If the news is to be believed, we’re making less money and our kids are getting less fat. Most importantly, A MONKEY GOT LOOSE IN IKEA.

Michigan votes to limit unions. Remember kids, right to work means the right to work for less. NYTimes

Is obesity falling in children? NYTimes

HSBC is sorry about all the money laundering, pays $1.9 billion. NPR

A monkey in a jacket took a trip to Ikea. BBC

The U.S. has blacklisted a Syrian Rebel group. Al Jazeera

Looks like conservatives everywhere hate science: Canadian PM Stephen Harper (a Conservative) is stepping up the attack on climate change. Al Jazeera

Britain’s Conservatives want to legalize same sex marriage. BECAUSE IF YOU WANT GOVERNMENT OUT OF YOUR SHIT, YOU STAY OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE’S SHIT, TOO! LATimes

Sex scandal in Russia shows that sex scandals are often more about politics than anything else. NPR