Environment

Heavy rain has caused more flooding in northern England, with hundred of people evacuated from their homes in Lancashire and Yorkshire. The British Army has been mobilized in some areas and rivers are overflowing in Manchester and Leeds. Damage has included the destruction of a former pub in Greater Manchester, and a large hole has appeared in the M62. Roads across North Wales have also been closed and the police have urged residents to refrain from traveling.

U.S. Senator Rand Paul today released a special ‘Festivus: Airing of Grievances for 2015’ edition of ‘The Waste Report,’ which is an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government.

The ‘Festivus: Airing of Grievances for 2015’ edition highlights over 30 examples of wasteful spending, misplaced priorities, and bad management in the federal government that have cost the taxpayer more than one billion dollars.

Of the 31 examples amassed from the past year, a few high-points of the ‘The Waste Report’ include:

NBC Universal Telemundo Airs Racist Blackface and Brownface performances by Raymond Arrieta!

Strangely enough, the CIA is partly at fault for creating the environment in which a liar like Donald Trump can thrive politically.

With massive infrastructure, nuclear and military deals, Japan has nudged India to take a militaristic stance in South China Sea that has China foaming in the mouth.