PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
???Grit??? more important to success than brains and brawn, West Point study finds
https://nypost.com/2019/11/04/grit-more-important-to-success-than-brains-and-brawn-west-point-study-finds/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

The Importance of 'No-Men'
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/66577?mailing_id=4633&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4633&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Adulting 101
http://jewishworldreview.com/1119/mullen110519.php3

HEALTH CARE
States??? Attempts at Medicare-for-All Proposals Haven???t Ended Well
https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-attempts-at-medicare-for-all-proposals-havent-ended-well-11572957714?emailToken=ef23c7a6497679fb9b5e8ba0041dfc18EqfnfjiQdVRby3GU6Z3E1izlOz7xu2jQjYzWbuidiPOmuXV2KKfrq90FijTIo1DD0HTEAvG3Y8SYfcahgmW5QN7WgqBB0EjMV8gdPvAIPjt9kvhiJ5xkS4yveZ5TKWnO&reflink=article_email_share

CULTURE
Video: A Tale of Men and Masculinity
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66560?mailing_id=4633&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4633&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Wild brawl over a man leaves 9 floors of an apartment complex flooded
https://nypost.com/2019/11/04/wild-brawl-over-a-man-leaves-9-floors-of-an-apartment-complex-flooded/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HUMOR
The News in Zingers
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/hamilton110519.php3

HISTORY
Hern??n Cortes, slaves, and the encomienda -- 11/05/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/goodyear-worked-on-his-rubber-invention-in-debtors-prison-1147997?e=a218d00c99

BUSINESS
Your hardwood floor was probably harvested illegally
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/odds-are-strong-your-hardwood-floor-was-harvested-illegally-2019-11-04

Stop the States??? Copyright Plunder
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-the-states-copyright-plunder-11572909070?emailToken=7a55e92f03fdcc7db9ca76f69d4986e7HD7Vy66IaW/d7N9DoiuJM635yLFJjD3giDG54T880g6utyPHwpimszScfVkcEXrU7fLrBih6+iHA6NjG25qBEg%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

AUTOMOTIVE
The 10 coolest things about the all-new 2020 Land Rover Defender
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-10-coolest-things-about-the-new-2020-land-rover-defender-2019-11-05

SCIENCE
NYT Science Times: Stalking the Endangered Wax Palm (...and, much more ...)
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?uri=nyt://newsletter/f36301d2-1823-4dd7-ae4d-f9f7f31840cd&te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20191105?campaign_id=34&instance_id=13613&segment_id=18522&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

SPACE
Our universe may be a giant loop, new study claims
https://www.foxnews.com/science/universe-giant-loop-balloon-new-study

NATIONAL SECURITY
Where???s the fire?
https://federalobserver.com/2019/09/wheres-the-fire/

Coming Soon To A Neighborhood Near You
https://www.captainsjournal.com/2019/11/04/coming-soon-to-a-neighborhood-near-you/

Russia Steps Up Efforts to Shield Its Hackers From Extradition to U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-steps-up-efforts-to-shield-its-hackers-from-extradition-to-u-s-11572949802?emailToken=f408da0a24fd4c5de942cfe0905400cdfzxbWeBhCiJjJ/errBh9KxgNG8EDbbsWvFYtPXxaPvrHBf+t8LDMSvEfsQKAGRzZwQPDcA2SuceLfe2RW5Gzh+Qo/QZ7TRPr7691RRO84osB26GLW5aHqTiRUY621RyD9ZzVTsuLgdCV/KgEHAwVaA%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

DEFENSE
Military Readiness Isn't What It Should Be
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66579?mailing_id=4633&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4633&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

North Korea Hates This: Meet South Korea's Very Special F-15 Fighter
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/north-korea-hates-meet-south-koreas-very-special-f-15-fighter-93581

Army plans 'lase-off' competition to incinerate targets with lasers fired from Strykers
https://www.foxnews.com/science/army-plans-lase-off-competition-to-incinerate-targets-with-lasers-fired-from-strykers

LAW AND THE COURTS
Free Lori Loughlin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/free-lori-loughlin-11572909225?emailToken=f9ab9e41452ddf6db2becff518befbf2l81W3XIEfOb3h6evHgQTJqIU8eabtL7L38hUigeMdXuc+YQauM401eLLjl3z7+sF&reflink=article_email_share

BIG BROTHER
???Game-Changer??? Warrant Let Detective Search Genetic Database
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/business/dna-database-search-warrant.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20191105?campaign_id=57&instance_id=13642&segment_id=18548&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

IRAN
Iran to inject uranium into centrifuges, moving further from 2015 nuclear accord
https://nypost.com/2019/11/05/iran-to-inject-uranium-into-centrifuges-moving-further-from-2015-nuclear-accord/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

POLITICS
Play-nice approach of 2020 Democrats threatens to hand Trump a reelection advantage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/play-nice-approach-of-2020-democrats-threatens-to-hand-trump-a-reelection-advantage?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/05/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

Democrats unifying against Joe Kennedy Senate bid
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/468941-democrats-unifying-against-joe-kennedy-senate-bid

"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)