PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
Unemployed Dad Hands Out Resum?? On Side Of Road, Receives Hundreds Of Offers
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/08/01/unemployed-dad-hands-out-resum%EF%BF%BD-on-side-of-road-receives-hundreds-of-offers-n2551088?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=08/02/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Will the Future Be Rural? 
https://www.ecowatch.com/future-food-systems--2639504341.html

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week???s Headlines (9 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/02/briefing/news-quiz.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190802&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11356&segment_id=15801&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

Wild Boars Are Besieging European Cities 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/wild-boars-are-besieging-european-cities/ar-AAF4YFw?ocid=spartandhp

HEALTH
New blood test for Alzheimer's can accurately predict disease years before brain scan, researchers say
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-new_blood_test_for_alzheimers_can_accurately_predi-rfoxnews/category/lifestyle

The 8 most unhealthy foods on your favorite restaurant menus 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/business_insider-the_8_most_unhealthy_foods_on_your_favorite_restau-newscred2/category/finance

HEALTH CARE
So, You Want Canadian Health Care? 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/democratic-candidates-health-care-plans-canadian-system/

WATCH: CNN Host Gets Kamala Harris To Admit She's Taking Away Your Employer-Provided Health Insurance
https://www.dailywire.com/news/50148/watch-cnn-host-gets-kamala-harris-admit-shes-amanda-prestigiacomo?utm_source=cnemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=080219-news&utm_campaign=position1

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Oh Good Grief: CNN Warns About Robot Racism
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/08/01/oh-good-grief-cnn-warns-about-robot-racism-n2551082?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=08/02/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

SPORTS


CULTURE
Saudi Arabia Extends New Rights to Women in Blow to Oppressive System
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-guardianship.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190802?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11385&segment_id=15839&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190802

Today's selection -- from The Elephant In The Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson.
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/extrinsic-factors-and-inherent-value-8219?e=a218d00c99

Securing freedom beyond government 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=4d12051337b93351206f2b3e0c722925_5d445809_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190802&goTo=B01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

Things People Say to Their Dogs
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/opinion/sunday/talking-dog.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190802?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11385&segment_id=15839&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190802

BUSINESS
UPDATE: How???s Gillette Doing Since Its ???Toxic Masculinity??? Campaign? Very, Very Badly.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/50122/update-hows-gillette-doing-its-toxic-masculinity-james-barrett?utm_source=cnemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=080219-news&utm_campaign=position4

It's About Time Someone Pushed Back About The Disaster Of Democrat-Controlled Cities
https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2019-7-30-its-about-time-someone-pushed-back-about-the-failure-of-democrat-controlled-cities

PHYSICS
Bubble Experiment Finds Universal Laws
https://www.quantamagazine.org/bubble-experiment-finds-universal-laws-20190731/

HERPETOLOGY
Chicago spent almost $34G to catch alligator living in city park
https://www.foxnews.com/science/chicago-spent-34g-catch-alligator

TECHNOLOGY
Robotic cockroach survives being stepped on
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/robotic-cockroach-survives-stepped-on

Some Want Delivery Drones to Buzz Off. Would Stricter Rules Change Their Minds? 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-want-delivery-drones-to-buzz-off-would-stricter-rules-change-their-minds-11564744619?emailToken=46d3defc85dd4c6638c70da4e53c99fbR8F+4Ib9ZmfuYJq3+YlbJ22ei7Guo8ZPFTGrUVnLYXHkBpQwaBoCCFPbsqtPIBneAjjquah3b4kzi0AWdIVULDXUJaOv2/gX+12gb+21MJ/LUDUJqTQAxBb2D77L6IiIsCPROZ+C8rjRY0umouAQrQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

CYBER SECURITY
What Consumers Should Know About Their Home Security Cameras
https://home.alarm.com/what-consumers-should-know-about-their-home-security-cameras/?utm_source=Taboola&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=Predictive

FOREIGN POLICY
Which Dem presidential candidate can best handle foreign and national security policy?
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rebecca-grant-which-dem-presidential-candidate-can-best-handle-foreign-and-national-security-policy

DEFENSE
Air Force to deploy ground-based lasers in first field test of ???directed energy??? weapon 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/air-force-to-deploy-ground-based-lasers-in-first-field-test-of-directed-energy-weapon/ar-AAFfwmb?ocid=spartandhp

Army refines wargames for multi-domain combat
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/army-refines-wargames-for-multi-domain-combat

U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty dies; U.S. to test new weapon
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-russia-nuclear-arms-control-treaty-dies-us-to-test-new-weapon-2019-08-02

House Democrats??? Missile Mess 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-democrats-missile-mess-11564701864?emailToken=ad504ff05ab81bc6ca502e27e32790eaz8xCcxWaS8ggzjvj2WiP8dURLDm6sl0v0oWAGleubHVVlNdgZIJqQI70XJwl3jjTJQr14oM/woYc3MEC2IS/wQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

BIG BROTHER
Against the Republican Daddy State 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/against-the-republican-daddy-state/

Surveillance Balloons Are Floating Over 6 States 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/newser-surveillance_balloons_are_floating_over_6_states-rnewsernor

IMMIGRATION
Cuban Migrants Are Thwarted in Mexico by New Asylum Rules 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuban-migrants-are-thwarted-in-mexico-by-new-asylum-rules-11564738202?emailToken=2f0aac49de98c1b4f479f173f00c0f04kZyEy79NL3jhslR766y7fL/3DeGW8RWUFn0fK1+uxDXFvc+Lt+WIGjCVigX7oj9LfRrNDiRwfhaJOoQXE6eAsb70GmaFkonibMi1stvCzlP1rLafApy2wfmTUj8/2NKI&reflink=article_email_share

Federal judge rules against Trump asylum policy
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/455956-federal-judge-rules-against-trump-asylum-policy

CHINA
China Reacts to Trade Tariffs and Hong Kong Protests by Blaming U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/world/asia/china-trump.html

PUERTO RICO
Ricardo Rossell?? Steps Down as Puerto Rico???s Governor, and Pedro Pierluisi is Sworn in to Succeed Him ( or ... maybe not.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/us/puerto-rico-governor-rossello-pierluisi.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190802?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11385&segment_id=15839&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190802

POLITICS
More Gabbard, Delaney and Williamson, Please
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-gabbard-delaney-and-williamson-please-11564703122?emailToken=d00688c410169f11065b332353b6f02dhKFPnrNMxYndvrGH3skwJH4YowxEl8LLLvd1Cw2uFVpXlf427I92YdLSceLBhseAOu8nVXNLFGYWCc4ymje1gcg0bUPkJ7kDfpTFAaJmDPo%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Here are the Candidates Who've Qualified for the September Debates 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/victoriamarshall/2019/08/01/heres-whos-qualified-for-the-september-debates-so-far-n2551072?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=08/02/2019&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)