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Is America Becoming Sinicized?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/is-america-becoming-sinicized/

GENERAL INTEREST

HEALTH
A Nazi Version of DDT Was Forgotten. Could It Help Fight Malaria?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/science/nazi-ddt-malaria.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20191017?campaign_id=57&instance_id=13173&segment_id=18000&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

PARENTING
Political Correctness Is Bad for Kids
https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-correctness-is-bad-for-kids-11571264113?emailToken=0c2d8f1d91b1ab9ed02f67f17a2ffccd5OaOXscSOaZ8e9mHtTBNyWWCAVr4yuYXTIesLEA56h1ZfZ6zTaGcffivNq//lSBzyqx4aUHuzoQ0U1klZEeFkmiH/ymfTQF1YKD1jwq44oc%3D&reflink=article_email_share

PROGRESSIVES OFF THE RAILS
Gigabytes of Virtue-Signaling
https://www.city-journal.org/html/gigabytes-virtue-signaling-16990.html

SPORTS
LeBron Express His Own Ignorance on Hong Kong
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66159?mailing_id=4593&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4593&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body



HISTORY
The pig-man hunts of new haven -- 10/17/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/the-pig-man-hunts-of-new-haven-101719?e=a218d00c99

BUSINESS
Ranking the States by Regulation
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/government-regulation-new-numerical-measure-ranks-states/

MYRMECOLOGY
World's fastest ant runs equivalent of 360 mph
https://www.foxnews.com/science/worlds-fastest-ant-360-mph

TECHNOLOGY
Defiant Zuckerberg Says Facebook Won???t Police Political Speech
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/business/zuckerberg-facebook-free-speech.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_ne_20191017%3Fcampaign_id%3D57&instance_id=13173&login=email&nl=evening-briefing&regi_id=58935408&segment_id=18000&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab

Warren warns Facebook may help reelect Trump 'and profit off of it'
https://thehill.com/campaign-issues/technology/466406-warren-to-zuckerberg-facebook-has-learned-nothing-from-2016

FOREIGN POLICY
Trump touts Turkey cease-fire: 'Sometimes you have to let them fight'
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/466405-trump-touts-turkey-ceasefire-sometimes-you-have

Trump's man in Europe gets $1m house upgrade: Gordon Sondland oversees taxpayer-funded refurbishment of Brussels home including $400k on two kitchens, $82k on a bathroom and $95k on an outdoor 'living pod'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7583865/Gordon-Sondland-oversees-1m-upgrade-Brussels-home.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
Trump Used the Options He Had in Syria
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/trump-used-the-options-he-had-in-syria/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-17&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

MILITARY
US bombs its own ammo dump in Syria as most troops beat a hasty retreat from the country
https://taskandpurpose.com/us-bombs-own-ammo-dump

US troops left behind dick drawings at an abandoned Syrian camp they knew Russian soldiers would take over
https://taskandpurpose.com/russian-base-syria-dick-drawings

The Army is praying that Generation Z will take the service to a whole new level
https://taskandpurpose.com/whats-your-warrior-army

LAW AND ORDER
Police Keep Antifa Away From Columbus Statues By Taping Job Applications Onto Them
https://babylonbee.com/news/police-keep-antifa-away-columbus-statues-taping-job-applications-onto

NatGeo TODAY'S BIG QUESTION:?? Can the U.S. Stop Poaching at home?
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016ddafc58feab30006e966f4650/9e831f94-b948-401d-a11d-c004142ee147/HTML

TERRORISM
France says foiled September 11-inspired attack
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/france-says-foiled-september-11-inspired-attack/ar-AAIW7ck?ocid=spartandhp

IMMIGRATION
Why Mexico Is Cooperating with Us on Immigration
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/immigration-enforcement-mexico-cooperating-with-us/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-17&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

MIDDLE EAST
Kurds claim Turkey are using banned weapons such as NAPALM and white phosphorus as Erdogan warns nobody ??? including the US ??? can stop his incursion into Syria
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7582865/Erdogan-warns-including-stop-Turkeys-incursion-Syria.html

HOUSE DEPOSITIONS
Mulvaney walks back comments tying Ukraine aid to 2016 probe
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466385-mulvaney-walks-back-comments-tying-ukraine-aid-to-2016-probe

POLITICS
GOP cautions Graham against hauling Biden before Senate
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466207-gop-cautions-graham-against-hauling-biden-before-senate

Buttigieg emerges as new threat to Biden after debate
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/466202-buttigieg-emerges-as-new-threat-to-biden-after-debate

"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)