PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
I broke up with coffee. Cool beans no more 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/albom081219.php3

Rescheduled flight turned into private jet experience for one lucky traveler 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/rescheduled_private_flight.php3

Tesla Pickup Truck: Everything We Know, Including Price, Range & More 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-trucks/tesla-pickup-truck-everything-we-know-including-price-range-and-more/ar-AAFKINi?ocid=spartandhp

HEALTH
WHO AFRO - Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin - Week 32/2019
http://newsletters.afro.who.int/outbreaks-weekly-bulletin/iift1bbewhk1hj3oiwqrmm?email=true&a=11&p=55466801

At Least 7 Dogs Dead After Swimming in Water with Toxic Algae
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/at-least-7-dogs-dead-after-swimming-in-water-with-toxic-algae?pl=pl-the-latest

HEALTH CARE
Nursing Home Resident Takes Kamala Harris To Task Over Her Health Care Plan
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/08/12/elderly-nursing-home-resident-takes-kamala-harris-to-task-over-her-health-care-plan-n2551551?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=08/13/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

HUMOR
The News in Zingers
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/hamilton.php3

HISTORY
Today's selection -- from The Sugar Barons by Matthew Parker.
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/sugar-takes-over-the-world-81319?e=a218d00c99

FINANCIAL
This simple pattern projected the U.S. stock market selloff 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-simple-pattern-projected-the-us-stock-market-selloff-2019-08-12

CLIMATE CHANGE
Could dimming the sun save the Earth? Bill Gates wants to spray millions of tonnes of dust into the stratosphere to stop global warming... but critics fear it could trigger calamity
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7350713/Bill-Gates-wants-spray-millions-tonnes-dust-stratosphere-stop-global-warming.html

22 states sue Trump over repeal of Obama-era power plant rules
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/457252-22-states-sue-trump-over-repeal-of-obama-era-power-plant-rules

WEATHER
Lightning struck near the North Pole 48 times. It's not normal.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/lightning-struck-near-north-pole-why-strange/

NATURE
Freaky 'zombie-snail' appears to FLASH green and orange after contracting parasite which invades the mollusc's eyeballs
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7351805/Freaky-zombie-snail-appears-FLASH-green-orange.html

SCIENCE
NASA finds evidence of 'interplanetary shock' for first time
https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasa-evidence-interplanetary-shock


Flat-Earther's bid to launch 5,000 feet into the air on a homemade steam rocket FAILS after $325 boiler he bought off Craigslist breaks down
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7351789/Flat-Earthers-bid-launch-5-000-feet-air-homemade-steam-rocket-fails.html

DEFENSE
Army sets sights on new fuel cell technology
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/army-sets-sights-on-new-fuel-cell-technology

MILITARY
Someone made a massive Marine Corps Air Station out of Legos and it's absolutely glorious 
https://taskandpurpose.com/lego-marine-corps-air-station

SOCOM announces 'comprehensive review' of culture and ethics in special ops 
https://taskandpurpose.com/socom-sof-review
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LAW AND ORDER
Person Accidentally Texts Missouri Police Officer About Getting High and the Cop's Response Is Epic! 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/people-person_accidentally_texts_missouri_police_officer-rtime

LAW AND THE COURTS
Mistakes Were Made ??? Always in Jeffrey Epstein???s Favor 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/jeffrey-epstein-case-mistakes-made-always-in-his-favor/

SOCIAL MEDIA
Mitch McConnell???s Twitter Jailbreak
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mitch-mcconnells-twitter-jailbreak-11565652171?emailToken=9bbd72f778bc317f7a2d96c27f8bf7a3D9rr4kC8Zd5JBlH+KkJm3HbAtHiFZ9HCACRJLAFlB+XrGnqNjnlBn8zbbPuqv8pXULyo37Bboc5GwFs/RLqoqQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

IMMIGRATION
Italy's Interior Minister Had the Perfect Response to Richard Gere Intervening in Country's Immigration Issues
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/08/13/italys-interior-minister-had-the-perfect-response-to-richard-gere-intervening-in-countrys-immigration-issues-n2551536?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

VENEZUELA
Venezuela???s Maduro Cracks Down on His Own Military in Bid to Retain Power 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/venezuelas-maduro-cracks-down-on-his-own-military-in-bid-to-retain-power/ar-AAFKM5W?ocid=spartandhp

TERRORISM
'Time To Blow Up The Plane': Texas Teen Arrested For Terroristic Threat in Houston 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/newsweek-time_to_blow_up_the_plane_texas_teen_arrested_for-rnewsweek

MASS SHOOTINGS
Guns and the Do-Something Fallacy 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/guns-and-the-do-something-fallacy-11565651915?emailToken=e4260d74cc0e827dcc5e9f3442c678a18X3EgTU7qmnmhN7gTkp6gvKCdH2wCHmHuZpkIUesfi+wMXiNldRsP9t8DAL4jvdh1O+vTY82czf1Spg41cJSFQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

POLITICS
Are We All Unilateralists Now? 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-we-all-unilateralists-now-11565651868?emailToken=a3e8709f96db4af401b336ee5dac4c68MxyXMWKYDvle9f8i4R+5kkBjHY6ylUyjV4QWP1KeChPsU3H2qD33CsMjl3KqHZdx4faBY6CA2wzYZ8ovPepFzg%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

The Memo: Suburbs spell trouble for Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/457176-the-memo-suburbs-spell-trouble-for-trump

Bullock finds support among Iowans as Biden backup 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=b21e9f7e05aadd234a4701637e83d90e_5d52d5b2_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190813&goTo=A03&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

Recession warnings pose 2020 threat to Trump
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/457172-recession-warnings-pose-2020-threat-to-trump

"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)