Social Issues

Submitted by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog,

“Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others.”

 

– Groucho Marx

A new survey by the NSPCC shows that the number of reported child sex abuse cases in Britain has risen by over 30 percent in the last year. A spokesman said that high-profile cases had “played a contributory factor” in encouraging people to come forward.

If the establishment had its way, America would be no country for angry white men. As WSJ reports, Tuesday’s primary elections underscored an emerging, central reality of the 2016 presidential campaign: This is the year of the dissatisfied white male.

Those white males are the voters who propelled Donald Trump to convincing victories Tuesday in Michigan and Mississippi, as they have elsewhere. And, as The Wall Street Journal reports, they may determine whether he can roll on next week in a series of big industrial states.

Donald Trump’s relationship with a notorious mobster has raised questions about the businessman-politician and his dodgy past. The Republican presidential front-runner lavished gifts to a hateful mobster who used to frequent his gambling joint in Atlantic City and intimidate women and minority employees. Trump’s casino was fined $650,000 for catering to the racist mobster and now Trump denies directly knowing the man.

Charities have condemned a a senior Tory minister who claimed that some homeless people are actively choosing to sleep rough. During a debate about homelessness on Monday, Communities Minister Baroness Williams said some rough sleepers made a free and conscious decision to be without a bed. Hard to imagine that anyone would choose to sleep in a doorway in sub zero temperatures or even choose a communal bin on a cold or wet night.