Links

Stocks drop the most since August, Dow loses 362 points
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/30/us-stock-futures-dow-data-earnings-and-politics-on-the-agenda.html


How a doctor inspired a film about the Philippines' WWII effort to help Jews during the Holocaust
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/how-doctor-inspired-film-about-philippines-wwii-effort-help-jews-n839356


Seine River bursts its banks in Paris after days of non-stop rain
https://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/seine-river-bursts-its-banks-paris-after-days-non-stop-n841226


Microsoft releases emergency Windows update to hamstring earlier 'Spectre' defense
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3252165/microsoft-windows/microsoft-releases-emergency-windows-update-to-hamstring-earlier-spectre-defense.html


CNN's Toobin 'regrets' his role in pushing 'false equivalence' between Trump and Clinton
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/371221-cnns-toobin-says-he-regrets-his-role-in-pushing-clinton-false-equivalency


Top Six Red Flags that Identify a Conspiracy Theory Article
http://www.allgeneralizationsarefalse.com/top-six-red-flags-that-identify-a-conspiracy-theory-article/


Two percent of U.S. adults said they had gotten a raise, bonus or other additional benefits due to the Republican tax law enacted a month ago by President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-poll/few-u-s-adults-report-bonuses-raises-from-republican-tax-law-idUSKBN1FI16Q


In regards to some hysteria on Facebook about a bogus claim about supposed followers:
I don't care who is following me. I post stuff I think would be interesting, amusing, or useful, and that everybody should know. It would be fine with me if everybody on Facebook were following me.
I already get too much repetitive stuff in my newsfeed, so I would rather have people who post the same stuff follow me than friend me.
I sometimes follow people because I am interested in their music, and feel they might not be interested in having my political and local stuff clutter up their newsfeed.
I also follow people like politicians, reporters, and authors who want to be heard, but have so many followers and Facebook friends, that having my posts in their newsfeed would not be useful.
Eg., I just followed investigative reporter Jane Mayer, who wrote “Dark Money”. Her Facebook page invites people to follow her.
The following link explains what is really going on.
https://heavy.com/tech/2017/09/facebook-following-me-hoax-or-not-truth-snopes-blocked/


Lower-income households spend more when the stock market is rising
[I've been around long enough to know that rising stock markets don't mean that things are good for the average person.]
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/more-lower-income-households-overspend-when-the-stock-market-is-rising-2018-01-29


[Jan. 29, 2018 Dow, Nasdaq, U S&P all down today, as are Japan, Hong Kong, and German markets. Has Trump claimed responsibility for this?]
http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/


Floodwaters hit peak in Paris, now threaten Normandy
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/floodwaters-hit-peak-paris-now-threaten-normandy-52676825


U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-map-showing-the-users-of-fitness-devices-lets-the-world-see-where-us-soldiers-are-and-what-they-are-doing/2018/01/28/86915662-0441-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html?utm_term=.4d31fd262941


Sherry Johnson was raped, pregnant and married by 11. Now she's fighting to end child marriage in America
[The fruit of male domination.]
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/health/ending-child-marriage-in-america/index.html


Scientists grow new ears for children with defect
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/health/growing-ears-on-humans-study/index.html