PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTERESTING
6-year-old boy starts lemonade stand to fund dad???s dying wish for mom 
https://nypost.com/2019/08/05/6-year-old-boy-starts-lemonade-stand-to-fund-dads-dying-wish-for-mom/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Yorkie halts neighborhood???s mail service after biting postal worker
https://nypost.com/2019/08/04/yorkie-halts-neighborhoods-mail-service-after-biting-postal-worker/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Keillor:?? Forget about who you are 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/keillor080519.php3

HEALTH
What???s the Scoop on Kids and Dirt? Get Enough to Help, but Not Enough to Hurt, a Doctor Advises 
https://www.ecowatch.com/children-dirt-exposure-health-2639603869.html

WHO AFRO - Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin - Week 31/2019
http://newsletters.afro.who.int/outbreaks-weekly-bulletin/x53c7k13nfj1hj3oiwqrmm?email=true&a=11&p=55434356

HUMOR
That"s All, Folks!
https://twitter.com/MamoudouNDiaye/status/1155822774348406784

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

EDUCATION
Back From Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail And Discovers That His Bid For Tenure Has Been Denied
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/back-from-yet-another-globetrotting-adventure-indiana-jones-checks-his-mail-and-discovers-that-his-bid-for-tenure-has-been-denied?fbclid=IwAR0TmSIw8YAcGfS23bufFTkSUVXdTsJlOzlfotDONVp0Pf_edRGOKL_bTUY

HISTORY
NatGeo History
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016c630edadaaa6e496e96638858/4999c14b-5049-4d31-a5f6-e9e189a3f7a4/HTML

When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-union-pepsi-ships

BUSINESS
And you thought YOUR boss was bad! Hidden cameras, stolen lunches and rude notes will make you glad you don't work for these employers
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7319729/Bosses-hell-Secret-cameras-charged-charging-mobile-phones-stealing-food.html

FINANCIAL
How to Balance the Budget???Again 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-balance-the-budgetagain-11564955299?emailToken=ed0d6c251147dc2d64d4a38e2c32474fekeJKXRdIrDix3wX837x05txH64/gnpHNoAB5pQyxIOob5eU337N4eTE/o/vW6MdjxzhmKSX2ErZPh2DlCmOkQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

WEATHER
Lake Michigan Swallowing Beaches
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/lake-michigan-swallowing-beaches?pl=pl-the-latest

Two Rescued After South Dakota Train Derailment
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/locomotive-crew-rescued-after-train-derailment-in-south-dakota?pl=pl-the-latest

ENVIRONMENT
???Founding forest??? bouncing back 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=90492840aaaf4d21fdf646d23bc968d6_5d484a44_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190805&goTo=A10&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

Stop abusing land, scientists warn
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49149761

ENTOMOLOGY
Real Life Mind-Controlling Puppet Masters of the Animal World
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/07/real-life-mind-controlling-puppet-masters-of-the-animal-world/

TECHNOLOGY
Is this the flying car of the future? Prototype hovers ten feet above the ground for one minute in unveiling by Japanese electronics giant NEC
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7321341/Japans-NEC-shows-flying-car-hovering-steadily-minute.html

The future is now?
https://twitter.com/neuroecology/status/1150850167442202625

FOREIGN POLICY
Today's selection -- from Land of Promise by Michael Lind.
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/3419-fec4i01z6k-1146521?e=a218d00c99

Trump expands Venezuela sanctions into embargo
https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/456292-trump-expands-venezuela-sanctions-into-embargo

MILITARY
HR rep to replace SAW gunners in all special operations units
https://taskandpurpose.com/navy-seals-misconduct

LAW AND ORDER
Brazilian Gang Leader Dressed as His Teenage Daughter in Failed Jail Break
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/world/americas/brazil-prison-mask-daughter.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190805?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11430&segment_id=15900&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190805

Let???s Punish Mass Shooters, 1776-Style
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/08/05/lets-punish-mass-shooters-1776style-n2551151?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=08/05/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

BIG BROTHER
Have No Fear of Facial Recognition 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/have-no-fear-of-facial-recognition-11564955494?emailToken=71239a0f032051c2ae8a353c7e9cbeee3rqiV3UEOmHvicUTZaZvbo0U9aQZQAE48UZA01YWIcKGT3Wltm3V1KlUhSQ5GIlyqhZPe6j4qxQhSm9bMqcy2A%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

JAPAN
Craving Freedom, Japan???s Women Opt Out of Marriage
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/world/asia/japan-single-women-marriage.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190805&section=longRead?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11418&segment_id=15878&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=longRead&login=email&auth=login-email

NKOR
North Korean cryptocurrency heists net estimated $2 billion: UN report 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/cnn-north_korean_cryptocurrency_heists_net_estimated_2-cnn2

RUSSIA
Huge explosions rock remote Russian military base in Siberia sending hundreds of terrified residents in 13-MILE exclusion zone fleeing for their lives
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7322697/Huge-explosion-envelopes-remote-Russian-military-base-Siberia-sending-terrified-residents-fleeing.html

UK
Berrying Boris
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/steyn080519.php3

TERRORISM
It???s Time to Declare War on White-Nationalist Terrorism 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/declare-war-on-white-nationalist-terrorism/

Crush This Evil 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/el-paso-shooting-white-supremacy-evil-ideology/

Why Are We Hearing About the White Supremacist in El Paso and Not the Liz Warren Supporter in Dayton?
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/dayton-did-something-happen-in-dayton/

The FBI Crushed the Klan and Should Target Violent White Supremacists Today
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/the-fbi-crushed-the-klan-and-should-target-violent-white-supremacists-today/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-08-05&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

TRUMPGATE
Democratic leaders seek to have it both ways on impeachment
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/455982-democratic-leaders-seek-to-have-it-both-ways-on-impeachment

POLITICS
Leave it to the Dems Lose to Their Own Debates
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michael/reagan080519.php3

We Should Fear Free-Speech Curbs More Than Exposure to Racist Manifestos 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/el-paso-shootings-free-speech-curbs/

For the Democrats, It???s Winnowing Time 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/democratic-candidates-winnowing-time/

"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)