PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
From sharing a bite with giraffes in Kenya to a having a fry-up in a hangout fit for soap stars in London... the greatest breakfasts in the world
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-6816923/The-worlds-greatest-breakfasts-Kenya-London.html

Now THAT'S a chunky monkey! Muscular primate that looks like a 'body builder' leaves Helsinki zoo visitors stunned
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6818747/Muscular-primate-looks-like-body-builder-leaves-Helsinki-zoo-visitors-stunned.html

Turkey Halts Traffic on New Hampshire Road So Others Can Cross
https://start.att.net/player/article/storyful_studio-turkey_halts_traffic_on_new_hampshire_road_so_othe-5min/category/lifestyle

Rust-bucket 1936 Bentley once owned by RAF war hero who bombed Hitler's Eagle's Nest mountain retreat goes on sale for £200,000 after languishing in garage for 30 years
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6816519/Rusty-1936-Bentley-belonged-Second-World-War-hero-Charles-Blackham-goes-sale-200-000.html

PHYSICAL HEALTH
And that’s why they always check your vitals
https://www.uchealth.org/today/2019/03/07/and-thats-why-they-always-check-your-vitals/?utm_source=UCHealth%20Today&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=And%20that%E2%80%99s%20why%20they%20always%20check%20your%20vitals

What it’s like to experience cryotherapy, the -200 degree chamber that top athletes like Steph Curry use for fast recovery 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-its-like-to-experience-cryotherapy-the--230-degree-chamber-that-top-athletes-like-steph-curry-use-for-fast-recovery-2019-03-16

MENTAL HEALTH
Learning a New Trick From My Old Dog: Friendship
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.



HEALTH CARE
O'Rourke faces pressure from left on 'Medicare for all'
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/434344-orourke-faces-pressure-from-left-on-medicare-for-all?userid=288549

EDUCATION
Cuomo’s off-base bid to shut down New York’s for-profit colleges 
https://nypost.com/2019/03/16/cuomos-off-base-bid-to-shut-down-new-yorks-for-profit-colleges/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

CLIMATE CHANGE
5 Cities Most at Risk With Rising Sea Levels
https://blog.traveltrivia.com/cities-most-at-risk-of-sea-level-rise/

NATIONAL SECURITY
FBI Director on Cyber Threat: ‘It’s bigger than the government itself,’
https://townhall.com/columnists/juliorivera/2019/03/17/fbi-director-on-cyber-threat-its-bigger-than-the-government-itself-n2543228?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=03/17/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

LAW AND ORDER
Inside secrets of the FBI’s Most Wanted 
https://nypost.com/2019/03/16/inside-secrets-of-the-fbis-most-wanted/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

TRUMPGATE
Trump supports public release of the Mueller report 
https://nypost.com/2019/03/17/trump-supports-public-release-of-the-mueller-reprort/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

POLITICS
Jewish voters are furious at Dems’ defense of Ilhan Omar 
https://nypost.com/2019/03/16/jewish-voters-are-furious-at-dems-defense-of-ilhan-omar/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

GOP (and, Dem) legislators clamping down on voter initiatives
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/434309-gop-legislators-clamp-down-on-voter-initiatives

ICYMI: Washington State Joins New Jersey In Trying To Keep Trump Off Its 2020 Ballot
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/03/17/icymi-washington-state-joins-new-jersey-in-trying-to-keep-trump-off-the-2020-ballot-n2543246?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=03/17/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Rashida?
https://amgreatness.com/2019/03/13/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-rashida/

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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/learning-a-new-trick-from-my-old-dog-friendship-11552663749?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1

Learning a New Trick From My Old Dog: Friendship

Dave Barry and his dog Lucy are both 70 (in human years), and he’s decided it’s time to emulate her trustful, open, joyful way of approaching people

Illustration: Barry Blitt

By

Dave Barry

March 15, 2019 11:29 a.m. ET

I turned 70 in the same year that my dog, Lucy, turned 10—or, in dog years, 70. So we’re basically at the same stage of life, namely, Getting Old.
Lucy is handling it a lot better than I am.

I’m not complaining: I’ve had a good life, and I’m content. But Lucy is more than content: She’s happy, often exuberantly happy, constantly finding excitement and joy in everyday events. It occurred to me that maybe I could learn some life lessons from her—that I could find more happiness in my own life by doing the things Lucy does, except of course for drinking from the toilet.