PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Beautiful Dreamer 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1017/steyn100917.php3

GENERAL INTEREST
Oh, Scrap: China, the Biggest Buyer of America’s Trash, Wants No More
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/america-is-no-1-in-exporting-trashwhat-if-no-one-wants-it-anymore-1507483011-lMyQjAxMTE3ODA5OTgwNDk3Wj/

Fans suspect Whataburger, James Avery partnership to make the ultimate Texas-themed charm
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Whataburger-James-Avery-Texas-charm-12262458.php

Is This World’s Biggest Rock?
https://weather.com/science/nature/video/is-this-worlds-biggest-rock?pl=pl-the-lift

Croatian Island Resembles Fingerprint
https://weather.com/science/nature/video/croatian-island-resembles-fingerprint?pl=pl-the-lift

From venomous animal populations to asteroid strikes: The fascinating maps that visualize the world as never before
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4948382/20-stunning-maps-reveal-global-activity-minute-detail.html

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1017/hamilton.php3

FEMA
Head of US emergency response says he has 'filtered out' Puerto Rican mayor's calls for help
https://www.yahoo.com/news/head-us-emergency-response-says-171400292.html

EDUCATION
Teacher Asks Her Students What They Wished She Knew - but Wasn't Prepared For Their Answers
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/teacher-asks-her-students-wished-025000964.html

Even the Left Coast is warming up to school choice
http://redalertpolitics.com/2017/10/09/even-left-coast-warming-school-choice/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter%20-%2010/09/17&utm_medium=email

• From the abstract of California State Polytechnic assistant professor Teresa Lloro-Bidart, in an April academic paper, comparing behaviors of native-California western gray squirrels and disruptive (to residents' trash cans) eastern fox squirrels: "I juxtapose feminist posthumanist theories and feminist food study scholarship to demonstrate how eastern fox squirrels are subjected to gendered, racialized and speciesist thinking in the popular news media as a result of their feeding/eating practices (and) their unique and unfixed spatial arrangements in the greater Los Angeles region...." The case "presents a unique opportunity to question and re-theorize the ontological given of 'otherness' that manifests in part through a politics" in which "animal food choices" "stand in" for "compliance and resistance" to the "dominant forces in (human) culture." [New York Observer, 5-12-2017] 

NFL
Why the national anthem protests are failing
http://theweek.com/articles/728368/why-national-anthem-protests-are-failing

CYBER SECURITY
The big security hole in the cloud
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-big-security-hole-in-the-cloud-2017-10-09

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Woman`s Video of Bizarre Encounter Between Suspect, Deputy Goes Viral
https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-video-bizarre-encounter-between-154915638.html

Deadly Bus Crash Highlights Communication Flaws Between States
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/deadly-bus-crash-highlights-communication-flaws-between-states-1507476213-lMyQjAxMTE3ODA5OTgwNDk3Wj/

MASS SHOOTERS
An American Madness
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/charen100917.php3

The Unanswerable 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1017/dalrymple100917.php3

IMMIGRATION
White House Makes Hard-Line Demands for Any ‘Dreamers’ Deal
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/us/politics/white-house-daca.html?emc=edit_nn_20171009&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

SOUK
South Korea 'Blackout Bombs' Can Take Down Pyongyang Without Firing a Shot
https://www.yahoo.com/news/south-korea-apos-blackout-bombs-102523645.html

TERRORISM
ISIS Fighters, Having Pledged to Fight or Die, Surrender en Masse
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/world/middleeast/isis-iraq-surrender.html?emc=edit_nn_20171009&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

NORK
North Korea ‘Decoders’ Offer Dire Warnings About Nuclear Program
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/north-korea-decoders-offer-dire-warnings-about-nuclear-program-1507195803-lMyQjAxMTE3NTA2OTkwODkyWj/

Meet Kim Yo-jong, the sister who is the brains behind Kim Jong-un's image 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/09/kim-yo-jong-sister-brains-behind-kim-jong-uns-image?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=247246&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

IRAN
Iran’s IRGC: If Trump Imposes Sanctions, U.S. Military Bases Should Move Outside Our Missile Range 
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/irans-irgc-if-trump-imposes-sanctions-us-military-bases-should-move

Facing the Iranian Challenge in the Middle East
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/452416/middle-east-american-iran-policy-understanding-tehran-motivations-key?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=171009_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

RUSSIAGATE
Newly disclosed email sheds light on Trump Jr. meeting with Russian lawyer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/newly-disclosed-email-sheds-light-on-trump-jr-meeting-with-russian-lawyer/2017/10/09/2d0fecb0-a9e3-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?utm_term=.df3861ea5b5d&wpisrc=al_alert-politics&wpmk=1

Google uncovers Russian-bought ads on YouTube, Gmail and other platforms
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/09/google-uncovers-russian-bought-ads-on-youtube-gmail-and-other-platforms/?utm_term=.7963040fcc22&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-exclusive%252Bnational&wpmk=1

The notorious Kremlin-linked ‘troll farm’ and the Russians trying to take it down
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-notorious-kremlin-linked-troll-farm-and-the-russians-trying-to-take-it-down/2017/10/06/c8c4b160-a919-11e7-9a98-07140d2eed02_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.a576b6fe093a&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

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“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”
                ~ Jack London

PLATT - Misc News

GENERAL INTEREST
Vampire scare in Malawi prompts UN to move staff after mob violence, report says
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-vampire_scare_in_malawi_prompts_un_to_move_staff_a-rfoxnews

Does Your Gut Always Steer You Right?
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/does-your-gut-always-steer-you-right-1507562769-lMyQjAxMTE3NTE2MDkxODAyWj/

While Puerto Rico Fights For Aid, This Long-Forgotten Island Remains 'Slum of the Pacific’ 
https://www.ecowatch.com/ebeye-slum-island-2493324462.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5120419626-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5120419626-85328381

Did FDR End the Great Depression?
https://www.prageru.com/courses/history/did-fdr-end-great-depression

A Lesson In Free-Market Economics: Gay Shop Owner Kicks Christians Out Of His Business Because Their Beliefs ‘Offend’ Him (WARNING:  Contains offensive language)
http://www.dailywire.com/news/22042/lesson-free-market-economics-gay-shop-owner-kicks-frank-camp?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=100917-news-title&utm_campaign=lead

Indigenous activists claim UC Berkeley’s campus is “stolen land”
http://redalertpolitics.com/2017/10/10/indigenous-activists-claim-uc-berkeleys-campus-stolen-land/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter%20-%2010/10/17&utm_medium=email

The News in Zingers 
http://jewishworldreview.com/1017/hamilton.php3

LAS VEGAS SHOOTER
The Possible Las Vegas Motive That Only Mark Steyn Is Talking About
http://www.dailywire.com/news/22026/possible-las-vegas-motive-only-mark-steyn-talking-tyler-dahnke?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=100917-news-title&utm_campaign=three

NFL
Can the NFL Survive National Polarization?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/452508/nfl-football-polarization-problem-politics-could-destroy-league?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-10-10&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

SCIENCE
The False ‘Science’ of Implicit Bias
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-false-science-of-implicit-bias-1507590908-lMyQjAxMTI3MDEwMDgxMzAzWj/

DEFENSE
8 Of The Most Advanced Military Bases The U.S. Operates
http://blog.theveteranssite.com/cs-advanced-military-bases/

BIG BROTHER
Commit a crime? Your Fitbit, key fob or pacemaker could snitch on you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/commit-a-crime-your-fitbit-key-fob-or-pacemaker-could-snitch-on-you/2017/10/09/f35a4f30-8f50-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.e122de98bd89&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

IMMIGRATION
7 unexpected requests on Trump's immigration reform wish list
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/7-unexpected-requests-on-trumps-immigration-reform-wish-list/article/2636991?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Examiner+Today&utm_source=StructureCMS

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“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”
                ~ Jack London

ADDED - A TRUMP ANAYLIS - "HE FIGHTS"

He Fights
by Evan Sayet
July 13, 2017
Evan Douglas Sayet is a comedian and conservative speaker.  He is the nations leading conservative speaker, an in-demand Master of Ceremony for Republican events.  Sayet is the author of The KinderGarden Of Eden:  How The Modern Liberal Thinks And Why He's Convinced That Ignorance Is Bliss.

My Leftist friends (as well as many ardent #NeverTrumpers) constantly ask me if I’m not bothered by Donald Trump’s lack of decorum. They ask if I don’t think his tweets are “beneath the dignity of the office.” Here’s my answer: We Right-thinking people have tried dignity. There could not have been a man of more quiet dignity than George W. Bush as he suffered the outrageous lies and politically motivated hatreds that undermined his presidency. We tried statesmanship. Could there be another human being on this earth who so desperately prized “collegiality” as John McCain? We tried propriety – has there been a nicer human being ever than Mitt Romney? And the results were always the same. This is because, while we were playing by the rules of dignity, collegiality and propriety, the Left has been, for the past 60 years, engaged in a knife fight where the only rules are those of Saul Alinsky and the Chicago mob.

I don’t find anything “dignified,” “collegial” or“proper” about Barack Obama’s lying about what went down on the streets of Ferguson in order to ramp up racial hatreds because racial hatreds serve the Democratic Party. I don’t see anything “dignified” in lying about the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi and imprisoning an innocent filmmaker to cover your tracks. I don’t see anything “statesman-like” in weaponizing the IRS to be used to destroy your political opponents and any dissent. Yes, Obama was “articulate” and “polished” but in no way was he in the least bit “dignified,” “collegial” or “proper.”

The Left has been engaged in a war against America since the rise of the Children of the ‘60s. To them, it has been an all-out war where nothing is held sacred and nothing is seen as beyond the pale. It has been a war they’ve fought with violence, the threat of violence, demagoguery and lies from day one – the violent take-over of the universities – till today. The problem is that, through these years, the Left has been the only side fighting this war. While the Left has been taking a knife to anyone who stands in their way, the Right has continued to act with dignity, collegiality and propriety. With Donald Trump, this all has come to an end. Donald Trump is America ’s first wartime president in the Culture War.

During wartime, things like “dignity” and “collegiality” simply aren’t the most essential qualities one looks for in their warriors. Ulysses Grant was a drunk whose behavior in peacetime might well have seen him drummed out of the Army for conduct unbecoming. Had Abraham Lincoln applied the peacetime rules of propriety and booted Grant, the Democrats might well still be holding their slaves today. Lincoln rightly recognized that, “I cannot spare this man. He fights.”

General George Patton was a vulgar-talking, son-of-a-bitch. In peacetime, this might have seen him stripped of rank. But, had Franklin Roosevelt applied the normal rules of decorum then, Hitler and the Socialists would be five decades into their thousand-year Reich.

Trump is fighting. And what’s particularly delicious is that, like Patton standing over the battlefield as his tanks obliterated Rommel’s, he’s shouting, “You magnificent bastards, I read your book!” That is just the icing on the cake, but it’s wonderful to see that not only is Trump fighting, he’s defeating the Left using their own tactics. That book is Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals – a book so essential to the Liberals’ war against America that it is and was the playbook for the entire Obama administration and the subject of Hillary Clinton’s senior thesis. It is a book of such pure evil, that, just as the rest of us would dedicate our book to those we most love or those to whom we are most indebted, Alinsky dedicated his book to Lucifer.

Trump’s tweets may seem rash and unconsidered but, in reality, he is doing exactly what Alinsky suggested his followers do. First, instead of going after “the fake media” — and they are so fake that they have literally gotten every single significant story of the past 60 years not just wrong, but diametrically opposed to the truth, from the Tet Offensive to Benghazi, to what really happened on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri — Trump isolated CNN. He made it personal.

Then, just as Alinsky suggests, he employs ridicule which Alinsky described as “the most powerful weapon of all.” .... Most importantly, Trump’s tweets have put CNN in an untenable and unwinnable position. ... They need to respond. This leaves them with only two choices. They can either “go high” (as Hillary would disingenuously declare of herself and the fake news would disingenuously report as the truth) and begin to honestly and accurately report the news or they can double-down on their usual tactics and hope to defeat Trump with twice their usual hysteria and demagoguery. The problem for CNN (et al.) with the former is that, if they were to start honestly reporting the news, that would be the end of the Democratic Party they serve.

It is nothing but the incessant use of fake news (read: propaganda) that keeps the Left alive. Imagine, for example, if CNN had honestly and accurately reported then-candidate Barack Obama’s close ties to foreign terrorists (Rashid Khalidi), domestic terrorists (William Ayers), the mafia (Tony Rezko) or the true evils of his spiritual mentor, Jeremiah Wright’s church. Imagine if they had honestly and accurately conveyed the evils of the Obama administration’s weaponizing of the IRS to be used against their political opponents or his running of guns to the Mexican cartels or the truth about the murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and the Obama administration’s cover-up.

So, to my friends on the Left — and the #NeverTrumpers as well — do I wish we lived in a time when our president could be “collegial” and “dignified” and “proper”? Of course I do. These aren’t those times. This is war. And it’s a war that the Left has been fighting without opposition for the past 50 years. So, say anything you want about this president - I get it - he can be vulgar, he can be crude, he can be undignified at times. I don’t care. I can’t spare this man. He fights for America!

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
4 Tips For Veterans Trying To Get A Foot In The Door Of The Corporate World
http://taskandpurpose.com/4-tips-veterans-trying-get-foot-door-corporate-world/

The Secret to Success
https://www.prageru.com/courses/life-studies/secret-success

Night sky from sea caves
http://earthsky.org/todays-image/astrophotos-milky-way-sea-caves-california-sept-2017?mc_cid=00238b49c6&mc_eid=11b1b20d94

Manchaca Monarchs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_campaign=govdelivery-email-owt-sept2017&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=govdelivery&v=koyKTM6Wcjk&utm_medium=email&app=desktop

HEALTH
 Scientists writing in the journal of the American Society for Microbiology recently recommended that parents not discourage children from picking their noses because snot contains a "rich reservoir of good bacteria" beneficial to teeth and overall health (fighting, for example, respiratory infections and even HIV). [Metro News (London), 5-2-2017] [Daily Telegraph (London), 5-5-2017]

Gym goer has to call firefighters to slice up dumbbell weight he had managed to get his penis stuck in while training in Germany (Nobody could make this stuff up ... )
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4892552/Man-freed-firefighters-sticking-penis-weight.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline

If you can answer this riddle, apparently you're a psychopath
https://hellogiggles.com/lifestyle/health-fitness/riddle-shows-if-youre-a-psychopath/

EDUCATION
6-Year-Old Takes A Knee During Pledge Of Allegiance. Mother: 'Our Little Black Boys ... Are Not Going To Be Silenced' (IMHO, mom looking for her "15 minutes" and, perhaps, a settlement?)
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21693/6-year-old-takes-knee-during-pledge-allegiance-hank-berrien?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092917-news-title&utm_campaign=four

ABORIGINAL AMERICANS
Liquid genocide: alcohol destroyed Pine Ridge reservation - then they fought back
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/29/pine-ridge-indian-reservation-south-dakota?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=245819&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

ALT____
Antifa Plans “Civil War” to Overthrow the Government
http://blabber.buzz/politics/conservative-news/235372-antifa-plans-civil-war-to-overthrow-the-government

Antifa: New Documentary by Trevor Loudon Pulls Off the Mask
http://blabber.buzz/politics/conservative-news/235065-antifa-new-documentary-by-trevor-loudon-pulls-off-the-mask

NFL
The NFL Has Its Hands Deep in Taxpayer Money
http://dailysignal.com/2017/09/27/nfl-hands-deep-taxpayer-money/

Chris Stigall: Call Vegas - I’m Putting It All on Trump
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/09/25/chris-stigall-call-vegas-im-putting-it-all-on-trump/

Sheriffs join NFL protest, back pub under attack for turning games off
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sheriffs-join-nfl-protest-back-pub-under-attack-for-turning-games-off/article/2636057

MOMENTUM FOR THE ANTHEM: Steelers Star Announces That Entire Team Will Stand For Anthem
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21685/momentum-anthem-steelers-star-announces-entire-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092917-news-title&utm_campaign=two

BRONCOS BACK DOWN: Denver Players Pledge Not To Kneel Next Sunday For Anthem
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21682/broncos-back-down-denver-players-pledge-not-kneel-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092917-news-title&utm_campaign=three

Kaepernick Foundation Gave $25K to Group Honoring Cop-Killer
http://blabber.buzz/politics/conservative-news/235501-kaepernick-foundation-gave-25k-to-group-honoring-cop-killer

BUSINESS
The Blade Runner Curse and the Overestimation of Corporate Might
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451981/science-fiction-corporations-not-omnipotent-capitalism-ensures-competition?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=170929_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

TECHNOLOGY
FAA makes it illegal to fly drones around the Statue of Liberty and other major landmarks
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/faa-makes-it-illegal-to-fly-drones-around-the-statue-of-liberty-and-other-major-landmarks-2017-09-28

CYBER SECURITY
Online thieves may be exploiting the Equifax panic, researchers say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/09/28/online-thieves-may-be-exploiting-the-equifax-panic-researchers-say/?utm_term=.a68442b83413&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

MILITARY
Air Force Academy leader delivers powerful speech on race
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-air_force_academy_leader_delivers_powerful_speech-ap

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Teens assault family at Six Flags after being asked to stop swearing, police say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/29/teens-assault-family-at-six-flags-after-being-asked-to-stop-swearing-police-say/?utm_term=.8cde50a34702&wpisrc=nl_mix&wpmm=1

TERRORISM
ISIS Warns U.S. Muslims of New Attacks: Stay Out of Public Places
https://www.infowars.com/isis-warns-u-s-muslims-of-new-attacks-stay-out-of-public-places/

NORK
What is Worse Than a War with North Korea? A Sudden Collapse
https://www.yahoo.com/news/worse-war-north-korea-sudden-150800383.html

POLITICS
Why Trump Must Fire Obama Holdover Cordray
https://spectator.org/why-trump-must-fire-obama-holdover-cordray/

A new shock doctrine: in a world of crisis, morality can still win
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/28/labour-shock-doctrine-moral-strategy-naomi-klein?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=245819&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection
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“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”
                ~ Jack London

PLATT - Misc News

SPECIAL
The Lessons of Leonardo: How to Be a Creative Genius 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-lessons-of-leonardo-how-to-be-a-creative-genius-1506690180-lMyQjAxMTE3NjMzMDgzMDAyWj/

LONG READS
The father who went undercover to find his son’s killers
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/sep/28/the-father-who-went-undercover-to-find-his-sons-killers?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Long+Read+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=245896&subid=20430811&CMP=longread_collection

This island is not for sale: how Eigg fought back 
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/26/this-island-is-not-for-sale-how-eigg-fought-back?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Long+Read+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=245896&subid=20430811&CMP=longread_collection

GENERAL INTEREST
The curious case of the alien in the photo and the mystery that took years to solve
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/30/alien-photo-roswell-new-mexico-mystery?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=245965&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

The WIRE: Your week in review
https://personalliberty.com/wire-week-review-20-62/

HEALTH
Did a poisoned fish open my eyes to a culture of fear? 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/29/poisoned-fish-culture-fear-sasha-abramsky?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=245965&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

MARIA
Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor who begged for more help 
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-in_puerto_rico_mayor_begs_for_aid_as_trump_praises-ap

Neighboring mayor praises Trump, says San Juan mayor playing 'politics,' AWOL at meetings 
http://blabber.buzz/politics/conservative-news/236169-neighboring-mayor-praises-trump-says-san-juan-mayor-playing-politics-awol-at-meetings

Report: Puerto Rico Teamsters Union, “Frente Amplio”, Refuse to Deliver Supplies – Use Hurricane Maria as Contract Leverage…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/09/30/puerto-rico-teamsters-union-frente-amplio-refuse-to-deliver-supplies-use-hurricane-maria-as-contract-leverage/

ECOLOGY
Degraded Tropical Forests Now Release More Carbon Than They Store, New Study Finds
https://www.ecowatch.com/tropical-forests-emissions-2491021980.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=0f9c2341f7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-0f9c2341f7-85328381

Brazil Backs Off Controversial Plan to Open Amazon Forest to Mining 
https://www.ecowatch.com/brazil-amazon-mining-2490219108.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=840e4fb373-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-840e4fb373-85328381

Battle to Protect 50 Million Forest Acres May Finally Be Won After 16 Years 
https://www.ecowatch.com/earthjustice-roadless-rule-2490941377.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=840e4fb373-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-840e4fb373-85328381

Meet the Hummingbird Whisperer
https://www.ecowatch.com/hummingbird-whisperer-2490162480.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=840e4fb373-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-840e4fb373-85328381

SPORTS
NBA sends memo to all 30 teams warning players they MUST stand for national anthem
http://blabber.buzz/politics/conservative-news/235949-nba-sends-memo-to-all-30-teams-warning-players-they-must-stand-for-national-anthem

ENERGY
Here's How Lakes Could Power the Nation 
https://www.ecowatch.com/lakes-evaporation-energy-2490244130.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=840e4fb373-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-840e4fb373-85328381

MONEY
Here are the actual tax rates the biggest companies in America pay 
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-companies-may-enjoy-a-windfall-under-trumps-tax-plan-2017-09-29

TECHNOLOGY
Making the future work for all of us
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/making-the-future-work-for-all-of-us-2017-09-30

NATIONAL SECURITY
Equifax breach shows signs of a possible state-sponsored hack
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/equifax-breach-shows-signs-possible-223100521.html

NORK
Tillerson: U.S. is in direct contact with North Korea, is ‘probing’ talks 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tillerson-us-is-in-direct-contact-with-north-korea/2017/09/30/eecb3ed2-a5c3-11e7-8c37-e1d99ad6aa22_story.html?deferJs=true&outputType=default-article&utm_term=.bb347fa171d6

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                ~ Jack London

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PLATT - Misc News

GENERAL INTEREST
Old Commercials That Would Be "Politically Incorrect" Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66mQz44pPY4

O.J. Simpson Could Take Home $25,000 a Month Now That He's Released From Prison
http://time.com/money/4866377/oj-simpson-net-worth-pension-civil-lawsuit-parole/

O. J. Simpson murder case
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson_murder_case

News quiz: The mystery in Havana, a college sports scandal and more (8/10)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/30/news-quiz-the-big-mystery-in-havana-a-college-sports-scandal-and-more/?undefined=&utm_term=.d40265732da5&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

AGRICULTURE
Why small, local, organic farms aren’t the key to fixing our food system
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/why-small-local-organic-farms-arent-the-key-to-fixing-our-food-system/2017/09/21/146f72b2-9e4d-11e7-8ea1-ed975285475e_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.cc9ca5d64f01&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

SPORTS
I Can’t Imagine Why?: 180 NFL Players Protested the Anthem Last Week, Only 11 This Week
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/10/01/cant-imagine-why-last-week-180-nfl-players-protested-anthem-far-week-11/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+breitbart+%28Breitbart+News%29

MARIA
One Day in the Life of Battered Puerto Rico
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/30/us/24-hours-in-puerto-rico-after-hurricane-maria.html?emc=edit_nn_20171001&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

In the Virgin Islands, Hurricane Maria Drowned What Irma Didn’t Destroy
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/us/hurricane-maria-virgin-islands.html?emc=edit_nn_20171001&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

NATIONAL SECURITY
The President and Nuclear Weapons Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Trump Having the Bomb
https://warontherocks.com/2017/09/the-president-and-nuclear-weapons-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-trump-having-the-bomb/

MEDIA
Why Hasn’t Rachel Maddow Apologized For Her Anthony Weiner Conspiracy Theories?
http://thefederalist.com/2017/09/25/hasnt-rachel-maddow-apologized-anthony-weiner-conspiracy-theories/

TERRORISM
Terror attack horror in Canada as driver with ISIS flag deliberately rams pedestrians
https://mg.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=neo&reason=bkt_myc#8649457544

NORK
Trump usurps Tillerson: a waste of time to negotiate with North Korea (I don't understand the strategy here ... if there is one.)
http://blabber.buzz/politics/conservative-news/236423-trump-says-its-a-waste-of-time-to-negotiate-with-north-korea

POLITICS
Mainstream Media Joins Push to Do Away With Electoral College
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/mainstream-media-joins-push-to-do-away-with-electoral-college/

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“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”
                ~ Jack London

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