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GENERAL INTEREST
VIDEO: 'Oh No!' -- The Most Embarrassing Tic-Tac-Toe Game Ever Played
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/02/09/video-the-most-embarrassing-tictactoe-game-ever-played-n2446937?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

The WIRE: Your week in review
https://personalliberty.com/wire-week-review-20-80/

HEALTH
Sparkling water – on the rocks! My battle through dry(ish) January
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/08/sparkling-water-on-the-rocks-my-battle-through-dryish-january-brigid-delaneys-dia?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263514&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

DIVERSITY
California school science project that connected race and IQ is pulled after complaints
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/10/california-school-science-project-that-connected-race-and-iq-is-pulled-after-complaints.html

The Michigan town where only Christians are allowed to buy houses
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/09/christians-only-town-bay-view-michigan?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263514&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SPORTS
Skijoring: The Wildest Winter Sport You’ve Never Heard Of
https://www.marketwatch.com/video/skijoring-the-wildest-winter-sport-youve-never-heard-of/A42AB268-471C-4353-B6BF-CDA309B4F3F1.html

BUSINESS
HR has lost the trust of employees. Here is who has it now
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/10/hr-has-lost-the-trust-of-employees-here-is-who-has-it-now/

FINANCIAL
Analysis: Let's Face It, Neither of These Awful Parties is Actually Serious About Fiscal Responsibility
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/02/09/dear-democrats-tax-cuts-arent-government-spending-dear-republicans-remember-the-debt-n2446865?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Entitlements: California pension cost rise just starting
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39097?omhide=true

CLIMATE CHANGE
STUDY: These Islands 'Sinking' From Global Warming Are Actually Growing In Size
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26976/study-these-islands-sinking-global-warming-are-james-barrett

ENVIRONMENT
War on the wildest places: US bill may open pristine lands to development 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/09/montana-wilderness-study-area-republican-bill-threat?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263514&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

CYBER SECURITY
Internet scammers are terrible, and this troll is their nightmare
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/scammer_troll.php3

IMMIGRATION
Thanks, DW ... 


MIDDLE EAST
Israeli fighter jet downed after alleged breach by Iranian drone
https://nypost.com/2018/02/10/israel-downs-iranian-drone-and-strikes-syria-f-16-crashes/

NORK/SKOR
Kim Jong Un invites South Korean president for meeting in the North
https://nypost.com/2018/02/10/kim-jong-un-invites-south-korean-president-for-meeting-in-the-north/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

TERRORISM
Study: Americans who left to join ISIS in Syria, Iraq were disappointed 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/pampered_terrorists.php3

SCOTUS
Supreme Court on the verge of reversing some of its old decisions
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/09/supreme-court-verge-reversing-some-its-old-decisions/319834002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories

RUSSIAGATE
Hillary Clinton’s Fingerprints Are All Over The FBI’s Investigation Into Trump’s Russia Ties
http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/10/hillary-clintons-fingerprints-fbis-investigation-trumps-russia-ties/

Trump Sold a $40 Million Estate to a Russian Oligarch for $100 Million—and a Democratic Senator Wants to Know Why
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sold-40-million-estate-155724850.html

The surveillance state is here, and to stay
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden020918.php3

POLITICS
Improving poll numbers give Republicans hope that the midterms might not be so bad 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/hohmann020918.php3

Trump’s approval rating tops Obama’s at same point in presidency
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/8/trump-approval-rating-tops-obamas-same-point-presi/

The Democratic Lead Is Shrinking
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456263/democrats-2018-chances-shrinking-extremism-blame?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-02-10&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

-- 
"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
Homeward Bound
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456232/paul-simon-remarkable-career-winds-down-farewell-tour-homeward-bound?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180209_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Coyote finds old dog toy, acts like a puppy
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/coyote-finds-old-dog-toy-acts-like-a-puppy

The mysterious tale of the couple who keep receiving free items from Amazon --- and want it to stop 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/amazon_mystery.php3

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (7/11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/09/briefing/09weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180209&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Thirty-two frightening snapshots of a hanging. And no one knew who the victims were – until now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/02/09/thirty-two-frightening-snapshots-of-a-hanging-and-no-one-knew-who-they-were-until-now/?utm_term=.82b6f5d35935

MENTAL HEALTH
Happiness and Man at Yale
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456269/yale-happiness-class-popular-difficult?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-09&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Snakes on a plane for emotional support? 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will020718.php3

HEALTH CARE
A Country Doctor Can’t Forget His 40 Years of House Calls
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/a-country-doctor-cant-forget-his-40-years-of-house-calls-1518134157-lMyQjAxMTE4MzAxOTEwOTkxWj/

DARWIN AWARD
DON'T WATCH: The 'Hot Coil Challenge'
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26926/dont-watch-hot-coil-challenge-hank-berrien

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
No, You Can't Rewrite the Bible to Remove Gendered Language for God
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2018/02/08/no-you-cant-rewrite-the-bible-to-remove-gendered-language-for-god-n2446318?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Female Rabbi Publishes The Single Stupidest Piece On Biblical Adam And Eve Ever Written. It's Not Close.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26947/female-rabbi-publishes-single-stupidest-piece-ben-shapiro

Mainstream Media Celebrates Growing Youth Transgender Population
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisreeves/2018/02/08/mainstream-media-celebrates-growing-youth-transgender-population-n2446483?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

SEXUAL xxxxxx
Distorted Campus Assault Math
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/distorted-campus-assault-math-1518135515-lMyQjAxMTA4MzAxOTgwMTk0Wj/

#MediocrityToo: The coming mania for inclusion will erode standards of merit and excellence 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/mac_donald020818.php3

FINANCIAL
Jim Cramer blames a ‘group of complete morons’ for blowing up the market 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/jim-cramer-blames-a-group-of-complete-morons-for-blowing-up-the-market-2018-02-08

This is exactly  how much your salary matters to potential partners
https://moneyish.com/ish/this-is-exactly-how-much-your-salary-matters-to-potential-partners/

What love can teach you about money
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-love-can-teach-you-about-money-2018-02-09

WEATHER
Water is Gushing from an Old Tree in Montenegro, Here's Why
https://weather.com/science/nature/video/water-is-gushing-from-an-old-tree-in-montenegro-heres-why?pl=pl-the-lift

ENVIRONMENT
50+ Groups Back Landmark Effort to Halt 'Out of Control' Factory Farming in Iowa 
https://www.ecowatch.com/factory-farms-iowa-2532722168.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=31c3ce1182-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-31c3ce1182-85328381

TECHNOLOGY
Only one drone pilot has ever been busted for flying without a license—he got a warning 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/exclusive-only-one-drone-pilot-has-ever-been-busted-for-flying-without-a-licensehe-got-a-warning-2018-02-08

AIR FORCE
Watch an A-10 Thunderbolt II Put Four Cannon Rounds on Target with Amazing Precision
https://theaviationist.com/2018/02/08/watch-an-a-10-thunderbolt-ii-put-four-cannon-rounds-on-target-with-amazing-precision/

Air Force Readies Competition to Re-Wing A-10s
https://www.military.com/defensetech/2018/02/09/air-force-readies-competition-re-wing-10s.html

NAVY/MARINES
Marines Need Submarines: Commandant Neller On Major War 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/marines-need-submarines-commandant-neller-on-major-war/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Air%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60578098&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--FPrxcZpPSXNM2QRQ7lpj8gc1zrricjFt8InFj9P7zG72KYqFdh7zfBMH1KW7sBQFFbwRnoUX4pAsJ-gEk-nWJpzXeUg&_hsmi=60578098

LAW ENFORCEMENT
The so-called GOP-FBI split is a Dem fantasy
http://jewishworldreview.com/0218/ed_rogers020818.php3

IMMIGRATION
‘Visa Offsets’: Why Amnesty Should Be Paired with Cuts to Legal Immigration
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456238/visa-offsets-middle-ground-amnesty-debate?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180209_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Chain migration becomes sticking point in Senate negotiations
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38924?omhide=true

SYRIA
Testing Trump’s Chemical Red Line
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/testing-trumps-chemical-red-line-1518135422-lMyQjAxMTE4MjAxOTEwNTk5Wj/

RUSSIAGATE
Who Is Christopher Steele?
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/who-is-christopher-steele-1518135346-lMyQjAxMTA4MzAxOTgwMTk0Wj/

John Kerry associate played middleman for Hillary agents’ smut and dossier’s Christopher Steele
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/9/john-kerry-associate-played-middleman-hillary-agen/

INFRASTRUCTURE
From (Crumbling) Airport to (Broken) Escalators: An Infrastructure Odyssey
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/business/airport-infrastructure-trump.html?emc=edit_nn_20180209&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Our Infrastructure Is Not ‘Crumbling’
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456248/infrastructure-crumbling-rhetoric-not-reality?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-09&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POLITICS
Next in Line to Oversee Mueller Resigns to Work at Walmart
http://www.newser.com/story/255216/no-3-at-justice-department-leaving-for-walmart-gig.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_us_syn

Dems Eye 101 Republican Seats in 2018 Midterms 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2018/02/09/dems-target-101-gop-seats-n2446430?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Miserable Nancy Pelosi is the GOP’s Ace in the Hole
http://patrioticviralnews.com/articles/miserable-nancy-pelosi-is-the-gops-ace-in-the-hole/

Gentry Liberals Now Own the Democratic Party 
http://www.nationalreview.com/node/456241/print

-- 
"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
What Exactly Is a ‘Lady Dorito’?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456171/lady-doritos-pepsico-indra-nooyi-floats-female-friendly-snacks?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180207_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

The Do-Nothing Beach Vacation: Heaven or Hell? 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-do-nothing-beach-vacation-heaven-or-hell-1518007699-lMyQjAxMTE4MTA3NzEwNjc2Wj/

HEALTH
A Breakthrough Stroke Treatment Can Save Lives—If It’s Available 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/a-treatment-is-revolutionizing-stroke-carebut-not-everyone-receives-it-1517933226-lMyQjAxMTA4MjA4NzMwNjc4Wj/

MENTAL HEALTH
The dark reason so many millennials are miserable and broke
https://moneyish.com/ish/the-dark-reason-so-many-millennials-are-miserable-and-broke/

TWILIGHT ZONE
• The Stardust Ranch in Rainbow Valley, Arizona, has a lot to offer potential buyers: Just an hour west of Phoenix, the property boasts a 3,500-square-foot home with a pool, 10 acres, barns, a gated entry ... and two portals to another dimension: one at the back of the property, and one in the fireplace. Owner John Edmonds and his wife bought the property, now listed at $5 million, 20 years ago to run a horse rescue, but he says he's killed more than a dozen extraterrestrials on the property (using a samurai sword) and has suffered many injuries in his encounters with them. Edmonds told KPNX TV in October that aliens tried to abduct his wife: "They actually levitated her out of the bed in the master chamber and carried her into the parking lot and tried to draw her up into the craft." (She won't enter the room anymore.) Listing agent Kimberly Gero notes: "This isn't the type of property that you can just place in the MLS and wait for a buyer to come along." [KPNX, 10/25/2017]

SPORTS
Your Questions About the 2018 Winter Olympics, Answered
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/sports/2018-olympics-questions?emc=edit_nn_20180207&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Karma loves football. Just ask Tom Brady. 
http://jewishworldreview.com/kathleen/parker020718.php3

BUDGET
Washington, D.C. Desperately Needs a Dose of Fiscal Restraint
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456166/deficit-balloons-congress-white-house-silent-fiscal-restraint-lacking?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180207_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

The latest misguided constitutional vision 
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams020718.php3

The Mattis Budget Rebuke - The Pentagon chief tells Congress to stop jerking around the military.
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-mattis-budget-rebuke-1517961472-lMyQjAxMTI4MTAyNzMwMTc2Wj/

Rep. Tom McClintock: We've heard the siren's song of earmarks before 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rep-tom-mcclintock-weve-heard-the-sirens-song-of-earmarks-before/article/2648195

History weighs in on earmarks
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38657?omhide=true

Congressional Leaders Say They Agree on Budget Deal
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/pelosi-wants-ryan-to-pledge-vote-on-dreamers-as-condition-for-budget-deal-1518019752-lMyQjAxMTI4MDAxNzkwNzc0Wj/

BUSINESS
MAGA: General Motors workers to get $11,750 profit-sharing checks
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38768?omhide=true

TECHNOLOGY
What Amtrak Keeps Telling Us
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/what-amtrak-keeps-telling-us-1517963414-lMyQjAxMTI4NzA0NzcwNDczWj/

I'm a libertarian. But self-driving cars won't thrive without some government 'meddling'
http://jewishworldreview.com/0218/McArdle020718.php3

CYBER SECURITY
Russian hackers hunt hi-tech secrets, exploiting US weakness
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russian-hackers-hunt-hi-tech-060128135.html

DEFENSE
Too Busy To Train? The Navy’s Cyber Dilemma 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/too-busy-to-train-navys-cyber-dilemma/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60508688&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8jSyD8AdZpA_OJah9DxIwVGXy6zoqBsVAjWvHwTjWY9n2JApM6uK4tPOv8ZQJyn03MYPV9EfGTHxSITug1lFfzDn83Uw&_hsmi=60508688

FOREIGN POLICY
I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/opinion/trump-iran-war.html

JUDICIARY
The Judicial ‘Resistance’ Is Futile
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-judicial-resistance-is-futile-1517963543-lMyQjAxMTE4MzAxNzEwOTcxWj/

California Bakery Can Refuse To Make Cakes For Same-Sex Weddings, Judge Rules
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-tastries-bakery-ruling_us_5a7a228be4b0d0ef3c0a4429?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313

BIG BROTHER
Chinese Police Add Facial-Recognition Glasses to Surveillance Arsenal
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/chinese-police-go-robocop-with-facial-recognition-glasses-1518004353-lMyQjAxMTI4MDAyNzgwOTc2Wj/

IMMIGRATION
The Case for Merit-Based Immigration
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-case-for-merit-based-immigration-1517963380-lMyQjAxMTE4MjAxNzEwNTc5Wj/

THIS IS THE MOST POWERFUL ARGUMENT I HAVE HEARD AGAINST SANCTUARY CITIES IN AMERICA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkvsE5Xitrs&feature=youtu.be

RUSSIAGATE
FBI lovers' latest text messages: Obama 'wants to know everything'
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/07/fbi-lovers-latest-text-messages-obama-wants-to-know-everything.html

POTUS
Trump's proven 'stable genius' 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/thiessen020718.php3

POLITICS
Democratic House Hopefuls Out-Raise Vulnerable GOP Candidates 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/democrats-target-gop-held-house-districts-that-hillary-clinton-won-1517999400-lMyQjAxMTI4MTAyNzgwMzc1Wj/

Treason: A Common Liberal Accusation 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/bozell020718.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