PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
Firewood Update
http://adaptivecurmudgeon.com/2019/09/09/firewood-update/

NatGeo:?? Travel
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016d1c5cde3098032e6e96c65848/136c4240-c351-4fe1-bb83-247b5657fd60/HTML

Alien civilizations may have explored the galaxy and visited Earth already, new study says. We just haven???t seen them recently.
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/business_insider-alien_civilizations_may_have_explored_the_galaxy_a-newscred2/category/news

CULTURE
The Collapse Of Authority
http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=18598

The Mystery of the Missing Husbands
https://freebeacon.com/culture/the-mystery-of-the-missing-husbands/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=c2c24cc71d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_08_17_COPY_238&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-c2c24cc71d-46057833

Buttigieg: 'Life Begins When A Person Registers As A Democrat'
https://babylonbee.com/news/buttigeig-life-begins-when-you-register-as-a-democrat

thanks, TM ...


FECKLESS GOVERNMENT
Parkland dad uncovers how district enabled deranged student-turned-shooter
https://nypost.com/2019/09/08/parkland-dad-massacre-was-avoidable-if-district-hadnt-enabled-deranged-student/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HISTORY
The first windmills -- 9/10/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/the-first-windmills-91019?e=a218d00c99

ECONOMY
Absolutely no economic reason for a recession, but ???we???ll probably have one anyway???
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/absolutely-no-economic-reason-for-a-recession-but-well-probably-have-one-anyway-2019-09-09

BUSINESS
Dozens of Google employees were reportedly retaliated against for reporting harassment
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/google-employees-retaliated-against-reporting-harassment

WEATHER
Hurricane Dorian Turns Lush Bahamas Island Into a Desert
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/hurricane-dorian-turns-lush-bahamas-island-into-a-desert?pl=pl-the-latest

Dorian coverage brought more hot air than the hurricane did
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0919/hiaasen091019.php3

SCIENCE
NYT:?? Science
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?uri=nyt://newsletter/5d9d204f-4a7f-4325-a829-b95962a87c84&te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20190910?campaign_id=34&instance_id=12256&segment_id=16889&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

ENGINEERING
Some features of disaster resistant houses
https://eatonrapidsjoe.blogspot.com/2019/09/some-features-of-disaster-resistant.html

ICHTHYOLOGY
Newly identified electric eel is the most powerful ever found, say scientists
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/cnn-newly_identified_electric_eel_is_the_most_powerful-cnn2

TECHNOLOGY
Debunking blockchain, currency???s new frontier
https://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2019/0903/Debunking-blockchain-currency-s-new-frontier?cmpid=ema:mkt:20190910&src=highlight

FOREIGN POLICY
Will Trump Sell Out the U.S. on Huawei?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-trump-sell-out-the-u-s-on-huawei-11568068495?emailToken=bf4561f3f85068cb578363c3bdf821f3Eps6509SGN7oO+BMnGKaoHzyeIeatxGt50uReqNVcLgtaa/klJzlGrGbvKRyn6Y076M8ijV0bdu1uKijrMYiUwhN1kWYo8yEX4EXMQaX6rI%3D&reflink=article_email_share

NATIONAL SECURITY
CIA Blasts CNN For False Report on U.S. Pulling a Spy Out of Russia
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/09/10/the-cia-blasts-cnn-for-false-report-on-us-pulling-a-spy-out-of-russia-n2552833?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Fake news on Instagram could cause big problems in 2020, report claims
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/fake-news-instagram-big-problems-2020

DEFENSE
Navy revs up information warfare to stop enemy missiles, weapons
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/navy-revs-up-information-warfare-to-stop-enemy-missiles-weapons

US Navy adds powerful new missile in Pacific
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-navy-adds-powerful-new-missile-in-pacific/ar-AAH7VTJ?ocid=spartandhp

MILITARY
This former Ranger was just nominated to be the next Secretary of the Army
https://taskandpurpose.com/ryan-mccarthy-secretary

LAW AND ORDER
Don???t buy Felicity Huffman???s pathetic excuses
https://nypost.com/2019/09/09/dont-buy-felicity-huffmans-pathetic-excuses/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Jussie Smollett's lawyers pull last minute stunt to dismiss case before trial
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tomi-lahren-jussie-smolletts-lawyers-pull-last-minute-stunt-to-dismiss-case-before-trial

BIG BROTHER
Pioneering brain implants could one day be hacked or leak people's THOUGHTS to governments or companies, scientists warn
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7446959/Brain-implants-leak-peoples-THOUGHTS-governments-companies-scientists-warn.html

Period-tracking apps may tell Facebook when you last had SEX and what contraception you use, watchdog warns
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7446887/Period-tracking-apps-tell-Facebook-SEX.html



VENEZUELA
How World Of Warcraft Is Exposing Venezuela For Being A Total And Complete Economic Wreck
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/09/10/venezuelas-economy-is-so-thoroughly-wrecked-that-video-game-currency-is-worth-morea-lot-more-n2552863?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Nicolas Maduro's death squads have executed 57 people in just one month in Venezuela, says UN human rights chief
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7446781/Nicolas-Maduros-death-squads-executed-57-people-just-one-month-Venezuela.html

POLITICS
Republican pulls off critical win in North Carolina
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/460794-republican-pulls-off-critical-win-in-north-carolina-special-election?rnd=1568152683?userid=288549

Here's how Amy Klobuchar could pull off the nomination
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0919/rubin091019.php3

Opinion: The biggest argument for keeping the Electoral College relies on a myth
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-biggest-argument-for-keeping-the-electoral-college-relies-on-a-myth-2019-09-10

How Much Would It Cost to Fire Trump?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-would-it-cost-to-fire-trump-11568053466?emailToken=9d3445ae037a83d169c5b80fd42d50f5/IH40Utjy/K98IIfExXXEVFgIdYOQUwqSjm+NLwKkgtzXBA82YbPdK+Nbi9Eo3pA5ENlkaOYjyhyfY/RhFkxmD1mkGAX+WRvBGbNRDJiSdA%3D&reflink=article_email_share

"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)