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ENERAL INTEREST
The Best Hole-in-the-Wall Diner in Every State 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/restaurantsandnews/the-best-hole-in-the-wall-diner-in-every-state/ss-AAyQxCQ?ocid=spartandhp

Nepal Says Everest Rules Might Change After Traffic Jams and Deaths
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/world/asia/mount-everest.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190529&login=email&auth=login-email

HEALTH
You're having a heart attack; why not ask for help?
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190528120500.htm

WHO AFRO - Situation Report - Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in DRC - Sitrep 43 (2019)
http://newsletters.afro.who.int/outbreak-dashboards/18uajtxtcrt1hj3oiwqrmm?email=true&a=11&p=55076937

Alabama man dies days after copperhead snake bite 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/29/alabama-man-dies-3-days-after-suffering-bite-from-copperhead-snake/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Bat Hiding In iPad Case Bites New Hampshire Man, Infects Him With Rabies 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/newsweek-bat_hiding_in_ipad_case_bites_new_hampshire_man_in-rnewsweek

Forget that persistent myth: You can drink water while eating 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0519/water_while_eat.php3

EDUCATION
A universal bailout is the wrong fix for student loans 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/27/a-universal-bailout-is-the-wrong-fix-for-student-loans/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Who???s Afraid of Robert Smith???s Philanthropy?
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

BUSINESS
Netflix Will Have to Pay to Punish Georgia 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/netflix-will-have-to-pay-to-punish-georgia/

GM plant???s future buyer reportedly ???exists only on paper??? 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gm-plants-future-buyer-reportedly-exists-only-on-paper-2019-05-28

A Court???s Dangerous Antitrust Overreach
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.

SCIENCE
Science & Environment
https://e.nationalgeographic.com/pub/sf/ResponseForm?_ri_=X0Gzc2X%3DYQpglLjHJlYQGpTf062hEi08qXHzgW5zctBXlkDc6aJCza4ch9jfNGhNtqFhBjOiSUlVXMtX%3DYQpglLjHJlYQGnGp2WIofnmSfrkquBujPIeza42tnMnzeczczgiPhwp4DYITde92gYzf1&_ei_=EkQgJ5cNJvKblRBlUktLNao

MYRMECOLOGY
The trick to getting rid of ants for good (it's not a spray) 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0519/ants.php3

CYBER SECURITY
Buying a house? Here???s how to ensure your confidential financial details remain secure 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/buying-a-house-heres-how-to-ensure-your-confidential-financial-details-remain-secure-2019-05-29

How your iPhone harvests your personal data while you SLEEP: Popular apps use hidden trackers to collect emails, IP addresses and other sensitive information without consent
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7080087/Popular-apps-use-hidden-trackers-collect-personal-data-without-users-consent.html

FOREIGN POLICY
'Don't say we didn't warn you!' China uses a coded message for WAR to threaten the U.S. as it hints it will ban the export of 'rare earth' minerals - essential for nuclear power plants and LED lights - unless Washington backs down
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7082011/Dont-say-didnt-warn-China-uses-code-word-WAR-threaten-U-S-rare-earths.html

DEFENSE
The Navy???s Urinal-Free Brand New Supercarrier Is A Big Fat Mess
https://taskandpurpose.com/uss-gerald-ford-navy-problems

Trump to US troops in Japan: 'When we build a new aircraft carrier, we're going to use steam' 
https://taskandpurpose.com/trump-aircraft-carrier-steam-catapult

Australian Navy helicopter pilots are 'targeted by LASERS' and warships trailed while on exercise in the South China Sea
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7080175/Australian-Navy-helicopters-targeted-LASERS-South-China-Sea.html

IMMIGRATION
Ted Cruz Informs Ilhan Omar That Her Tweet About 'Merit-based Immigration' Was Actually Racist 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/05/29/ilhan-omar-deletes-racist-tweet-after-blowback-n2547000?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Guatemalan And American Officials Agree On How To Stop America's Immigration Crisis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/05/28/us-and-guatemala-came-to-this-agreement-to-combat-americas-dire-immigration-crisis-n2546995?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=05/29/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

TRUMPGATE
Pelosi: Impeachment Not ???Off the Table??? but Dems Still Need to Make a ???Compelling??? Case
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/pelosi-impeachment-not-off-the-table-but-dems-still-need-to-make-a-compelling-case/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-05-29&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

House Unlikely to Ever Get Trump's Tax Returns
https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2019/05/29/house-unlikely-to-ever-get-trumps-tax-returns-n2546991?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=05/29/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

POLITICS
Trump Can???t Blame Mueller for His Poor Approval Ratings 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/trump-approval-ratings-low-numbers-mueller-report/

Trump: 'Roy Moore cannot win' Alabama Senate seat
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/445882-trump-roy-moore-cannot-win-alabama-senate-seat

Democrats worry Bernie Sanders could play spoiler
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/445859-democrats-worry-bernie-sanders-could-play-spoiler

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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/whos-afraid-of-robert-smiths-philanthropy-11559084951?emailToken=e6c0e08d548d34f47133a87ec1a4a479kVqEYdLlti6jcHi8OIvgoTDYadAlQDiHoHDw1sLdGwpJbFREouX5ARjwJK01rjjCHVzF/7BKyb0av+JMpBa3Q+TitGl+oOmFIpDGD6aTxGc%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Who???s Afraid of Robert Smith???s Philanthropy?

The billionaire promises to pay off a graduating class???s student loans???and finds himself under attack.

By

Jason L. Riley

May 28, 2019 7:09 p.m. ET

Philanthropist Robert F. Smith speaks at Morehouse College in Atlanta, May 19. Photo: Steve Schaefer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Associated Press

Robert Smith was raised in a working-class Denver neighborhood in the 1970s. A high-school science class in his junior year sparked his interest in transistors, the building blocks of computers, cellphones and other electronic devices. Transistors were invented in the 1940s by AT&T ???s Bell Labs, which had a facility not far from the teenager???s home. He applied for a summer internship there but was told it was available only to juniors and seniors in college. Unbowed and impatient, he spent months pestering people in the human-resources department to give him a shot. Eventually, they did.

Mr. Smith went on to earn an engineering degree at Cornell