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)