The right-wing Australian government proposes to help Australians get the money to buy a house by letting them draw money from their retirement funds.

This will mean more competition for the available housing, thus forcing the prices up. It won't provide any net benefit for the non-rich. In other words, it is a swindle.

As Covid-19 evolves and becomes more transmissible, it also evolves away from the target that current vaccines are aimed at. Their effectiveness is gradually decreasing. But there is no special effort to accelerate development of better vaccines.

All this is happening as society in most countries has totally surrendered to the fools and jerks. The fools say, "What, me worry about Covid?" The jerks say, "I wouldn't wear a mask to save your life — or anyone's life."

Contrast this with Japan and South Korea, where people continue to reduce the number or cases by wearing masks.

Heidi Marston, head of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, quit abruptly and denounced the government policy which treats homeless people first of all as unsightly, and only second as people in need of help.

This is a response to selfish pressure from wealthy residents and business owners.

The underlying cause of homelessness is that any place to live in a major city (where there are jobs) is too expensive for most people even when they have jobs.

One major cause of this is zoning laws that block expansion of housing capacity.

*US retail and fast-food workers strike.*

Floods ruined crops in part of northeast Australia. The area was previously flooded in February, as part of widespread flooding that also destroyed houses in much of eastern Australia.

Global heating is increasing the frequency of such floods there and elsewhere. Australia's planet-roaster politicians are responsible for this (along with other countries' planet-roaster politicians).

Isn't it a shame that the article says not a word about this?