Cheat Sheet - Bill Maher: Yes, I Can Generalize About Muslims

Read This, Skip That .... October 16, 2014 UNCENSORED 1. Bill Maher: Yes, I Can Generalize About Muslims The host of HBO's Real Time gave his last word to Marlow Stern about the fight with with Ben Affleck over Islam. "All of knowledge is based on generalizations. No one can interview all 1.5 billion Muslims in the world," he said. "To say that it's a widespread belief in the Muslim world that death is the appropriate response to leaving the religion is just a statement of fact." Read it at The Daily Beast ROBOT ROCK 2. U.S. Gets a New Drone Base to Fight ISIS Turkey is now allowing the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft to fly over Syria, Josh Rogin and Eli Lake exclusively report. Manned aircraft are still out of the question though, and that dispute has been a source of considerable tension behind the scenes since the U.S. campaign against ISIS began in August. Read it at The Daily Beast THE PROS 3. Dallas Nurse Being Moved to NIH One of the two nurses who contracted Ebola while treating Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas is going to flown to Maryland for treatment at a National Institutes of Health isolation unit. Nina Pham was the first nurse diagnosed with the virus last Sunday. The other infected nurse, Amber Vinson, was flown to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Wednesday. NIH and Emory are two of the four facilities in the U.S. equipped to handle Ebola. Notably, this leaves Dallas Presbyterian Hospital without any Ebola patients after being criticized for poor handling of the situation. Read it at NBC News PARTISAN 4. Ted Cruz Quits Screwing With the GOP The Texas firebrand made a name for himself by going after more moderate Republicans. Now he's stumping for candidates he used to attack—just in time for 2016. Patricia Murphy on the twist few saw coming from the freshman who has made too many enemies to count in Washington. Read it at The Daily Beast WE MISS YOU 5. Lack of Oxygen Killed Joan Rivers The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner released the findings of its post mortem on Joan Rivers and found that she died because oxygen was cut off to her brain during her throat procedure. Rivers was sedated with Propofol. The examiner said the lack of oxygen was a "predictable complication" from the procedure that's done under anesthesia. (It's not clear if the anesthesia or the procedure made her stop breathing.) The investigation revealed Rivers had the throat procedure to evaluate changes in her voice and to deal with acid reflux. Read it at TMZ DIFFERENT TAKE John Grisham Sorry for Kid-Porn Comment Said not all watchers are pedophiles. LOOKING UP Jobless Benefits Claims Hit 14-Year Low Dropped 23,000 from two weeks ago. MEA CULPA Microsoft CEO: I Never Asked for a Raise Tries to apologize to women, again. WARNING SHOT New York A.G.: Most Airbnbs Illegal Made nearly $40 million on them. HIKE Cowboys Owner Settles Sex Assault Suit Through a court mediator. Huffington Post Nurses Blast Hospitals Over Ebola Safety BuzzFeed The U.S. War Against ISIS Finally Has a Name UsWeekly Amy Poehler Opens Up About Past Cocaine, Ecstasy Use 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. Marine Gets Shot in the Head, Walks Away Nearly killed by Taliban sniper. More Videos GamerGate & the Root of Reactionary Rage by Arthur Chu Reality Check: Ebola Not Out of Control by Kent Sepkowitz Why Rembrandt Rocks by Nancy Durrant

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