Random links
- Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5B of Food
- "This scam, like many others involving politicians in India, remains unpunished. A state police force beholden to corrupt lawmakers, an underfunded federal anti-graft agency and a sluggish court system have resulted in five overlapping investigations over seven years -- and zero convictions. ... Even after accounting for the wastage, only 41 percent of the food set aside for feeding the poor reached households nationwide in 2005, according to a World Bank study commissioned by the government and released last year." In some Indian states more than 80% of aid was diverted.
- Despite Drought, 2012 Most Profitable for Farmers in 40 Years
- As previously noted, as a percentage of GDP this year's US drought appears to far better than a couple of droughts in the 1980s. And in Canada, grain crop yields seem much higher than normal.
- "The World Is Sliding Backwards," Hillary Clinton Says Of International Religious Freedom Report
- "State Department's annual summary indicates that oppression of religious minorities is on the rise."
- Americans Having Fewer Babies Crimping Consumer Spending
- Which is the bigger risk: overpopulation or population implosion? In related news, Singapore is cranking up taxation due to an aging population.