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GENERAL INTEREST
Florida rescue dog, deer play friendly game of tag in hilarious video 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets-animals/florida-rescue-dog-deer-play-friendly-game-of-tag-in-hilarious-video/ar-AABs180?ocid=spartandhp

Many Hot Rodders Learned About Cars in Two-Bay Gas Stations
http://www.superchevy.com/news/1805-many-hot-rodders-learned-about-cars-in-two-bay-gas-stations

Watch as Spillgate Collapses at Dam in Texas
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/watch-as-spillgate-collapses-at-dam-in-texas?pl=pl-the-latest

Horrifying new video shows Aeroflot jet bouncing along runway at the hands of pilots who 'couldn't land without autopilot' after lightning strike disabled electronics - before bursting into fireball killing 41
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7035773/Horrifying-new-video-catastrophic-Russian-plane-crash-shows-jet-bouncing-runway.html

PARENTING
Dude, Where’s Your Brain?
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

PROGRESSIVES **********
If Chick-fil-A Is Homophobic, So Are Home Depot, Walmart, And Amazon
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/16/chick-fil-a-homophobic-home-depot-walmart-amazon/

Congress is set to pass an 'Equality Act' that will devastate women's sports 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0519/kaoe051619.php3

EDUCATION
Has Your Kid Withstood the History Censors?
See the third Wall Street Journal article, below.

BUDGET
Washington’s Disaster Cynicism
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.

ENVIRONMENT
Socialism Is Bad for the Environment
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/06/03/socialism-is-bad-for-the-environment/

Scientists Create First Ever Map of ‘Wood Wide Web’
https://www.ecowatch.com/scientists-wood-wide-web-2637276741.html

TECHNOLOGY
High-frequency trader seeks tower climbers to gain an edge
https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/high-frequency-trader-seeks-tower-climbers-to-gain-an-edge-20190516

FOREIGN POLICY
Trump Tells Pentagon Chief He Does Not Want War With Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/world/middleeast/iran-war-donald-trump.html

The Many Downsides of War with Iran 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/the-many-downsides-of-war-with-iran/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-05-16&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

NATIONAL SECURITY
Countering Foreign Disinformation on Social Media 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/countering-foreign-disinformation-social-media-russian-campaign/

Iranian missiles are 'loaded on to boats in the Persian Gulf and brought within range of US bases' sparked warning of a 'credible' imminent attack in Middle East 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7035561/Iranian-missiles-boats-Persian-Gulf-credible-threat-sparked-evacuations.html

DEFENSE
Stealthy USS Zumwalt Destroyer to fire new missiles, laser weapons
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/stealthy-uss-zumwalt-destroyer-to-fire-new-missiles-laser-weapons

LAW AND ORDER
These Are Real 'High Crimes'
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2019/05/15/these-are-real-high-crimes-n2546414?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=05/16/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

BIG BROTHER
Tammy Bruce: Microsoft wants you to use approved political speech --This is a real threat to our freedom
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tammy-bruce-microsoft-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-push-what-liberals-think-you-should-write

MIDDLE EAST
Why the WhatsApp spies may have eyes on Iran
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48271986

SCOTUS
A huge Supreme Court decision you never heard of
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/a_huge_supreme_court_decision_you_never_heard_of.html

TRUMPGATE
Why getting Trump’s tax returns won’t help Democrats 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/15/why-getting-trumps-tax-returns-wont-help-democrats/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

POLITICS
Joe Biden breaks with Obama in moving to left
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443951-joe-biden-breaks-with-obama-in-moving-to-left

Socialists ganging up with Islamists To Bring Down America
https://canadafreepress.com/article/socialists-ganging-up-with-islamists-to-bring-down-america

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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."
        - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (without permission)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/dude-wheres-your-brain-11557960285?emailToken=642715c2a4deb2a62b523348c18f511dUR1Xx5I3imzLUX7iWHRK8MmTp+2MA4LBPRuyJpa4OIh5acMFOVjyR0WQdK5ZXZQ4EFL2/6uH8nSdw3BjdZ4mRw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Dude, Where’s Your Brain?

Be safe, I told my teen nephew. I should have been more specific.

By

Angela Rocco DeCarlo

May 15, 2019 6:44 p.m. ET

A cliff-jump into a lake. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

I took the chance to let my 16-year-old nephew in on the widely held medical opinion that the prefrontal cortex—the part of the brain involved in making decisions and controlling impulses—isn’t fully developed until age 25.
For the record, I disagree. My experience as a mother tells me the real age is 30. But the point is the same—a 16-year-old brain is no more than half-baked.

“I want you to think carefully about what you do,” I instructed the teenager, peppering my talk with some gruesome and entirely true anecdotes of fellows his age who came to a bad time by acting without thinking. He seemed to know what I was getting at. “And don’t do anything crazy,” I added. I figured that covered it.