Though I wonder if dom. violence rates are actually
rising over time, or if reporting is just increasing (the latter being a
positive change I suppose).
Hyundai has a different take on the emotional effects of a big football win on a culture: https://www.youtube.
And the narrative seems to be backed by some science at least! http://www.dailymail.
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Also about the ISIS stuff: the CIA has been
training "non-extremist, non-jihadist" Syrian rebels in Jordan in
unconventional war tactics to fight the Assad regime. Some folks
(ironically both on the far left and far right) are accusing our gov't
of not screening those folks very well (a hard task) and inadvertently
training fighters who later joined ISIS, J. Al-Nusra, and other
extremist groups.
Granted I couldn't find reputable news sources that
covered this story, but I can imagine that it's been hard to verify
claims and apply journalistic rigor. However, it wouldn't be the first
time (Viet Minh, Mujahadeen, Contras, right wing Cubans, etc.).http://rt.com/op-edge/168064-
http://www.independent.co.uk/
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Yet another red flag associated with fracking: http://www.loe.org/shows/
In the Marcellus Shale in the East, fracking is surfacing
radioactive rock material from deep underground, and wastewater is
showing very high levels of radium-226 (associated with bone cancers,
half-life of 5K years). Fortunately for the drillers, they got an
environmental exception, because for everyone else - radioactive water
needs special disposal. But in PA, it's treated the same as household
sewage.
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