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GENERAL INTEREST
Overconfident people from upper-class backgrounds succeed, even if they???re not that smart 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/incompetent-people-from-wealthy-backgrounds-are-more-likely-to-act-like-theyre-smart-and-people-believe-them-2019-05-21

This Is What Reaching 186 Mph On The Autobahn Looks Like 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/motorcycles/this-is-what-reaching-186-mph-on-the-autobahn-looks-like/ar-AABGWRO?ocid=spartandhp

HEALTH
A Rare Genetic Mutation Leads to Cancer. The Fix May Already Be in the Drugstore.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/health/gene-mutation-cancer.html?em_pos=medium&ref=headline&nl_art=14&te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20190520&login=email&auth=login-email

YouTube cracks down on videos that promote drinking bleach as ???miracle cure??? 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/21/youtube-cracks-down-on-videos-promoting-drinking-bleach-as-miracle-cure/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

WHO AFRO - Situation Report - Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in DRC - Sitrep 42 (2019)
http://newsletters.afro.who.int/outbreak-dashboards/jviwu0bigad1hj3oiwqrmm?email=true&a=11&p=55040165

HUMOR
The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0519/hamilton.php3

SPORTS
Horrifying moment weightlifter's leg SNAPS as he attempts to squat 250kg during a competition in Russia
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7053311/Horrifying-moment-weightlifters-leg-SNAPS-attempts-squat-250kg-Russia.html

BUSINESS
US intelligence chiefs shared classified info with tech execs about doing business with China
https://news.yahoo.com/us-intelligence-chiefs-shared-classified-213314127.html

Case of the Killer Toyotas
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.

ENVIRONMENT?? 
Amazing Plastic-Eating Microbes Could Help Clean Up The Terrible Trash in Our Oceans 
https://www.sciencealert.com/plastic-munching-microbes-in-the-ocean-could-help-fix-our-terrible-pollution-crisis

WEATHER
Newly Released Video of Nebraska Flooding in Mind-numbing
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/newly-released-video-of-nebraska-flooding-in-mind-numbing?pl=pl-latest-forecasts

Can Congress Find the Political Will to Solve Our Flood Problems? 
https://www.ecowatch.com/flood-risk-insurance-congress-2637616744.html

ENERGY
New York???s energy policy depends on an impossible fantasy 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/20/new-yorks-energy-policy-depends-on-an-impossible-fantasy/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

What if Green Energy Isn???t the Future?
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

CYBER SECURITY
Instagram accidentally leaks private data of major influencers
https://nypost.com/2019/05/21/instagram-accidentally-leaks-private-data-of-millions-of-influencers/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Scammers use Facebook to trick people into thinking they accidentally donated money to ISIS
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/scammers-facebook-trick-donated-isis

NATIONAL SECURITY
Huawei to the Danger Zone: Chinese Telecommunications Company Threatens Britain's National Security
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/huawei-danger-zone-chinese-telecommunications-company-threatens-britains-national-security

DEFENSE
GAO Report on USS Zumwalt Debacle ??? Deficiencies, Delays and No Big Guns
http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2019/05/gao-report-on-uss-zumwalt-debacle-deficiencies-delays-and-no-big-guns/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OldSaltBlog+%28Old+Salt+Blog%29

McRaven: Anyone who calls millennials 'soft' has clearly never seen them in a firefight
https://taskandpurpose.com/admiral-mcraven-defends-millennials-military

No Cloaking Device Here: F-22 Stealth Fighters Can Be Tracked
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/no-cloaking-device-here-f-22-stealth-fighters-can-be-tracked-58632

LAW AND ORDER
The Epidemic of Electronic Deletions 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/democratic-government-officials-epidemic-electronic-deletions/

Feds Broke Up Alleged Scheme to Send Surplus Pentagon Gear to Iran
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-hampshire-man-allegedly-tried-to-send-iran-a-million-dollars-of-pentagon-goods?source=articles&via=rss

Middle school students allegedly fed urine- and semen-filled crepes to teachers 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/20/middle-school-students-allegedly-fed-urine-and-semen-filled-crepes-to-teachers/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

IMMIGRATION
Both Parents Are American. The U.S. Says Their Baby Isn???t.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/us/gay-couple-children-citizenship.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190521

BIG BROTHER
Can the Brits Define ???Islamophobia???? 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/islamophobia-definition-debate-united-kindgom/

MIDDLE EAST
Bomb-carrying drone from Yemen rebels targets Saudi airport 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bomb-carrying-drone-from-yemen-rebels-targets-saudi-airport-2019-05-21

SPYGATE
The Epidemic of Electronic Deletions 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/democratic-government-officials-epidemic-electronic-deletions/

Spygate: Obama Admin Cut Situation Room???s Video Feed During Meetings on Russia Investigation
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/21/spygate-obama-admin-cut-situation-rooms-video-feed-during-meetings-on-russia-investigation/

TRUMPGATE
Nadler subpoenas Hope Hicks and McGahn's former aide for testimony
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/444850-nadler-subpoenas-hope-hicks-and-mcgahns-former-aide-for-testimony

Democrats talk subpoena for Mueller
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/444908-democrats-talk-subpoena-for-mueller

POLITICS
The Memo: Trump faces steep climb to reelection
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/444674-the-memo-trump-faces-steep-climb-to-reelection

'Save Chick-Fil-A bill' clears the Texas House along party lines 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/corpus_christi_calle-save_chickfila_bill_clears_the_texas_house_along_p-rgannett/category/news

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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."
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FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (without permission)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-if-green-energy-isnt-the-future-11558294830?emailToken=87a70a8b5ed234d6ef1fc8f2bc2123bbzVifvZfmMR3FJak4+ROm1nD40ESJ9La3LX/WuaEWDtSzdV6TiTsnzfw7mvqYLzdubrhX5kj+2Ku2DCN7atwp/613q9Hor1me5305fGiJRno%3D&reflink=article_email_share

What if Green Energy Isn???t the Future?

There???s a reason Warren Buffett decided to bet $10 billion on the future of oil and natural gas.

By

Mark P. Mills

May 19, 2019 3:40 p.m. ET

A gas-filtration system atop a well managed by Anadarko in Pennsylvania, Sept. 8, 2012. Photo: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

What???s Warren Buffett doing with a $10 billion bet on the future of oil and gas, helping old-school Occidental Petroleum buy Anadarko, a U.S. shale leader? For pundits promoting the all-green future, this looks like betting on horse farms circa 1919.