Sunday, February 4, 2018

PLATT - MISC News






SPECIAL
'Fiction is outperforming reality': how YouTube's algorithm distorts truth (YouTube elected Trump !?!?)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/02/how-youtubes-algorithm-distorts-truth?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262695&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

The deadly ignorance on the road to Rome
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden020218.php3

GENERAL INTEREST
How a dog was 'approved' for $360 per week in unemployment benefits
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/dog_unenployment.php3

The Mental Tricks of Athletic Endurance
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-mental-tricks-of-athletic-endurance-1517583851-lMyQjAxMTI4NzA0MzcwNDMzWj/

Read The Funny Exchange Between Shapiro And The Rock
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26700/shapiro-and-johnson-hank-berrien

Did you see the showering rat video? It explains why Trump won 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/03/showering-rat-video-trump-outrage-skincare-olive-garden?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262827&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH
Nurse's hilarious flu rant goes viral: 'Just wash your stinking hands!'
https://www.yahoo.com/style/nurses-hilarious-flu-rant-goes-viral-just-wash-stinking-hands-180931809.html

U.S. Pays Billions for ‘Assisted Living,’ but What Does It Get?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/us/politics/assisted-living-gaps.html?mabReward=ART_CBD1&recid=103ckFi2aSfsS2FF5ZNlmrCMvza&recp=2&module=WelcomeBackModal&contentCollection=Politics&region=FixedCenter&action=click&src=recg&pgtype=article

Is the White House Finally About to Embrace the CREATES Act?
https://townhall.com/columnists/mytheosholt/2018/02/02/is-the-white-house-finally-about-to-embrace-the-creates-act-n2443573?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

FINANCIAL
The risks of an economic 'hard landing' are rising in the US
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/risks-economic-hard-landing-rising-us-165403902.html

6 Reasons That Pay Has Lagged Behind U.S. Job Growth
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/01/business/economy/wages-salaries-job-market.html?emc=edit_nn_20180202&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Bitcoin, titcoin, ponzicoin: jokes and scams fuel a cryptocurrency gold rush 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/02/bitcoin-bananacoin-prodeum-cryptocurrencies?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262695&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

JOBS
There's a Reason Democrats Don't Want Americans to Have Jobs
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/02/01/theres-reason-democrats-dont-want-americans-to-have-jobs.html

ECOLOGY
It’s Time to Raise the Reefs 
https://www.ecowatch.com/its-time-to-raise-the-reefs-2528897812.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=9ef44ac95d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-9ef44ac95d-85328381

TECHNOLOGY
Thanks, SB ...


DEFENSE
White House Wants Pentagon to Offer More Options on North Korea
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/us/politics/white-house-pentagon-north-korea.html?emc=edit_nn_20180202&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

IMMIGRATION
Family furious that sanctuary ordinance didn’t prevent ICE arrest
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38465?omhide=true

TERRORISM
Trinidad's jihadis: how tiny nation became Isis recruiting ground 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/02/trinidad-jihadis-isis-tobago-tariq-abdul-haqq?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262695&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

RUSSIAGATE
The Big Flaw in the Memo
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456063/nunes-memo-big-flaw-confirms-new-york-times-story?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-02-03&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POLITICS
That upcoming Democratic rout? Suddenly, it's looking far less certain 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/bump020218.php3

-- 
"Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues,
the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great
intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which
yields most painfully to change."
          - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929

Saturday, February 3, 2018

PLATT - MISC News



SPECIAL
The un-Americans
http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=12704

GENERAL INTEREST
Rags to Riches
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/01/poor-americans-poverty-rich-class?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262564&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Going beyond bourbon: You can now buy ‘mixing water’ from Kentucky 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/going-beyond-bourbon-you-can-now-buy-mixing-water-from-kentucky-2018-02-02

PHYSICAL HEALTH
Flu numbers hit fresh highs: 16 new reports of child deaths from flu since last week
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/16-us-children-died-flu-last-week-bringing-165103856--abc-news-topstories.html

6 Things to Know About the Global Superbug Crisis
https://www.ecowatch.com/global-superbug-crisis-2529961065.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=7724bde667-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-7724bde667-85328381

How healthy is YOUR state? Map reveals tobacco-loving North Dakota has the highest rate of life-threatening illness - but its neighbors are fitter than anywhere else
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5344835/Is-state-healthy.html

MENTAL HEALTH
Can schools really ban 'best friends'?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/kass013118.php3

Why college grads are more miserable at work than high school grads
https://moneyish.com/ish/why-that-college-degree-wont-guarantee-youll-like-your-job/

SCAMS
There's A Nasty Netflix Scam Going Around. Here's How To Avoid It
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/money-theres_a_nasty_netflix_scam_going_around_heres_how-rtime/category/finance

SPORTS
Cleveland Indians Bench Chief Wahoo
https://earloftaint.com/2018/01/29/cleveland-indians-bench-chief-wahoo/

CLIMATE CHANGE
We can battle climate change without Washington DC. Here's how
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/01/climate-change-action-trump?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262564&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SCIENCE
100 Petawatt lasers could generate antimatter from vacuum and create commercial nuclear fusion
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/02/100-petawatt-lasers-could-generate-antimatter-from-vacuum-and-create-commercial-nuclear-fusion.html

BIOLOGY
How a hungry, hardy bacteria eats toxic metals and excretes gold nuggets
https://newatlas.com/bacteria-toxic-gold-nuggets/53230/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=111f088536-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-111f088536-91357693

ARCHAEOLOGY
Mysterious Lost Maya Cities Discovered In Guatemalan Jungle
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-mysterious_lost_maya_cities_discovered_in_guatemal-rfoxnews/category/news

TECHNOLOGY
The punk rock internet – how DIY ​​rebels ​are working to ​replace the tech giants 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/01/punk-rock-internet-diy-rebels-working-replace-tech-giants-snoopers-charter?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262564&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Data is the new lifeblood of capitalism – don't hand corporate America control 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/31/data-laws-corporate-america-capitalism?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262564&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

POWER
 Why the rest of U.S. power grid lags behind Texas
https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Why-the-rest-of-U-S-power-grid-lags-behind-12543115.php?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60398714&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7yLAKA2j3iICGFycAVeMIyeEhNmoupwhWxHtE1fWnQpnBmIyUeXKkZhGb0uLUEC9TMy-QGVRK3t22dtMHpjATuRbaYw&_hsmi=60398714

DEFENSE
Sure looks like China has a ship-mounted railgun
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sure-looks-china-ship-mounted-191815169.html

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Woman claims illegal aliens threatened her if she didn’t help them

http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38396?omhide=true

Black Lives Matter Minnesota issues ‘travel alert’ for St. Paul
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38432?omhide=true

BIG BROTHER
New Mexico Lawmakers Want to Force High Schoolers to Apply for College, and That’s Dumb
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456033/new-mexico-high-school-juniors-college-applications-required?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180202_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

IMMIGRATION
When Democrats Wanted to Compromise on Immigration
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456028/democrats-once-welcomed-immigration-compromise?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-02&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Trump says an immigration deal by March 5 'could very well not happen'
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/02/02/trump-says-an-immigration-deal-by-march-5-could-very-well-not-happen-n2443786?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=


MEMO
A Reckoning for the FBI
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/a-reckoning-for-the-fbi-1517617641-lMyQjAxMTI4NzA0MjcwNDIzWj/

Nune's Memo
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/memo_and_white_house_letter.pdf

Read the full memo shaming the FBI - and reveals how top official's WIFE worked for the D.C. smear firm which Hillary paid to keep Trump out of office
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5345727/Read-memo-shames-FBI.html

Sen. John McCain On Nunes Memo Release: ‘We Are Doing Putin’s Job For Him’
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sen-john-mccain-nunes-memo-putin_us_5a749987e4b06ee97af24494?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313

RUSSIAGATE
The Gang That Couldn’t Lie Straight
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456030/robert-mueller-investigation-russia-collusion-obstruction-justice-trump-tower-meeting-emails-hope-hicks&hl=en&geo=US?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-02&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POTUS
Can Trump transcend his Twitter persona? The answer could determine GOP's fate 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/can-trump-transcend-his-twitter-persona-answer-could-determine-gops-fate/article/2647893

Trump's mysterious ratings mixup 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-mysterious-ratings-mixup/article/2647821

POLITICS



-- 
"Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues,
the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great
intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which
yields most painfully to change."
          - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929

A Marine is interviewed. History

https://youtu.be/rWc5RIcQL9U

Friday, February 2, 2018

PLATT - MISC. News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Woodpile Report (survival)
http://www.woodpilereport.com/

If You’re a Purist About Scotch Whisky, You Might Find This Hard to Swallow
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/if-youre-a-purist-about-scotch-whisky-you-might-find-this-hard-to-swallow-1516728633-lMyQjAxMTE4MDIwNDkyMjQ4Wj/

Online English Vocabulary Size Test (
https://www.arealme.com/vocabulary-size-test/en/

How Hurricane Maria forced Puerto Ricans to change their hair
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/24/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-hairstyles?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=261679&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Advocates make argument for extending food stamps to pets 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/pet_food_stamps.php3

BUDGET
Opinion: The next budget deal will show how well Democrats play poker 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-next-budget-deal-cant-give-trump-his-wall-2018-01-23

BUSINESS
Teamsters Tell UPS: No Drones or Driverless Trucks 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/teamsters-tell-ups-no-drones-or-driverless-trucks-1516795200-lMyQjAxMTI4MTIzNDMyMzQ4Wj/

French Companies Have Newfound Freedom … to Fire
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/business/france-labor-jobs.html?emc=edit_nn_20180124&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

CLIMATE CHANGE
Archaeologists Race Melting Glaciers to Rescue Iron and Bronze Age Artifacts Exposed by Climate Change
http://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-rescue-thousands-rare-iron-and-bronze-age-artifacts-climate-788771?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

GEOLOGY
Geologists find that a remote region of Australia was once connected to Canada
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/geologists-find-remote-region-australia-was-once-connected-canada

TECHNOLOGY
Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on California freeway
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/22/tesla-on-autopilot-slams-into-parked-fire-truck-on-freeway/

Who's driving? Autonomous cars may be entering the most dangerous phase
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/24/self-driving-cars-dangerous-period-false-security?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=261679&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

How a gang of crooks hijacked your web browser
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gang-crooks-hijacked-web-browser-215742162.html

How to stop rogue ads that can set you up for malware
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stop-rogue-ads-can-set-malware-195555212.html

You'd be stupid to turn off Apple's iPhone performance limiter
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/youd-stupid-turn-off-apples-iphone-performance-limiter-204404913.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
NSA Deletes “Honesty” and “Openness” From Core Values
https://theintercept.com/2018/01/24/nsa-core-values-honesty-deleted/

MILITARY
This Is the Odd-Looking Fighter That Could Have Replaced the F-22 Raptor
https://www.yahoo.com/news/odd-looking-fighter-could-replaced-145700691.html

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Did Democrats Turn The FBI Into A Corrupt Anti-Trump Tool, Or Are Republicans Destroying A Treasured Institution To Save Trump?     
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26284/did-democrats-turn-fbi-corrupt-anti-trump-tool-or-ben-shapiro

BIG BROTHER
Government Snooping Survives Government “Shutdown”
https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbarr/2018/01/24/government-snooping-survives-government-shutdown-n2438644?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

MEDIA
NBC’s Lester Holt ripped for saying he’s been ‘treated with respect’ in North Korea
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/23/lester-holt-nbc-news-anchor-ripped-saying-hes-been/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTmpCaVl6UTNZbVptWm1JNSIsInQiOiJxT2VYcEFDZk5KRis1RjFrcFBJQmdNYzhFamJsRmNYQXVmbzgxdWxYanVjbkxCbmtnb3ZDSWEyXC9nSVFqSDBXTVRvR1NSSXhcL1hcL2FDWVwvME50a1lxRnNZbDZDSFFZU2xManZyMHFcL2ttZzVjME9pVnMwNURMZHNnODFCcVwvd1pFKyJ9

DELUSIONAL: MSNBC Anchor Joy Reid Says The Democrats Only Look Bad Because The Media Loves Republicans
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26219/delusional-msnbc-anchor-joy-reid-says-democrats-ben-shapiro

IMMIGRATION
The loss of a son fueled a father's fight against illegal immigration. And there's little room for debate
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-rosenberg-20180124-story.html

FULL OF IT: Here's Why Democrats And Republicans Probably Won't Reach A Deal On Illegal Immigration
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26243/full-it-heres-why-democrats-and-republicans-ben-shapiro

MIDDLE EAST
How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/magazine/how-arafat-eluded-israels-assassination-machine.html?emc=edit_nn_20180124&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

RUSSIAGATE
Thousands of FBI cellphones affected by glitch that lost Strzok-Page texts, officials say (How convenient ...)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/24/thousands-fbi-cellphones-affected-by-glitch-that-lost-strzok-page-texts-officials-say.html

Release the Memo and Release the Evidence
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455727/release-the-memo-and-evidence?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-01-24&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POLITICS
“This place sucks”: Manchin warns Dems they could remain in the minority “the rest of your life”
https://mail.yahoo.com/?.intl=us&amp%3B.lang=en-US&amp%3B.partner=none&amp%3B.src=finance#5960263035

Will Tom Steyer Trump the Democrats?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455722/tom-steyer-impeachment-push-support-liberal-base?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-01-24&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

'NeverTrumpers' face vexing question: What to make of Trump successes? 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/york012418.php3

The Obama Government’s Secret Societies
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/269115/obama-governments-secret-societies-daniel-greenfield

-- "Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929

PLATT - MISC News


GENERAL INTEREST
Never put a feral hamster in a Yeti cup and try wearing a floor mat as a tube top.
https://riversidecountynewssource.org/2017/11/28/guest-writer-spotlight-never-put-a-feral-hamster-in-a-yeti-cup-and-try-wearing-a-floor-mat-as-a-tube-top/

Owl Perches on Traffic Camera in Finland, Stare Down Ensues
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/owl-perches-on-traffic-camera-in-finland-stare-down-ensues?pl=pl-the-lift

Psst - Women really want "granny panties" for Valentine's Day
https://moneyish.com/splurge/psst-women-really-want-granny-panties-for-valentines-day/

Michael Wolff says Trump ‘was right’ about Mika Brzezinski after MSNBC host kicks him off set
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/1/michael-wolff-says-trump-was-right-about-mika-brze/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURSbU9EWTVPRGs1WWpnMyIsInQiOiJtOEN6VXRFMjdcL1FLM21wcHh3MzRSTHdrS1lWOEd4NnhJdUF3VjhiS1Y1b0U4SFk4Q213d3dTakxuRm5mMTAzYXQrSFkrZ05ZMW5wdHgrMzJwQkJDd1wvVitQaEZcL1R4WGVXT0lLVzdZUWVKWk8xbE8xSytmSFpucmhBNUV5aFZrZiJ9

ENVIRONMENT
'Outrageous' Gold Rush-Style Grab of Public Lands to Begin Friday
https://www.ecowatch.com/bears-ears-monument-controversy-2530487057.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=0c919a2b95-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-0c919a2b95-85328381

ECOLOGY
Social justice warriors are coming for your outdoor cat 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-latest-scourge-of-progressive-neighborhoods-your-pet-cat-2018-01-31

New Sightings of 'Putin's Tigers' Are Good News for Conservation in Russia
https://www.ecowatch.com/tiger-conservation-russia-2530225071.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=0c919a2b95-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-0c919a2b95-85328381

CYBER SECURITY
New Service, Same Old Equifax: Credit Locking App Freezes Up
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/your-money/new-service-same-old-equifax-credit-locking-app-freezes-up.html?emc=edit_nn_20180201&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

DEFENSE
Electronic Warfare Trumps Cyber For Deterring Russia 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/electronic-warfare-trumps-cyber-for-deterring-russia/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60370784&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--RVpUYmQPfuSmDdKpWIEwGLQRU6qUz_lEbjzS-OJMwelbnnPu0VFuiKwk9H7I9od_0w5H97cLkXXK-9VyXGu9lf84hGA&_hsmi=60370784

NAVY
Leaks, feasts and sex parties: How ‘Fat Leonard’ infiltrated the Navy’s floating headquarters in Asia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/leaks-feasts-and-sex-parties-how-fat-leonard-infiltrated-the-navys-floating-headquarters-in-asia/2018/01/23/4d31555c-efdd-11e7-97bf-bba379b809ab_story.html?utm_term=.94382bb902e3&wpisrc=al_trending_now__alert-world--alert-national&wpmk=1

RUSSIAGATE
FBI statement says the FISA memo is inaccurate – here’s Devin Nunes’ fiery response
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/31/fbi-statement-says-the-fisa-memo-is-inaccurate-heres-devin-nunes-fiery-response

WSJ Columnist Explains Why This FISA Memo Tantrum By Democrats Doesn't Matter
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/02/01/wsj-columnist-explains-why-this-memo-tampering-tantrum-by-democrats-doesnt-matter-n2443119?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

IMMIGRATION
Illegal aliens insulted that Trump said American citizens are dreamers too
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38349?omhide=true

SOTU
Democrats Boo America (Classic Coulter ...)
http://www.freedomsback.com/democrats-boo-america

POLITICS
Rethinking the Geography of Power
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455996/rethinking-geography-power-disperse-governing-institutions-more-widely?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180201_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

-- "Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929

Thursday, February 1, 2018

PLATT - MISC News


SPECIAL
The biggest threat to democracy is in your pocket
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-biggest-threat-to-democracy-is-in-your-pocket-2018-01-31

GENERAL INTEREST
Really Amazing: A must watch for all aviation maintenance personnel -Boeing Assembly Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE71NJl-naY

Gun-smuggling case puts spotlight on library straddling US-Canada border
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/31/canada-border-library-gun-smuggling-case?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262447&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH
Vitamin D3 could help heal or prevent cardiovascular damage (There is a cardio MD on the DL.  Perhaps, she has a response to this?)
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180130140242.htm

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Democrats Are Stuck in an Immigration-Maximalist Mode
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455924/democrats-immigration-maximalism-chuck-schumer-options?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180131_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

ACLU Whines That Trump Saying 'America' Too Many Times During State of the Union Was 'Exclusionary'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisreeves/2018/01/31/aclu-digs-in-supporting-illegal-immigrants-violent-anarchists-hating-america-n2442357?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

FINANCIAL
Clueless about bitcoin? Here’s your cryptocurrency crash course 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/clueless-about-bitcoin-heres-your-cryptocurrency-crash-course-2018-01-31

BUSINESS
Woman Suing Walmart For 'Racism' Because They Lock Up Hair Extensions. Gloria Allred Is Representing Her. 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26479/watch-woman-suing-walmart-racism-because-they-lock-amanda-prestigiacomo

What to do if you are the subject of office gossip like Nikki Haley
https://moneyish.com/ish/what-to-do-if-youre-the-subject-of-office-gossip-like-nikki-haley/

ENVIRONMENT
Lake Michigan Clarity a Good Thing?
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/lake-michigan-clarity-a-good-thing?pl=pl-the-lift

Dangerously Low on Water, Cape Town Now Faces ‘Day Zero’
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/world/africa/cape-town-day-zero.html?emc=edit_nn_20180131&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

CLIMATE CHANGE
1200-year mini Ice Age was caused by global warming
https://cosmosmagazine.com/climate/1200-year-mini-ice-age-was-caused-by-global-warming

DEFENSE
Congress Must Protect Tech From DoD Bureaucracy, And Itself: Experts 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/congress-must-protect-tech-from-dod-bureaucracy-and-itself-experts/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60335584&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-90_QRm374mmBGRpAdv5uhNmN4j4ZKUs6gIK0zrU_jJpZBxaaDseTcHtYsEBXVxMyQ4O6QZAFYCzF8qz4Mznib-hF6yXA&_hsmi=60335584

LAW ENFORCEMENT
FBI Officials Knew of New Clinton Emails Weeks Before Alerting Congress
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/fbi-officials-delayed-telling-congress-of-clinton-emails-discovered-before-2016-election-1517450265-lMyQjAxMTI4MTM5MTgzMjEzWj/

IMMIGRATION
Democrats Are Stuck in an Immigration-Maximalist Mode
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455924/democrats-immigration-maximalism-chuck-schumer-options?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180131_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Immigration Lies and Hypocrisy
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2018/01/31/immigration-lies-and-hypocrisy-n2441145?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

NORK
VCJCS Selva: North Korea Hasn’t Demonstrated Key Tech To Nuke US Yet 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/vcjcs-selva-north-korea-hasnt-demonstrated-key-tech-nuke-us-yet/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60335584&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-90_QRm374mmBGRpAdv5uhNmN4j4ZKUs6gIK0zrU_jJpZBxaaDseTcHtYsEBXVxMyQ4O6QZAFYCzF8qz4Mznib-hF6yXA&_hsmi=60335584

RUSSIAGATE
Seeing Through the Fog of Outrage Surrounding the Mueller Probe
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455916/donald-trump-robert-mueller-news-not-all-blockbuster-news?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-01-31&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

So, What's In The Democratic Response Memo To The House Intelligence Memo?     
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26545/so-whats-democratic-response-memo-house-ben-shapiro

SOTU
Trump Tries Taking On a New Role: Optimist (Neither the media nor the Dems will let him get away with that.)
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/trump-tries-taking-on-a-new-role-optimist-1517371199-lMyQjAxMTA4MDM2MTQzOTE5Wj/

Church, Family, Military… And All Other Terrible Things
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38307?omhide=true

Frank Luntz, former Trump hater: 'I owe Donald Trump an apology'
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/chumley013118.php3

Trump Divides Americans and Un-Americans
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/269181/trump-divides-americans-and-un-americans-daniel-greenfield

Quite a few folks made remarks about Nancy Pelosi’s facial expressions during Trump’s address last night. I think that look of consternation is best described as, “that feeling when you’ve assembled the IKEA cabinet but for some reason you have a whole bag of screws left over.” 
-   Jim Geraghty, The Morning Jolt

Thanks, DW ...

-- "Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929