The current major headlines around the world.
Radioactive Belts Recalled
No word on how they became radioactive to begin with, but ASOS have recalled all shipments. Apparently some may remain.
I know people are looking for new ways to break fashion, and I guess a belt that has a 0.0001% chance of giving you superpowers is a nice way forward, but this is ridiculous.
I can see this story leading to finding out the belts were made in a sweatshop somewhere in the world, a sweatshop where all of the workers, paid pennies a day, will die from some major form of cancer, all because rich people want something pretty to keep their trousers up.
Legal Highs on the Rise
A drop in cannabis and cocaine use wasn't due to the billions wasted on making them illegal but more because people are getting smart and finding alternatives that are just as powerful and effective.
Still don't understand why drugs are illegal.
They can't be used for mass destruction (ie they are not a weapon) but yet the government insists on creating a blackmarket economy for violence and corruption just to keep the 85% of people who would never use drugs anyway (legal or not) happy. Seriously, all the countries of origin of the drugs are in complete anarchy because of warring gangs. Prohibition does not work. We need alternatives.
The day the government realises how to efficiently tax drugs, they will become legal (controlled, but legal). Mark my words.
Economists, it's up to you.
Australia the Happiest Nation in the World
Ironic when you consider its where Britain sent all its most notorious criminals.
Great country though. Ideal if you want to isolate yourself from the rest of the world. Probably why they are so happy.
More Homes and Less Fields
This is what happiness entails apparently.
More homes means more people in a town which means more need for shops on the high street. It also means more cheap homes.
I sense a fundamental flaw in this argument. Maybe it has to do with the fact they've been overbuilding homes for the last ten years and yet we've seen no change in the decline of the physical shop market. Only a decline in the green stuff. The stuff that keeps us and our valuable ecosystem alive.
Don't build new homes, claiming that people want cheap affordable homes. Redevelop existing eyesores. We're trying to slow the population growth, not increase it.
Keep our fields the way they are.
Courts to Go Private?
To save money apparently.
I smell corruption fears aplenty, but they insist the courts will by under a royal charter to prevent conflicts of interest. That's comforting to know. People promising they won't lie. Especially when they can risk losing millions of pounds.
In the future the David and Goliath story will end very differently.
