Sun Rises in East, North Korea Threatens Nuclear War
North Korea threw its crayons on the floor and stomped its feet on Tuesday, once again threatening nuclear war with the United States.
Direct threats by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea against the United States and its allies are about as new as Chuck Taylors, so the DPRK’s statement of bravado regarding its nuclear production won’t catch too many people by surprise. That being said, it’s far easier to crack jokes about the humpty dumpty dictator from a couple thousand miles away as opposed to say, when you share the most militarized border on the planet.
Here’s to hoping North Korea is eventually able to peacefully reconcile modernity’s worst case of daddy issues.
American Industrial Production Drops, Let’s Get Rid of Labor Day?
Everyone’s favorite team of economic wizards is back at it, as the Federal Reserve released the industrial production report for the month of August.
The spark notes version is that a 6.4 percent decline in auto production dragged the entirety of industrial production down by .4 percent. Before you panic that a major American city — like, say, Detroit — may face devastating decline, experts say August was but a bump in the road (ZING!) for a strong year of auto sales.
Even still, Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker may consider using the news as a launching pad for his rumored proposal of turning Labor Day into “Union Busting Day” wherein everyone works 16 hours without a lunch break.
Fire on the Mountain: California Devastated by Wildfires
An epic drought has set the stage for a series of vicious wildfires to wreak havoc across Northern California.
Around 23,000 people have been forced to evacuate due to blazes that have been aided by a four-year drought of historic proportions. Even scarier, some experts believe things will only get worse as we head into the fall months – typically the driest time of the year in the region. The federal government has directed $250 million of aid to California and also called for future budgets to include planning for wildfires in the same vein as other natural disasters like hurricanes.
In a sad twist, the affected regions are left hoping that rain from another potentially debilitating natural disaster, El Niño, will help quench their thirst.
Climate change folks, it’s gonna be a hell of a ride.
