Thursday, July 25, 2019

Hey, mom? CLIMATE change

CLIMATE CHANGE


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PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
National Chili Dog Day 2019: History, Facts, Recipes and Vegan Chili Dog Alternatives
https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/national-chili-dog-day-2019-history-facts-recipes-and-vegan-chili-dog-alternatives/ar-AAEPFZ9?ocid=spartandhp


Idaho high school football team attends autistic boy's birthday party after only one classmate accepts invitation
https://www.foxnews.com/health/football-team-shows-up-to-birthday-party-of-idaho-boy-with-autism-after-only-one-classmate-accepts-invitation

HEALTH CARE
Why Your Doctor Doesn???t Like Medicare for All 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/why-your-doctor-doesnt-like-medicare-for-all/

PHYSIOLOGY
Symmetry and asymmetry in humans
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/0ym7gjhz7k?e=a218d00c99

ENVIRONMENT
National Geographic:?? Science & Environment
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016c2528e01c890b66f4bbe5be68/da158664-4834-4047-a9e2-bd979c08b3a9/HTML

CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48964736

Climate change protesters arrested after super-gluing themselves to US Capitol 
https://nypost.com/2019/07/24/climate-change-protesters-arrested-after-super-gluing-themselves-to-us-capitol/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Climate scientists drive stake through heart of skeptics' argument
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-scientists-drive-stake-through-heart-of-skeptics-argument/ar-AAENJE2?ocid=spartandhp

ENERGY
Yes, the U.S. Exports Oil, but We???re Not Energy Independent 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/yes-the-u-s-exports-oil-but-were-not-energy-independent/

GEOLOGY
Earth is littered with mysterious space-cones, and now we know why
https://www.foxnews.com/science/earth-is-littered-with-mysterious-space-cones-and-now-we-know-why

ENTOMOLOGY
In Just 2 Years, Scientists Have Effectively Wiped Out Mosquitoes on 2 Chinese Islands 
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-effectively-wipe-out-mosquito-populations-of-two-chinese-islands-in-just-two-years

CYBER SECURITY
A disturbing theory after Equifax and Facebook settlements ??? aggregated data is NOT enough to protect your privacy 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-disturbing-theory-in-the-wake-of-the-equifax-settlement-anonymized-data-may-not-be-enough-to-protect-your-privacy-2019-07-23

NATIONAL SECURITY
Heavy Reliance on Technology Backfires on the CIA
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelmarsden/2019/07/24/heavy-reliance-on-technology-backfires-on-the-cia-n2550482?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=07/24/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

FOREIGN POLICY
Trump vetoes resolutions attempting to block Saudi arms sales
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/454317-trump-vetoes-resolutions-attempting-to-block-saudi-arms-sales

DEFENSE
Marines may have bagged a second Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz 
https://taskandpurpose.com/marines-down-second-iranian-drone

The Marine Corps is getting 'a web of all-seeing eyes' to keep watch on bases around the world 
https://taskandpurpose.com/marine-corps-anduril-industries-palmer-luckey-contract

The Marine Corps's new robotic targets look, move, and even shout just like real humans
https://taskandpurpose.com/marine-cops-robot-targets

MILITARY
Why Maverick is still a captain 30 years after 'Top Gun,' according to the Navy 
https://taskandpurpose.com/why-maverick-is-still-a-captain-30-years-after-top-gun-according-to-the-navy

SOCIAL MEDIA
Google Engineer: Google News Search Results Are Intentionally Biased Against Trump
https://pjmedia.com/trending/google-engineer-google-news-search-results-are-intentionally-biased-against-trump/

IMMIGRATION
'Racist'? UPenn Prof. Amy Wax says U.S. better with more white than non-white immigrants
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/07/23/upenn-penn-law-professor-amy-wax-immigration-racist/1797101001/

Federal judge allows Trump asylum restrictions to continue
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/454498-federal-judge-allows-trump-asylum-restrictions-to-continue

PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico's governor to resign amid protests over leaked obscene online chats
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/puerto-ricos-governor-resigns-over-offensive-messages-corruption-allegations

TRUMPGATE
Mueller Clarifies Much-Touted Answer on DOJ Guidelines 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mueller-clarifies-much-touted-answer-on-doj-guidelines/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-07-24&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart


"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end ??? 
which you can never afford to lose ??? with the discipline to confront
the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
        - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News

IN MEMORIAM
Christopher Kraft, NASA Mission Control???s Founding Father, Dies at 95

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/science/christopher-kraft-dead-nasa.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190723&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11098&segment_id=15460&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

GENERAL INTEREST
The White Ghetto
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/white-ghetto-kevin-d-williamson/

HEALTH
In a review of 337,000 patient cases, this was the No. 1 most common preventable medical error 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/in-a-review-of-337000-patient-cases-this-was-the-no-1-most-common-medical-error-2019-07-22

Neil Armstrong???s Death, and a Stormy, Secret $6 Million Settlement
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/neil-armstrong-wrongful-death-settlement.html#click=https://t.co/1A9iOdVsWp

PROGRESSIVES *&^%$($#@%$$
Canada???s Ball-Waxing Horror Show Is Peak Transgender Activism 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/canadas-ball-waxing-horror-show-peak-transgen-activism/

HUMOR
The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0719/hamilton.php3

It's a Computer Bag, Not a Man Purse! 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0719/purcell072319.php3

FINANCIAL
Conservatives erupt in outrage against budget deal
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/454297-conservatives-erupt-in-outrage-against-budget-deal?userid=288549

CLIMATE CHANGE
Demolishing the foundation of the Green New Deal 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=e8ca6a428e74ae2908ccc78399ee9fab_5d372672_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190723&goTo=B01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

'Restore UK bogs' to tackle climate change
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49074872

SCIENCE
How to Get to Mars 
https://www.youtube.com/embed/XRCIzZHpFtY?rel=0

Science Times
https://static.nytimes.com/email-content/SC_15467.html?campaign_id=34&instance_id=11102&segment_id=15467&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

AVIATION
Bizarre 'bird of prey' airliner concept design revealed
https://www.foxnews.com/science/bird-of-prey-airliner-concept-design

SPACE
LightSail 2 Unfurls Sails, Next Step Toward Space Travel on Solar Winds
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/science/lightsail-solar-sail.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190723?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11124&segment_id=15485&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190723

CYBER SECURITY
Security bug in Facebook Messenger's Kids app let children as young as SIX chat to complete strangers
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7276001/Security-bug-Facebook-Messengers-Kids-app-let-children-chat-complete-strangers.html

DEFENSE
The Army is running a classified mission with black helicopters over Washington, D.C. 
https://taskandpurpose.com/the-army-is-running-a-classified-mission-with-black-helicopters-over-washington-d-c

Navy improves helicopter-fired laser weapons to counter mines
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/navy-improves-helicopter-fired-laser-weapons-to-counter-mines

MILITARY
Army Vet Mark Esper Confirmed as Secretary of Defense 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mark-esper-confirmed-as-secretary-of-defense/

This 100-year-old vet escaped a Nazi prison camp. Now he's at the center of a lawsuit over a Bible at his local VA 
https://taskandpurpose.com/this-100-year-old-wwii-escaped-a-nazi-prison-camp-now-hes-at-the-center-of-a-lawsuit-over-a-bible-at-his-local-va

LAW AND ORDER
DOJ Opens Sweeping Anti-Trust Probe of Big Tech Firms 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/doj-opens-sweeping-anti-trust-probe-into-big-tech-firms/

HONG KONG
Tiny Apartments and Punishing Work Hours:?? The Economic Roots of Hong Kong???s Protests
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/22/world/asia/hong-kong-housing-inequality.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190723&section=longRead?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11098&segment_id=15460&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=longRead

NKOR
Kim Jong Un inspects new sub, wants to bolster North Korean military 
https://nypost.com/2019/07/23/kim-jong-un-inspects-new-sub-wants-to-bolster-north-korean-military/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

IMMIGRATION
The Problem with Amy Wax???s Immigration Argument
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/amy-waxs-critics-unfairly-smeared-her-but-shes-wrong/

US expands powers to deport migrants without going to court
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49079495

FAR EAST
South Korea, Russia, Japan and China warplanes face off in Asian confrontation 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/south-korea-russia-japan-and-china-warplanes-face-off-in-asian-confrontation/ar-AAEJhnO?ocid=spartandhp

IRAN
Why Iran Wants to Get Bombed
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/why-iran-wants-to-get-bombed/

TRUMPGATE
Trump sues lawmakers, NY officials to thwart potential release of state tax returns
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/454356-trump-sues-lawmakers-ny-officials-to-thwart-potential-release-of

POLITICS
House passes bill opposing BDS, exposing divide among Democrats
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/454399-house-passes-bill-opposing-bds-exposing-democratic-divides

In Case You've Run Out Of Conspiracy Theories, Here's A New One: Dem Debates 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0719/whalen072319.php3

A conference in D.C. lays legacy conservatism in its grave 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0719/burtka072319.php3

VIDEO Uncovered Trump Interview From Over 25 Years Ago Will Shock A Lot of People 
https://www.youtube.com/embed/MOKi5YeNtRI

"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end ??? 
which you can never afford to lose ??? with the discipline to confront
the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
        - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)

PLATT - CURATED News

May I See Your ID? 
Jerry Morrell - His book. Amazon

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/may-i-see-your-id/

GENERAL INTEREST
Why Can't America Fill a Pothole?
https://www.prageru.com/video/why-cant-america-fill-a-pothole/

HEALTH
She wasn't breathing. He didn't know CPR. Then he recalled an old episode of 'The Office.' 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0719/the_office_CPR.php3

The Puzzling Problem of Vaping 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/the-puzzling-problem-of-vaping/

WHO AFRO - Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin - Week 29/2019
http://newsletters.afro.who.int/outbreaks-weekly-bulletin/2m0fb29495x1hj3oiwqrmm?email=true&a=11&p=55364002

HEALTH CARE
Surprise! Here's proof that Medicare for All is doomed 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0719/ponnuru072219.php3

PARENTING
A Peculiarly Dutch Summer Rite: Children Let Loose in the Night Woods
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/world/europe/netherlands-dropping-children.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190722&section=longRead?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11076&segment_id=15431&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=longRead&login=email&auth=login-email

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
The Other Case against Reparations
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/the-other-case-against-reparations/

Wokeness at Warp Speed 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0719/steyn072219.php3

Ivanka Trump Mocked For Giving 'All White' Dog to Her Daughter 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/newsweek-ivanka_trump_mocked_for_giving_all_white_dog_to_he-rnewsweek/category/news

Humiliation: Daily Beast Tries, Fails to Attack MLB Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera for Supporting Israel, Not Hating Trump
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/07/22/humiliation-the-daily-beast-tries-fails-to-attack-mlb-hall-of-famer-mariano-rivera-for-supporting-israel-not-hating-trump-n2550374?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

HUMOR
The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0719/hamilton.php3

FINANCIAL
Federal Budget Would Raise Spending by $320 Billion
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/us/politics/budget-deal.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190722?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11087&segment_id=15453&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190722

HISTORY
from "How to Hide An Empire" by Daniel Immerwahr
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/in-1941-japan-bombed-the-american-territory-of-the-philippines-72219-uvw1uwcx5n?e=a218d00c99

National Geographic: History
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016c1ae37f83ba897b6e96638918/fefc9a7b-3202-4b5d-814d-cd9c3e776168/HTML

DEFENSE
What's keeping generals up at night? Cyber threats 
https://taskandpurpose.com/cyber-threats-generals

LAW AND ORDER
NSA contractor sentenced to 9 years for stealing huge number of classified intelligence documents 
https://taskandpurpose.com/nsa-harold-martin

Do protections for people with disabilities apply online? Domino's asks Supreme court 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0719/rbarnes072219.php3

IRAN
'Chokepoint Charlie': Patrolled by 2,000 Iranian speedboats, why the Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's most chaotic and volatile shipping channels
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7270909/Geopolitical-analyst-Phil-Diacon-details-Strait-Hormuz-chaotic-volatile.html

Iran demands ???toll??? to pass strait 
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=4b0a73085cbada1fccfd063eb9060ac2_5d35d4f1_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190722&goTo=A01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

ran releases footage it says disproves drone was downed by US
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49052302

IMMIGRATION
US hotels caught in fight over housing detained migrants
https://news.yahoo.com/hotels-face-battle-over-whether-125329071.html

POTUS
The Memo: Trump's risky bid for attention
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/454230-the-memo-trumps-risky-bid-for-attention


"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end ??? 
which you can never afford to lose ??? with the discipline to confront
the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
        - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)

Monday, July 22, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News


APOLLO11

Pride in America, Then and Now ??? Apollo 11
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/64394?mailing_id=4430&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4430&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

How the Apollo 11 Moon landing was achieved with the vital help of Carnarvon Tracking Station
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-14/the-vital-role-played-by-carnarvon-in-the-apollo-11-moon-landing/11261800

GENERAL INTEREST
At the World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Competition
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-17/at-the-world-taxidermy-and-fish-carving-competition

A Long Life Of Good Character Comes From Our Everyday Decisions
https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/16/a-long-life-of-good-character-comes-from-our-everyday-decisions/

Frugal??? carpenter secretly saves $3M to send 33 kids to college 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/frugal-carpenter-secretly-saves-3m-to-send-33-kids-to-college-2019-07-20

Extraterrestrial UFO Are Real : Ben Rich Lockheed Skunk Works Director Admitted In His Deathbed Confession
https://www.ufo-blogger.com/2010/08/ufo-are-real-ben-rich-lockheed-skunk.html

The Babylon Bee
https://babylonbee.com/news/categories/worldviews

TECHNOLOGY
7 things you didn't know Google search could do until now
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/things-you-didnt-know-google-search-could-do

BUSINESS
New Calvinist Baskin-Robbins Offers Customers One Preselected Flavor To Choose From
https://babylonbee.com/news/new-calvinist-baskin-robbins-offers-customers-one-preselected-flavor-to-choose-from/

ARCHAEOLOGY
Shroud of Turin: New Test Concludes 1988 ???Medieval Hoax??? Dating Was a Fraud 
https://townhall.com/columnists/myrakahnadams/2019/07/21/shroud-of-turin-new-test-concludes-1988-medieval-hoax-dating-was-a-fraud-n2550263?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=07/21/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Mysterious Stonehenge structure may have been built using pig fat
https://www.foxnews.com/science/mysterious-stonehenge-structure-may-have-been-built-using-pig-fat

WEATHER
Watch the birth of a lightning strike in slow motion
https://start.att.net/player/article/usa_today-watch_the_birth_of_a_lightning_strike_in_slow_moti-rgannett/category/lifestyle

AVIATION
Exclusive: Inside the vast tornado-proof global operations centre of the world's biggest airline, where staff marshal one million annual flights and over 1,500 aircraft
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-7249263/Inside-American-Airlines-tornado-proof-operations-center-Dallas-Fort-Worth-International-Airport.html

DEFENSE
The Navy thinks its new surface warfare trainer is more realistic than training on ships 
https://taskandpurpose.com/navy-surface-warfare-trainer-norfolk

The One-Eyed Man is King
https://blog.usni.org/posts/2019/07/09/the-one-eyed-man-is-king

MILITARY
Watch an Army ROTC cadet break the Guinness record for burpees to raise money for veterans 
https://taskandpurpose.com/army-rotc-guinness-record-burpees

LAW AND ORDER
Sailor sentenced for trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife, so he could use the life insurance to pay for a hit on another sailor 
https://taskandpurpose.com/uriel-gerardo-olivas-sentenced

Apollo 11 astronaut???s punch almost ended in battery charges
https://www.foxnews.com/science/apollo-11-astronauts-punch

Cat filter activates during police live stream about double murder
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/cat-filter-activates-during-police-live-stream-about-double-murder

BIG BROTHER
Amazon is profiting off fear': Critics slam growing web of controversial doorbell cameras for 'invading privacy' to 'spy on communities and stir up crime concerns in safe areas'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7263799/Fast-growing-web-doorbell-cams-raises-privacy-fears.html

TRUMPGATE
Republicans Prep for Mueller Showdown and Counsel a Light Touch
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/us/politics/republicans-mueller-hearings.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_nn_20190721?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11066&segment_id=15418&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190721&login=email&auth=login-email

10 questions for Robert Mueller
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/452647-10-questions-for-mueller

"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end ??? 
which you can never afford to lose ??? with the discipline to confront
the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
        - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)