Cheat Sheet - Duck Dynasty’s New Low: AIDS Is God’s Punishment

Read This, Skip That .... September 16, 2014 WHAT A QUACK 1. Duck Dynasty's New Low: AIDS Is God's Punishment In another unfiltered interview, Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson said that AIDS is God's punishment for immoral conduct. Who will punish him for such ignorance? Kevin Fallon writes that too many viewers simultaneously condone and condemn him—and it's time they stop. Read it at The Daily Beast FLIP FLOP 2. Top General: U.S. Troops May Fight ISIS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsy said American troops could end up fighting ISIS on the battlefield, if need be. "To be clear, if we reach the point where I believe our advisers should accompany Iraqi troops on attacks against specific ISIL targets, I will recommend that to the president," Dempsey told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. He also said that the 475 U.S. soldiers being sent to Iraq "will help the Iraqis conduct campaign planning, arrange for enabler and logistics support, and coordinate coalition contributions." While Dempsey noted the airstrikes will not be like the "shock and awe" approach in Iraq in 2003, they will "persistent and sustainable." Read it at ABC News RUDE BOY 3. Rihanna Slams CBS for Cutting Her From Football Show Rihanna blasted CBS on Twitter for cutting her planned performance last week for Thursday Night Football because Ray Rice's former team, the Baltimore Ravens, was playing. Eager not to have Rihanna's very public domestic-abuse incident with Chris Brown remind fans of Rice's abuse, CBS postponed the singer. She doesn't want a rain check. "CBS, you pulled my song last week, now you wanna slide it back in this Thursday?," she tweeted. "No, fuck you! Y'all are sad for penalizing me for this." She later tweeted "The audacity..." CBS has yet to respond. Read it at Rolling Stone GRAY LADY'S NEW BEAU 4. New York Times Editor Has TMZ Envy The first months of Dean Baquet's editorship of The New York Times have been dramatic. He talks exclusively with The Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove about the Ray Rice scoop, Jill Abramson's abrupt departure, surviving cancer, and why assigning reporters to war zones keeps him up at night. Read it at The Daily Beast GAME CHANGER 5. How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece Forty years ago today, Robert Caro's magisterial 1,296-page book on Robert Moses rewrote the rules of biography. Scott Porch recounts Caro's rise to literary fame and how Moses's 40-year reign uprooted residents, destroyed entire neighborhoods, and kept the lower class off Long Island's beaches. Read it at The Daily Beast JAILBIRDS Prisoner Rate Climbs After Decline More than 1.5 million behind bars. NEVER FORGET Ex-Nazi Charged in 300,000 Murders Oskar Groening, 93, worked at Auschwitz. UNDER WATCH FBI to Probe Missouri Cop's Stun Gun Use A minor ended up hospitalized in critical care. HER TRUTH Anti-Trafficking Activist: I Didn't Lie Somaly Mam refutes devastating report. SCORCHER L.A. Heat Wave Knocks Out Power for 3K Temps over 100. Rolling Stone Microsoft Just Pad $2.5B for Minecraft: What Is It? Huffington Post Poll Finds Pat Roberts Trailing Independent Candidate Esquire Everything We Think We Know About Mass Shooters is Wrong GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Viral Video of the Day: Queen Is Back! Panic! At The Disco bravely covers a legendary ballad. More Videos Schizophrenia Isn't One Disease but Many by Samantha Allen The Stigma of Interracial Dating by Keli Goff Venezuela Running Out of Breast Implants by Jason Batansky

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