PLATT - CURATED News (EOY- Dec 31 2019)

GENERAL INTEREST
A coffee shop's owner went into hospice. His competitor worked there for free to help
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1219/competitor_works_for_free.php3

Christmas shoppers, don’t make these costly mistakes when returning your gifts
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/christmas-shoppers-dont-make-these-costly-mistakes-when-returning-gifts-2019-12-27

22 Things That Happened for the First Time in 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/opinion/22-things-that-happened-for-the-first-time-in-2019.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_nn_20191229%3Fcampaign_id%3D9&instance_id=14846&login=email&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=5893540820191229&segment_id=19927&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab

HEALTH
What A ‘High Risk, High Reward’ Drug Does for Me
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-a-high-risk-high-reward-drug-does-for-me-11577460886?emailToken=18bfe09edd19979504b09a55494d6c3a4lDRXXQwujFZLoGMxPBVBUeE/37W/78r31W6cdGrCN7JzSKwkVoxpxeyWrUXoSvVfgWy8NcYzNfzTLIQtXObeeImbDlwk37zIW6tehMCO1k%3D&reflink=article_email_share

BUSINESS
Mark Cuban denies claim diamond company he backed is a ‘scam’
https://pagesix.com/2019/12/28/mark-cuban-denies-claim-new-diamond-company-is-a-scam/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

YouTube's highest-earners list of 2019 include 8 year old at top
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/youtube-top-earners-2019

ASTRONOMY
Jupiter's Great Red Spot still has hundreds of years to rage, theory suggests
https://www.inverse.com/article/61211-jupiter-red-spot-not-disappearing

SCIENCE
The best science long reads of 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48275581

TECHNOLOGY
3D printing is about to save the military billions of dollars
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1219/3D_military.php3

What Happened To Giant Ekranoplans?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVdH_dYlVB8

Texas boy sets front yard on fire after getting magnifying glass for Christmas, family says
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-boy-christmas-gift-magnifying-glass-front-yard-fire-mckiney

Video doorbell security, AirPods as hearing aids, PC bloatware and more: Tech Q&A
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/video-doorbell-security-airpods-as-hearing-aids-pc-bloatware-and-more-tech-qa

CYBER SECURITY
What Does California’s New Data Privacy Law Mean? Nobody Agrees
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/29/technology/california-privacy-law.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_nn_20191229?campaign_id=9&instance_id=14846&segment_id=19927&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820191229

The Cybersecurity 202: GOP House campaign arm uses CrowdStrike despite Trump conspiracy theories
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2019/11/04/the-cybersecurity-202-gop-house-campaign-arm-uses-crowdstrike-despite-trump-conspiracy-theories/5dbf22d488e0fa10ffd20b34/

FOREIGN POLICY
In 2010, The Navy Surfaced 3 Nuclear Submarines To Scare China
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/2010-navy-surfaced-3-nuclear-submarines-scare-china-109016

DEFENSE
RIP, F-22 and F-35: Are Stealth Weapons Going To Soon Be Obsolete?
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/rip-f-22-and-f-35-are-stealth-weapons-going-soon-be-obsolete-109246

LAW AND ORDER
U.S. mass killings hit new high in 2019, most were shootings
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-mass-killings-hit-new-high-in-2019-most-were-shootings-2019-12-28

3 dead, including gunman, in Texas church service shooting
https://disrn.com/news/2-dead-1-critically-injured-in-texas-church-shooting

Ex-Rikers inmates use city-funded debit cards to buy booze, juul pods
https://nypost.com/2019/12/28/ex-rikers-inmates-use-city-funded-debit-cards-to-buy-booze-juul-pods/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

MEDIA
Topics We Aren't Allowed to Talk About
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1219/carlson122719.php3

IMMIGRATION
African Americans Are Taking Back Jobs Stolen By Illegal Aliens
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2019/12/28/african-americans-taking-back-jobs-stolen-by-illegal-aliens-n2558637?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/29/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

FISA-GATE
Judge Collyer Owes Us a Follow Up on FISA
https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-collyer-owes-us-a-follow-up-on-fisa-11577461186?emailToken=70462b2444d11a6526f90c6743975b0f/+iDCMnv2RUkJ/m6wD/wXcIzNWbcWRf/whtifhTJaUp8GpEuMYeZQIGoK6Z5XJ+O0mC6k0/uug3QloP5aJcVo5zBRZntf9VKUBIc2U6aASk%3D&reflink=article_email_share

IMPEACHMENT
ANALYSIS: Trump impeachment is culmination of four-decade feud between Giuliani and Biden
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/analysis-giuliani-and-biden-spent-decades-butting-heads-before-ukraine-and-impeachment?utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_12/29/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

"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)