PLATT - CURATED News

Maybe Liberty Isn???t a Lost Cause in China 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/maybe-liberty-isnt-a-lost-cause-in-china/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-08-16&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

GENERAL INTEREST
Field of tie-dyed dreams: How Woodstock changed a generation 
https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2019/0812/Field-of-tie-dyed-dreams-How-Woodstock-changed-a-generation?cmpid=ema:mkt:20190816&src=highlight

Legendary guitarists Les Paul and Mary Ford
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/legendary-guitarists-les-paul-and-mary-ford-81619-2xp531c1xy?e=a218d00c99

She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice to Animals
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/style/modern-love-man-who-is-nice-to-animals.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190816&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11684&segment_id=16213&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week???s Headlines (11 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/16/briefing/news-quiz.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190816&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11684&segment_id=16213&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

HEALTH
'My entire scalp was on fire': A doctor repeatedly insisted she had a tension headache. Something more serious was going on. 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/scalp_on_fire.php3

Sell an Organ
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/stossel081419.php3

How do you treat a rhino with a blocked nose? (with great difficulty!): Forty zookeepers who struggled to lift Layla into a CAT scanner discover she has a rogue TOOTH blocking her nasal passage
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7363407/Forty-zookeepers-lift-164-stone-Layla-CAT-scanner-treat-blocked-nose.html

HEALTH CARE
Still Heading for the ObamaCare Exits
https://www.wsj.com/articles/still-heading-for-the-obamacare-exits-11565911387?emailToken=726413dbe059dd81307a194b593a45c5wEFpYRTF3EdRkdx2ReUeawIR0vPhHoYTu/5XTmnoIzuGa/IWOdo06wQfuZhvx8o3kGMwuA/loQkVUhFZYiBMhYoxU9d4nzUB6fE3L4Yda/g%3D&reflink=article_email_share

How the government???s hospital protection racket drives up costs
https://nypost.com/2019/08/15/how-the-governments-hospital-protection-racket-drives-up-costs/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

MIND BOGGLING STUPID
Girl, 9, sues renowned Berlin boys choir over gender bias
https://www.foxnews.com/world/girl-sues-berlin-boys-choir-gender

Zero Tolerance or Zero Grip on Reality? 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/skenazy081419.php3

Report: NY University Gender Studies Department Publishes Paper Saying Milking Cows Is Like Sexual Abuse
https://www.dailywire.com/news/50693/report-ny-university-gender-studies-department-hank-berrien

thanks, TM ...


The Four-Second Catastrophe: How Boeing Doomed the 737 MAX
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-four-second-catastrophe-how-boeing-doomed-the-737-max-11565966629?emailToken=490990f0473dd4c92282ad85e34fd0c0NgGqHpAH8DJQewsZsmzD8yYb+/8rGRx0elpvEpoqraoiunl7NmY1tKu1k9wSb60ehdbPcjyHVfe+LvDMUmN/fwTZ2BOzQKr6hc7iXiBPpJsrlg7E3RH3hegq94c9zBaQ&reflink=article_email_share

FINANCIAL
Treasury is about to flood the market with debt to fund U.S.???s $1 trillion deficit ??? and that is a concern
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-us-treasury-is-about-to-flood-the-market-with-debt-to-fund-a-1-trillion-deficit-heres-why-that-is-a-worry-2019-08-15

Dems can???t blame DC???s $900B deficit on Trump???s tax cuts
https://nypost.com/2019/08/15/dems-cant-blame-dcs-900b-deficit-on-trumps-tax-cuts/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

SPORTS
Texts and emails allegedly detail Nike???s willingness to pay high schoolers, including Zion Williamson
https://news.yahoo.com/texts-and-emails-allegedly-detail-nikes-willingness-to-pay-high-schoolers-including-zion-williamson-001012098.html

At U.S. Open, Do Women Play With Faster Tennis Balls?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-u-s-open-do-women-play-with-faster-tennis-balls-11565957964?emailToken=22f83e94b10ea6cdcce38d688402c8d6hqPA5WwI+N0j6TK3HydQCDIEORy05ZbBaE+jkn/Rl5aJy3+xIkaL63M5BTUX55vgoB2Ms5Pf//tJTH10ysKigywgJkpdT6S8cwvvUcfcvZ0%3D&reflink=article_email_share

More kids quitting sports over unaffordable price tag
https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/more-kids-quitting-sports-over-unaffordable-price-tag

Winning coaches' locker room secret
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190815125141.htm

WEATHER
Grapefruit-size hailstone in Colorado breaks state record
https://www.foxnews.com/us/grapefruit-size-hailstone-in-colorado-breaks-state-record

ENVIRONMENT
EPA Reverses Approval of Deadly ???Cyanide Bombs??? After Public Outcry
https://www.ecowatch.com/cyanide-bombs-epa-wildlife-2639851685.html

Trump Administration Delays Construction of Border Wall in Arizona Wildlife Preserve
https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-border-wall-arizona-2639839045.html

ASTRONOMY
Astronomers Have Detected a Whopping 8 New Repeating Signals From Deep Space
https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-have-bagged-a-jaw-dropping-haul-of-eight-new-repeating-fast-radio-bursts

TECHNOLOGY
Everything Is Gamergate
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/15/opinion/what-is-gamergate.html

I Wish I Could Tell You It???s Gotten Better. It Hasn???t.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/15/opinion/brianna-wu-gamergate.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
Hackers just found serious vulnerabilities in a U.S. military fighter jet 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/hackers_fighter_jet.php3

DEFENSE
US tells Congress of plans to sell F-16 fighters to Taiwan 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-us_tells_congress_of_plans_to_sell_f16_fighters_to-ap/category/news+

MILITARY
More than 80 homes found to be at-risk of carbon monoxide poisoning at Fort Bragg 
https://taskandpurpose.com/carbon-monoxide-fort-bragg

Army's housing chief relieved of command due to loss of confidence in his leadership
https://www.foxnews.com/us/armys-housing-chief-relieved-of-command-due-to-loss-in-confidenec

LAW AND THE COURTS
The Bloomberg-Ellison Corruption Connection
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/08/the-bloomberg-ellison-corruption-connection.php

EPSTEIN
Jeffrey Epstein Chose New Mexico for a Reason
https://newrepublic.com/article/154761/jeffrey-epstein-zorro-ranch-new-mexico-history

BIG BROTHER
N.Y.P.D. Detectives Gave a Boy, 12, a Soda. He Landed in a DNA Database.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/nyregion/nypd-dna-database.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190816&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11684&segment_id=16213&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram???s Changes Could Leave Influencers Heartbroken 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/instagrams-changes-could-leave-influencers-heartbroken-11565947801?emailToken=a7385cbc677a1d4345d378de32a7fbc6ZKu+8SkW6mvmJ29sMOX+t/jsJTVfQdU8gzmHk3g3ENHSprNFYZfwzYjKebQcUtiMfa/ltB+5d0YmG8YyvkfZzFYCUU7P+DfREgO4xmTdJazxdCgLDthQ+t21bb/hlDME&reflink=article_email_share

IMMIGRATION
Appeals Court Bars Trump Asylum Restrictions for California, Arizona 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/appeals-court-narrows-injunction-barring-trump-asylum-restrictions-11565972193?emailToken=0941c42fc8f57ce839d140dca2e864785WcklpcEEE55YNQ6SXPXRuJQaTTxKmDcfAi10/FHzsE0rp3wOmB+so7ijnxomfm3jH+QpXcDxFObUmivirHolfbQZx/M6LpmEt+Ua3h0z8S7GtTRjRATKmrtAbOs9MZK&reflink=article_email_share

"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)