PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
???You must exit your home???: SpaceX launch is bad news for locals
https://qz.com/1694822/spacex-starhopper-launch-prompts-blast-warnings-from-local-police/

Federal officials investigate rumor that Dairy Queen burgers contain human flesh 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/dairy_queen_human_burgers.php3

HEALTH
WHO AFRO - Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin - Week 34/2019
http://newsletters.afro.who.int/outbreaks-weekly-bulletin/1nzrsow1x1k1hj3oiwqrmm?email=true&a=11&p=55525474

Don't be fooled by mail-order DNA tests 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/flam082619.php3

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

PARENTING
7 myths about what it takes to raise successful adults 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/successful_adults_myths.php3

MIND BOGGLING STUPID
Girls Volleyball Coach Rejects School District???s Transgender Inclusion Policy (Read the comments)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/51023/girls-volleyball-coach-rejects-school-districts-paul-bois?utm_source=cnemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=082619-news&utm_campaign=position5

EDUCATION
Let college kids work longer summers to pay their bills 
https://nypost.com/2019/08/25/let-college-kids-work-longer-summers-to-pay-their-bills/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HISTORY
The tumultuous 1980s -- 8/26/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/announcing-a-brief-history-of-doom-1147585?e=a218d00c99

Colossal crabs may hold clue to Amelia Earhart fate
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/08/colossal-crabs-hold-clue-amelia-earhart-fate/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=History_20190826&rid=8AB81768A9E4FFBB59BE0B699A9A72AD

BUSINESS
The Driverless-Car Pile-Up 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/driverless-car-market-folly-industrial-policy/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-08-26&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

CLIMATE CHANGE
Melting Chocolate in a Warming World 
https://www.ecowatch.com/chocolate-and-the-climate-crisis-2640023600.html

ENVIRONMENT
Vast 'pumice raft' found drifting through Pacific Ocean
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-49469446
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/25/asia/pumice-stone-underwater-volcano-great-barrier-reef-intl/index.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/pumice-raft-great-barrier-reef-2640033428.html

Cars Clog Canal Carrying Floodwaters Away From New Orleans
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/cars-clog-canal-carrying-floodwaters-away-from-new-orleans?pl=pl-the-latest

POWER
Sixteen mines in the Powder River Basin produce 43% of U.S. coal
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=41053&src=email

TECHNOLOGY
QUALCOMM: Managing Information in Motion
https://www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/article/qualcomm-managing-information-in-motion/

Marines carried into battle on silent wings wearing invisible bodysuits are among some of the futuristic tech visions imagined by Royal Navy engineers
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7393287/Royal-Navy-engineers-futuristic-tech-visions-include-invisible-body-suits.html

FOREIGN POLICY
The State Department doesn't really care if its human rights training for partner security forces is working or not
https://taskandpurpose.com/state-department-human-rights-training-gao-audit

What Trump 'gets' about China that most American still don't --- or won't 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/magnet082619.php3

NATIONAL SECURITY
Make Denmark Another Offer for Greenland
https://www.wsj.com/articles/make-denmark-another-offer-for-greenland-11566755180?emailToken=098d8597a1d5630e58486043a14cb4776SrVJXQjOQ/hLI8iCFF1UPx7YAEwfMsfmsJlDukzV1a4Fo6YwZrVJJIVQ4E+FdXuNlMg0XiLLeeMv8X6HNSqWIom20Uc7BWpWc2QVz2oxnY%3D&reflink=article_email_share

LAW AND ORDER
A Kansas VA hospital police supervisor reported 'dangerous' deficiencies among his officers. Now he says he faced retaliation
https://taskandpurpose.com/kansas-va-hospital-whistleblower-retaliation

FAA: Sorry, it's illegal to weaponize a drone
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/faa-sorry-its-illegal-to-weaponize-a-drone

TRUMPGATE
Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Rob Porter as Part of Obstruction Probe 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/judiciary-committee-subpoenas-rob-porter-as-part-of-obstruction-probe/

POLITICS
New poll shows Biden falling badly, three-way tie for Democratic lead
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/458833-new-poll-shows-biden-falling-badly-three-way-tie-for-democratic-lead?userid=288549

A Squeaker in 2020? Not Likely 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/presidential-reelection-cliffhangers-rare/

Democratic field boils down to four-horse race
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/458636-the-memo-democratic-field-boils-down-to-four-horse-race

Democrats diss young voters on climate change, opening door for a third party candidate
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/liz-peek-democrats-dis-climate-change-voters-third-party-opening

"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)