PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
This junk-covered home has $343K in unpaid fines ??? and a rat problem
https://nypost.com/2019/09/03/this-junk-filled-home-has-343k-in-unpaid-fines-and-a-rat-problem/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HEALTH
Hope for people with peanut allergies as study finds liquid drops of the nut's protein under the tongue builds up resistance against the common allergen
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7426957/New-treatment-prevent-deadly-peanut-allergies.html

From feta to American slices, a ranking of cheeses by healthfulness
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0919/cheese_healthfulness.php3

If You Notice Any of These Staph Infection Signs, You Need to See a Doctor ASAP
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/if-you-notice-any-of-these-staph-infection-signs-you-need-to-see-a-doctor-asap/ar-AAGO0LS?ocid=spartandhp

MIND BOGGLING STUPID
Tesla was on Autopilot when it crashed into fire engine, NTSB finds
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tesla-was-on-autopilot-when-it-crashed-into-fire-engine-ntsb-finds-2019-09-03

Ocasio-Cortez Tries To Help Bail Out ???Activists??? Arrested For Assaulting Police, Carrying Weapons
https://www.dailywire.com/news/51339/ocasio-cortez-tries-help-bail-out-activists-james-barrett?utm_medium=email&utm_content=090419-news&utm_campaign=position1

EDUCATION
Schools Pushed for Tech in Every Classroom. Now Parents Are Pushing Back.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-a-school-district-where-technology-rules-grades-fall-parents-ask-why-11567523719?emailToken=8104fe4f90bbf6d628b416cfd4dab6cb6fMY3N/wZpR7EjvpNj20fGQclyEfnL9AtMc87xuDOnqthoeSdRZfoqWo+J6gAxFtSOBX7Y57CWcW5DYuzukV+3X8Shq/M44mG1rXmD+94+2DGng7a4zJGLxNZ9atci8/bzEkl6npo/SgPL7di8yCXQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

BUSINESS
How Bad Can a Trade War Get?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-bad-can-a-trade-war-get-11567551700?emailToken=bb615277eabe6328ac4a3dab18a31527ibJ1wOSXm4MeugztDMGvgSBYyOuwBk4DbO2OVtK6wITOxMQrOioavbPwmwPeYdH0K9TvM8Ui1+bpkEbN+RTwFw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Walmart Discontinues Auto Part Sales To Prevent Car Accidents
https://babylonbee.com/news/walmart-discontinues-sale-of-auto-parts-to-prevent-car-accidents

WEATHER
Sadly, the military won???t be taking the advice of this Florida man to stop hurricanes
https://taskandpurpose.com/florida-man-hurricane-combat

ENERGY
Democrats split over nuclear energy amid climate fight
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/459829-dems-split-over-nuclear-energy-amid-climate-fight

SCIENCE
The discovery of the drug LSD -- 9/4/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/the-discovery-of-the-drug-lsd-9419?e=a218d00c99

NatGeo:?? Science & Environment: Amazon in flames, early human ancestor, alien landscapes, and more
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016cfd72a1aeb095686e96c660a0/3888405a-82f6-4ce6-a987-9f0a9b467917/HTML

ORNITHOLOGY
Migratory birds have iron fillings in their beaks which 'act like a compass' and allow them to navigate using the Earth's magnetic field - but scientists STILL don't know how it works
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7423077/Migratory-birds-iron-fillings-beaks-act-like-compass.html

Magnetoreception in birds
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2019.0295

The odd story of a crow that meddled in a crime scene --- by stealing a knife
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0919/crow_crime_scene.php3

CYBER SECURITY
Passwords, usernames, emails, and IP addresses of more than 560,000 people exposed in a hack on popular web comic forum XKCD
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7424783/Passwords-usernames-IPs-560-000-users-exposed-hack-popular-web-comic-forum.html

Facebook says Homeland Security is NOT allowed to create fake profiles to monitor immigrants' activity and warns it 'will act on violating accounts'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7424277/US-plans-fake-social-media-run-afoul-Facebook-rules.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
China steals U.S. technology in quest to dominate world
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=f0f29303909dfc4b788c997e6e0115f8_5d6fd7bc_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190904&goTo=A01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-rules-terrorism-watchlist-violates-constitutional-rights/ar-AAGOFyw?ocid=spartandhp

MILITARY
Female airman becomes first to earn Army Ranger tab
https://taskandpurpose.com/female-airman-army-ranger-tab

Pete Buttigieg on whether he's a 'combat vet,' ending the war in Afghanistan, 'Top Gun' and tattoos (A typical politician's dance)
https://taskandpurpose.com/pete-buttigieg-interview

BIG BROTHER
Stop Mental Health Data Mining of Our Kids
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2019/09/04/stop-mental-health-data-mining-of-our-kids-n2552567?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=09/04/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

POLITICS
The 10 counties that will decide the 2020 election
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/459832-the-10-counties-that-will-decide-the-2020-election

Democrats struggle to find the strongest swing-state candidate
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/459812-the-memo-democrats-struggle-to-find-the-strongest-swing-state-candidate

"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)