Sunday, December 23, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

World Series Pitch - 17 Years Ago
https://www.youtube.com/embed/bxR1tZ08FcI?rel=0

One Moment in Time: The Winter Solstice Seen from Newgrange
http://americandigest.org/wp/one-moment-time-winter-solstice-seen-newgrange/

GENERAL INTEREST
Anti-Coyote Vests For Dogs Are More Punk Rock Than You’d Expect
https://designyoutrust.com/2018/12/anti-coyote-vests-for-dogs-are-more-punk-rock-than-youd-expect/

NASA engineer forced to admit his viral glitter bomb package was a FRAUD: Scientist, who won internet fame with exploding 'revenge' box targeting porch thieves reveals the footage was fake
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6522267/NASA-engineer-admits-thieves-reactions-epic-revenge-package-viral-video-FAKED.html

INSIGHT
The excitement and anticipation of the year to come --- and the wistful memories of years gone by
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/crosby122118.php3

A war memorial is in the form of a cross. Is that a problem?
http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby122118.php3

NATURE
What is THAT? Alien sea creature's mass of tentacles baffles locals after washing up on an Australian beach
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6521601/Alien-sea-creatures-mass-tentacles-baffles-locals-washing-Australian-beach.html

TECHNOLOGY
Killer lasers, jammers and trackers: The cutting edge technology police and the army are using in the hunt for Gatwick's drone of misery... so why haven't they found it yet?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6517401/How-police-destroy-Gatwick-drone-misery.html

Jesus depicted smaller than a human cell: The nativity scene so tiny it can fit inside the eye of a needle and is only visible by microscope
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6520741/The-nativity-scene-tiny-fit-inside-eye-needle-visible-microscope.html



FOREIGN POLICY
US envoy to anti-IS coalition quits over Trump's Syria move
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-envoy-anti-coalition-quits-over-trumps-syria-160834367--politics.html

The congressional recessional 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah122118.php3

NATIONAL SECURITY
How arrest of Chinese ‘princess’ exposes regime’s world domination plot
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/how-arrest-of-chinese-princess-exposes-regimes-world-domination-plot

Russian Hackers Aren’t the Only Ones to Worry About
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-09-18/russian-hackers-aren-t-the-only-ones-to-worry-about

Boom: Air Force Veteran's GoFundMe Campaign For Trump's Wall Surges Past $13 Million In Four Days
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/12/21/boom-air-force-veterans-gofundme-campaignfor-trumps-wall-surges-past-13-milli-n2537956?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/22/2018&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

DEFENSE
Russia declares it has successfully tested a hypersonic missile which covers TWO MILES a second days after Putin claimed there are 'no foreign equivalents' to his weapons
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6519373/Russia-declares-successfully-tested-hypersonic-missile.html

LAW AND ORDER
TSA planning major shift in air marshal operations
https://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-tsa-planning-major-shift-air-marshal-operations/story?id=59974300

LAW AND THE COURTS
James Wolfe: The Liar No One Is Talking About
https://amgreatness.com/2018/12/20/james-wolfe-the-liar-no-one-is-talking-about/

 Roberts Sides With Liberal Justices, Strikes Down Trump's Asylum Policy
https://www.dailywire.com/news/39606/breaking-roberts-sides-liberal-justices-strikes-hank-berrien?utm_medium=email&utm_content=122218-news&utm_campaign=position5

MIDDLE EAST
Turkey's Erdogan claims he will eliminate all Kurdish fighters in Syria and told Trump he could wipe out ISIS without US help - but Kurd fighter say they will release jihadist prisoners in response to US troop pullout
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6520647/Turkeys-President-Erdogan-threatens-eliminate-Kurdish-fighters-ISIS-left-Syria.html

POLITICS
Inside the frantic negotiations that failed to avert a shutdown
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/21/government-shutdown-congress-trump-border-wall-negotiations-1074189?cid=apn

Beto O'Rourke is the new Obama. And that's the last thing we need
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/22/beto-orourke-voting-record-2020-election-democrats?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVUy0xODEyMjI%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&CMP=GTUS_email

-- 
"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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