Monday, July 29, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
American Bandstand 1957 & 1968 - The Stroll, The Diamonds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=aEGMm0Dgsbs&app=desktop

These Amazing Drone Images Will Change Your Perspective Of Our Earth
https://www.editorchoice.com/amazing-drone-images/79/

??Sunday Stills: A visual artist makes bugs out of blooms
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016c3848ac8b91e5a76e96c569c8/4793badf-2526-463c-a1ac-d9b8824a0fd9/HTML

Central Australian date farmers determined to fight cheap imports as industry grows for sugar substitutes
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-28/date-farmers-central-australia-fight-cheap-imports-grow-industry/11328390

HEALTH CARE
Even most Democrats don???t love ???Medicare for All??? and other commentary
https://nypost.com/2019/07/26/even-most-democrats-dont-love-medicare-for-all-and-other-commentary/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

New ???Medicare for All??? Bill Would Kick 181 Million Off Private Insurance
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/new-%E2%80%98medicare-all%E2%80%99-bill-would-kick-181-million-private-insurance-69781

SOCIAL MEDIA
Among the Chimps
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/among-the-chimps/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202019-07-28&utm_term=WIR-Smart

PROGRESSIVES __________
Democrats Have Lost What Was Left Of Their Minds
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2019/07/28/democrats-have-lost-what-was-left-of-their-minds-n2550725?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=07/28/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

ENVIRONMENT
Against Climate Panic, for Climate Hope 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/against-climate-panic-for-climate-hope/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202019-07-28&utm_term=WIR-Smart

PHYSICS
Qunnta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/

TECHNOLOGY
Personal air conditioner unveiled by Sony could offer sweet relief during future heatwaves by blasting cold air down the back of your shirt
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7290361/Personal-air-conditioner-unveiled-Sony-offer-sweet-relief-future-heatwaves.html

FOREIGN POLICY
U.S. and U.K. divide increases on Iran
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/455021-us-and-uk-divide-increases-on-iran

DEFENSE
What does the US military actually know about UFOs?
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6064490918001/#sp=show-clips

LAW AND ORDER
How conservative operatives steered millions in PAC donations to themselves
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/26/conservative-majority-fund-political-fundraising-pac-kelley-rogers-1428260

EXCLUSIVE: Brazen father of Canadian murder fugitive tries to hijack media frenzy to publicize his new memoir he wrote in 12 days while drunk and it lays bare the dysfunctional household in which the 'killer' was raised
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7293635/Father-teen-Canadian-murder-fugitive-tries-hijack-media-frenzy-publicize-new-book.html

LAW AND THE COURTS
You can be sued for posting a negative online review
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/you-can-be-sued-for-posting-a-negative-online-review


"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)


GENERAL INTEREST
Wyman Meinzer???s West Texas
https://vimeo.com/22132017

Man finds rare $200,000 drawing in Queens thrift shop 
https://nypost.com/2019/07/26/man-finds-rare-200000-drawing-in-queens-thrift-shop/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

You could get paid ??30,000 to find abandoned Lamborghinis and Ferraris in Dubai for Hush Hush ??? the ???Amazon for millionaires???
https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/9580055/you-could-get-paid-find-abandoned-supercars/

How transhumance is the future
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190718-how-transhumance-is-the-future

Fury at plan to put ladders on K2 - the killer mountain that claims the lives of 25% of people who try to climb it
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7284401/Fury-plan-ladders-K2-mountain-claims-lives-25-people-try-it.html

Disney World guest's angry rant about 'childless' millennials goes viral: 'You made my son cry!'
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/disney-world-rant-mom-childless-millennials

Google built a tiny Street View car to map out one of the world's largest model cities, and the results are incredible
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-miniatur-wunderland-street-view-photos-2017-7

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week???s Headlines (8 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/26/briefing/26weeklynewsquiz.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190726&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11186&segment_id=15571&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

Chicago Betrays the Public Trust for Obama 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-betrays-the-public-trust-for-obama-11564094571?emailToken=c9ba94623b073fb726a1c116508f4f8eS+0f+C6XdF+GKOlRuw3KigSw2BY6CYBHCOXCBbphm1lm0L5qRT55MqdkiGD0SNmCx2yEfk5Lo+t3DhoxMo7w9Z6rRim5TeFcOkYnpTEFzpg%3D&reflink=article_email_share

HEALTH
In Congo, a New Plan to Fight Ebola Follows a Government Power Struggle 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/in-congo-a-new-plan-to-fight-ebola-follows-a-government-power-struggle/ar-AAEUl0B?ocid=spartandhp

5 Impressive Benefits of Coconut 
https://www.ecowatch.com/health-benefits-of-coconut-2639314539.html

50 Summer Foods You Should Never Eat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/50-summer-foods-you-should-never-eat/ss-AAEmNZE?ocid=spartandhp#image=51

Surgeons remove 36 magnetic balls from toddler's stomach, report says
https://www.foxnews.com/health/surgeons-36-magnetic-balls-toddlers-stomach

EDUCATION
The push to make New York high school diplomas completely meaningless
https://nypost.com/2019/07/25/the-push-to-make-new-york-high-school-diplomas-completely-meaningless/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

APOLLO 11
Apollo 11: How 'dumb luck' saved iconic Moon photos from being destroyed
https://www.foxnews.com/science/apollo-11-dumb-luck-saved-iconic-moon-photos

How AC Spark Plugs helped get Apollo 11 to the Moon and back
https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/07/23/ac-spark-plugs-helped-get-apollo-11-to-the-moon-and-back?sf105778369=1

SPACE
???It snuck up on us???: Scientists stunned by ???city-killer??? asteroid that just missed Earth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/it-snuck-up-us-city-killer-asteroid-just-missed-earth-scientists-almost-didnt-detect-it-time/?noredirect&utm_term=.3b487297efa6

WEATHER
Heat Wave Could Threaten Notre Dame Cathedral
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/heat-wave-could-threaten-notre-dame-cathedral?pl=pl-the-latest

African Americans Are Disproportionately Exposed to Extreme Heat
https://www.ecowatch.com/african-americans-extreme-heat-exposure-2639313007.html

HISTORY
The taxicab replaces the horse and carriage
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/the-taxi-replaces-the-horse-72619?e=a218d00c99

ORNITHOLOGY
Why Do Little Birds Mob Big Birds?
https://blog.nature.org/science/2019/07/22/why-do-little-birds-mob-big-birds/?src=e.cgs.eg.x.lg&lu=&autologin=true

FINANCIAL
Uncle Sam Shirks His Fiscal Responsibility in Budget Deal ["I guess Trump???s 2018 commitment that he would never sign a massive spending deal ever again was fake news."]
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/uncle-sam-shirks-his-fiscal-responsibility-in-budget-deal/

US economy slows to 2.1 percent growth in second quarter
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/454857-us-economy-slows-to-21-percent-in-second-quarter?userid=288549

CYBER SECURITY


FOREIGN POLICY
US warship sails through the Taiwan Strait hours after China said it was 'ready to go to war' with anyone who interferes in its relations with the island
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7284157/US-warship-sails-Taiwan-strait-amid-China-tensions.html

Ex-Swedish Prime Minister Warns Trump To Back Off A$AP Rocky Case
https://news.yahoo.com/ex-swedish-prime-minister-carl-bildt-trump-asap-rocky-205502700.html?.tsrc=jtc_news_index

NATIONAL SECURITY
???Golden Age Of SIGINT May Be Over???: New Encryption Foils IC Eavesdropping 
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/07/golden-age-of-sigint-may-be-over-new-encryption-foils-ic-eavesdropping/

MILITARY
Booze. Coke. Hazing. Forced redeployment. What's wrong with with the Navy SEALs?
https://taskandpurpose.com/navy-seals-discipline-problem

LAW AND ORDER
$250 million Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post dismissed by federal judge
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/07/26/nick-sandmann-covington-catholic-lawsuit-against-washington-post-dismissed-federal-judge/1841901001/

IRAN
Point Break: Is Iran Ready to Retaliate Against America?
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/point-break-iran-ready-retaliate-against-america-69097

IMMIGRATION
After Tariff Threat, Trump Says Guatemala Has Agreed to New Asylum Rules
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/world/americas/trump-guatemala-asylum.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190726?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11219&segment_id=15603&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190726&login=email&auth=login-email

Supreme Court rules Trump can use military funds for border wall construction
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/454963-supreme-court-rejects-allows-trump-admins-request-to-use-military

TRUMPGATE
Republicans knew of Mueller frailty before hearings on Hill 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=779a89004f774a5b5209ef147c5ca04f_5d3b1b25_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190726&goTo=A01&artid=1&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

House panel seeks grand jury material underlying Mueller report
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/454905-house-panel-to-file-application-for-grand-jury-material-underlying?userid=288549

POLITICS
Unity Can Be Worse than Partisanship 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/unity-can-be-worse-than-partisanship/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-07-26&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Will He Run? Is My Pillow's Mike Lindell Planning To Smother Ilhan Omar's Political Career?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/07/26/rumors-my-pillows-mike-lindell-mulling-campaign-to-smother-ilhan-omars-political-career-n2550667?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

"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)

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