PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
On Plucking Nose Hairs
https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2019/01/04/on-plucking-nose-hairs-n2538482?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/04/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

I Can’t Believe We Made It
https://biggeekdad.com/2012/12/i-cant-believe-we-made-it/

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (9 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/04/briefing/04newsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_p_20190104&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408section%3DwhatElse&section=whatElse&te=1

The best doormats, according to experts 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0119/doorrmats.php3

This Mom Refused To Pay Her Babysitter Because She Got "Free Ice Cream And A Day Of Fun" 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/delish-this_mom_refused_to_pay_her_babysitter_because_she-rhearst/category/lifestyle

Vietnamese Restaurant Forced to Remove 'Offensive' Sign 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/newsweek-vietnamese_restaurant_forced_to_remove_offensive_s-rnewsweek/category/news

HEALTH
‘For 30 years I’ve been obsessed by why children get leukaemia. Now we have an answer’ 
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/30/children-leukaemia-mel-greaves-microbes-protection-against-disease?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0xhYk5vdGVzLTE5MDEwNA%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=LabNotes&CMP=labnotes_email

These 4 New Yorkers Are Experts in Living. What Do They Know That We Don’t?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/nyregion/these-4-new-yorkers-are-experts-in-living-what-do-they-know-that-we-dont.html?emc=edit_ne_20190104&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190104&te=1

HEALTH CARE
I'm a Brit and America, your health care system is torturing me 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/cnn-im_a_brit_and_america_your_health_care_system_is_t-cnn2/category/lifestyle

FINANCIAL
House Democrats overrule Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives, institute 'pay-as-you-go' rule
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/house-democrats-overrule-ocasio-cortez-and-other-progressives-institute-pay-as-you-go-rule

Trump says he sees path to end shutdown, says wall must be built
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/4/trump-says-he-sees-path-end-shutdown-says-wall-mus/?bt_ee=N11UbIfeYEHZ4T2nfhbm2spq8vCMzK4g49kyku5jUGvIho8wtZceDXHXguRr3Fz2&bt_ts=1546630450450

TRAVEL
State Department issues China travel warning
https://nypost.com/2019/01/03/state-department-issues-china-travel-warning/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

CLIMATE CHANGE
10 Worst-Case Climate Predictions if We Don’t Keep Global Temperatures Under 1.5 Degrees Celsius 
https://www.ecowatch.com/worst-case-climate-predictions-2624959003.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
Forget the wall --- Dems now hate the border itself 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0119/lowry010419.php3

DEFENSE
Appeals court sides with Trump on transgender military ban
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/423862-appeals-court-sides-with-trump-on-transgender-military-ban?userid=288549

KHASHOGGI
New Details Ruin Khashoggi Hero Story
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2019/01/04/new-details-ruin-khashoggi-hero-story-n2538484?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/04/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

BIG BROTHER
The FBI is trialing Amazon's controversial facial recognition system to try and catch criminals in surveillance videos, report claims
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6555213/FBI-tests-Amazons-controversial-facial-recognition-way-catch-criminals.html

CALIFORNIA
Wealth, Poverty, and Flight: The Same Old State of California 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/california-coastal-elites-poor-immigrants-fleeing-middle-class/

POLITICS
Pelosi takes power and sets high bar for Trump impeachment
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/423791-pelosi-takes-power-and-sets-high-bar-for-trump-impeachment?userid=288549

A lot of noise before the storm 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden010419.php3

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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)