Sunday, July 8, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

John Wayne 1970 Variety Show Celebrating America's History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFv-fqQ9D_Y

GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: Dogs Helping Bees, a Blind Dragon Boat Team, Benjamin Pavard
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/briefing/week-in-good-news-dragon-boat-festival-dogs-honeybees-benjamin-pavard.html?emc=edit_nn_20180706&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180706&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (7 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/06/briefing/06weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180706&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180706&te=1

This 29-year-old couple lives, works and travels in a van, and they love it
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-29-year-old-couple-lives-works-and-travels-in-a-van-and-they-love-it-2018-07-06

Woman caught shooting fireworks at pedestrians
https://nypost.com/2018/07/06/woman-caught-on-video-launching-fireworks-at-pedestrians-in-brooklyn/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

PG&E Plans To Cut Electricity To Some California Residents To Prevent Wildfires
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-06/pge-plans-cut-electricity-some-california-residents-prevent-wildfires

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Thanks, DW ... 


BUSINESS
Job Growth Slows in June Due to Qualified-Worker Shortage
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/job-growth-slows-june-qualified-worker-shortage/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-07-06&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

IMMIGRATION
Trump DOJ Asks Court to Extend Deadline for Reuniting Immigrant Families
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/department-of-justice-asks-court-to-extend-deadline-for-reuniting-immigrant-families/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-07-06&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

NKOR
Is North Korea already balking at denuclearization?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-north-korea-already-balking-at-denuclearization-2018-07-05

UNIONS
Teachers buck labor leader on giving 'allies' bigger role in union
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/teachers-buck-labor-leader-on-giving-allies-bigger-role-in-union?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/06/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

SCOTUS
Senate Democrats walk a 2018 tightrope on Supreme Court confirmation vote
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/senate-democrats-walk-a-2018-tightrope-on-supreme-court-confirmation-vote?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/06/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

POLITICS
The System Doesn’t Need to Be ‘Fixed’ Every Time Democrats Lose
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/fix-the-system-democrats-all-purpose-solution-to-losing/

-- 
"When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;
they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along."
           - Carl Sandburg

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
A US Air Force B-52 bomber spotted a canoe lost in the Pacific after being told to look for a boat like the one in the Disney movie 'Moana'
http://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-b-52-bomber-crew-rescues-canoe-lost-in-the-pacific-2018-7?amp%3Butm_medium=referral

You Can't Sing That Anymore
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/crosby060718.php3

Our strange relationship with the word 'patriotism'
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah070618.php3

HEALTH
The numbers that matter most in staying healthy
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/staying_healthy_numbers.php3

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
The Party of Hate
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2018/07/07/the-party-of-hate-n2498047?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

BUSINESS
Everything Is Not OK
https://ricochet.com/533082/everything-is-not-ok/

ENVIRONMENT
Return the EPA to the states
http://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/395841-return-the-epa-to-the-states

SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook censored a post for 'hate speech.' It was the Declaration of Independence
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/FB_censors_Declaration_of_Independence.php3

IMMIGRATION
That Story about Immigrants Being Discharged from the Military Is Much More Complex than the AP Makes It Seem
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/immigrant-military-recruit-discharges-blame-bureacratic-incompetence/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-07-07&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

GOP Rep. ‘Outraged’ at Being Turned Away from Immigrant Children’s Shelter
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/republican-congressman-denied-access-to-immigrant-children-shelter/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-07-07&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

MIDDLE EAST
Care about those poor, helpless and hopeless Palestinians? Immediately end their United Nations relief
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/glick070618.php3

Israeli air strike hits Syria at Golan frontier
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-israel-strike/israeli-air-strike-hits-syria-at-golan-frontier-idUSKBN1JW1XC

NKOR (Looks to me like the "master negotiator" got taken to the woodshed.)
North Korea thought to be developing submarine that can launch nuclear weapons
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/north-korea-thought-to-be-developing-submarine-that-can-launch-nuclear-weapons-2018-07-06

North Korea says talks with Mike Pompeo were 'regrettable'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-says-talks-mike-134943005.html

SCOTUS
‘Don’t You Dare Touch Roe!’ — Judicial Confirmation Silly Season Begins
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/supreme-court-unlikely-to-overturn-roe-v-wade/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-07-07&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

-- 
"When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;
they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along."
           - Carl Sandburg

Friday, July 6, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Gardener banned from his own back yard for digging up neighbor’s plants
https://nypost.com/2018/07/04/gardener-banned-from-his-own-backyard-for-digging-up-neighbors-plants/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Three Rhino Poachers Eaten By Lions in South Africa
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/three-rhino-poachers-eaten-by-lions-in-south-africa/ar-AAzCxRl?li=BBnb7Kz

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
The Left Can’t Come to Grips with Loss of Power
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/progressive-meltdown-left-cannot-cope-with-loss-of-power/

Joy Reid Encourages Twitter Activists To Go After Falsely Accused Woman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiezehnder/2018/07/05/joy-reid-encourages-twitter-activists-to-go-after-falsely-accused-woman-n2497486?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Texas teen says he had drink thrown at him at Whataburger because he was wearing pro-Trump hat
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/05/texas-teen-says-had-drink-thrown-at-him-at-whataburger-because-was-wearing-pro-trump-hat.html

Thanks, TM ...


HISTORY
The True Meaning of the Pentagon Papers
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/pentagon-papers-spielberg-film-the-post-celebrates-liberal-myths/

BUSINESS
The Foxconn Plant Is a Bad Deal for Wisconsin Taxpayers (... just like a major sports facility ... 0
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/wisconsin-foxconn-plant-bad-deal-for-taxpayers/

No, Investors Should Not Trust Elon Musk
https://townhall.com/columnists/lawrencemeyers/2018/07/05/no-more-subsidies-for-elon-musk-n2497349?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Is This Why Tesla Executives Are Fleeing?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-05/why-tesla-executives-are-fleeing

ASTRONOMY
How long would it take to cross the Milky Way at light speed?
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/07/05/how-long-would-it-take-to-cross-milky-way-at-light-speed.html

FOREIGN POLICY
In Foreign Policy, Donald Trump Is The Powerful Man Barack Obama Never Could Be
http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/23/foreign-policy-donald-trump-powerful-man-barack-obama-never/

IMMIGRATION
Immigration Gumballs Short Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDceLiPLHWQ

U.S. Army discharging troops promised citizenship through service
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/5/army-discharging-immigrant-recruits/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

NKOR/RUSSIA
One Atrocious Summit May Lead to Another
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/north-korea-summit-disaster-trump-meets-with-putin-next/#slide-1

IRAN
Iran is ready for change
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/iran-is-ready-for-change

SCOTUS
Don’t Try to Expand the Number of Supreme Court Justices
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/supreme-court-nominee-court-packing-not-feasible/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-07-05&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

POLITICS
Genius or Folly?
http://www.americanpartisan.org/2018/07/genius-or-folly/

Progressives and the Boy Who Cried Wolf
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/bernie_g070518.php3

-- 
"When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;
they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along."
           - Carl Sandburg

Thursday, July 5, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

Happy Fourth of July, You Wonderful Country!
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2018/07/04/happy-fourth-of-july-you-wonderful-country-n2496591?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

On Freedom and a Fourth of July Abroad
https://www.dailysignal.com/2016/07/03/on-freedom-and-a-fourth-of-july-abroad/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTWpBd04yUTVaakprT0dWaSIsInQiOiJmNUN6YlRvVFNIejR5WDlJTks4YUlOSnpLSmZOYU5Na0tPNDFRVWlZeGxQb3AzYWxQbFcwVnpDeDgwZm1QcHJRekg1ejFXd2Z6SVhhT2FkMlhWbGxFSHd2MlB2MkVLeGh2bUFwaGxZTFpOZjNmMXQya002NTJLcGNLXC9XVnNtVnYifQ%3D%3D

GENERAL INTEREST
The apolitical backyard tomato garden 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/kass070318.php3

9 Cars With Extreme Big Engines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsKjPwRaA5Q

When Mechanics Lose Their Minds - Insane Engine Swaps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMwX2JGZC6w

Woman boldly texts and drives with a kid on her bike
https://nypost.com/video/woman-boldly-texts-and-drives-with-a-kid-on-her-bike/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Enraged man rams his truck through Walmart
https://nypost.com/video/enraged-man-rams-his-truck-through-walmart/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Smithsonian Trivia [QUIZ]: Happy Fourth of July! (3/5)
https://support.si.edu/site/SPageServer;jsessionid=00000000.app358b?pagename=quiz_display&quiz=Fourth_of_July_2018_Quiz&autologin=true&s_src=Z1803PE1&s_subsrc=em_C_AH_O_TXT-2_SI_2018-fourth-of-july-quiz-email-v2_2018-07-04_6681_77242.0&NONCE_TOKEN=D6B020D6C9D6147A4AAC3B886A30FC45

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
Ancient Romans Spread This Nasty Infectious Disease Across Several Continents
https://www.sciencealert.com/roman-trade-routes-carried-tuberculosis-across-globe

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Kamala Harris' July 4 reminder: 'It was eight immigrants who signed the Declaration of Independence'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/4/kamala-harris-eight-immigrants-signed-declaration-/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

EDUCATION
College Destruction of Black Students (Good article but, gotta read the whole thing.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2018/07/04/college-destruction-of-black-students-n2496493?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

WEATHER
Iranian & Democrat Officials Agree - Jews DO Control the Weather!
https://townhall.com/columnists/marinamedvin/2018/07/03/iranian--democrat-officials-agree--jews-do-control-the-weather-n2496768?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

ZOOLOGY
Against All Odds, Mountain Gorilla Numbers Are on the Rise 
https://www.ecowatch.com/mountain-gorilla-numbers-on-the-rise-2582376835.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=9d904493e5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-9d904493e5-85328381

DEFENSE
Nordics Mobilize To Send Russians Clear Message: We Shall Not Be Cowed 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/07/nordics-mobilize-to-send-russians-clear-message-we-shall-not-be-cowed/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64227547&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--s-kZxQImjIpMVTRbjBYWDR_-3D9-xuN-_LLsYjMQCCzFjtTKkSJLI1lvuTVK7K0BQhE8Iwas6Xt0zG5vLr7LTMnEZ1g&_hsmi=64227547

Why 100 Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Might Not Be Enough
https://www.yahoo.com/news/saudi-arabia-become-geopolitical-loose-015100861.html

TERRORISM
FBI arrests man -- who uses 'Abdur Raheem Rahfeeq' and 'Salahadeen Osama Waleed' in addition to his given name -- for plotting Independence Day attack in downtown Cleveland 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/cleveland_attack_foiled.php3

SCOTUS
Vulnerable Senate Dem Signals Opposition to Trump's SCOTUS Pick Over Roe v. Wade Concerns
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/07/02/vulnerable-senate-dem-signals-opposition-to-trumps-scotus-pick-over-roe-v-wade-concerns-n2496687?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

The inevitable search for a litmus test 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden070318.php3

POLITICS
Too Extreme? Democratic Senator Throws Cold Water On Lefty Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's NYC Win
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/07/02/democratic-senator-throws-cold-water-on-far-left-nyc-wins-n2496308?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Progressives poised to shape agenda if Dems take back House
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/395437-progressives-poised-to-shape-agenda-if-dems-take-back-house

-- 
"When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;
they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along."
           - Carl Sandburg 

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Butchers biting back against wrath of 'militant vegans'
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/butchers_militant_vegans.php3

The News in Zingers
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
7 surprising ways you're destroying your health
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/destroying_health_surprising.php3

BUSINESS
‘FART’ bill indicates Trump’s intention to dump WTO: report
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/leaked-draft-bill-indicates-trumps-intention-to-dump-wto-report-2018-07-02

Where have America's truck drivers gone?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/postrel070218.php3

IMMIGRATION
A Long Journey North for Migrants That May End Where It Started
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/journey-north-migrants-border-crossing.html?emc=edit_nn_20180702&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180702&te=1

In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/europe/denmark-immigrant-ghettos.html?emc=edit_nn_20180702&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180702&te=1

IRAN
Iran is running out of options on oil
http://www.worldoil.com/news/2018/6/29/iran-is-running-out-of-options-on-oil

SCOTUS
CBS NEWS: Trump Has Narrowed His SCOTUS Pick To These Two Candidates
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/07/02/cbs-news-trump-has-narrowed-his-scotus-pick-to-these-two-candidates-n2496596?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

POLITICS
Worried About Socialism Coming to America? Calm Down
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-07-02/socialist-ocasio-cortez-s-policies-align-with-liberal-democrats?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=bd&utm_campaign=headline&cmpId=yhoo.headline&yptr=yahoo

The Republican Party’s Joyful Warrior
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/senator-tim-scott-could-reunify-republican-party-and-nation/

Dem generation gap widens
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/394901-senior-dems-tout-achievements-as-party-generational-divide-widens?userid=288549

America really did have a Manchurian Candidate in the White House
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/1/us-really-did-have-manchurian-candidate-white-hous/
-- 
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize
half of ’em are stupider than that.”
          -  George Carlin

Monday, July 2, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Crash of EgyptAir 990
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/11/the-crash-of-egyptair-990/302332/

Why You Should Eat Popcorn with Chopsticks
https://www.livescience.com/62854-eat-popcorn-with-chopsticks.html

Star Size Comparison 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoW8Tf7hTGA

American hunter's images of her black giraffe 'trophy kill' spark outrage
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/01/american-hunters-images-her-black-giraffe-trophy-kill-spark-outrage.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fworld+%28Internal+-+World+Latest+-+Text%29

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
It’s Getting Dangerous to Disagree in America
http://www.ruthfullyyours.com/2018/06/27/its-getting-dangerous-to-disagree-in-america-by-karin-mcquillan/

INSIGHT
Outsourcing Morality
https://straightlinelogic.com/2018/06/29/outsourcing-morality-by-robert-gore/

BUSINESS
On the Road 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/harley-davidson-motorcycles-trump-tariffs-counterproductive/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202018-07-01&utm_term=VDHM

Another US motorcycle company considering moving production overseas
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/394996-another-us-motorcycle-company-considering-moving-production-overseas

NATIONAL SECURITY
NSA deleting more than 685 million call records due to 'technical irregularities'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/1/nsa-deletes-685-million-call-records-obtained-2015/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

DEFENSE
An Extraordinarily Expensive Way to Fight ISIS
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/william-langewiesche-b-2-stealth-bomber/561719/

IMMIGRATION
What It Costs to Be Smuggled Across the U.S. Border
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/30/world/smuggling-illegal-immigration-costs.html

IRAN
In Iran, the armed revolt is starting
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/07/in_iran_the_armed_revolt_is_starting.html

MEXICO
Mexico — What Went Wrong? 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/mexico-what-went-wrong-economy-based-on-exporting-poor-people/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202018-07-01&utm_term=VDHM

Mexico election: Five things you need to know
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44642828

TRUMPGATE
Judge: Rosenstein's 'any links' mandate empowers Mueller to look at virtually any Russian contact
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/1/paul-manafort-case-ruling-led-robert-muellers-exte/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

SCOTUS
Left mounts heavy pressure campaign on swing senators over Supreme Court
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/394906-left-mounts-heavy-pressure-campaign-on-swing-senators-over-supreme-court

POLITICS
As Trump Consolidates Power, Democrats Confront a Rebellion in Their Ranks
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/politics/midterm-elections-democratic-party.html?emc=edit_nn_20180701&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180701&te=1

How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/politics/first-amendment-conservatives-supreme-court.html?action=click&emc=edit_nn_20180701&module=Top+Stories&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408emc%3Dedit_nn_20180701&pgtype=Homepage&te=1

The myth of Obama’s ‘disappearance’
https://nypost.com/2018/06/30/obamas-disappearance-is-a-myth/

POLL: Top 4 Democrat Candidates For 2020 Revealed. It's Hilarious. 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/32416/poll-top-4-democrat-candidates-2020-revealed-its-amanda-prestigiacomo?utm_medium=email&utm_content=070118-news&utm_campaign=position3

Thanks, DW ... 


-- 
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize
half of ’em are stupider than that.”
          -  George Carlin

Sunday, July 1, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST

Elephant Knocks Down Man Who Touches its Trunk
https://weather.com/travel/video/elephant-knocks-down-man-who-touches-its-trunk?pl=pl-the-latest

Conceptual Flying Train Would Carry 2,000
https://weather.com/science/video/conceptual-flying-train-would-carry-2000?pl=pl-the-latest

Phoenix Shot Tower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Shot_Tower

Ohio boy's lawn care business goes viral after 'ridiculous' neighbor calls cops on him
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/29/ohio-boys-lawn-care-business-goes-viral-after-ridiculous-neighbor-calls-cops-on-him.html

The WIRE: Your week in review
https://personalliberty.com/wire-week-review-6/

HEALTH
The Downside of The Body-Positivity Movement
https://www.dailywire.com/news/32439/shapiro-newsweek-downside-body-positivity-movement-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=062918-news&utm_campaign=position1

COMEUPPANCE
McConnell Trolls Obama After Kennedy Announcement
https://www.dailywire.com/news/32448/hilarious-mcconnell-trolls-obama-after-kennedy-hank-berrien?utm_medium=email&utm_content=062918-news&utm_campaign=position1

After Posting Vile Barron Trump Tweets, Peter Fonda’s New Film BOMBS. Here Are The Brutal Numbers.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/32470/after-saying-barron-trump-should-be-raped-peter-amanda-prestigiacomo?utm_medium=email&utm_content=062918-news&utm_campaign=position5

ENVIRONMENT
12-Year-Old Girl Invents Plastic-Detecting Robot to Save Our Oceans
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-pollution-solutions-inventions-2582120616.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=53beac093e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-53beac093e-85328381

CLIMATE CHANGE
Greenland’s Melting and Seas Are Rising
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/greenlands-melting-and-seas-are-rising?pl=pl-the-latest

SPACE
Watch Rocket Explode on Launch Pad
https://weather.com/science/space/video/watch-rocket-explode-on-launch-pad?pl=pl-the-latest

Most Powerful Blast in Recorded History
https://weather.com/science/space/video/most-powerful-blast-in-recorded-history

IMMIGRATION
ICE chief to protesters: We're not the ones separating families
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/394937-ice-chief-to-protesters-were-not-the-ones-separating-families

Thanks, TM, ...


NKOR
Satellite images raise alarms about North Korean nukes
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/394896-satellite-images-raise-alarms-about-north-korean-nukes

POLITICS
Abolishing ICE becomes Dem litmus test
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/394920-abolishing-ice-becomes-dem-litmus-test

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half of ’em are stupider than that.”
          -  George Carlin