MLKThe Left Forgets What Martin Luther King Stood For [He didn???t think oppression was what defined the struggle for civil rights.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-left-forgets-what-martin-luther-king-stood-for-11579304166?emailToken=45a266ce2aa823f40aef0e75e2d3f8f0ChwAORvWHveTghW1NHVVZ72Wy0GIhv3FYjkphLQuDS6hmJw6jNyfNAv9o4y0sVApG8JDgPBuZrijGtGqKuna372M5dl7AZ8qPDYBnNC51kg%3D&reflink=article_email_share
GENERAL INTEREST
Free services avoid the stress of package (and mail) delivery
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/avoid_stress_of_package_delivery.php3
HEALTH
Sorry, You Might Get the Flu Twice This Year ??? Here???s Why
https://www.ecowatch.com/flu-twice-this-year-2644859184.html
HEALTH CARE
Trump scrambles to defend pre-existing conditions record amid ObamaCare lawsuit
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/478892-trump-scrambles-to-defend-pre-existing-conditions-record-amid-obamacare
HUMOR
Bernie Hates Women!?
https://patriotpost.us/articles/67991?mailing_id=4811&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4811&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body
Rogue Report
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hamilton012020.php3
Hmm, that's awful fishy
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/crosby012020.php3
BUSINESS
More precious than gold: Why the metal palladium is soaring
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51171391
AERONAUTICS
This Picture Shows Hitler's Very Own 'Stealth' Fighter (The First Stealth Fighter?)
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/picture-shows-hitlers-very-own-stealth-fighter-first-stealth-fighter-115376
How Boeing???s Responsibility in a Deadly Crash ???Got Buried???
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/business/boeing-737-accidents.html?auth=login-email&login=email
OLIGOCHAETOLOGY
New species of bone-eating worm discovered eating alligator carcass deep under Gulf of Mexico
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/asia/bone-eating-worm-alligator-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html
DEFENSE
Israel's big new gun could be an instrument of peace
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/chafets012020.php3
IRAN
Iran warns of repercussions for IAEA over European moves
https://news.yahoo.com/iran-warns-repercussions-iaea-over-european-moves-084748928.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
MIDDLE EAST
Israel's big new gun could be an instrument of peace
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/chafets012020.php3
PUERTO RICO
Chaos in Puerto Rico as mob finds unused disaster supplies
https://nypost.com/2020/01/19/chaos-in-puerto-rico-as-mob-finds-unused-disaster-supplies/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
IMMIGRATION
Trump administration targets 'birth tourism' with new vetting plans for visas
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-administration-targets-birth-tourism-with-new-vetting-plans-for-visas/ar-BBZ9LuM?ocid=spartandhp
IMPEACHMENT
Donald Trump's lawyers say impeachment case is insufficient, unconstitutional
https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trumps-lawyers-impeachment-case-163711169.html
Senate resolution sets a fast pace for Trump impeachment trial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate-resolution-sets-a-fast-pace-for-trump-impeachment-trial?utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/20/2020&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)
HEALTH
New coronavirus 'preventable and controllable', China says
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51168333
FINANCIAL
Trump, Obama and the Spending Power [The White House didn’t commit a crime in delaying aid to Ukraine.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-obama-and-the-spending-power-11579305357?emailToken=054fbc34aa54eec86fa34b143702e3838OJwPNh3Xtkt8BaSKsqIBS8K+EL80hm1G0xmFWODkEmZauS9cAuuRd4xt1iJ6lVuWCNHePlN6FQDsacEhQb8Cw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook apologizes to China’s Xi Jinping for vulgar mistranslation of his name
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/facebook-apologizes-to-chinas-xi-jinping-for-vulgar-mistranslation-of-his-name
CDs and LPs go digital, snooping spouses, social media alerts and more: Tech Q&A
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/cds-and-lps-go-digital-snooping-spouses-social-media-alerts-and-more-tech-qa
FOREIGN POLICY
White House's top Russia official put on leave pending investigation
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-houses-top-russia-official-put-on-leave-pending-investigation/ar-BBZ7yJH?ocid=spartandhp
NORTH AFRICA
Nile River dam row: Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan make draft deal
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51133364
IMMIGRATION
Mexico blocks 2,500 migrants from crossing at Guatemala entry point, authorities say
https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-blocks-guatemala-migrants
VPOTUS
Is Mike Pence preparing to resign, assume the presidency, or both?
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/478660-is-mike-pence-preparing-to-resign-assume-the-presidency-or-both
IMPEACHMENT
Hawley expects McConnell's final impeachment resolution to give White House defense ability to motion to dismiss
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/478950-hawley-would-be-very-very-surprised-if-mcconnells-final-resolution-doesnt
House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478843-house-democrats-may-call-new-impeachment-witnesses-if-senate-doesnt
‘Once this is over, we’ll be kings’: How Lev Parnas worked his way into Trump’s world — and now is rattling it [ ... texts tie Nunes aide closer to Ukraine plot.]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/once-this-is-over-well-be-kings-how-lev-parnas-worked-his-way-into-trumps-world--and-now-is-rattling-it/2020/01/18/68542ff4-3940-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html
POLITICS
Bloomberg pledges $70 billion to bolster black America in new plan
https://news.yahoo.com/bloomberg-pledges-70-billion-to-bolster-black-america-in-new-plan-170009427.html
Democrats plot new approach to win over rural voters
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/478814-democrats-plot-new-approach-to-win-over-rural-voters
New coronavirus 'preventable and controllable', China says
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51168333
FINANCIAL
Trump, Obama and the Spending Power [The White House didn’t commit a crime in delaying aid to Ukraine.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-obama-and-the-spending-power-11579305357?emailToken=054fbc34aa54eec86fa34b143702e3838OJwPNh3Xtkt8BaSKsqIBS8K+EL80hm1G0xmFWODkEmZauS9cAuuRd4xt1iJ6lVuWCNHePlN6FQDsacEhQb8Cw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook apologizes to China’s Xi Jinping for vulgar mistranslation of his name
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/facebook-apologizes-to-chinas-xi-jinping-for-vulgar-mistranslation-of-his-name
CDs and LPs go digital, snooping spouses, social media alerts and more: Tech Q&A
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/cds-and-lps-go-digital-snooping-spouses-social-media-alerts-and-more-tech-qa
FOREIGN POLICY
White House's top Russia official put on leave pending investigation
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-houses-top-russia-official-put-on-leave-pending-investigation/ar-BBZ7yJH?ocid=spartandhp
NORTH AFRICA
Nile River dam row: Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan make draft deal
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51133364
IMMIGRATION
Mexico blocks 2,500 migrants from crossing at Guatemala entry point, authorities say
https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-blocks-guatemala-migrants
VPOTUS
Is Mike Pence preparing to resign, assume the presidency, or both?
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/478660-is-mike-pence-preparing-to-resign-assume-the-presidency-or-both
IMPEACHMENT
Hawley expects McConnell's final impeachment resolution to give White House defense ability to motion to dismiss
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/478950-hawley-would-be-very-very-surprised-if-mcconnells-final-resolution-doesnt
House Democrats may call new impeachment witnesses if Senate doesn't
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478843-house-democrats-may-call-new-impeachment-witnesses-if-senate-doesnt
‘Once this is over, we’ll be kings’: How Lev Parnas worked his way into Trump’s world — and now is rattling it [ ... texts tie Nunes aide closer to Ukraine plot.]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/once-this-is-over-well-be-kings-how-lev-parnas-worked-his-way-into-trumps-world--and-now-is-rattling-it/2020/01/18/68542ff4-3940-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html
POLITICS
Bloomberg pledges $70 billion to bolster black America in new plan
https://news.yahoo.com/bloomberg-pledges-70-billion-to-bolster-black-america-in-new-plan-170009427.html
Democrats plot new approach to win over rural voters
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/478814-democrats-plot-new-approach-to-win-over-rural-voters
"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)
HEALTH
New drugs, decades in the making, are providing relief for migraines
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/migraine_relief.php3
HUMOR
Rogue Report
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hamilton011720.php3
FINANCIAL
Stop worrying about where the stock market goes from here and read this post
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stop-worrying-about-where-the-stock-market-goes-from-here-and-read-this-post-2020-01-16
WATER
Decades-old Apalachicola Basin water dispute between Georgia and Florida heads to Supreme Court
https://www.foxnews.com/us/water-dispute-georgia-florida-supreme-court
SCIENCE
Physics Favors the Wearing Of Bow Ties, Natty or Not [Kindly add venerable pediatricians to your list of gentlemen who favor bow ties for professional wear.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/physics-favors-the-wearing-of-bow-ties-natty-or-not-11579286236
TECHNOLOGY
RIP Gary Starkweather [In defiance of his Xerox boss, he developed the laser printer, making it possible to print copies quickly and directly from computers ]
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/laser_printer_creator.php3
CYBER SECURITY
Johnson will defy US and allow use of Huawei, says top security adviser
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/johnson-will-defy-us-and-allow-use-of-huawei-says-top-security-adviser/ar-BBZ61RZ?ocid=spartandhp
How hackers, scammers and companies know when you open an email and use it against you
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/how-hackers-scammers-and-companies-know-when-you-open-an-email-and-use-it-against-you
FOREIGN POLICY
The Middle East Isn’t Worth It Anymore [With few vital American interests still at stake there, the U.S. should finally set aside its grandiose ambitions for the chaotic region ]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-middle-east-isnt-worth-it-anymore-11579277317?emailToken=565eae1f091e54650029e8d758796c05vIp1cmTftgeu8YLVPXR4mWVlruKTwh5G76fTVx/xqaEDIK/8mvF3yUaXzhSgXunIWGDzDARrXOfsOWxBwFWURCLC8mXoXKYXOOv8lSc7Zc0%3D&reflink=article_email_share
NATIONAL SECURITY
Pakistan Has a Truly Deadly and Scary Nuclear Weapons Program
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/pakistan-has-truly-deadly-and-scary-nuclear-weapons-program-115226
DEFENSE
Navy builds aircraft carrier drone headquarters
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/navy-builds-aircraft-carrier-drone-headquarters
Navy ramps up radar attack technology across fleet
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/navy-ramps-up-radar-attack-technology-across-fleet
LAW AND THE COURTS
Deaf man from Brooklyn sues Pornhub over lack of closed captioning
https://nypost.com/2020/01/17/deaf-man-from-brooklyn-sues-pornhub-over-lack-of-closed-captioning/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
BIG BROTHER
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It [A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html?auth=login-email&login=email
IRAN
‘The crisis is far from over': Battle to control Iraq extends beyond Twitter fight between Trump and Khamenei, analysts say
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/the-crisis-is-far-from-over-battle-to-control-iraq-extends-beyond-twitter-fight-between-trump-and-khamenei-analysts-say?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_noti&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/18/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
IMMIGRATION
Everyone Is Wrong on Skilled Immigration
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/patel011720.php3
Democrats go to Mexico and blast Trump over border tent cities
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democrats-go-to-mexico-and-blast-trump-over-border-tent-cities?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/18/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
IMPEACHMENT
What Did GAO Staff Know and When Did They Know It? [Judging the organization by its own standards.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-did-gao-staff-know-and-when-did-they-know-it-11579297177?emailToken=b50abed5d5ff203a35bd28dbee9985b5Cq9tUSiEg29GtWHcMmADoEhi/XO8I+F6EDCCtqjh+0mZ4sX2Amm1yIGO2YIYlS12XzhtXQuKXjA1gcMGM/+e8mXqF4xSu1tGYc87ZAb88tc%3D&reflink=article_email_share
House Democrats release second batch of Parnas materials
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478888-house-democrats-release-second-batch-of-parnas-materials
Impeachment Moves Forward to Nowhere [Meanwhile, a debate showcases the Democrats’ detachment from life on the ground in America.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-moves-forward-to-nowhere-11579220263?emailToken=4b7bbb87544a37c2a4824f4a33226246DIrz29pX/hWZKTeNa3cl7JEVec8kfOXWsQybfhh2j6N8jM7PgG9RPaq/KmelzNVJILF80TcPfiBoxy8njc35DsDUW1rWu3rFxYZpIfNic/4%3D&reflink=article_email_share
Toughest Questions in Trump’s Trial to Be Considered in Secret
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-17/senate-becomes-a-hushed-courtroom-for-trump-impeachment-trial?srnd=politics-vp
POLITICS
Democrats plot new approach to win over rural voters
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/478814-democrats-plot-new-approach-to-win-over-rural-voters
Anti-Trump protests have shrunk. What’s it mean for 2020?
https://apnews.com/bfabbf7df2b7a411117590d4840f314b
New drugs, decades in the making, are providing relief for migraines
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/migraine_relief.php3
HUMOR
Rogue Report
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hamilton011720.php3
FINANCIAL
Stop worrying about where the stock market goes from here and read this post
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stop-worrying-about-where-the-stock-market-goes-from-here-and-read-this-post-2020-01-16
WATER
Decades-old Apalachicola Basin water dispute between Georgia and Florida heads to Supreme Court
https://www.foxnews.com/us/water-dispute-georgia-florida-supreme-court
SCIENCE
Physics Favors the Wearing Of Bow Ties, Natty or Not [Kindly add venerable pediatricians to your list of gentlemen who favor bow ties for professional wear.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/physics-favors-the-wearing-of-bow-ties-natty-or-not-11579286236
TECHNOLOGY
RIP Gary Starkweather [In defiance of his Xerox boss, he developed the laser printer, making it possible to print copies quickly and directly from computers ]
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/laser_printer_creator.php3
CYBER SECURITY
Johnson will defy US and allow use of Huawei, says top security adviser
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/johnson-will-defy-us-and-allow-use-of-huawei-says-top-security-adviser/ar-BBZ61RZ?ocid=spartandhp
How hackers, scammers and companies know when you open an email and use it against you
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/how-hackers-scammers-and-companies-know-when-you-open-an-email-and-use-it-against-you
FOREIGN POLICY
The Middle East Isn’t Worth It Anymore [With few vital American interests still at stake there, the U.S. should finally set aside its grandiose ambitions for the chaotic region ]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-middle-east-isnt-worth-it-anymore-11579277317?emailToken=565eae1f091e54650029e8d758796c05vIp1cmTftgeu8YLVPXR4mWVlruKTwh5G76fTVx/xqaEDIK/8mvF3yUaXzhSgXunIWGDzDARrXOfsOWxBwFWURCLC8mXoXKYXOOv8lSc7Zc0%3D&reflink=article_email_share
NATIONAL SECURITY
Pakistan Has a Truly Deadly and Scary Nuclear Weapons Program
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/pakistan-has-truly-deadly-and-scary-nuclear-weapons-program-115226
DEFENSE
Navy builds aircraft carrier drone headquarters
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/navy-builds-aircraft-carrier-drone-headquarters
Navy ramps up radar attack technology across fleet
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/navy-ramps-up-radar-attack-technology-across-fleet
LAW AND THE COURTS
Deaf man from Brooklyn sues Pornhub over lack of closed captioning
https://nypost.com/2020/01/17/deaf-man-from-brooklyn-sues-pornhub-over-lack-of-closed-captioning/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
BIG BROTHER
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It [A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html?auth=login-email&login=email
IRAN
‘The crisis is far from over': Battle to control Iraq extends beyond Twitter fight between Trump and Khamenei, analysts say
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/the-crisis-is-far-from-over-battle-to-control-iraq-extends-beyond-twitter-fight-between-trump-and-khamenei-analysts-say?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_noti&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/18/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
IMMIGRATION
Everyone Is Wrong on Skilled Immigration
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/patel011720.php3
Democrats go to Mexico and blast Trump over border tent cities
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democrats-go-to-mexico-and-blast-trump-over-border-tent-cities?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/18/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
IMPEACHMENT
What Did GAO Staff Know and When Did They Know It? [Judging the organization by its own standards.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-did-gao-staff-know-and-when-did-they-know-it-11579297177?emailToken=b50abed5d5ff203a35bd28dbee9985b5Cq9tUSiEg29GtWHcMmADoEhi/XO8I+F6EDCCtqjh+0mZ4sX2Amm1yIGO2YIYlS12XzhtXQuKXjA1gcMGM/+e8mXqF4xSu1tGYc87ZAb88tc%3D&reflink=article_email_share
House Democrats release second batch of Parnas materials
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478888-house-democrats-release-second-batch-of-parnas-materials
Impeachment Moves Forward to Nowhere [Meanwhile, a debate showcases the Democrats’ detachment from life on the ground in America.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-moves-forward-to-nowhere-11579220263?emailToken=4b7bbb87544a37c2a4824f4a33226246DIrz29pX/hWZKTeNa3cl7JEVec8kfOXWsQybfhh2j6N8jM7PgG9RPaq/KmelzNVJILF80TcPfiBoxy8njc35DsDUW1rWu3rFxYZpIfNic/4%3D&reflink=article_email_share
Toughest Questions in Trump’s Trial to Be Considered in Secret
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-17/senate-becomes-a-hushed-courtroom-for-trump-impeachment-trial?srnd=politics-vp
POLITICS
Democrats plot new approach to win over rural voters
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/478814-democrats-plot-new-approach-to-win-over-rural-voters
Anti-Trump protests have shrunk. What’s it mean for 2020?
https://apnews.com/bfabbf7df2b7a411117590d4840f314b
"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)
GENERAL INTEREST
News Quiz: Iran, Taal Volcano, Oscar Nominations (10 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/17/briefing/iran-taal-volcano-oscar-nominations-news-quiz.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200117§ion=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15254&segment_id=20405&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408ion=whatElse
TODAY'S BIG QUESTION:?? WHEN IS A PHOTOGRAPH ACCURATE?
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016fb50e410bb1abe9f4bbcf6cc0/145d4e1b-f3ed-40bf-b88e-3625bdf83ecf/HTML
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Stealth Disease Likely To Blame For 20% Of Worldwide Deaths
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/16/796758060/stealth-disease-likely-to-blame-for-20-of-global-deaths
MENTAL HEALTH
Panicking About Your Kids??? Phones? New Research Says Don???t
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/technology/kids-smartphones-depression.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_ne_20200117%3Fcampaign_id%3D57&instance_id=15288&login=email&nl=evening-briefing®i_id=5893540820200117&segment_id=20438&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab
HISTORY
The flop heard round the world -- 1/17/20
https://mailchi.mp/aca62e13ffcc/11720?e=a218d00c99
FINANCIAL
The End of the Bonus Culture Is Coming to Wall Street
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-13/traders-unlearn-bonus-culture-as-machines-invade-wall-street
BUSINESS
Social Engineering Run Amok in the Department of Labor
https://townhall.com/columnists/veroniquederugy/2020/01/16/social-engineering-run-amok-in-the-department-of-labor-n2559576?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/17/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
SPORTS
Trump Welcomes LSU Tigers to White House
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/01/17/trump-welcomes-lsu-to-white-house-n2559703?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
NATURE
5 California mountain lions caught on video outside home in rarity for solitary creatures
https://www.foxnews.com/science/rare-video-captures-five-normally-solitary-california-mountain-lions-walking-together
ENVIRONMENT
The Dark Side of ???Compostable??? Take-Out Containers
https://www.eater.com/2020/1/15/21065446/compostable-take-out-containers
China to curb farming near rivers in push to reverse water pollution - official
https://news.yahoo.com/china-curb-farming-near-rivers-045012171.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
FOREIGN POLICY
Pompeo to investigate charges of surveillance against Yovanovitch
https://thehill.com/policy/international/478832-pompeo-to-investigate-charges-of-surveillance-against-yovanovitch
NATIONAL SECURITY
The World Needs the U.S. as a Superpower
https://thedispatch.com/p/the-world-needs-the-us-as-a-superpower
MILITARY
People Who Hate Their Country Won't Serve It
https://patriotpost.us/articles/67954?mailing_id=4807&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4807&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body
IRAN
Isolated Iran leader lashes out at Europe as nations join US in ramping up pressure
https://www.foxnews.com/world/isolated-iran-leader-lashes-out-at-europe-as-nations-join-us-in-ramping-up-pressure
SCOTUS
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-democratic-presidential-candidates-need-to-start-talking-about-the-supreme-court?verso=true
IMPEACHMENT
GOP threatens to weaponize impeachment witnesses amid standoff
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/478704-gop-threatens-to-weaponize-impeachment-witnesses-amid-standoff?userid=288549
POLITICS
And Then They Came for Bernie
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulcurry/2020/01/16/and-then-they-came-for-bernie-n2559589?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/17/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
News Quiz: Iran, Taal Volcano, Oscar Nominations (10 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/17/briefing/iran-taal-volcano-oscar-nominations-news-quiz.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200117§ion=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15254&segment_id=20405&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408ion=whatElse
TODAY'S BIG QUESTION:?? WHEN IS A PHOTOGRAPH ACCURATE?
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016fb50e410bb1abe9f4bbcf6cc0/145d4e1b-f3ed-40bf-b88e-3625bdf83ecf/HTML
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Stealth Disease Likely To Blame For 20% Of Worldwide Deaths
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/16/796758060/stealth-disease-likely-to-blame-for-20-of-global-deaths
MENTAL HEALTH
Panicking About Your Kids??? Phones? New Research Says Don???t
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/technology/kids-smartphones-depression.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_ne_20200117%3Fcampaign_id%3D57&instance_id=15288&login=email&nl=evening-briefing®i_id=5893540820200117&segment_id=20438&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab
HISTORY
The flop heard round the world -- 1/17/20
https://mailchi.mp/aca62e13ffcc/11720?e=a218d00c99
FINANCIAL
The End of the Bonus Culture Is Coming to Wall Street
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-13/traders-unlearn-bonus-culture-as-machines-invade-wall-street
BUSINESS
Social Engineering Run Amok in the Department of Labor
https://townhall.com/columnists/veroniquederugy/2020/01/16/social-engineering-run-amok-in-the-department-of-labor-n2559576?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/17/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
SPORTS
Trump Welcomes LSU Tigers to White House
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/01/17/trump-welcomes-lsu-to-white-house-n2559703?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
NATURE
5 California mountain lions caught on video outside home in rarity for solitary creatures
https://www.foxnews.com/science/rare-video-captures-five-normally-solitary-california-mountain-lions-walking-together
ENVIRONMENT
The Dark Side of ???Compostable??? Take-Out Containers
https://www.eater.com/2020/1/15/21065446/compostable-take-out-containers
China to curb farming near rivers in push to reverse water pollution - official
https://news.yahoo.com/china-curb-farming-near-rivers-045012171.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
FOREIGN POLICY
Pompeo to investigate charges of surveillance against Yovanovitch
https://thehill.com/policy/international/478832-pompeo-to-investigate-charges-of-surveillance-against-yovanovitch
NATIONAL SECURITY
The World Needs the U.S. as a Superpower
https://thedispatch.com/p/the-world-needs-the-us-as-a-superpower
MILITARY
People Who Hate Their Country Won't Serve It
https://patriotpost.us/articles/67954?mailing_id=4807&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4807&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body
IRAN
Isolated Iran leader lashes out at Europe as nations join US in ramping up pressure
https://www.foxnews.com/world/isolated-iran-leader-lashes-out-at-europe-as-nations-join-us-in-ramping-up-pressure
SCOTUS
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-democratic-presidential-candidates-need-to-start-talking-about-the-supreme-court?verso=true
IMPEACHMENT
GOP threatens to weaponize impeachment witnesses amid standoff
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/478704-gop-threatens-to-weaponize-impeachment-witnesses-amid-standoff?userid=288549
POLITICS
And Then They Came for Bernie
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulcurry/2020/01/16/and-then-they-came-for-bernie-n2559589?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/17/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
"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)
GENERAL INTEREST
Artist Leandro Erlich creates sand-covered traffic jam on Miami beach
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/12/04/order-of-importance-leandro-erlich-miami-art-week/
NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=cd725e4bbb
What you need to know about the Texas Testicle Festival coming to Fredericksburg
https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/What-you-need-to-know-about-the-first-ever-Texas-14974789.php
HEALTH
Pill may be able to mimic the effects of exercise
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/pill_mimic_excersize.php3
HUMOR
Rogue Report
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hamilton011520.php3
EDUCATION
Christian school expels girl over rainbow shirt and birthday cake, family says
https://news.yahoo.com/christian-school-expels-girl-over-rainbow-shirt-birthday-125300756--abc-news-topstories.html
BIOGRAPHY
Nettie Stevens and chromosomes -- 1/15/20
https://mailchi.mp/39bb0fd49686/nettie-stevens-and-chromosomes-11520?e=a218d00c99
HISTORY
Germany could have won key World War II battle if they made these tactical changes, study says
https://www.foxnews.com/science/germany-won-world-war-ii-battle-if-they-made-adjustments
SPORTS
An NFL Owner's Final Victory
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2020/01/15/an-nfl-owners-final-victory-n2559524?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/15/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
Why you might not see any athletes protest at this summer’s Olympics
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/9/21058912/summer-olympics-tokyo-ban-athlete-protests
FINANCIAL
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said cheering for soaring stock prices while wages stay low is 'inequality in a nutshell.' We made 6 charts to show why she's right.
https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tweet-stock-market-and-average-americans-2020-1
Steyer's Plan to Address the Trade War With China By Focusing on ... Climate Change?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/01/14/steyers-plan-to-address-the-trade-war-with-china-by-focusing-onclimate-change-n2559529?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/15/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
BUSINESS
Licensed to Fail
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2020/01/15/licensed-to-fail-n2559496?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/15/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
ENVIRONMENT
In the future there will be more rain, but less water, in the Nile Basin
https://theconversation.com/in-the-future-there-will-be-more-rain-but-less-water-in-the-nile-basin-129360
Scientists Find Plants Are Growing Higher up the Himalayas
https://www.ecowatch.com/himalayas-plants-growing-higher-2644742510.html
Nuclear winter would trigger a global famine, but one expert says his doomsday diet could save humanity
https://www.foxnews.com/science/nuclear-winter-global-famine-doomsday-diet-save-humanity
HYDROLOGY
Mississippi River to reach flood stage in 3 cities as heavy rains may cause dam to fail
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mississippi-river-flood-stage-evacuate-dam-failure-possible-oktibbeha-county
TECHNOLOGY
Tiny 'xenobots' made from cells could heal our bodies and clean the environment
https://www.foxnews.com/science/tiny-xenobots-cells-heal-bodies-clean-environment
CYBER SECURITY
Microsoft and NSA say a security bug affects millions of Windows 10 computers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-nsa-security-bug-affects-180038786.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
FOREIGN POLICY
Despite Naysayers, Europe Sides With Trump on Iran
https://patriotpost.us/articles/67918?mailing_id=4802&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4802&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body
LAW AND ORDER
Police officer buys groceries for family after dad is charged with shoplifting
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/cop_buys_groceries_for_shoplifting_dad.php3
Jussie Smollett’s Google Headache
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/jussie-smolletts-google-headache/
Vigilante couple allegedly baited bike thieves, beat them, posted videos to YouTube
https://nypost.com/2020/01/15/vigilante-couple-allegedly-baited-bike-thieves-beat-them-posted-videos-to-youtube/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
MEDIA
Iran plane downing: How media responded to public anger
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51117855
IRAN
Iran says it has arrested person who filmed video of missiles striking Ukrainian plane
https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-plane-crash-arrest
RUSSIA
Putin Moves to Shore Up Power, as Prime Minister Resigns [Russian leader calls for overhaul that could empower him after he exits presidency in 2024]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-prime-minister-medvedev-cabinet-submit-resignation-11579095839?emailToken=bd08ef90a0d38002d37ac2ee488edbfcp43DDHFI62NCwngMURFcZzrrj+YwV+ABKbjCFFRhFjKcf1y9d4vQqjJ0vyQsAQ7DgBuy87jLtNzOPxkl+84gQXNYU4FKsSNubQu5m0Q55+GdurMILhpYOtUYs1IqMVvN&reflink=article_email_share
POLITICS
Bloomberg campaign, fighting allegations of sexism, launches 'Women for Mike'
https://news.yahoo.com/bloomberg-campaign-fighting-allegations-of-sexism-launches-women-for-mike-033315508.html
Artist Leandro Erlich creates sand-covered traffic jam on Miami beach
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/12/04/order-of-importance-leandro-erlich-miami-art-week/
NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=cd725e4bbb
What you need to know about the Texas Testicle Festival coming to Fredericksburg
https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/What-you-need-to-know-about-the-first-ever-Texas-14974789.php
HEALTH
Pill may be able to mimic the effects of exercise
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/pill_mimic_excersize.php3
HUMOR
Rogue Report
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hamilton011520.php3
EDUCATION
Christian school expels girl over rainbow shirt and birthday cake, family says
https://news.yahoo.com/christian-school-expels-girl-over-rainbow-shirt-birthday-125300756--abc-news-topstories.html
BIOGRAPHY
Nettie Stevens and chromosomes -- 1/15/20
https://mailchi.mp/39bb0fd49686/nettie-stevens-and-chromosomes-11520?e=a218d00c99
HISTORY
Germany could have won key World War II battle if they made these tactical changes, study says
https://www.foxnews.com/science/germany-won-world-war-ii-battle-if-they-made-adjustments
SPORTS
An NFL Owner's Final Victory
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2020/01/15/an-nfl-owners-final-victory-n2559524?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/15/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
Why you might not see any athletes protest at this summer’s Olympics
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/9/21058912/summer-olympics-tokyo-ban-athlete-protests
FINANCIAL
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said cheering for soaring stock prices while wages stay low is 'inequality in a nutshell.' We made 6 charts to show why she's right.
https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tweet-stock-market-and-average-americans-2020-1
Steyer's Plan to Address the Trade War With China By Focusing on ... Climate Change?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/01/14/steyers-plan-to-address-the-trade-war-with-china-by-focusing-onclimate-change-n2559529?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/15/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
BUSINESS
Licensed to Fail
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2020/01/15/licensed-to-fail-n2559496?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/15/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
ENVIRONMENT
In the future there will be more rain, but less water, in the Nile Basin
https://theconversation.com/in-the-future-there-will-be-more-rain-but-less-water-in-the-nile-basin-129360
Scientists Find Plants Are Growing Higher up the Himalayas
https://www.ecowatch.com/himalayas-plants-growing-higher-2644742510.html
Nuclear winter would trigger a global famine, but one expert says his doomsday diet could save humanity
https://www.foxnews.com/science/nuclear-winter-global-famine-doomsday-diet-save-humanity
HYDROLOGY
Mississippi River to reach flood stage in 3 cities as heavy rains may cause dam to fail
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mississippi-river-flood-stage-evacuate-dam-failure-possible-oktibbeha-county
TECHNOLOGY
Tiny 'xenobots' made from cells could heal our bodies and clean the environment
https://www.foxnews.com/science/tiny-xenobots-cells-heal-bodies-clean-environment
CYBER SECURITY
Microsoft and NSA say a security bug affects millions of Windows 10 computers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-nsa-security-bug-affects-180038786.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
FOREIGN POLICY
Despite Naysayers, Europe Sides With Trump on Iran
https://patriotpost.us/articles/67918?mailing_id=4802&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4802&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body
LAW AND ORDER
Police officer buys groceries for family after dad is charged with shoplifting
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/cop_buys_groceries_for_shoplifting_dad.php3
Jussie Smollett’s Google Headache
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/jussie-smolletts-google-headache/
Vigilante couple allegedly baited bike thieves, beat them, posted videos to YouTube
https://nypost.com/2020/01/15/vigilante-couple-allegedly-baited-bike-thieves-beat-them-posted-videos-to-youtube/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
MEDIA
Iran plane downing: How media responded to public anger
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51117855
IRAN
Iran says it has arrested person who filmed video of missiles striking Ukrainian plane
https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-plane-crash-arrest
RUSSIA
Putin Moves to Shore Up Power, as Prime Minister Resigns [Russian leader calls for overhaul that could empower him after he exits presidency in 2024]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-prime-minister-medvedev-cabinet-submit-resignation-11579095839?emailToken=bd08ef90a0d38002d37ac2ee488edbfcp43DDHFI62NCwngMURFcZzrrj+YwV+ABKbjCFFRhFjKcf1y9d4vQqjJ0vyQsAQ7DgBuy87jLtNzOPxkl+84gQXNYU4FKsSNubQu5m0Q55+GdurMILhpYOtUYs1IqMVvN&reflink=article_email_share
POLITICS
Bloomberg campaign, fighting allegations of sexism, launches 'Women for Mike'
https://news.yahoo.com/bloomberg-campaign-fighting-allegations-of-sexism-launches-women-for-mike-033315508.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)
GENERAL INTEREST
Just in case you have somehow missed it ...
https://twitter.com/mikesbloggity/status/1215468184611934208?s=20
NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=55949c12ec
Mordechai Schiller - Go to . . . where!?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1219/schiller_go_to_where.php3
What Is "Fair"?
https://www.prageru.com/video/what-is-fair/
MENTAL HEALTH
I was adept at multitasking, at home and work. That might not be a good thing
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/multitasking.php3
Got the winter blues? Here's a solution you might not be aware of
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/winter_blues.php3
HUMOR
Rogue Report
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hamilton011320.php3
He adds humor to roadside signs
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/roadside_signs_humor.php3
BIOGRAPHY
The ruthlessness of Jay Gould -- 1/13/20
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/19-2vqk5me1ra-1147525?e=a218d00c99
PSYCHOLOGY
The One Question You Should Never Ask Your Partner
https://www.gq.com/story/are-you-mad-at-me-now-i-am
SPORTS
The unbelievable tales of LSU head coach Ed Orgeron
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28434335/the-unbelievable-tales-lsu-head-coach-ed-orgeron
TECHNOLOGY
• The Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show rolled out Samsung's fold-out phone and Apple's latest iPhone. It's a competition between engineers trying to build bigger and better idiot-proof smart phones and the Universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
IRAN
Iran plane downing: Police deny shooting anti-government protesters
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51090637
Iran plane crash: Why this could be a watershed moment
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51081826
NORTH AFRICA
Egypt-Ethiopia row: The trouble over a giant Nile dam
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50328647
UK
Prince Harry's Shift Puts Spotlight on Royal Finances
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/prince-harrys-shift-puts-spotlight-on-royal-finances/ar-BBYUUNU?ocid=spartandhp
TERRORISM
Hezbollah says payback for US strike has just begun
https://news.yahoo.com/hezbollah-says-payback-us-strike-170155743.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
IMMIGRATION
‘They Don’t Even TRY’: Hungary’s New Border Fence Called a ‘Spectacular Success’
https://artvoice.com/2019/03/25/they-dont-even-try-hungarys-new-border-fence-called-a-spectacular-success/
POLITICS
Bloomberg Silently Positions Himself to Knock Biden Out and Go Fist to Fist Against Trump
https://www.lifezette.com/2020/01/bloomberg-positions-knock-biden-out-go-against-trump/
Pelosi impeachment stunt could boost Biden but infuriate Bernie's army
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/liz-peek-pelosi-impeachment-stunt-could-boost-biden-but-infuriate-bernies-army
Just in case you have somehow missed it ...
https://twitter.com/mikesbloggity/status/1215468184611934208?s=20
NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=55949c12ec
Mordechai Schiller - Go to . . . where!?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1219/schiller_go_to_where.php3
What Is "Fair"?
https://www.prageru.com/video/what-is-fair/
MENTAL HEALTH
I was adept at multitasking, at home and work. That might not be a good thing
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/multitasking.php3
Got the winter blues? Here's a solution you might not be aware of
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/winter_blues.php3
HUMOR
Rogue Report
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hamilton011320.php3
He adds humor to roadside signs
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/roadside_signs_humor.php3
BIOGRAPHY
The ruthlessness of Jay Gould -- 1/13/20
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/19-2vqk5me1ra-1147525?e=a218d00c99
PSYCHOLOGY
The One Question You Should Never Ask Your Partner
https://www.gq.com/story/are-you-mad-at-me-now-i-am
SPORTS
The unbelievable tales of LSU head coach Ed Orgeron
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28434335/the-unbelievable-tales-lsu-head-coach-ed-orgeron
TECHNOLOGY
• The Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show rolled out Samsung's fold-out phone and Apple's latest iPhone. It's a competition between engineers trying to build bigger and better idiot-proof smart phones and the Universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
IRAN
Iran plane downing: Police deny shooting anti-government protesters
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51090637
Iran plane crash: Why this could be a watershed moment
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51081826
NORTH AFRICA
Egypt-Ethiopia row: The trouble over a giant Nile dam
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50328647
UK
Prince Harry's Shift Puts Spotlight on Royal Finances
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/prince-harrys-shift-puts-spotlight-on-royal-finances/ar-BBYUUNU?ocid=spartandhp
TERRORISM
Hezbollah says payback for US strike has just begun
https://news.yahoo.com/hezbollah-says-payback-us-strike-170155743.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
IMMIGRATION
‘They Don’t Even TRY’: Hungary’s New Border Fence Called a ‘Spectacular Success’
https://artvoice.com/2019/03/25/they-dont-even-try-hungarys-new-border-fence-called-a-spectacular-success/
POLITICS
Bloomberg Silently Positions Himself to Knock Biden Out and Go Fist to Fist Against Trump
https://www.lifezette.com/2020/01/bloomberg-positions-knock-biden-out-go-against-trump/
Pelosi impeachment stunt could boost Biden but infuriate Bernie's army
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/liz-peek-pelosi-impeachment-stunt-could-boost-biden-but-infuriate-bernies-army
"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)
GENERAL INTEREST
Jonah Goldberg - French pedo flap a cautionary tale for OUR cultural aristocrats
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah011020.php3
Night rider: 21 years sleeping on a London bus
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-50459821
10 maintenance tasks experts say many miss
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/maintenance_tasks.php3
HEALTH
Unjust Deserts: Cities move to ban dollar stores, blaming them for residents' poor diets
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/malanga011020.php3
HEALTH CARE
Trump Administration Says Obamacare Lawsuit Can Wait Until After the Election
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/upshot/obamacare-lawsuit-delay-sought-trump-republicans.html
AUTOMOTIVE
It all added up: decades of dumping dollars down my crankcase (I have religiously used Castrol SynTech and WIX filters in my cars, at mfgr's suggested change intervals, since it came out in late 1980's. Well over 100,000 miles with zero oil consumption is standard and, at least one (1993 Ford Ranger) has over 250,000 miles.)
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2020/01/12/it-all-added-up-decades-of-dumping-dollars-down-my-crankcase/
TECHNOLOGY
Dating sites, political ads, Fire TV and more: Tech Q&A
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/dating-sites-political-ads-fire-tv-and-more-tech-qa
CYBER SECURITY
Phishing scam costs school district $2.3M, FBI and police are investigating
https://news.yahoo.com/phishing-scam-costs-school-district-2-3m-fbi-195800767--abc-news-topstories.html
A billion medical images are exposed online, as doctors ignore warnings
https://news.yahoo.com/billion-medical-images-exposed-online-220054963.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
Congress struggles on rules for cyber warfare with Iran
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/477795-congress-struggles-on-rules-for-cyber-warfare-with-iran
FOREIGN POLICY
Why Invading Iran Would Be a Military Disaster (Worse Than Vietnam)
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/why-invading-iran-would-be-military-disaster-worse-vietnam-113136
CIA Director Gina Haspel reportedly pushed for Soleimani's killing — and perfectly predicted Iran's response
https://theweek.com/speedreads/888494/cia-director-gina-haspel-reportedly-pushed-soleimanis-killing--perfectly-predicted-irans-response
Seven Days in January: How Trump Pushed U.S. and Iran to the Brink of War [The story of that week, and the secret planning in the months preceding it, ranks as the most perilous chapter so far in President Trump’s three years in office.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/us/politics/iran-trump.html
Trump reaches out to North Korea in hopes of getting negotiations 'back on track'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-reaches-out-to-north-korea-in-hopes-of-getting-negotiations-back-on-track?utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/12/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
NATIONAL SECURITY
How Venezuela could help Iran mount an attack against America
https://nypost.com/2020/01/11/how-venezuela-could-help-iran-mount-an-attack-against-america/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Vultures are pooping and puking all over Border Protection radio tower
https://nypost.com/2020/01/11/vultures-are-pooping-and-puking-all-over-border-protection-radio-tower/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
DEFENSE
Your Air Force Never Wants To Battle These Five Air Defense Missiles
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/your-air-force-never-wants-battle-these-five-air-defense-missiles-112516
MEDIA
Stephanie Grisham: Trump’s Press Secretary Who Doesn’t Meet the Press [A presidency in crisis, a nation on the brink of war — and a White House press secretary who was largely out of sight.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/business/media/stephanie-grisham-trump-press-secretary.html?auth=login-email&login=email
IRAQ
High-ranking pro-Iran militia commander reportedly shot dead in Iraq
https://nypost.com/2020/01/11/high-ranking-pro-iranian-militia-commander-shot-dead-in-iraq-report/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
IRAN
Iran plane downing: Second day of protests turns up heat on leaders
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51081833#
PUERTO RICO
With Earthquakes and Storms, Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Can’t Catch a Break [The lines and poles rebuilt after Hurricane Maria held up, but some power plants did not, leading to another worrying blackout.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/us/puerto-rico-electricity-power-earthquake.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_nn_20200112?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15136&segment_id=20262&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200112
TAIWAN
In Blow to Beijing, Taiwan Re-elects Tsai Ing-wen as President [The victory was a remarkable comeback for Ms. Tsai and suggested that Beijing’s pressure campaign had backfired. ]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/world/asia/taiwan-election-china.html?&te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_nn_20200112?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15136&segment_id=20262&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408_nn_20200112
IMPEACHMENT
Pelosi falsely claims court fight for Ukraine impeachment witnesses
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pelosi-falsely-claims-court-fight-for-ukraine-impeachment-witnesses?utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/12/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
POLITICS
Bloomberg to fund sizable campaign effort through November even if he loses Democratic nomination [Exclusive: The former New York City mayor plans to continue paying hundreds of staffers and funding his digital operation to defeat Trump even if he's not the nominee.]
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/bloomberg-fund-sizable-campaign-effort-through-november-even-if-he-n1113421
Jonah Goldberg - French pedo flap a cautionary tale for OUR cultural aristocrats
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah011020.php3
Night rider: 21 years sleeping on a London bus
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-50459821
10 maintenance tasks experts say many miss
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/maintenance_tasks.php3
HEALTH
Unjust Deserts: Cities move to ban dollar stores, blaming them for residents' poor diets
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/malanga011020.php3
HEALTH CARE
Trump Administration Says Obamacare Lawsuit Can Wait Until After the Election
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/upshot/obamacare-lawsuit-delay-sought-trump-republicans.html
AUTOMOTIVE
It all added up: decades of dumping dollars down my crankcase (I have religiously used Castrol SynTech and WIX filters in my cars, at mfgr's suggested change intervals, since it came out in late 1980's. Well over 100,000 miles with zero oil consumption is standard and, at least one (1993 Ford Ranger) has over 250,000 miles.)
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2020/01/12/it-all-added-up-decades-of-dumping-dollars-down-my-crankcase/
TECHNOLOGY
Dating sites, political ads, Fire TV and more: Tech Q&A
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/dating-sites-political-ads-fire-tv-and-more-tech-qa
CYBER SECURITY
Phishing scam costs school district $2.3M, FBI and police are investigating
https://news.yahoo.com/phishing-scam-costs-school-district-2-3m-fbi-195800767--abc-news-topstories.html
A billion medical images are exposed online, as doctors ignore warnings
https://news.yahoo.com/billion-medical-images-exposed-online-220054963.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
Congress struggles on rules for cyber warfare with Iran
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/477795-congress-struggles-on-rules-for-cyber-warfare-with-iran
FOREIGN POLICY
Why Invading Iran Would Be a Military Disaster (Worse Than Vietnam)
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/why-invading-iran-would-be-military-disaster-worse-vietnam-113136
CIA Director Gina Haspel reportedly pushed for Soleimani's killing — and perfectly predicted Iran's response
https://theweek.com/speedreads/888494/cia-director-gina-haspel-reportedly-pushed-soleimanis-killing--perfectly-predicted-irans-response
Seven Days in January: How Trump Pushed U.S. and Iran to the Brink of War [The story of that week, and the secret planning in the months preceding it, ranks as the most perilous chapter so far in President Trump’s three years in office.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/us/politics/iran-trump.html
Trump reaches out to North Korea in hopes of getting negotiations 'back on track'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-reaches-out-to-north-korea-in-hopes-of-getting-negotiations-back-on-track?utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/12/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
NATIONAL SECURITY
How Venezuela could help Iran mount an attack against America
https://nypost.com/2020/01/11/how-venezuela-could-help-iran-mount-an-attack-against-america/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Vultures are pooping and puking all over Border Protection radio tower
https://nypost.com/2020/01/11/vultures-are-pooping-and-puking-all-over-border-protection-radio-tower/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
DEFENSE
Your Air Force Never Wants To Battle These Five Air Defense Missiles
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/your-air-force-never-wants-battle-these-five-air-defense-missiles-112516
MEDIA
Stephanie Grisham: Trump’s Press Secretary Who Doesn’t Meet the Press [A presidency in crisis, a nation on the brink of war — and a White House press secretary who was largely out of sight.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/business/media/stephanie-grisham-trump-press-secretary.html?auth=login-email&login=email
IRAQ
High-ranking pro-Iran militia commander reportedly shot dead in Iraq
https://nypost.com/2020/01/11/high-ranking-pro-iranian-militia-commander-shot-dead-in-iraq-report/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
IRAN
Iran plane downing: Second day of protests turns up heat on leaders
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51081833#
PUERTO RICO
With Earthquakes and Storms, Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Can’t Catch a Break [The lines and poles rebuilt after Hurricane Maria held up, but some power plants did not, leading to another worrying blackout.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/us/puerto-rico-electricity-power-earthquake.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_nn_20200112?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15136&segment_id=20262&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200112
TAIWAN
In Blow to Beijing, Taiwan Re-elects Tsai Ing-wen as President [The victory was a remarkable comeback for Ms. Tsai and suggested that Beijing’s pressure campaign had backfired. ]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/world/asia/taiwan-election-china.html?&te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_nn_20200112?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15136&segment_id=20262&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408_nn_20200112
IMPEACHMENT
Pelosi falsely claims court fight for Ukraine impeachment witnesses
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pelosi-falsely-claims-court-fight-for-ukraine-impeachment-witnesses?utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/12/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
POLITICS
Bloomberg to fund sizable campaign effort through November even if he loses Democratic nomination [Exclusive: The former New York City mayor plans to continue paying hundreds of staffers and funding his digital operation to defeat Trump even if he's not the nominee.]
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/bloomberg-fund-sizable-campaign-effort-through-november-even-if-he-n1113421
"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)
GENERAL INTEREST
Maybe the greatest airport reunion ever
https://twitter.com/eliistender10/status/1214815926740275200
Memphis Armored Fight Club
http://www.memphisarmoredfightclub.com/
BUSINESS
Paging Dr. Google: How the Tech Giant Is Laying Claim to Health Data [The company has struck deals that grant it access to millions of patient records ]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/paging-dr-google-how-the-tech-giant-is-laying-claim-to-health-data-11578719700?emailToken=9188bc7cd8909dc49828bd1275c5e4a4ptAy5MW+bHfKn7Txl/GxiiHX8XYq62TIi4sos0HxDuNQS6YYdh6CXBb9UuvNZBW6nT1xb96+7dry9w/6frTIwjyO54UU0HAjoo/FRm5eb3I2ObhaWtRxReUMpOEDM6Ce&reflink=article_email_share
The $1 Billion Solar Plant Is an Obsolete, Expensive Flop
https://news.yahoo.com/1-billion-solar-plant-obsolete-213200906.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
LITERATURE
‘Race of Aces’ Review: When Lightning Strikes [The race to become America’s highest-scoring fighter pilot was sparked by a new plane and a case of Scotch.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/race-of-aces-review-when-lightning-strikes-11578672169?emailToken=aaa1654439210d5c8781d995c27a3ddbZYWSMg0TLrWM+Y4AHW7ufM3Mcl8kunQFewwAURwfOTajs+2uLSFKLcJOhR4Hwo3OmOHQkYuJbyrBQEusu9PD7ScYxuT54smh1QsuTIIrX7o%3D&reflink=article_email_share
ENVIRONMENT
Glacier National Park Is Replacing Signs That Predicted Glaciers Would Disappear by 2020
https://www.ecowatch.com/glacier-national-park-signs-replaced-2644665325.html
World’s Fifth-Largest Tree Now Safe From Loggers in an 'Inspiring Outpouring of Generosity'
https://www.ecowatch.com/giant-sequoia-safe-from-loggers-2644664254.html
SCIENCE
Meet the scientist trying to travel back in time
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/time-travel-ron-mallett-scn/index.html
ASTRONOMY
17-year-old NASA intern makes stunning discovery
https://www.foxnews.com/science/17-year-old-nasa-intern-stunning-discovery
ICHTHYOLOGY
McConnell Helps Deliver Decisive Blow to Win the ‘War on Carp’
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanshucard/2020/01/11/mcconnell-helps-deliver-decisive-blow-to-win-the-war-on-carp-n2559344?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/11/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
Dead Alligators Dropped to the Bottom of the Sea Make for a Rare and Delicious Meal
https://gizmodo.com/dead-alligators-dropped-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea-make-f-1840927625
FOREIGN POLICY
Democrats conflicted over how to limit Trump's war powers
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/477763-democrats-conflicted-over-how-to-limit-trumps-war-powers
MILITARY
Saudi military trainees to be expelled from U.S. after Florida shooting - CNN
https://news.yahoo.com/saudi-military-trainees-expelled-u-020613725.html
LAW AND ORDER
U.S. rebuffs Britain's extradition request for diplomat's wife after fatal crash
https://news.yahoo.com/britain-formally-requests-extradition-u-205735340.html
Former Marine Posed as Security Member for Trump’s Marine One, Officials Say
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-marine-posed-as-security-member-for-trumps-marine-one-officials-say/ar-BBYR9kG?ocid=spartandhp
IRAN
Iran police disperse student air crash tribute: news agency
https://news.yahoo.com/iran-police-disperse-student-air-crash-tribute-news-182928449.html
An Iranian commander said 'I wish I could die' after Tehran accepted responsibility for shooting down Ukrainian Airlines flight 752
https://www.businessinsider.com/iranian-revolutionary-guard-accepts-responsibility-for-ukranian-airlines-flight-752-disaster-2020-1?utm_source=yahoo.com&utm_medium=referral
Iran's likely downing of airliner invokes an uncomfortable past
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/477692-irans-downing-of-ukrainian-airliner-invokes-an-uncomfortable-past
POLITICS
Who’s Winning 2024?
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/03/2024-presidential-election-candidates-091055?cid=apn
ANALYSIS: Sanders and Warren voters could unite the Left to defeat Biden
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/analysis-sanders-and-warren-voters-could-unite-the-left-to-defeat-biden?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/11/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
Saving Democracy From the Managerial Elite [To heal our deep social and political divisions, urban professionals must start sharing power with the working class. ]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/saving-democracy-from-the-managerial-elite-11578672945?emailToken=b96042d61768ee3e5b5ace0197330edePNhJnr8ABD8/ez5MRZFmIsE4xW/+5hxx4cmUFS354dh3Wy955S85VphJRFCGY8UL8zXNsdCuD+OVzuCHoTu3i87DkTKlhUKGdrzAkYidlk0%3D&reflink=article_email_share
Maybe the greatest airport reunion ever
https://twitter.com/eliistender10/status/1214815926740275200
Memphis Armored Fight Club
http://www.memphisarmoredfightclub.com/
BUSINESS
Paging Dr. Google: How the Tech Giant Is Laying Claim to Health Data [The company has struck deals that grant it access to millions of patient records ]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/paging-dr-google-how-the-tech-giant-is-laying-claim-to-health-data-11578719700?emailToken=9188bc7cd8909dc49828bd1275c5e4a4ptAy5MW+bHfKn7Txl/GxiiHX8XYq62TIi4sos0HxDuNQS6YYdh6CXBb9UuvNZBW6nT1xb96+7dry9w/6frTIwjyO54UU0HAjoo/FRm5eb3I2ObhaWtRxReUMpOEDM6Ce&reflink=article_email_share
The $1 Billion Solar Plant Is an Obsolete, Expensive Flop
https://news.yahoo.com/1-billion-solar-plant-obsolete-213200906.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
LITERATURE
‘Race of Aces’ Review: When Lightning Strikes [The race to become America’s highest-scoring fighter pilot was sparked by a new plane and a case of Scotch.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/race-of-aces-review-when-lightning-strikes-11578672169?emailToken=aaa1654439210d5c8781d995c27a3ddbZYWSMg0TLrWM+Y4AHW7ufM3Mcl8kunQFewwAURwfOTajs+2uLSFKLcJOhR4Hwo3OmOHQkYuJbyrBQEusu9PD7ScYxuT54smh1QsuTIIrX7o%3D&reflink=article_email_share
ENVIRONMENT
Glacier National Park Is Replacing Signs That Predicted Glaciers Would Disappear by 2020
https://www.ecowatch.com/glacier-national-park-signs-replaced-2644665325.html
World’s Fifth-Largest Tree Now Safe From Loggers in an 'Inspiring Outpouring of Generosity'
https://www.ecowatch.com/giant-sequoia-safe-from-loggers-2644664254.html
SCIENCE
Meet the scientist trying to travel back in time
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/time-travel-ron-mallett-scn/index.html
ASTRONOMY
17-year-old NASA intern makes stunning discovery
https://www.foxnews.com/science/17-year-old-nasa-intern-stunning-discovery
ICHTHYOLOGY
McConnell Helps Deliver Decisive Blow to Win the ‘War on Carp’
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanshucard/2020/01/11/mcconnell-helps-deliver-decisive-blow-to-win-the-war-on-carp-n2559344?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=01/11/2020&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
Dead Alligators Dropped to the Bottom of the Sea Make for a Rare and Delicious Meal
https://gizmodo.com/dead-alligators-dropped-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea-make-f-1840927625
FOREIGN POLICY
Democrats conflicted over how to limit Trump's war powers
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/477763-democrats-conflicted-over-how-to-limit-trumps-war-powers
MILITARY
Saudi military trainees to be expelled from U.S. after Florida shooting - CNN
https://news.yahoo.com/saudi-military-trainees-expelled-u-020613725.html
LAW AND ORDER
U.S. rebuffs Britain's extradition request for diplomat's wife after fatal crash
https://news.yahoo.com/britain-formally-requests-extradition-u-205735340.html
Former Marine Posed as Security Member for Trump’s Marine One, Officials Say
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-marine-posed-as-security-member-for-trumps-marine-one-officials-say/ar-BBYR9kG?ocid=spartandhp
IRAN
Iran police disperse student air crash tribute: news agency
https://news.yahoo.com/iran-police-disperse-student-air-crash-tribute-news-182928449.html
An Iranian commander said 'I wish I could die' after Tehran accepted responsibility for shooting down Ukrainian Airlines flight 752
https://www.businessinsider.com/iranian-revolutionary-guard-accepts-responsibility-for-ukranian-airlines-flight-752-disaster-2020-1?utm_source=yahoo.com&utm_medium=referral
Iran's likely downing of airliner invokes an uncomfortable past
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/477692-irans-downing-of-ukrainian-airliner-invokes-an-uncomfortable-past
POLITICS
Who’s Winning 2024?
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/03/2024-presidential-election-candidates-091055?cid=apn
ANALYSIS: Sanders and Warren voters could unite the Left to defeat Biden
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/analysis-sanders-and-warren-voters-could-unite-the-left-to-defeat-biden?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/11/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
Saving Democracy From the Managerial Elite [To heal our deep social and political divisions, urban professionals must start sharing power with the working class. ]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/saving-democracy-from-the-managerial-elite-11578672945?emailToken=b96042d61768ee3e5b5ace0197330edePNhJnr8ABD8/ez5MRZFmIsE4xW/+5hxx4cmUFS354dh3Wy955S85VphJRFCGY8UL8zXNsdCuD+OVzuCHoTu3i87DkTKlhUKGdrzAkYidlk0%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)
GENERAL INTEREST
2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgSZA3NPpBs&feature=youtu.be
News Quiz: Iran, British Royal Family, Golden Globes (9 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/10/briefing/iran-british-royal-family-golden-globes-news-quiz.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200110§ion=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15090&segment_id=20204&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408ion=whatElse
HISTORY
Hiring the Irish -- 1/10/20
https://mailchi.mp/43694bbc9c08/hiring-the-irish-11020?e=a218d00c99
BUSINESS
Taco Bell will try paying some managers $100,000 a year — but In-N-Out Burger already pays managers $160,000
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/taco-bell-will-run-pilot-program-paying-select-managers-100000-a-year-but-in-n-out-burger-already-pays-managers-160000-2020-01-09
A Lesson for Today’s Tech Trustbusters
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-lesson-for-todays-tech-trustbusters-11578614480?emailToken=1d88752064eb2d1596a50cef958d87aaYmr4H2Z3fluEWGsiWsZCp9vXndP4wKHoEjdV/sDBIEGiFDgniPLVknKwPkR8ifIKUiMkYZu6muFMNYIxyMUxhjmCZLm0Yo9lUe2eAnmhKUw%3D&reflink=article_email_share
CNN pays out record $76 million to settle union-busting case
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/cnn-pays-out-record-76-million-to-settle-union-busting-case?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/10/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
ENVIRONMENT
What's a boreal forest? And the three other types of forests around the world.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/what-s-a-boreal-forest-and-the-three-other-types-of-forests-around-the-world?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200110§ion=backStory?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15090&segment_id=20204&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408on=backStory
Trump to Veto Bill Intended to Keep Forever Chemicals out of Groundwater
https://www.ecowatch.com/forever-chemicals-bill-pfas-trump-2644584514.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1?rebelltitem=1
AUTOMOTIVE
For $650,000, a Porsche You'll Happily Drive Into a Ditch
https://indiamaximum.com/2020/01/07/for-650000-a-porsche-youll-happily-drive-into-a-ditch/
SCIENCE
The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/magazine/gene-drive-mosquitoes.html
LAW AND ORDER
Oregon woman accused of punching boyfriend for leaving her dog in the rain
https://nypost.com/2020/01/09/oregon-woman-accused-of-punching-boyfriend-for-leaving-her-dog-in-the-rain/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
IRAN
Swiss Back Channel Helped Defuse U.S.-Iran Crisis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/swiss-back-channel-helped-defuse-u-s-iran-crisis-11578702290?emailToken=d62e99fa0ed588dc456c864ffca400afREsk7LeAZ8luKdDaFbJSg1MSfamtkCSfUotH1cQWqzHt3PABm2/1IzRdcLXMmmkU4Hfb9evvBay1NoqskyYzmr/8hQIhk7gv9aJ7RB6Ak1U%3D&reflink=article_email_share
U.S. Unsuccessfully Tried Killing a Second Iranian Military Official
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/middleeast/trump-iran-yemen.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200110?campaign_id=57&instance_id=15121&segment_id=20238&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200110
Iran says it 'unintentionally' shot down Ukrainian plane
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/477811-iran-admits-it-unintentionally-shot-down?rnd=1578715922
Airport informants, overhead drones: How the U.S. killed Soleimani
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/airport-informants-overhead-drones-how-the-us-killed-soleimani/ar-BBYPXOU?ocid=spartandhp
Soleimani Had It Coming, but Don’t Get Cocky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/soleimani-had-it-coming-but-dont-get-cocky-11578614738?emailToken=fe08710cee4edcdd27bd1df5f77ef036G//6wiSFcj09oyzAAC8va4dciDvl56B1QN/HwZtGaFTtI5n1YACc59ljSHJhTbSDOy7dvIM6tSF/yPyoywPHYUsgRuqUbuqjfO1nQdhu1iQ%3D&reflink=article_email_share
Buttigieg scorched for saying US ‘tit for tat’ with Iran doomed Ukrainian airliner
https://nypost.com/2020/01/09/buttigieg-scorched-for-saying-us-tit-for-tat-with-iran-doomed-ukrainian-airliner/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
UK
Boris Johnson Might Break Up the U.K. That’s a Good Thing.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/indepth/boris-johnson-might-break-up-the-uk-thats-a-good-thing/ar-BBYOPOJ
IMMIGRATION
Refugees will no longer be allowed to resettle in Texas, Governor Abbott tells feds
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article239118873.html
IMPEACHMENT
Pelosi's Embarrassing Impeachment Blunder
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/67806?mailing_id=4794&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4794&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body
POLITICS
AOC riles Dems by refusing to pay party dues, bankrolling colleagues' opponents (Aha, ... she's not a socialist after all ...)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-riles-dems-by-refusing-to-pay-party-dues-bankrolling-her-colleagues-opponents
There’s No Peace From the Doves
https://www.wsj.com/articles/theres-no-peace-from-the-doves-11578614648?emailToken=a7a5317cf65acf9982ee9492453fcb4dn3BPlEM9zEDSlMd5OklAKkxBDDMg6dwjmQCYfbsCKhoY00LneOgyDM+pjKESTJCfH7TWee6bmkz4HfxOyKIWjw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share
Drug price outrage threatens to be liability for GOP
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/477604-drug-price-outrage-threatens-to-be-liability-for-gop?userid=288549
2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgSZA3NPpBs&feature=youtu.be
News Quiz: Iran, British Royal Family, Golden Globes (9 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/10/briefing/iran-british-royal-family-golden-globes-news-quiz.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200110§ion=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15090&segment_id=20204&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408ion=whatElse
HISTORY
Hiring the Irish -- 1/10/20
https://mailchi.mp/43694bbc9c08/hiring-the-irish-11020?e=a218d00c99
BUSINESS
Taco Bell will try paying some managers $100,000 a year — but In-N-Out Burger already pays managers $160,000
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/taco-bell-will-run-pilot-program-paying-select-managers-100000-a-year-but-in-n-out-burger-already-pays-managers-160000-2020-01-09
A Lesson for Today’s Tech Trustbusters
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-lesson-for-todays-tech-trustbusters-11578614480?emailToken=1d88752064eb2d1596a50cef958d87aaYmr4H2Z3fluEWGsiWsZCp9vXndP4wKHoEjdV/sDBIEGiFDgniPLVknKwPkR8ifIKUiMkYZu6muFMNYIxyMUxhjmCZLm0Yo9lUe2eAnmhKUw%3D&reflink=article_email_share
CNN pays out record $76 million to settle union-busting case
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/cnn-pays-out-record-76-million-to-settle-union-busting-case?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/10/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
ENVIRONMENT
What's a boreal forest? And the three other types of forests around the world.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/what-s-a-boreal-forest-and-the-three-other-types-of-forests-around-the-world?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200110§ion=backStory?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15090&segment_id=20204&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408on=backStory
Trump to Veto Bill Intended to Keep Forever Chemicals out of Groundwater
https://www.ecowatch.com/forever-chemicals-bill-pfas-trump-2644584514.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1?rebelltitem=1
AUTOMOTIVE
For $650,000, a Porsche You'll Happily Drive Into a Ditch
https://indiamaximum.com/2020/01/07/for-650000-a-porsche-youll-happily-drive-into-a-ditch/
SCIENCE
The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/magazine/gene-drive-mosquitoes.html
LAW AND ORDER
Oregon woman accused of punching boyfriend for leaving her dog in the rain
https://nypost.com/2020/01/09/oregon-woman-accused-of-punching-boyfriend-for-leaving-her-dog-in-the-rain/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
IRAN
Swiss Back Channel Helped Defuse U.S.-Iran Crisis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/swiss-back-channel-helped-defuse-u-s-iran-crisis-11578702290?emailToken=d62e99fa0ed588dc456c864ffca400afREsk7LeAZ8luKdDaFbJSg1MSfamtkCSfUotH1cQWqzHt3PABm2/1IzRdcLXMmmkU4Hfb9evvBay1NoqskyYzmr/8hQIhk7gv9aJ7RB6Ak1U%3D&reflink=article_email_share
U.S. Unsuccessfully Tried Killing a Second Iranian Military Official
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/middleeast/trump-iran-yemen.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200110?campaign_id=57&instance_id=15121&segment_id=20238&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200110
Iran says it 'unintentionally' shot down Ukrainian plane
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/477811-iran-admits-it-unintentionally-shot-down?rnd=1578715922
Airport informants, overhead drones: How the U.S. killed Soleimani
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/airport-informants-overhead-drones-how-the-us-killed-soleimani/ar-BBYPXOU?ocid=spartandhp
Soleimani Had It Coming, but Don’t Get Cocky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/soleimani-had-it-coming-but-dont-get-cocky-11578614738?emailToken=fe08710cee4edcdd27bd1df5f77ef036G//6wiSFcj09oyzAAC8va4dciDvl56B1QN/HwZtGaFTtI5n1YACc59ljSHJhTbSDOy7dvIM6tSF/yPyoywPHYUsgRuqUbuqjfO1nQdhu1iQ%3D&reflink=article_email_share
Buttigieg scorched for saying US ‘tit for tat’ with Iran doomed Ukrainian airliner
https://nypost.com/2020/01/09/buttigieg-scorched-for-saying-us-tit-for-tat-with-iran-doomed-ukrainian-airliner/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
UK
Boris Johnson Might Break Up the U.K. That’s a Good Thing.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/indepth/boris-johnson-might-break-up-the-uk-thats-a-good-thing/ar-BBYOPOJ
IMMIGRATION
Refugees will no longer be allowed to resettle in Texas, Governor Abbott tells feds
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article239118873.html
IMPEACHMENT
Pelosi's Embarrassing Impeachment Blunder
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/67806?mailing_id=4794&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4794&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body
POLITICS
AOC riles Dems by refusing to pay party dues, bankrolling colleagues' opponents (Aha, ... she's not a socialist after all ...)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-riles-dems-by-refusing-to-pay-party-dues-bankrolling-her-colleagues-opponents
There’s No Peace From the Doves
https://www.wsj.com/articles/theres-no-peace-from-the-doves-11578614648?emailToken=a7a5317cf65acf9982ee9492453fcb4dn3BPlEM9zEDSlMd5OklAKkxBDDMg6dwjmQCYfbsCKhoY00LneOgyDM+pjKESTJCfH7TWee6bmkz4HfxOyKIWjw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share
Drug price outrage threatens to be liability for GOP
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/477604-drug-price-outrage-threatens-to-be-liability-for-gop?userid=288549
"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)
GENERAL INTEREST
NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=a8b93a0c95
The eagle -- 1/9/20
https://mailchi.mp/a9cf97b33c9b/the-eagle-1920?e=a218d00c99
The rise and fall of the Hummer, America’s most needlessly masculine vehicle
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/1/2/20992114/hummer-masculinity-america-humvee-schwarzenegger
A couple returned from vacation to find $15,000 in damages to their new home. The perp? A squirrel
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/squirrel_destruction.php3
HEALTH
Tick Encounter
https://tickencounter.org/
Baby powder and ovarian cancer risk not strongly linked, study finds
https://www.foxnews.com/health/baby-powder-ovarian-cancer-no-strong-link-study
CULTURE
An Age of Decision [Old couples frequently experience friction over where to live and travel and how to spend money.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-age-of-decision-11578524730?emailToken=6d2f4d80225dd34a08efa0d6022c564ePVrZ/z4ICerZlvJUnZcHRrXVuS+LDf8eIDYRlHBOjcouvauEx/PmUZhCKllmhESa&reflink=article_email_share
HUMOR
Dear Lifetime and Hallmark, here are 15 plot ideas for your next Prince Harry-Meghan movies
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/Harry-Meghan_movies.php3
GEOGRAPHY
Can You Locate Iran? Few Voters Can.
https://morningconsult.com/2020/01/08/can-you-locate-iran-few-voters-can/
HISTORY
It’s 1856 All Over Again
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/opinion/1856-election-2020.html
FINANCIAL
Upending Bankruptcy ‘Myths,’ Judge Erases $220,000 Student Loan Debt [The borrower-friendly ruling comes as bankruptcy judges across the country are growing more sympathetic to discharging student debt]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/upending-bankruptcy-myths-judge-erases-220-000-student-loan-debt-11578523767?emailToken=2f4a4fc0ae7fc497c2d646fe6c931516hLLq4oz7EXGHhTy5h7CXhqPqlN9hCEJQI6yhyMxBQ2fUiw3VkeBa5RP5mBkoWKAPONyucBe/APckW2Zvu/QpSAWJGCQgHyzBu1VowBZHYb6DvAm16s49uglLXCpwfGZu&reflink=article_email_share
SPORTS
Meet Najiah Knight, the 13-Year-Old Girl Upending the World of Professional Bull Riding
https://www.vogue.com/article/najiah-knight-interview-professional-bull-riders
ENVIRONMENT
California Cities Turn To Hired Hooves To Help Prevent Massive Wildfires
https://www.kqed.org/news/11794114/california-cities-turn-to-hired-hooves-to-help-prevent-massive-wildfires
GEOSCIENCE
Origin of mystery humming noises heard around the world, uncovered
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/origin-of-mystery-humming-noises-heard-around-the-world-uncovered/ar-BBYN2oY?ocid=spartandhp
TECHNOLOGY
The Annual Flood of Weird, Cool and Possibly Useful Gadgets
https://graphics.wsj.com/image-grid/ces-2020/
CYBER SECURITY
Ring fires creepy employees for looking in on customers’ videos
https://nypost.com/2020/01/08/ring-fires-creepy-employees-for-looking-in-on-customers-videos/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Hackers Cripple Airport Currency Exchanges, Seeking $6 Million Ransom
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/business/travelex-hack-ransomware.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200109?campaign_id=57&instance_id=15076&segment_id=20194&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200109
Someone Appears to Have Had a Helluva Time Using NYT's Krugman's IP Address for Some Shady Stuff
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/01/09/someone-appears-to-have-had-a-helluva-time-using-nyts-krugmans-ip-address-for-s-n2559224?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
NATIONAL SECURITY
Should the U.S. Expect an Iranian Cyberattack?
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/should-the-us-expect-an-iranian-cyberattack
24 Hours: [Available Now: 24 Hours on the Border with Tomi Lahren]
https://nation.foxnews.com/watch/69720ea8e762435ef4549abf68a3aad9/
DEFENSE
Why Did U.S. Missile Defense Fail In September's Saudi Oil Attack?
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-did-us-missile-defense-fail-septembers-saudi-oil-attack-111791
3 Hours From Alert to Attacks: Inside the Race to Protect U.S. Forces From Iran Strikes
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/us/politics/trump-iran-suleimani.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_NN_p_20200109&instance_id=15058&login=email&nl=morning-briefing®i_id=58935408tion%3DtopNews§ion=topNews%3Fcampaign_id%3D9&segment_id=20168&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab
MILITARY
Army general declines to reinstate Special Forces tab to officer pardoned by Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/army-general-declines-to-reinstate-special-forces-tab-to-officer-pardoned-by-trump/ar-BBYNyE8?ocid=spartandhp
LAW AND ORDER
Judge orders Google to fork over Jussie Smollett data in hoax case
https://pagesix.com/2020/01/09/judge-orders-google-to-fork-over-jussie-smollett-data-in-hoax-case/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Says It Won’t Back Down From Allowing Lies in Political Ads
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/technology/facebook-political-ads-lies.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200109§ion=topNews?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15058&segment_id=20168&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408tion=topNews
IRAN
Iranian Missile Accidentally Brought Down Ukrainian Jet, Officials Say, Citing Early Evidence
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/world/middleeast/iran-plane-crash-ukraine.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200109?campaign_id=57&instance_id=15076&segment_id=20194&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200109
Qassem Soleimani: He will kill no more
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1607991
Soleimani: Why huge crowds turned out for Iran commander's funeral
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51021854
Esmail Qaani: The new man leading Iran's elite Quds Force
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51008996
Iran's options in showdown with America are all bad
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hanson010920.php3
POTUS
What the Iran Clash Taught Us About Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/trump-iran-decision/604687/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20200109&silverid-ref=NjE5NTIxNTEzMTM2S0
POLITICS
The 5 most vulnerable senators in 2020
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/477451-the-5-most-vulnerable-senators-in-2020
Warren campaign scrambling for survival
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/warren-campaign-scrambling-for-survival?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/09/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=a8b93a0c95
The eagle -- 1/9/20
https://mailchi.mp/a9cf97b33c9b/the-eagle-1920?e=a218d00c99
The rise and fall of the Hummer, America’s most needlessly masculine vehicle
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/1/2/20992114/hummer-masculinity-america-humvee-schwarzenegger
A couple returned from vacation to find $15,000 in damages to their new home. The perp? A squirrel
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/squirrel_destruction.php3
HEALTH
Tick Encounter
https://tickencounter.org/
Baby powder and ovarian cancer risk not strongly linked, study finds
https://www.foxnews.com/health/baby-powder-ovarian-cancer-no-strong-link-study
CULTURE
An Age of Decision [Old couples frequently experience friction over where to live and travel and how to spend money.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-age-of-decision-11578524730?emailToken=6d2f4d80225dd34a08efa0d6022c564ePVrZ/z4ICerZlvJUnZcHRrXVuS+LDf8eIDYRlHBOjcouvauEx/PmUZhCKllmhESa&reflink=article_email_share
HUMOR
Dear Lifetime and Hallmark, here are 15 plot ideas for your next Prince Harry-Meghan movies
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/Harry-Meghan_movies.php3
GEOGRAPHY
Can You Locate Iran? Few Voters Can.
https://morningconsult.com/2020/01/08/can-you-locate-iran-few-voters-can/
HISTORY
It’s 1856 All Over Again
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/opinion/1856-election-2020.html
FINANCIAL
Upending Bankruptcy ‘Myths,’ Judge Erases $220,000 Student Loan Debt [The borrower-friendly ruling comes as bankruptcy judges across the country are growing more sympathetic to discharging student debt]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/upending-bankruptcy-myths-judge-erases-220-000-student-loan-debt-11578523767?emailToken=2f4a4fc0ae7fc497c2d646fe6c931516hLLq4oz7EXGHhTy5h7CXhqPqlN9hCEJQI6yhyMxBQ2fUiw3VkeBa5RP5mBkoWKAPONyucBe/APckW2Zvu/QpSAWJGCQgHyzBu1VowBZHYb6DvAm16s49uglLXCpwfGZu&reflink=article_email_share
SPORTS
Meet Najiah Knight, the 13-Year-Old Girl Upending the World of Professional Bull Riding
https://www.vogue.com/article/najiah-knight-interview-professional-bull-riders
ENVIRONMENT
California Cities Turn To Hired Hooves To Help Prevent Massive Wildfires
https://www.kqed.org/news/11794114/california-cities-turn-to-hired-hooves-to-help-prevent-massive-wildfires
GEOSCIENCE
Origin of mystery humming noises heard around the world, uncovered
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/origin-of-mystery-humming-noises-heard-around-the-world-uncovered/ar-BBYN2oY?ocid=spartandhp
TECHNOLOGY
The Annual Flood of Weird, Cool and Possibly Useful Gadgets
https://graphics.wsj.com/image-grid/ces-2020/
CYBER SECURITY
Ring fires creepy employees for looking in on customers’ videos
https://nypost.com/2020/01/08/ring-fires-creepy-employees-for-looking-in-on-customers-videos/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Hackers Cripple Airport Currency Exchanges, Seeking $6 Million Ransom
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/business/travelex-hack-ransomware.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200109?campaign_id=57&instance_id=15076&segment_id=20194&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200109
Someone Appears to Have Had a Helluva Time Using NYT's Krugman's IP Address for Some Shady Stuff
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/01/09/someone-appears-to-have-had-a-helluva-time-using-nyts-krugmans-ip-address-for-s-n2559224?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
NATIONAL SECURITY
Should the U.S. Expect an Iranian Cyberattack?
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/should-the-us-expect-an-iranian-cyberattack
24 Hours: [Available Now: 24 Hours on the Border with Tomi Lahren]
https://nation.foxnews.com/watch/69720ea8e762435ef4549abf68a3aad9/
DEFENSE
Why Did U.S. Missile Defense Fail In September's Saudi Oil Attack?
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-did-us-missile-defense-fail-septembers-saudi-oil-attack-111791
3 Hours From Alert to Attacks: Inside the Race to Protect U.S. Forces From Iran Strikes
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/us/politics/trump-iran-suleimani.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_NN_p_20200109&instance_id=15058&login=email&nl=morning-briefing®i_id=58935408tion%3DtopNews§ion=topNews%3Fcampaign_id%3D9&segment_id=20168&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab
MILITARY
Army general declines to reinstate Special Forces tab to officer pardoned by Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/army-general-declines-to-reinstate-special-forces-tab-to-officer-pardoned-by-trump/ar-BBYNyE8?ocid=spartandhp
LAW AND ORDER
Judge orders Google to fork over Jussie Smollett data in hoax case
https://pagesix.com/2020/01/09/judge-orders-google-to-fork-over-jussie-smollett-data-in-hoax-case/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Says It Won’t Back Down From Allowing Lies in Political Ads
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/technology/facebook-political-ads-lies.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200109§ion=topNews?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15058&segment_id=20168&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408tion=topNews
IRAN
Iranian Missile Accidentally Brought Down Ukrainian Jet, Officials Say, Citing Early Evidence
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/world/middleeast/iran-plane-crash-ukraine.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200109?campaign_id=57&instance_id=15076&segment_id=20194&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200109
Qassem Soleimani: He will kill no more
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1607991
Soleimani: Why huge crowds turned out for Iran commander's funeral
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51021854
Esmail Qaani: The new man leading Iran's elite Quds Force
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51008996
Iran's options in showdown with America are all bad
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hanson010920.php3
POTUS
What the Iran Clash Taught Us About Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/trump-iran-decision/604687/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20200109&silverid-ref=NjE5NTIxNTEzMTM2S0
POLITICS
The 5 most vulnerable senators in 2020
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/477451-the-5-most-vulnerable-senators-in-2020
Warren campaign scrambling for survival
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/warren-campaign-scrambling-for-survival?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/09/2020&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)
GENERAL INTEREST
NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=e1db26114d
People Are Mesmerized By This Hack That Lets You Pop A Hard-Boiled Egg Right Out Of Its Shell
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/people-mesmerized-hack-lets-pop-160700088.html
and
https://twitter.com/backt0nature/status/1213911544452403201?s=20
PHYSICAL HEALTH
The risks of childbirth -- 1/08/20
https://mailchi.mp/3fac68981bc5/the-fallibility-of-memory-1148473?e=a218d00c99
HEALTH CARE
Readers Debate Bobby Jindal’s Ideas on Health Care [President Trump can unilaterally peg Medicare prices to what Europe pays for pharmaceuticals. At that point, Europe could no longer free ride and would have to ask itself just how much it was willing to pay to keep new drug discoveries flowing.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/readers-debate-bobby-jindals-ideas-on-health-care-11578421524?emailToken=5ca4efdbe704b510c77370881b81a511f8g/ML+q1yyy/7N1k+mpPLN/lUYUZrgJBL3onm+qJeR6Mu74bmvpSQVOkigu4E0bvyzxuStQr5YOAraz994f9KLlH+jgWrPrINt31YV1Vz0%3D&reflink=article_email_share
Who Wins in a Personal-Injury Lawsuit? It Can Be the Doctor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-wins-in-a-personal-injury-lawsuit-it-can-be-the-doctor-11578479400?emailToken=abe5f5b0f4eae137fb4fcb4c8bac3317msceNLqT+9p6tchyeflqOZppa7WDyrMo/qumvieHQxQQfiLbz5N+VCoFw0l7hpxn7zkjtkN6ETbl96TcG+GpNahIZu7LEJrHy0h/3hvejAHlwZWtKwhHdCx5qjYsRsD3&reflink=article_email_share
PARENTING
12 ways to be a happier, more effective parent this year
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/happier_effective_parenting.php3
HUMOR
Rogue Report
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hamilton010820.php3
EDUCATION
Mormon women are caught between economic pressures and the word of God
https://qz.com/1778333/the-brigham-young-university-wage-gap-tells-the-story-of-mormon-feminism/
FINANCE
Let’s Rethink What Counts as Paid Work [The ‘robot apocalypse’ is generating support for a once-in-a-generation rewriting of the basic contract of the labor market ...]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lets-rethink-what-counts-as-paid-work-11578488558?emailToken=c98bdcd6d1f76a6752c909fa70cd2f77TcpZ/FHtnQAZomD4A0u/RopHIhxw1ACUTy6IMB6jxD+9k2Upfk2bEtJqKEEEtN78etI/gP6dRwx/KnDJ3bwR0YqOSRj1iuuVckFHfwd3FZ4%3D&reflink=article_email_share
BUSINESS
When a venture capitalist sent this female startup founder naked selfies, she created an unusual solution to unwanted advances
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-powerful-woman-being-vulnerable-is-not-an-advance-this-female-entrepreneur-landed-funding-from-a-male-venture-capitalist-then-he-texted-her-naked-selfies-2020-01-08
New Tactics Punch Holes in Big Tech’s Ad-Fraud Defenses
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-tactics-punch-holes-in-big-techs-ad-fraud-defenses-11578418893?emailToken=16439a5a5124f9866c4aa95488329ccboTmW0+e9KgzYIJrDAGjImqQBSGATl05p/QLGKBPASuhtKTkj1bgKP6YhR53CVDrgXMIHMQcsUDm9HblOrLqz8DZneaUB0sfLE6t6YhUh0E2Kp0pasfle6cEKhBwcax+Z&reflink=article_email_share
Waffle maker from Amazon is delivered with old, crusty waffle inside
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/amazon-waffle-maker-old-crusty-waffle-inside-california
SPORTS
The End of Brady [The fall of the Patriots dynasty is everyone’s loss.]
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/end-tom-brady/604600/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20200108&silverid-ref=NjE5NTIxNTEzMTM2S0
ASTRONOMY
TESS mission spots 'Tatooine' system and Earth-size potentially habitable planet
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/world/tess-new-exoplanets-scn/index.html
Origin of deep-space radio flash discovered, and it's unlike anything astronomers have ever seen
https://www.foxnews.com/science/origin-of-deep-space-radio-flash-discovered-and-its-unlike-anything-astronomers-have-ever-seen
BIOLOGY
DNA analysis revealed the identity of 19th century “Connecticut vampire”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/dna-analysis-revealed-the-identity-of-19th-century-connecticut-vampire/
AVIATION
Little Clarity, Many Theories in Ukraine Airline Crash in Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/world/middleeast/iran-plane-crash-boeing-ukraine.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200108?campaign_id=57&instance_id=15047&segment_id=20157&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200108
It Looks Increasingly Likely That Iran Accidentally Shot Down That Ukrainian Airliner
https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2020/01/08/761990/
GEOLOGY
Massive meteor crater found that covered 10% of Earth in debris
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/massive-meteor-crater-found-that-covered-10percent-of-earth-in-debris/vi-BBYKqWz?ocid=spartandhp
TECHNOLOGY
Inside the Billion-Dollar Battle Over .Org
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/technology/dot-org-private-equity-battle.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200108§ion=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15033&segment_id=20138&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408ion=whatElse
CYBER SECURITY
Major TikTok Security Flaws Found
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/technology/tiktok-security-flaws.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200108§ion=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15033&segment_id=20138&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408ion=whatElse
Iranian cyberattacks could cause 'real damage,' warns cybersecurity expert
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/iranian-cyberattacks-could-cause-real-damage-warns-expert
NATIONAL SECURITY
Chinese students arrested in Florida for allegedly photographing US military facility
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chinese-students-arrested-florida-allegedly-photographing-us-military-facility
U.S. appeals court stays judge's ruling blocking military funds for border wall
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-appeals-court-stays-judges-ruling-blocking-military-funds-for-border-wall/ar-BBYLebV?ocid=spartandhp
FOREIGN POLICY
A Strategy for the Mideast That Has Even Trump’s Allies Scratching Their Heads
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/us/politics/trump-iran-strategy.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_NN_p_20200108&instance_id=15033&login=email&nl=morning-briefing®i_id=58935408tion%3DtopNews§ion=topNews%3Fcampaign_id%3D9&segment_id=20138&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab
Reality Check: It was time for an administration to break foreign-policy 'rules'
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/tobin010820.php3
President Trump Delivers Another Blow to Iran in White House Address to the Nation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/01/08/trump-remarks-white-house-n2559136
IRAN
US military had advance warning of incoming missiles fired by Iran
https://nypost.com/2020/01/08/us-military-had-advance-warning-of-incoming-missiles-fired-by-iran/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
What Iran’s missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq may say about the Islamic Republic’s ballistic capability
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-irans-missile-attack-on-us-forces-in-iraq-may-say-about-the-islamic-republics-ballistic-capability-2020-01-07
IMPEACHMENT
Trump says Bolton ‘knows nothing,’ up to Senate if he testifies in impeachment trial
https://nypost.com/2020/01/08/trump-says-bolton-knows-nothing-up-to-senate-if-he-testifies-in-impeachment-trial/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Behind Bolton's Decision
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/67754-behind-boltons-decision-2020-01-08
Dem Senators Push Pelosi to Cede Fight, Release Articles to Senate
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/01/08/dem-senators-push-pelosi-to-release-articles-to-senate-n2559185
POLITICS
Congressional Grandstanding
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/stosse010820.php3
Impeachment trial complicates efforts to rein in Trump on Iran
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/477252-impeachment-trial-complicates-efforts-to-rein-in-trump-on-iran
Who Decides Who Gets In?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin010820.php3
NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=e1db26114d
People Are Mesmerized By This Hack That Lets You Pop A Hard-Boiled Egg Right Out Of Its Shell
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/people-mesmerized-hack-lets-pop-160700088.html
and
https://twitter.com/backt0nature/status/1213911544452403201?s=20
PHYSICAL HEALTH
The risks of childbirth -- 1/08/20
https://mailchi.mp/3fac68981bc5/the-fallibility-of-memory-1148473?e=a218d00c99
HEALTH CARE
Readers Debate Bobby Jindal’s Ideas on Health Care [President Trump can unilaterally peg Medicare prices to what Europe pays for pharmaceuticals. At that point, Europe could no longer free ride and would have to ask itself just how much it was willing to pay to keep new drug discoveries flowing.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/readers-debate-bobby-jindals-ideas-on-health-care-11578421524?emailToken=5ca4efdbe704b510c77370881b81a511f8g/ML+q1yyy/7N1k+mpPLN/lUYUZrgJBL3onm+qJeR6Mu74bmvpSQVOkigu4E0bvyzxuStQr5YOAraz994f9KLlH+jgWrPrINt31YV1Vz0%3D&reflink=article_email_share
Who Wins in a Personal-Injury Lawsuit? It Can Be the Doctor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-wins-in-a-personal-injury-lawsuit-it-can-be-the-doctor-11578479400?emailToken=abe5f5b0f4eae137fb4fcb4c8bac3317msceNLqT+9p6tchyeflqOZppa7WDyrMo/qumvieHQxQQfiLbz5N+VCoFw0l7hpxn7zkjtkN6ETbl96TcG+GpNahIZu7LEJrHy0h/3hvejAHlwZWtKwhHdCx5qjYsRsD3&reflink=article_email_share
PARENTING
12 ways to be a happier, more effective parent this year
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/happier_effective_parenting.php3
HUMOR
Rogue Report
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hamilton010820.php3
EDUCATION
Mormon women are caught between economic pressures and the word of God
https://qz.com/1778333/the-brigham-young-university-wage-gap-tells-the-story-of-mormon-feminism/
FINANCE
Let’s Rethink What Counts as Paid Work [The ‘robot apocalypse’ is generating support for a once-in-a-generation rewriting of the basic contract of the labor market ...]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lets-rethink-what-counts-as-paid-work-11578488558?emailToken=c98bdcd6d1f76a6752c909fa70cd2f77TcpZ/FHtnQAZomD4A0u/RopHIhxw1ACUTy6IMB6jxD+9k2Upfk2bEtJqKEEEtN78etI/gP6dRwx/KnDJ3bwR0YqOSRj1iuuVckFHfwd3FZ4%3D&reflink=article_email_share
BUSINESS
When a venture capitalist sent this female startup founder naked selfies, she created an unusual solution to unwanted advances
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-powerful-woman-being-vulnerable-is-not-an-advance-this-female-entrepreneur-landed-funding-from-a-male-venture-capitalist-then-he-texted-her-naked-selfies-2020-01-08
New Tactics Punch Holes in Big Tech’s Ad-Fraud Defenses
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-tactics-punch-holes-in-big-techs-ad-fraud-defenses-11578418893?emailToken=16439a5a5124f9866c4aa95488329ccboTmW0+e9KgzYIJrDAGjImqQBSGATl05p/QLGKBPASuhtKTkj1bgKP6YhR53CVDrgXMIHMQcsUDm9HblOrLqz8DZneaUB0sfLE6t6YhUh0E2Kp0pasfle6cEKhBwcax+Z&reflink=article_email_share
Waffle maker from Amazon is delivered with old, crusty waffle inside
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/amazon-waffle-maker-old-crusty-waffle-inside-california
SPORTS
The End of Brady [The fall of the Patriots dynasty is everyone’s loss.]
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/end-tom-brady/604600/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20200108&silverid-ref=NjE5NTIxNTEzMTM2S0
ASTRONOMY
TESS mission spots 'Tatooine' system and Earth-size potentially habitable planet
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/world/tess-new-exoplanets-scn/index.html
Origin of deep-space radio flash discovered, and it's unlike anything astronomers have ever seen
https://www.foxnews.com/science/origin-of-deep-space-radio-flash-discovered-and-its-unlike-anything-astronomers-have-ever-seen
BIOLOGY
DNA analysis revealed the identity of 19th century “Connecticut vampire”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/dna-analysis-revealed-the-identity-of-19th-century-connecticut-vampire/
AVIATION
Little Clarity, Many Theories in Ukraine Airline Crash in Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/world/middleeast/iran-plane-crash-boeing-ukraine.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200108?campaign_id=57&instance_id=15047&segment_id=20157&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200108
It Looks Increasingly Likely That Iran Accidentally Shot Down That Ukrainian Airliner
https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2020/01/08/761990/
GEOLOGY
Massive meteor crater found that covered 10% of Earth in debris
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/massive-meteor-crater-found-that-covered-10percent-of-earth-in-debris/vi-BBYKqWz?ocid=spartandhp
TECHNOLOGY
Inside the Billion-Dollar Battle Over .Org
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/technology/dot-org-private-equity-battle.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200108§ion=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15033&segment_id=20138&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408ion=whatElse
CYBER SECURITY
Major TikTok Security Flaws Found
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/technology/tiktok-security-flaws.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200108§ion=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15033&segment_id=20138&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=58935408ion=whatElse
Iranian cyberattacks could cause 'real damage,' warns cybersecurity expert
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/iranian-cyberattacks-could-cause-real-damage-warns-expert
NATIONAL SECURITY
Chinese students arrested in Florida for allegedly photographing US military facility
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chinese-students-arrested-florida-allegedly-photographing-us-military-facility
U.S. appeals court stays judge's ruling blocking military funds for border wall
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-appeals-court-stays-judges-ruling-blocking-military-funds-for-border-wall/ar-BBYLebV?ocid=spartandhp
FOREIGN POLICY
A Strategy for the Mideast That Has Even Trump’s Allies Scratching Their Heads
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/us/politics/trump-iran-strategy.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_NN_p_20200108&instance_id=15033&login=email&nl=morning-briefing®i_id=58935408tion%3DtopNews§ion=topNews%3Fcampaign_id%3D9&segment_id=20138&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab
Reality Check: It was time for an administration to break foreign-policy 'rules'
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/tobin010820.php3
President Trump Delivers Another Blow to Iran in White House Address to the Nation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/01/08/trump-remarks-white-house-n2559136
IRAN
US military had advance warning of incoming missiles fired by Iran
https://nypost.com/2020/01/08/us-military-had-advance-warning-of-incoming-missiles-fired-by-iran/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
What Iran’s missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq may say about the Islamic Republic’s ballistic capability
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-irans-missile-attack-on-us-forces-in-iraq-may-say-about-the-islamic-republics-ballistic-capability-2020-01-07
IMPEACHMENT
Trump says Bolton ‘knows nothing,’ up to Senate if he testifies in impeachment trial
https://nypost.com/2020/01/08/trump-says-bolton-knows-nothing-up-to-senate-if-he-testifies-in-impeachment-trial/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Behind Bolton's Decision
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/67754-behind-boltons-decision-2020-01-08
Dem Senators Push Pelosi to Cede Fight, Release Articles to Senate
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/01/08/dem-senators-push-pelosi-to-release-articles-to-senate-n2559185
POLITICS
Congressional Grandstanding
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/stosse010820.php3
Impeachment trial complicates efforts to rein in Trump on Iran
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/477252-impeachment-trial-complicates-efforts-to-rein-in-trump-on-iran
Who Decides Who Gets In?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin010820.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)
GENERAL INTEREST
NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=eab6a4237a
Uber driver gets college degree after passenger pays off debt
https://globalnews.ca/news/6359074/uber-driver-college-debt/
How Canada's military reacted to seeing Pokemon Go players trespassing on its bases
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pokemon-canada-military-bases-1.5393774
Don't abbreviate 2020. It's for your own good
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/04/us/dont-abbreviate-2020-date-fraud-trnd/index.html
HEALTH
A.I. Comes to the Operating Room
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/health/artificial-intelligence-brain-cancer.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20200107?campaign_id=34&instance_id=15011&segment_id=20112&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200107
thanks, TM ...
Grammy’s chocolate chip // oatmeal // pecan they are NOT
CULTURE
Babylon Bee Founder Slaps Down CNN Reporter Who Thinks Their Content Is Some Master Scheme to Spread Misinformation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/01/07/babylon-bee-hits-cnn-n2559029?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
Civil War medical museum prepares to amputate Confederate flag from logo
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/civil_war_musuem_no_confederate_flag_logo.php3
HUMOR
I should have joined a mental health club
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/mullen010720.php3
BIOGRAPHY
Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Saved Great Britain
https://www.prageru.com/video/margaret-thatcher-the-woman-who-saved-great-britain/
BUSINESS
Sonos, Squeezed by the Tech Giants, Sues Google
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/technology/sonos-sues-google.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200107?campaign_id=57&instance_id=15027&segment_id=20129&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200107
SCIENCE
The Superpowers of Super-Thin Materials
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/science/physics-materials-electronics.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20200107?campaign_id=34&instance_id=15011&segment_id=20112&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200107
Throwing water into the air at -52 below zero in Fairbanks Alaska
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=36&v=bJqMN_hH6zI&feature=emb_
CYBER SECURITY
Tricky Phish Angles for Persistence, Not Passwords
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/01/tricky-phish-angles-for-persistence-not-passwords/
NATIONAL SECURITY
How contractors using shell companies duped the Pentagon
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/pentagon_duped.php3
DEFENSE
US Deploys Nuclear-Capable Bombers to Within Striking Distance of Iran - Reports
https://www.westernjournal.com/us-deploys-nuclear-capable-bombers-within-striking-distance-iran-reports/
LAW AND ORDER
Prosecutors Ask That Michael Flynn Get Prison Time
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/us/politics/flynn-prosecutors-sentencing.html?auth=login-email&login=email
Police Ask for Help With Hunt for Mysterious Drones Over Prairie States
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/police-ask-for-help-with-hunt-for-mysterious-drones-over-prairie-states/ar-BBYIhzC?ocid=spartandhp
AUSTRALIA
Why Australia is uniquely vulnerable to wildfires
https://news.yahoo.com/why-australia-is-uniquely-vulnerable-to-wildfires-161038074.html
See Where Australia’s Deadly Wildfires Are Burning
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/02/climate/australia-fires-map.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20200107?campaign_id=34&instance_id=15011&segment_id=20112&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200107
The Funny Part About ABC News' Absurd Australia Wildfire Map That Was Dragged for Its Stunning Inaccuracy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/01/07/abc-news-fire-map-n2559060?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
Climate Change? Turns Out Two Dozen Arrested for Setting Australia's Fires
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/01/07/climate-change-turns-out-two-dozen-arrested-for-setting-australias-massive-fire-n2559064?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
IRAN
Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Forces in Iraq
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stampede-at-funeral-procession-for-iranian-commander-kills-35-11578390888?emailToken=36e26cf9113a9a33f71177d9aa110368jZgd1KsHpUtooCzFsrESxvKcfE0FsOgHNoz6aL4/4fYZ1JHuj6CY1zPNiIw4EgbjSYGmzhXl1Qx6Qe85VYA/X0S0oyukhY9Fj/NmNc2xLc8t7+WbPuCXx6SOfIJ+xJAr&reflink=article_email_share
Khamenei Wants to Put Iran’s Stamp on Reprisal for U.S. Killing of Top General
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/middleeast/iran-khamenei-general-soleimani.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_NN_p_20200107&instance_id=15006&login=email&nl=morning-briefing®i_id=58935408tion%3DtopNews§ion=topNews%3Fcampaign_id%3D9&segment_id=20107&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab
Nikki Haley: There's Only One Group Mourning Soleimani's Death
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/01/07/nikki-haley-theres-only-one-group-mourning-soleimanis-death-n2559066?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
History of US-Iran Conflict Explained
https://www.mzanzitv.com/2020/01/05/history-of-us-iran-conflict-explained/
Death to America? Chevy Truck Carried What’s Left of Soleimani
https://news.iheart.com/featured/rush-limbaugh/content/2020-01-07-pn-rush-limbaugh-death-to-america-chevy-truck-carried-whats-left-of-soleimani/
IMPEACHMENT
McConnell to GOP on impeachment rules: I have the votes
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/477173-mcconnell-to-gop-on-impeachment-rules-i-have-the-votes?userid=288549
POLITICS
Obamaworld Hates Bernie—and Has No Idea How to Stop Him
https://news.yahoo.com/obamaworld-hates-bernie-no-idea-094446485.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
Tone-deaf Dems risk handing key strategic state to Trump
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/zito010720.php3
Biden touts his foreign policy credentials, but faces doubts
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/biden_foreign_policy.php3
NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=eab6a4237a
Uber driver gets college degree after passenger pays off debt
https://globalnews.ca/news/6359074/uber-driver-college-debt/
How Canada's military reacted to seeing Pokemon Go players trespassing on its bases
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pokemon-canada-military-bases-1.5393774
Don't abbreviate 2020. It's for your own good
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/04/us/dont-abbreviate-2020-date-fraud-trnd/index.html
HEALTH
A.I. Comes to the Operating Room
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/health/artificial-intelligence-brain-cancer.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20200107?campaign_id=34&instance_id=15011&segment_id=20112&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200107
thanks, TM ...
Grammy’s chocolate chip // oatmeal // pecan they are NOT
CULTURE
Babylon Bee Founder Slaps Down CNN Reporter Who Thinks Their Content Is Some Master Scheme to Spread Misinformation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/01/07/babylon-bee-hits-cnn-n2559029?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
Civil War medical museum prepares to amputate Confederate flag from logo
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/civil_war_musuem_no_confederate_flag_logo.php3
HUMOR
I should have joined a mental health club
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/mullen010720.php3
BIOGRAPHY
Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Saved Great Britain
https://www.prageru.com/video/margaret-thatcher-the-woman-who-saved-great-britain/
BUSINESS
Sonos, Squeezed by the Tech Giants, Sues Google
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/technology/sonos-sues-google.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200107?campaign_id=57&instance_id=15027&segment_id=20129&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200107
SCIENCE
The Superpowers of Super-Thin Materials
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/science/physics-materials-electronics.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20200107?campaign_id=34&instance_id=15011&segment_id=20112&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200107
Throwing water into the air at -52 below zero in Fairbanks Alaska
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=36&v=bJqMN_hH6zI&feature=emb_
CYBER SECURITY
Tricky Phish Angles for Persistence, Not Passwords
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/01/tricky-phish-angles-for-persistence-not-passwords/
NATIONAL SECURITY
How contractors using shell companies duped the Pentagon
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/pentagon_duped.php3
DEFENSE
US Deploys Nuclear-Capable Bombers to Within Striking Distance of Iran - Reports
https://www.westernjournal.com/us-deploys-nuclear-capable-bombers-within-striking-distance-iran-reports/
LAW AND ORDER
Prosecutors Ask That Michael Flynn Get Prison Time
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/us/politics/flynn-prosecutors-sentencing.html?auth=login-email&login=email
Police Ask for Help With Hunt for Mysterious Drones Over Prairie States
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/police-ask-for-help-with-hunt-for-mysterious-drones-over-prairie-states/ar-BBYIhzC?ocid=spartandhp
AUSTRALIA
Why Australia is uniquely vulnerable to wildfires
https://news.yahoo.com/why-australia-is-uniquely-vulnerable-to-wildfires-161038074.html
See Where Australia’s Deadly Wildfires Are Burning
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/02/climate/australia-fires-map.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20200107?campaign_id=34&instance_id=15011&segment_id=20112&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab®i_id=5893540820200107
The Funny Part About ABC News' Absurd Australia Wildfire Map That Was Dragged for Its Stunning Inaccuracy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/01/07/abc-news-fire-map-n2559060?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
Climate Change? Turns Out Two Dozen Arrested for Setting Australia's Fires
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/01/07/climate-change-turns-out-two-dozen-arrested-for-setting-australias-massive-fire-n2559064?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
IRAN
Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Forces in Iraq
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stampede-at-funeral-procession-for-iranian-commander-kills-35-11578390888?emailToken=36e26cf9113a9a33f71177d9aa110368jZgd1KsHpUtooCzFsrESxvKcfE0FsOgHNoz6aL4/4fYZ1JHuj6CY1zPNiIw4EgbjSYGmzhXl1Qx6Qe85VYA/X0S0oyukhY9Fj/NmNc2xLc8t7+WbPuCXx6SOfIJ+xJAr&reflink=article_email_share
Khamenei Wants to Put Iran’s Stamp on Reprisal for U.S. Killing of Top General
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/middleeast/iran-khamenei-general-soleimani.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_NN_p_20200107&instance_id=15006&login=email&nl=morning-briefing®i_id=58935408tion%3DtopNews§ion=topNews%3Fcampaign_id%3D9&segment_id=20107&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab
Nikki Haley: There's Only One Group Mourning Soleimani's Death
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/01/07/nikki-haley-theres-only-one-group-mourning-soleimanis-death-n2559066?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
History of US-Iran Conflict Explained
https://www.mzanzitv.com/2020/01/05/history-of-us-iran-conflict-explained/
Death to America? Chevy Truck Carried What’s Left of Soleimani
https://news.iheart.com/featured/rush-limbaugh/content/2020-01-07-pn-rush-limbaugh-death-to-america-chevy-truck-carried-whats-left-of-soleimani/
IMPEACHMENT
McConnell to GOP on impeachment rules: I have the votes
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/477173-mcconnell-to-gop-on-impeachment-rules-i-have-the-votes?userid=288549
POLITICS
Obamaworld Hates Bernie—and Has No Idea How to Stop Him
https://news.yahoo.com/obamaworld-hates-bernie-no-idea-094446485.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
Tone-deaf Dems risk handing key strategic state to Trump
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/zito010720.php3
Biden touts his foreign policy credentials, but faces doubts
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/biden_foreign_policy.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)
GENERAL INTEREST
Locked up bucks
https://biggeekdad.com/2019/12/locked-bucks/
'Alien abduction' caught on doorbell cam
https://nypost.com/video/alien-abduction-caught-on-camera-by-ring-doorbell/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Joshua Rogers: If your in-laws make you uncomfortable, do what my wife did
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/in-laws-uncomfortable-wife-joshua-rogers
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Mom says she nearly lost eye after Christmas present she bought son shot into face
https://www.foxnews.com/health/mom-nearly-lost-eye-sons-christmas-present-shot-into-face
Herbal supplements blamed for Texas woman's liver failure
https://www.foxnews.com/health/herbal-supplements-blamed-womans-liver-failure
MENTAL HEALTH
How to Last a Day Without Your Phone
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-last-a-day-without-your-phone-11578079965?emailToken=825737c8bb279636523196a21a95140fdn0Pv6xwUVF0eGy7z5bdWJfv6d9HkvHX6YyyJ/hbX9riMgnPSez5Vf/QuAb2HokGe51dKC2uTEpOGB1glIPc7haJBZVEOcIokHDE2FseqQE%3D&reflink=article_email_share
HEALTH CARE
Democrats ask U.S. Supreme Court to save Obamacare
https://news.yahoo.com/democrats-ask-u-supreme-court-191150513.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
HUMOR
Maxine Waters' phone call with 'Greta Thunberg' was apparently the work of Russian pranksters
https://www.foxnews.com/media/maxine-waters-russian-pranksters-greta-thunberg-trump
DEMOGRAPHICS
‘Ascendant America’ no longer seems a sure bet
https://nypost.com/2020/01/03/ascendant-america-no-longer-seems-a-sure-bet/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
BUSINESS
The Challenges That Working Mothers Still Face
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-challenges-that-working-mothers-still-face-11578067249?emailToken=73a6eaab3dbdce32f4c7e52f73b0280b6i/CHw9oZoF4pQANZwqZMM7Q1y1fymNR813n525aRzNYiA5IZjtF5AZALyp5i9YmPEnPcvpQEY6vyEccYNDi38FAjwq3LsOHCHh3Iujwc58%3D&reflink=article_email_share
Amazon allegedly threatened to fire employees for criticizing the company — why this matters for all U.S. workers
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/want-to-stage-a-protest-like-google-workers-read-this-first-2018-11-02
WEATHER
Indonesia Seeds Clouds After Flooding Kills 43
https://www.ecowatch.com/indonesia-flooding-cloud-seeding-2643759004.html
ENVIRONMENT
Stunning images from space reveal the shocking extent of Australia's bushfire crisis
https://www.businessinsider.com/australia-wildfires-space-satellite-pictures-smoke-new-zealand-2020-1?utm_source=yahoo.com&utm_medium=referral
Farmers and Salmon Advocates Agree: It’s Time to Talk about the Snake River Dams
https://www.ecowatch.com/snake-river-dams-2643764317.html
Scientists Find a Cleaner Way to Extract Methane From Permafrost
https://www.ecowatch.com/methane-extraction-permafrost-2643757072.html
NATIONAL SECURITY
Homeland Security Sees ‘No Specific, Credible Threat’ From Iran, but Warns of Cyberattacks
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/us/politics/homeland-security-iran-threat.html
At Border, Customs Work Includes Taking a Lot of Bologna
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-border-customs-work-includes-taking-a-lot-of-bologna-11578133800?emailToken=201f758fe36177e80b07223745ea322dcL/3QtQe0bt8vfjcNF6lMP/LkXxTF3UJ7c+tXEpOO21aADcvf+CK4bdyEfe+abNPNLgtpHB39a1tqnWYBLcbkiOr+4svTArbbeVr4ThEFaX6RnBpq496WbcF22P3Pyan&reflink=article_email_share
FOREIGN POLICY
Trump's Ground Game Against Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/opinion/trump-iran-suleimani-assassination-baghdad.html?auth=login-email&login=email
Shocking photos show what the US Embassy in Baghdad looked like after it was attacked by swarms of violent protesters
https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-show-aftermath-of-violent-attack-on-us-embassy-iraq-2020-1?utm_source=yahoo.com&utm_medium=referral
Trump threatens to hit 52 Iranian targets 'very fast and very hard'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-threatens-to-hit-52-iranian-targets-very-fast-and-very-hard-if-country-seeks-revenge?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/04/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044
A Shocked Iraq Reconsiders Its Relationship With the U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/world/middleeast/us-iraq.html
MILITARY
Fighter pilot blacks out at 18,000 feet, wakes up to $2.5M in damage
https://nypost.com/2020/01/03/fighter-pilot-blacks-out-at-18000-feet-wakes-up-to-2-5m-in-damage/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
LAW AND ORDER
NYPD cop caught planting stun gun in car by his own bodycam: lawsuit
https://nypost.com/2020/01/03/nypd-cop-caught-planting-stun-gun-in-car-by-his-own-bodycam-lawsuit/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Video shows Seattle pizza shop worker attacked in brazen robbery
https://nypost.com/2020/01/03/video-shows-seattle-pizza-shop-worker-attacked-in-brazen-robbery/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
Naked Florida man, high on meth, bites K-9 dog: report
https://nypost.com/2020/01/03/naked-florida-man-high-on-meth-bites-k-9-dog-report/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
MIDDLE EAST
On the precipice: Unknown unknowns in the Middle East, again
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/476650-on-the-precipice-unknown-unknowns-in-the-middle-east-again
IRAN
Iranian dissidents hail Soleimani’s death as ‘major, major blow’ for regime in Tehran
https://www.foxnews.com/world/iranian-dissidents-hail-soleimanis-death-as-major-blow-for-regime-in-tehran
Qasem Soleimani: How strong is Iran's military?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50982743
IMPEACHMENT
As a former whistleblower, I think the Ukraine complaint is cowardly crock
https://nypost.com/2020/01/03/as-a-former-whistleblower-i-think-the-ukraine-complaint-is-cowardly-crock/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
POLITICS
Bloomberg's business in China has grown - that could create unprecedented entanglements if he is elected president
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/bloomberg_china.php3
Bloomberg rises to third place alongside Warren in national poll
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/476689-bloomberg-rises-to-third-place-alongside-warren-in-national-poll
Why Trump starts 2020 poised for reelection
https://nypost.com/2019/12/31/why-trump-starts-2020-poised-for-reelection/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
The Trouble With Heroes in the White House [We don’t need a hero. We just need a president.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-trouble-with-heroes-in-the-white-house-11578070554?emailToken=3e8aa2d7bccd2ca45b8834015e33e116cNZfyojanM6nZQdGU5eM4CJVm9CjFNWYGKWWzc4EaW5WvLTz01l99t0n4lGbTtw+uZN/djMVw3QzKGIU69pPJRiS9P21PN4PHeiZPFo19Hc%3D&reflink=article_email_share
Federal Judge Just Dealt Stacey Abrams Another Big Loss in Georgia
https://www.waynedupree.com/stacy-abrahams-georgia-voter-roll/
"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)
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