You want more news posts blatantly stolen from Marginal Revolution?

Well, if you insist. A few years back I used to have a subscription to "The Economist". I read it religiously. However, issue after issue it became progressively more...boring. I mean, as interesting as the elections are in Thailand (they're not), I really have other things to be keeping up with. This actually created a sentiment of general apathy towards international news. Most were the same policies, or same events happening over and over again, and they weren't interesting.


However!

These articles are actually incredible. Occasionally new things happen! Supposedly, the UK is taking up a very unconventional policy that caught my interest. Here's an exerpt:

"Ministers are considering launching a negative advertising campaign in Bulgaria and Romania to persuade potential immigrants to stay away from the UK."

I'm glad to hear that when the UK has a government expenditure as high as 49% of GDP (higher than the US),  and a debt to GDP ratio of 86.8% (under the US by a little more than 10%), they still have money to go about scaring immigrants away. Perhaps better than the US, since we spend it in more inhumane (and probably less clever) ways. Oh well. Something new. If you're scared that it'll be too cumbersome on your very generous welfare system, and that "jobs are scarce and low-paid", then perhaps you should address those directly? I'm also talking to you, rest of the world. God knows we need it here.

Next article!

That first one was just a warm up. This is off of Marginal as well, and, frankly, it's pretty insane. I remember a while ago hearing that Israel was taking organs from dead Palestinians in order to use them for their own gain. Then I heard it was a few doctors who, indiscriminately, took organs from Israelis and Palestinians alike in order to help those who needed it. Considering that Israel is also largely filled with Arabs, and, basically, non-Jewish races and ethnicities, it's reasonable to say that it wasn't going solely to the Jewish people. 

 So, I held back judgement. To be honest, it could go either way. A lot of propaganda across the spectrum. Could very well be either/or, or perhaps even some mixture of the two. The only thing we can say for sure is that it had the Israelis calling the Swedes "anti-Semitic", which surprised me that they didn't already consider them anti-Semitic. Or was that Norway? The UK? Gets thrown around a lot, I guess.

Anyways, if this has any validity to it, then it'll probably lead to a huge storm. Here's an excerpt (that I courageously and valiantly post at the risk of being called anti-Semitic):

"Israel has admitted for the first time that it has been giving Ethiopian Jewish immigrants birth-control injections, often without their knowledge or consent."

What a bunch of anti-Semitic pricks, right? The world is too funny sometimes, and not in a "haha" sort of way, more of a...Nevermind, it's not funny.

I need some sleep. Too real for me today. I'm feeling that apathetic feeling coming on again. I'm out. Next topics will be much less pessimistic and dark, I promise.

P.S. I didn't get that picture until after I wrote this. How convenient was that? The only two banners in it, and it couldn't be more related.


Update: Here. A little bad and a little good, I suppose. We really can't keep spending for this stuff, but at least we'll stop chasing people who are here. I guess not all bad? Still all bad? Well, sorry for bringing it up.