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TODAY>>the LEADS: Fear & Loathing; Cash Machines in POLITICS AND FLEAS; The Fringe in FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS
LEADS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Americans Continue to Say U.S. Wealth Distribution Is Unfair
http://www.gallup.com/poll/182987/americans-continue-say-wealth-distribution-unfair.aspx
For Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers, a Difficult 2014 Still Paid Well
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/business/dealbook/top-25-hedge-fund-managers-took-bad-14-all-the-way-to-the-bank.html
Two-Thirds Of US Millionaires Fear "They Will Lose It All" If The Market Crashes
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-04/two-thirds-us-millionaires-fear-they-will-lose-it-all-if-market-crashes
Junk Bonds Are The New Haven Assets
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-04/in-land-of-negative-yields-junk-bonds-are-the-new-haven-assets
Investors flee US stocks at financial-crisis levels
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102647245
Trade Deficit in U.S. Swells to Six-Year High as Imports Surge
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-05/trade-deficit-in-u-s-swells-to-six-year-high-as-imports-surge
Venezuela Suffers as Import Schemes Siphon Billions
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/world/americas/venezuelas-economy-suffers-as-import-schemes-siphon-billions.html
Australia's Central Bank Cuts Rates To Record Low 2%
http://www.ibtimes.com/australia-central-bank-cuts-rates-record-low-2-1908360
Russia & China: We've had enough of western banking
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/04/news/economy/russia-approves-brics-reserve-bank-imf/index.html
Why Argentina Is Suddenly Getting So Cozy With Russia
http://www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/why-argentina-is-suddenly-getting-so-cozy-with-russia/military-latin-america-cooperation-war-government/c7s18715/
How fear and self-preservation are driving a cyber arms race
http://www.cnet.com/news/how-fear-and-self-preservation-are-driving-a-cyber-arms-race/
Pentagon: Texas has nothing to fear from Jade Helm exercise
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/pentagon-texas-has-nothing-to-fear-from-upcoming-military-exercise-1.344196
Exclusive: Pentagon Admits Anti-ISIS Strikes Killed Civilians
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/04/exclusive-pentagon-admits-our-anti-isis-strikes-killed-civilians.html
Isis claims responsibility for Texas attack
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/05/isis-claims-responsibility-for-texas-atttack
Winner of Muhammed Cartoon Contest: "Once Free Speech Goes, It's Over"
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/05/05/winner-of-muhammed-cartoon-contest-we-must-fight-for-free-speech-n1994541
The Shooting at the Texas Muhammad Exhibit Has Little to Do With Free Speech
http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/distinguishing-texas-muhammed-exhibit-from-charlie-hebdo
The ‘Splainer: Why does Islam ban images of the Prophet Muhammad?
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/08/splainer-islam-ban-images-prophet-muhammad/
What Do We Know about the Torture Photos Obama Refuses to Release?
http://www.allgov.com/news/us-and-the-world/what-do-we-know-about-the-torture-photos-obama-refuses-to-release-150505?news=856402
Fertilizer, Also Suited for Bombs, Flows to ISIS Territory From Turkey
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/world/europe/fertilizer-also-suited-for-bombs-flows-to-isis-territory-from-turkey.html
Afghan poppy farmers say new seeds will boost opium output
http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/afghan-poppy-farmers-say-new-seeds-will-boost-opium-output-1.344220
Farmers are watering your food with fracking chemicals
http://grist.org/food/farmers-watering-food-with-pretty-fracking-bad-chemicals/
Panera Plans to Drop a Long List of Ingredients
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/business/panera-bread-plans-to-drop-a-long-list-of-ingredients.html
We're in a gluten-free bubble that is about to burst
http://fortune.com/2015/05/05/gluten-free-foods/
POLITICS and FLEAS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
How Super PACs Will Strengthen Democracy in 2016
http://www.nationaljournal.com/against-the-grain/how-super-pacs-will-strengthen-democracy-in-2016-20150503
Report: Busy Season for Congressional Ethics Investigators
http://www.rollcall.com/news/report_busy_season_for_congressional_ethics_investigators-241624-1.html
Corinthian Colleges Secretly Funded D.C. Think Tanks, Dark Money Election Efforts
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/04/bankruptcy-filing-shows-corinthian-colleges-secretly-funded-d-c-think-tanks-dark-money-election-efforts/
17 Million-Dollar Donors to Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/17-million-dollar-donors-to-clinton-foundation-while-hillary-clinton-was-secretary-of-state-150505?news=856405
State Department Says No Evidence Donations Influenced Hillary Clinton
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-04/state-department-says-no-evidence-donations-influenced-clinton
Hillary Responds to 'Clinton Cash' By Asking for More Cash
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hillary-responds-clinton-cash-asking-more-cash_929073.html
Elizabeth Warren Welcomes Wall Street’s Hatred
http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/elizabeth-warren-welcomes-wall-street-s-hatred-20150504
4 Pinocchios for Warren’s $26 billion claim on cost of auto dealer markups
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2015/05/05/warrens-false-claim-that-auto-dealer-markups-cost-consumers-26-billion-a-year/
Mike Huckabee and the Continuing Influence of Evangelicals
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/upshot/mike-huckabee-and-the-continuing-influence-of-evangelicals.html
The populist 1 percenter
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/mike-huckabee-2016-wealth-117627.html
FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
First Saudi Ground Troops Arrive in Yemen
http://news.antiwar.com/2015/05/04/witnesses-confirm-first-saudi-ground-troops-arrive-in-yemen/
Syria crisis: Spooked by rebel gains, Jordan doubles down vs. Islamic State (+video)
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2015/0504/Syria-crisis-Spooked-by-rebel-gains-Jordan-doubles-down-vs.-Islamic-State-video
Report Cites Shift in Israeli War Doctrine
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/policy-budget/warfare/2015/05/04/israel-gaza-idf-report-palestinian-breaking-silence-rules-engagement-civilian/26868281/
Israelis' surrogate mothers in Nepal are no laughing matter
http://972mag.com/israelis-surrogate-mothers-in-nepal-are-no-laughing-matter/106114/
Nepal’s Young Men, Lost to Migration, Then a Quake
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/world/asia/nepal-already-stripped-of-young-men-faces-a-darker-problem.html
Mexico: Case Unravels in Disappearance of 43 Students
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/04/mexico-ayotzinapa-43-students-disappeared-part-2/
France National Front: Jean-Marie Le Pen 'ashamed' his daughter has his name
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32590202
The UK Independence Party: Enduring fruitcakes
http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21650145-nigel-farages-party-said-be-flagging-polls-shows-how-far-it-has-come-enduring
PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nicaragua Canal: A Giant Project With Huge Environmental Costs
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/nicaragua_canal_a_giant_project_with_huge_environmental_costs/2871/
Tourists in Thailand have no idea they shouldn't be doing this
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6537756/2015/05/04/backpackers-pay-top-dollar-cuddle-abused-and-imprisoned-tigers
Blue whales lack the ability to avoid cargo ships, says biologist
http://phys.org/news/2015-05-blue-whales-lack-ability-cargo.html
AIDS Drug May Work Against Bat Disease
http://news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/aids-drug-may-work-against-bat-disease-150504.htm
Intimate Portraits of Bees
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/140114-bee-native-macro-photography-insects-science/
THE MEDIA SCRUM>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Al Jazeera America CEO Fires Back at ‘Absurd’ $15 Million Anti-Semitism, Gender Bias Suit
http://www.thewrap.com/al-jazeera-america-ceo-fires-back-at-absurd-15-million-anti-semitism-gender-bias-suit/
Forty female reporters in France publish open letter blasting politicians for runaway sexual harassment
http://fusion.net/story/130323/forty-female-reporters-in-france-publish-open-letter-blasting-politicians-for-runaway-sexism/
How Nellie Bly became a Victorian sensation and changed journalism forever
http://www.vox.com/2015/5/5/8548361/nellie-bly-journalist
ODDS, ENDS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Revelations from Outer Space
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/may/21/interstellar-revelations-outer-space/
Microwave oven to blame for mystery signal that left astronomers stumped
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/05/microwave-oven-caused-mystery-signal-plaguing-radio-telescope-for-17-years
An Uphill Campaign in Norway to Promote LSD as a Human Right
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/world/europe/an-uphill-campaign-in-norway-to-promote-lsd-as-a-human-right.html
How can hip-hop help the mentally ill?
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/293391.php
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