Thursday, April 4, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
10 most common myths about getting older 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-most-common-myths-about-getting-older-2019-04-02

People Who Brag About Their Intellect Don't Know as Much as They Think, Study Finds 
https://www.sciencealert.com/people-who-are-humble-about-their-intellect-actually-tend-to-know-more-study-shows

Wood you believe it? Biodegradable transparent timber that can be used as a replacement for glass windows traps heat during the day and then releases it at night when temperatures drop
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6881113/Biodegradable-transparent-timber-traps-heat-releases-needed.html

A 17,000-bottle private wine collection including rare Burgundies and Bordeaux went on auction over the weekend and destroyed the previous record by $8 million
https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/a-17000-bottle-private-wine-collection-including-rare-burgundies-and-bordeaux-went-on-auction-over-the-weekend-and-destroyed-the-previous-record-by-dollar8-million/ar-BBVAKZR?ocid=spartanntp

HEALTH CARE
The Doctor’s Bill Comes Due 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/the-doctors-bill-comes-due/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-04-03&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Despite Trump's Flawed Strategy, Republicans Really Do Need a Credible Healthcare Plan
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/04/03/as-trump-tweets-is-there-a-republican-plan-on-healthcare-n2544157?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

PARENTING
Thousands Of Newborn Babies Recalled For Defective Sleep Module
https://babylonbee.com/news/thousands-of-newborn-babies-recalled-for-defective-sleep-module

Making Childhood Legal 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0419/skenazy040319.php3

HUMOR
Enough to make you want a divorce! Hilarious snaps reveal what it's like living with a hapless husband - and they'll strike a chord with couples everywhere
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6877481/Hilarious-pictures-shared-frustrated-wives-useless-husbands.html

FINANCIAL
The slow-motion disaster undermining New York’s economy 
https://nypost.com/2019/04/02/the-slow-motion-disaster-undermining-new-yorks-economy/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

BUSINESS
Trump Has a Plan to Stop Fake Goods
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

WEATHER
Massive Ice Wall Appears on Nebraska Farm
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/massive-ice-wall-appears-on-nebraska-farm?pl=pl-the-latest

Iceland Glacier Calving Event Sends Visitors Scrambling
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/iceland-glacier-calving-event-sends-visitors-scrambling?pl=pl-the-latest

ARCHAEOLOGY
Megalithic Softening of Stone Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqUtb1O4TkA

Megalithic Softening of Stone Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7xBwGNLnpo

More Lost Ancient High Technology Artifacts In The Cairo Museum Of Egypt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV5MuIjK9Dc

AVIATION
NASA is working on a Transformer-style PLANE that can change shape during takeoff, landing and mid-flight to make it more fuel efficient
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6881531/NASA-working-Transformer-style-PLANE.html

TECHNOLOGY
Google has a dilemma as employees demand removal of conservative from AI council 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0419/google_dilemma.php3

NATIONAL SECURITY
Top counterintelligence official says FBI's anti-Trump texting lovers Peter Strzok and Lisa Page were vulnerable to blackmail from foreign spies
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6881775/Top-FBI-official-says-anti-Trump-texting-lovers-Strzok-Page-vulnerable-foreign-spies.html

Russian spy plane flies over Area 51 and other secret military bases, report says
https://news.yahoo.com/russian-spy-plane-flies-over-170239105.html

IMMIGRATION
Both Sides Are Wrong about the Border Crisis 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/border-crisis-trump-democrats-wrong-immigration/

Trump Says Closing the Border May Be Necessary Despite Economic Cost 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-closing-us-mexico-border-worth-economic-cost/

POLITICS
Nancy Pelosi’s Perv Problem 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/nancy-pelosi-democrats-mistreatment-women/

Liberals infuriated by pro-incumbent House Dem policy
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/437048-liberals-infuriated-by-pro-incumbent-house-dem-policy

House Democrat Demands Six Years of Trump Tax Returns From I.R.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/politics/mueller-report-subpoena-house.html?emc=edit_ne_20190403&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190403&te=1

If You Like Socialism, You’ll Love the VA
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.
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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/trump-has-a-plan-to-stop-fake-goods-11554246679?emailToken=6e4e12c0e0ce9c38ab469f823eca801e/WFs1Zn5NqSnE2M5fif/Kn/14jKGyLhpo5luF4m0AQrQOmSTi+JXmDN4OxPe4fO5fLdfaZFt8hOxlC7QU2WYTw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Trump Has a Plan to Stop Fake Goods

When you buy online via Alibaba, Amazon or eBay, chances are high you’ll end up with a counterfeit.

April 2, 2019 7:11 p.m. ET

Inside an Amazon fulfillment center in New York, Feb. 5.
 Photo: johannes eisele/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Companies work painstakingly to earn consumer trust. But when you purchase brand-name goods through online third-party marketplaces like Alibaba, Amazon and eBay , there’s a good chance you’ll end up with a counterfeit. On Wednesday President Trump will sign a presidential memorandum to help protect American consumers, manufacturers and factory workers from counterfeiting.
The Government Accountability Office notes in a January 2018 report that express carriers and international mail have replaced traditional cargo xxxxxxxxx and relaunch as quickly as they are removed.
By establishing a strategy and blueprint for change, today’s presidential memorandum takes an important step toward holding online third-party marketplaces and other intermediaries accountable. The directive instructs the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate with federal law-enforcement agencies working to combat counterfeiting of good. Online third-party marketplaces should note these efforts and move swiftly to clean up their own houses.
Mr. Navarro is assistant to the president for trade and manufacturing policy.
Appeared in the April 3, 2019, print edition.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-like-socialism-youll-love-the-va-11554246445?emailToken=e2fdc7801b5a8ba7531899e0ceaa0af09wzkxVAM7FDvy6ppB6hpfsTZ18mr9uu9OPRIyCUBt97jj/us3jhOsk4gY7ARiZQ3P9kwzALaAthtY/Eh41jYUULywY4FhnhO2PwBXL2LsNs%3D&reflink=article_email_share

If You Like Socialism, You’ll Love the VA

Cradle-to-grave care for American veterans and their families. How’s it working out?

April 2, 2019 7:07 p.m. ET

A veterans’ health-care center in Pheonix, April 28, 2014.
 Photo: Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press
Socialism is in the air—a green, wired, mindful, glossy-lipped movement that’s going to usher in free college, free health care and heavily followed Instagram accounts for all. It’s presented as new and futuristic, but there’s no need to reinvent the xxxxxxxsettling onto government entitlements is a calamity.
America has already entered our next presidential campaign, and ambitious slogans are ringing: Medicare for All! Universal Basic Income! Green New Deal! Free College! But there is an obvious battle cry waiting to be trotted out by socialists: VA Benefits for All!
Though it might not have quite the intended effect.
Mr. Zinsmeister was an embedded reporter during the Iraq war.
Appeared in the April 3, 2019, print edition.

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