http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/5/15/a-richer-china-isn-t-happier-and-that-spells-trouble–1
A new study, led by Richard Easterlin, a professor of economics at the University of Southern California, shows that despite a rate of economic growth that is unmatched in human history, Chinese people are less happy overall than they were two decades ago.
In 1990, at the start of China’s economic [...]
Two points are interesting in this article:
The link between the seeds (not just corn) and the loss of the world’s bees – followed soon thereafter, of course, by the loss of the world’s world The apparent ease with which crazy-ass modified seeds and tech are approved, despite, apparently, not working.
And yet people hate cops.
http://www.pixiq.com/article/connecticut-cop-arrested-after-pulling-gun-on-cop
I wonder whether Gove has read any of the Bible (for sure I can’t imagine he’s read much of anything to do with anything he’s ever done or said as a government minister).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/20/michael-gove-bible-school-david-mitchell
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18102815
For decades the law has sought to regulate the latter categories. In 1986, section five of the Public Order Act made it illegal to engage in “insulting words or behaviour” in England and Wales.
But a backlash has been brewing amid concerns that efforts to protect the public’s sensibilities have gone [...]
Oh universe. Always trying to show us the truth in your own way.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/gop-solutions-tab-on-boehners-new-website-leads
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107846
Taliban members have resorted to invoking fictitious links of academics with writer Salman Rushdie in a bid to boost their popularity.
…
“The Taliban who are active in Pakistan’s lawless tribal region near the Afghanistan border will make any move that brings them some respect in the public eye,” Prof Javid [...]
Holy freaking hell. People have actual lives like this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9720000/9720942.stm
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