News for Today (1/12/17)

Bogus News Story Of The Day

BuzzFeed undermines all journalists with Trump ‘dossier’

In The News

Wearable tech can now detect when you’re about to fall ill, simply by tracking your vital signs.

The Conflicts of Interest of James Mattis

St. Jude Medical releases security patches for vulnerable cardiac devices

Jamaica Says U.S. And Others Are ‘Poaching’ Its Nurses

Not In The News But Should Be

The Real Reason Your City Has No Money. There are a lot of things wrong with this article. For one thing, there is no mention of the word pension. But the general point that there is a lot of pressure to build and build (both because that is what the feds and the states typically subsidize and because that is what creates the most short term jobs) regardless of the long term maintenance costs is a point that should be made more often.

Entertainment of the Day

Starts out boring but I got more interested as it went along.

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