PLATT - CURATED News

THIS WILL CHANGE YOU! Navy Seal Admiral William H. McRaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMEq0r97T_k

GENERAL INTEREST
Snow Comes from the Devil 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/snow-comes-from-the-devil/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-02-01&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Fascinating time-lapse video shows how engineers change a wheel on a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-6653599/Fascinating-time-lapse-video-shows-engineers-change-wheel-Virgin-Atlantic-Boeing-747.html

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (9 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/01/briefing/01weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_p_20190201&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408ion%3DwhatElse&section=whatElse&te=1&mtrref=undefined&gwh=6BB6C54140C949651F49E53BF5328241&gwt=pay



PARENTING
Which Parents Should Be Scolded?
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2019/02/01/which-parents-should-be-scolded-n2540627?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=02/01/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Federal workers linked to sexual misconduct deserve same pay raise as others, House Dems agree, rejecting GOP proposal
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-dems-block-gop-proposal-to-exempt-sexual-harassers-from-receiving-federal-workers-pay-rise

AOC Acknowledges Her Privilege in Being a Cisgendered Woman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/02/01/aoc-i-acknowledge-my-privilege-in-being-a-cisgendered-woman-n2540635?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Demonizing White Men
http://walterewilliams.com/demonizing-white-men/

Louis Farrakhan calls for separate state for Black Americans, says that's 'what God wants'
https://www.foxnews.com/us/louis-farrakhan-calls-for-separate-state-for-black-americans-says-thats-what-god-wants

BUSINESS
Foxconn reconsiders Wisconsin factory plans
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47062142

This millennial's company makes millions buying from Walmart and reselling on Amazon
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/this-millennials-company-makes-millions-buying-from-walmart-and-reselling-on-amazon-151213013.html

NATURE
Flying Squirrels That Glow Pink in the Dark
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/science/pink-squirrels-glow.html?emc=edit_ne_20190201&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190201&te=1

Tourist Holds Deadly Blue-Ringed Octopus in Australia
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/tourist-holds-deadly-blue-ringed-octopus-in-australia?pl=pl-the-latest

Renewed Hope for Eastern Monarch Butterfly?
https://www.ecowatch.com/eastern-monarch-butterfly-population-2627609996.html

ENERGY
Why “Green” Energy Is Futile, In One Lesson
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/01/why-green-energy-is-futile-in-one-lesson.php

Power Outage in Subzero Cold Changes One's Perspective
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnkass/2019/02/01/power-outage-in-subzero-cold-changes-ones-perspective-n2540574?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=02/01/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

TECHNOLOGY
Why freezing temperatures can cause your phone to shut down (and how to protect it from the cold)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6655161/Why-freezing-temperatures-cause-phone-shut-protect-cold.html

GREEDY LEGALS
As Pelvic Mesh Settlements Near $8 Billion, Women Question Lawyers’ Fees
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/business/pelvic-mesh-settlements-lawyers.html?emc=edit_ne_20190201&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190201&te=1

IMMIGRATION
Thanks, DW ...


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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)