PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
This Week???s News Quiz: the Amazon Rain Forest, Greenland and the Hong Kong Protests (11 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/23/briefing/amazon-rain-forest-greenland-hong-kong-protests-news-quiz.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190823&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11854&segment_id=16417&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

HEALTH
Four-in-one pill prevents third of heart problems
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49434337

Drug-Resistant Salmonella Linked to Overuse of Antibiotics in Cattle Farming
https://www.ecowatch.com/drug-resistant-salmonella-antibiotics-2639979881.html

Apple iPhone 7 radiation test prompts FCC investigation: report
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/cellphone-radiation-test-fcc-investigation

Patient's mangled, overgrown toenails shaved down in 10-minute viral clip
https://www.foxnews.com/health/patients-mangled-toenails-shaved-down-viral

Microplastics in water pose ???no apparent health risk???
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49430038

MIND BOGGLING STUPID
Canadian single dad faces human rights complaint for asking about babysitter???s gender
https://www.foxnews.com/world/dad-babysitter-canada-gender-discrimination

CULTURE
Of the 27 Deadliest Mass Shooters, 26 of Them Had One Thing in Common
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/markmeckler/2018/02/27-deadliest-mass-shooters-26-one-thing-common/

EDUCATION
Left-wing activists trying to hijack kids??? minds with ???ethnic studies??? 
https://nypost.com/2019/08/22/left-wing-activists-trying-to-hijack-kids-minds-with-ethnic-studies/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

ECONOMY
'I always find a way to win': Donald Trump slams reports U.S. is headed toward recession even as White House aides privately warned president economic downturn is coming
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7387245/I-way-win-Donald-Trump-slams-reports-U-S-headed-recession.html

BUSINESS
Trump 'hereby orders' companies to seek 'alternative' markets to China as markets plunge
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-orders-u-companies-seek-154539917.html

AMAZON, INC.
Amazon Has Ceded Control of Its Site. The Result: Thousands of Banned, Unsafe or Mislabeled Products
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-has-ceded-control-of-its-site-the-result-thousands-of-banned-unsafe-or-mislabeled-products-11566564990?emailToken=6f4960c61a36429fbfa8fad53c91fe8djb+nrswwtD5oZTb4b0YbR4PN1iD+S4Te6ZghWx5GpTa8Bmi8H1TnAgBwz/rv1xd08LsYW8CVf+ZWYk4nh2hKa2vtxIyUynONpTuYH/fKqBPqH1sURnjzdW5Y40s8HlZQv4Y9FaD6A9KP3E4SNWehpD9XdbICom+Zwiso+m+YUF0%3D&reflink=article_email_share

How The Journal Analyzed Amazon Listings 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-journal-analyzed-amazon-listings-11566565005

HISTORY
Hotels hired guards to protect their sugar supplies -- 8/23/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/72619-1147221?e=a218d00c99

ENVIRONMENT
Celebrities are sharing FAKE photos of huge Amazonian wildfires that actually show historical blazes or somewhere else entirely
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7384921/Photos-shared-online-devastation-caused-Amazonian-wildfires-FAKE.html

ASTRONOMY
Scientists are building a real-life version of the Starship Enterprise's life scanner
https://www.foxnews.com/science/scientists-are-building-a-real-life-version-of-the-starship-enterprises-life-scanner

CYBER SECURITY
Turn off your Bluetooth, warn security experts
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/turn-off-your-bluetooth-warn-security-experts

I Visited 47 Sites. Hundreds of Trackers Followed Me.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/23/opinion/data-internet-privacy-tracking.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190823?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11880&segment_id=16447&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190823

NATIONAL SECURITY
China suspected of ???academic espionage??? in U.S. 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=00b82e6c67f7a5879ebc772cad3592d9_5d6006f0_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190823&goTo=A01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

DEFENSE
Army sets sights on lasers for infantry troops
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/army-sets-sights-on-lasers-for-infantry-troops

LAW AND ORDER
Lack Of Common Sense? Why This Security Guard Pulled A Gun On A Uniformed Police Officer 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/08/22/boob-with-a-gun-that-time-some-paul-blart-security-guard-stupidly-pulled-a-gun-on-a-sheriffs-deputy-n2552092?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

SCOTUS
Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated for malignant tumor on pancreas, Supreme Court says
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-says-justice-ruth-bader-treated-for-malignant-tumor-on-pancreas

Kavanaugh???s High-School Classmate Sues HuffPost for Defamation 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/kavanaughs-high-school-classmate-sues-huffpost-for-defamation/

POLITICS
Dangers loom for Trump on immigration
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/458499-the-memo-dangers-loom-for-trump-on-immigration?userid=288549

???New Left Urbanists??? Want to Remake Your City
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-left-urbanists-want-to-remake-your-city-11566512564?emailToken=2f1a19aa3d9269215b1425cbf6500890ZlTLuzswsDbjoqE3j5Po7IhW5ZMdQ5Khbjrk3oLzEXqfmw/xj0FPp5fXyFYJ3M0Hk4zql49rWYFKoln1jWbUeBPOuPugI499kgs15kRzt3c%3D&reflink=article_email_share

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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)