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World Faces "Uphill Battle" With Average IQ Of Just 82!
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-10/world-faces-uphill-battle-average-iq-just-82

GENERAL INTEREST
Oh, How I Miss The Days of Country Stores
http://appalachianmagazine.com/2019/04/04/oh-how-i-miss-the-days-of-country-stores/

The Heart-Melting Story Of Wojtek, The Soldier Bear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twr38iHXYVw&feature=youtu.be

Keillor:  Should I go public about an incident in 2009 between Michelle Obama and myself? 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0419/keillor041119.php3


HEALTH CARE
Here’s how Bernie Sanders says he would fund ‘Medicare for All’ 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-how-bernie-sanders-says-he-would-fund-medicare-for-all-2019-04-10

Bernie’s Bad Health-Care Plan
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/bernie-sanders-health-care-bill-dangerous-experiment/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-04-11&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

SPACE
4 Takeaways From That Huge Study of Scott Kelly
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/science/scott-kelly-twins-study-nasa.html?emc=edit_ne_20190411&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190411&te=1

WEATHER
How Much Snow is Too Much?
https://weather.com/storms/winter/video/how-much-snow-is-too-much?pl=pl-winter-storm-wesley

FINANCIAL
The Deficit Is Growing Far Faster Than Predicted
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/fortune-the_deficit_is_growing_far_faster_than_predicted-rtime/category/finance

ENERGY
Carbon-Free Nuclear Power Faces Obstacles
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.

ENTOMOLOGY
The Insect Apocalypse Is Coming: Here Are 5 Lessons We Must Learn 
https://www.ecowatch.com/insect-apocalypse-2634239696.html

GEOLOGY
Earth has Another Continent Called Zealandia – Only 6% of it is Above Water
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/04/08/zealandia/

TECHNOLOGY
Rise of the 'splinternet': Experts warn the world wide web will break up and fragment as governments set their own rules to filter and restrict content
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6905695/Breaking-internet-new-regulations-imperil-global-network.html

CYBER SECURITY
Where Would You Draw the Line? 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/10/opinion/privacy-survey.html?emc=edit_ne_20190411&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190411&te=1

LAW AND ORDER
Avenatti Indicted for Tax Dodging, Fraud, Stealing from Mentally Ill Client 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/avenatti-indicted-for-tax-dodging-fraud-stealing-from-mentally-ill-client/

U.S. Charges Assange With Conspiracy for 2010 Government Computer Hack
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested/

Nude Florida women were ‘air drying’ at rest stop, police say, before leading them on wild chase
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-nude_florida_women_were_air_drying_at_rest_stop_po-rfoxnews/category/news+

SOCIAL MEDIA
Capitol Hill hearing on online hate sees it firsthand
https://www.yahoo.com/news/capitol-hill-hearing-online-hate-163906138.html



BIG BROTHER
It's Time To Panic About Privacy
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/10/opinion/internet-data-privacy.html?emc=edit_NN_p_20190411&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408tion%3DtopNews&section=topNews&te=1

IMMIGRATION
Donald Trump Is Magnifying the Border Crisis 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/donald-trump-is-magnifying-the-border-crisis/

NKOR
North Korea shoots dead two female fortune tellers in public execution with tens of thousands of people forced to watch
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6911347/North-Korea-two-female-fortune-tellers-shot-dead-public-execution.html

North Korea's Kim says must deliver 'serious blow' to those imposing sanctions: KCNA
https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-says-country-must-221039699.html

********GATE
Dems say attorney general undermined credibility with Trump talking point
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/438543-dems-say-attorney-general-undermined-credibility-with-trump-talking-point

Who Will See the Full Mueller Report?
http://jewishworldreview.com/0419/napolitano041119.php3

POLITICS
Democrats’ McCarthyist ‘For the People Act’
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/democrat-for-the-people-act-disclosure-requirements/

Why Do Young People Find Socialism So Attractive?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/why_do_young_people_find_socialism_so_attractive.html

Manchin says he supports Collins reelection 
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/438503-manchin-says-he-supports-collins-reelection

-- 
"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/carbon-free-nuclear-power-faces-obstacles-11554922927?emailToken=70e14a8c6e1d39d66bc0005af2559775C+WQq874zk1rCW6zgx8Ij7yRsfLhmItkMGXVvkKfoZWpe6+hgK47+Fo63g/qYDb2ID+p3ihotC3FpZtonfPzLpk4SjMFuiyVK4HiPolsIGE%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Carbon-Free Nuclear Power Faces Obstacles

Old nuclear plants aren’t being retired and replaced by newer, safer plants. Instead, their operations are being stretched beyond design limits.

April 10, 2019 3:02 p.m. ET

The Diablo Canyon nuclear-power plant in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Photo: Corbis via Getty Images