Inside the Headlines w/The Newsvandal: 10.16.15

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THE WEEK THAT WAS
>>Uncle Sam’s Greatest Hits
The Drone Papers
https://theintercept.com/drone-papers

>>Cold War 2.0
Six Ways A U.S.-Russia Proxy War Has Reshaped Syria’s Conflict
http://www.vocativ.com/news/239378/six-ways-a-u-s-russia-proxy-war-has-reshaped-syrias-conflict/

>>The Debate Debate
Pundits Thought Clinton Beat Sanders–but Did Viewers?
http://fair.org/static/hillary-static.html

>>No, It’s Not Just You
Déjà Vu Again: Hot September Drives 2015 To Hottest Year On Record
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/10/13/3711603/deja-vu-hottest-year/

ITH DEEP-DIVE: Everything Is A Racket
Stephen Hawking on the Future of Capitalism and Inequality
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/15/stephen-hawkings-on-the-tuture-of-capitalism-and-inequality/

Capitalism vs. Socialism: Why Both Clinton and Sanders Are Wrong
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/10/15/Capitalism-vs-Socialism-Why-Both-Clinton-and-Sanders-Are-Wrong

Capitalism Works. Darwinism Works. But Do They Work Well Enough?
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/uncommongodcommongood/2015/10/capitalism-works-darwinism-works-but-do-they-work-well-enough/

Report: ‘Crony Capitalism’ Hurts the U.S. Economy
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/10/15/report-crony-capitalism-hurts-the-u-s-economy/

Why Free Markets Make Fools of Us
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/oct/22/why-free-markets-make-fools-us/

THIS WEEK IN GOOD NEWS!
Pond scum could feed the world
http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2015/09/10/elon-evolution-solayzme.cnnmoney/index.html

Scientists convert harmful algal blooms into high-performance battery electrodes
http://techxplore.com/news/2015-10-scientists-algal-blooms-high-performance-battery.html

Thanks to Yao Ming, killing sharks for their fins is down 50%. And he’s just getting started.
http://www.upworthy.com/thanks-to-yao-ming-killing-sharks-for-their-fins-is-down-50-and-hes-just-getting-started

ODDS & ENDS
The New War on Superbugs
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2015/10/14/the-new-war-on-superbugs

How Monkeys Became Big Business in Florida
http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-florida-monkey-farm/

The Rise of America’s Secret Government: The Deadly Legacy of Ex-CIA Director Allen Dulles
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/10/13/the_rise_of_americas_secret_government

“Arabian Street Artists” Bomb Homeland: Why We Hacked an Award-Winning Series
http://www.hebaamin.com/arabian-street-artists-bomb-homeland-why-we-hacked-an-award-winning-series/

Please Don’t Call Ronda Rousey Fat
http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/news/please-dont-call-ronda-rousey-fat-20151013

Larger brains do not lead to high IQs, new meta-analysis finds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151014121103.htm

From Rebels To Republicans: The American Biker’s U-Turn
http://www.worldcrunch.com/eyes-on-the-u.s./from-rebels-to-republicans-the-american-biker-s-u-turn/c5s19631/

‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’: Records Hint at Improbable Journey of Controversial Papyrus
http://www.livescience.com/52382-gospel-of-jesus-wife-records-found.html

Have We Detected Megastructures Built By Aliens Around A Distant Star?
http://www.popsci.com/have-we-detected-alien-megastructures-around-distant-star

How The West Was Wrong: The Making Of John Wayne
http://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/making-of-john-wayne

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