Inside the Headlines w/The Newsvandal: 08.28.15

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THE WEEK THAT WAS
>>Politics & Fleas
Pollsters dumbfounded by Trump
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/252066-pollsters-dumbfounded-by-trump

>>Double Bubble
We’d Better Hope This Is the Bubble Bursting
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/25/wed-better-hope-this-is-the-bubble-bursting-stock-market-dow-jones/

>>Crime Show
Deadly US shooting becomes ghoulish Internet hit
http://mg.co.za/article/2015-08-27-deadly-us-shooting-becomes-ghoulish-internet-hit

>>Surf’s Up
NASA: World ‘Locked Into’ at Least 3 Feet of Sea Level Rise
http://commondreams.org/news/2015/08/26/nasa-world-locked-least-3-feet-sea-level-rise

ITH DEEP-DIVE: The Great Disruption
A 21st-Century Migrant’s Essentials: Food, Shelter, Smartphone
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/world/europe/a-21st-century-migrants-checklist-water-shelter-smartphone.html

Mass Migration: What Is Driving the Balkan Exodus?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/western-balkan-exodus-puts-pressure-on-germany-and-eu-a-1049274.html

Global insecurity and refugee crisis linked to climate change
http://www.trust.org/item/20150826044645-dju5b/

Water Is Called Casualty of Syrian War
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/world/middleeast/water-is-called-casualty-of-syrian-war.html

Russian Food Prices Up 11 Percent
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russian-food-prices-up-11-percent/528734.html

Venezuela’s Food Shortages Trigger Long Lines, Hunger and Looting
http://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuelas-food-shortages-trigger-long-lines-hunger-and-looting-1440581400

India’s Gujarat state under curfew after riots led by farming caste
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/08/26/indias-gujarat-state-under-curfew-after-riots-led-by-farming-caste.html

The Hungry Dystopia of Climate Change
http://grist.org/food/the-hungry-dystopia-of-climate-change/

THIS WEEK IN GOOD NEWS!
Thailand destroys ivory stockpile in ceremony amid junta crackdown on illegal trade
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-26/thailand-destroys-ivory-stockpile-amid-junta-crackdown/6727202

Hawaii’s Governor Dumps Oil and Gas in Favor of 100 Percent Renewables
http://www.thenation.com/article/hawaiis-governor-dumps-oil-and-gas-in-favor-of-100-percent-renewables/

The cheapest oil ever still won’t slow down the clean energy revolution
http://mashable.com/2015/08/26/cheap-oil-slow-down/

ODDS & ENDS
The age of the red pen: It is now easy to edit the genomes of plants, animals and humans
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21661799-it-now-easy-edit-genomes-plants-animals-and-humans-age-red-pen

The FDA Is Basically Approving Everything. Here’s The Data To Prove It
http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2015/08/20/the-fda-is-basically-approving-everything-heres-the-data-to-prove-it/

Introducing The Gigantic And Dangerous Wall Street Loophole You’ve Never Heard Of
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-22/introducing-gigantic-and-dangerous-wall-street-loophole-you%E2%80%99ve-never-heard

Improved Economy Leads to more Gridlock as D.C. Passes Los Angeles for Worst Traffic
http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/improved-economy-leads-to-more-gridlock-as-dc-passes-los-angeles-for-worst-traffic-150817?news=857283

Humans Are Set To Wipe An India-Sized Chunk Of Forest Off The Earth By 2050
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/08/24/3694560/deforestation-india-sized-chunk/

Vulture Populations Wane, Poisoned by Man
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/world/africa/as-vulture-populations-wane-perils-to-ecosystems-circle-overhead.html

Man dies after being run over by WWII tank on Jelly Belly chairman’s property
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tank-runs-over-man-20150824-story.html

Almost None of the Women in the Ashley Madison Database Ever Used the Site
http://gizmodo.com/almost-none-of-the-women-in-the-ashley-madison-database-1725558944

Facing possible ban, more Americans are buying new—and legal—$900 flamethrowers
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/08/facing-possible-ban-more-americans-are-buying-new-and-legal-900-flamethrowers/

Why the Rich Love Burning Man
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/08/burning-man-one-percent-silicon-valley-tech/

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