Inside the Headlines w/The Newsvandal: 08.21.15

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THE WEEK THAT WAS
>>Politics And Fleas
Maybe Hillary Clinton just isn’t a very good candidate
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/18/maybe-hillary-clinton-just-isnt-a-very-good-candidate/
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Time Mag Brings Live Bald Eagle To Trump’s Office For Photo Shoot
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/time-bald-eagle-video
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Presidential Sensation Deez Nuts Does Not Exist
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/19/presidential-candidate-deez-nuts-does-not-exist.html

>>Yemen Is Burning
Yemen Conflict: Over a thousand child casualties so far
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_82940.html
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Millions of Yemenis ‘staring at famine’ as war rages
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/millions-yemenis-staring-famine-wfp-150820071130741.html

>>Hacked Off
The Science Of Cheating: Why Ashley Madison Had So Many Customers
http://www.vocativ.com/news/223442/why-ashley-madison-users-cheat/

ITH DEEP-DIVE: Better Dying Through Chemistry
Up in the Tower
http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/up-in-the-tower/

How DuPont Slipped Past the EPA
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/20/teflon-toxin-dupont-slipped-past-epa/

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Investigation Of A Widely-Used Pesticide Produced Some Stunning Results
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/08/19/3693009/neonicotinoids-pesticide-usgs-stream-survey/

There Might Be Fracking Wastewater on Your Organic Fruits and Veggies
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/08/organic-crops-can-be-irrigated-fracking-wastewater

What Is Killing America’s Bees and What Does It Mean for Us?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/what-is-killing-americas-bees-and-what-does-it-mean-for-us-20150818

Pesticide-resistant head lice multiplying in Texas
http://www.kens5.com/story/news/2015/08/18/pesticide-resistant-head-lice-multiplying–texas/31961985/

Out of control?
https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/121/out-control.html

THIS WEEK IN GOOD NEWS!
Americans’ Support for Labor Unions Continues to Recover
http://www.gallup.com/poll/184622/americans-support-labor-unions-continues-recover.aspx

One chart that shows the success of Europe’s investment in renewable energy
http://qz.com/482125/one-chart-that-shows-the-success-of-europes-investment-in-renewable-energy/

Congress does not have votes to block Iran deal, says Nancy Pelosi
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/20/nancy-pelosi-house-democrats-votes-iran-nuclear-deal

ODDS & ENDS
Are American Lawyers Getting Dumber?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-08-20/are-lawyers-getting-dumber–

More Americans See Themselves as “Haves” Than “Have-Nots”
http://www.gallup.com/poll/184730/americans-themselves-haves-nots.aspx

The American lawn is now the largest single ‘crop’ in the U.S.
http://fusion.net/story/183116/lawns-are-now-the-largest-single-crop-in-america/

The $1 million parking spot is here
http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/million-dollar-parking-spot/

Political Ad Spending To Hit $11.4B in 2016
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/political-ad-spending-hit-114b-2016/143445

The American television business is now ‘structurally impaired’
http://www.businessinsider.com/bernstein-media-stocks-downgrade-2015-8

Get ready for ads on the moon. Starting with this Japanese sports drink
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6630658/2015/08/13/get-ready-ads-moon-starting-japanese-sports-drink

What Paleo diets get wrong: We’re not evolved for meat, and our ancestors ate carbs
http://www.vox.com/2015/8/20/9179217/paleo-diet-jeb-bush-weight-loss

Playing Tetris Can Ease Addictions to Sex, Drugs And Food
http://www.vocativ.com/news/222471/tetris-addiction/

Behold Dismaland: Inside Banksy’s Disneyland-inspired theme park
http://mashable.com/2015/08/20/banksy-dismaland/

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