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SPECIAL
What Can’t Be Debated on Campus
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/what-cant-be-debated-on-campus-1518792717-lMyQjAxMTI4NzEwNzExNDczWj/

GENERAL INTEREST
VIDEO: Road rage confrontation in Oceanside ends with car flipped on side
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-road-rage-confrontation-oceanside-010632934.html

7.2 Earthquake in Southeastern Mexico
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/72-earthquake-in-southeastern-mexico?pl=pl-the-latest

Tiger steps on thin ice
https://weather.com/storms/winter/video/tiger-falls-through-thin-ice-on-frozen-pond?pl=pl-the-latest

The WIRE: Your week in review
https://personalliberty.com/wire-week-review-20-81/

SPORTS
When Olympic Events Get Too Quiet, It’s Time for the ‘White Friends’
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/when-olympic-events-get-too-quiet-its-time-for-the-white-friends-1518794518-lMyQjAxMTE4NTE1NzYxOTcyWj/

WEATHER
Storm of the Century - the Blizzard of '49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl6Iz4dXGdg&feature=youtu.be

SCIENCE
World’s Largest Science Organization Gives Top Honor To Conspiracy-Monger Michael Mann
http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/17/worlds-largest-science-organization-gives-top-honor-conspiracy-monger-michael-mann/

PALEONTOLOGY
In Utah, Fossils Versus Fossil Fuels 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/in-utah-fossils-versus-fossil-fuels-1518807025-lMyQjAxMTE4ODE4NzYxNzc3Wj/

TECHNOLOGY
Officials probe first possible drone-related aircraft crash in the US
https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/16/first-possible-us-drone-related-aircraft-crash-investigation/

Engineering against all odds, or how NYC’s subway will get wireless in the tunnels
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/17/engineering-against-all-odds/

TECHNICAL SECURITY
Zelle users are finding out the hard way there's no fraud protection
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/zelle-users-finding-hard-way-190104823.html

NSA, FBI and CIA Warn Americans Not to Buy Huawei, ZTE Smartphones
https://www.idropnews.com/news/fast-tech/nsa-fbi-cia-warn-americans-not-buy-huawei-zte-smartphones/63335/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=02162018&utm_term=Newsletter

MASS SHOOTINGS
Technology Can Redefine the Mass-Shooter Problem
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/technology-can-redefine-the-mass-shooter-problem-1518824065-lMyQjAxMTI4NzEwNzYxMzcwWj/

Vermont Police Thwart Potential School Shooting
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/vermont-police-thwart-potential-school-shooting-1518822736-lMyQjAxMTE4ODE4NzYxNzc3Wj/

The Motives Behind the Massacre
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39496?omhide=true

6 Statistics About School Shootings You Need To Know
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27253/6-statistics-about-school-shootings-you-need-know-hank-berrien

IMMIGRATION
CHILLING Statistic: How Many Terrorists Try to Enter the U.S. Every Day?
http://www.restoreamericanglory.com/breaking-news/chilling-statistic-how-many-terrorists-try-to-enter-the-u-s-every-day/

CHINA
Is China rebooting a Cold War doomsday device? State-sponsored tests suggest officials are building a terrifying 'salted' nuclear bomb
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5400191/China-building-highly-immoral-salted-nuclear-bomb.html

US Navy Says China's Military Buildup Won't Stop Patrols
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-navy_officer_us_wont_be_bullied_by_china_in_s_chin-ap/category/news

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SPECIAL
‘We Need Bullies’: Chris Rock Speaks Truth to Weakness in Tamborine (Warning:  This is a typical F-word laced  piece by Rock.)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456472/chris-rock-tamborine-we-need-bullies-marital-fidelity-no-pornography?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180216_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Sympathy must be earned. Don't be played 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/wholberg021618.php3

GENERAL INTEREST
Dozens Of Dog Food Brands Recalled After Euthanasia Drug Found
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/02/15/dog-food-recall-euthanasia/

23 Passengers Booted From Carnival Cruise Following 'Bloodbath' Of A Brawl
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-23_passengers_booted_from_carnival_cruise_followin-rfoxnews/category/news

People are walking into glass at the new Apple headquarters 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/people-are-walking-into-glass-at-the-new-apple-headquarters-2018-02-15

GPS, smartphones and speed keep road deaths at 10-year high
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/forget-texting-the-most-dangerous-distractions-for-drivers-come-with-the-car-2017-10-05

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (8/10 ... a couple of these were WAGs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/16/briefing/16weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180216&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

MASS SHOOTINGS
Steve Scalise: No ‘magic unicorn law’ can stop mass shootings
http://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/16/steve-scalise-no-magic-unicorn-law-will-stop-mass-/

A cure for mass shootings doesn't exist
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-mass-shooting-assault-weapons-0218-20180216-story.html

How likely is gun violence to kill the average American? The odds may surprise you
http://businessinsider.com/mass-shooting-gun-statistics-2018-2

We Can’t Have A Debate About Guns If Liberals Keep Lying About Them
http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/16/we-cant-have-a-debate-about-guns-if-liberals-keep-lying-about-them/

A Gun-Control Measure Conservatives Should Consider
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456510/gun-control-republicans-consider-grvo?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-16&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Police: Grandmother turned in Washington teen planning school attack
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39464?omhide=true

Right and Left React to the Gun Control Debate After the Florida Shooting
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/politics/right-and-left-react-to-the-gun-control-debate-after-the-florida-shooting.html?emc=edit_nn_20180216&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

BUDGET
Trump's Deficit-ridden Budget Plan Is Filled With Wasteful Spending
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2018/02/16/trumps-deficitridden-budget-plan-is-filled-with-wasteful-spending-n2449808?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

ENVIRONMENT
Update on Nestlé: Michiganders Mobilize to Take Back Public Water 
https://www.ecowatch.com/nestle-michigan-water-2534869852.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5d463eecd5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5d463eecd5-85328381

How to Reduce Methane Emissions From the Oil and Gas Industry Across North America 
https://www.ecowatch.com/methane-emissions-us-2534478882.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5d463eecd5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5d463eecd5-85328381

SPACE
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Headed for Earth or Venus Crash (In a Few Million Years)
https://www.space.com/39704-elon-musk-tesla-roadster-earth-venus-crash.html

DEFENSE
Admiral warns US must prepare for possibility of war with China 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/16/admiral-warns-us-must-prepare-for-possibility-of-war-with-china?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264350&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Pentagon’s ‘deploy-or-be-removed’ policy takes effect
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39566?omhide=true

JUDICIARY
An unusual turn in the Michael Flynn case?
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-an-unusual-turn-in-the-michael-flynn-case/article/2649272

MEDIA
Fun With President Trump
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/crosby021618.php3

IMMIGRATION
White House refuses to back down from key immigration priorities after Senate rejects all proposals
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/white-house-refuses-to-back-down-from-key-immigration-priorities-after-senate-rejects-all-proposals/article/2649271

GOP looks for Plan B after failure of immigration measures
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/374143-gop-looks-for-plan-b-after-failure-of-immigration-measures?rnd=1518779002

Japan had 20,000 applications for asylum in 2017. It accepted 20
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/16/japan-asylum-applications-2017-accepted-20?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264350&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

ALGERIA
The brutal world of sheep fighting: the illegal sport beloved by Algeria’s 'lost generation' 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/16/algeria-sheep-fighting-illegal-sport-angry-young-men?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264350&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

TURKEY
US, Turkey return from brink, aim to 'normalize' ties
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/02/16/dozens-protest-as-turkish-us-diplomats-try-to-calm-ties-n2450129

RUSSIAGATE
13 Russians charged with meddling to help Trump in election (IMHO, this likely is not the end of the special counsel ... expect an announcement next week that it will continue looking into criminal activity by Trump.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/13-russian-nationals-charged-mueller-investigation-180554016--politics.html

POTUS
Big Bad Don - The Ballad Of Donald Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALGkQq3RJ7k&feature=youtu.be

POLITICS
Ami Presents: Communist Manifesto or Democratic Party Platform?
https://www.prageru.com/videos/ami-presents-communist-manifesto-or-democratic-party-platform

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G. Washington

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GENERAL INTEREST
Infrastructure Spending Won’t Transform America
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456425/infrastructure-spending-will-not-transform-america?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-15&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-valley-billionaires-are-prepping-for-the-apocalypse-in-new-zealand?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264202&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Fees, fines, loans, scams: How the poor get poorer
http://jewishworldreview.com/0218/schmich021518.php3

FLORIDA SHOOTING
Trump: Making schools safer is 'top priority' after Florida shooting
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374002-trump-denounces-florida-school-shooting?rnd=1518708755/?userid=288549

Media Push The Claim There Have Been 18 School Shootings In 2018. Here Are The Facts.
https://www.dailywire.com/node/27165

White Supremacist Group Says Florida Shooting Suspect Attended Their Trainings
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/parkland-shooting-white-supremacist_us_5a85ca6ae4b0774f31d34100?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313

FBI Admits It Investigated YouTube "School Shooting" Threat, Failed To Identify Person Behind It
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-15/fbi-admits-it-investigated-youtube-school-shooting-threat-failed-identify-person

Nikolas Cruz, Alleged Florida School Shooter, Is On Suicide Watch and ‘Remorseful,’ Attorneys Say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nikolas-cruz-alleged-florida-school-210747545.html

Tragic details come to light on Florida high school shooter's mother
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/02/15/tragic-details-come-to-light-on-florida-high-school-shooters-mother/23362663/

JOBS
This Clint Eastwood Movie Clip Proves Why Liberal Hiring Practices are the Worst
http://patrioticviralnews.com/articles/this-clint-eastwood-movie-clip-proves-why-liberal-hiring-practices-are-the-worst/

BUDGET
The Tea Party, RIP
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/2018/02/15/the-tea-party-rip-n2449212?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

SCIENCE
Is a Government Agency's Bad Science a Gift to Trial Lawyers?
https://townhall.com/columnists/rickmanning/2018/02/15/is-a-government-agencys-bad-science-a-gift-to-trial-lawyers-n2449218?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

AIR FORCE
SecAF Says B-21 ‘On Schedule’ As China Rises To Air Force’s Top Threat 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/secaf-says-b-21-on-schedule-as-china-rises-to-air-forces-top-threat/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60705176&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--jPhbKk6-3XmRKDKF_69qS2qsV_8fTvcPvTfMzA8TlBmocus2la3mjoxfFK8TlkNxUE2F4L2AduJ6GGnJVyq941gkY8w&_hsmi=60705176

JUSTICE
Thanks, TM ...


MEDIA
That Time the C.I.A. Tried to Recruit Me: Our Reporter on Covering Spies
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/insider/are-spies-like-us-a-national-security-reporter-says-yes-and-no.html?emc=edit_nn_20180215&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
VA official who lied about Shulkin's Europe trip hid healthcare scandal from Congress in 2014
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/va-official-who-lied-about-shulkins-europe-trip-hid-healthcare-scandal-from-congress-in-2014/article/2649147

IMMIGRATION
Nearly 100 immigration plans never given chance despite ‘open debate’ talk
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/15/immigration-debate-shunned-nearly-100-proposals/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

AFGHANISTAN
Taliban appeals to American people to 'rationally' rethink war effort
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/taliban_appeals.php3

RUSSIAGATE
Anatomy of a Coup
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2018/02/15/anatomy-of-a-coup-n2449461?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

POLITICS
Romney’s Trump feud looms over Utah Senate race
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373944-romneys-trump-feud-looms-over-utah-senate-race?userid=288549

Mormons want to save the Republican party's soul. But is it too late?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/15/mormons-want-to-save-the-republican-partys-soul-but-is-it-too-late?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264202&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Nervous GOP seeks new 2018 Senate candidates in three states
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/373939-nervous-gop-seeks-new-2018-senate-candidates-in-three-states?userid=288549

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GENERAL INTEREST
A Lufthansa passenger filmed a 'demonic' child screaming for 8 hours on a flight — and people are horrified
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/lufthansa-passenger-filmed-apos-demonic-212125104.html

N.Y. landlord obliterated dozens of graffiti murals. Now he owes the artists $6.7 million 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/graffiti_murals.php3

POVERTY
A New Look Into Poverty in America
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2018/02/14/a-new-look-into-poverty-in-america-n2448671?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Sorry, NYT: For Child Poverty, Family Structure Still Matters
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456365/single-mothers-new-york-times-story-wrong-impression?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180214_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

TAXES
Feds Just Made History In Tax Collection. Here Are The Numbers.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27064/trumponomics-feds-just-made-history-tax-collection-james-barrett?utm_source=shapironewsletter-ae&utm_medium=email&utm_content=021418-news&utm_campaign=modelnames

EDUCATION
DeVos seeks cuts from Education Department to support school choice 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0218/school_choice_funding.php3

SPORTS
The Swiss Aren’t Neutral at These Olympics. They’re Hilarious.
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-swiss-arent-neutral-at-these-olympics-theyre-hilarious-1518616870-lMyQjAxMTE4NTE1NDYxOTQyWj/

FINANCIAL
Meet cryptocurrency guru George Weiksner—he’s 11 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/meet-cryptocurrency-guru-george-weiksner-hes-11-2018-02-13

JOBS
9 students who built a career without the classic college experience—or debt 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/9-students-who-built-a-career-without-the-classic-college-experienceor-debt-2018-02-14

Robots are the ultimate job stealers. Blame them, not immigrants 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/14/resentment-robots-job-stealers-arlie-hochschild?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264034&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

WEATHER
When you're fed up with winter ... 
https://weather.com/storms/winter/video/when-you-fight-winter-winter-fights-back?pl=pl-the-lift

TECHNOLOGY
Google Will Block Spammy Ads (Just Not Many of Its Own) 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/how-google-swayed-efforts-to-block-annoying-online-ads-1518623663-lMyQjAxMTE4NjE2NDQxNzQ1Wj/

They shared their lives on YouTube. Then an obsessed fan came calling --- with a gun 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/YouTube_fan.php3

NATIONAL SECURITY
How new Russian submarine tactics are threatening to overwhelm aging U.S. fleet
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/13/russian-submarine-threat-has-us-navy-scrambling-to/

Russia Sees Midterm Elections as Chance to Sow Fresh Discord, Intelligence Chiefs Warn
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/russia-sees-midterm-elections-as-chance-to-sow-fresh-discord-intelligence-chiefs-warn.html?emc=edit_nn_20180214&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

DEFENSE
261 M1 Tanks Getting Trophy Anti-Missile System As Army Reorients To Major Wars 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/261-m1-tanks-getting-trophy-anti-missile-system-as-army-reorients-to-major-wars/

BIG BROTHER
The IRS Is Coming for Your Passports
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456393/irs-policy-targets-us-passports-congress-should-reverse-it

So Long, Huck Finn and Atticus Finch
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456394/kill-mockingbird-huckleberry-finn-deemed-offensive-racial-slurs?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180214_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

IMMIGRATION
Trump poll / Corker / Veto threatened on immigration deal 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-approval-ticks-up-in-poll-veto-threatened-on-immigration-deal-2018-02-14

MIDDLE EAST
Iran is playing with fire in Syria 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/iran_playing_with_fire.php3

FAUXCAHONTAS
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, ‘FAUXCAHONTAS,’ is a no-show at tribal conference
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/13/rnc-elizabeth-warren-fauxcahontas-no-show-tribal-c/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1dNMU1qWXpaRFkzTUdZNCIsInQiOiJNc0IwS0cxUEVBVDJcL2YxWkxTUFVYazRvd1Q2elR1OU5jb0dmc2VtRm1jbU03cnAxWlo0T0NsaW5GOGc3OXliOGdHeFVnd05peWdrKzJQUFwvajhybGx4MlVqemhndml3NzVzZXA2VzBocHFZT2J0TFwvS2I1dzJtNjdTZzNIUHhQXC8ifQ%3D%3D

Elizabeth Warren embraces her Native American heritage, pushes back against criticism
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/14/elizabeth-warren-embraces-native-american-heritage/

Elizabeth Warren Ancestor Rounded Up Cherokees For Trail of Tears
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2012/05/08/elizabeth-warren-ancestor-trail-of-tears/

POLITICS
This Isn't Normal
https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2018/02/14/this-isnt-normal-n2448648?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Uranium One Is a Curious Case
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/uranium-one-is-a-curious-case-1518564360-lMyQjAxMTI4NzEwNDExNDQzWj/

Internal Dem Poll: Trump and GOP Gain Ground, 2018 'Blue Wave' in Peril
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/02/14/internal-dem-poll-trump-is-gaining-and-democrats-are-in-danger-of-blowing-it-n2448635?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

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"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