Inside the Headlines w/The Newsvandal: 11.13.15

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THE WEEK THAT WAS
>>>Veteran’s Daze
One Degree of Separation in the Forever War
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/its-a-small-war

>>>The Wages of Gilt
Bank Raises Its Minimum Wage To $15, Sees Immediate Benefits
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/11/11/3721170/amalgamated-bank-15-wage/

>>>You Are What You Eat
There’s a Horrifying Pork Factory Video Going Around. The Story Behind It Is Even Worse.
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/11/pork-undercover-video-hormel-qpp

>>>Point, Counterpoint
Campus Commotions Show We’re Raising Fragile Kids
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426853/yale-student-protest-safe-space-political-correctness
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Race and the Free-Speech Diversion
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/race-and-the-free-speech-diversion

ITH DEEP-DIVE: Singularity Sensations
Man, the Machine, and War
http://warontherocks.com/2015/11/man-the-machine-and-war/

Amnesty International Wants The U.N. To Ban Killer Robots
http://www.buzzfeed.com/hamzashaban/amnesty-international-wants-the-un-to-ban-killer-robots

Neurosurgeon had brain-computer interface installed in his own head
http://boingboing.net/2015/11/09/neurosurgeon-has-brain-compute.html

Ray Kurzweil’s Wildest Prediction: Nanobots Will Plug Our Brains Into the Web by the 2030s
http://singularityhub.com/2015/10/12/ray-kurzweils-wildest-prediction-nanobots-will-plug-our-brains-into-the-web-by-the-2030s/

Toshiba’s new humanoid will give Tokyo mall visitors information in three languages
http://qz.com/543076/toshibas-new-humanoid-will-give-tokyo-mall-visitors-information-in-three-languages/

The More Robots We Bring into Society, the More We’re Forced to Behave Like Them
http://www.alternet.org/culture/more-robots-we-bring-society-more-were-forced-behave-them

Who’s In Charge, Computers or Humans?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/inviting-monkey-tea/201511/whos-in-charge-computers-or-humans

THIS WEEK IN GOOD NEWS!
Rescue Dogs Are Helping Veterans With PTSD
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/151111-news-k9s-for-warriors-vin

‘Blackfish’ Director, Steve-O Respond to SeaWorld’s Cancellation of San Diego Orca Shows
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/blackfish-director-steve-o-respond-838605

Renewable energy made up half of world’s new power plants in 2014: IEA
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/10/renewable-energy-made-up-half-of-worlds-new-power-plants-in-2014-iea

ODDS & ENDS
Humans 2.0
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/16/the-gene-hackers

Countries Spending the Most on Health Care
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/11/06/countries-spending-the-most-on-health-care-2/

Venezuela Liquidating Assets As Economic Crisis Worsens
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Venezuela-Liquidating-Assets-As-Economic-Crisis-Worsens.html

Microsoft in German data plan to beat US spying
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/540a296e-87ff-11e5-9f8c-a8d619fa707c.html

Meet the Former Pentagon Scientist Who Says Psychics Can Help American Spies
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/11/20/meet-former-pentagon-scientist-who-says-psychics-can-help-american-spies-393004.html

Will the EPA Ban a Pesticide That’s Been Lowering Children’s IQs for Years?
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/18587/EPA_proposes_banning_chlorpyrifos_pesticide

Toxic smoke from palm oil fires is creating a new class of climate refugees in Southeast Asia
http://qz.com/546597/toxic-smoke-from-palm-oil-fires-is-creating-a-new-class-of-climate-refugees-in-southeast-asia/

The 116 Photos NASA Picked to Explain Our World to Aliens
http://recode.net/2015/11/11/the-116-photos-nasa-picked-to-explain-our-world-to-aliens/

Why the Pyramids Spawn So Many Wacky Theories
http://www.livescience.com/52740-ben-carson-why-pyramids-were-built.html

Why America Is Obsessed with Serial Killers
http://www.vice.com/read/what-does-an-obsession-with-serial-killers-say-about-us-v22n11

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