Thursday, November 14, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Secret Benefits of Retelling Family Stories
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-benefits-of-retelling-family-stories-11573468201?emailToken=05b215928012c1f3b2334ad400674917v/LJBdNJpEjCsO2chWUXZiQhYQPFG604pYGXG7rBOe9UcayfbuHf+xhhe86C35ju70lkBOtAjLjsbXLW5dvQv5E2R4sRP3v3NAu0sq6YvrI%3D&reflink=article_email_share

HEALTH
Political courage from a 7th grader
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=bdb757217e85baea43fe2fb6d64aa6d5_5dc9979c_5cd1fdb&selDate=20191111&goTo=B03&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

11 Surprising Benefits and Uses of Black Rice
https://www.ecowatch.com/black-rice-health-benefits-2641294979.html

HEALTH CARE
Warren’s health plan is big trouble for organized labor
https://nypost.com/2019/11/10/warrens-health-plan-is-big-trouble-for-organized-labor/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

CULTURE
Get Your Fear Here! Fresh, Hot Fear!
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/skenazy111119.php3

HUMOR
The News in Zingers
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/hamilton111119.php3

FINANCIAL
He bet his family’s entire life savings and mortgaged his home for a shot at millions — now he’s living the dream
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/he-bet-his-familys-entire-life-savings-and-mortgaged-his-home-for-a-shot-at-millions-now-hes-living-the-dream-2019-11-10

ENVIRONMENT
Scientists Create Fake Rhino Horn to Fight Poaching
https://www.ecowatch.com/rhino-horn-alternative-2641303357.html

ASTRONOMY
As SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites, Scientists See Threat to ‘Astronomy Itself’
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/science/spacex-starlink-satellites.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_ne_20191111%3Fcampaign_id%3D57&instance_id=13786&login=email&nl=evening-briefing&regi_id=58935408&segment_id=18708&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab

TECHNOLOGY
The Quantum Computing Threat to American Security
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-quantum-computing-threat-to-american-security-11573411715?emailToken=16cf3e6cd1a737e5c21a84fdce48eec7VYPIWmUliIZMsxj1uQ29nRF4s5BOGWbF+olK164YF1roeWjxCZ23SXHxE3bQWT4zOyrBRHUFRaheDBoRPZLPqLQ1IRE2Wjzf4YYWJK5OXww%3D&reflink=article_email_share

MIT's 'virtually indestructible' Cheetah robots can now play soccer
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/mit-cheetah-robot-play-soccer

DEFENSE
Congress’ frustration mounts over stalled defense bill
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=bdb757217e85baea43fe2fb6d64aa6d5_5dc9979c_5cd1fdb&selDate=20191111&goTo=A09&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

MILITARY
WW2 Heroes - the story of Major Digby Tatham-Warter
https://www.history.co.uk/article/ww2-heroes-the-story-of-major-digby-tatham-warter?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20191111&section=backStory?campaign_id=9&instance_id=13773&segment_id=18691&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408on=backStory

"War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." —John Stuart Mill

Cold Welcome for Veterans on Campus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cold-welcome-for-veterans-on-campus-11573411754?emailToken=0f5450cfd1109090d5efe9f908f17096KigM0Ots+3Wocpt4jsRcgkYEUOXYZeoArybRiY8CPtwU6JOST6N7QSbydnHbrI+l1Czp/KFOIiSFJQMs4zyVaQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

‘The Force’ Review: Extraordinary Irregulars
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-force-review-extraordinary-irregulars-11573415919?emailToken=9aede9dbdadf36a3b5d6d5f222a6b031z/z58EIS1IaE6DCh8g45te5os1TLXSNzBjxtQ0lPQGkEl6FPY+EjVAr8LDt/WU9gDILMOsose3OGGcxg3tRUtHdSI25QEBY4YNAKSwfTO4w%3D&reflink=article_email_share

The Iranian opposition fighters who mustn't think about sex
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-50339928

RUSSIA
How Russia could force a nuclear war in the Baltics
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/brands111119.php3

On a Rocky Island, Russia Seeks Military and Psychological Edge
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-a-rocky-island-russia-seeks-military-and-psychological-edge-11573480984?emailToken=dea1b84d9a0603c37c1d76676c867a0b6rn6Edoq3mNJQaflesepeBuRIidaizU2ZvFcBwRPr6mFQRdfT7oVrCrf96F0W83bu5t3iXctsyrX6Dam8DftVYPm8XRqQxoWmGQwUxo3joiAyalnt6JUVt4mn/UvtvDp&reflink=article_email_share

SPAIN
Spanish elections: Socialists win amid far-right surge
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50367870

IMMIGRATION
Judge Rules Against Merit-Based Immigration
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66704?mailing_id=4647&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4647&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

IMPEACHMENT
Nonwitnesses for Impeachment
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nonwitnesses-for-impeachment-11573417743?emailToken=dc69da78ad70a230ad4a9ce407b47deaWVEAgZ3PyUFkbopt1Mu0iZ+G/ibckY3smY2jBI+4kje6EtnDQNbKyGjqpfPwX47R3MvdWfzrXIY1yloZSMB1Eg%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

POLITICS
These Dem presidential candidates could be the next political casualties
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/malcolm111119.php3


"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

Presidential cooperation: History's perspective on scandal and controversy
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/469740-presidential-cooperation-historys-perspective-on-scandal-and-controversy

Nikki Haley claims top aides tried to recruit her to ???save the country??? by undermining Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nikki-haley-claims-top-aides-tried-to-recruit-her-to-save-the-country-by-undermining-trump/2019/11/10/f92bac88-0267-11ea-9518-1e76abc088b6_story.html

GENERAL INTEREST
thanks, TM ...


HEALTH CARE
Mary Vought: ???Medicare-for-all??? would harm my ill daughter and millions of other Americans
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mary-vought-government-run-health-care-threatens-innovation

PARENTING
'How skiving made me a better parent'
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-50289609

BUSINESS
Boneheads on Boards of Directors
https://townhall.com/columnists/gilgutknecht/2019/11/10/boneheads-on-boards-of-directors-n2556217?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=11/10/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

ENVIRONMENT
Air Force tests plasma reactor to destroy 'forever chemicals' in contaminated groundwater
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/air-force-plasma-reactor-destroy-forever-chemicals-contaminated-groundwater

TECHNOLOGY
New iOS 13 features, erase Siri recordings, PDF signatures, and more: Tech Q&A
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/new-ios-13-features-erase-siri-recordings-pdf-signatures-and-more-tech-qa

ASIA
India's Nuclear Arsenal Keeps Growing, And That's Bad News For Pakistan and China
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/indias-nuclear-arsenal-keeps-growing-and-thats-bad-news-pakistan-and-china-94831

POLITICS
Tuesday's elections show voters taking things into their own hands ??? both parties should take notice
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/469736-tuesdays-elections-show-voters-taking-things-into-their-own-hands-both

Where Michael Bloomberg Stands on the Issues
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-issues.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_nn_20191110?campaign_id=9&instance_id=13758&segment_id=18677&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

Biden New Hampshire backers fret over Bloomberg candidacy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-new-hampshire-backers-fret-over-bloomberg-candidacy?utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/10/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044


"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

GENERAL INTEREST
This video of a runaway dog sled police chase i

s the most absurd, hilarious thing you'll see today
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/runaway_dog_sled.php3

WSJ: The Lists Issue
https://graphics.wsj.com/image-grid/OffDutyListsIssue2019/

HEALTH CARE
Strategists say Warren 'Medicare for All' plan could appeal to centrists
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/469707-strategists-say-warren-medicare-for-all-plan-could-appeal-to-centrists

PARENTING
Parents??? Major Hang-Up: Kids on Smartphones
https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-major-hang-up-kids-on-smartphones-11573308000?emailToken=812bae06fd1b1fbe7a87dda49b69cd6fMApjJyn5KthxmTgd/QmXOEjZ9B1pVR5REoZjunCe5Bs1YG3yjLM4pWnCGe2UILKKNCiSJd85C56YuWLE5Wcla95e4mtLyLoJLdzHaJRp6Gs%3D&reflink=article_email_share

MIND BOGGLING
She Climbed Kilimanjaro. But the Real Achievement: Keeping Her Phone Alive.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/she-climbed-kilimanjaro-but-the-real-achievement-keeping-her-phone-alive-11573242914?emailToken=0edb7cc400dc65027447857f94d78ea6XZ7ZTdfApCoDhi26ByZUsLxmd5Deyu1Tuw5LxC0mP3PF4SL12TcpoasU1K3EwXnV87NJ+GQexW/FPXjicQzOsRMidxlj9tWv/TAwEDMfaChWUC9WOpbWmGrMeHqVYHQUJt+c4z8Wd+lCcSGN4ELthA%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

CULTURE
If there is a true conspiracy afoot today ...
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/brooks110819.php3

EDUCATION
Higher Education???s Enemy Within
https://www.wsj.com/articles/higher-educations-enemy-within-11573251941?emailToken=52b85c71b0594a180caa8168b775b931Xm8YT0r0ALfxqmw1JqqLyKvVRTy4eWekQYdVxlhDATkzFGOcsQkZ5lpFvS80zK7VB2HMpxxYU/DKSd/jqXaG9Q%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

De Blasio keeps trying to derail these kids??? path to college
https://nypost.com/2019/11/07/de-blasio-keeps-trying-to-derail-these-kids-path-to-college/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HISTORY
The fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later: Let us celebrate anew
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-30-years-later-let-us-celebrate-anew?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/09/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

I Was a Reverse Commuter Across the Berlin Wall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-was-a-reverse-commuter-across-the-berlin-wall-11573251914?emailToken=b534d1b2bee25b88a661053a9c42fe34rnCgos4ANAP2/nfSPLh5/JDbA4IsADKxPYsjX9DjyfEvzGUn9x/W8H/uVyX2nqUs5bVjk34SFqUutTaYePaZfrSu4KWmoGUvsO9enOnEsSQ%3D&reflink=article_email_share

CLIMATE CHANGE
11,000 Scientists? Just Kidding
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/11/11000-scientists-just-kidding.php

NATIONAL SECURITY
Intelligence community unveils plans for disclosing foreign electoral interference; promises no 'partisan politics'
https://news.yahoo.com/intelligence-community-unveils-plans-for-disclosing-foreign-electoral-interference-promises-no-partisan-politics-212106996.html

DEFENSE
Look Out America: Russia's Is Claiming To Have Smarter "Smart Bombs"
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/look-out-america-russias-claiming-have-smarter-smart-bombs-95166

Turkey's Leopard 2 Tanks Are Getting Crushed in Syria
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/turkeys-leopard-2-tanks-are-getting-crushed-syria-95396

New Pentagon technology can detect enemy nuclear attacks faster
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/new-pentagon-technology-can-detect-enemy-nuclear-attacks-faster

MILITARY
The Unbreakable Bond of the Naval Academy???s 23rd Company
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-unbreakable-bond-of-the-naval-academys-23rd-company-11573300802?emailToken=31ab581fcbea13821ae436dfe0cba3c4pa1UCQt648TsgSvJssCSfi++agaovPbBifsodi0h6YqPe6MUcHW3a6GjneLd97jZJ2DE1v2DmU7/NjK+lN1JHiFQPwVeGIgpH65BxtdysQA3+IxhTGJjrHqixvrrK2ZH&reflink=article_email_share

HONG KONG
Hong Kong Arrests Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Ahead of Local Elections
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-arrests-pro-democracy-lawmakers-ahead-of-local-elections-11573293361?emailToken=6e7eee464fc0b5fe9515b818a23a911c8x3QZtqifUhRIh/al7CDV89QoEVUI1/Xm5QPKQsrlwjAOayjR2Xqofl+JGkCXc3yUDrraJECCuj1iLPs+f4EILyyDtIoxJdwq7/Ic77H8N0F8nqmV9ESqui7+CGSqEFG&reflink=article_email_share

MIDDLE EAST
Iran's network of influence in Mid-East 'growing'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50324912

NKOR
North Korea 'facing poor harvest' amid food shortages
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50359435

FBI GATE
Ukraine witness said Steele dossier was 'rabbit hole' and likely contained Russian 'disinformation'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ukraine-witness-said-steele-dossier-was-rabbit-hole-and-likely-contained-russian-disinformation?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/09/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

Lindsey Graham: IG Report on FISA Abuse Will Be 'Stunning' and 'Damning'
https://pjmedia.com/trending/lindsey-graham-ig-report-on-fisa-abuse-will-be-stunning-and-damning/

IMPEACHMENT
Rising Risk of Impeachment Tests Ties Between Barr and the President
https://news.yahoo.com/rising-risk-impeachment-tests-ties-132610204.html

POLITICS
The Water???s Fine, Mr. Bloomberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-waters-fine-mr-bloomberg-11573256727?emailToken=e10d29d44a38b3cb8fa1c2e0f342be98aZpBqLRJe8jPOb9YmXTotLHEiu9EGlPebFBZL+rGJHRz9wvNXUvt7Ua1yCgyzM9kA9no3BPYN34/rjhWIhimbg%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share



"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, November 10, 2019

PLATT - CURATED News


GENERAL INTEREST
This video of a runaway dog sled police chase is the most absurd, hilarious thing you'll see today
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/runaway_dog_sled.php3

WSJ: The Lists Issue
https://graphics.wsj.com/image-grid/OffDutyListsIssue2019/

HEALTH CARE
Strategists say Warren 'Medicare for All' plan could appeal to centrists
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/469707-strategists-say-warren-medicare-for-all-plan-could-appeal-to-centrists

PARENTING
Parents??? Major Hang-Up: Kids on Smartphones
https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-major-hang-up-kids-on-smartphones-11573308000?emailToken=812bae06fd1b1fbe7a87dda49b69cd6fMApjJyn5KthxmTgd/QmXOEjZ9B1pVR5REoZjunCe5Bs1YG3yjLM4pWnCGe2UILKKNCiSJd85C56YuWLE5Wcla95e4mtLyLoJLdzHaJRp6Gs%3D&reflink=article_email_share

MIND BOGGLING
She Climbed Kilimanjaro. But the Real Achievement: Keeping Her Phone Alive.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/she-climbed-kilimanjaro-but-the-real-achievement-keeping-her-phone-alive-11573242914?emailToken=0edb7cc400dc65027447857f94d78ea6XZ7ZTdfApCoDhi26ByZUsLxmd5Deyu1Tuw5LxC0mP3PF4SL12TcpoasU1K3EwXnV87NJ+GQexW/FPXjicQzOsRMidxlj9tWv/TAwEDMfaChWUC9WOpbWmGrMeHqVYHQUJt+c4z8Wd+lCcSGN4ELthA%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

CULTURE
If there is a true conspiracy afoot today ...
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1119/brooks110819.php3

EDUCATION
Higher Education???s Enemy Within
https://www.wsj.com/articles/higher-educations-enemy-within-11573251941?emailToken=52b85c71b0594a180caa8168b775b931Xm8YT0r0ALfxqmw1JqqLyKvVRTy4eWekQYdVxlhDATkzFGOcsQkZ5lpFvS80zK7VB2HMpxxYU/DKSd/jqXaG9Q%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

De Blasio keeps trying to derail these kids??? path to college
https://nypost.com/2019/11/07/de-blasio-keeps-trying-to-derail-these-kids-path-to-college/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HISTORY
The fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later: Let us celebrate anew
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-30-years-later-let-us-celebrate-anew?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/09/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

I Was a Reverse Commuter Across the Berlin Wall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-was-a-reverse-commuter-across-the-berlin-wall-11573251914?emailToken=b534d1b2bee25b88a661053a9c42fe34rnCgos4ANAP2/nfSPLh5/JDbA4IsADKxPYsjX9DjyfEvzGUn9x/W8H/uVyX2nqUs5bVjk34SFqUutTaYePaZfrSu4KWmoGUvsO9enOnEsSQ%3D&reflink=article_email_share

CLIMATE CHANGE
11,000 Scientists? Just Kidding
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/11/11000-scientists-just-kidding.php

NATIONAL SECURITY
Intelligence community unveils plans for disclosing foreign electoral interference; promises no 'partisan politics'
https://news.yahoo.com/intelligence-community-unveils-plans-for-disclosing-foreign-electoral-interference-promises-no-partisan-politics-212106996.html

DEFENSE
Look Out America: Russia's Is Claiming To Have Smarter "Smart Bombs"
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/look-out-america-russias-claiming-have-smarter-smart-bombs-95166

Turkey's Leopard 2 Tanks Are Getting Crushed in Syria
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/turkeys-leopard-2-tanks-are-getting-crushed-syria-95396

New Pentagon technology can detect enemy nuclear attacks faster
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/new-pentagon-technology-can-detect-enemy-nuclear-attacks-faster

MILITARY
The Unbreakable Bond of the Naval Academy???s 23rd Company
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-unbreakable-bond-of-the-naval-academys-23rd-company-11573300802?emailToken=31ab581fcbea13821ae436dfe0cba3c4pa1UCQt648TsgSvJssCSfi++agaovPbBifsodi0h6YqPe6MUcHW3a6GjneLd97jZJ2DE1v2DmU7/NjK+lN1JHiFQPwVeGIgpH65BxtdysQA3+IxhTGJjrHqixvrrK2ZH&reflink=article_email_share

HONG KONG
Hong Kong Arrests Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Ahead of Local Elections
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-arrests-pro-democracy-lawmakers-ahead-of-local-elections-11573293361?emailToken=6e7eee464fc0b5fe9515b818a23a911c8x3QZtqifUhRIh/al7CDV89QoEVUI1/Xm5QPKQsrlwjAOayjR2Xqofl+JGkCXc3yUDrraJECCuj1iLPs+f4EILyyDtIoxJdwq7/Ic77H8N0F8nqmV9ESqui7+CGSqEFG&reflink=article_email_share

MIDDLE EAST
Iran's network of influence in Mid-East 'growing'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50324912

NKOR
North Korea 'facing poor harvest' amid food shortages
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50359435

FBI GATE
Ukraine witness said Steele dossier was 'rabbit hole' and likely contained Russian 'disinformation'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ukraine-witness-said-steele-dossier-was-rabbit-hole-and-likely-contained-russian-disinformation?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/09/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5044

Lindsey Graham: IG Report on FISA Abuse Will Be 'Stunning' and 'Damning'
https://pjmedia.com/trending/lindsey-graham-ig-report-on-fisa-abuse-will-be-stunning-and-damning/

IMPEACHMENT
Rising Risk of Impeachment Tests Ties Between Barr and the President
https://news.yahoo.com/rising-risk-impeachment-tests-ties-132610204.html

POLITICS
The Water???s Fine, Mr. Bloomberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-waters-fine-mr-bloomberg-11573256727?emailToken=e10d29d44a38b3cb8fa1c2e0f342be98aZpBqLRJe8jPOb9YmXTotLHEiu9EGlPebFBZL+rGJHRz9wvNXUvt7Ua1yCgyzM9kA9no3BPYN34/rjhWIhimbg%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share


"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)