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If I were the devil | remastered audio | Paul Harvey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LWPcEo2gV0

GENERAL INTEREST
Listen to the Cosmic Sound of Sandstone Arches in Utah 
https://www.ecowatch.com/bears-ears-earthjustice-sound-recordings-2622465104.html

Agency photographer of the year – 2018 shortlist 
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/dec/10/agency-photographer-of-the-year-2018-shortlist

HEALTH
15 Foods You Should Absolutely Stop Ordering, According to Fast-Food Workers 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/food_wine-15_foods_you_should_absolutely_stop_ordering_accor-rtime/category/lifestyle

HUMOR
Kid Accidentally Brings Blow-Up Sex Doll to School Nativity
https://www.fatherly.com/news/mom-son-sex-doll-sheep-nativity/

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1218/hamilton.php3

EDUCATION
A test of critical thinking: Why don't all AP students take AP tests?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1218/matthews121018.php3

BUREAUCRACY
Who Are the Most Powerful People in America?
https://www.prageru.com/videos/who-are-most-powerful-people-america

SPORTS
BACKFIRE: USA Today Gets Blasted For Hit Piece About Heisman Winner’s Tweets Immediately After He Won
https://www.dailywire.com/news/39192/backfire-usa-today-gets-blasted-hit-piece-about-ryan-saavedra

BUSINESS
Delta Air Lines Says No More Support Kittens, Puppies on Flights 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/bloomberg_news-delta_air_lines_says_no_more_support_kittens_puppi-rbloomberg/category/finance

ENVIRONMENT
The blight of Tetra Paks covering Vietnam's beaches and towns 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/09/billions-discarded-tetra-pak-cover-vietnams-beaches-towns?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVUy0xODEyMTA%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&CMP=GTUS_email

Scientists Find Some Hope for Coral Reefs: The Strong May Survive
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/climate/coral-reefs-natural-selection.html?emc=edit_ne_20181210&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820181210&te=1

Green activists fail to get even 1 percent of Harvard students to sign anti-fossil fuels petition
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/green-activists-fail-to-get-even-1-percent-of-harvard-students-to-sign-anti-fossil-fuels-petition

BIG BROTHER
Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html?emc=edit_nn_p_20181210&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&section=topNews&te=1

VOTER FRAUD ??
How Dems Stole 7 House Seats 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1218/morris121018.php3

IMMIGRATION
Judge rules Trump administration justified in ending Obama-era immigration program
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/10/judge-laurel-beeler-rules-trump-administration-jus/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=EXubjSayDSF5iLvtKnhnqUiQOB%2BZ7944XJrggvqi2ZjlR7O6E%2BnZwBu6vVKMW3Sy&bt_ts=1544489284115

Asylum claims soar 67 percent at U.S. border
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/10/asylum-claims-soar-67-percent-us-border/?bt_ee=B2x7mpoCmELtbUVwxIQ2UdZmNMIHhRaKDd5jdSbxQlZWoSRP2oeZsND9JoeVLDA0&bt_ts=1544470474737

TRUMPGATE
Alleged Russian Spy Maria Butina Reaches Plea Deal with Prosecutors 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/alleged-russian-spy-maria-butina-reaches-plea-deal-with-prosecutors/

Wall Street Journal Ed Board Tells Mueller to 'Wrap it Up'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/12/10/wall-street-journal-ed-board-tells-mueller-to-wrap-it-up-n2537233?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

POLITICS
Fractious GOP vows to unify in House minority
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/420593-fractious-gop-vows-to-unify-in-house-minority?rnd=1544465859/?userid=288549

Meadows looks to make his move
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/420643-meadows-looks-to-make-his-move?userid=288549

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Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
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