From Butterflies to Blackbirds - Rare SR-71 Photos ( ... and, an inspirational about a Sled driver.)https://biggeekdad.com/2016/03/rare-sr-71-photos/
GENERAL INTEREST
Doomsday preppers pipe dream: Off-the-grid fortress in the middle of the Nevada desert, three hours away from Las Vegas, goes on sale for $950,000 - and comes with TWO vintage organs
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6634479/Fortress-middle-desert-three-hours-away-Las-Vegas-goes-sale-950-000.html
The Tax System, Explained in Beer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BomQxCG5VG4
HEALTH
Migrant with flesh-eating bacteria detained at US border
https://nypost.com/2019/01/26/migrant-with-flesh-eating-bacteria-detained-at-us-border/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
CDC warns Americans not to kiss their hedgehogs
https://nypost.com/2019/01/25/cdc-warns-americans-not-to-kiss-their-hedgehogs/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Anti-Trumpers Only Embarrass Themselves
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/trump-critics-media-embarrass-themselves/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202019-01-26&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart
Minnesota Is Still Prosecuting Ex-Muslim Christian Pastor for Sharing His Testimony in a Mall
https://pjmedia.com/faith/minnesota-is-still-prosecuting-ex-muslim-christian-pastor-for-the-crime-of-sharing-his-testimony/
CLIMATE CHANGE
Earth COOLED last year: New figures reveal 2018 was the 4th warmest year on record - but scientists say the long term global warming trend is still 'stunningly clear'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6629375/High-heat-no-record-2018-4th-warmest-year-Earth.html
U.S. EPA Senior Official Falls Short of Calling Climate Change a Crisis
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-epa-climate/u-s-epa-senior-official-falls-short-of-calling-climate-change-a-crisis-idUSKCN1PJ2FQ?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29&utm_content=Yahoo+Search+Results
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Offbeat Genius of a Great American Spy
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Parents SUE Facebook after it 'deliberately duped' children into spending thousands playing online games like Angry Birds and PetVille
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6632261/Parents-sued-Facebook-deliberately-duped-children-racking-bills-thousands.html
VENEZUELA
Kremlin-linked contractors swoop in to guard Venezuela’s Maduro
https://nypost.com/2019/01/25/kremlin-linked-contractors-swoop-in-to-guard-venezuelas-maduro/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Venezuela backtracks on order to expel US diplomats
https://apnews.com/2a1383334f7c4825b9fe1fb0307276aa
SHUTDOWN
Students Thought the Shutdown Was Trump's Fault ... but More Information Changed Their Minds
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/iansnively/2019/01/25/students-thought-the-shutdown-was-trumps-faultbut-more-information-changed-their-minds-n2540261?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/26/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
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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 wsj link for full story)https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-offbeat-genius-of-a-great-american-spy-11548478837?emailToken=e5ba190cf858809e4a8de0679e4434d8Zayd6skNQ3s45I5LQRROiwF6Q4uOtDSk2VgXl8zihRCULcOKoSXGeKoNQ99QLQVnIYUsYidazCF513ymEeel7MX57PVi55COy5NjWyKMPY8%3D&reflink=article_email_share
The Offbeat Genius of a Great American Spy
Tony Mendez, the CIA agent made famous by the movie, ‘Argo,’ helped outfox the KGB with wigs, makeup, false teeth, pop-up dummies and an Afghan hound costume
In 1976, the CIA’s Moscow station heard some excellent news. One of its most prized sources, a well-placed Soviet diplomat who’d turned on the regime, had been transferred back to Moscow.
The asset, code-named TRIGON, had already been supplied with the T-100, an experimental CIA camera concealed inside a pen, and was in a perfect position to copy scores of classified documents.
The asset, code-named TRIGON, had already been supplied with the T-100, an experimental CIA camera concealed inside a pen, and was in a perfect position to copy scores of classified documents.
The only challenge was getting in touch with him.nius of A Great American Spy.'
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