Thursday, April 4, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Top Guides And Tools For Anyone Looking To Go Off The Grid
https://bearingarms.com/ba-staff/2019/04/01/off-grid-living/?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Burger King tricks customers into eating ‘Impossible’ Whopper
https://nypost.com/2019/04/01/burger-king-tricks-customers-into-eating-impossible-whopper/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

What Is Your Opposite Job?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/08/upshot/what-is-your-opposite-job.html?action=click&contentCollection=The%20Upshot&region=Footer&module=WhatsNext&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&moduleDetail=undefined&pgtype=Multimedia

Giant mixing truck serving cocktails in Florida
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2019/03/22/Giant-mixing-truck-serving-cocktails-in-Florida/7631553267685/

The News in Zingers
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0419/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
Jackpot Junk Science
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

HEALTH CARE
2 Republican AGs urge appeals court to overturn ObamaCare ruling
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/436796-republican-ags-urge-appeals-court-to-overturn-obamacare-ruling

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
'I identify as a suitcase. Can I fly for free now?' United Airlines is mocked after becoming first in the world to allow passengers to identify as gender neutral Mx
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-6872355/United-Airlines-mocked-Twitter-introducing-non-binary-gender-ticketing-options.html

EDUCATION
A Mole Hunt for Diversity ‘Bias’ at Villanova
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.



BUSINESS
Drilling boom in Washington County raises worries about harm to picturesque countryside
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Drilling-boom-in-Washington-County-raises-worries-13726927.php?cmpid=ffcp


ENVIRONMENT
A Patchwork of Imagery Hints at the Hidden Complexity of the American Prairie
https://www.ecowatch.com/ancient-prairies-2633148316.html

TECHNOLOGY
Toyota’s new robot may be the world’s best 3-point shooter
https://nypost.com/2019/04/01/toyotas-new-robot-may-be-the-worlds-best-3-point-shooter/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Robots given a sense of humor could KILL because they might think it's funny, expert warns
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6870299/No-AI-humor-R2-D2-walks-bar-doesnt-joke.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
‘Should NATO survive?’
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=7a091384130cb88ab2ef4e3c8b839466_5ca22b31_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190401&goTo=B01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

MIDDLE EAST


POLITICS
The 2020 Election Conundrum
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/2020-election-trump-unpopular-economy-strong/

Crisis hits Biden as new allegation emerges
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/436841-crisis-hits-biden-as-new-allegation-emerges

Pelosi: Accusations against Biden don't disqualify him
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/436829-pelosi-accusations-against-biden-dont-disqualify-him

This Is The Latest Battle Between Progressives And The DCCC
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/03/31/progressives-chide-the-dccc-for-attempting-to-silence-disruptive-dem-candidates-n2544050?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=04/01/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

After three months, surprises mark the Dem presidential campaign
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0419/dem_surprises.php3

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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/jackpot-junk-science-11554061976

Jackpot Junk Science

Scientists say a weed killer is safe, but a judge excludes evidence.

March 31, 2019 3:52 p.m. ET

Weeds are sprayed with a bottle of Bayer AG Roundup brand weedkiller .
 Photo: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News
The vagaries of American tort law were on display in San Francisco last week as six jurors decided that Bayer AG is liable for $80.3 million in damages for allegedly causing a Sonoma man’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The scientific consensus isxxxxxx
Judge Chhabria also limited the plaintiff’s admissible evidence, but attorney Aimee Wagstaff repeatedly ignored his instructions during her opening statement, possibly prejudicing the jury. These violations “were intentional and committed in bad faith,” Judge Chhabria said, but he fined her a mere $500.
It’s tough to win on the merits when you can’t present the full story. Bayer says it will appeal, but the German firm must wonder if it was worth buying Monsanto, which makes Roundup, and exposing itself to American jackpot justice.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-mole-hunt-for-diversity-bias-at-villanova-11553898400?emailToken=a551627d2a715d1fac8508b1248a3003Awyq0QmMwRUK1qFCmwaBcsMJetdLUr7CTJF7IK2sqY4AjH1N3WkNBC+lELFOqtGI+B/aeU6TvIiFd1uX18iDM4wj3NVyszxnrf+An3uL7Qc%3D&reflink=article_email_share

A Mole Hunt for Diversity ‘Bias’ at Villanova

An atmosphere of fear-imposed silence makes it impossible to achieve a real liberal-arts education.

March 29, 2019 6:26 p.m. ET

Villanova University in Radnor Township, Pa.
 Photo: LightRocket/Getty Images
Villanova, Pa.
Like many colleges in the U.S., Villanova University has launched an effort to monitor its faculty for signs of “bias” in the classroom. As Villanova professors, we believe this mole hunt for bias undercuts our ability xxxxxx
This cannot be achieved in an atmosphere of fear-imposed silence. We professors—and our students—must be free to think and question and debate. Surely respecting diversity must also allow for diversity of thought.
Ms. Sheehan is a professor of political science at Villanova and a co-director of its Matthew J. Ryan Center for the Study of Free Institutions and the Public Good. Mr. Wilson is a professor of religion and literature.

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