PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
Competitive Oyster Shucking Is Real, Decadent, And China's Best Party
https://deadspin.com/competitive-oyster-shucking-is-real-decadent-and-chin-1838038792

'They don't know Sally': Black teen defends white woman who cut his dreadlocks in viral video
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/dont-know-sally-black-teen-defends-white-woman-090027623--abc-news-topstories.html

HEALTH
Don't fall for the halo-effect of plant-based fast food
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0919/plant_based_fast_food.php3

JUST PLAIN NASTY
???MORNING JOE??? LOW: Mika Suggests Trump Isn???t The Biological Father Of Barron
https://www.dailywire.com/news/51730/morning-jo-new-low-mika-suggests-barron-isnt-amanda-prestigiacomo

A Furious First Lady Gohttp://conservativefighters.com/news/furious-first-lady-goes-full-tiger-mom-mika-brzezinski-attack-barron-trump/es Full ???Tiger Mom??? on Mika Brzezinski After Attack on Barron Trum

Coffee shop employee kicks out conservative customer, serves up big cup of confrontation
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/todd-starnes-coffee-shop-employee-kicks-out-conservative-customer

FINANCIAL
Opportunity Zones Knock Where They???re Needed Least
https://www.wsj.com/articles/opportunity-zones-knock-where-theyre-needed-least-11568412633?emailToken=76a46f0d3e3805a83fded681e9ec66c0R7JyeNKhBq6jEEsUn4oQ/Ip6bfr+P6rsJThhcWiWpi+j2tRk47Ndu/VxEsFhoyaNau0lbxdcrSOZDK3IkF+i0HPWCa7K2K/2+SoSg+Aq8qo%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Some older Americans say millennials??? student debt is their own fault
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/some-older-americans-say-millennials-student-debt-crisis-is-their-own-fault-2019-09-13

The critics were wrong: Welfare reform has delivered for single moms
https://nypost.com/2019/09/13/the-critics-were-wrong-welfare-reform-has-delivered-for-single-moms/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app



BUSINESS
The Great Texas Courtroom Blunder Could Cost Us All
https://townhall.com/columnists/gerardscimeca/2019/09/14/the-great-texas-courtroom-blunder-could-cost-us-all-n2553024?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=09/14/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change: Electrical industry's 'dirty secret' boosts warming
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49567197

ENVIRONMENT


TECHNOLOGY
Will Your Uploaded Mind Still Be You?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-your-uploaded-mind-still-be-you-11568386410?emailToken=4949d3563a25a092a29d5e545f2a57fbN4kdrXg+RiB9TlXPso1FkEOt6VsnzC1LX7bV2EtdNGlQBtMtp0BXc6HrinoQ3B5p6ltkc5cxKGlkcWIEQ/UDuRMZyrV6Gf4ldwJEl7uInig%3D&reflink=article_email_share

CYBER SECURITY
How to check if your iPad has malware
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/how-to-check-ipad-has-malware

FOREIGN POLICY
Joe Biden wants US troops based in Pakistan to fight terrorists in Afghanistan. No, seriously. He really said that.
https://taskandpurpose.com/biden-us-troops-pakistan

In war, time is less expensive than human life
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah091319.php3

NATIONAL SECURITY
Will Venezuela Become a Russian Missile Base?
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/will-venezuela-become-russian-missile-base-80561

DEFENSE
Watch a hypersonic sled travel at 10,620 km/h
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/watch-a-sled-travel-at-6599-mph/vi-AAH8e2d?ocid=spartandhp

MILITARY
Marine sees two high school kids fighting and responds in the most Marine Corps way possible
https://taskandpurpose.com/marine-tackles-students

LAW AND ORDER
Minneapolis Slides Downhill [Updated]
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/09/minneapolis-slides-downhill.php

Democrats frown on targeting gang databases with 'red flag' laws
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-frown-on-targeting-gang-databases-with-red-flag-laws?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_09/14/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

BIG BROTHER
Hands Off the Fruity E-Cigs
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/hands-off-the-fruity-e-cigs/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202019-09-14&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart


TRUMPGATE


POLITICS
Everyone Knows the Truth About Politics (Classic Noonan !!)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/everyone-knows-the-truth-about-politics-11568391426?emailToken=1f4c674edca2e22d739f5b26a09f89ab9mgt3qeMQVzoCtNzo7KTlLleO5+xX5bAX1/TKIqG3rRV4dvKcC2eoOy8uEwfryYxspYvKc10QtSJoKk03Yi70YgbvhfuiV9pSVYPSKTjcpg%3D&reflink=article_email_share

A Rough Night for Socialism
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-rough-night-for-socialism-11568407625?emailToken=863a4cefd0186f7b255a1d8b8011efe9CxK0OJJDOhKkWHBtvQizqd5l229nvdUPEDQElyu6ZZVBczdqPwLnoEXinSG7t3RVsab1Wf5cV+aNO8CQJpZ4JQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Tired of TV debates? In Arab world, they???re historic, and inspiring.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2019/0911/Tired-of-TV-debates-In-Arab-world-they-re-historic-and-inspiring?j=217506&sfmc_sub=105553743&l=1215_HTML&u=7753608&mid=10979696&jb=165&cmpid=ema:Weekender:20190914&src=newsletter

"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)