Monday, January 28, 2019

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Amelia Earhart discovery? Researchers eye Papua New Guinea 'wreck site' 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-amelia_earhart_discovery_researchers_eye_papua_new-rfoxnews/category/news+

5 Reasons Masculinity Is Increasingly Coming Under Attack in America
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/5-reasons-masculinity-is-increasingly-coming-under-attack-in-america/

Adaptive Curmudgeon
http://adaptivecurmudgeon.com/

Striking Blow Against Toxic Masculinity, Man Graciously Allows Wife To Shovel Driveway
https://babylonbee.com/news/striking-blow-against-toxic-masculinity-man-graciously-allows-wife-to-shovel-driveway

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Hat-crime and Face-crime
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/covington-catholic-maga-hatcrime-facecrime/

TRAVEL
American Airlines kicks family off flight because passengers complained of body odor 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-american_airlines_kicks_family_off_flight_because-rfoxnews/category/news+

BUSINESS
Opinion: Trump’s tariffs didn’t bring back all those factory jobs he promised 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-tariffs-didnt-bring-back-all-those-factory-jobs-he-promised-2019-01-24

Oscar Mayer accepting applications for Wienermobile drivers
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/oscar-mayer-accepting-applications-for-wienermobile-drivers

Poll: Majority of voters support $15 minimum wage
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/426780-poll-a-majority-of-voters-want-a-15-minimum-wage?userid=288549

PERSONAL SECURITY
Boundaries
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/boundaries

How to Spot a Bad Guy- A Comprehensive Look at Body Language and Pre-Assault Indicators
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/how-to-spot-a-bad-guy-a-comprehensive-look-at-body-language-and-pre-assault-indicators

CLIMATE CHANGE
Here's a Climate Change ‘Time Bomb’ You Might Have Overlooked
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/climate-change-time-bomb?pl=pl-the-latest

TECHNOLOGY
‘Businesses Will Not Be Able to Hide’: Spy Satellites May Give Edge From Above
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/technology/satellites-artificial-intelligence.html?emc=edit_ne_20190124&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190124&te=1

LAW AND ORDER
What if the FBI Had Probed Obama?
See the third Wall Street Journal article, below.

IMMIGRATION
New Caravan Grows as Mexico Eases Passage 
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

NKOR
Kim Jong Un Upbeat on Denuclearization After Receiving Letter From Trump
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.

POLITICS
Twenty Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Amy Klobuchar
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/twenty-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-amy-klobuchar/

-- 
"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 ARTICLE)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-caravan-grows-as-mexico-eases-passage-11548191845?emailToken=ff955f0141e045d7a83c61324eafffa8954z9EWaidf06H3a6BbvEvNOTC3gUDHAZzAVvDIB9HPlH0JaSRmhe6KTIHN3J7PMa9D1o4JZZ6saVL5bxd5OhyXnS2TyG/3YQUtS6nhMpIc%3D&reflink=article_email_share

New Caravan Grows as Mexico Eases Passage

Central Americans crowd Mexico’s southern border awaiting humanitarian visas to pass unhindered toward U.S.


People from a caravan of Central American migrants walking at dusk on Monday near Tapanatepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. 
Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Jan. 22, 2019 4:17 p.m. ET
TECÚN UMÁN, Guatemala—A caravan of Central American migrants seeking to reach the U.S. is set to swell in coming days as thousands gather at Mexico’s southern border waiting for humanitarian visas that have become much easier to get under Mexico’s new government.
Around 5,600 Central Americans are awaiting visas at Tecún Umán, on Guatemala’s border with Mexico, Mexican officials said Tuesday. The visas would allow them to continue their journey north without the risk of deportation from Mexico.


Article below - see link for full article  wsj
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kim-jong-un-upbeat-on-denuclearization-after-receiving-letter-from-trump-11548301182?emailToken=daa78b158c47e26f0813f91aa5840d51J7AXOlxFAD54QZxfHqEsIgpx4AKP911Shd7FEeJxZDSjIDeC3he3l2VWt9O2LQ62suiSLOYJpsd6BMxCTOQC082+fkBv36zuX+PR/ElJMN1a69xEK3DcxIL7XRDGZYF9KEklFB2rbhXeJymSvbadGw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Kim Jong Un Upbeat on Denuclearization After Receiving Letter From Trump

Trump sent a response after receiving a letter from the North Korean leader


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Jan. 1. Mr. Kim, who is scheduled to meet President Trump next month, said Pyongyang “will believe in the positive way of thinking of President Trump.” 
Photo: Associated Press

Jan. 23, 2019 10:39 p.m. ET
SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed “great satisfaction” after receiving a letter from President Trump, following the return of a nuclear envoy who traveled last week to Washington where the two sides agreed to a second summit in late February.

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