Saturday, February 24, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

CURATED HEADLINES from 12ponder.com
Vist that blog regularly for superb curated news headlines.

GENERAL INTEREST

The Week in Good News: The Garlic Girls, Rhodes Scholarships and an African Funk Pioneer

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/briefing/the-week-in-good-news-garlic-girls-rhodes-scholarship-black-panther.html?emc=edit_nn_20180223&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1


Inside New York's oldest store in Chinatown – photo essay

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/23/inside-new-yorks-oldest-store-in-chinatown-photo-essay?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265337&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Seattle Residents Complained About A 'Confederate Flag.' It Was Actually The Flag Of Norway.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/27472/seattle-residents-complained-about-confederate-emily-zanotti

Justin Trudeau Makes A Fool Of Himself Again, Insults Entire Nation Of India With Condescending, Ethnic Attire

https://www.dailywire.com/news/27482/justin-trudeau-makes-fool-himself-again-insults-jared-sichel

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (10/11)

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/23/briefing/23weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180223&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

HEALTH

What’s better for you: a low-fat or low-carb diet? Scientists have an answer

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/whats-better-for-you-a-low-fat-or-low-carb-diet-scientists-have-an-answer-2018-02-22

Good news: you’re not getting older, you’re getting better

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/good-news-youre-not-getting-older-youre-getting-better-2018-02-23

BUSINESS

US bank halts NRA credit card, car rental firm ends discount

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/enterprise-ends-car-rental-discount-060216050.html

FINANCIAL

OOPS! Teachers in 12 states have pension funds invested in gun stocks

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/teachers_pensions_guns.php3

ENVIRONMENT

Rare Footage of Wolverine on the Hunt in Montana

https://weather.com/news/trending/video/rare-footage-of-wolverine-on-the-hunt-in-montana?pl=pl-the-lift

Rare Fossils Discovered on Lands Cut From Bears Ears National Monument

https://www.ecowatch.com/bears-ears-fossils-2538047979.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=f5152ec092-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-f5152ec092-85328381

WEATHER

Storm Unleashes River of Rushing Rocks in New Zealand

https://weather.com/news/trending/video/storm-unleashes-river-of-rushing-rocks-in-new-zealand?pl=pl-the-latest

AIR FORCE

Eyes On Vulnerable AWACS, Rivet Joint, Etc., Air Force Studies replacements

https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/eyes-on-vulnerable-awacs-rivet-joint-etc-air-force-studies-replacements/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Air%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60902950&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ninJbmJ4KwIyynLKO41GfaAp4SdvST635E5Ct8Tx3lXBCkoCOf0ph2u-wdLmGm0WljDKFEeSECteasPU6IsyH0-VsAw&_hsmi=60902950

MARINE CORPS

Marine Corps again lowers requirements for Infantry Officer Course ( “[The change] was not about lowering attrition, it was about making students more successful to complete the course,” ... It's difficult for me to believe that he actually said that ... it's just nonsense.)

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/22/marine-corps-again-lowers-requirements-for-infantr/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

GOOD GRIEF

Louisiana school bars student who said math symbol looks like gun

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/23/school-bars-student-who-said-math-symbol-looks-gun/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

GUN CONTROL

Democrats Say America Is The Worst Western Country For Mass Shootings. That's [not true]

https://www.dailywire.com/news/27401/democrats-say-america-worst-western-country-mass-hank-berrien?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=022218-news&utm_campaign=position4

US gun control advocates exaggerate benefits of Australia's gun restrictions

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/02/23/us-gun-control-advocates-exaggerate-benefits-australias-gun-restrictions.html

Trump and the GOPers have a great opportunity to steal a key issue from the Dems

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/morris022318.php3

The Four Reasons Congress Won’t Do Anything About Gun Control

http://www.newsweek.com/four-reasons-congress-wont-do-anything-about-gun-control-818075?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

IMMIGRATION

Their daughters were held at the border – then the blackmail from fake Ice agents began

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/23/immigration-detention-ice-border-fake-scam?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265337&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

NORK

US Tightens Sanctions On North Korean Shipping

http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-trump_to_announce_new_nkorea_sanctions-ap/category/news

RUSSIAGATE

Why Richard Gates is a key player in the Mueller probe

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/375183-why-richard-gates-is-a-key-player-in-the-mueller-probe

-- "Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929


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