Social Issues

A former Catholic priest has been sentenced to 29 years in prison for sexually abusing twelve children between 1979 and 1988. John Joseph Farrell, 62, was convicted in Sydney District Court on Monday for sexual crimes he had committed over nearly a decade in the towns of Moree, Armidale and Tamworth in New South Wales. Press TV reports: Farrell was found guilty of exploiting his position, taking advantage of the victims for a long period and committing 62 offenses, including rape and indecent assaults against three girls and nine boys at the time.

A key turning point in German public sentiment (and subsequent anger) against the unprecedented refugee wave swarming the nation took place during a NYE celebration in Cologne, when multiple reports suggested that as many as 1,000 men “of Arab or North African origin” participated in "monstrous" coordinated attacks on German women in Cologne.

Officials in Colorado are illegally asking all parents to register any children they have that are unvaccinated.  The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment sent a letter to parents saying that if they do not vaccinate their kids they must register and exempt themselves via a state website. Offthegridnews.com reports: The department later said the letter should not have been released. The requirement would have been mandated by House Bill 1164, which died in a state legislative committee earlier this week.

Angry Chinese parents who congregated at Beijing’s National Health and Family Planning Commission to protest a vaccine scandal that emerged in March, have complained of intimidation and arbitrary arrest by security officials. The citizens of China have demanded answers after an illegal vaccine ring was discovered by the government in April 2015, which had been operating since 2011 and had distributing $88 million worth of dangerous vaccines to the public.

Submitted by John Mauldin via MauldinEconomics.com,

The world is undergoing a profound demographic shift that will cause sweeping changes over the next few decades. 

Those changes will broaden the scope of our study of economics and investing; they will alter our understanding of sociology; and they will radically affect politics and governments.