They might not rhyme this week, but they sure will give you your weekly dose of feeling like getting in the car and driving as far as you can to write poetry, because really, having a job isn’t making you much more money anyway.
Iran’s probably making the bomb, and Netanyahu wants none of it, so he made a chart. With a timeline. Because that’ll show ’em! NYTimes
People are getting less poor, only more slowly than everyone thought. NYTimes
There was water on Mars! Must mean aliens… NPR
Mexico captures a major drug boss for the Zetas. My hopes for this halting some of the violence are slim. We need to end the war on drugs for that to happen. Al Jazeera
1 in 5 households are burdened with student debt. I’m started to get the feeling that the game is rigged. LATimes
The government forgot to count about 400,000 new jobs. Turns out we’re not as poor as we thought! Woo! Slate
San Diego is about the build the hemisphere’s largest desalination plant. I include this because this is your weekly reminder that there’s water, water everywhere but not a drop to spare. Salon
What stories have caught your eye?
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1 in 5? Oh my lord. And it’s probably not ‘petty’ debts like 1 – to $5000. Oh my lord. I’m cringing in sympathy here.
We’ve been paying them for 20 years, a pretty hefty amount every month. It’s almost paid off! We sort of forgot that would ever happen. We’re going to be rich! Haha.
For twenty years? Holy snap!
What’ll you do with all that money?
Maybe we’ll travel somewhere! That would be fantastic!
Oh man. I still have like 6 years left on mine… I can’t even imagine what I would do with the extra money when I’m done.
Think about it like this, too: in the US, only 1 in 3 people graduate from college.
So, when the article says this:
…To me that seems to mean that just about everyone in the US who goes to college ends up with debt. As well as the people who drop out. And it’s likely a LOT of debt.
My twitter feed enlightened me to the reality of Hugo Schwyzer and that he is not only allowed to post through feminist sites but he is also embraced by many feminists. After reading more about him, I had a lot of rage. So then I read about educational theory for awhile instead. Has anyone else heard about this guy before? If so, what are your thoughts?
Also, I can’t remember if this news story was mentioned yet on P-Mag, but have you guys heard about the Turkish woman who decapitated her rapist after shooting him ten times? It’s a heartbreaking story.
When he started posting crappy linkbait on Jezebel is when I ran far, far away from there and never looked back. I have no idea what he’s doing now, but hearing his name makes my blood boil a bit.
And he calls himself a paternalistic feminist. What the heck does that even mean?
Great commentary!
400,000 jobs. That seems like a big oversight to me…
This week, one of the main stories here (UK) has been of the storms and flooding, which have caused incredible amounts of damage in some places, and some deaths, too.