PLATT - CURATED News

How Americans of Conscience Can Co-Exist with the LGBT Community: A Possible Path Forward
https://townhall.com/columnists/amyhaywood/2019/04/12/how-americans-of-conscience-can-coexist-with-the-lgbt-community-a-possible-path-forward-n2544615?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=04/12/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

GENERAL INTEREST
Hiker spends six months trekking the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail alone - and captures stunning images of its sublime beauty
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-6910813/Hiker-Tim-Voors-stunning-images-2-650-mile-Pacific-Crest-Trail-trek.html

The enduring appeal of 'The Twilight Zone' 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0419/twilight_zone_appeal.php3

Declare coffee non-essential for human survival? 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0419/coffee_non_essential.php3

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (11 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/12/briefing/12weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_NN_p_20190412&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408ion%3DwhatElse&section=whatElse&te=1

HEALTH
When should an aging doctor call it quits? 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0419/aging_doctors.php3

HEALTH CARE
Waiting for surgery and medical treatment 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=8d1e30bd07e742087bd8793556cee428_5cb0abcc_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190412&goTo=B01&artid=1&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

GOP senator issues stark warning to Republicans on health care
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/438506-gop-senator-issues-stark-warning-to-republicans-on-health-care?userid=288549

Would Patients Be Able to Escape BernieCare?  For all but a very few, the answer is no.
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.

PROGRESSIVES OFF THE RAILS
The Equality Act Is about Coercion 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/the-equality-act-is-about-coercion/

NY Dems block bill expanding college tuition for Gold Star families after approving $27M in tuition aid for illegal immigrants: report
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-dems-block-bill-expanding-college-tuition-for-gold-star-families-after-approving-27m-in-tuition-aid-for-illegal-immigrants-report

FINANCIAL
Uncle Sam’s New Credit Card
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/federal-reserve-balance-sheet-policy/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-04-12&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart



SPACE
Israel's Beresheet spacecraft crashes on Moon
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47879538?ocid=global_bbccom_email_12042019_top+news+stories

What’s Next for the Global Space Race 
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

CYBER SECURITY
Security experts warn hackers behind 'murderous malware' dubbed Triton are BACK and targeting 'critical infrastructure'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6913775/Experts-warn-hackers-murderous-malware-Triton-targeting-critical-infrastructure.html

DEFENSE
New next-gen Army 50mm cannon destroys targets in live-fire demo
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/new-next-gen-army-50mm-cannon-destroys-targets-in-live-fire-demo

LAW AND THE COURTS
The Courts Have Shown Too Much Deference to Unaccountable Government Officials 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/courts-show-undue-deference-unaccountable-government-officials/

ASSANGE
A soaring ego, vile personal habits, and after years in his squalid den, hardly a friend left: GUY ADAMS on the downfall of Julian Assange
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6913485/GUY-ADAMS-downfall-Julian-Assange-soaring-ego-vile-habits-hardly-friend-left.html

Julian Assange: Five things to know about the legal case against him
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/438537-julian-assange-five-things-to-know-about-the-legal-case-against-him?userid=288549

BIG BROTHER
Austria considers making internet users REGISTER with their providers to prevent people hiding behind anonymity to post hate speech
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6914991/Austria-considers-making-internet-users-REGISTER-providers-prevent-anonymous-hate-speech.html

IMMIGRATION
'Did he really just say that?' Obama delights (and stuns) conservatives as he gives speech DEFENDING assimilation and saying that immigrants should 'learn the language
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6913885/Obama-speech-warning-immigrants-need-learn-language-goes-viral-conservatives.html

NKOR
With a New Title, Kim Consolidates Power 
https://www.newser.com/story/273828/leadership-shuffle-leaves-kim-even-more-in-charge.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_world_syn

TRUMPGATE
Trump must release his tax returns or be barred from state’s 2020 election ballot, Illinois senate votes
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-must-release-tax-returns-110100111.html

POLITICS
GOP grows tired of being blindsided by Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/438557-gop-tired-of-being-blindsided-by-trump?userid=288549

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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/whats-next-for-the-global-space-race-11554994844?emailToken=f72af92b96eb09ec410e752209af2b42kZjPCbZzDWKlZPovFlwNFwxJIxyG4DttkmLDoVevnnLxt+b6HpYKLHNRayZqdJUg4yaRO7PpYxD7IvCbADY4cY1VyQEIb9d6SPENfCaLw+Y%3D&reflink=article_email_share

What’s Next for the Global Space Race

The U.S. is vying to preserve its long-held dominance of space, as China, Russia and others make ambitious plans to explore the solar system. Here’s a look at the missions in the works.

By

Trefor Moss and

Tonia Cowan