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GENERAL INTEREST

AFI's 100 Years, 100 Movie Quotes (Musical Montage)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/594Oxq4c0XA?feature=player_embedded%20

Americans dish on the worst Valentine's gift they ever got and, what they really wanted.  (Valentine's Day is just another scam ... IMHO.)
https://moneyish.com/heart/americans-dish-on-the-worst-valentines-gifts-theyve-gotten-and-what-they-really-wanted/

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/hamilton.php3

How a prehistoric fruit wound up at your Super Bowl party 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/avacado_superbowl.php3

MENTAL HEALTH
Look at me: why attention-seeking is the defining need of our times
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/05/crimes-of-attention-stalkers-killers-jihadists-longing?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262982&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

EDUCATION
Red Alert: Social justice warriors ruin college statistics curriculum by including social justice 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/social-justice-warriors-ruin-college-statistics-curriculum-by-including-social-justice/article/2648035

5th-Grade Exam Question Leaves Internet Stumped
http://www.newser.com/story/254741/5th-grade-exam-question-leaves-internet-stumped.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_world_syn

ECONOMY
Why good economic news is bad 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will020318.php3

CLIMATE CHANGE
Can Climate Models Predict Climate Change?
https://www.prageru.com/videos/can-climate-models-predict-climate-change

ENVIRONMENT
Can the Great Lakes Become Fishable, Drinkable and Swimmable Again? 
https://www.ecowatch.com/great-lakes-ecosystem-2529953689.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=86aad606b9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-86aad606b9-85328381

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Biased FBI and DOJ Officials Broke The Law And Tried To Decide The Election - an Annotated Timeline
https://www.forbes.com/sites/unicefusa/2018/01/11/end-stigma-end-trafficking/#71c303ff3a8a

JUDICIARY
Legal Authority in the Clouds
https://townhall.com/columnists/peterferrara/2018/02/05/legal-authority-in-the-clouds-n2444303?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

RIOTING
Black Lives Matter: Philadelphia Super Bowl Riots Reaction ‘Glaring Example of White Privilege’ (Like it or not, he's got a point.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-lives-matter-philadelphia-super-135325429.html

IMMIGRATION
New bipartisan immigration bill would leave out Trump’s priorities 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-bipartisan-immigration-bill-would-leave-out-trumps-priorities-2018-02-04

Austin, TX to ban border wall contractors from future city contracts
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38436?omhide=true

ICE Agents Raid California “The Sanctuary State”
https://winningamericanow.com/2018/02/02/ice-agents-raid-california-the-sanctuary-state/

CANADA
Canadian PM: Sharia law is compatible with democracy
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/241567

SOUTH AFRICA
How Bell Pottinger, P.R. Firm for Despots and Rogues, Met Its End in South Africa
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/business/bell-pottinger-guptas-zuma-south-africa.html?emc=edit_nn_20180205&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

POLITICS
Some Democrats aren't buying the DNC's new 50-state strategy 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/some-democrats-arent-buying-the-dncs-new-50-state-strategy/article/2647896

George Soros Threatens President Trump, Says He Won’t Be Around in 2020 or Before
http://patrioticviralnews.com/articles/george-soros-threatens-president-trump-says-he-wont-be-around-in-2020-or-before/

Martha McSally is Worse Than Jeff Flake
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2018/02/05/martha-mcsally-is-worse-than-jeff-flake-n2444325?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Landmines left behind by the Obama administration and the Clinton campaign might soon start detonating --- on Dems 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/siegel020618.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, 1929ll to Arms, 1929

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GENERAL INTEREST
Real Americans vs. Our Effete Elites
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/01/real_americans_vs_our_effete_elites.html

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
5 Reason why you should not tweet in bed like Trump does
https://moneyish.com/upgrade/5-reasons-why-you-shouldnt-tweet-in-bed-like-president-trump/

PARENTING
Time to Stop Criminalizing Parents Whose Kids Play Outside 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0118/skenazy013018.php3

???? RUNNING AMOK
Woman Denied Emotional Support Peacock On United Flight
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-woman_denied_emotional_support_peacock_on_united_f-rfoxnews/category/news+

People are bragging about becoming 401(k) millionaires — and posting their balances to social media
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/people-are-bragging-about-becoming-401k-millionaires----and-posting-their-balances-to-social-media-2018-01-29

SPORTS
Tom Brady reveals compassionate side in hoping radio host keeps his job
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/tom-brady-reveals-side-hoping-radio-show-host-keeps-job-030016557.html

Want to Launch Yourself Off a 4-Meter Ramp Like a Freestyle-Skiing Olympian?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/30/magazine/winter-olympics-freestyle-skiing.html?emc=edit_nn_20180130&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

ENVIRONMENT
Washington Governor Inslee Rejects Major Oil-by-Rail Project
https://www.ecowatch.com/washington-rejects-oil-project-2529919531.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=6c66e6c722-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-6c66e6c722-85328381

The Pebble Mine Is Too Toxic Even for the Trump Administration 
https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-suspends-pebble-mine-2529694490.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=6c66e6c722-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-6c66e6c722-85328381

WEATHER
Huge Waves Batter New Zealand Navy Ship in Vicious Storm
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/huge-waves-batter-new-zealand-navy-ship-in-vicious-storm?pl=pl-the-ari-effect

BUSINESS
After Trump tariffs, Chinese solar company says it will build U.S. factory
http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/30/news/economy/jinko-solar-us-china-trump/index.html

Tucked Into the Tax Bill, a Plan to Help Distressed America
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/business/tax-bill-economic-recovery-opportunity-zones.html?emc=edit_nn_20180130&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

INFRASTRUCTURE
'One big pothole’: will Trump fix America’s decaying infrastructure? 
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jan/30/us-crumbling-infrastructure-trump-state-of-union-address?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262297&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SCIENCE
Earth’s Magnetic Poles Show Signs They’re About to Flip—Exposing Humans to Radiation and Planet-Wide Blackouts
http://www.newsweek.com/earth-magnetic-poles-signs-flip-exposing-humans-radiation-blackout-795179?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

TECHNOLOGY
DroneGun Tactical is a portable (but still illegal) drone scrambler
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/30/dronegun-tactical-is-a-portable-but-still-illegal-drone-scrambler/

MILITARY
Russia Says Jet Kept A 'Safe Distance.' US Navy Says 5 Feet
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/newser-russia_says_jet_kept_a_safe_distance_us_navy_says-rnewsernor/category/news+

DEFENSE
DOTE: JSPOC JMS Needs Better Cyber; Space Fence Links At Risk 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/dote-jspoc-jms-needs-better-cyber-space-fence-links-at-risk/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60303981&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-89C__4ycXBKJHimuf1Y_QUssyrKPfcJVd-uFjSxluguOVy2YTlG6LLy57Q6A0f6vOdlB4egfnKHOY6qNpOBDOMbG-wtg&_hsmi=60303981

TRAITOROUS MEDIA 
The Tet Offensive Revisited: Media’s Big Lie
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455881/tet-offensive-media-bias-50th-anniversary?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-01-30&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

MEDIA RUNNING AMOK
MSNBC analyst suggests Devin Nunes is a Russian agent for penning secret FBI memo
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/30/john-heilemann-suggests-devin-nunes-russian-agent/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWWpGbE9ETXlaVGhrWW1WaSIsInQiOiJQME5oYUdLZ3g2VmpBRDhaVmdMaHBsWmxXVVZZcWdER3pzT2NoR0FBbEszSEhvY0drTWxxQnI2QjRoNUhJSWRGWVEyMzJGSUJ0R0U3cjZ1TFp2WUZDdlFBM2loU2NtRno1dHVPT1wvUklWcFpqSXF4VjUyQ3NZcTRxcTU5VSt0cEYifQ%3D%3D

IMMIGRATION
Trump playing chess on immigration, Dems playing checkers
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38113?omhide=true

ICE Deports Palestinian Man Living In The U.S. For Almost 40 Years Despite Outcry (There must be more to this story because, this does not make sense ... IMHO.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-deports-palestinian-man-living-100525890.html

Where Is the Push for E-Verify?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455906/immigration-negotiations-everify-missing?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-01-30&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

RUSSIAGATE
The FBI reportedly possesses a second dossier that alleges Trump is compromised by Russia
http://theweek.com/speedreads/751871/fbi-reportedly-possesses-second-dossier-that-alleges-trump-compromised-by-russia

Donald Trump Is Sticking it to Putin’s Russia and Making Obama Look Bad 
https://townhall.com/columnists/shawnmitchell/2018/01/30/donald-trump-is-sticking-it-to-putins-russia-and-making-obama-look-bad-n2441474?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

SOTU



POLITICS
Why a new U.S. Constitution may be the only way to fix the divided state of the union 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-a-new-us-constitution-may-be-the-only-way-to-fix-the-divided-state-of-the-union-2018-01-29

Government Shuts Down, Nation Descends into Riots, Looting and Cannibalism
https://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2018/01/government-shuts-down-nation-descends.html

The Most Corrupt President In American History?
http://manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2018/1/26/obama-the-most-corrupt-president-in-american-history

-- 
"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

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SPECIAL
Amazing Eagle Story – Freedom & Jeff
https://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/freedom.asp

GENERAL INTEREST
Clay Christensen on Religious Freedom (His personal views, not HBS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjntXYDPw44

Dead Sea: Could sinkholes' eerie beauty draw tourists?
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-42875135/dead-sea-could-sinkholes-eerie-beauty-draw-tourists

Wandering the Winds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=41&v=19IweKE3apA

"Ass" doesn't just mean "butt"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLnnuiCzuo&app=desktop

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (6/11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/02/briefing/02newsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180204&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

The WIRE: Your week in review
https://personalliberty.com/wire-week-review-20-79/

HEALTH
Soy, cow, almond, rice:  This study proves which is actually the healthiest
https://moneyish.com/ish/soy-cow-almond-rice-this-study-proves-which-milk-is-actually-the-healthiest/

PARENTING
Don’t Overdiscuss Your Teen’s Problems
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/dont-overdiscuss-your-teens-problems-1517589329-lMyQjAxMTI4NzA0NDcwNDQzWj/

FINANCIAL
Deja vu? It's looking like 1987 again for the US economy 
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/04/is-this-the-1987-us-economy-or-just-deja-vu?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262896&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Here’s what Super Bowl players can teach you about not blowing a salary bonus
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-what-super-bowl-lii-players-can-teach-you-about-not-blowing-a-salary-bonus-2018-02-01

SPORTS
Getting to the Winter Games Is an Olympic Headache
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/getting-to-the-winter-games-is-an-olympic-headache-1517659203-lMyQjAxMTI4MTA5NDgwMjQzWj/

WEATHER
South Dakota Record: -4 to 45 in 2 Minutes
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/south-dakota-record-4-to-45-in-3-minutes?pl=pl-the-latest

Black Ice Ruins this Man's Morning
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/black-ice-ruins-this-mans-morning?pl=pl-the-latest

ECOLOGY
In pursuit of the tortoise smugglers 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/02/in-pursuit-of-the-tortoise-smugglers-madagascar-trafficking-endangered-species?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Long+Read+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262787&subid=20430811&CMP=longread_collection

One way to observe Nature is just to be in nature
http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/29431-One-way-to-observe-Nature-is-just-to-be-in-nature.html

ENERGY
How Bill Gates aims to clean up the planet 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/04/carbon-emissions-negative-emissions-technologies-capture-storage-bill-gates?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=262896&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

CYBER SECURITY
Kevin Barnaby's Credit Stinks. He's 4 Years Old - What Happens When Your Mom Or Dad Steals Your Identity`
https://www.buzzfeed.com/leticiamiranda/what-happens-when-your-parent-steals-your-identity?utm_term=.uuDML5mzM#.btqk6DX0k

LAW ENFORCEMENT
A Reckoning for the FBI
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/a-reckoning-for-the-fbi-1517617641-lMyQjAxMTI4NzA0NDcwNDQzWj/

NORK
North Korea Slams Trump's State Of The Union Address
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-north_korea_slams_trumps_state_of_the_union_addres-ap/category/news

U.N. Report Faults China, Russia for Subverting North Korea Sanctions
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/u-n-report-faults-china-russia-for-subverting-north-korea-sanctions-1517610153-lMyQjAxMTI4MTA5NDgwMjQzWj/

MEMO
Why the Nunes memo just might work
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-nunes-memo-just-might-work-2018-02-02

Obama and the FISA Court
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/obama-and-the-fisa-court-1517608555-lMyQjAxMTI4ODAwNDAwNTQ3Wj/

Steve King’s Memo Warning: ‘Watch Closely for Barack Obama’s Fingerprints
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2018/02/03/steve-kings-memo-warning-watch-closely-for-barack-obamas-fingerprints/

UNIONS
Public-Employee Unions Do Not Promote Labor Peace
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456018/supreme-court-afscme-case-statistics-support-right-work?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180202_G-File&utm_term=GFile

Law-Enforcement Unions Have Too Much Power
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456031/law-enforcement-unions-powerful-obstacle-criminal-justice-reform-fiscal-responsibility?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180202_G-File&utm_term=GFile

POLITICS
The 40 Iron Laws of Politics in America
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2018/02/04/the-40-iron-laws-of-politics-in-america-n2444126?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

-- 
"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