Monday minutia:
400,000 people marched in New York City over the weekend
demanding action on climate change. If you watch mainstream media you might
have missed that.
In both raw numbers and percentage of the population, the
United States has the largest total prison population of any country on the
planet.
The
state of California spends $62,300 per prison inmate per year while only $9,200
to educate a child in a K-12 school.
A
Reuters poll found that one in four Americans want their state to secede from
the U.S.
Attention
hipsters: The Pabst Brewing Co., which makes Pabst Blue Ribbon, Colt 45 and Old
Milwaukee, has been bought by a Russian-based beverage company, Oasis. Cheers,
Comrade.
40 percent of all
workers in the United States actually make less than what a full-time minimum
wage worker made back in 1968 after you account for inflation.
The name of the richest man in Asia is Ka-shing.
The name of the richest man in Asia is Ka-shing.
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