PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST

Here's a video of a Chimpanzee using Instagram. It's eye-opening. 
https://twitter.com/_DanielSinclair/status/1121252893586276352

NatGeo:?? Sunday Stills: Life is anything but lonely on this Arctic science base
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016cec86cbde97085e6e966f4758/afa7aa8c-b078-425f-b676-bab360a59d0b/HTML

The ridiculous reasons rich New Yorkers no longer buy penthouses 
https://nypost.com/2019/08/31/the-ridiculous-reasons-rich-new-yorkers-no-longer-buy-penthouses/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Queen who? Her Majesty pranks confused American tourists
https://nypost.com/2019/09/01/queen-who-her-majesty-pranks-confused-american-tourists/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HEALTH
Aspirin should not be recommended for healthy people over 70
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190831155842.htm

She Fell Ill After Mosquito Bite, Was Dead 6 Days Later 
https://www.newser.com/story/279651/woman-got-mosquito-bite-ended-up-dead.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_health_syn

HUMOR
??JokeStop
http://jokestop.net/

SEC Shorts - Teams get single wish from SEC Fairy Godmother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzpcaN3i2nQ

EDUCATION
Labor Days: Building Character While Training Christian Mechanics and Technicians
https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinolasky/2019/09/01/labor-days-building-character-while-training-christian-mechanics-and-technicians-n2552220?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=09/01/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Wilder, Wealthy, and Wise
https://wilderwealthywise.com/scholarships-to-avoid-and-college-isnt-the-best-idea-for-everyone/

BUSINESS
Truck Makers Apply the Brakes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/truck-makers-apply-the-brakes-11567330206?emailToken=03e8512ec4b1acfc36badcf4995a6e9eRboi1QGodkckTeu/3NCsrL555kF1PQZw/iiFRAOdZlxnJ7yJYqEG5ZkDQLhxvs+qvLiNcw6DGmbeFUP0xoBdRg%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

U.S. awards $7.6 billion cloud contract to General Dynamics
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-general-dynamics/u-s-awards-7-6-billion-cloud-contract-to-general-dynamics-idUSKCN1VJ2QT

The Cost of Next Day Delivery
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/amazon-next-day-delivery-deaths

WEATHER
How Safe is Your High-Rise During a Hurricane?
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/how-safe-is-your-high-rise-during-a-hurricane?pl=pl-dorian

CLIMATE CHANGE
A Famine of Fact at U.N. Climate Panel 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-famine-of-fact-at-u-n-climate-panel-11567201352?emailToken=4e4138893b94b5d629668244ef653225d6RdX1waghMvS+bepguEPwNNC6rae9x+SsOSnaqgL9gBfVrJW/RhMUHI010tQqz8JV552nSulWa+01SP4hGM8x2Gb5BpeocQ1J/IfHg2uIs%3D&reflink=article_email_share

New York is running out of fuel and power ??? just as Cuomo planned 
https://nypost.com/2019/08/31/new-york-is-running-out-of-fuel-and-power-just-as-cuomo-planned/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

MILITARY
Joe Biden has been telling a war story on the campaign trail for years ??? and getting 'almost every detail' wrong
https://taskandpurpose.com/biden-fake-war-story

MEDIA
Bernie Sanders pens horrible plan to save ???real journalism??? from billionaires 
https://nypost.com/2019/08/31/bernie-sanders-pens-horrible-plan-to-save-real-journalism-from-billionaires/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

CHINA
Trump and the crisis in Hong Kong
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/459525-trump-and-the-crisis-in-hong-kong

POTUS
Trump slams 'disgusting and foul-mouthed' Omarosa who was 'despised by everyone' in series of tweets warning that he's suing ex-aides for 'violating their confidentiality agreements' after PA Madeleine Weserthout resigned
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7414083/Trump-slams-disgusting-foul-mouthed-former-aide-Omarosa.html

TRUMPGATE
Deutsche Bank throws curve into Trump tax return fight
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/459498-deutsche-bank-throws-curve-into-trump-tax-return-fight

POLITICS
2020 Senate map becomes less certain for GOP
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/2020-senate-map-becomes-less-certain-for-gop/ar-AAGEDI9?ocid=spartandhp

Angry Muslim voters clamor for Democrats??? attention at annual conference
https://nypost.com/2019/08/31/angry-muslim-voters-clamor-for-democrats-attention-at-annual-conference/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

The Left Wants to Keep Racism Alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oRjyH8O7VM

"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)