Sunday, November 26, 2017

PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
15 Things Far Too Many Americans Are Foolishly Taking For Granted
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2017/11/25/15-things-far-too-many-americans-are-foolishly-taking-for-granted-n2413935?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

GENERAL INTEREST
Watch Stunning Antarctic Waterfall
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/watch-stunning-antarctic-waterfall

That should stop them getting gobbled! Turkeys roam free – under the watchful eye of ALPACAS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5116493/Alpacas-guard-turkeys-Berkshire-farm.html

Thanks DW ...


BUSINESS
From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/23/from-inboxing-to-thought-showers-how-business-bullshit-took-over?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Long+Read+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253934&subid=20430811&CMP=longread_collection

How the sandwich consumed Britain
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/24/how-the-sandwich-consumed-britain?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Long+Read+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253934&subid=20430811&CMP=longread_collection

CLIMATE CHANGE
Unearthing oxygen-starved bacteria might worsen climate change
https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/25/unearthing-oxygen-starved-bacteria-might-worsen-climate-change/

ENVIRONMENT
Japan Wants to Push A Million Tons Of Radioactive Water Into the Pacific Ocean
http://www.newsweek.com/japan-has-reached-impasse-over-million-tons-radioactive-water-722463?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

NATIONAL SECURITY
Is Iran Getting Ready to Send Warships to the U.S. East Coast?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-getting-ready-send-warships-124500430.html

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Secretive Liberal Donor Network to Ramp Up Efforts to Elect Far-Left District Attorneys
http://freebeacon.com/politics/secretive-liberal-donor-network-ramp-efforts-elect-far-left-district-attorneys/

NORK
These Horrible North Korean Secrets Make Us Worried About Kim Jong Un’s Mental Health
https://www.cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/these-horrible-north-korean-secrets-make-us-worried-about-kim-jong-uns-mental-health.html/?ref=YF&yptr=yahoo

AFGHANISTAN
With Trump's OK, US unleashes air offensive to take out Taliban drug labs
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/with-trumps-ok-us-unleashes-air-offensive-to-take-out-taliban-drug-labs/article/2641239

The US Just Flew an Advanced Stealth Fighter to Bomb Drug Labs in Afghanistan
https://www.defensetech.org/2017/11/20/the-us-just-flew-stealth-fighter-to-bomb-drug-labs-in-afghanistan/

POLITICS
Moving First Baptist Dallas Service Results In Hundreds Of Republican Party Registrations
http://babylonbee.com/news/moving-first-baptist-dallas-service-results-hundreds-republican-party-registrations/

-- 
"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion
to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of
his actions and the integrity of his intent."
                  --Douglas MacArthur

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GENERAL INTEREST
House fires burn much faster than they used to. Here’s how to survive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/house-fires-burn-much-faster-than-they-used-to-heres-how-to-survive/2017/11/20/1c1eb7f8-c890-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html?utm_term=.25f77f4a0bda&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

Homeless man in New Haven who returned $10,000 check rewarded in a big way
http://fox61.com/2017/11/22/homeless-man-in-new-haven-who-returned-10000-check-rewarded-in-a-big-way/

Post-Harvey Houston faces a dilemma: how to rebuild with integrity 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/24/houston-texas-hurricane-harvey-rebuilding-immigrant-rights?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253905&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Jake Tapper Beautifully Rebukes Teen Vogue Writer Who Said She Doesn’t Care If ‘Innocent Men’ Are Harmed By ‘False’ Assault Allegations
http://www.dailywire.com/news/23919/jake-tapper-beautifully-rebukes-teen-vogue-writer-frank-camp

French president to launch 'cultural war' on sexual abuse 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/24/french-president-emmanuel-macron-launch-cultural-war-on-sexual-abuse?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253905&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

ANTHOZOANS
Northern Red Sea Could Be Unique Global Warming Refuge for Coral 
https://www.ecowatch.com/northern-red-sea-coral-2511611993.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=48fa89f833-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-48fa89f833-85328381

BUSINESS
A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs to farm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-growing-number-of-young-americans-are-leaving-desk-jobs-to-farm/2017/11/23/e3c018ae-c64e-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?utm_term=.1ec070ec85a2

Unions applaud White House on apprenticeship push
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/unions-applaud-white-house-on-apprenticeship-push/article/2641104

DEFENSE
Can the world's mightiest naval fleet survive the perfect storm? 
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/23/politics/us-navy-seventh-fleet-breaking-point/index.html

JUDICIARY
Justices to weigh cell phone privacy in landmark case
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/361594-justices-to-weigh-cell-phone-privacy-in-landmark-case

FCC
FCC net neutrality process ‘corrupted’ by fake comments and vanishing consumer complaints, officials say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/24/fcc-net-neutrality-process-corrupted-by-fake-comments-and-vanishing-consumer-complaints-officials-say/?utm_term=.9c26c578967d&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

EPA
Pruitt kicks out professors, researchers under federal grant money rule
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/23/scott-pruitt-kicks-out-professors-researchers-unde/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpWa05ESmxOREk0WXpBNCIsInQiOiJJWTBaN1dhQksxRnBlMGtIdFwva1MxQWJtR1wvRlhyQ1A3cnllK0lvbHdUWWFNYVJDUGFYV2xLMDhSQ2t2SjVnMlhOMGlBaFwvTEVkN3RlQVBkUHZJSmpNZTJ4aXVkZGpnNUJ1RHU3eTc5dlZCZGJKSW1NWmZLS3ZMSHE4dlYyWU9cL3IifQ%3D%3D

MEDIA
How to protect against fake ‘facts’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/getting-back-to-facts/2017/11/23/ebd6a12e-cfb9-11e7-81bc-c55a220c8cbe_story.html?utm_term=.b7b3af9da56c&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

MIDDLE EAST
The US-Saudi Starvation Blockade
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2017/11/24/the-ussaudi-starvation-blockade-n2413176?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

POLITICS
Republican retirements give Democrats hope for election wave
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/23/republican-retirements-give-democrats-hope-for-ele/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1Sa016RTROV05pWkdZMiIsInQiOiJYdzVNc2dyRVNmSEZ0cWpTU0U4MG1Dbk9OUHdaSmpVbURoTVJRd3Bwb3ptUjYwbkJxWHF2SUhsZk1TOU1YQVZrTWtPVFlYaTc3eDBaRGpUMng0XC9Cb0pYTXora1N5VmlFajZFNVpTb2t6emkrM1hXNCtTVDczVitQMkpLbGlUaVQifQ%3D%3D

How entitlement programs ruined our politics 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/how-entitlement-programs-ruined-our-politics/article/2641405

A gladiator battles for the minds of young conservatives
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/us/ben-shapiro-conservative.html

-- 
"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion
to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of
his actions and the integrity of his intent."
                  --Douglas MacArthur

Last Iron Lungs - POLIO

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5101817/America-s-iron-lungs.html

America's last iron lungs: Incredible video shows polio survivors whose life saving-equipment is repaired by car mechanics and engineers after health insurers and manufacturers stopped covering the devices 13 years ago

  • Paul Alexander, 70, of Dallas, is one of just a handful of people around the world who still relies on an iron lung to help him breathe
  • Manufacturing ceased in the 1960s and now polio survivors such as Alexander are forced to rely on car mechanics and engineers to fix the life-saving device
  • Alexander spends almost every moment in the device after contracting polio as a five-year-old in 1952 
  • Martha Ann Lillard's crippling illness has made her a prisoner in her own home for more than 60 years after she was paralyzed by polio at age five
  • She says that modern alternatives to the iron lung are simply not as efficient
  • Her iron lung runs on a fan belt motor that friends help patch together with car parts when it breaks
  • The last big outbreak of polio in the US took place in 1952, but polio was eradicated by 1979 thanks to the vaccine


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5101817/America-s-iron-lungs.html#ixzz4zZR5px9O
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Friday, November 24, 2017

PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
A Thanksgiving Toast To The Old Breed 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1117/hanson112317.php3

GENERAL INTEREST
'America's dirty little secret': the Texas town that has been without running water for decades 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/23/texas-town-without-running-water-sandbranch?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253689&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Dinosaurs, gods and marshmallows: A Thanksgiving science quiz (1/6)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/health/thanksgiving-facts/?utm_term=.f41a5d507dd2&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

HEALTH CARE
In the woods and the shadows, street medicine treats the nation’s homeless
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/OP/20171122/ENTERTAINMENT/171129814

DIVERSITY
Diversity Obsession
https://www.ammoland.com/2017/11/diversity-obsession/?utm_source=Ammoland+Subscribers&utm_campaign=50f420f78f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6f6fac3eaa-50f420f78f-21138041

'Happily gentrifying since 2014': Denver coffee shop sign sparks fury 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/23/denver-coffee-shop-sign-gentrification-ink-five-points?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253689&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Joe Barton threatened to call Capitol Police on woman about sexually explicit material (This goes beyond harassment ...)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/joe-barton-threatened-to-call-capitol-police-on-woman-about-sexually-explicit-material-report/article/2641579

The History of Sex in America, Part 1
http://www.freedomsback.com/the-history-of-sex-in-america-part-1

CLIMATE CHANGE
Polar bears crowd on Russian island in sign of Arctic change
https://www.yahoo.com/news/polar-bears-crowd-russian-island-sign-arctic-change-032053451.html

SCIENCE
Could graphene ripples be tapped into as a clean, limitless energy source?
https://newatlas.com/graphene-motion-limitless-energy/52319/

ECOLOGY
Senate Republicans Push for Extinction of North Carolina's Red Wolf 
https://www.ecowatch.com/red-wolf-extinction-2511649319.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=193859ae06-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-193859ae06-85328381

TECHNOLOGY
What happens once ‘net neutrality’ rules bite the dust?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/what-happens-once-net-neutrality-rules-bite-the-dust/2017/11/22/d8a50bf2-cfe8-11e7-a87b-47f14b73162a_story.html?utm_term=.142881ba2c18&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

3D Printing Turns Plastic Trash Into Public Furniture
https://www.ecowatch.com/3d-printing-plastic-furniture-2511668208.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=193859ae06-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-193859ae06-85328381

Radical America's Cup concept promises faster, safer yacht racing
https://newatlas.com/ac75-yacht-concpet-americas-cup/52318/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=d980792e36-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-d980792e36-91357693

DEFENSE
A-10 Pilots Reveal Why No Nation Can Beat America's "Flying Tank"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/10-pilots-reveal-why-no-140200799.html

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Trump calls ICE union chief after complaints of betrayal
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/22/trump-calls-ice-union-chief-complaints-betrayal/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRObFpqZGhORGMyTXprMCIsInQiOiJ5dWsweit2eU9BQkF3VElFVXVzV2k1UUY5UkR6ek9YUHA5MEEzQ3NtWnV2VGVNMEtOMjUxdFJOYkxxUXpkdzAxbWNnTzA0XC9OUEwxbXY5N1d5bEhjSkRqaDBCSWF6dUY0MXhrbk1rNHR1RERjVnR4akNQcTY0WSszZTNGNWxneXUifQ%3D%3D

IMMIGRATION
Deported Gangster in Murder Plot Worked in Colorado City that Wouldn’t Hire Police Chief for Backing Immigration Enforcement
https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2017/11/deported-gangster-murder-plot-worked-colorado-city-wouldnt-hire-police-chief-backing-immigration-enforcement/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=corruption+chronicles&utm_term=members&utm_content=20171123231020

TERRORISM
ISIS Beheads 15 Of Its Own Fighters In Afghanistan
https://www.yahoo.com/news/isis-beheads-15-own-fighters-145452644.html

NORK
North Korea Removes All Border Guards after Failing to Prevent Soldier's Defection
http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-removes-all-border-guards-after-failing-prevent-soldiers-defection-720976?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

RUSSIAGATE
NSA Veteran Bill Binney: The Public Is Being Lied To About Russia Election Meddling
http://thewashingtonstandard.com/nsa-veteran-bill-binney-public-lied-russia-election-meddling/


-- 
“The last resort of the competitive economy is the bailiff, but the ultimate sanction of a planned economy
is the hangman."
                ~ F. A. Hayek

PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
1995 Video Surfaces Of Obama Revealing Who He REALLY Is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBzDb8UB8yA

THANKSGIVING
What I learned when I tried to make my blended family a gluten-free, kosher, no-soy, vegan, organic, low-acid, no-dairy Thanksgiving 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1117/dysfunctional_thanksgiving.php3

Thankful for Property
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1117/stossel1112217.php3

HEALTH
VA study shows parasite from Vietnam may be killing vets
https://www.yahoo.com/news/va-study-shows-parasite-vietnam-may-killing-vets-205234477.html

HEALTH CARE
Deadline nears on Medicare's open enrollment: What you need to know
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/deadline-nears-medicare-apos-open-143700530.html

SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Sexual harassment doesn't just happen to actors or journalists. Talk to a waitress, or a cleaner 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/22/sexual-harassment-doesnt-just-happen-to-actors-or-journalists-talk-to-a-waitress-or-a-cleaner?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253487&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection
     
Study: A LOT Of Young People Think Compliments, Drink Invites Are Forms Of 'Sexual Harassment'
http://www.dailywire.com/news/23852/study-lot-young-people-think-compliments-drink-amanda-prestigiacomo

Princeton issues guidelines for ‘Consent on the Dance Floor’
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10169

Taking harassment seriously requires serious distinctions
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah112217.php3

MONEY
Financial red lights are flashing again 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1117/ferguson112217.php3

SPORTS
NFL banks billions of dollars on the backs of taxpayers and small businesses
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/22/nfl-stadiums-cost-taxpayers-billions-of-dollars/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRsaU5tRmtOelprTW1RMyIsInQiOiJnVGFOb2l1RlhIeENabGpWbXNleWU1aEt0Nkk2Skthd0NcL0I1eFRcL2ZnYTR3UEJVeWoxZ2I2ajZ5dUFXcG1xTzVpbzYyc3hodUdRd1dLVGErQnBzdlwvTUlzaGpMQ0dSc1o1V2d5RDZWTWtxNDJGaEdxVWJRR0xUS2lJMlhnSEt0RiJ9

GEOPHYSICS
The Real Science Behind The Unreal Predictions Of Major Earthquakes In 2018
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/the-real-science-behind-the-unreal-predictions-of-major-earthquakes-in-2018-1778448

TECHNOLOGY
America is about to kill the open internet – and towns like this will pay the price (In the end game, this is definitely NOT the worst thing that's gonna happen if net neutrality is abandoned.)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/21/republicans-are-about-to-kill-the-open-internet-net-neutrality-winlock-washington?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253487&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Why Americans should brace for an internet where not all websites are treated equally
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-americans-should-brace-for-an-internet-where-not-all-websites-are-treated-equally-2017-11-21

What to know about the FCC's upcoming plan to undo its net neutrality rules
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/government-and-politics/4362930-what-know-about-fccs-upcoming-plan-undo-its-net-neutrality

CYBER SECURITY
30 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Story Behind America’s Creepiest Unsolved TV Hack
http://www.dailywire.com/news/23877/30-years-ago-today-story-behind-americas-creepiest-joseph-curl

NATIONAL SECURITY
Dumb Sensors, Deadly Consequences 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin112217.php3

DEFENSE
Clock Ticks As Argentine Submariners Run Out Of Air; US, Allies Race To Rescue 
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/11/clock-ticks-as-argentine-submariners-run-out-of-air-as-us-allies-race-to-rescue/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=58696698&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7hkqeXC6bfLfTOdMoGRulR-O7uxQFcwWiy2-ItDI4nG9SGepWVT6pMc1xXENFKtj0LoxdOgtXIyxCTXgK27Yci4DaYQ&_hsmi=58696698

JUDICIARY RUN AMOK
DC courts are becoming the place to muzzle scientists
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dc-courts-are-becoming-the-place-to-muzzle-scientists/article/2640962

JUDICIARY
Trump's judicial picks: 'The goal is to end the progressive state' 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/22/federal-court-judicial-nominations-donald-trump?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253487&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

POLITICS
A Modest Proposal: Character Counts, Starting in 2018
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453990/sexual-harassment-allegations-character-politics-partisan-bipartisan-democrats-republicans-2018?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=111117_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

The Left is Already Attacking Biden as 2020 Campaign Rumors Surface
https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/11/16/left-already-attacking-biden-2020-campaign-rumors-surface/

-- 
“The last resort of the competitive economy is the bailiff, but the ultimate sanction of a planned economy
is the hangman."
                ~ F. A. Hayek