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GENERAL INTEREST
The Light of Chanukah
https://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-light-of-chanukah.html
Stunning Photos Show Huge Crater on Mars Absolutely Brimming With Water Ice
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-mars-satellite-has-taken-amazing-pics-of-a-massive-crater-full-of-martian-ice
The Week in Good News: Secret Santa, a Christmas Comet, Cats With Jobs
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/briefing/week-in-good-news-christmas-comet.html?emc=edit_ne_20181221&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820181221&te=1
News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (8 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/21/briefing/21newsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_p_20181221&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408section%3DwhatElse§ion=whatElse&te=1
What Is Glitter?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/style/glitter-factory.html?emc=edit_ne_20181221&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820181221&te=1
HEALTH CARE
It Begins: Medicare Rationing Starts New Year’s Day
https://townhall.com/columnists/andrewquinlan/2018/12/21/it-begins-medicare-rationing-starts-new-years-day-n2537878?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/21/2018&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
I read 1,182 emergency room bills this year. Here’s what I learned.
https://www.vox.com/health-care/2018/12/18/18134825/emergency-room-bills-health-care-costs-america
PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
That Giant Liberty-Sucking Sound From the Tolerant Left
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2018/12/21/that-giant-libertysucking-sound-from-the-tolerant-left-n2537896?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/21/2018&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
EDUCATION
Higher Ed: Students 'De-Stress' for Final Exams with Therapy Horses, Coloring, Massages, and 'Fortnite'...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/zacharypetrizzo/2018/12/20/higher-education-students-destress-for-finals-with-therapy-horses-coloring-massag-n2537890?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/21/2018&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
FINANCIAL
Government shuts down after Congress fails to pass spending bill
https://nypost.com/2018/12/22/government-shuts-down-after-congress-fails-to-pass-spending-bill/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Stay focused on your long-term goals
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ARCHAEOLOGY
Mystery of Stonehenge cylinders has been solved! Stone 'drums' found in a child's grave were used as an ancient tape measure to plan out the building of the great monument
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6519551/Ancient-Stone-Henge-cylinders-used-tape-measure.html
FORESTRY
Conservationists plant a 'super grove' of redwood trees cloned from ancient stumps
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/super-grove-redwood-tree-clones
ORNITHOLOGY
The Unsettling Reason Why We're Seeing More Snowy Owls
https://www.ecowatch.com/snowy-owls-climate-change-2623954976.html
TECHNOLOGY
'Kill your foster parents': Amazon's Alexa talks murder, sex in AI experiment
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kill-foster-parents-amazons-alexa-talks-murder-sex-120601149--finance.html
Apple doesn’t see a problem with bent iPads
https://nypost.com/2018/12/20/apple-doesnt-see-a-problem-with-bent-ipads/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
The £2.6m Israeli 'Drone Dome' system that the Army used to defeat the Gatwick UAV after the technology was developed to fight ISIS in Syria
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6519211/The-2-6m-Israeli-Drone-Dome-Army-used-defeat-Gatwick-UAV.html
FOREIGN POLICY
Winners and Losers in Trump’s Planned Troop Withdrawal From Syria
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/world/middleeast/winners-losers-syria-trumps-troops.html?emc=edit_nn_p_20181221&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408§ion=topNews&te=1
Kicking Our Allies
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/trump-syria-withdrawal-shameful-betrayal-of-allies/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-12-21&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart
NATIONAL SECURITY
Crowdfunding campaign would build 'giant escalators' to defeat Trump border wall
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/21/crowdfunding-campaign-would-build-giant-escalators/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=o2WAyZtYb%2B3SbNZEZiqXYCIZSx1DCnHCwjcooPMo0OrSfNo34xZTIyF%2Bx%2B%2B5upUV&bt_ts=1545412603669
Public donations for border wall soar past $10M in three days
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/public-donations-for-border-wall-soar-past-10m-in-three-days
DEFENSE
Jim Mattis' resignation is a terrible loss to America and our allies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/jim-mattis-resignation-is-a-terrible-loss-to-america-and-our-allies
IMMIGRATION
Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Effort to Tighten Asylum Rules
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-blocks-trump-administrations-effort-to-tighten-asylum-rules/
SCOTUS
Justice Ginsburg has surgery to remove cancerous growths
https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-ginsburg-surgery-remove-cancerous-173018220.html
POLITICS
Poll: Public overwhelmingly opposes Trump pardoning his associates
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/422506-new-poll-public-overwhelmingly-opposes-trump-pardoning-close?userid=288549
Whom Do You Want on Your Side When Trump Is Gone?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/post-trump-republican-party-unity-essential/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-12-21&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart
The Light of Chanukah
https://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-light-of-chanukah.html
Stunning Photos Show Huge Crater on Mars Absolutely Brimming With Water Ice
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-mars-satellite-has-taken-amazing-pics-of-a-massive-crater-full-of-martian-ice
The Week in Good News: Secret Santa, a Christmas Comet, Cats With Jobs
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/briefing/week-in-good-news-christmas-comet.html?emc=edit_ne_20181221&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820181221&te=1
News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (8 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/21/briefing/21newsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_p_20181221&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408section%3DwhatElse§ion=whatElse&te=1
What Is Glitter?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/style/glitter-factory.html?emc=edit_ne_20181221&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820181221&te=1
HEALTH CARE
It Begins: Medicare Rationing Starts New Year’s Day
https://townhall.com/columnists/andrewquinlan/2018/12/21/it-begins-medicare-rationing-starts-new-years-day-n2537878?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/21/2018&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
I read 1,182 emergency room bills this year. Here’s what I learned.
https://www.vox.com/health-care/2018/12/18/18134825/emergency-room-bills-health-care-costs-america
PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
That Giant Liberty-Sucking Sound From the Tolerant Left
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2018/12/21/that-giant-libertysucking-sound-from-the-tolerant-left-n2537896?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/21/2018&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
EDUCATION
Higher Ed: Students 'De-Stress' for Final Exams with Therapy Horses, Coloring, Massages, and 'Fortnite'...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/zacharypetrizzo/2018/12/20/higher-education-students-destress-for-finals-with-therapy-horses-coloring-massag-n2537890?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/21/2018&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
FINANCIAL
Government shuts down after Congress fails to pass spending bill
https://nypost.com/2018/12/22/government-shuts-down-after-congress-fails-to-pass-spending-bill/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Stay focused on your long-term goals
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ARCHAEOLOGY
Mystery of Stonehenge cylinders has been solved! Stone 'drums' found in a child's grave were used as an ancient tape measure to plan out the building of the great monument
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6519551/Ancient-Stone-Henge-cylinders-used-tape-measure.html
FORESTRY
Conservationists plant a 'super grove' of redwood trees cloned from ancient stumps
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/super-grove-redwood-tree-clones
ORNITHOLOGY
The Unsettling Reason Why We're Seeing More Snowy Owls
https://www.ecowatch.com/snowy-owls-climate-change-2623954976.html
TECHNOLOGY
'Kill your foster parents': Amazon's Alexa talks murder, sex in AI experiment
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kill-foster-parents-amazons-alexa-talks-murder-sex-120601149--finance.html
Apple doesn’t see a problem with bent iPads
https://nypost.com/2018/12/20/apple-doesnt-see-a-problem-with-bent-ipads/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
The £2.6m Israeli 'Drone Dome' system that the Army used to defeat the Gatwick UAV after the technology was developed to fight ISIS in Syria
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6519211/The-2-6m-Israeli-Drone-Dome-Army-used-defeat-Gatwick-UAV.html
FOREIGN POLICY
Winners and Losers in Trump’s Planned Troop Withdrawal From Syria
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/world/middleeast/winners-losers-syria-trumps-troops.html?emc=edit_nn_p_20181221&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408§ion=topNews&te=1
Kicking Our Allies
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/trump-syria-withdrawal-shameful-betrayal-of-allies/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-12-21&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart
NATIONAL SECURITY
Crowdfunding campaign would build 'giant escalators' to defeat Trump border wall
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/21/crowdfunding-campaign-would-build-giant-escalators/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=o2WAyZtYb%2B3SbNZEZiqXYCIZSx1DCnHCwjcooPMo0OrSfNo34xZTIyF%2Bx%2B%2B5upUV&bt_ts=1545412603669
Public donations for border wall soar past $10M in three days
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/public-donations-for-border-wall-soar-past-10m-in-three-days
DEFENSE
Jim Mattis' resignation is a terrible loss to America and our allies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/jim-mattis-resignation-is-a-terrible-loss-to-america-and-our-allies
IMMIGRATION
Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Effort to Tighten Asylum Rules
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-blocks-trump-administrations-effort-to-tighten-asylum-rules/
SCOTUS
Justice Ginsburg has surgery to remove cancerous growths
https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-ginsburg-surgery-remove-cancerous-173018220.html
POLITICS
Poll: Public overwhelmingly opposes Trump pardoning his associates
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/422506-new-poll-public-overwhelmingly-opposes-trump-pardoning-close?userid=288549
Whom Do You Want on Your Side When Trump Is Gone?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/post-trump-republican-party-unity-essential/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-12-21&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart
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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)
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