Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
13,000 Fall Into Homelessness Every Month in L.A. County
August 27th, 2015Via: Los Angeles Times: About 13,000 people on public assistance tumble into homelessness every month in Los Angeles County, according to a new study that experts say provides the clearest picture yet of extreme poverty in the region. Although many quickly find work or rely on family to get off the streets, the number experiencing […]
Pesticides in Paradise: Hawaii’s Spike in Birth Defects Puts Focus on GM Crops
August 24th, 2015Via: Guardian: Pediatrician Carla Nelson remembers catching sight of the unusually pale newborn, then hearing an abnormal heartbeat through the stethoscope and thinking that something was terribly wrong. The baby was born minutes before with a severe heart malformation that would require complex surgery. What worried her as she waited for the ambulance plane to […]
Breathing Beijing’s Air Is the Equivalent of Smoking Almost 40 Cigarettes a Day
August 24th, 2015Via: Economist: Pollution is sky-high everywhere in China. Some 83% of Chinese are exposed to air that, in America, would be deemed by the Environmental Protection Agency either to be unhealthy or unhealthy for sensitive groups. Almost half the population of China experiences levels of PM2.5 that are above America’s highest threshold. That is even […]
China Shares Wipe Out 2015 Gains as Stocks Tumble 8.5%
August 24th, 2015Via: MarketWatch: Chinese stocks plummeted Monday, erasing gains for the year, as fears about the deepening effects of a slowdown in the world’s No. 2 economy rattled investors world-wide. Stock markets slid across Asia and a number of regional currencies fell to fresh multiyear lows. China’s main stock index, which closed 8.5% lower on Monday, […]
The Coddling of the American Mind
August 12th, 2015Via: The Atlantic: In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education—and mental health. … The current movement is largely about emotional well-being. More than the last, it presumes an extraordinary fragility of the collegiate psyche, and therefore elevates […]
Saudi Arabia May Go Broke Before the U.S. Oil Industry Buckles
August 5th, 2015No more Fed-Exing the Lamborghinis to London for oil changes? Via: Telegraph: If the oil futures market is correct, Saudi Arabia will start running into trouble within two years. It will be in existential crisis by the end of the decade. The contract price of US crude oil for delivery in December 2020 is currently […]
New Zealand Parents Feeding Junk Food to Children Until Their Teeth Dissolve to the Gums
July 29th, 2015Via: Stuff: Children as young as 18 months old are having multiple rotten teeth pulled out as parents feed toddlers soft drinks through sipper bottles, and chocolate biscuits and Milo as bedtime treats. Dentist and veteran anti-sugar lobbyist Rob Beaglehole said he pulled several teeth on Monday from an 18-month-old, and had once treated a […]
Britain: “Police May No Longer Attend Burglaries”
July 28th, 2015Via: BBC: The public should not expect to see a police officer after crimes such as burglary, the head of the new National Police Chiefs’ Council has said. Sara Thornton told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire budget cuts and the changing nature of criminality meant police in England and Wales had to prioritise. She said it […]
CHINESE SHARES TUMBLE 8.5 PERCENT IN BIGGEST ONE-DAY DROP SINCE 2007
July 27th, 2015Via: Reuters: Chinese shares slid more than 8 percent on Monday as an unprecedented government rescue plan to prop up valuations ran out of steam, throwing Beijing’s efforts to stave off a deeper crash into doubt. Major indexes suffered their largest one-day drop since 2007, shattering three weeks of relative calm in China’s volatile stock […]
Nearly One-Third Of 847,000 Veterans In Backlog For VA Health Care Already Died
July 15th, 2015Via: Huffington Post: More than 238,000 of the 847,000 veterans in the pending backlog for health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs have already died, according to an internal VA document provided to The Huffington Post.
