PLATT - CURATED News

What Made George Washington Great?
https://www.prageru.com/videos/what-made-george-washington-great

GENERAL INTEREST
No Presidents Day car sales for me: What I learned from John Wayne, C.S. Lewis and an old truck
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/no-presidents-day-car-sales-for-me-what-i-learned-from-john-wayne-c-s-lewis-and-an-old-truck

Funky, Fun, & Rare Concept Cars of the 1950s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlFlungRBx0

Keillor:  A few words from a top executive --- me 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0219/keillor021819.php3

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0219/hamilton.php3

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Nation's Liberals Devastated After Learning Hate Crime Didn't Actually Happen
https://babylonbee.com/news/nations-liberals-devastated-after-learning-hate-crime-didnt-happen

SPORTS
Tim Tebow was asked about people not liking him, now his inspiring response is going viral
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/tim-tebow-asked-people-not-liking-now-inspiring-response-going-viral-200052788.html

FINANCIAL
The U.S. government’s red ink that should worry you is way bigger than the $22 trillion national debt
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-us-governments-red-ink-that-should-worry-you-is-way-bigger-than-the-22-trillion-national-debt-2019-02-15

Watch out: Trump may free Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to bring another mortgage mess
https://nypost.com/2019/02/17/watch-out-trump-may-free-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-to-bring-another-mortgage-mess/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Bill de Blasio corrects Ocasio-Cortez's claim about spending Amazon tax break money (Maybe this will shut AOC up ... ???)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/de-blasio-ocasio-cortex-claim-spending-amazon-tax-break-money

GOTCHA!: A Dem presidential front-runner leaps to unwarranted conclusions in tweet about Trump's tax cut 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0219/fact_checker021819.php3

ENVIRONMENT
Our Food Is Killing the Planet — But It Doesn’t Have To 
https://www.ecowatch.com/food-system-change-2629078832.html

ORNITHOLOGY
Audubon Newsletter February 2019
http://audubon.stagecoachdigital.com/web-view/10783

ENGINEERING
Aerospike Engines - Why Aren't We Using them Now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4zFefh5T-8

TECHNOLOGY
Return of the Mac! Law professor, 44, discovers dusty 30-year-old Apple computer in his attic (and it still has games saved from his childhood)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6716567/Law-professor-dusty-30-year-old-Apple-Mac-computer-working-order-family-attic.html

YouTube is to blame for spreading 'Flat Earth' conspiracy theories that claim the world is the shape of a disc by 'promoting misinformation'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6716533/Youtube-blamed-rise-Flat-Earthers.html

thanks, DW ...


FOREIGN POLICY
Chinese and Iranian Hackers Renew Their Attacks on U.S. Companies
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/technology/hackers-chinese-iran-usa.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

NATIONAL SECURITY
Spy Planes: Secret Superpower Aircraft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHk6PbZDqGI

Foreign ownership of thousands of U.S. aircraft cloaked in secrecy
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/foreign-ownership-of-thousands-of-us-aircraft-cloaked-in-secrecy/287-959247e4-3aba-4c0a-a83b-639145e81a64

LAW AND ORDER
Democrats Don't Want ICE Notified When Illegal Aliens Try to Purchase Guns 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/02/18/democrats-dont-want-ice-notified-when-illegal-aliens-try-to-purchase-guns-n2541642?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Grand Jury prepares to consider claims Jussie Smollett paid for 'MAGA' attack on him by two Nigerian brothers - as Empire star still fails to make himself available for new police interview
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6715955/Jussie-Smollett-talked-Chicago-police-alleged-attack-developments.html

Where Have All The Hate Criminals Gone?
https://townhall.com//columnists/scottmorefield/2019/02/18/where-have-all-the-hate-criminals-gone-n2541626?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Authorities Not Sure What Kind of Animal Killed Elderly Teacher
http://www.newser.com/story/271499/authorities-not-sure-what-kind-of-animal-killed-elderly-teacher.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_us_syn

POLITICS
Minn. press raises questions about Ilhan Omar's former marriage 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y94qHyxDwM

Amy Klobuchar's novel pitch for the Democratic nomination: Pragmatism 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/cnn-amy_klobuchars_novel_pitch_for_the_democratic_nomi-cnn2

thanks, TM ...

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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)