Thursday, May 30, 2019

PLATT - CURATED NEws

GENERAL INTEREST
Crosswind landings. Dramatic Footage Of Crosswind Landing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYmSP52c7c8

How many adorable ducks can you count crossing this street?
https://nypost.com/video/how-many-adorable-ducks-can-you-count-crossing-this-street/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HEALTH
Pizza May Be A Healthier Breakfast Than Cereal 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/delish-pizza_is_reportedly_a_healthier_breakfast_than_cer-rhearst/category/lifestyle

PROGRESSIVES ***********
Ocasio-Cortez likens growing cauliflower to colonialism
https://nypost.com/2019/05/22/ocasio-cortez-likens-growing-cauliflower-to-colonialism/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

EDUCATION
SAT Equality: Give Everyone the Same Score
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.

The ???Underpaid Teachers??? Myth
See the third Wall Street Journal article, below.

FINANCIAL
Here???s how much more it will cost you to buy a home in a ???gayborhood???
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-how-much-more-it-will-cost-you-to-buy-a-home-in-a-gayborhood-2019-05-23

Rolling back pension reform is Albany business as usual 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/22/rolling-back-pension-reform-is-albany-business-as-usual/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

BUSINESS
Fiat Chrysler bringing 6,400 jobs, $4.5 billion investment to Detroit area
https://www.abc12.com/content/news/Land-deals-jobs-plan-approved-for-new-Fiat-Chrysler-plant-in-Detroit-510225051.html

The most ridiculous things Tote Taxi has hauled to the Hamptons 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/23/the-most-ridiculous-things-tote-taxi-has-hauled-to-the-hamptons/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

SPORTS
Female squash stars furious after getting vibrators as tournament prize 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/22/female-squash-stars-furious-after-given-vibrators-as-tournament-prize/

WEATHER
Forecasts Call for a Normal Hurricane Season, but ???It Only Takes One???
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/climate/hurricane-season-prediction-2019.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190523&login=email&auth=login-email

Dashcam Captures Motorcyclist Getting Struck by Lightning
https://weather.com/storms/severe/video/dashcam-captures-motorcyclist-getting-struck-by-lightning-0?pl=pl-latest-forecasts

Homes in Oklahoma in Danger of Falling into River
https://weather.com/storms/severe/video/homes-in-oklahoma-in-danger-of-falling-into-river?pl=pl-latest-forecasts

Runaway barges sink after slamming into dam
https://start.att.net/player/article/cnn-runaway_barges_sink_after_slamming_into_dam-cnn2/category/news

CLIMATE CHANGE
Drastically Shorter Workweeks Needed to Fight Climate Crisis, Study Finds 
https://www.ecowatch.com/shorter-workweeks-needed-climate-change-2637871421.html

LAW AND ORDER
Lawyer who intervened in Jussie Smollett case refuses subpoena
https://nypost.com/2019/05/23/lawyer-who-intervened-in-jussie-smollett-case-refuses-subpoena/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

NATIONAL SECURITY
Pakistan says it has test-fired nuclear-capable missile
https://nypost.com/2019/05/23/pakistan-says-it-has-test-fired-nuclear-capable-missile/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

DEFENSE
Navy???s 2nd Fleet has message for Russia 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=367f98ec0c1ed743a36e97e99abf5a2e_5ce6bc54_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190523&goTo=A01&artid=3&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

Top US commander warns Maduro 'mafia' poses threat beyond Venezuela
https://thehill.com/policy/international/445127-top-us-commander-says-maduro-mafia-poses-threat-beyond-venezuela



Two Words That Even an F-22 Doesn't Have the Power to Defeat
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/two-words-even-f-22-doesnt-have-power-defeat-59017

IMMIGRATION
Secret spectacles - The story of a migrant spy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/secret_spectacles_migrant_spy

SPYGATE
Trump orders intel agencies to cooperate with Barr probe into 'spying' on 2016 campaign
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/445347-trump-orders-intel-agencies-to-cooperate-with-barr-probe-into-spying

POLITICS
Democrats Say the Craziest Things
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

Congress reaches deal on disaster aid
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/445271-senate-reaches-deal-on-disaster-aid?userid=288549

What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/business/economy/reparations-slavery.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190523

Dems need to sharpen their knives 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will052319.php3

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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/democrats-say-the-craziest-things-11558565069?emailToken=8a2526d9662f2c9af17e23d6b9476ca8zQDSiAUOL1VhFlDcvM9Vr4P5RzrRcK/lycm4UY7suEoxv6+KiRX9IVMn6YRf0intKc8i84P34quvWFehKIsYfA%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Democrats Say the Craziest Things

President Trump should hope they keep talking. Swing voters are listening.

May 22, 2019 6:44 p.m. ET

Pete Buttigieg speaks during a Fox News town hall in Claremont, N.H., May 18.
 Photo: Sarah Rice/Getty Images
We???re all watching a sci-fi movie in which ordinary human beings are infected by an alien pathogen. But rather than go on a murderous rampage, they start spouting pure nonsense. Unfortunately, the infected all seem to be Democrats running for president.
Take South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the glitterati???s latest ???it??? candidate. During a Friday interview with Hugh Hewitt, he said removing Thomas Jefferson???s and Andrew Jackson???s names from the Democratic Party???s annual fundraising dinners was ???the right thing to do??? because Jefferson was a slaveholder and Jackson waged genocide against Native Americans.
???Naming something after somebod

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