PLATT - CURATED News

Victory in the Balance ??? Yorktown: Ending the Revolutionary War
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/yorktown-siege-revolutionary-war.html

GENERAL INTEREST
Trump extols U.S. military might in Fourth of July speech as jets fly over Washington
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tanks-and-planes-assemble-for-july-fourth-salute-to-america--which-critics-decry-as-trumps-salute-to-himself/2019/07/04/219aa144-9dda-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html?utm_term=.6d9afd24a643

alien civilizations and energy -- 7/3/19
https://delanceyplace.com/

MENTAL HEALTH
Patriotic songs spark memories of Fourths long ago for those with memory loss 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0719/patriotic_memory_loss.php3



PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Nike's neo-Nazis 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah070419.php3



HUMOR
17 Rules for Your Fourth of July Cookout
https://www.wsj.com/articles/17-rules-for-your-fourth-of-july-cookout-11561738569?emailToken=fb929f16469587b95ab288208018f4ecCqs+e9D+w14N1dBHzAw6rZyI6PINmsOU0G1JBJyDAYdeBrw73SF1VrNkgioWGmORVvgUn++/kPepR8BDgKaZFLXocmFk6vJG90vm2gAH4KQ%3D&reflink=article_email_share

The News in Zingers 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0719/hamilton.php3

HISTORY
Armenian Mountainside Hides Cold War-Era Soviet Relic
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/armenian-mountainside-hides-cold-war-era-soviet-relic?pl=pl-the-latest

Cold War centrifuge that spun thousands of British pilots in G-force training and has been operational for nearly 65 YEARS is finally set for retirement and will now go on display ??? complete with sick bags
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7212855/Cold-War-centrifuge-spun-thousands-British-pilots-G-force-training-display.html

BUSINESS
Now bosses take smartphones from office employees in bid to boost productivity and avoid them wasting time checking social media during working hours
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7211723/Bosses-smartphones-office-workers-bid-boost-productivity-avoid-time-wasting.html

Arizona Mayor to Nike: We Still Want You, Even if Governor Doesn???t 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/arizona-mayor-to-nike-we-still-want-you-even-if-governor-doesnt-11562177945?emailToken=02200d4616199cdeaed283f985f4f86bGTqBHZ84C92nwSsGu022S8VYOYx0EBZTdSlRHNR78MgmQ5vYc8sPUlledAb41fUfVERZfIpc0CK29uukn5rkBXb5JlfewFkIh6lH1k7oZKWv0HJKK5QWxy8+LRvNocj4&reflink=article_email_share

Subway Got Too Big. Franchisees Paid a Price. 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/subway-got-too-big-franchisees-paid-a-price/ar-AADzfho?ocid=spartandhp

CLIMATE CHANGE
Time for Buyout of NC Beach Town Battered by Weather, Climate Change?
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/time-for-buyout-of-nc-beach-town-battered-by-weather-climate-change?pl=pl-the-latest

TECHNOLOGY
Do YOUR email habits make you look bad-mannered? Etiquette expert William Hanson reveals the faux pas to avoid - including sending messages before 10am on a Monday
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7208801/William-Hanson-reveals-ultimate-guide-writing-perfect-email.html

CYBER SECURITY
Forget Your Webcam ??? Should You Cover Your iPhone???s Selfie Camera?
https://www.idropnews.com/news/forget-your-webcam-should-you-cover-your-iphones-selfie-camera/110084/

DEFENSE
FIRST EVER FOOTAGE OF AN IRIAF F-14A FIRING A FAKOUR-90 AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/first-ever-footage-iriaf-f-14a-firing-fakour-90-air-air-missile/

Russia submersible fire was in battery compartment
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48865332

MILITARY



LAW AND ORDER
Portland police seek others taking part in violent Antifa assaults, as more details of attacks revealed
https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-police-seek-more-suspects-from-violent-antifa-assaults-as-more-details-of-attacks-revealed

Blue Bell and Texas authorities identify Walmart where woman licked a carton of ice cream as police state that they will file 'appropriate charges' against her
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7212209/Blue-Bell-Texas-authorities-identify-Walmart-woman-licked-carton-ice-cream.html

IRAN
Iran accuses the UK of 'illegally seizing' oil tanker in the Mediterranean after British marines boarded the ship 'as it headed to Syria in breach of US sanctions'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7212481/British-marines-Gibraltar-police-intercept-tanker-carrying-crude-oil-Syria.html

POLITICS
Indicators sap momentum in Trump bid for reelection
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=aeadd132d289c27042bdadd84aae6a40_5d1e1abd_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190704&goTo=A01&artid=4&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

"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)