Thursday, January 24, 2019

PLATT - MISC News

Farewell, Mary Oliver, a poet whose name you may not know, but whose words you most certainly do 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0119/schmich012119.php3

GENERAL INTEREST
That idiotic Gillette ad may have turned the tide on ‘toxic masculinity’
https://nypost.com/2019/01/20/that-idiotic-gillette-ad-may-have-turned-the-tide-on-toxic-masculinity/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

20 Things You Should Never Put In The Microwave
http://www.teddyfeed.com/trending/things-to-avoid-microwave/?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=NEWS_US&utm_campaign=Microwave+C106.1+-+Desktop+US+TF3+YA

Fuller video casts new light on Covington Catholic students' encounter with Native American elder (Important: read the comments ... another professional rabble-rouser.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fuller-video-casts-light-covington-043042380.html

Sue the Bastards! [Updated]
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/01/sue-the-bastards.php

HUMOR
The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0119/hamilton.php3

Thanks, DW ... 
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PHOTOGRAPHY
'Soviet grandeur has turned into a post-apocalyptic wasteland': Haunting photos show once-thriving industrial towns in the USSR that have been left to ruin
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-6598847/Haunting-photos-thriving-industrial-towns-USSR-left-ruin.html

SPORTS
A Super Bowl to Drive America Crazy
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.

New Orleans paper’s front page perfectly roasted refs over missed Saints pass interference call 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/gannett-new_orleans_papers_front_page_perfectly_roasted_re-rgannett/category/sports

NATURE
Is Winter Miserable for Wildlife? 
https://www.ecowatch.com/wildlife-winter-extreme-weather-2626366630.html

How the rise of PINK SALMON is threatening orca populations: Huge numbers of the fish are interfering with the whale's ability to catch its preferred prey
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6608933/Scientists-ID-possible-threat-orcas-pink-salmon.html

TECHNOLOGY
Drones will take to the skies to detect and repair small potholes by scanning roads for cracks and filling them with 3D printed asphalt
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6615045/Drones-skies-detect-repair-small-potholes.html

Ready for take off... your next Uber: Electric planes flying at 200mph will pick you up from a car park by 2023
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6609211/Electric-minicabs-flying-200mph-pick-car-park-2023.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
Russia rejects US call to destroy its new cruise missile system in nuclear arms treaty dispute
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6615339/Russia-rejects-U-S-call-destroy-missile-arms-pact-row-Interfax.html

DEFENSE
Stealth Shocker: China Claims It Can Track Air Force F-22 Raptors
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/stealth-shocker-china-claims-it-can-track-air-force-f-22-raptors-42152

Dream Match: Could an Old F-14 Tomcat Kill a Stealth F-22?
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/dream-match-could-old-f-14-tomcat-kill-stealth-f-22-42147

Stealth Battle: America's F-22 Raptor vs. Russia's New Su-57 (Who Wins?)
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/stealth-battle-americas-f-22-raptor-vs-russias-new-su-57-who-wins-42122

THE WALL
Trump offers to limit his border wall to strategic locations
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/426192-trump-offers-to-limit-his-border-wall-to-strategic-locations

Dem Homeland Security Chair Says He Won't 'Rule Out a Wall in Certain Instances'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/01/21/dem-homeland-security-chair-democrats-are-not-opposed-to-all-physical-barriers-n2539349?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

MEDIA
Thanks, TM ...


BIG BROTHER
Web of satellites dubbed 'Sovereign's Eye' built by Russia lets businesses and government agencies track activity on the surface of the Earth
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6614729/Russia-toying-idea-tracking-processes-Earth.html

IMMIGRATION
The Finns fight back – after multiple cases of child rape Soldiers of Odin patrol the streets of Oulu 
https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/01/the-finns-fight-back-after-multiple-cases-of-child-rape-soldiers-of-odin-patrol-the-streets-of-oulu/?fbclid=IwAR0IMojM2LnrPrdJ-TR_xqi6zt1mcP1JUwZDo5ET6ISSR3sVjiVW-dkCmU0#.XETBTeGJ9b0.twitter

Why We Panic about Immigration 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/immigration-why-we-panic-birth-rates-assimilation/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-01-21&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

SHUTDOWN
Across nation, businesses step up to assist workers during shutdown 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=ae811235a99759fd887b0a12562430a0_5c45dc4d_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190121&goTo=A04&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

Republicans Push Trump Immigration Plan, Seeking to Corner Democrats on Shutdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/us/politics/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-pence.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Shutdown flimflam becomes unintentional(?) parody 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0119/malanga012119.php3

MIDDLE EAST
Israeli military strikes Iranian targets inside Syria 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/21/israeli-military-strikes-iranian-targets-inside-syria?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX1VTTW9ybmluZ0JyaWVmaW5nLTE5MDEyMQ%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=USMorningBriefing&CMP=usbriefing_email

NKOR
Researchers find 20 secret missile sites in North Korea
https://nypost.com/2019/01/21/researchers-find-20-secret-missile-sites-in-north-korea/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

TRUMPGATE
Debate builds over making Mueller report public
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/426054-debate-builds-over-making-mueller-report-public

POLITICS
Elise Stefanik seeks to tackle GOP’s women ‘crisis’ ahead of 2020
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/426124-elise-stefanik-wants-to-tackle-gops-women-crisis-ahead-of-2020?userid=288549

Juan Williams: AOC fever shows appetite for new politics
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/426254-juan-williams-aoc-fever-shows-appetite-for-new-politics
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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) (see link for full story)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-super-bowl-to-drive-america-crazy-11548076136?emailToken=ccc1d590200654775f78a8100dfc9093Bm3gAy6ocxVbSy2fvSJe6oqDoFyb+lwVru3Zvc8/rJMDZxCxHRw3ApYMO3K6XhFLSzjc+w9L1nGZy5C8B2TM/w%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

A Super Bowl to Drive America Crazy



The Patriots and Rams are a tantalizing match-up, but after two contentious championship games, there are hard feelings

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