PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
How We Pale to Previous Generations
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/members-of-previous-generation-now-seem-like-giants/

Treasure hunters uncover pristine gold coins in wreckage of ship that sank in 1840 'while carrying millions of dollars worth of currency' off South Carolina coast
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7558001/Treasure-hunters-uncover-pristine-gold-coins-wreckage-19th-Century-South-Caroline-shipwreck.html

CULTURE
In Defense of the Atlanta Braves ???Tomahawk Chop??? Chant
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/atlanta-braves-tomahawk-chop-chant-benign-tradition/

What I Learned at an LGBTQ Rally: Part 2
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/lgbtq-rally-supreme-court-usual-activism/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-10&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Why Life Hack Videos Seem Too Good to Be True. (They Are)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/long-story-short-my-microwave-exploded-the-problem-with-life-hack-videos-11570636955?emailToken=16637640e589791e331b1da2d3592b6eNK4ZB/uJOtCLT0Gy+ULHVX5qT2pfaAc9fcTY3hvi+LO/Uz4EnWF2WtOmrncVxQXQ3l6tqjvJ7PTtXuOn5A/ZKtbzLeEz8b4Bx5S2ZyKMJGkZorDztYVX6MRyx8CUg727+g87xftr7snIJVemF24frA%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

In 1910, every road trip was an adventure, but the Abernathy boys became legends
https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/10/08/1910-abernathy-boys-became-a-legend?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Daily_News_Thursday_Oct_10

HUMOR
The strange comedy of Andy Kaufman -- 10/10/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/the-strange-comedy-of-andy-kaufman-101019-m8iij0t0kc?e=a218d00c99

Mid-Day News
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66006?mailing_id=4580&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4580&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

XXXXXX OFF THE RAILS
DC votes to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples??? Day
https://nypost.com/2019/10/10/dc-votes-to-change-columbus-day-to-indigenous-peoples-day/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

What I Saw at Drag Queen Story Hour
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-i-saw-at-drag-queen-story-hour-11570661201?emailToken=6ab3d0c5643c29047cc8566b5521f144IHRorCkugcoE3pYj62gn6UO/J5VGihpc3xRs527o0/yWJtfVDHjRk4ZkY4EdJnd0TCQpYeiniE0PNF1cOZdm3A%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

MIND BOGGLING STUPID
Warren Calls for Imprisoning Trans Inmates with Biologically Female Inmates in New LGBTQ Rights Plan
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/warren-calls-for-imprisoning-trans-women-with-biological-women-in-new-lgbtq-rights-plan/

Ask the Female Rugby Players If Biological Sex Is the Same as Perceived Gender
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2019/10/10/ask-the-female-rugby-players-if-biological-sex-is-the-same-as-perceived-gender-n2554405?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=10/10/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

BUSINESS
TRUMP RIDS MAJOR U.S. CONTAINER PORT OF CHINESE COMMUNIST CONTROL
https://drrichswier.com/2019/10/09/trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control/

Young people are quitting their jobs in droves. Here's why
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/young-people-quitting-jobs-why

ENVIRONMENT
The Most Detailed Map of Auto Emissions in America
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/10/climate/driving-emissions-map.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20191010&section=longRead?campaign_id=9&instance_id=12972&segment_id=17739&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=longRead

East Siberian Sea Is Boiling With Methane
https://www.ecowatch.com/siberia-sea-boiling-methane-2640900862.html

NatGeo Animals: Pigs use tools, deep-sea octopus secrets revealed, and much more
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016db6d5c16bba33ce6e96c65848/7a9ce657-448a-49e7-92aa-cd3da53a2da9/HTML

ENERGY
Crescent Dunes Solar Is Doomed as Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab
https://townhall.com/columnists/rossmarchand/2019/10/09/crescent-dunes-solar-is-doomed-as-taxpayers-pick-up-the-tab-n2554430?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=10/10/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

OOPS! They didn't anticipate this: California's power outage means problems for electric cars
http://jewishworldreview.com/1019/electric_cars_power_outage.php3

ICHTHYOLOGY
Snakehead fish discovered in Georgia, sparks warning from wildlife officials: 'Kill it immediately'
https://www.foxnews.com/science/snakehead-fish-discovered-georgia

CYBER SECURITY
Don't let foreign adversaries turn Facebook against us
https://taskandpurpose.com/foreign-facebook-trolls-veterans

EU warns of 5G cybersecurity risks, potential attacks from 'state-backed' hackers
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/european-union-5g-cybersecurity-risks-hackers

FOREIGN POLICY
A Tale of Two Battles
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/battles-fallujah-raqqa-show-why-america-needs-allies/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-10&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Turkey and the Kurds: It???s More Complicated Than You Think
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/turkey-and-the-kurds-its-more-complicated-than-you-think/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-10&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

NATIONAL SECURITY
The Kidnapping of the LUNIK
https://c-4tvylwolbz97x24dddx2ejphx2envc.g01.popsci.com/g00/3_c-4ddd.wvwzjp.jvt_/c-4TVYLWOLBZ97x24oaawzx3ax2fx2fddd.jph.nvcx2fspiyhyfx2fjlualy-mvy-aol-zabkf-vm-pualsspnlujlx2frlua-jzpx2fcvs88uv8x2fwkmx2fc88p8h71w.wkm_$/$/$/$/$/$/$?i10c.ua=4&i10c.dv=14

LAW AND ORDER
Senators push for charges against Kavanaugh accusers
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=3daa45f12561d4f0ceb6800d27bb2232_5d9f4e12_5cd1fdb&selDate=20191010&goTo=A03&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

ANALYSIS: How Barr???s Trump-Russia origins investigation differs from Giuliani-Ukraine saga
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/analysis-how-barrs-trump-russia-origins-investigation-differs-from-giuliani-ukraine-saga?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_10/10/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

MILITARY
??Father Kapaun
https://www.youtube.com/embed/AZuPrQBSDCs

An Army 4-star general says military leaders need to get on social media and start interacting with all those darn kids
https://taskandpurpose.com/army-social-media-dogface-soldier

We salute the soldier who sacrificed his leg to save his battle buddies during a tank accident
https://taskandpurpose.com/ezra-maes-army-leg-amputation

IMMIGRATION
Why Africans Are Protesting and Fighting Mexican Troops: A More Fulsome Explanation
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddbensman/2019/10/10/why-africans-are-protesting-and-fighting-mexican-troops-a-more-fulsome-explanation-n2554455?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=10/10/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

MIDDLE EAST
Why Do the Yemeni Houthi Rebels Have North Korean Missiles?
https://news.yahoo.com/why-yemeni-houthi-rebels-north-205100189.html

TURKEY
Erdogan Threatens To ???Open the Doors??? to Europe for Refugees if Criticisms Continue
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/erdogan-threatens-to-open-the-doors-to-europe-for-refugees-if-criticisms-continue/

Turkey's Syria offensive explained in four maps
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49973218

Turkey within Trump red line, US seeking ceasefire: official
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/turkey-within-trump-red-line-us-seeking-ceasefire-official/ar-AAIAUtR?ocid=spartandhp

UKRAINE
Ukrainian President Zelensky: Trump didn???t blackmail me during call about Joe Biden
https://nypost.com/2019/10/10/ukraine-president-zelensky-trump-didnt-blackmail-me-during-call-about-joe-biden/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Ukrainian president says government will 'happily' investigate possible interference in 2016 US election
https://thehill.com/policy/international/465151-ukraine-president-says-he-will-happily-investigate-whether-country?userid=288549

Joe's $900k 'Ukrainian pay-off': Giuliani claims he has evidence that Biden Snr received lobbying fees from son Hunter's Ukrainian gas company Burisma - AND that father and son also sold influence in China and Romania
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7557085/Rudy-Giuliani-claims-Joe-Biden-received-900-000-lobbying-fees-Burisma.html

UGANDA
A rapper???s quest to be president
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2019/1003/A-rapper-s-quest-to-be-president?cmpid=ema:mkt:20191010&src=highlight

IMPEACHMENT
Back to You, Nancy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/back-to-you-nancy-11570663218?emailToken=0d2fd6d553e09567e996a2d917aaa8b7rT7EKbAmxkrNYvshSviKoApYJTUQKb4Vo2iFQ5geEoLRDU6onS5wp8PFp/qk1cra&reflink=article_email_share

"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)