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GENERAL INTEREST


Sixty years of life in five minutes. Those were the days. Some of us lived some and some of us didn't.
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QoDXTAajEzY?rel=0

This Week???s News Quiz: John Bolton, Israel and Bianca Andreescu (9 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/13/briefing/john-bolton-israel-bianca-andreescu-news-quiz.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190913&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=12359&segment_id=16989&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

HEALTH
Zantac Has Low Levels of a Cancer-Causing Chemical, the F.D.A. Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/health/zantac-cancer-ndma.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190913?campaign_id=57&instance_id=12385&segment_id=17017&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

U.S. Could Lose Measles Elimination Status by October
https://www.ecowatch.com/us-lose-measles-elimination-status-2640320128.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

Man Accidentally Beheads Himself Showcasing Swordsmanship During Muharram Celebration
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/newsweek-man_accidentally_beheads_himself_showcasing_swords-rnewsweek/category/news

MIND BOGGLING STUPID
Politico Doubles Down on Fake Turnberry Scandal
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/trump-turnberry-hotel-air-force-stays-no-scandal/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-09-13&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Take Two Aspirin and Call Me by My Pronouns
https://www.wsj.com/articles/take-two-aspirin-and-call-me-by-my-pronouns-11568325291?emailToken=bdcae09ff560cf3d0f22979a5ca8cbb9Qths1c1OlJkT5DmDRdxzTpQ5ZYTU08s+02jyfQ1l0u7onh6z0Gl6O2RoK4//2sRExZc/L4B9Oltb8W0v2639C9yn2BGLWrYQiKG5/J8iJUQ%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Scientists try but fail to make a KNIFE from their own frozen faeces after an explorer claims Inuits use the technique in the Arctic
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7459963/Scientists-try-fail-make-KNIFE-frozen-faeces.html

EDUCATION
A VERY bad education! Students reveal the unfortunate blunders at their schools that really deserve detention
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7453549/Students-reveal-awkward-blunders-schools.html

HISTORY
Atlantic city -- america's first boardwalk -- 9/13/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/atlantic-city-americas-first-boardwalk-91319?e=a218d00c99

FINANCIAL
Should the Government Give Everyone $1,000 a Month?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/opinion/yang-universal-basic-income.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_NN_p_20190913&instance_id=12359&login=email&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=58935408ion%3DwhatElse&section=whatElse%3Fcampaign_id%3D9&segment_id=16989&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab

This budget shows how a $350,000 salary barely qualifies as middle class
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-budget-shows-how-a-350000-salary-barely-qualifies-as-middle-class-2019-09-11

Your Parents??? Financial Advice Is (Kind Of) Wrong
https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-parents-financial-advice-is-kind-of-wrong-11568367000?emailToken=a955bc968b7a3c890e52629514265f8dv56+clg82ou2aQjlbU8lgRsPvFQy50YPIZEuyJm+nFxcpj3mET/dSfzcqJWqXVlgMEZ7Md33/5IyUN1AH95aigqP9QhkIes5xlqpA16Sh+U%3D&reflink=article_email_share

WEATHER
Canada Tells Flood Victims It???s Time to Move
https://www.ecowatch.com/canada-flood-victims-to-move-2640326224.html

ENVIRONMENT
Study Finds Microplastics Stunt Earthworms??? Growth and Could Harm Soil Ecosystems
https://www.ecowatch.com/microplastics-hurt-earthworms-too-2640319867.html

Feral Hogs Approaching Montana a Threat to Farmland, Environment
https://weather.com/science/nature/video/feral-hogs-approaching-montana-a-threat-to-farmland-environment?pl=pl-the-latest

Earth to animal activists: New Yorkers don???t care about rats??? ???rights???
https://nypost.com/2019/09/12/earth-to-animal-activists-new-yorkers-dont-care-about-rats-rights/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

GEOLOGY
Mysterious waves have been pulsing across Oklahoma
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/mysterious-waves-have-been-pulsing-across-oklahoma/ar-AAHfRos?ocid=spartandhp

POTUS
Trump says people want to work for him because he???s ???a lot of fun???
https://nypost.com/2019/09/12/trump-says-people-want-to-work-for-him-because-hes-a-lot-of-fun/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

The Mad Negotiator
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/president-trump-wants-to-negotiate-deals/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-09-13&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

POLITICS
In debate, Democrats steer clear of economy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/in-debate-democrats-steer-clear-of-economy?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_09/13/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

"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)