Thursday, March 21, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
‘We Don’t Have Light’ 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/Venezuela-blackouts-socialist-economic-policy/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-03-14&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

When anti-Semitism is reduced to bitter farce 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=3658dcf42300043727f25a4da492b7ce_5c8a708d_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190314&goTo=B01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

The proof we STILL live in a man's world: Phones too big for our palms, chilly offices, cars designed for male drivers - a fascinating new book reveals the little ways life really is stacked against women
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6805511/The-proof-live-mans-world.html

Southern Poverty Law Center Fires Leader, Doesn't Say Why
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/newser-southern_poverty_law_center_fires_leader_doesnt_sa-rnewsernor

HEALTH
Metal exposure and Parkinson's symptoms: Link explored
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190313143233.htm

US warship has been quarantined at sea for TWO MONTHS due to virus outbreak
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6807681/US-warship-quarantined-sea-TWO-MONTHS-virus-outbreak.html

EPA Proposes Use of 650,000 Pounds of Antibiotics Per Year on Citrus Fields
https://www.ecowatch.com/citrus-farming-antibiotics--2631517723.html

SPORTS
Cuomo’s petty trans-rights authoritarian play 
https://nypost.com/2019/03/13/cuomos-petty-trans-rights-authoritarian-play/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

BUSINESS
Opinion: What’s the cost of smartphone addiction?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/whats-the-cost-of-smartphone-addiction-2019-03-14

AVIATION
How the Boeing 737 Max safety system differs from others
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/03/11/boeing-737-max-safety-system-differs/3129480002/

The Boeing 'safety feature' in 737 Max 8 jets that crashed after take-off: System meant to prevent stalling pushes plane's nose down during steep climbs
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6803773/The-Boeing-safety-feature-linked-737-Max-8-jets-crashed-off.html

AUTOMOTIVE
The C8 Corvette Is So Powerful It Keeps Bending Its Frame, Report Claims
http://www.thedrive.com/news/26920/chevrolet-corvette-c8-is-so-powerful-it-keeps-bending-its-frame-shattering-glass-report

TECHNOLOGY
Facebook shows off creepy VR avatars that look and move 'exactly like you' - and could soon be used to let people virtually chat with each other
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6805953/Facebook-shows-creepy-VR-avatars-look-exactly-like-you.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
The U.S. Must Get Better at Counterintelligence
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.

LAW AND ORDER
A Dark Night Finally Turns to Day
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2019/03/13/a-dark-night-finally-turns-to-day-n2543039?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=03/14/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Jacob Wohl’s Lying Hurts Real Victims 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/jacob-wohls-lying-hurts-real-victims/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-03-14&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

TRUMPGATE
Mueller focus shifts to Rick Gates
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/434137-mueller-focus-shifts-to-gates

Top prosecutor on Mueller's team expected to leave Justice Dept. soon
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/cnn-top_prosecutor_on_muellers_team_expected_to_leave-cnn2/category/news+

POLITICS
How Previous Democratic Presidents Would Fare in the 2020 ‘Woke’ Primary
https://freebeacon.com/blog/woke-democratic-primary/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=2089aadcea-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_14_12_57_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-2089aadcea-46057833

Why Texas Is Nearing Battleground Status (It’s Not Just About Beto)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/upshot/beto-2020-texas-battleground-white-voters.html?emc=edit_ne_20190314&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190314&te=1

Democrats upset over Omar seeking primary challenger
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/433970-democrats-upset-over-omar-seeking-primary-challenger

Nikki Haley Risks Turning Into Jeb! 2.0
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/03/14/nikki-haley-risks-turning-into-jeb-20-n2542963?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=03/14/2019&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)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-must-get-better-at-counterintelligence-11552511583?emailToken=ea3d73cbf91de94d36ca71fb0ec1396fepOEYyH2V/lhRIedTxjLXHCJtp9JqqAFbEjhLikQutg2L17ChGSgrRD+84pn8RDOxq9tZZURzkqHPjkL5Bsei1L2/ZsaW38rDP1i5Fx/ygs%3D&reflink=article_email_share

The U.S. Must Get Better at Counterintelligence

The question is this: Are the 30 agents in China and 42 in Iran who were punished in recent years for secretly working with U.S. intelligence merely occasional setbacks? No.

March 13, 2019 5:13 p.m. ET

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