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???Which Way to Pointe du Hoc????
See the third Wall Street Journal article, below.

Josh Hawley versus the Aristocracy [ ... we were promised technological marvels, and we got tweets instead.]
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/josh-hawley-attacks-silicon-valley-elites/

GENERAL INTEREST
I???m Less Afraid of Snakes Than Ladders
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week???s Headlines (7 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/24/briefing/24weeklynewsquiz.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190524&section=whatElse

PHYSICAL HEALTH
Beyond Meat???s burger could pose health risks to people with peanut allergies ??? even though it doesn???t contain peanuts
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/beyond-meats-burger-could-pose-health-risks-to-people-with-peanut-allergies-even-though-it-doesnt-contain-peanuts-2019-05-23

MENTAL HEALTH
People spent $1.9 billion last year on apps to keep their brains sharp as they age ??? here???s what actually works 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/older-americans-spent-19-billion-last-year-on-apps-to-keep-their-brains-sharp-heres-what-actually-works-2019-05-24

HEALTH CARE
Trump Administration Proposes Rollback of Transgender Protections
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/us/politics/donald-trump-transgender-protections.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190524&login=email&auth=login-email

DARWIN AWARD
A driver tried to jump a bridge opening in his car. Now two people are dead 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/cnn-a_driver_tried_to_jump_a_bridge_opening_in_his_car-cnn2/category/news

CYBER SECURITY
Snapchat employees abused data access, spied on users: report 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/24/snapchat-employees-abused-data-access-spied-on-users-report/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

LAW AND ORDER
Americans' life savings disappear from Mexican bank accounts 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/americans-life-savings-disappear-from-mexican-bank-accounts/ar-AABNfHw?ocid=spartandhp

IMMIGRATION
Agencies told to cut illegals off federal dole
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=f6b02e072f4efed38586f584c44e6194_5ce80ee0_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190524&goTo=A01&artid=3&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

My Family???s American Life Almost Wasn???t
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.

NKOR
North Korea says talks won???t resume unless US changes position 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/24/nkorea-says-talks-wont-resume-unless-us-changes-position/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

SPYGATE
Trump Gives Barr Green Light to Declassify Docs Related to FBI Campaign Surveillance 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-gives-barr-green-light-to-declassify-docs-related-to-fbi-campaign-surveillance/

Adam Schiff Makes Quite a Revealing Statement After Trump Orders Declassification of Spying Documents 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/05/24/adam-schiff-makes-laughable-claim-after-trump-orders-declassication-n2546843?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

TRUMPGATE
House Intelligence enjoys breakthrough with Justice Department
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/445334-house-intelligence-enjoys-breakthrough-with-justice-department?userid=288549

POLITICS
The Worst Cover-Up of All Time
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/nancy-pelosi-accusation-trump-cover-up-incomprehensible/

Conservative blocks House passage of disaster relief bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445407-conservative-blocks-house-passage-of-disaster-relief-bill?userid=288549

-- 
"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)

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I???m Less Afraid of Snakes Than Ladders

And neither black cats nor Friday the 13th fazes me.

By

Allan Ripp

May 23, 2019 6:50 p.m. ET

A man tempting fate on West 57th Street in New York. Photo: Allan Ripp

I was walking along New York???s West 57th Street???which I???ve renamed Boulevard of Scaffolding???when I stopped to check on a silhouette looming to my right. I had just stepped under a construction ladder and was standing directly beneath its angle of misfortune.
For as long as I can remember I???ve avoided leaning ladders