PLATT - CURATED - News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Pennsylvania Tuxedo: Keystone State Legacy
https://www.conservewild.org/single-post/2019/01/03/The-Pennsylvania-Tuxedo-Keystone-State-Legacy

Can a ???Transformational Journey??? Change Your Life? Our Writer Had Her Doubts
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/travel/transformational-travel-Portugal.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_ne_20191023%3Fcampaign_id%3D57&instance_id=13327&login=email&nl=evening-briefing&regi_id=58935408&segment_id=18177&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab

HEALTH
What Is Fractionated Coconut Oil Good For?
https://www.ecowatch.com/fractionated-coconut-oil-benefits-2641027069.html

PARENTING
Survey: 69 percent of parents feel 'addicted' to phone, say it's cutting into time with kids
https://www.foxnews.com/media/parents-addicted-cell-phones-survey

MIND BOGGLING STUPIDITY
Mother Gets Approval for Chemically Castrating Seven-Year-Old Boy
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66274?mailing_id=4603&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4603&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

CULTURE
The Nighttime Worries of Americans in 2019
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/nighttime-worries-of-americans-in-2019/

???Everything on This Table Has Mayonnaise.??? Funeral Food Stands Tall Against Change
https://www.wsj.com/articles/everything-on-this-table-has-mayonnaise-funeral-food-stands-tall-against-change-11571754775?emailToken=df6784a59f142b92d46f4f856a98058851FI+cRlpkS/qs0HVI+2w9Zu51xZ1cVFjfBhwZjF8r7bHiG5dyQT+870BR73DXwxm7XiruSqEf9tT5tPwdfULcJkNgHr+89FTer9wwcKrtLOMl58UVKRdo710ph4/WEr+HnBxHhwdKtwlGs91+3whA%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

EDUCATION
Better Than a Loan
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2019/10/23/better-than-a-loan-n2555171?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=10/23/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

HUMOR
Dave"s not here
https://twitter.com/Weirddave0/status/1185372250658299905/video/1

The News in Zingers
http://jewishworldreview.com/1019/hamilton102319.php3

SPORTS
"Daryl Morey was right": Shaq speaks out on NBA-China controversy
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-nba-controversy-daryl-morey-was-right-shaq-speaks-out-on-nba-players-hong-kong-comments/

BUSINESS
Amazon Ready to Pour Billions Into Policing Products on Its Site
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-ready-to-invest-billions-in-policing-products-on-its-site-11571787628?emailToken=719620b1edcc44865384d93fe9d5bbdeg/sdSCIa+GHGfTHD1TlHUFluqwdll7jNPT/DAGvpk5JqziaYLJ7fqcTWOAsf27hacjtt6+sct2GudwOFH0+0Vka49ACYn+fBqcG8YfZ/Ljj1Nnuupe/39trc9oWPHhPa&reflink=article_email_share

CLIMATE CHANGE
Organic farming could INCREASE greenhouse gas emissions because higher quality crops are less efficient and need more land, scientists warn
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7604123/Organic-farming-INCREASE-greenhouse-gas-emissions-scientists-warn.html

Climate: 100% organic farming would boost emissions
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50129353

ENERGY
How liquid air could help keep the lights on ( ... another stored energy scheme ... not sure how well this would work since air is a mixture rather than a pure gas ... the liquefaction / re-heat process would actually be a distillation process.)
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50140110

PHYSICS
Heat -- 10/23/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/heat-102319-quumv9dje1?e=a218d00c99

FOREIGN POLICY
The REAL U.S./Turkey Strategic Endgame ??? Iran
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/66308-the-real-u-dot-s-slash-turkey-strategic-endgame-iran-2019-10-23?mailing_id=4605&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4605&utm_campaign=alexander&utm_content=header.default

LAW AND ORDER
Georgia sheriff???s ???No Trick-or-Treat??? signs trigger suit from sex offenders
https://nypost.com/2019/10/22/georgia-sheriffs-no-trick-or-treat-signs-trigger-suit-from-sex-offenders/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Google Maps now shows speed traps, potentially raising the ire of law enforcement
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1019/google_maps_police.php3

IMMIGRATION
Marine Corps vet who served in Iraq deported to El Salvador
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/marine-corps-vet-who-served-in-iraq-deported-to-el-salvador/ar-AAJg7lD?ocid=spartandhp

FEDERAL POLICY
Hawley to Introduce Bill to Move Federal Agencies out of Washington D.C. to Economically Stagnant Areas
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hawley-to-introduce-bill-moving-federal-agencies-out-of-washington-d-c-to-economically-stagnant-areas/

Trump???s G-7 Scheme Was a Logical Endpoint of the Imperial Presidency
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/donald-trump-g7-location-controversy-logical-result-modern-imperial-presidency/

IMPEACHMENT
Five takeaways from US envoy's explosive testimony
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/467083-five-takeaways-from-us-envoys-explosive-testimony?userid=288549

Republican lawmaker 'destroyed' latest impeachment inquiry witness argument: McCarthy
https://www.foxnews.com/media/kevin-mccarthy-claims-republican-lawmaker-destroyed-latest-trump-impeachment-inquiry-argument

Trump???s Impeachment Will Be Trump???s Fault
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/trumps-impeachment-will-be-trumps-fault/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-23&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

If Trump tries to turn impeachment into reality TV, who can stop him?
https://news.yahoo.com/if-trump-tries-to-turn-impeachment-into-reality-tv-who-can-stop-him-181128121.html

State Dept. ordered to turn over Ukraine documents
https://news.yahoo.com/state-department-ordered-to-turn-over-ukraine-documents-211528912.html

"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)

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
Danish Rubjerg lighthouse moved inland on skates
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50139900

HEALTH
Parents Should Limit Sports Participation for Children, Trainers Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/health/children-sports-injuries.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_sc_20191022%3Fcampaign_id%3D34&instance_id=13275&login=email&nl=science-times&regi_id=58935408&segment_id=18118&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab

HEALTHCARE
Medicaid Covers a Million Fewer Children. Baby Elijah Was One of Them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/upshot/medicaid-uninsured-children.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20191022?campaign_id=57&instance_id=13295&segment_id=18141&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

XXXXXX DERANGED
Connecticut College Students Charged With Violating State Law Prohibiting ???Ridicule??? after Using Racial Slur
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/connecticut-college-students-charged-with-violating-state-law-prohibiting-ridicule-after-using-racial-slur/

Seattle Public Schools Want to Teach Social Justice in Math Class. That Hurts Minorities.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/seattle-public-schools-proposal-teach-social-justice-in-math-class/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-22&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Gutfeld on Seattle???s attempt to infuse social justice into math
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gutfeld-seattle-social-justice-math

SANITY !!!!!!
Canadian Court Rules against Transgender Activist Jessica Yaniv in Fight with Beauticians over Waxing
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jessica-yaniv-canadian-court-rules-against-transgender-activist-in-waxing-case/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-22&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

SPORTS
The integrity of 2019 World Series
https://www.csmonitor.com/Daily/2019/20191022/The-integrity-of-2019-World-Series?src=shared%20You%20can%20try%20the%20Monitor%20Daily%20free%20for%20a%20month:%20https://www.csmonitor.com/dailyfreetrial

EDUCATION
Developing engineering identity may be key to student success
https://www.newswise.com/articles/developing-engineering-identity-may-be-key-to-student-success

Seattle Public Schools Want to Teach Social Justice in Math Class. That Hurts Minorities.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/seattle-public-schools-proposal-teach-social-justice-in-math-class/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-22&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

HISTORY
Spain's wealth and its fall from power -- 10/22/19
https://delanceyplace.com/

BUSINESS
We salute the 93-year-old WWII veteran who refuses to retire, and opened up a 'boozy bakery' instead
https://taskandpurpose.com/world-war-ii-veteran-boozy-bakery

Banning access to work emails after hours can harm your mental health (seriously)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/banning-access-to-work-emails-can-harm-employees-mental-health-seriously-2019-10-22

Pablo Escobar???s brother plans to ???take down??? Elon Musk over flamethrower
https://nypost.com/2019/10/21/pablo-escobars-brother-plans-to-take-down-elon-musk-over-flamethrower/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

SCIENCE
Evolution: Bacteria to Beethoven
https://www.prageru.com/video/evolution-bacteria-to-beethoven/

Prime editing: DNA tool could correct 89% of genetic defects
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50125843

ASTRONOMY
Asteroid Half The Size Of Mount Everest May Be On Collision Course With Earth Next Year
https://apple.news/Ak5LCi7h1SaCj9oQm_lPNPg

ICHTHYOLOGY
Latest weapon against lionfish? Meet the Roomba of the sea.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Daily/2019/20191022/Latest-weapon-against-lionfish-Meet-the-Roomba-of-the-sea?cmpid=shared-email

TECHNOLOGY
Activating Dark Mode on your iPhone could increase battery life up to 30%, a new experiment has found
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7597897/Activating-Dark-Mode-iPhone-increase-battery-life-30-new-experiment-found.html

Tech start-up creates self-driving SCOOTERS that can drive themselves directly to commuters and then back to charging points when the journey is over
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7595805/Self-driving-SCOOTERS-drive-charging-points-busy-areas.html

Hawley Introduces Bipartisan Bill Empowering Users to Withdraw Their Data from Social Media Giants
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hawley-introduces-bipartisan-bill-empowering-users-to-withdraw-their-data-from-social-media-giants/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=breaking&utm_campaign=newstrack&utm_term=18402014

CYBER SECURITY
4 things you should immediately stop doing online
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/4-things-you-should-immediately-stop-doing-online-2019-10-21

Zuckerberg unveils Facebook???s new security measures to combat 2020 election interference
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/zuckerberg-unveils-facebooks-new-security-measures-to-combat-2020-election-interference-2019-10-21

DEFENSE
Army, industry intensify war on enemy drones with new lasers, missiles
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/army-industry-intensify-war-on-enemy-drones-with-new-lasers-missiles

MILITARY
Retired Coast Guard Admiral accused of shoplifting from Philly sex shop
https://taskandpurpose.com/cg-admiral-pelkowski-accused-shoplift

???Nice girls don't join the military': New commander of Air Force refueling squadron proves her critics wrong
https://taskandpurpose.com/female-air--force-refueler-commander

The Marine Corps says its boot camp reforms have cut down on drill instructor misconduct
https://taskandpurpose.com/marine-drill-instructors-less-hazing

Tom DeLonge???s alien-hunting group partners with US Army
https://nypost.com/2019/10/21/tom-delonges-alien-hunting-group-partners-with-us-army/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

LAW AND ORDER
Hesitant hitmen jailed over botched assassination in China
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50137450
MIDDLE EAST
Trump denies he betrayed the Kurds: 'We never gave a commitment' (This may have been the right thing to do strategically but, the way it has been handled stinks to high Heaven.?? As far as this particular statement goes, well ... Trump needs to just own up, shut the f*** up and, move on.)
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-denies-he-betrayed-the-kurds-we-never-gave-a-commitment-185547362.html

NKOR
North Korea's Kim orders demolition of South-built resort
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-koreas-kim-orders-demolition-of-south-built-resort/ar-AAJcaB9?ocid=spartandhp

SCOTUS
Americans support term limits for high court justices
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=5dc6c75d5b5c8e2b894c826fbd1fa408_5daf1f43_5cd1fdb&selDate=20191022&goTo=A01&artid=3&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

IMPEACHMENT
Trump urged to hire chief strategist for impeachment fight
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466990-trump-urged-to-hire-chief-strategist-for-impeachment-fight

POLITICS
In Defense of Tulsi
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/tulsi-gabbard-military-service-independent-streak-give-her-edge-over-hillary-clinton/

Cash surge puts more Senate races in play
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/466801-cash-surge-puts-more-senate-races-in-play

"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)

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
People Who Vanished Into Thin Air at the Michigan Triangle
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/10/people-who-vanished-into-thin-air-at-the-michigan-triangle/

Sam Adams is releasing a beer illegal in 15 states. Here???s how you can get a taste.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/business/bourbon-industry/article236232208.html?fbclid=IwAR2Z_WtsimBIFxwYXacpEij7pGqaTa060sDV6AyylopuFX59aAVkkeg9evA

Barber accommodates boy with autism, cuts hair outside
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/barber-accomodate-autistic-boy

Texas longhorn named Bucklehead breaks world record for horn span: See the pics
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-longhorn-breaks-longest-horn-span-world-record-see-the-pics

XXXXXX DERANGED
Ohio student allegedly threatened to shoot people if he couldn't join the Marine Corps
https://taskandpurpose.com/high-school-felon-marines

Owner of restaurant at famous ???Friends??? location is tired of ???annoying??? tourists
https://nypost.com/2019/10/19/owner-of-restaurant-at-famous-friends-location-is-tired-of-annoying-tourists/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

BUSINESS
First Chick-fil-A in the UK to close just 6 months after opening amid LGBTQ protests
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/lgbtq-protests-force-first-chick-fil-a-in-the-uk-to-close-just-6-months-after-opening

LITERATURE
???The Ministry of Truth??? and ???On Nineteen Eighty-Four??? Review: An Enduring Vision of Tyranny
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ministry-of-truth-and-on-nineteen-eighty-four-review-an-enduring-vision-of-tyranny-11571409744?emailToken=dc5c8d2f8e2af90b1429f6d363c808b5uzecT2t25sxEZoYFK/lLdqZ+ieGUyrSL8SfXJwsxfWgcbU02swbEuXd8yZV0AQ2JMECsj+h/EF/droHchNxiphZVK3MkBc1BGmHVebjVk+4SvT0PS6KPV5nAGUFq7bxmkz3XC5aHH+ltnprHKEBK/sdE+JiP6tnQfIyc3W4qXy4%3D&reflink=article_email_share

EDUCATION
Principal lets students pass even if they never went to class
https://nypost.com/2018/06/16/high-school-lets-students-pass-even-if-they-never-went-to-class/

Three Prison Inmates Beat Harvard in a Debate. Here???s What Happened Next.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/three-prison-inmates-beat-harvard-in-a-debate-heres-what-happened-next-11571490001?emailToken=a6333954c4026a72e50540028ff15ed3EfGBE7OeZbsoUrSg6kHVDIQHN+sGFkEkpFAIh4znihz/C5mizGzfrPfvyoI60IZrDA951ndrt8Jo31Y1ESM1lwRlgJ800KlgoBED4y5of+acwIEJnT1NON4r/VxQfTU0c4z91vkHHILBmokYlVzx2w%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

FINANCIAL
Why Is a Secretive Billionaire Buying Up the Cayman Islands?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/business/kenneth-dart-cayman-islands.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_nn_20191020?campaign_id=9&instance_id=13236&segment_id=18072&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

TECHNOLOGY
Small Policy Tweaks Won???t Fix Facebook
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/facebook-free-speech-small-policy-tweaks-wont-fix-social-media-giant/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202019-10-20&utm_term=WIR-Smart

CYBER SECURITY
Sinister prankster hacks Nest camera, threatens to kidnap baby
https://nypost.com/2019/10/19/sinister-prankster-hacks-nest-camera-threatens-to-kidnap-baby/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Elon Musk regularly destroys his phones for 'security purposes
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7589861/Court-documents-reveal-Elon-Musk-regularly-destroys-phones-switches-security-purposes.html

Students wanted to win a water-gun fight ??? so they hacked thousands of records, school says
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/students-wanted-to-win-a-water-gun-fight-???-so-they-hacked-thousands-of-records-school-says/ar-AAJ5cGP?ocid=spartandhp

FOREIGN POLICY
Trump claims US has 'secured the oil' in the Middle East [what the hell is he talking about?]
https://taskandpurpose.com/trump-middle-east-oil

MILITARY
'She's well worth it' ??? Third-generation sailor pinned by Navy vet father and grandfather
https://taskandpurpose.com/navy-corpsman-pinned-father-grandfather

LAW AND ORDER
Hikers Find Mystery Skeleton on Remote Mountain in California
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hikers-find-mystery-skeleton-on-remote-mountain-in-california/ar-AAJ1yNV?ocid=spartandhp

IMMIGRATION
In San Diego, officials say new wall is helping bring border numbers down
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/in-san-diego-as-the-wall-goes-up-border-apprehensions-are-going-down

MIDDLE EAST
Kurdish, Syrian, and Turkish Ironies
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/kurdish-syrian-turkish-ironies/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202019-10-20&utm_term=WIR-Smart

HRC RUNNING AMOK
Tulsi Gabbard: 'They will destroy you' if you stand up to Clinton
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-they-will-destroy-you-if-you-stand-up-to-clinton?utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_10/20/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

Trump criticizes Clinton for suggesting Jill Stein was Russian asset
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466593-trump-criticizes-clinton-for-suggesting-jill-stein-was-russian-asset

Does Everyone Believe Hillary Is Crazy Now?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2019/10/19/democrats-flocking-to-tulsi-gabbards-defense-n2555050?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=10/20/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

CLINTONGATE
Clinton email probe finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information
https://taskandpurpose.com/clinton-emails-classified

IMPEACHMENT
The Trivialization of Impeachment
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/trivialization-of-impeachment-has-consequences-that-threaten-liberty/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202019-10-20&utm_term=WIR-Smart

A House In The Hamptons
https://townhall.com/columnists/gilgutknecht/2019/10/20/a-house-in-the-hamptons-n2555048?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=10/20/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

POTUS
In Bracing Terms, Trump Invokes War???s Human Toll to Defend His Policies
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/us/politics/trump-war-foreign-policy.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_nn_20191020%3Fcampaign_id%3D9&instance_id=13236&login=email&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=58935408&segment_id=18072&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab

POLITICS
Dems' 'ranked-choice' voting bill dangerously undermines states' rights under Constitution
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tara-ross-dems-election-bill-undermines-constitution

Why AOC decided to pick sides in 2020 election
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/466484-why-aoc-decided-to-pick-sides-in-2020-election

"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)