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PARENTING
Parents needn't explain all of their decisions to young children 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0519/leahy052419.php3

HMM ...
The Case for Taking Psychedelics Seriously
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/psychedelic-drugs-great-potential-benefit-society/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202019-05-25&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

COMPUTATIONS
WolframAlpha
https://www.wolframalpha.com/

TRAVEL
10 common travel scams --- and how to avoid them
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0519/travel_scams.php3

ENERGY
Former U.S. Nuclear Safety Chief: 'New Nuclear Is off the Table' 
https://www.ecowatch.com/nuclear-safety-chief-climate-crisis-2637882298.html

TECHNOLOGY
Self-Driving Cars Run Into Reality ??? And Are Further Away Than You Think 
https://www.investors.com/news/self-driving-cars-hit-delays-driverless-cars-timeline/?refcode=MarketPrepAM-05252019-2-B-2:05:2019:2Q:NewsLetter:Email:MarketPrepAM-05252019:na:na:na:na:25:07:2:B:2

CYBER SECURITY
Hackers reportedly launched a cyberattack on Baltimore with a leaked NSA tool 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/business_insider-hackers_reportedly_launched_a_cyberattack_on_balti-newscred2

FOREIGN POLICY
Pentagon: We won't reveal proof Iran is behind recent Middle East attacks, but have we ever been wrong before?
https://taskandpurpose.com/iran-proof-middle-east-attacks

DEFENSE
10 Days to Forever
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.

Airmen caught boozing at launch control facility for nuclear Minuteman ICBMs
https://taskandpurpose.com/air-force-nuclear-launch-facility-drinking

The F-35 Stealth Fighter Can Turn Into Beast Mode (Armed with Hypersonic Missiles)
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/f-35-stealth-fighter-can-turn-beast-mode-armed-hypersonic-missiles-59557

IMMIGRATION
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director asked to resign
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/u-s-citizenship-immigration-services-director-asked-resign-n1010231

TERRORISM
Inventing Terrorists
http://jewishworldreview.com/0519/terror_whitewash.php3

SPYGATE
Byron York: Obama-era intelligence officials fretting because 'we don't know what they did'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/byron-york-obama-era-intelligence-officials-worried-because-we-dont-know-what-they-did

Intelligence Director Dan Coats Puts Barr on Notice Not To Imperil National Security
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/dan-coats-william-barr-trump-intelligence-risk-warning-045917577.html

POLITICS
Stick a Fork in Senate Pork
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

The 24 Democrats
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/democrats-running-for-president-crowded-field/

Pelosi, Nadler tangle on impeachment, contempt vote
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445491-pelosi-nadler-tangle-on-impeachment-contempt-vote

Ocasio-Cortez Backs Insurgent Tiffany Cab??n for Queens D.A., Testing Her Influence in N.Y. 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ocasio-cortez-backs-insurgent-tiffany-cab??n-for-queens-da-testing-her-influence-in-ny/ar-AABJCbi?ocid=spartandhp

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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/stick-a-fork-in-senate-pork-11558653535?emailToken=27f22dae2591ea6c792e9f903d80193bBJUIqg4ldwFOP0CEO0oSY6yRSUII+fu54IgqVSY7r/PzJkZhulIcuNOh9zt+NoLFw14O35mTHYXppWKVrrFtmA%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Stick a Fork in Senate Pork

Senate Republicans make a ban on spending earmarks permanent.

By

The Editorial Board

May 23, 2019 7:18 p.m. ET

Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Congress isn???t accomplishing much lately, but Senate Republicans deserve credit for one thing they aren???t doing: Restoring the practice of earmarks. The Senate Republican conference on Thursday adopted a permanent ban on such parochial handouts, an effort led by Nebraska???s Ben Sasse.
Earmarks in the early 2000s were a hardy perennial