Thursday, October 24, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
Keillor:?? An elaboration on the sufficiency of the muffin
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1019/keillor102019.php3

HEALTH
WHO AFRO - Outbreaks and Emergencies Bulletin - Week 42/2019
http://newsletters.afro.who.int/outbreaks-weekly-bulletin/4vah1jqdyni1hj3oiwqrmm?email=true&a=11&p=55833898

PARENTING
Lost and Found: Kid Edition
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1019/skenazy102019.php3

MIND BOGGLING STUPIDITY
Transgender Cyclist Wins Female Cycling World Championship, Claims Only Objections Come from ???Losers???
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/transgender-cyclist-wins-female-cycling-world-championship-claims-only-objections-come-from-losers/

Warren Calls on DHS to Allow Transgender Migrants Immediate Entry Into U.S.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/immigration-transgender-migrants-elizabeth-warren-calls-on-dhs-to-allow-immediate-entry/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-21&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

HUMOR
The News in Zingers
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1019/hamilton102019.php3

SPORTS
???The game of life and death???: An ancient sport revives in Mexico
https://www.csmonitor.com/Daily/2019/20191021/The-game-of-life-and-death-An-ancient-sport-revives-in-Mexico?src=shared&cmpid=shared-email

Potato puree is an ideal 'race fuel' for athletes and can boost performance 'just as much as trendy carbohydrate gels'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7595785/Potato-puree-just-good-athletes-boosting-performance-carb-gels.html

HISTORY
One of america's greatest business leaders - John Mackay -- 10/21/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/19-2vqk5me1ra-1147513?e=a218d00c99

NatGeo TODAY'S BIG QUESTION:?? What can history teach us about a female future?
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016def9f6f99a10a586e9666b528/b8c122fe-c932-4823-9981-408e880e9486/HTML

ENERGY
Not gone with the wind
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=72e7c5f6ed041c1aa01c794a4d1b8ced_5dadcc94_5cd1fdb&selDate=20191021&goTo=B01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

TECHNOLOGY
Quantum Computing Is Coming, Bit by Qubit
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/science/quantum-computer-physics-qubits.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20191021?campaign_id=57&instance_id=13260&segment_id=18104&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

CYBER SECURITY
Russian hackers cloak attacks using Iranian group
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50103378

FOREIGN POLICY
The US reportedly offered to help North Korea develop a tourist area in return for denuclearization
https://taskandpurpose.com/north-korea-tourist-area-denuclearization

NATIONAL SECURITY
Open Skies Help Keep the Peace With Russia
https://www.wsj.com/articles/open-skies-help-keep-the-peace-with-russia-11571599202?emailToken=272b9ef9b6bf8528a02d4cf9cdd91651nERliPsnZiQ9Ou+dyBtcHkxr1bbW32Ep4V488jqqnI7LBcFfSAl9xk6Mm2prC8ybufu3JlbBZiqcJVlPUYNZhulk26H4BBqeXtEhcyH5Df8%3D&reflink=article_email_share

DEFENSE
In Vietnam, These Helicopter Scouts Saw Combat Up Close
https://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/snakes-loaches-180964341/?fbclid=IwAR0n-4THwEEGU2afiulBCVp5_QrM0heSsMBaMlVSshf1JqdJR3eeNEe_b1w

SecDef Esper: US forces in Afghanistan could drop to 8,600 without things falling apart
https://taskandpurpose.com/esper-us-forces-afghanistan-8600

Vietnam Air Losses
https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/index.php

MILITARY
A Vietnam vet found covered in ant bites is forcing the Atlanta VA to finally reckon with years of dangerous practices
https://taskandpurpose.com/atlanta-va-medical-center-problems-toxic-leadership

Is the Army Combat Fitness Test Sexist?
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66221?mailing_id=4598&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4598&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

LAW AND ORDER
Loyalties of Flynn witness puzzling
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=72e7c5f6ed041c1aa01c794a4d1b8ced_5dadcc94_5cd1fdb&selDate=20191021&goTo=A01&artid=3&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

'I can't think': Mumbling Wikileaks founder Julian Assange fights back tears as he loses bid to delay extradition hearing that will see him sent to US to face spying charges if he loses
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7595931/Wikileaks-founder-Julian-Assange-raises-fist-appears-court.html

SOCIAL MEDIA
Mitt Romney's secret Twitter account Pierre Delecto revealed
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50122183

SCOTUS
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Strike Down a Major Obama-Era Agency
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/the-supreme-court-is-poised-to-strike-down-a-major-obama-era-agency/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-21&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

IMPEACHMENT
Thinking clearly about Trump and aid to Ukraine
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/thinking-clearly-about-trump-and-aid-to-ukraine?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_10/21/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

Here's what to watch this week on impeachment
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/466534-heres-what-to-watch-this-week-on-impeachment

POLITICS
Supreme Court throws out challenge to Michigan electoral map
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/466720-supreme-court-throws-out-challenge-to-michigan-electoral-map


"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)

Sunday, October 20, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
I spent years scalping tickets and evading police. My journey to hell and back.?? This is my story.
https://www.sbnation.com/2019/10/9/20876265/ticket-scalping-world-cup-olympics-final-four

New video shows when school coach took student's shotgun, hugged him
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-video-shows-when-school-coach-took-students-shotgun-hugged-him/ar-AAJ2fY5?ocid=spartandhp

Georgia man fills up motorized coffin in bizarre viral video
https://nypost.com/2019/10/18/georgia-man-fills-up-motorized-coffin-in-bizarre-viral-video/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Joshua Rogers: I thought I wanted to marry her, then she did something my mom had never done
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/joshua-rogers-marry-her-mom

XXXXXX DERANGEMENT
Stop your GASSING! Greta Thunberg's climate change rally is crashed by counter-protest led by truck convoy of oil and gas workers in Canada
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7590743/Greta-Thunberg-rally-crashed-counter-protest-led-truck-convoy-oil-gas-workers.html

SPORTS
The NBA???s China Problem Is Deeper Than a Tweet
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nbas-china-problem-is-deeper-than-a-tweet-11571457600?emailToken=0a639c6b80fd1299182f4e43c9dbcd9dnOSfcQMkqEfgNnIqU3GU3Nl1iwul5g6qWsLTg44i0cV11IsSLrXjEN+ToR4A+rgJzShFrGhwfOWfAIPFhrNA6OyyCJ3Pr5i+GSProcthMN4%3D&reflink=article_email_share

REAL ESTATE
Sea levels are rising, so why is coastal construction?

BUSINESS
The G-7 Needs a Different Hotel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-g-7-needs-a-different-hotel-11571438595?emailToken=9cf6856481273979515fa4bbaca9562eBrdbjmcj7cg4pnC7wdrqE6W9+omT8DX80SWwBMAhazrgATelTrtTN38b5JcAgt/N94caPAPjHeAQKOTCjyLP9A%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Amazon workers ???forced to go back to work??? after fellow employee dies on shift
https://nypost.com/2019/10/19/amazon-workers-forced-to-go-back-to-work-after-fellow-employee-dies-on-shift/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Sky's the limit! People can now order over-the-counter medication and snacks to be delivered to their homes by DRONE in Virginia town as Alphabet's drone delivery service Wing begins
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7589829/Skys-limit-Alphabets-drone-delivery-service-Wing-officially-begins-service-Virginia.html

SPACE
Under construction! Drone footage shows Elon Musk's gaint stainless steel SpaceX Starship - which plans to take passengers and cargo to Mars - being built in the Florida sun
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7588803/Drone-footage-shows-SpaceX-Starship-built-stainless-steel-towers-gleaming-Florida-sun.html

TECHNOLOGY
The Phone Call Isn???t Dead, It???s Evolving
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-phone-call-isnt-dead-its-evolving-11571457605?emailToken=d2f4aaf7f804aa9f540ea0d707fca89a2kLR5EIP7z8tDoLZmTH91Eqy405sgiFWAv6cpe3IRkAJD8724d8IZ5E2IoAcBYAnNKln58qcFVcNzk4lnWeSLXoHAcKbraEobUSw6stKGQw%3D&reflink=article_email_share

CYBER SECURITY
How to hide Amazon orders, keep your privacy from Google and more: Tech Q&A
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/how-to-hide-amazon-orders-privacy-google-tech-qa

MILITARY
He fled his home at the end of the war. Now he's the first Vietnamese-American to be a US Navy admiral
https://taskandpurpose.com/navy-admiral-vietnam

Kyle Carpenter earned the Medal of Honor for jumping on a grenade in Afghanistan. He believes you were worth the sacrifice
https://taskandpurpose.com/kyle-carpenter-you-are-worth-it

LAW AND ORDER
38 people cited for violations in Clinton email probe
https://nypost.com/2019/10/18/38-people-cited-for-violations-in-clinton-email-probe/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

MEDIA
Make the Media Great Again? Yes, and it involves the Bidens
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1019/carlson101819.php3

Will Rogers Was Right
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/crosby101819.php3

FISAGATE
'God knows why': Long wait for DOJ inspector general report on alleged FISA abuses vexes Trump allies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/god-knows-why-long-wait-for-doj-inspector-general-report-on-alleged-fisa-abuses-vexes-trump-allies?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_10/19/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

POLITICS
Gabbard responds to Clinton: "She knows she can't control me"
https://news.yahoo.com/hillary-clinton-suggests-russians-grooming-100507555.html

A Failed Schiff/CIA Led Coup Against Trump Will Bring Hillary Into the Presidential Race with Dire Consequences
https://thecommonsenseshow.com/activism-agenda-21-conspiracy/failed-schiffcia-led-coup-against-trump-will-bring-hillary-presidential-race-dire-consequences


"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

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GENERAL INTEREST
NatGeo:?? The secret to great images? Patience
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016de03492ca9e64f06e966f45e8/6172e268-7880-41c3-85d2-3c766ee52172/HTML

Why this storm-ravaged city dreams of a comeback ??? with heart
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2019/1018/Why-this-storm-ravaged-city-dreams-of-a-comeback-with-heart

Royal Caribbean boots ???idiot??? cruise passenger for risking life to take selfie
https://nypost.com/2019/10/18/royal-caribbean-boots-idiot-cruise-passenger-for-risking-life-to-take-selfie/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HUMOR
Biden 2020 ??? A Bad Lip Reading
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66180?mailing_id=4595&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4595&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

EDUCATION
An Ominous New Rationale for Trampling on Academic Freedom
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/nyu-professor-calls-free-speech-tool-of-reactionary-agenda/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-18&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

BUSINESS
Income Inequality Has Soared While Taxes Have Become Dramatically Less Progressive . . . or Not
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/income-inequality-has-soared-while-taxes-have-become-dramatically-less-progressive-or-not/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-18&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Andrew Yang, Snake Oil Salesman
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/andrew-yang-tech-entrepreneur-fears-automation-self-driving-cars/

Donald Trump and the Plaza Hotel -- 10/18/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/72619-1147897?e=a218d00c99

ENERGY
Snowy 2.0: Australia's divisive plan for a vast underground 'battery' (stored water hydro ...)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-49202175

BIOLOGY
Mysterious ???blob??? organism with no brain but 720 sexes unveiled at Paris zoo
https://www.foxnews.com/science/blob-organism-no-brain-720-sexes-paris-zoo

ENTOMOLOGY
To Stop an Insect Die-Out, the World Needs Pollinator-Friendly Policies, Scientist Warns
https://www.ecowatch.com/insects-dying-pollinators-2641001286.html

TECHNOLOGY
The Vatican launches ??85 'Click to Pray' rosary beads that connect to smartphones, in a bid to attract young people to the Church
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7580911/The-Vatican-launches-85-Click-Pray-rosary-beads.html

Snooping on your neighbor with a drone could soon be ILLEGAL according to new bill that prohibits vehicles from flying up to 200 feet of homes
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7586149/Snooping-neighbor-drone-soon-illegal-according-new-bill.html

Wanted: Ethical intelligence for artificial intelligence
https://www.csmonitor.com/Daily/2019/20191018?cmpid=ema:ddp:20191018&id=1097444

Finally, An Electric Crate Motor You Can Drop Into Your Old Car
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/finally-an-electric-crate-motor-you-can-drop-into-your-old-car/ar-AAIZE5P?ocid=spartandhp

CYBER SECURITY
Massive sextortion attack running wild, security firm says (pretty good comments ...)
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/massive-sextortion-attack-running-wild

FOREIGN POLICY
China???s Maritime Strategic Challenge
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/china-maritime-threat-us-allies-must-work-together-to-meet-challenge/

DEFENSE
New missile-armed Stryker unveiled by General Dynamics
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/new-missile-armed-stryker-unveiled-by-general-dynamics

Some worries about nuclear weapons at Turkey base
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/some-worries-about-nuclear-weapons-at-turkey-base/ar-AAIZDRf?ocid=spartandhp

IMMIGRATION
New ICE Program Exposes Hundreds of Fraudulent ???Family Units??? Trying to Cross The Border
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-ice-program-exposes-hundreds-of-fraudulent-family-units-trying-to-cross-the-border/

HONG KONG
Immersed: A walk through Hong Kong???s protests
https://www.csmonitor.com/Daily/2019/20191018?cmpid=ema:ddp:20191018#1097442-video

MIDDLE EAST
Assad: Syria to Resist Turkish Invasion by ???All Legitimate Means???
https://news.yahoo.com/assad-syria-resist-turkish-invasion-161633377.html

PUERTO RICO
HUD officials admit they knowingly stalled Puerto Rico housing relief funds
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hud-officials-admit-they-knowingly-stalled-puerto-rico-housing-relief-funds/ar-AAIZFn7?ocid=spartandhp

SCOTUS
Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to consumer agency
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/466494-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-challenge-to-consumer-bureaus-authority

POLITICS
Elizabeth Warren Is Not Honest?? (nor, in this instance, is Bernie Sanders)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/elizabeth-warren-health-care-debate-candidate-knows-stories-are-not-accurate/

Why They Hate Tulsi Gabbard
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66207?mailing_id=4595&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4595&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body



"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

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Is America Becoming Sinicized?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/is-america-becoming-sinicized/

GENERAL INTEREST

HEALTH
A Nazi Version of DDT Was Forgotten. Could It Help Fight Malaria?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/science/nazi-ddt-malaria.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20191017?campaign_id=57&instance_id=13173&segment_id=18000&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

PARENTING
Political Correctness Is Bad for Kids
https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-correctness-is-bad-for-kids-11571264113?emailToken=0c2d8f1d91b1ab9ed02f67f17a2ffccd5OaOXscSOaZ8e9mHtTBNyWWCAVr4yuYXTIesLEA56h1ZfZ6zTaGcffivNq//lSBzyqx4aUHuzoQ0U1klZEeFkmiH/ymfTQF1YKD1jwq44oc%3D&reflink=article_email_share

PROGRESSIVES OFF THE RAILS
Gigabytes of Virtue-Signaling
https://www.city-journal.org/html/gigabytes-virtue-signaling-16990.html

SPORTS
LeBron Express His Own Ignorance on Hong Kong
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66159?mailing_id=4593&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4593&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body




HISTORY
The pig-man hunts of new haven -- 10/17/19
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/the-pig-man-hunts-of-new-haven-101719?e=a218d00c99

BUSINESS
Ranking the States by Regulation
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/government-regulation-new-numerical-measure-ranks-states/

MYRMECOLOGY
World's fastest ant runs equivalent of 360 mph
https://www.foxnews.com/science/worlds-fastest-ant-360-mph

TECHNOLOGY
Defiant Zuckerberg Says Facebook Won???t Police Political Speech
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/business/zuckerberg-facebook-free-speech.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_ne_20191017%3Fcampaign_id%3D57&instance_id=13173&login=email&nl=evening-briefing&regi_id=58935408&segment_id=18000&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab

Warren warns Facebook may help reelect Trump 'and profit off of it'
https://thehill.com/campaign-issues/technology/466406-warren-to-zuckerberg-facebook-has-learned-nothing-from-2016

FOREIGN POLICY
Trump touts Turkey cease-fire: 'Sometimes you have to let them fight'
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/466405-trump-touts-turkey-ceasefire-sometimes-you-have


Trump's man in Europe gets $1m house upgrade: Gordon Sondland oversees taxpayer-funded refurbishment of Brussels home including $400k on two kitchens, $82k on a bathroom and $95k on an outdoor 'living pod'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7583865/Gordon-Sondland-oversees-1m-upgrade-Brussels-home.html

NATIONAL SECURITY
Trump Used the Options He Had in Syria
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/trump-used-the-options-he-had-in-syria/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-17&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart


MILITARY
US bombs its own ammo dump in Syria as most troops beat a hasty retreat from the country
https://taskandpurpose.com/us-bombs-own-ammo-dump

US troops left behind dick drawings at an abandoned Syrian camp they knew Russian soldiers would take over
https://taskandpurpose.com/russian-base-syria-dick-drawings

The Army is praying that Generation Z will take the service to a whole new level
https://taskandpurpose.com/whats-your-warrior-army

LAW AND ORDER
Police Keep Antifa Away From Columbus Statues By Taping Job Applications Onto Them
https://babylonbee.com/news/police-keep-antifa-away-columbus-statues-taping-job-applications-onto

NatGeo TODAY'S BIG QUESTION:?? Can the U.S. Stop Poaching at home?
https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v40000016ddafc58feab30006e966f4650/9e831f94-b948-401d-a11d-c004142ee147/HTML

TERRORISM
France says foiled September 11-inspired attack
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/france-says-foiled-september-11-inspired-attack/ar-AAIW7ck?ocid=spartandhp

IMMIGRATION
Why Mexico Is Cooperating with Us on Immigration
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/immigration-enforcement-mexico-cooperating-with-us/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-17&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

MIDDLE EAST
Kurds claim Turkey are using banned weapons such as NAPALM and white phosphorus as Erdogan warns nobody ??? including the US ??? can stop his incursion into Syria
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7582865/Erdogan-warns-including-stop-Turkeys-incursion-Syria.html

HOUSE DEPOSITIONS
Mulvaney walks back comments tying Ukraine aid to 2016 probe
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466385-mulvaney-walks-back-comments-tying-ukraine-aid-to-2016-probe

POLITICS
GOP cautions Graham against hauling Biden before Senate
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466207-gop-cautions-graham-against-hauling-biden-before-senate

Buttigieg emerges as new threat to Biden after debate
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/466202-buttigieg-emerges-as-new-threat-to-biden-after-debate



"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)