Tuesday, March 26, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Sacrament of Bingo
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/bingo-game-church-sacrament/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202019-03-23&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

$100 antique discovered at garage sale auctioned off for $2.1 million at Sotheby’s
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/100-antique-discovered-at-garage-sale-auctioned-off-for-21-million-at-sothebys-2019-03-22

Thanks mum and dad! Baby buffalo comes within seconds of being eaten by a lion... before its parents charge the predator and scare it off
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6838539/Botswana-baby-buffalo-comes-seconds-eaten-lion.html

HEALTH
20 Nutrition Facts That Should Be Common Sense (But Aren't) 
https://www.ecowatch.com/nutrition-facts-2632115678.html

NEPOTISM OFF THE RAILS
With ThriveNYC, Chirlane McCray clearly flunked management test
https://nypost.com/2019/03/22/with-thrivenyc-chirlane-mccray-has-clearly-flunked-her-management-test/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

ENERGY
Greens’ recipe for more New York gas shortages 
https://nypost.com/2019/03/21/greens-recipe-for-more-new-york-gas-shortages/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

SCIENCE
Scientists develop 'safe' new method for creating hydrogen gas to power electric cars that could help to slash emissions and production costs
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6840625/Scientists-develop-safe-new-method-creating-hydrogen-gas-power-electric-cars.html

CYBER SECURITY
Homeland Security warns of worrying flaw that could let hackers easily take over cardio defibrillators after they've been implanted and rewrite the commands
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6840637/DHS-warns-hackers-defibrillators-theyve-implanted-rewrite-commands.html

DEFENSE
Floods show national security threat posed by climate change
https://nypost.com/2019/03/22/floods-show-national-security-threat-posed-by-climate-change/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

MEDIA
Mainstream media stunned as Mueller report filed with no new indictments planned
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mainstream-media-stunned-mueller-report-152236518.html

NBC reporter caught grooming his hair with spit during live shot 
https://nypost.com/2019/03/22/nbc-reporter-caught-grooming-his-hair-with-spit-during-live-shot/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app



IMMIGRATION
Judge scrutinizes Trump's policy shift on asylum seekers
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-policy-sending-asylum-seekers-mexico-faces-judge-051738144.html

NKOR
North Korea abruptly pulls its staff out of liaison office with the South near DMZ border on 'higher-level' instructions, in fresh blow to peace efforts after Kim's summit with Trump collapsed
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6838099/Seoul-North-Korea-withdrew-staff-liaison-office.html

Kim Jong-un 'purges his personal photographer for damaging his "supreme dignity" by blocking a crowd's view of him for just THREE seconds'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6838193/Kim-Jong-purges-personal-photographer-blocking-crowds-view-just-three-seconds.html

VENEZUELA
Water is now ‘gold’ for desperate Venezuelans 
https://nypost.com/2019/03/22/water-is-now-gold-for-desperate-venezuelans/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Venezuelan power struggle creates diplomatic duel abroad 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/the_associated_press-venezuelan_power_struggle_creates_diplomatic_duel-ap

TRUMPGATE
The wisdom of Trump's lawyers, and the accountability that must follow Mueller's report
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/435394-the-wisdom-of-trumps-lawyers-and-the-accountability-that-must-follow

Explainer: How much of the Mueller report must U.S. attorney general disclose?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-disclosure-explainer/explainer-how-much-of-the-mueller-report-must-u-s-attorney-general-disclose-idUSKCN1R32S2

Mueller Report Fizzles. Prepare For The Reckoning.
https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2019/03/22/mueller-report-fizzles-prepare-for-the-reckoning-n2543579?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=03/23/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

POLITICS
Why are 2020 Democrats so weird? (And other commentary) 
https://theweek.com/articles/830443/why-are-2020-democrats-weird

Trump’s McCain Insults Stir Republicans’ Better Angels
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-21/trump-s-mccain-insults-cause-isakson-and-others-to-protest

-- 
"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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