Saturday, March 9, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
The real-life Jonah! Incredible moment a diver is spat out by a WHALE after getting sucked in as the giant beast feasted on sardines
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6786247/Incredible-moment-diver-spat-WHALE-getting-sucked-in.html

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (9 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/08/briefing/08weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_NN_p_20190308&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408ion%3DwhatElse&section=whatElse&te=1

Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules The Oxford Comma Necessary
https://thewritelife.com/is-the-oxford-comma-necessary/?fbclid=IwAR2b0-DsTfMwZC_YvKo3_ty4ABNJkCggXe361bwNn_AgR6hwWPrBZ8WnCg0

Pennsylvania billboard draws ire for ‘whites have rights’ claim
https://nypost.com/2019/03/07/pennsylvania-billboard-draws-ire-for-whites-have-rights-claim/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

The Easter Bunny Origin Story: Where Did The Easter Bunny Actually Come From?
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/country_living-where_did_the_easter_bunny_come_from-rhearst

List of [top 50] current members of the United States Congress by wealth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_wealth

MENTAL HEALTH
20 little things that make married life spectacular
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0319/married_life_spectacular.php3

PROGRESSIVISM UNHINGED
The Mothers Who Can't Speak on the Record
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2019/03/08/the-mothers-who-cant-speak-on-the-record-n2542799?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=03/08/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

HUMOR
The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0319/hamilton.php3

Published March 8, 2019
Pavol Durdik added another Guinness world record to his collection Aug. 3 in Puchov, Slovakia by extinguishing 62 lighted matches with his tongue within one minute, according to United Press International. In a video posted by Guinness World Records on Jan. 25, Durdik had the matches laid out in front of him and lighted each one before putting it out on his tongue. He also holds the record for most socks put on one foot within 30 seconds. [UPI, 1/28/2019] 

BUSINESS
Elizabeth Warren says she wants to break up Amazon, Google, and Facebook
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/8/18256032/elizabeth-warren-antitrust-google-amazon-facebook-break-up

ENVIRONMENT
Aquaculture Doesn’t Reduce Pressure on Wild Fish
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/aquaculture-doesnt-reduce-pressure-on-wild-fish/

Recycling Is a Waste 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/recycling-waste-of-money-time/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-03-08&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

TECHNOLOGY
Y2K-like issue could cause major GPS problems on April 6
https://nypost.com/2019/03/07/y2k-like-issue-could-cause-major-gps-problems-on-april-6/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

CYBER SECURITY
Facebook bug may have exposed who you send PRIVATE texts to: Hackers can use videos posted to the Messenger site to track who you've been chatting with
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6786287/Messenger-bug-reveals-list-people-youve-chatting-with.html

LAW AND ORDER
Inside the Maryland 'Club Fed' prison where Paul Manafort will serve four-year sentence: Cell doors don't have locks, families can stay over in special rooms and prisoners make calls whenever they want
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6785653/The-Maryland-Club-Fed-prison-Paul-Manafort-serve-four-year-tax-fraud-sentence.html

VENEZUELA
Venezuela Blackout, in 2nd Day, Threatens Food Supplies and Patient Lives
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/world/americas/venezuela-blackout-power.html?emc=edit_ne_20190308&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190308&te=1

POLITICS
Ilhan Omar embroils herself in antisemitism row AGAIN as she retweets statement accusing Meghan McCain of 'faux outrage' after she broke down while speaking about Omar's 'very scary' comments on Israel
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6786109/Ilhan-Omar-antisemitism-row-retweets-comment-accusing-Meghan-McCain-faux-outrage.html

‘It is like high school’: Meet the House’s freshman cliques
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/04/house-democrats-freshman-cliques-1197530

The Tireless Ron DeSantis 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/the-tireless-ron-desantis/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-03-08&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Democrats’ Plan to Steal the Senate in 2021: Create New States
https://townhall.com/columnists/justinhaskins/2019/03/08/democrats-plan-to-steal-the-senate-in-2020-create-new-states-n2542816?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=03/08/2019&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)

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