PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
An American Song, an American Crisis 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-american-song-an-american-crisis-11565301549?emailToken=2ba32f1d50d31d7576e30facc7974952gSBpiT7wonFKK0W4wcR9RFRZLm0MnCjw4AKikUvtif3H/QgRoglbN2KNjzP0ksKKqX+FxrbcYigJ4x7ukf8e3g%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

The Great American Lawn
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000006542254/climate-change-lawns.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190809?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11542&segment_id=16036&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190809

Putting America???s Problems in Perspective 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/putting-americas-problems-in-perspective/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-08-09&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week???s Headlines (9 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/09/briefing/news-quiz.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190809&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11514&segment_id=16009&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

HEALTH
High-tech clothing lets you turn on electronics and repel bacteria
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/clothing-turn-on-electronics-repel-bacteria

MIND BOGGLING STUPID
Man wrongly outed as Trump donor by Castro, forced to go over 'situational awareness' with wife, kids
https://www.foxnews.com/media/man-wrongly-outed-trump-donor-joaquin-castro

FINANCIAL
Half of Republicans say US deficit needs to be dealt with immediately
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/456890-half-of-republicans-say-us-deficit-needs-to-be-dealt-with-immediately

SPORTS
Simone Biles Takes Gymnastics to a New Level. Again. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/sports/olympics/simone-biles-gymnastics-triple-double-national-championships.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190809?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11542&segment_id=16036&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190809

ENVIRONMENT
Another Day in Bureaucratic Hell 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/another-day-in-bureaucratic-hell-11565304309?emailToken=848872db5f798b466850b568c5dec1bdKBWmllUXP3ORMoLMcN9wpYvNtvx4l/ZH4F7GkT8G4yznmU+hhjywhh/gKLk5cCwOXipucBrVD1Kc20MFDxCPnA%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Making Heating Carbon Free Is Complicated 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/making-heating-carbon-free-is-complicated-11565300603?emailToken=2fd28fe0aeef95ff77a833cdcbebf2b2oQn/RVbe+WnqkjHRTGiO0CGVx0/5AjAVgYcGVeqJzcKC/B1SSnGtRxZBPJm8MHKGf4Rh7gMv/j3JeEGvhtrjPzctgRRHZMLwktWaYXkkiZI%3D&reflink=article_email_share

WEATHER
The US could be hit by eight hurricanes before December as experts predict a storm surge following the end of El Ni??o
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7340557/The-hit-eight-hurricanes-December.html

ENTOMOLOGY
Slow-motion video reveals how MAGGOTS 'catapult themselves to safety' by turning their bodies into an improvised spring
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7340997/Slow-motion-video-reveals-MAGGOTS-leap-air-turning-bodies-spring.html

SPACE
Incredible footage shows the immense power of NASA's Orion spacecraft engines during a crucial test ahead of crewed missions to the moon in 2024
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7340903/Incredible-footage-shows-immense-power-NASAs-Orion-rocket-engines.html

TECHNOLOGY
This High-Tech Solution to Disaster Response May Be Too Good to Be True
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/us/emergency-response-disaster-technology.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190809?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11542&segment_id=16036&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190809



NATIONAL SECURITY
China may be trying to hack US utilities, report says
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/china-hack-utilities-report

MILITARY
Tax reform tarnishes benefits for Gold Star families
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=efe447635bb16b3ec9821eacebbfc86a_5d4d8fb3_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190809&goTo=A01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

The Truth About Gen. John Hyten 
See The Wall Street Journal article, below.

TERRORISM
Here's the data on white supremacist terrorism the Trump administration has been 'unable or unwilling' to give to Congress
https://news.yahoo.com/heres-the-data-the-trump-administration-wouldnt-give-congress-on-white-supremacist-terrorism-235254627.html

El Paso Suspect Ordered Gun and Moved Out in Weeks Before Attack
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/us/el-paso-suspect.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190809&section=topNews?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11514&segment_id=16009&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408tion=topNews&login=email&auth=login-email

CHINA
???There are no people???: China???s crackdown in the Uyghur heartland 
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2018/1119/There-are-no-people-China-s-crackdown-in-the-Uyghur-heartland?cmpid=ema:mkt90day:20190809&src=journey

NKOR
Ryugyong Hotel: The story of North Korea's 'Hotel of Doom'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ryugyong-hotel-the-story-of-north-koreas-hotel-of-doom/ar-AAFASVE?ocid=spartandhp

RUSSIA
Is Putin covering up a nuclear disaster? Ambulances covered in protective film transport six Russians who suffered severe radiation poisoning in mystery explosion during 'test of new hypersonic missile'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7340445/Putins-6-000-mph-hypersonic-missile-exploded-test-causing-radiation-spike-north-Russia.html

SPYGATE
Graham: New Bruce Ohr docs show FISA warrant against ex-Trump campaign aide a 'fraud'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/graham-new-bruce-ohr-docs-fisa-warrant

POLITICS
Liberals are now willing to target any Trump supporter for ruination 
https://nypost.com/2019/08/08/liberals-are-now-willing-to-target-any-trump-supporter-for-ruination/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

They Paid $42 for a SoulCycle Ride, Not for Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/us/politics/soulcycle-equinox-boycott.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190809&section=topNews?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11514&segment_id=16009&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408tion=topNews

Going to Extremes Against Guns
https://www.wsj.com/articles/going-to-extremes-against-guns-11565302002?emailToken=91b21677e9beca175eb8f4979e67fdf7PJdmPyNUjmtElfqXi12zsKtBjfJNgj5wIgA4vipfBW2gUYwlbadWdUpH7G2VeKg0x6P6uT2dw6AMo9wj/Fe5nw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

On Gun Control, Once More from the Top 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/on-gun-control-once-more-from-the-top/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-08-09&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)

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (without permission)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-truth-about-gen-john-hyten-11565214500

The Truth About Gen. John Hyten

The sex charges that led some senators to oppose him don???t withstand the most basic scrutiny.

By

Heidi Brown

Aug. 7, 2019 5:48 pm ET

Air Force Gen. John Hyten speaks at a hearing in Washington, April 11. Photo: jeenah moon/Reuters
Air Force Gen. John Hyten is commander of U.S. Strategic Command and President Trump???s nominee to be vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 20-7 to send his nomination to the floor???but not before it was clouded by allegations of sexual misconduct from a female subordinate.

Army Col. Kathryn Spletstoser???s accusations are graphic and nauseating. But they are discredited by evidence.