Wednesday, January 22, 2020

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=1f2c409f4c

David Wondrich Has Finally Figured Out the Real Origin of the Word Cocktail
https://www.grubstreet.com/2015/04/david-wondrich-knows-the-origins-of-cocktail.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200121&section=backStory?campaign_id=9&instance_id=15336&segment_id=20500&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408on=backStory

Michigan man returns $43K he found hidden in couch bought at Habitat for Humanity store
https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2020/01/michigan-man-returns-43k-he-found-hidden-in-couch-bought-at-habitat-for-humanity-store.html

HEALTH
What We Know About the Wuhan Coronavirus
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/health/what-is-coronavirus.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200121?campaign_id=57&instance_id=15355&segment_id=20523&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820200121

HEALTH CARE
Obamacare Backers Lose Supreme Court Bid for a Hearing This Term
https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-refuses-expedite-appeals-143933753.html

HUMOR
Rogue Report
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hamilton012120.php3

BIOGRAPHY
The leadership of Deng Xiaoping -- 1/21/20
https://mailchi.mp/4e525f23dc13/for-americans-government-is-a-danger-for-chinese-the-solution-1148241?e=a218d00c99

BUSINESS
How I Get By: A Week in the Life of an Amazon Delivery Driver
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvgzwa/how-i-get-by-a-week-in-the-life-of-an-amazon-delivery-driver

Working Hard Versus Hardly Working
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/68024?mailing_id=4813&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4813&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

In the battle for the world’s biggest oil market, the U.S. has a new advantage
https://www.worldoil.com//news/2020/1/20/in-the-battle-for-the-world-s-biggest-oil-market-the-us-has-a-new-advantage?id=6150125

Trump threatens Europe with fresh tariffs in Davos, deepening a rift with longtime U.S. allies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/21/trump-threatens-europe-with-fresh-tariffs-davos-deepening-rift-with-long-time-us-allies/

FINANCIAL
Biden’s Social Security Heresy [Bernie attacks Joe for even considering entitlement reform.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-social-security-heresy-11579556449?emailToken=10e4af8a0103a1beea915740380429day53YFgHT4gYELM2Boa3PVUxiPP7XLMTLcMVi+9NKahzGKb14Nuqtl8nqhQcOR+ezlGWoAlk9Hf0CXqN/utmUoQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

ENVIRONMENT
GOP looks to counter Green New Deal with three-pronged climate change plan
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-looks-to-counter-green-new-deal-with-climate-change-proposals

Could you live in a giant fungus megastructure? These researchers think so
https://www.foxnews.com/science/could-you-live-giant-fungus-megastructure

Final Trump WOTUS rule expected soon
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1062088485

ENERGY
Nuclear Power ‘Cannot Rival Renewable Energy’
https://www.ecowatch.com/nuclear-power-cannot-rival-renewable-energy-2644813982.html

New solar power source and storage developed
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50717446

SCIENCE
Bricks Alive! Scientists Create Living Concrete
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/science/construction-concrete-bacteria-photosynthesis.html?auth=login-email&login=email&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Alone on a Mountaintop, Awaiting a Very Hard Rain
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/science/observatory-cosmos-armenia-physics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

CYBER SECURITY
Apple's case against the FBI is stronger than ever
http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby011420.php3

NATIONAL SECURITY
How a Military Cyber Operation to Disrupt Islamic State Spurred a Debate [U.S. Cyber Command devised a plan, but drew ‘non-concurs’ from other officials, newly released documents show]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-military-cyber-operation-to-disrupt-islamic-state-spurred-a-debate-11579604400?emailToken=7781bd96429990403f432c88fd189fb2Aw+LUmMOudPEw7L4cB+N2qD/okWNWj6YPZQbRMlki2C+IfJ5RU0ber1fc1VHBV5Qif3onGdLTSBFsIc7g7YANDH2y5M5IK0Nq4wydRU+NJNzgCxL/zEluUa6b8qfhZkAKf+JSgpwz5maAHLWTp8g7w%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

IRAN
‘Sorry for Lying to You for 13 Years’: Iranian State TV Host Turns on Regime after Ukrainian Jet Downing
https://news.yahoo.com/sorry-lying-13-years-iranian-201452298.html

Iran prepares to launch satellites into orbit
https://www.oann.com/iran-prepares-to-launch-satellites-into-orbit/

NKOR
North Korea may ‘seek a new path’ after US misses deadline for nuclear talks
https://nypost.com/2020/01/21/north-korea-may-seek-a-new-path-after-us-misses-deadline-for-nuclear-talks/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

IMPEACHMENT
‘Constitutional Nonsense’: Trump’s Impeachment Defense Defies Legal Consensus [The president’s legal case would negate any need for witnesses. But constitutional scholars say that it’s wrong.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/us/politics/trump-impeachment-legal-defense.html

Senate approves rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in party-line vote
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-approves-rules-for-president-donald-trumps-impeachment-trial-in-party-line-vote/ar-BBZcFOu?ocid=spartandhp

"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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