Wednesday, February 14, 2018

PLATT - MISC News



SPECIAL

How Lincoln Changed the World in Two Minutes
https://www.prageru.com/videos/how-lincoln-changed-world-two-minutes

GENERAL INTEREST
Not the end of The World: the return of Dubai's ultimate folly
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/feb/13/not-end-the-world-return-dubai-ultimate-folly?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263891&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

U.S. transportation chief: Weighing all options to fund infrastructure
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/02/13/us-transportation-chief-weighing-all-options-to-fund-infrastructure-n2448714?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

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

HEALTH
Researchers found an easy way to kill the flu virus
https://bgr.com/2018/02/13/flu-symptoms-2018-vs-cold-how-to-fight-the-flu/

Thelazia gulosa: US woman becomes first human infected with parasitic eye worm
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/thelazia-gulosa-us-woman-becomes-010718939.html

Scientists Unearth Hope for New Antibiotics
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/genetic-sequencing-unearths-hope-for-new-antibiotics-1518451201-lMyQjAxMTE4NjE2MzQxNzM1Wj/

This Goop expert thinks she's nailed down all the reasons you're still overweight
https://moneyish.com/upgrade/this-goop-expert-thinks-shes-nailed-down-all-the-reasons-youre-still-overweight/

HEALTH CARE
When a health insurer rejects your claim, here’s how to fight back 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/when-a-health-insurer-rejects-your-claim-heres-how-to-fight-back-2018-02-13

When Does the Right to Die Become the Duty to Die?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456362/euthanasia-netherlands-mentally-ill-woman-killed?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-13&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
'Peter Rabbit' Creators Apologize For Depicting Villain's Blackberry Allergy
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27023/pc-run-amok-peter-rabbit-creators-apologize-ben-shapiro?utm_medium=email&utm_content=021218-news&utm_campaign=position5

Outrage! Liberals Blew A Gasket When AG Sessions Said Law Enforcement Was Part Of 'Anglo American Heritage'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/02/13/outrage-liberals-blew-a-gasket-when-ag-sessions-said-law-enforcement-was-part-of-n2448163?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Powderpuff Football Under Attack by PC Police
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2018/02/12/powderpuff-football-under-attack-by-pc-police-n2447887?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

BUDGET
Shakespeare's advice for free spending GOPers 
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/thomas021318.php3

Trump releases federal budget with big increases for military, border security
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/trump-releases-new-federal-budget-with-big-hike-fo/

The 22 agencies and programs Trump's budget would eliminate
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373441-the-federal-programs-trump-proposes-cutting-in-2019-budget?userid=288549

The Deficit Problem in a Chart
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-deficit-problem-in-a-chart-1518481020-lMyQjAxMTE4ODEyMzcxMzMxWj/

ENVIRONMENT
A Wilderness Like No Other: Chile’s New Patagonia National Park 
https://www.ecowatch.com/patagonia-national-park-2532195321.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=64ace0bfcd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-64ace0bfcd-85328381

TECHNOLOGY
This four-legged robot can open doors and we’re all doomed
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-four-legged-robot-can-open-doors-and-were-all-doomed-2018-02-12

As China Marches Forward on 
A.I., the White House Is Silent
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/technology/china-trump-artificial-intelligence.html?emc=edit_nn_20180213&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

FOREIGN POLICY
U.S., in Shift, Signals Readiness to Talk With North Korea
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/tillerson-too-early-to-assess-latest-north-south-korea-overtures-1518443910-lMyQjAxMTE4NjE2MzQxNzM1Wj/

NATIONAL SECURITY
DNI Coats Calls National Debt 'Dire Threat' to National Security 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/02/13/dni-coats-calls-national-debt-dire-threat-to-national-security-n2448623?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Let's Make America a Mineral Superpower
https://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2018/02/13/lets-make-america-a-mineral-superpower-n2448170?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

LAW ENFORCEMENT
How Not to Fix the FBI
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/how-not-to-fix-the-fbi-1518478919-lMyQjAxMTE4ODEyMzcxMzMxWj/

SOCIAL MEDIA
As Facebook repels young users, can Instagram and Snapchat capitalize?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/as-facebook-repels-young-users-can-instagram-and-snapchat-capitalize-2018-02-12

IMMIGRATION
California Employers in a Bind Over Immigration Enforcement 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/on-immigration-california-businesses-are-pinched-between-white-house-statehouse-1518519600-lMyQjAxMTI4MDEyMzgxOTM2Wj/

Carefree life in Philadelphia masks bloodthirsty Liberian warlord's past, suit says 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/13/liberian-civil-war-warlord-lawsuit?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263891&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

McConnell wants to wrap up immigration debate this week
http://thehill.com/latino/373583-mcconnell-senate-should-finish-immigration-debate-this-week?userid=288549

NORK/SOUK
North Korea's cheerleaders amaze and appal at Winter Olympics 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/13/north-korean-cheerleaders-winter-olympics?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263891&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

RUSSIAGATE
Susan Rice Email: Obama Met With FBI/DOJ About Russia, Discussed Steele Dossier
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/02/13/susan-rice-email-n2448167?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

POLITICS
36 people who could challenge Trump in 2020
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373534-36-people-who-could-challenge-trump-in-2020?userid=288549

Senate candidate’s parents max out donations to his opponent
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/kevin-nicholsons-parents-max-out-donations-tammy-b/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1Vd05qWTRNekptWVRFMiIsInQiOiJDSVpXYmFyclJoUU03NW9lcm1odFlpUUpyMzNEQndcL1wvbjJQN1pVaGdZZlRESDJmVWx0aDZKbE83U2tPV0xibWUxRXZ5aDB3SzdsN2dWMnJLU250TlM2QmJsM2tUZmdjTWNNMFE4V0lTeTZGWkw1aytBNkd3bzNUd2NWR1FEcHM0In0%3D

No, #MeToo Isn’t Going to Chase Trump from Office
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456340/metoo-donald-trump-kirsten-gillibrand-bill-clinton-al-franken-sexual-harassment?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180213_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Liberal group with ties to Obama, Hillary calls to restrict overseas U.S. military voting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/13/liberal-group-restrict-overseas-military-voting/

-- 
"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



SPECIAL
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2018/02/11/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-n2447387?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

GENERAL INTEREST
Kim Jong Un, Trump Cause Scene at Winter Olympics
http://www.newser.com/story/255242/kim-jong-un-trump-cause-scene-at-winter-olympics.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_world_syn

This server was mad when a church didn’t tip her for a $735 order. Now she’s fired.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article199502284.html

Talk is cheap: the myth of the focus group 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/06/talk-is-cheap-the-myth-of-the-focus-group?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Long+Read+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263571&subid=20430811&CMP=longread_collection

From the Green Book to Facebook, how black people still need to outwit racists in rural America
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/11/green-book-facebook-black-motorists-racist-america-road-trip-pitstops-safe?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263686&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH
‘I could hear things, and I could feel terrible pain’: when anesthesia fails (This happened to me.)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/09/i-could-hear-things-and-i-could-feel-terrible-pain-when-anaesthesia-fails?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Long+Read+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263571&subid=20430811&CMP=longread_collection

Controversial supplement kratom is an opioid, FDA says
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/controversial-supplement-kratom-is-an-opioid-fda-says-2018-02-07

FEMA
'We've been forgotten': Hurricane Harvey and the long path to recovery 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/11/hurricane-harvey-recovery-texas?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263686&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

OLYMPICS
The Dutch have fun with Katie Couric's strange comments about speedskating
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/dutch-fun-katie-courics-strange-comments-speedskating-005148155.html

ENVIRONMENT
Rodent from hell: They weigh 20 pounds, breed like rabbits – and they’re on the move
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article199582284.html

CLIMATE CHANGE
EPA chief’s questions about climate science draw new scrutiny
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/373169-epa-chiefs-questions-about-climate-science-draw-new-scrutiny?rnd=1518305828

NATIONAL SECURITY
U.S. Spies, Seeking to Retrieve Cyberweapons, Paid Russian Peddling Trump Secrets
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/politics/us-cyberweapons-russia-trump.html?emc=edit_nn_20180211&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

JUDICIARY
Judge's Ruling May Give Roughly 10,000 Sex Offenders Early Parole
https://townhall.com/notebook/bethbaumann/2018/02/10/judges-ruling-may-give-roughly-20-000-sex-offenders-early-parole-n2447322?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

BIG BROTHER
Fake news has a long history. Beware the state being keeper of ‘the truth’ 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/11/fake-news-long-history-beware-state-involvement?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263686&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SYRIA
Why Is the Syrian War Still Raging?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/08/world/middleeast/war-in-syria-maps.html?emc=edit_nn_20180211&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

RUSSIAGATE
What They Will Not Tell You About 'The Memo'
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2018/02/11/what-they-will-not-tell-you-about-the-memo-n2446344?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Here's the Truth Behind the FISA Memo & the Criminal Referral Letter to the DOJ
https://freedomoutpost.com/heres-truth-behind-fisa-memo-criminal-referral-letter-doj/

Devin Nunes wants ‘ridiculous’ Democratic memo released
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/11/devin-nunes-wants-ridiculous-democratic-memo-relea/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRoaE1qY3pZemd4TldNdyIsInQiOiJXdkxNWFMyV1hcL2s1SlhiSG1HN3E5cVZQVVdxS0hBUWtzUDk1WlNmZ0VJVzJsMVVXZmZVaHE2YmhhTkNLbFNiQWl6ejhNMmtuWlkrV003b1NpTmhJbGhPNndkZnEzOW1HY1o0Y1RiY3htZmZMWDl6Vk5RaVhsOHExTkVVekJmM1wvIn0%3D
-- 
"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

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

PLATT - MISC News



GENERAL INTEREST
Giant pig caught on camera ravaging dumpster near school goes viral
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/giant-pig-caught-on-camera-ravaging-garbage-bin-near-school/news-story/1a4a44c8704825f95844f2bc2ec8943c

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

Here's a Commentary That We Need Right Now
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/malanga021218.php3

PHYSICAL HEALTH
What the Flu Does to Your Body, and Why It Makes You Feel So Awful 
https://www.ecowatch.com/influenza-symptoms-2533998041.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=64ace0bfcd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-64ace0bfcd-85328381

Doctors thought they knew the cause of a teen's seizures. So why didn't he get better?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/seizures_not.php3

MENTAL HEALTH
Lincoln Wasn’t Handsome, but He Had a Great Sense of Humor
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/lincoln-wasnt-handsome-but-he-had-a-great-sense-of-humor-1518377892-lMyQjAxMTE4NjEyMjExNzI5Wj/

Notable & Quotable: What We Need Now
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/notable-quotable-what-we-need-now-1518377811-lMyQjAxMTE4ODE2MjIxMDIyWj/

SPORTS
Play ball, with informed intelligence 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will021218.php3

EDUCATION
Adults who went undercover at a high school found 7 things people don't realize about life for teenagers today
http://www.businessinsider.com/undercover-high-teenagers-lives-2018-2/#social-media-has-changed-the-game-1

Philadelphia school pays kids $100 if they don’t get into fights
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/41863/

Harvard, Berkeley rank among 10 worst schools for free speech
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/harvard-berkeley-among-top-10-worst-schools-free-s/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVdJNFlXSmpNVFEwWXpWaSIsInQiOiJcLzJLc1RTN1orV3NJMlVVTHc0MndkYk9iRTdKSVBzNGhNdk0yNHF4V0hnYUg0cGVvT0xPRVNJK3hQamdMWGpFSG1lUHA3QnRiWmZYaTR2QzErSjhENmFTdlAyV1kxVGRLV1p4M0E5eTBqU1hHRU1yc0k3K3hCbXNcL1hxS2FaeWZWIn0%3D

GOVERNMENT OVERREACH
When Border Searches Become Unreasonable
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456282/border-patrol-warrantless-searches-often-unconstitutional?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180212_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

ENVIRONMENT
Hawaii’s Cesspools Threaten Drinking Water, Tourism
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/hawaiis-cesspools-threaten-drinking-water-tourism-1518357620-lMyQjAxMTI4MDEyMjgxOTI2Wj/

Lions Eat Suspected Lion Poacher
http://www.newser.com/story/255301/suspected-lion-poacher-is-killed-by-lions.html

EVOLUTION
Tracing the tangled tracks of humankind's evolutionary journey 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/12/tracing-the-tangled-tracks-of-humankinds-evolutionary-journey?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263771&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

TECHNOLOGY
It’s Too Hard to Search the Cloud
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/its-too-hard-to-search-the-cloud-1518377986-lMyQjAxMTA4MzExMjgxMTI0Wj/

CYBER SECURITY
Encryption keeps us safe. It must not be compromised with ‘backdoors’ 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/12/encryption-safe-hillary-clinton-secure-backdoors-privacy?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263771&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

NAVY
Navy Kludges Networks: $1M Per Carrier Strike Group, Per Deployment 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/navy-kludges-networks-1m-per-carrier-strike-group-per-deployment/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60606341&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_V8z86IUUfe8ecLDNxuK2WKH083tXJMUlb7ToXX0JwLCz-01j_9BlzHA8EBXWkGB3hQt5-DBjee1vhR_ZJFXGgv12anw&_hsmi=60606341

DEFENSE
The drone shot down by Israel was an Iranian copy of a US craft, Israel says 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/syria_israel_bombing.php3



NATIONAL SECURITY
Where might Trump go in a nuclear attack?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42969877

MEDIA
Understanding the Media’s Ugly Weekend
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456319/north-korea-olympics-media-fawn-over-kim-jong-un-sister?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-12&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

IMMIGRATION
GOP senators offer stiff security plan as ante in immigration debate
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/11/grassley-and-cornyn-unveil-enforcement-heavy-immig/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRCaU1UZ3haV0kxTm1JMiIsInQiOiJaSXB1aHpKMnkwYmp1a2xiTjZ4UlB6WjRtZ3RpMUJITXNcL0NVbzE2K3Z3aWlkSE91UWpBT1BYYjRuMXdmS2p3WllIVTUzSnNYWWpWZzRnV0hNWXMrTVM1VEtYUVZmVklcL0tLazZ2ZDE2dnpQb3dHd2xWSExcL1wvbE1JczR2YmNNM3EifQ%3D%3D

DACA or DACA-Plus?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456303/daca-or-daca-plus-who-are-dreamers?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-12&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

MIDDLE EAST
Israel has taken its biggest step into the Syrian war yet. What does that mean?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/israel_syria_bombing.php3

RUSSIAGATE
The FBI Was Desperate for Somebody to Spy On
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-fbi-was-desperate-for-somebody-to-spy-on-1518216629-lMyQjAxMTA4MzExMjgxMTI0Wj/

POLITICS
How Nancy Pelosi ginned up $50 million for Democrats in 2017
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/nancy-pelosi-raised-nearly-50-million-democrats-20/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTW1Nd1pqTm1ORGhqWlRFeCIsInQiOiJrcWVnRDUwSnVITXV5NTBsdVdjZHljTk9MXC9tY2VNQWZCRytHVm9YbytCZXIwMWwxVHFmYmdRNGxJQ3pkQ2k2TUh5MlJLeVJzTFBmMFZTdzRnS3hwT3p1eXBhWHZZd2pBUDZJeWsrQyt0d0pKaURhOXdENE0xbzZzQ3pKZEZndkQifQ%3D%3D

Bizarro World --- the Comic Book Version and the Real Thing 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/bernie_g021218.php


-- 
"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








Monday, February 12, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

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