PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
This video of a runaway dog sled police chase i

s the most absurd, hilarious thing you'll see today
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/runaway_dog_sled.php3

WSJ: The Lists Issue
https://graphics.wsj.com/image-grid/OffDutyListsIssue2019/

HEALTH CARE
Strategists say Warren 'Medicare for All' plan could appeal to centrists
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/469707-strategists-say-warren-medicare-for-all-plan-could-appeal-to-centrists

PARENTING
Parents??? Major Hang-Up: Kids on Smartphones
https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-major-hang-up-kids-on-smartphones-11573308000?emailToken=812bae06fd1b1fbe7a87dda49b69cd6fMApjJyn5KthxmTgd/QmXOEjZ9B1pVR5REoZjunCe5Bs1YG3yjLM4pWnCGe2UILKKNCiSJd85C56YuWLE5Wcla95e4mtLyLoJLdzHaJRp6Gs%3D&reflink=article_email_share

MIND BOGGLING
She Climbed Kilimanjaro. But the Real Achievement: Keeping Her Phone Alive.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/she-climbed-kilimanjaro-but-the-real-achievement-keeping-her-phone-alive-11573242914?emailToken=0edb7cc400dc65027447857f94d78ea6XZ7ZTdfApCoDhi26ByZUsLxmd5Deyu1Tuw5LxC0mP3PF4SL12TcpoasU1K3EwXnV87NJ+GQexW/FPXjicQzOsRMidxlj9tWv/TAwEDMfaChWUC9WOpbWmGrMeHqVYHQUJt+c4z8Wd+lCcSGN4ELthA%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

CULTURE
If there is a true conspiracy afoot today ...
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/brooks110819.php3

EDUCATION
Higher Education???s Enemy Within
https://www.wsj.com/articles/higher-educations-enemy-within-11573251941?emailToken=52b85c71b0594a180caa8168b775b931Xm8YT0r0ALfxqmw1JqqLyKvVRTy4eWekQYdVxlhDATkzFGOcsQkZ5lpFvS80zK7VB2HMpxxYU/DKSd/jqXaG9Q%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

De Blasio keeps trying to derail these kids??? path to college
https://nypost.com/2019/11/07/de-blasio-keeps-trying-to-derail-these-kids-path-to-college/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HISTORY
The fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later: Let us celebrate anew
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-30-years-later-let-us-celebrate-anew?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/09/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

I Was a Reverse Commuter Across the Berlin Wall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-was-a-reverse-commuter-across-the-berlin-wall-11573251914?emailToken=b534d1b2bee25b88a661053a9c42fe34rnCgos4ANAP2/nfSPLh5/JDbA4IsADKxPYsjX9DjyfEvzGUn9x/W8H/uVyX2nqUs5bVjk34SFqUutTaYePaZfrSu4KWmoGUvsO9enOnEsSQ%3D&reflink=article_email_share

CLIMATE CHANGE
11,000 Scientists? Just Kidding
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/11/11000-scientists-just-kidding.php

NATIONAL SECURITY
Intelligence community unveils plans for disclosing foreign electoral interference; promises no 'partisan politics'
https://news.yahoo.com/intelligence-community-unveils-plans-for-disclosing-foreign-electoral-interference-promises-no-partisan-politics-212106996.html

DEFENSE
Look Out America: Russia's Is Claiming To Have Smarter "Smart Bombs"
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/look-out-america-russias-claiming-have-smarter-smart-bombs-95166

Turkey's Leopard 2 Tanks Are Getting Crushed in Syria
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/turkeys-leopard-2-tanks-are-getting-crushed-syria-95396

New Pentagon technology can detect enemy nuclear attacks faster
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/new-pentagon-technology-can-detect-enemy-nuclear-attacks-faster

MILITARY
The Unbreakable Bond of the Naval Academy???s 23rd Company
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-unbreakable-bond-of-the-naval-academys-23rd-company-11573300802?emailToken=31ab581fcbea13821ae436dfe0cba3c4pa1UCQt648TsgSvJssCSfi++agaovPbBifsodi0h6YqPe6MUcHW3a6GjneLd97jZJ2DE1v2DmU7/NjK+lN1JHiFQPwVeGIgpH65BxtdysQA3+IxhTGJjrHqixvrrK2ZH&reflink=article_email_share

HONG KONG
Hong Kong Arrests Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Ahead of Local Elections
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-arrests-pro-democracy-lawmakers-ahead-of-local-elections-11573293361?emailToken=6e7eee464fc0b5fe9515b818a23a911c8x3QZtqifUhRIh/al7CDV89QoEVUI1/Xm5QPKQsrlwjAOayjR2Xqofl+JGkCXc3yUDrraJECCuj1iLPs+f4EILyyDtIoxJdwq7/Ic77H8N0F8nqmV9ESqui7+CGSqEFG&reflink=article_email_share

MIDDLE EAST
Iran's network of influence in Mid-East 'growing'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50324912

NKOR
North Korea 'facing poor harvest' amid food shortages
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50359435

FBI GATE
Ukraine witness said Steele dossier was 'rabbit hole' and likely contained Russian 'disinformation'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ukraine-witness-said-steele-dossier-was-rabbit-hole-and-likely-contained-russian-disinformation?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/09/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

Lindsey Graham: IG Report on FISA Abuse Will Be 'Stunning' and 'Damning'
https://pjmedia.com/trending/lindsey-graham-ig-report-on-fisa-abuse-will-be-stunning-and-damning/

IMPEACHMENT
Rising Risk of Impeachment Tests Ties Between Barr and the President
https://news.yahoo.com/rising-risk-impeachment-tests-ties-132610204.html

POLITICS
The Water???s Fine, Mr. Bloomberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-waters-fine-mr-bloomberg-11573256727?emailToken=e10d29d44a38b3cb8fa1c2e0f342be98aZpBqLRJe8jPOb9YmXTotLHEiu9EGlPebFBZL+rGJHRz9wvNXUvt7Ua1yCgyzM9kA9no3BPYN34/rjhWIhimbg%3D%3D&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)