Friday, January 4, 2019

PLATT - MISC News

The video of my dad appeared unexpectedly from a kind stranger. It gave me chills 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0119/lost_video.php3

GENERAL INTEREST
How a DNA Testing Kit Revealed a Family Secret Hidden for 54 Years 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/time-how_a_dna_testing_kit_revealed_a_family_secret_hid-rtime/category/lifestyle+

Dogs Have Their Day in Our Politicized Society
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2019/01/02/dogs-have-their-day-in-our-politicized-society-n2538357?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/03/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Outback cattle station Clifton Hills, one of the biggest in the world, is up for sale
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-07-12/massive-outback-cattle-station-up-for-sale/9986342

Quitting coffee: The 5 stages of grief 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/quitting-coffee-the-5-stages-of-grief-2019-01-03

NATO phonetic alphabet, codes and signals 
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_150391.htm?&te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_nn_p_20190103&section=backStory

HEALTH
Netflix to idiots: Don’t hurt yourself doing ‘Bird Box’ challenge 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/netflix-to-idiots-dont-hurt-yourself-doing-bird-box-challenge-2019-01-02

How to gain strength and improve fitness in your 50s, 60s and beyond 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-gain-strength-and-improve-fitness-in-your-50s-60s-and-beyond-2019-01-03

Could a drinkable drug cocktail reverse Alzheimer's? Solution restored memories of mice and stopped the disease in its tracks
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6547563/Scientists-make-drinkable-drug-stop-Alzheimers-tracks.html

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Conservative radio host Michael Savage goes into hiding after anonymous email threatens to shoot up local restaurant and 'kill as many as I can' unless it stops serving him
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6553359/Anonymous-email-threatens-shoot-local-restaurant-unless-stops-serving-Michael-Savage.html

TRAVEL
'They treat planes like their living rooms': Former flight attendant calls out feral passengers - and reveals the WORST thing she's seen on board
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6549973/Former-flight-attendant-Shawn-Kathleen-calls-feral-passengers-WORST-thing-shes-seen.html

1 Woman, 12 Months, 52 Places
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/03/travel/52-places-to-go-recap.html?emc=edit_ne_20190103&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190103&te=1

Keep Calm, but Don’t Carry On
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/style/tsa-instagram-dad-humor.html?emc=edit_ne_20190103&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190103&te=1

FINANCIAL
Democrats face liberal resistance on new rules 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=62219e3690ce0dbdf7056ba7006685dd_5c2e2166_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190103&goTo=A01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

US national debt reaches a new high under Trump 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/cnn-us_national_debt_reaches_a_new_high_under_trump-cnn2/category/finance

BUSINESS
Tesla haters are parking their pickup trucks at Tesla Supercharger stations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tesla-haters-parking-pickup-trucks-234053201.html?.tsrc=fauxdal

ARCHAEOLOGY
Mexican archaeologists find the temple of the Flayed Lord, where priests wore the skins of the dead after sacrificing them in gruesome rituals
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6549625/Mexico-finds-Flayed-god-temple-priests-wore-skins-dead.html

SPACE
China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46724727

CYBER SECURITY
Hackers takeover 70,000 Google Chromecasts and stream a one-minute long promotional video to the TVs of their victims supporting controversial YouTuber PewDiePie
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6554467/Hackers-takeover-70-000-Google-Chromecasts-boost-support-YouTube-personality-PewDiePie.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
Democratic leaders face backlash if they compromise on wall
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/423611-democrat-leaders-face-backlash-if-they-compromise-on-wall?userid=288549

DEFENSE
China Drops Its Own 'Mother of All Bombs': Reports 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/newsweek-china_drops_its_own_mother_of_all_bombs_reports-rnewsweek/category/news

SOCIAL MEDIA
Why Twitter Is Even More Toxic Than You Think 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/political-twitter-even-more-toxic-than-thought/

TERRORISM
Decade-old flaw in Twitter allows hackers to spread ISIS propaganda using old accounts, report claims
https://www.yahoo.com/news/decade-old-flaw-twitter-allows-163354037.html

POLITICS
NYT: Dying of Cancer, Harry Reid Doesn't Regret His 2013 'Nuclear Option'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/01/03/nyt-harry-reid-is-dying-of-cancer-and-he-doesnt-regret-his-2013-nuclear-option-n2538389?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Trump at the Turn
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.

Republicans should be alarmed by this sign of intelligent life in the Democratic Party 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will010319.php3

-- 
"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)   Go to link for full story

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-at-the-turn-11546473140?emailToken=34e58bae20fb7edefd457bd2a8a474584wUElkllXTZ/HlJJVaa7RTfHgcKKullwy4v9Lo6JyR3vil5t22XxN68Ey2QhdzPG&reflink=article_email_share

Trump at the Turn

We have entered a Trumpian Twilight Zone and the path forward is not clear.

Jan. 2, 2019 6:52 p.m. ET
President Trump in the Oval Office, Aug. 27,
                      2018.
President Trump in the Oval Office, Aug. 27, 2018.
 Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
Donald Trump’s unique presidency has entered a strange period, a kind of Trumpian Twilight Zone. Mitt Romney’s opportunistic, up-yours op-ed for the Washington Post got one thing right: The odd mood around the Trump presidency has a lot to do with what happened in December.

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