Headlines from August 6, 2014

Like Israel, it’s been careful to set rather limited aims. Hamas as a political actor.
A primer on Mohammed Deif, the commander of Hamas’s military wing.
Britain’s Foreign Office minister resigns, protesting government silence on Gaza violence, and posts her resignation letter on Twitter.
Young people brought into the US illegally by their parents confront the Iowa state representative. #video
Of the 680,000 people on the watchlist of “known or suspected terrorists,” 280,000 have “no known terrorist group affiliation.”
Putin says Russia must tell the US economic sanctions are “unacceptable,” while protecting Russian consumers.
Texas is perfect for SpaceX’s commercial launch site, but as history shows, spaceports aren’t good business.
California’s forest fires. #photos
He told me he’d use my drawing as a profile pic on Facebook. The conditions of migrant workers in UAE.
The 10/90 television model—cheap sitcoms built around stars, with “quality as an afterthought”—may be dying out. #tv
It’s probably easy to make fun of me. My accent, number one. An interview with Werner Herzog.
See also: Werner Herzog’s private life is surprisingly dramatic; his diaries, not so much. #tmn
Moment-to-moment happiness doesn’t depend on how well you’re doing, but on whether you’re doing better than expected.
During media tours around Japan she habitually flashed the V-sign. A cultural phenomenon was born.
A study of California low-income neighborhoods finds poor people with diabetes are 10 times more likely to lose a limb. #health
The more we are told to value work, the less it’s actually worth. Who stole the four-hour workday?
You might think that America would be fertile ground for the rise of atheism.
Danish architect creates plans for a cage-free zoo.