GENERAL INTEREST Are we on the road to civilization collapse?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190218-are-we-on-the-road-to-civilisation-collapse
News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (9 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/22/briefing/22weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_NN_p_20190222&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408ion%3DwhatElse§ion=whatElse&te=1
HEALTH
Can you trust those DIY lab tests and online symptom-checkers?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/can-you-trust-those-diy-lab-tests-and-online-symptom-checkers-2019-02-22
INSIGHT
Voter ID laws aren't worth fighting over
http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby022219.php3
BUSINESS
The Rise of the WeWorking Class
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/21/magazine/wework-coworking-office-space.html?emc=edit_ne_20190221&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190221&te=1
SPORTS
Patriots Owner, Finance Titans Caught in Prostitution Sting
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/bloomberg_news-patriots_owner_robert_kraft_reportedly_solicited_p-rbloomberg/category/news
HISTORY
OLD THREE HUNDRED
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/umo01
ENVIRONMENT
Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water Leave Military Families Reeling
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/us/military-water-toxic-chemicals.html?emc=edit_ne_20190222&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190222&te=1
Why U.S. Cities Are Becoming More Dangerous for Cyclists and Pedestrians
https://www.ecowatch.com/cyclists-cities-safety-2629604987.html
Crusade ends as Indiana Dunes becomes newest national park in US
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/feb/22/indiana-dunes-becomes-newest-national-park-in-us-redesignation
SCIENCE
'Youngest person' to ever build a nuclear reactor: Boy wonder, 12, made a working atomic fusion experiment in his parent's spare room using $10,000 worth of parts from eBay
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6733517/Teenage-boy-youngest-person-build-working-nuclear-fusion-reactor.html
DEFENSE
You're Dead: The F-35 Is Crushing Enemy Fighter Jets in Air War Simulations
https://mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.src=ym&reason=myc#9631712233
BIG BROTHER
China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/business/china-xinjiang-uighur-dna-thermo-fisher.html?emc=edit_NN_p_20190222&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408ion%3DlongRead§ion=longRead&te=1
You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information. Then They Tell Facebook.
https://causeaction.com/2019/02/23/you-give-apps-sensitive-info-then-they-tell-facebook/
SMOLLETT
I mashed up the CPD superintendent's press conference with Smollett's trainwreck ABC interview
https://twitter.com/DavidRutz/status/1098664014731714560/video/1
Charles Barkley jokes about Jussie Smollett: ‘Do not commit crimes with checks’
https://pagesix.com/2019/02/22/charles-barkley-jokes-about-jussie-smollett-do-not-commit-crimes-with-checks/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
'Arguments erupt' on Empire set after Jussie Smollett's arrest as 'furious' cast members call for him to be FIRED and Gabby Sidibe deletes supportive Instagram post while others stand by him and insist he is innocent
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6733099/Jussie-Smolletts-cast-mate-Gabby-Sidibe-deletes-messages-support-Empire-star.html
'No one does this': Jussie Smollett allegations are a 'career killer' which experts say he will never come back from if found guilty
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6732865/If-proven-Smollett-allegations-career-killer.html
'Whatever happened to just going into your boss's office and blackmailing him with nudes?' Trevor Noah tears into Jussie Smollett 'fake hate crime' on The Daily Show
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6733373/Trevor-Noah-hilariously-mocks-Jussie-Smollett-fake-hate-crime-Daily-Show.html
TRUMPGATE
Mueller won't deliver report to Justice Dept. next week
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/431194-mueller-wont-deliver-report-to-justice-dept-next-week
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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)
GENERAL INTEREST Images behind the week's news https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/feb/23/images-behind-the-weeks-news US Olympian Anthony Famiglietti ran a 3:59 mile with a dog! 🏃🐕 https://twitter.com/SInow/status/1096476275999469568 Mystery as 36ft-long humpback whale is found dead in the Amazon JUNGLE leaving experts baffled as to how it got there https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6740037/Huge-humpback-whale-dead-Brazilian-Amazon-jungle-miles-natural-habitat.html HEALTH CARE Texas (and Other States) Need to Put a Stop to ‘Gotcha’ Surprise Medical Bills https://townhall.com/columnists/devonherrick/2019/02/24/texas-and-other-states-need-to-put-a-stop-to-gotcha-surprise-medical-bills-n2542111?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=02/24/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809 BUDGET Dems face internal battle over budget https://thehill.com/policy/finance/budget/430868-dems-face-internal-battle-over-budget FOREIGN POLICY Trump will try to get Kim Jong Un to shut down nuclear facility https://nypost.com/2019/02/23/trump-will-try-to-get-kim-jong-un-to-shut-down-nuclear-facility/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app Saudi Arabia appoints first female ambassador https://nypost.com/2019/02/23/saudi-arabia-appoints-first-female-ambassador/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app JUDICIARY Senate reignites blue slip war over Trump court picks https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/431232-senate-reignites-blue-slip-war-over-trump-court-picks SOCIAL MEDIASMOLLETT Is Jussie Smollett Trying To Reduce The Legal Fallout From His Fake Hate Crime With This Claim? https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/02/23/is-jussie-smollett-trying-to-reduce-the-legal-fallout-from-his-fake-hate-crime-wi-n2542099?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=02/24/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809 Jussie Smollett reportedly has evidence to dispute police claim https://pagesix.com/2019/02/24/jussie-smollett-reportedly-has-evidence-to-dispute-police-claim/ TRUMPGATE Five tantalizing questions about Mueller’s investigation https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/431212-five-tantalizing-questions-about-muellers-investigation POLITICS Uncle Sam Wants to Nationalize You! https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2019/02/24/uncle-sam-wants-to-nationalize-you-n2542105?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=02/24/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809 Where in the world does AOC live? https://nypost.com/2019/02/24/mystery-solved-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-covers-tracks-in-address-debacle/ Elizabeth Warren calls for Native American reparations https://nypost.com/2019/02/23/elizabeth-warren-calls-for-native-american-reparations/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
-- "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)
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