become lawless 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will112218.php3

SOCIAL MEDIA
GOP Still Powerless Against Big Tech Censorship
https://townhall.com/columnists/brigittegabriel/2018/11/22/gop-still-powerless-against-big-tech-censorship-n2536340?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

IMMIGRATION
Migrants march to border in Tijuana, push to enter the U.S.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/22/migrant-caravan-tijuana-pushes-enter-us/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=3uhRiigqJHLGEnNRmfBM0DLtR9s2ShC9igXDj16hrZjFKpPbKIsT5a7g%2BoUu5vjq&bt_ts=1542925104440

IAEA
IAEA: Iran adhering to nuclear deal, as renewed U.S. sanctions take effect 
https://www.jpost.com/International/IAEA-Iran-adhering-to-nuclear-deal-as-renewed-US-sanctions-take-effect-572523

North Korea still working at main nuclear site, IAEA says 
https://www.jpost.com/International/North-Korean-still-working-at-main-nuclear-site-IAEA-says-572532

SCOTUS
Supreme Court's future rides on Ginsburg's health
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/417809-supreme-courts-future-rides-on-ginsburg-health

ELECTION GATE
House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Loretta Lynch and James Comey
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/22/loretta-lynch-james-comey-issued-subpoenas-from-ho/?bt_ee=x%2BLzfybfhp0tAJOfvLpBXGuDbMn5GAbBqCUMghyIktU4wOozC75SN0iq2B%2B4bfjL&bt_ts=1542915347238

POLITICS
Trump’s Leadership Is Just What America Needs Now
https://townhall.com/columnists/baybuchanan/2018/11/21/trumps-leadership-is-just-what-america-needs-now-n2536337
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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)

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (without permission)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-facebooks-grownups-please-stand-up-1542844603?emailToken=3f13b4c1a07311f7bda4800f9aa608daA+07B5I8bfsxPJlvWMqR0HAwWQrX0+uGxPmmT57UNTb2GFyY26+W/CMMiS2k9YMhRKQMNAZd1fMaLWdkYxKH3+nwjN0c94NWKV8ZwPX94Ps%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Will Facebook’s Grownups Please Stand Up

The social-media giant’s executives don’t seem interested in taking responsibility for anything.

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