PLATT - CURATED News

Victor Davis Hanson: Why are so many young people calling themselves socialists?
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/victor-davis-hanson-why-are-so-many-young-people-calling-themselves-socialists

GENERAL INTEREST
A governor intervened so this mom could keep her hilarious license plate
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/a-governor-intervened-so-this-mom-could-keep-her-hilarious-license-plate/ar-AAGvBn4?ocid=spartandhp

Fur-ocious debate has divided two-legged one-percenters about haves and have-nots 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0819/fur-ocious_debate.php3

I???m Not Going to Fire the Babysitter???He???s My Dad 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/im-not-going-to-fire-the-babysitterhes-my-dad-11567033262?emailToken=92f20bbdfeb4ec51abf2448a953b566e8jypK2G0MSvz0Y50CeWAWfDjPRszKZb4jX3DmW/VGXLD5HdVP1cBW0O+zgojCCS/+jiq4M37d8Yvz8uZShioTMxDpDGHHlaPNpmyP+PAnRM%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Deaths caused by drivers running red lights at 10-year high
https://nypost.com/2019/08/29/deaths-caused-by-drivers-running-red-lights-at-10-year-high/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Base jump goes horrifically wrong as wingsuit flier smashes into mountain and is left clinging to rocks for his life
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7397237/Base-jump-Monte-Trento-Italy-goes-horrifically-wrong-wingsuit-flier-smashes-mountain.html

HEALTH
How to avoid medical treatment you don???t need ??? or that may not work 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-avoid-medical-treatment-you-dont-need-or-that-may-not-work-2019-08-28

US throws away 3,500 donated kidneys each year: report
https://www.foxnews.com/health/u-s-throws-away-donated-kidneys

MIND BOGGLING STUPID
Pennsylvania man's 'gunlike hand gesture' toward neighbor was a crime, court rules
https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-gun-like-hand-gesture-crime

Specter of 'Storm Area 51' leads second Nevada county to OK emergency order
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/29/storm-area-51-nye-county-nevada-declares-emergency-order/2158510001/

CULTURE
Cultivated Hopelessness: Americans Lose Faith, Patriotism
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65126?mailing_id=4499&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4499&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

HISTORY
The farmer versus the elite -- 8/29/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/the-farmer-versus-the-elite-82919?e=a218d00c99

On US slavery???s 400th anniversary, how ancestry quests help heal 
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2019/0826/On-US-slavery-s-400th-anniversary-how-ancestry-quests-help-heal?cmpid=ema:mkt:20190829&src=highlight

BUSINESS
The Missing Piece of Amazon???s New York Debacle: It Kept a Burn Book 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-missing-piece-of-amazons-new-york-debacle-it-kept-a-burn-book-11567003239?emailToken=0a5555cade8baa477a4652d7a2f8bfc4MN03S8T2Qde05fib6+OULACiw2ccTw+/nmX6MWi+/pfWniZeuo+MYysRZZ433ZaISFyYYEwyhtLq+32SFxYwfWg9EksW61lYxiyo8iShiZNzigZp88D3dzWwFGwn9Y0X&reflink=article_email_share

Younger Workers Report Biggest Gains in Happiness With Pay
https://www.wsj.com/articles/younger-workers-report-biggest-gains-in-happiness-with-pay-11567071000?emailToken=54fd91a7301818d5520aa9fd63ba70f03uYoE2vWFCmHVcEsxxGNpgdP6TmA0H7q+IqH+18qb5IxangCBzWWJRoW2FtiuMM+LdgrXIwMsNCWo0CYlggp9HOyq9W36fDwu/dUXolPyIlXo9sRIt+wHyTQ4UATPJH3&reflink=article_email_share

Big Tech???s ???Innovations??? That Aren???t 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-techs-innovations-that-arent-11567033288?emailToken=360e40ea11ab6225b5265e527567ba2aq1gY8D/5h1/F0rfEDxi0by7t8jB+GIVEj0rkMkt4b/BSU1U7sP2EuOYpp8Rb3U+rIxm9OnDAxzBPs7BVa+oaUg%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Apple will supply parts to independent repair shops for first time 
https://nypost.com/2019/08/29/apple-will-supply-parts-to-independent-repair-shops-for-first-time/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

15 Minutes to ???Mayhem???: How a Tweet Led to a Shortage at Popeyes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/business/popeyes-chicken-sandwich-shortage.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190829?campaign_id=57&instance_id=12008&segment_id=16593&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

WEATHER
King Tides: The tidal phenomenon that could make Dorian's impact even worse 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/cnn-the_weather_phenomenon_that_could_make_dorians_imp-cnn2/category/news

SCIENCE
Organoids Are Not Brains. How Are They Making Brain Waves?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/science/organoids-brain-alysson-muotri.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190829?campaign_id=57&instance_id=12008&segment_id=16593&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

ENVIRONMENT
'Green New Deal' preview? Texas town's lofty environmentalism leaves residents with a nightmare
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/green-new-deal-preview-texas-town-environmentalism-chuck-devore

Amazon fires are not exactly burning 'Earth's lungs,' experts say
https://www.foxnews.com/science/amazon-fires-are-not-burning-earths-lungs

Amazon fires: Brazil bans land clearance blazes for 60 days
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49507405

NatGeo:?? Animals: Florida panthers are expanding their range, manta rays make friends, and much more
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016cdeb616b38c1a2cf4bbe5c898/785119e0-7284-4c4b-96b1-dfaec07740e9/HTML

SPACE
Scientists draw up plans for a bizarre 'space elevator' which could ferry astronauts from Earth's orbit to the lunar surface ??? but it would take several DAYS to get there
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7406143/Scientists-imagine-bizarre-space-elevator-ferry-astronauts-Earths-orbit-moon.html

Quantum gravity could reverse cause and effect
https://www.foxnews.com/science/quantum-gravity-could-reverse-cause-and-effect

NATIONAL SECURITY
After Trump Promises To Build The Wall ??? Border Patrol Says ???Yes Sir??? And Releases Footage Of 60 Miles Of New Wall 
https://thepatriotjournal.com/trump-build-patrol-miles/

Why Trump wants to buy Greenland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv9qHzwsvfM&feature=youtu.be

DEFENSE
Trump Declares New Space Command Key to American Defense
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/08/29/us/politics/ap-us-space-command.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190829?campaign_id=57&instance_id=12008&segment_id=16593&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

MILITARY
Confusion over new citizenship rule for kids born overseas to U.S. military members (The headlines to previous articles on this subject were GROSSLY MISLEADING.?? Read the fine print.)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/confusion-over-new-citizenship-rule-for-kids-born-overseas-to-us-military-members-2019-08-28

LAW AND THE COURTS
The critical evidence that could have acquitted a man was in his attorneys' file all along. They just never looked for it 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0819/balko082919.php3

MEDIA
Savor The Media???s Outrage At Being Held To The Same Standard As The Rest of Us
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/08/29/savor-the-medias-outrage-at-being-held-to-the-same-standard-as-the-rest-of-us-n2552241?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=08/29/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

MIDDLE EAST
The Israel-Iran Shadow War Escalates and Breaks Into the Open
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/world/middleeast/israel-iran-shadow-war.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190829&section=topNews?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11987&segment_id=16563&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408tion=topNews&login=email&auth=login-email

In Iran???s Hierarchy, Talks With Trump Are Now Seen as Inevitable 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/in-irans-hierarchy-talks-with-trump-are-now-seen-as-inevitable/ar-AAGvV1x?ocid=spartandhp

POTUS
Rein In Trump???s Emergency Powers 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rein-in-trumps-emergency-powers-11566945869?emailToken=8d269c2c7baeb6bb4bb92538d1af207eXaPg01fA/41QgVnevwFc+W3DcukeafigEWHQ2zBrQYc/yJt3BWlRoMRRGZrhzP915LlhhFyYTW9I9BbNrMCT7g%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

POLITICS
Democrats see golden opportunity to take Georgia Senate seat
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/459209-democrats-see-golden-opportunity-to-take-georgia-senate-seat

"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)