PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
Chernobyl New Safe Confinement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_New_Safe_Confinement

Fasten your seat belts, MailOnline is landing your plane! Taking the controls of a British Airways Airbus A350 in a VERY realistic full-motion simulator that the carrier uses to train its pilots
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-7011333/Taking-controls-British-Airways-A350-simulator-BAs-Flight-Training-Centre-near-Heathrow.html

Clint Orms:  Inspired Designer. Dedicated Craftsman. Respected Entrepreneur. (Patience ... takes a while to load ... )
https://clintorms.com/pages/about-us

HEALTH
New Drug Could Cure Horrible Disease. Now, Brace Yourself (This drug would not even exist in a single-payer environment.)
https://www.newser.com/story/274867/new-drug-could-cure-horrible-disease-now-brace-yourself.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_science_syn

11 Lesser-Known Stroke Symptoms You Need To Know
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/11-lesser-known-stroke-symptoms-you-need-to-know/ss-AAAYQkk?ocid=spartandhp#image=11



HEALTH CARE
The 5 Questions Everyone Should Ask About Single-Payer Health Care
https://townhall.com/columnists/halscherz/2019/05/11/the-5-questions-everyone-should-ask-about-singlepayer-health-care-n2546171?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=05/11/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED SHOWBOATING
US is in 'constitutional crisis,' House speaker says
https://news.yahoo.com/us-constitutional-crisis-house-speaker-says-180924626.html

What Nadler Really Wants
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

MORE SHOWBOATING
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un oversaw Thursday's strike drill: KCNA
https://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-leader-kim-jong-un-oversaw-thursdays-212606161.html

ECONOMY
2020 Dems: Trump doesn't deserve credit for the economy
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443180-2020-dems-trump-doesnt-deserve-credit-for-the-economy

FINANCE
House Conservatives Sound Alarm In Letter To Pelosi
https://www.dailywire.com/news/47071/house-conservatives-sound-alarm-letter-pelosi-josh-hammer

EDUCATION
NYU stands up to the Israel-haters 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/10/nyu-stands-up-to-the-israel-haters/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

CYBER SECURITY
What You Should Know About Internet Privacy, And How Little You Have 
https://www.investors.com/news/technology/internet-privacy-protecting-personal-information-is-not-easy/?refcode=MarketPrepAM-05112019-3-B-2:05:2019:2Q:NewsLetter:Email:MarketPrepAM-05112019:na:na:na:na:11:08:3:B:2

NATIONAL SECURITY
Why President Trump’s Executive Order on EMP Preparedness Is Huge 
https://inhomelandsecurity.com/executive-order-emp-preparedness/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=link&utm_content=What_You_Should_Know_President_Trumps_Executive_Order_May_2019&utm_campaign=Blog%20-%20In%20Homeland%20Security%20-%20LT%20-%20AMU

DEFENSE
The Marine Corps is getting a new long-range missile to take out enemy ships 
https://taskandpurpose.com/marine-corps-long-range-missiles

Mattis reportedly called H.R. McMaster an ‘unstable a**hole’ on an open conference line 
https://taskandpurpose.com/mattis-mcmaster

MIDDLE EAST
US sends Patriot missile system to Middle East amid Iran tensions
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48235940

VENEZUELA
Maduro Hunts Guaido's Allies, Exacting Revenge for Uprising
https://news.yahoo.com/arrest-guaido-apos-top-ally-192848971.html

TRUMPGATE
Did This Texas Democrat Just Admit The Real Reason Why The Left Wants Trump Impeached?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/05/10/house-democrat-if-trump-isnt-impeached-he-will-be-re-elected-n2546013?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=05/11/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

POLITICS
The Missing Order in American Politics
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.

-- 
"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/what-nadler-really-wants-11557442946?emailToken=23f5aa2b20f744c65e172813cfb01e90gIXcpXVKtHTIK6wQHMTnhIsconbBiIC4CiJ7pXJIJphnVQEV2wyQyo2sYSMoymmVndZZ6Ci4j4KWZJcpy97Vzw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

What Nadler Really Wants

His strategy clearly aims at provoking a confrontation for political purposes.

By

Kimberley A. Strassel

May 9, 2019 7:02 p.m. ET

The House Judiciary Committee voted 8 May, 2019 to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, after he failed to release the unredacted Mueller Report. Image: Getty

Don’t think this week’s headlines about contempt of Congress and impeachment are about anything so serious as contempt of Congress or impeachment—never mind the “constitutional crisis” Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Thursday. This is red-meat politics.The rage-on strategy holds electoral risks for the Democrats. Mrs. Pelosi, Mr. Nadler and other committee chairmen come from safe districts and don’t have to worry about re-election. But the more red meat they throw, the more the base will demand impeachment—and the more swing voters will wonder what, if anything, Democrats have to offer beyond this fraudulent show.

Write to kim@wsj.com.

Appeared in the May 10, 2019, print edition.

*******************************************************************************

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-missing-order-in-american-politics-11557443675?emailToken=c7c4843f69e015d92779edd7b26da8d0bhVhrmDDTzl1u52FRTlq0FQdrU1ilE7TbzrQ78wsz2sL3531HUUg+lEmVNhD+BOWwGg8c4aXVx4kpl0xcYDSEqaUL4j1NmSEoewm1stVKb0%3D&reflink=article_email_share

The Missing Order in American Politics

I grow wistful as I watch the congressional chaos while reading Kissinger’s forthcoming oral history.

By

Peggy Noonan

May 9, 2019 7:14 p.m. ET

President Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in November 1972. Photo: Bettmann Archive

I am watching Washington and thinking this: We have reached a new crisis point in Donald Trump vs. the Democrats. They are speaking of contempt citations, subpoenas, executive privilege, hearings. It’s a daily barrage. The Democrats are inching closer to impeachment, at least rhetorically, perhaps actually. We’ll see how well Speaker Nancy Pelosi can dance right up to the edge to appease some in her caucus, and not over i