Thursday, January 30, 2020

PLATT - CURATED News

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
http://americandigest.org/where-wast-thou-when-i-laid-the-foundations-of-the-earth-declare-if-thou-hast-understanding/

GENERAL INTEREST
This Sculpture Holds a Decades-Old C.I.A. Mystery. And Now, Another Clue.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/29/climate/kryptos-sculpture-final-clue.html

NonPoliticalNews (NoPo)
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5256653b0b&u=695cd01d0ec29d2b01fcb6e83&id=c9500316f0

Air Force vet after learning how much the Rolex he bought for $345 in 1974 is worth today: ‘You gotta be sh***ing me?’
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/you-gotta-be-shing-me-air-force-veteran-falls-to-the-ground-when-hes-told-the-mouth-watering-value-of-his-watch-2020-01-28

HEALTH
America is about to get a powerful tool in the war against cancer
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/17/america-is-about-to-get-a-powerful-tool-in-the-war-against-cancer.html

Super Bowl Means ‘Avocado Hand’ Is Back—With a Vengeance [If you use a knife to remove the flesh there may be a grisly side effect to your guacamole; ‘perfect set-up for stabbing yourself’]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/super-bowl-means-guacamoleand-a-spike-in-avocado-related-knife-injuries-11580230243?emailToken=0e47250694f8a1ed2ad9687930c78594dL9luKPSyauCTU/DE7QsbrA3JbgAwEmrOrdzE+3oZAY4PE68TNKmUAs9bl3qQh1+Yp/0Xni8PNehEmx4MS+XzpaWHmH1jp0hA6pDlGMEoijack0YpV6XqFoCvg8IbMHMdk6/k5pA5RiDkzu7DQ55dw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Most dietary supplements don't do anything. Why do we spend $35 billion a year on them?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/dietary_supplements_why.php3

CORONA VIRUS
Act Now to Prevent an American Epidemic [Quarantines, flu vaccines and other steps to take before the Wuhan virus becomes widespread.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/act-now-to-prevent-an-american-epidemic-11580255335?emailToken=e6905beee26e324b0bbf573a2f800c62UZ5/2lHQQlLh9E8QX963BZrdt2CcLcr6UpXDbvKt3bdg6aNtVnRfr1y5fusmfprRX6VMuqE9fH9zWhi7obB4IqH5xlFqn+O6f5WOrQyiBtQ%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Chinese villages are cutting themselves off from the world with makeshift brick walls to try to stop outsiders from giving them the Wuhan virus
https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-chinese-villages-wall-themselves-in-to-stop-spread-2020-1

When Will There Be a Coronavirus Vaccine? 5 Questions Answered
https://www.ecowatch.com/coronavirus-vaccine-2644944404.html

Airlines get rid of hot meals, blankets, magazines to fight coronavirus
https://nypost.com/2020/01/29/airlines-get-rid-of-hot-meals-blankets-magazines-to-fight-coronavirus/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HUMOR
Rogue Report - 28Jan20
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/hamilton012820.php3

SPORTS
Coach O. Vs. The Acela Gradgrind
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/ed-orgeron-lsu-tigers-manhattan-gradgrind/

FINANCIAL
Social Security isn't doomed for younger generations
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/cowen012820.php3

This scammer called the wrong guy asking for money
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/dvorak012920.php3

BUSINESS
Virginia May Kill Right to Work [The new Democratic majority moves to force union dues on workers.]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/virginia-may-kill-right-to-work-11580255508?emailToken=a924a9e3283c9a365d18bd7766e292d8paZPKeFUHk1x+VyDE3pLkRZinQnYpuCw3b+mZ9HZV5KBc7D7w29Y0gr3w+z4mlG+BTTY7sXe7dF31D+WbK+NJg%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

NAFTA replaced: Trump signs USMCA trade deal with Canada and Mexico
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/nafta-replaced-trump-signs-usmca-trade-deal-with-canada-and-mexico?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_01/29/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

CLIMATE CHANGE
Temperatures at a Florida-Size Glacier in Antarctica Alarm Scientists
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/climate/thwaites-glacier-melting-antarctica.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20200129&campaign_id=57&instance_id=15569&segment_id=20785&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820200129

NATIONAL SECURITY
There Is No Going Back If Iran Sinks A U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/there-no-going-back-if-iran-sinks-us-navy-aircraft-carrier-117606

Interior Department Adopts Restrictions Aimed at Chinese Drones [Order reflects concern that data collected ‘could be valuable to foreign entities’]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/interior-department-adopts-restrictions-aimed-at-chinese-drones-11580295602?emailToken=862490f0ebe8d60e87534766984c4091d5hXejxNpB7VhvDFl+FGIPc/sTArWxzWW2CMSFQik6xzFf8wjCtTVEtkgbYTGoj8Uni/pNMeo1pVqd7Ck7OgEn4gi0PS0ISUJcMi2NQ7VzmKcm/Rfo/mS+heKRZfmc2X&reflink=article_email_share

DEFENSE
U.S. Military Invests In New Weapon to Defeat Hypersonic Missiles As Russia Upgrades Its Arsenal
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-military-invests-in-new-weapon-to-defeat-hypersonic-missiles-as-russia-upgrades-its-arsenal/ar-BBZrYVm?ocid=spartandhp

LAW AND THE COURTS
Tool used for searches at law firms may be at risk
http://jewishworldreview.com/0120/law_firm_risks.php3

Parents of dead UK teen want to ‘swap’ US diplomat’s wife Anne Sacoolas for Prince Andrew
https://nypost.com/2020/01/29/parents-of-dead-uk-teen-want-to-swap-us-diplomats-wife-anne-sacoolas-for-prince-andrew/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

MEDIA
Where Our Trust in News Lives
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/zito012820.php3

What Happens When the News Is Gone? [In Jones County, North Carolina, and many other places around the country, local journalism has just about dried up.]
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-future-of-democracy/what-happens-when-the-news-is-gone

MIDDLE EAST
Yemeni rebels claim new drone attacks on Saudi Aramco
https://www.worldoil.com//news/2020/1/29/yemeni-rebels-claim-new-drone-attacks-on-saudi-aramco

IMPEACHMENT
'GAME OVER,' Trump declares, as old Bolton, Schiff videos surface amid Senate impeachment trial
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/game-over-trump-declares-as-old-bolton-schiff-videos-surface-amid-senate-impeachment-trial/ar-BBZsDjq?ocid=spartandhp

Trio of Dem senators considering vote to acquit Trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/28/trio-democratic-senators-consider-acquit-trump-108130?cid=apn

POLITICS
Iowa could make Dems' Bernie problem much, much worse
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0120/york012920.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)

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