United States: More Republicans believe in demonic possession than climate change
鈥淪tarting with the number of people who believe in climate change, we can note that Canadians are pretty on-the-ball when it comes to this: 98% of them accept the overwhelming evidence. The percentage of Americans who do is 70, while only 48% of Republicans attach any weight to the problem. On the other hand, Republicans accept demonic possession at a rate of 68%. Apparently evidence means nothing to some people.鈥
鈥 AddictingInfo.org, December 22
We kid you not
Climate change could kill 100 million by 2030: report
More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 governments said on Wednesday 鈥
US: One in five kids live in poverty
"New figures have been released by the US census bureau revealing a yearly decline in median household income for Americans, growing inequality and more than one in five children under 18 years old living in poverty.
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"In a survey of data for 2011, the census discovered that real median household income in the US had dipped by 1.5% from its level in 2010 to sit at $50,054 a year. The fall is the second consecutive annual decline ...
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United States: Cops taser 12-year-old
鈥淎 police officer tased a 12-year-old girl inside a Victoria's Secret [on] Wednesday afternoon at South County Center [in St Louis County, Missouri].
鈥淧olice say the officer came into the Victoria's Secret looking for the teenager's mom, who had warrants for her arrest. But it was the teen who got tased.
鈥'This one goes in my chest. It was stuck in there so she had to keep on pulling trying to pull it out,' said Dejamon Baker, as she pointed to a small wound on her chest ...
India exports food while millions go hungry
鈥淎t a time when [India's] total food stocks are likely to swell to a record 75 million tonnes by June 1, out of which nearly 25 million tonnes of the stocks will be piled up in the open for lack of storage space, the demand for allowing exports [of wheat, which is now banned] is already growing. Ministry of Commerce has already started an exercise to know how much quantity of wheat can be allowed for exports.
Murdoch likes compliant politics
鈥淥nly met PMs when asked ... and NEVER asked for anything鈥.
Rupert Murdoch on Twitter, reassuring us that Australia鈥檚 political leaders are so compliant, he hasn鈥檛 had to resort to hacking.
鈥 February 5
Rinehart's bid to nuke Oz
鈥淚t鈥檚 a pity it didn鈥檛 happen鈥.
Gina Rinehart lamenting that her plan to use nuclear explosions in open cut mining never radiated.
鈥 Australian Story, May 1997
Banker greed
鈥淎n opportunity for the customer to get ahead by paying more than they need to.鈥
Britain: Living standards deteriorating
鈥淎lmost 40% of households saw their finances deteriorate between July and August, according to a survey by the financial information company, Markit.
鈥淭he study, of 1,500 adults, showed finances worsened at their fastest pace since February 2009, in the middle of the last recession.
鈥淢any reported a rise in debt levels and a fall in savings and income.
鈥淛ust under 6% of households reported an improvement in their financial situation.
British inequality growing
鈥淎 detailed and startling analysis of how unequal Britain has become offers a snapshot of an increasingly divided nation where the richest 10% of the population are more than 100 times as wealthy as the poorest 10% of society...
鈥淭he report, An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK, scrutinises the degree to which the country has become more unequal over the past 30 years 鈥
United States: Land of the 1%
鈥淭he upper 1 percent of Americans are now taking in nearly a quarter of the nation鈥檚 income every year. In terms of wealth rather than income, the top 1 percent control 40 percent. Their lot in life has improved considerably. Twenty-five years ago, the corresponding figures were 12 percent and 33 percent 鈥
鈥淥ne response might be to celebrate the ingenuity and drive that brought good fortune to these people, and to contend that a rising tide lifts all boats. That response would be misguided.
US right-winger: Gay bullying 'healthy peer pressure'
鈥淎nti-gay bullying is not bullying at all; in fact, it is 'peer pressure and is healthy.' That鈥檚 according to Rich Swier, an activist with the Tea Party Nation.
鈥淪wier was responding to a report from a Florida group that showed that '77% of all bullying victims are picked on due to sexual orientation, gender identity, or the perception of either.' The report also pointed out that 'LGBT youth are up to five times more likely to commit suicide than their straight counterparts.'
US man robs store to get health care in prison
鈥淎 North Carolina man robbed a local store for a dollar just so he could get health care in prison, he said.
鈥淛ames Verone, 59, handed the teller a note demanding $1 and claimed he had a gun 鈥 He then walked away and sat down, waiting for police.
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鈥淸He said:] 'I wanted to make it known that this wasn't for monetary reasons, but for medical reasons.'
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US: Activists arrested for feeding homeless
鈥淥rlando [Florida] police arrested five more activists from behind a makeshift buffet table at聽 Lake Eola Park聽 on Wednesday evening, bringing to a dozen the number charged in the past week with violating city restrictions on feeding the homeless.
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