PLATT - MISC News

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GENERAL INTEREST
Why Chinese City Looks Like it’s Covered in Tiramisu
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/why-chinese-city-looks-like-its-covered-in-tiramisu?pl=pl-the-latest

Is this the most winding road you've seen? Four-mile-long mountain highway in China has as many as SIXTY-EIGHT hairpins
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6462937/Most-winding-road-youve-seen-Four-mile-long-mountain-highway-China-SIXTY-EIGHT-hairpins.html

HUMOR
Political Cowboy
https://politicalcowboy.com/

HEALTH
‘A crunch. A rip. Pain spread like a stain’: my lifetime of back trouble
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/06/a-crunch-a-rip-pain-spread-like-a-stain-my-lifetime-of-back-trouble

The weedkiller in our food is killing us
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/06/the-weedkiller-in-our-food-is-killing-us

Woman Contracted Rare and Fatal Brain-Eating Amoeba After Using Neti Pot with Tap Water
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/people-woman_contracted_rare_and_fatal_braineating_amoeba-rtime

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
“Gendered” Happy Meals Are So Offensive Michigan Reps. Made a Law Saying So
https://politicalcowboy.com/gendered-happy-meals-are-so-offensive-michigan-reps-made-a-law-saying-so/

GOVERNMENT OVERREACH
The Supreme Court jumps to unanimity on frog case
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will120618.php3

Tech companies slam new Australian law allowing police to spy on smartphones
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/cnn-tech_companies_slam_new_australian_law_allowing_po-cnn2

FINANCIAL
Why pro athletes may lose a fortune because of the new tax law
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-pro-athletes-may-lose-a-fortune-because-of-the-new-tax-law-2018-12-06

This chart shows how much Americans make at every age — how do you compare?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-chart-shows-how-much-americans-make-at-every-age-how-do-you-compare-2018-12-06

BUSINESS
Amazon robot sets off bear repellent, putting 24 workers in hospital
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/06/24-us-amazon-workers-hospitalised-after-robot-sets-off-bear-repellent?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVUy0xODEyMDY%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&CMP=GTUS_email

'They had us fooled': Inside Payless's elaborate prank to dupe people into paying $600 for shoes
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1218/payless_dupe.php3

CALIFORNIA FIRE
One Faulty Hook Blamed for California's Massive Fire
http://www.newser.com/story/268249/one-faulty-hook-blamed-for-californias-massive-fire.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_us_syn

ENVIRONMENT
Trump's EPA Wants to Build More Coal Plants as U.S. Consumption Falls to Lowest Level in 39 Years
https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-epa-coal-plants-2622480143.html

TECHNOLOGY
Hyundai to Leapfrog Tesla With World's Largest Battery
https://www.ecowatch.com/hyundai-tesla-worlds-largest-battery-2622468655.html

CYBER SECURITY
The next big risk to your security is your child’s video-game habit
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-next-big-risk-to-your-security-is-your-kids-video-game-habit-2018-12-06

DEFENSE
A Standing Army for the EU?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/european-union-army-emmanuel-macron-proposal/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-12-06&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Dubai's wild new police truck can I.D. pedestrians with facial recognition tech
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/dubais-wild-new-police-truck-can-i-d-pedestrians-with-facial-recognition-tech

Mueller-referred probe into Obama White House Counsel Greg Craig, Clinton-linked Tony Podesta heats up: report
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mueller-referred-probe-into-clinton-linked-podesta-group-reportedly-kicks-into-high-gear

IMMIGRATION
What Voters Would Include in Comprehensive Immigration Reform
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottrasmussen/2018/12/06/what-voters-would-include-in-comprehensive-immigration-reform-n2537048?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

UKRAINE
An American University in Kiev?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/kiev-ukraine-american-university-develop-native-talent/

SCOTUS
Debate over term limits for Supreme Court gains new life
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/419960-debate-over-term-limits-for-supreme-court-gains-new-life?userid=288549

TRUMPGATE


POLITICS
‘Wake up, dudes’ — gender gap confounds GOP women
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/419976-wake-up-dudes-gender-gap-confounds-gop-women?userid=288549

DNC Chair Complains That Voters Are Influenced By The ‘Pulpit On Sunday‘
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-perez-dnc-chair-complains-that-voters-are-influenced-by-the-pulpit-on-sunday/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-12-06&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

The Perpetual (petulant) Presidency
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/obama-takes-credit-for-trump-economy/

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Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
           - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)