PLATT - Misc News

GENERAL INTEREST
Couple's dream trip sinks with their sailboat that stranger replaces for $1
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Travel/couples-dream-trip-sinks-sailboat-stranger-replaces/story?id=53465053

Snopes Fact Checks Christian Website...There's Just One MAJOR Problem 
https://townhall.com/notebook/micahrate/2018/03/02/snopes-fact-checks-christian-satire-website-n2456638?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

HEALTH
Cardiologists advise making one tweak to your workout to make it last
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cardiologists-advise-making-one-tweak-to-your-workout-to-make-it-last-2018-03-01

HEALTH CARE
The Multi-Billion Dollar Solution – Repeal Safe Harbor
https://townhall.com/columnists/andrewmangione/2018/03/03/the-multibillion-dollar-solution--repeal-safe-harbor-n2456781?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

BILLY GRAHAM
Billy Graham: An Extraordinary Journey On FOX, 7–8 p.m. ET, Sunday, March 4
http://links.mkt1529.com/servlet/MailView?ms=NTYxMDg4MTAS1&r=MTk4NzQxMTM2NzQxS0&j=MTM2MDQwMDgwNAS2&mt=1&rt=0

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Girls empowerment camp canceled because boy can’t go
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40477?omhide=true

SPORTS
64-year-old says Jon Gruden offered him training camp tryout
https://247sports.com/nfl/oakland-raiders/Bolt/64-year-old-RU-Faster-says-Jon-Gruden-offered-him-training-camp-tryout-115753874/

BUSINESS
Gun Maker’s Strategy Backfires as Retailers Protest Some of Its Brands 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/gun-makers-strategy-backfires-as-retailers-protest-some-of-its-brands-1520016445-lMyQjAxMTE4MjA3MzEwNzM3Wj/

ARCHAEOLOGY
After Thousands of Years, Western Science Is Slowly Catching Up to Indigenous Knowledge
https://www.ecowatch.com/indigenous-knowledge-systems-2540329986.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=47ebe8ab0f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-47ebe8ab0f-85328381

ORNITHOLOGY
Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary
https://houstonaudubon.org/sanctuaries/high-island/smith-oaks.html

Smith Oaks Rookery
https://houstonaudubon.org/sanctuaries/high-island/rookery/rookery.html

CLIMATE CHANGE
Southern Californians know: climate change is real, it is deadly and it is here
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/03/california-climate-change-fires-flood-landslide?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=266159&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

WATER
Tiny Canada town defeats oil firm in court fight over drinking water
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/03/canada-oil-drilling-town-lawsuit-ristigouche-sud-est?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=266159&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Parched South Africa City Struggles to Avoid ‘Day Zero’: Water Shutdown 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/parched-south-africa-city-struggles-to-avoid-day-zero-water-shutdown-1520078401-lMyQjAxMTE4MzA5MzkwODMyWj/

SCIENCE
Will Congress Finally Get Tough on Junk Science?
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2018/03/03/will-congress-finally-get-tough-on-junk-science-n2456605?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

CYBER SECURITY
Bitcoin Heist: 600 Powerful Computers Stolen In Iceland
http://start.att.net/news/read/category/tech%20news/article/the_associated_press-big_bitcoin_heist_2_held_over_stolen_computers_in-ap

DEFENSE
We Now Know Why Russia Wants a 100-Megaton Nuclear Torpedo
https://www.yahoo.com/news/now-know-why-russia-wants-032000431.html

LAW ENFORCEMENT
"Don't Touch the Gun"
https://mobile.twitter.com/INTJutsu/status/949109148154847232/video/1

IMMIGRATION
Detained and divided: how the US turned on Vietnamese refugees 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/03/vietnamese-refugees-immigration-us-detention?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=266159&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

ISRAEL
Israeli Ground Units Building Drone Air Force 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/03/israeli-ground-units-building-drone-air-force/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61087146&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--2upNEDvSbq-CUlpJmOcj-KD3AWxzIMR0PvLlYvEgh-OJaho28dTlY1iTK0lQlLxhrOE0tqvjI94Y7qPiY1689_epjdA&_hsmi=61087146

NORK
Russia may be helping North Korea skirt sanctions through smuggling
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-may-helping-north-korea-162025026.html

POLITICS
Vulnerable lawmakers answer a noisy gun debate with silence
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vulnerable-lawmakers-answer-noisy-gun-debate-silence-182843150--politics.html

Pennsylvania Redistricting Leads To Bad Blood Among Some Democrats Forced To Shuffle Electoral Plans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pennsylvania-redistricting-leads-bad-blood-201005346.html

Messing with Texas, Yet Again
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/beto-orourke-democrat-dream-turn-texas-blue-never-die/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-03-02&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, 1929

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GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: A Generous Town, Dogs and Dating, and Snow in Rome
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/briefing/week-in-good-news-dogs-dating-snow-rome.html?emc=edit_nn_20180302&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180302&te=1

My American Dream 
https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/corner/becoming-us-citizen-my-american-dream/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Big Load
https://www.facebook.com/twistedtruckers/videos/970059766409689/



News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (9/11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/02/briefing/02weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180302&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180302&te=1

HEALTH
Why Johnny Can't Jump 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0318/skenazy030218.php3

Diabetes is Actually 5 Separate Diseases: Study
https://www.newsmax.com/Health/health-news/Health-diabetes-treatment/2018/03/01/id/846309/

That ‘Spider Bite’? Blame It on Something Else
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/science/spider-bites-brown-recluse.html?emc=edit_nn_20180302&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180302&te=1

MENTAL HEALTH
I am Adam Lanza's mother: My son threatens to kill me; I've tried everything; everything is not enough 
http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2012/12/23/I-am-Adam-Lanza-s-mother-My-son-threatens-to-kill-me-I-ve-tried-everything-everything-is-not-enough/stories/201212230224

Thoughts On Living Long and Well
http://www.freedomsback.com/thoughts-on-living-long-and-well/

HEALTH CARE
Uber Begins Offering Rides to the Doc
https://www.newsmax.com/Health/health-news/uber-rides-doctor-healthcare/2018/03/02/id/846370/

HOMELESS
How can a place with 58,000 homeless people continue to function?
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-homelessness-impact-on-others-20180301-htmlstory.html

'This is all stolen': Canadian man offers to share his land with First Nations 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/02/canada-first-nations-man-offers-land-rent-free-facebook?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=266062&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

BUSINESS
Trump is picking winners and losers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-picking-winners-losers-165723339.html

Corporate America Is Becoming Tribal (Hmmm ... seems to me that these companies were in the NRA Tribe but, have now, rightly or wrongly, decided to leave.  So, in effect, they have actually become un-tribaled.)
https://patriotpost.us/articles/54489-corporate-america-is-becoming-tribal

CLIMATE CHANGE
In doomed Alaska town, hunters turn to drones and caribou as sea ice melts 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/02/alaska-climate-change-indigenous-hunting?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=266062&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

ENVIRONMENT
Judge says she blocked Louisiana pipeline permit on 'irreparable harm' concern
http://www.bicmagazine.com/industry-segments/transportation-subsection/judge-says-she-blocked-louisiana-pipeline-permit-on-irrepara/?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61071460&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--tZW_AJv78KVKFNxxrVF0jvS5JOW75RGFR0J4Y_u24XVx8db20Ey4exKmNi2DP2S-bLmQ6Z8zHO2TclPVCryPR6aNbNg&_hsmi=61071460

Remarkable Video Shows Tiger And Bear Locked In Ferocious Fight
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/03/02/remarkable-video-shows-tiger-and-bear-locked-in-ferocious-fight.html

SCIENCE
"Iceman" Wim Hof undergoes scans to reveal extreme cold resistance
https://newatlas.com/wim-hof-iceman-scans/53636/

The unwelcome revival of ‘race science’
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/02/the-unwelcome-revival-of-race-science?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=266062&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

CYBER SECURITY
Equifax finds another 2.4 million people affected by its data breach
https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/01/equifax-2-4-million-more-people-affected-data-breach/

February 28th DDoS Incident Report
https://githubengineering.com/ddos-incident-report/

DEFENSE
Why the U.S. Military Should Stay Out Of Iran 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/03/why-the-u-s-military-should-stay-out-of-iran/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61067303&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--TZ2Edxc-9PBuqtDmfN6ZQMV0jsWTGXckp4SCYQcnoVg0J0Vm_3HYIGHQp15yAESiBKsfm5-dNs7p_LCHqHIUoeLI-Jg&_hsmi=61067303

We asked a military analyst how the F-22, Su-57, and J-20 stealth planes match up
http://www.businessinsider.com/comparison-of-f-22-su-57-and-j-20-stealth-planes-2018-3

DOJ
The Agony of Jeff Sessions
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-attacks-tough-relationship/

PARKLAND, FL
Why Did It Take Two Weeks To Discover Parkland Students’ Astroturfing?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3636458/posts

Trump Wants to Arm Teachers. These Schools Already Do.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/armed-teachers-guns-schools.html?emc=edit_nn_20180302&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180302&te=1

BIG BROTHER
With ‘No Fly, No Buy,’ a Bipartisan Group Wages War on Minorities 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/no-fly-no-buy-bill-bipartisan-attack-on-second-amendment-rights/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-03-02&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

BETRAYAL: Trump Says Government Should 'Take The Guns First, Go Through Due Process Second'
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27706/betrayal-trump-says-government-should-take-guns-ben-shapiro

IMMIGRATION
An Immigration Reform Idea that Accelerates Economic Growth
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevesherman/2018/03/02/an-immigration-reform-idea-that-accelerates-economic-growth-n2456423?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

ISLAM
France cracks down on Islamic radicalization in schools, prisons, online
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40517?omhide=true

RUSSIAGATE
Nunes: FBI on shaky legal ground with use of Dem-funded dossier to wiretap Trump campaign
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/2/nunes-fbi-shaky-ground-use-dem-funded-dossier/

Condoleezza Rice Tells Adam Schiff: You Know It's Time For This Russia Thing to End, Right? 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/03/02/condoleeza-rice-tells-adam-schiff-you-know-its-time-for-this-russia-thing-to-end-right-n2456686?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

POLITICS
Trump’s family becomes flashpoint for new controversies
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376283-trumps-family-becomes-flashpoint-for-new-controversies?userid=288549

Pelosi Breaks With DCCC, Endorses Pro-lifer
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/03/01/cue-progressive-backlash-after-pelosi-endorses-pro-lifer-n2456194?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

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Watch This Dramatic Takeoff by Blue Angels Jet
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/watch-this-dramatic-takeoff-by-blue-angels-jet?pl=pl-the-lift

California has the worst quality of life, study says
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40515?omhide=true

MENTAL HEALTH
Teenage girls are facing impossible expectations
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/opinions/girls-power-expectation-depression-opinion-simmons/index.html

SCHOOL SECURITY
School Orders War Veteran Teacher to Get Psych Exam Over Classroom Lecture on Safety
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2018/02/28/school-orders-war-veteran-teacher-to-get-psych-exam-over-classroom-lecture-on-safety-n2455524?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Guns: A Serious Reason to Support School Choice
https://townhall.com/columnists/leeculpepper/2018/02/28/guns-a-serious-reason-to-support-school-choice-n2455540?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

TECHNOLOGY
In an Era of ‘Smart’ Things, Sometimes Dumb Stuff Is Better
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/technology/personaltech/smart-things-dumb-stuff.html?emc=edit_nn_20180301&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

NATIONAL SECURITY
Trump’s Generals Are Too Valuable to Be Dismissed 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/trump-administration-generals-john-kelly-james-mattis-hr-mcmaster-too-important-to-dismiss/

DEFENSE
STRATCOM Wants Space-Based Mid-course Tracking Vs. Missiles: Hyten 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/stratcom-wants-space-based-midcourse-tracking-vs-missiles-hyten/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61034918&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_lppC2J885Y79StGRGGTYW1TJI5ImwcVnBEtVcuSbzNyOpVAP0eN__QvHIT4fao0LHSSXAezM4NICQwDEjz4gXLbz50A&_hsmi=61034918

US shrugs at Vladimir Putin’s boast of nuclear-powered cruise missile with unlimited range
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/russian-president-vladimir-putin-unveils-nuclear-weapons-listen-123403156--abc-news-topstories.html

IMMIGRATION
Don’t wait, self deport
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=40547?omhide=true

CHINA
China’s Censors Ban Winnie the Pooh and the Letter ‘N’ After Xi’s Power Grab
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/world/asia/china-censorship-xi-jinping.html?emc=edit_nn_20180301&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

SOUTH AFRICA
New South African President to Follow Zimbabwean Redistribution Model 
https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/africa/item/28379-new-south-african-president-to-follow-zimbabwean-redistribution-model

-- 
"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
How not to lose things: Three techniques for keeping track of your stuff 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/forgetting_found.php3

Dord: The Word That Didn’t Exist
https://www.snopes.com/language/mistakes/dord.asp

This Is Why Some Words Just Sound Funny—and Others Don’t
https://www.rd.com/magazine/funny-words/

Barbra Streisand Slammed For 'Shameful' Decision To Clone Dead Dog Twice
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-barbra_streisand_slammed_for_shameful_decision_to-rfoxnews/category/entertainment

'Taking them down fuels it more': why conspiracy theories are unstoppable
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/28/florida-shooting-conspiracy-theories-youtube-takedown?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265831&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH
Doing this common cooking task is even riskier than handling raw meat
https://moneyish.com/upgrade/doing-this-in-the-kitchen-is-actually-more-dangerous-than-handling-raw-meat/

Understanding cravings can help you control them
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/understanding_cravings.php3

Pregnancy is a life experience I’d rather avoid. That doesn’t mean I’m selfish 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/27/pregnancy-is-a-life-experience-id-rather-avoid-that-doesnt-mean-im-selfish?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265831&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

MENTAL HEALTH
Tread Carefully on Mental-Health Reform
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/mental-health-reform-caution-giving-government-more-powerWEATHER/

WELFARE
A New GOP Entitlement
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/a-new-gop-entitlement-1519776031-lMyQjAxMTI4NzI4ODYyNzgyWj/

CLIMATE CHANGE
Good Climate News Isn’t Told
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/good-climate-news-isnt-told-1519772044-lMyQjAxMTI4NzIxODEyODg3Wj/

WEATHER
Hurricane Harvey Destroys Up To A Million Cars
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/hurricane-harvey-destroys-up-to-a-million-cars?pl=pl-the-lift

TECHNOLOGY
How Quantum Computing Threatens Blockchain 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/quantum-computing-blockchain-technology-threat/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-28&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

NATIONAL SECURITY
National Security: US Needs to Stop Singapore’s Gordon Gekko from Handing the Internet to China
https://townhall.com/columnists/setonmotley/2018/02/27/national-security-us-needs-to-stop-singapores-gordon-gekko-from-handing-the-internet-to-china-n2455053?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

American lives are worth budgeting for with biodefense
http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/375874-american-lives-are-worth-budgeting-for-with-biodefense?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13836

White House: Kushner will stay despite losing top-secret clearance
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/375938-white-house-kushner-will-stay-despite-losing-top-secret-clearance?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13836

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
After Latest Twitter Insult From Trump, Jeff Sessions Pushes Back
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/trump-blasts-sessions-disgraceful-handling-of-justice-department-surveillance-probe-1519839815-lMyQjAxMTE4MjI3ODEyNzg3Wj/

When Illegally Obtained Evidence Can Be Used Against You
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/in-digital-age-defendants-can-lose-even-when-they-win-1519747467-lMyQjAxMTE4MzI5ODkyODgyWj/

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Commanding officer initially ordered responding deputies to 'stage' not enter Stoneman Douglas, sources say
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/28/commanding-officer-initially-ordered-responding-deputies-to-stage-not-enter-stoneman-douglas-sources-say.html

Supreme Court sympathetic to man arrested by city officials he criticized. But he might still not win case
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/rbarnes022818.php3

IMMIGRATION
'It's a bit of a nightmare': Immigration crackdown squeezes US horse racing
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/28/us-horse-racing-immigrant-workers-problems?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265831&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

RUSSIAGATE
Hicks tight-lipped in House interview, frustrating Democrats
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/375935-hicks-tight-lipped-in-house-interview-frustrating-democrats?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13836

POLITICS
Living and Dying by Identity Politics 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/living-and-dying-by-identity-politics/

Dems surge in generic ballot as economy fades from spotlight
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/375940-dems-surge-in-generic-ballot-as-economy-fades-from-spotlight?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13836

-- 
"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