PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Mystery over Lion Air crash jet black box as investigators REFUSE to reveal what was on cockpit voice recorder until September
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6617817/No-public-details-crashed-Lion-Air-voice-recorder-final-report-Indonesian-official.html

Frozen Lake in Finland is Perfect Setting for Extreme Polar Plunge
https://weather.com/series/human-nature/video/frozen-lake-finland-extreme-polar-plunge?pl=pl-the-latest

Video captures moose chasing skiers at resort
https://nypost.com/2019/01/22/video-captures-moose-chasing-skiers-at-resort/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Amtrak Forgot Trains Aren't Planes
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2019/01/22/amtrak-forgot-trains-arent-planes-n2539385?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/22/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

MENTAL HEALTH
My husband turned on me after more than 50 years of marriage
https://nypost.com/2019/01/22/my-husband-turned-on-me-after-more-than-50-years-of-marriage/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Notre Dame is covering up its ‘problematic’ Columbus murals
https://nypost.com/2019/01/21/notre-dame-is-covering-up-its-problematic-columbus-murals/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

The Shaming of Karen Pence
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.

KENTUCKY STUDENTS
Trump keeps fueling story of Kentucky students' confrontation with Native American (Is Phillips guilty of stolen valor? Read the comments.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-keeps-fueling-story-kentucky-students-confrontation-native-american-154757931.html

Trump says students 'unfairly treated' over Native incident ( Is Phillips an "agitator for hire"? ... more good comments ...)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-students-unfairly-treated-over-native-incident-060102924.html

Twitter suspends account that helped ignite controversy over viral encounter
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/tech/twitter-suspends-account-native-american-maga-teens/index.html

PICTURED: Kentucky students from the same Catholic high school as the teens who taunted a Native American man were allowed to don BLACKFACE at their sports events - and openly goaded African American players
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6616793/Kentucky-Catholic-high-school-Lincoln-Memorial-clash-allowed-blackface-pep-rallies.html

Catholic high school boys heckled a woman BEFORE confrontation with Native American protesters and shouted 'make America great again' and 'build the wall', according to victim who filmed the incident
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6618361/Covington-school-boys-heckled-woman-confrontation-Native-American-protesters.html

Lawyer for Covington Catholic HS Families Threatens Lawsuits Against Media Unless They Retract False Stories
https://pjmedia.com/trending/lawyer-for-covington-catholic-hs-families-threatens-lawsuits-against-media-unless-they-retract-false-stories/

HUMOR
Thanks, TM ...


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

SPORTS
When the Whole Country Reviews a Play, Referees Can’t Always Join
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/sports/football/saints-interference.html?emc=edit_nn_p_20190122&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408section%3DlongRead&section=longRead&te=1

PHOTOGRAPHY
How water shapes our world: Stunning series of photographs captures rivers and oceans from above
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6616737/How-water-shapes-world-Stunning-series-photographs-captures-rivers-oceans-above.html

FOOD
Gumbo, the Classic New Orleans Dish, Is Dead. Long Live Gumbo.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/dining/gumbo-recipes-new-orleans.html

What Is Mead, and Is It Good for You? 
https://www.ecowatch.com/mead-2626297358.html

KFC debuts gravy-scented candle
https://nypost.com/2019/01/22/kfc-debuts-gravy-scented-candle/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

CLIMATE CHANGE
Greenland’s Melting Ice Nears a ‘Tipping Point,’ Scientists Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/climate/greenland-ice.html?emc=edit_nn_p_20190122&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&section=topNews&te=1

SCIENCE
Early prediction of Alzheimer's progression: Blood protein
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190121115401.htm

ARCHAEOLOGY
Scottish stones thought to be ancient actually from the ‘90s
https://nypost.com/2019/01/21/scottish-stones-thought-to-be-ancient-actually-from-the-90s/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

TECHNOLOGY
Are mobile phones ENDANGERED? Scientists create periodic table of dwindling elements (and chemicals needed for gadgets such as TVs and smartphones are running out!)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6616401/Chemical-elements-electronic-gadgets-added-endangered-list.html

Confessions of a flip phone user: What's old is new 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0119/albom012219.php3

DEFENSE
Israel, US test ballistic missile interceptor
https://news.yahoo.com/israel-us-test-ballistic-missile-interceptor-115042383.html

BIG BROTHER
Rio de Janeiro will deploy facial recognition cameras during its famed carnival to tackle crime, police chief claims
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6618421/Rio-Janeiro-deploy-facial-recognition-cameras-carnival.html

SHUTDOWN
Now Pelosi Owns the Shutdown
https://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2019/01/22/now-pelosi-owns-the-shutdown-n2539370?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/22/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

MIDDLE EAST
Ending Secrecy, Israel Says It Bombed Syrian Reactor in 2007
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/world/middleeast/israel-syria-nuclear-reactor.html

TRUMPGATE
The Mueller Squirrel Cage
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/mueller-investigation-turns-law-upside-down/

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FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (without permission) (see link for full story)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shaming-of-karen-pence-11548104530?emailToken=229f1afbcc63c287410d631751a7fe48XjArwrR0SOn9riU/hEbAAPT0iHKNnRNwNxAjhTHEdw7yTsLPsJy18HLxLICFdMakfSJTYAZaQZzLB4sjXknXaA%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

The Shaming of Karen Pence

A mob of secular Puritans targets her for teaching at a Christian school.

By

William McGurn

Jan. 21, 2019 4:02 p.m. ET

Karen Pence Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press

Will no one speak up for Karen Pence other than her husband?
In scarcely a week, the vice president’s wife has become a public face of hate. CNN’s John King suggests that what Mrs. Pence has done is so grievous maybe taxpayers shouldn’t fund her Secret Service security protection. The American Civil Liberties Union says she’s sending “a terrible message to students.