Current events

End-of-days watch:

There goes France, out to the cutting edge again:

Ladies of Paris, you no longer have to fear arrest for wearing trousers in the French capital.

Well, what do you know? Here's a liberal idea I can actually get behind:

Want to reduce the effects of global warming? Stop working so hard. Working fewer hours might help slow global warming, according to a new study released Monday by the Center for Economic Policy and Research.

OMG, our first post-NFL season Monday night of the year. How wretched.

Even knowing that the U.S. has the highest per capita rate of incarcerated individuals in the world, I found this stastistic startling:

Almost a quarter of the world’s prison population is locked up in one country: the United States.

This does not compute:

As Barack Obama begins his second term in office, trust in the federal government remains mired near a historic low, while frustration with government remains high. And for the first time, a majority of the public says that the federal government threatens their personal rights and freedoms.

Two different views on men leaving their traditional roles. From The Wall Street Journal, "At-Home Dads Make Parenting More of a 'Guy' thing"

A little light reading for a getting-chillier winter day -- 7 types of dudes who annoy everyong just by their very existence, including trolls, king turds and beta wimps, plus my favorite to hate, the male feminist:

Yijes. It appears I have harboring a couple of cold-blooded killers:

Hey, Rick, like the way you think, but we're way ahead of you: