PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
???We Have Fire Everywhere???
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/31/magazine/paradise-camp-fire-california.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190801&section=longRead?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11323&segment_id=15757&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=longRead

HEALTH
Don't touch any pig ear treats or feed them to your dog, the FDA and CDC say 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/cnn-dont_touch_any_pig_ear_treats_or_feed_them_to_your-cnn2/category/news

HEALTH CARE
Those European health-care models eyed by Dems are at risk of faltering 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0819/dems_euro_healthcare_oops.php3

??CULTURE
Mario Lopez Was Smeared. Score One for the Mob
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/mario-lopez-was-smeared-score-one-for-the-mob/

Today's encore selection -- from Crossing Paths by Laurence Steinberg and Wendy Steinberg.
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/the-gravest-health-crises-of-our-time-1147469?e=a218d00c99

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

BUSINESS
Lowe's lays off thousands of workers 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/lowes-lays-off-thousands-of-workers/ar-AAFbP73?ocid=spartandhp

ENVIRONMENT
U.S. Nuclear Arms Plant Files Reported Missing 
https://www.ecowatch.com/nuclear-arms-plant-files-missing-2639561239.html

Argentina brought beavers to Tierra del Fuego. It was not a good idea.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/07/beaver-overpopulation-tierra-del-fuego/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=Editorial::add=Animals_20190801::rid=8AB81768A9E4FFBB59BE0B699A9A72AD

SCIENCE
The Demon Core of the Third Atomic Bomb
https://mailchi.mp/beyondbandofbrothers/the-demon-core-of-the-third-atomic-bomb-602165

Viral math problem baffles mathematicians, physicists
https://nypost.com/2019/08/01/viral-math-problem-baffles-mathematicians-physicists/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

How a 6,000-Year-Old Dog Cancer Spread Around the World
https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-6000-year-old-dog-cancer-spread-around-the-world/

Innovative New Process Converts Vegetables Into Meat By Feeding Them To Cows
https://babylonbee.com/news/innovative-new-process-converts-vegetables-into-meat-by-feeding-them-to-cows

TECHNOLOGY
Korean Air says it has demonstrated the first UNMANNED helicopter flight as the craft hovered 30 feet above the ground for 30 minutes
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7310027/Korean-Air-says-demonstrated-UNMANNED-helicopter-flight.html

Ultra-fast Hyperloop project moves closer to reality
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/ultra-fast-hyperloop-closer-to-reality

LAW AND THE COURTS
Right-Wing Groups Ask Trump Not to Intervene With Citgo
https://www.oilandgas360.com/right-wing-groups-ask-trump-not-to-intervene-with-citgo/?utm_source=Closing+Bell&utm_campaign=b6ef8019a9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d4943fe35f-b6ef8019a9-27363477&goal=0_d4943fe35f-b6ef8019a9-27363477#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=right-wing-groups-ask-trump-not-to-intervene-with-citgo

TERRORISM
Exclusive: FBI document warns conspiracy theories are a new domestic terrorism threat
https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-documents-conspiracy-theories-terrorism-160000507.html

MILITARY
A soldier's wife went to her Army chaplain after a rabbi sent her explicit messages. She says he harassed her instead 
https://taskandpurpose.com/army-chaplain-rabbi-sexual-harassment

Marine general gets the lightest of slaps on the wrist for his toxic and abusive leadership 
https://taskandpurpose.com/marine-general-escapes-punishment

IMMIGRATION
Senator Graham Passes Legislation to Solve the Border Crisis Before August Recess, Democrats Object 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/08/01/graham-asylum-bill-n2551044?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Migrant agreement gives hope for trade 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=4b04ff3248577454b05a5f89f7527ebd_5d4303cb_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190801&goTo=A08&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

SPYGATE
BREAKING: "IG Report Will Be A Stinging Rebuke Of Comey's Conduct"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9fXVnpSS_c&feature=youtu.be

POLITICS
Biden: 'Bizarre' that Democrats attacked Obama's policies at debate
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/455773-biden-bizarre-that-democrats-attacked-obamas-policies-at?userid=288549

Why the GOP Has Declined in California 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/why-gop-declined-in-california/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-08-01&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

"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)