PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
Horrific home inspections: The strangest, scariest things inspectors have seen during their visits
https://www.foxnews.com/real-estate/horrific-home-inspections-the-strangest-scariest-things-inspectors-have-seen-during-their-visits

HEALTH
Facing ???Certain Death,??? Teenager With Vaping Injury Gets Double Lung Transplant [???What I saw in his lungs is like nothing I???ve seen before, and I???ve been doing lung transplants for 20 years,??? Dr. Nemeh said.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/health/vaping-double-lung-transplant.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_NN_p_20191113&instance_id=13816&login=email&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=58935408ion%3DwhatElse&section=whatElse%3Fcampaign_id%3D9&segment_id=18741&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab

New York Identifies Hospitals and Nursing Homes With Deadly Fungus
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/health/candida-auris-resistant-hospitals.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20191113?campaign_id=57&instance_id=13831&segment_id=18758&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

Pneumonic Plague Is Diagnosed in China
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/world/asia/plague-china-pneumonic.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20191113&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=13816&segment_id=18741&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

Polio in Nigeria: 'I opposed vaccinations until my son caught polio'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50266547

Excessive brain activity linked to a shorter life
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/shorter_life_brain.php3

PARENTING
When my son Googled me, we both learned a painful lesson about the Internet
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/mom_son_web_lesson.php3

HUMOR
I need a digital mood ring
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/barreca111319.php3

Rogue Report
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/hamilton111319.php3

EDUCATION
Where Civility Is a Motto, a School Integration Fight Turns Bitter
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/us/howard-county-school-redistricting.html

????????
Disney+ slaps content warning for 'outdated cultural depictions' on classic animated movies
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/disney-plus-content-warning-outdated-cultural-depictions-classic-animated-movies

Missouri high school football coach, team under fire for ???illegal??? prayer after complaint from atheist group
https://www.foxnews.com/us/missouri-high-school-football-illegal-prayer

BUSINESS
???Right to Repair??? Does Not Mean the Right to Intellectual Property
https://townhall.com/columnists/bethanypatterson/2019/11/12/right-to-repair-does-not-mean-the-right-to-intellectual-property-n2556133?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=11/13/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Mandatory Shortages
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2019/11/13/mandatory-shortages-n2556364?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=11/13/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Boys and girls have an equal aptitude for math ??? so why are there are so few women in higher paying STEM jobs?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/boys-and-girls-have-an-equal-aptitude-for-math-so-why-are-there-are-so-few-women-in-higher-paying-stem-jobs-2019-11-12

WEATHER
England floods: What is making them worse?
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50393617

ENTOMOLOGY
The wonderful world of insects -- 11/13/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/the-wonderful-world-of-insects-111319?e=a218d00c99

TECHNOLOGY
Electric car future may depend on deep sea mining
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49759626

CYBER SECURITY
Malware developers are betting you'll be fooled by 'Donald Trump Screen of Death'
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/political_malware.php3

iSpy? Facebook Is Using Your iPhone???s Camera Behind Your Back
https://www.idropnews.com/news/facebook-is-using-your-iphone-camera-behind-your-back/122723/

LAW AND ORDER
No, There Is NO Major 'Hate Crime' Problem
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66762?mailing_id=4653&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4653&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

BIG BROTHER
Next in Google???s Quest for Consumer Dominance: Banking
https://www.wsj.com/articles/next-in-googles-quest-for-consumer-dominancebanking-11573644601?emailToken=5fcc9e2227a71ed8819de3b94f7397ffFdVyq8ONb4e63E0nGNOgcZFSGsDvnkPWhCsXXMz/g6PrKxuqiooFPDW5owrUhW8JS+9L0d26ZkujmLsxQ2z/3XXaz+rzw0C5MrvejlrRXYs%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Google defends amassing health data on millions of people
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/google-health-data-defense

Court finds fault with warrantless searches of global travelers' laptops, phones
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/court-finds-fault-with-warrantless-searches-of-global-travelers-laptops-phones

CHINA
China wants to build its own Yellowstone
https://www.foxnews.com/science/china-wants-to-build-its-own-yellowstone

IMPEACHMENT
New impeachment czar will glue together unwieldy White House strategy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/new-impeachment-czar-will-glue-together-unwieldy-white-house-strategy?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/13/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

Dems trot out new charge as initial focus of impeachment hearings falls flat
https://nypost.com/2019/11/13/dems-trot-out-new-charge-as-initial-focus-of-impeachment-hearings-falls-flat/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

GOP senator: Republicans don't have votes to dismiss impeachment articles
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/470301-gop-senator-republicans-dont-have-votes-to-dismiss-impeachment-articles

Trump denies knowledge of call mentioned in impeachment hearing [The aid was eventually released and Ukraine did not make a public statement about the investigations.]
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/470356-trump-denies-knowledge-of-call-mentioned-in-impeachment-hearing

TRUMPGATE
Appeals court clears way for Congress to seek Trump financial records
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/470395-appeals-court-clears-way-for-congress-to-seek-trump-financial

POLITICS
Mayor Pete Buttigieg catapults ahead of Dem field in new Iowa poll
https://nypost.com/2019/11/12/mayor-pete-buttigieg-catapults-ahead-of-dem-field-in-new-iowa-poll/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Warren Will Win The Dem Primary Race
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/morris111319.php3

"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)