5.Oct.2012: Population Growth Peak, Atheist Political Orientation, Sex in Kids Books, Climate Change Disbeliever Journalists, Hyatt Hotel Global Boycott, Values Voters, Meningtitis Outbreak, World Food pridecs Rising, Obama-Romney Views Similar, CNN Censorship Response, College Debt Crisis Growing

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Will Human Population Growth Peak in the Late 21st Century?Unchecked human population growth could be a recipe for doom for the planet and its inhabitants. And it has reached staggering levels in recent years—the number of people on the planet has doubled from 3.5 billion to seven billion in just a half century. While we’ve made great strides in educating people around the world about family planning and birth control, the global fertility rate still hovers around 2.5 children per woman. At that rate, population will grow to 11 billion by 2050 and nearly 27 billion by 2100.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=human-population-growth-impacts&WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20121005

Weekly Poll: As an atheist, what is your political orientation?
http://atheism.about.com/b/2012/10/04/daily-poll-as-an-atheist-what-is-your-political-orientation.htm?nl=1

Banned Books: Dear Parents — Sex in books is not why your kids want to get it onAccording to the American Library Association, sexual content is the number one reason for a book to be challenged or banned. Even books that are ostensibly political in nature, such as Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, are often not even challenged because of their political themes, but because of their portrayal of sex — and the challenges are most often led by parents.

Raw Story (http://s.tt/1pfCd)

Study: Climate change disbelievers get most column space in U.S. and UK newspapers
Climate sceptics feature more prominently in newspapers in the US and UK than other countries, and their views are more likely to go unchallenged in right-leaning papers, an academic study has shown.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/05/study-climate-change-disbelievers-get-most-column-space-in-u-s-and-uk-newspapers

Hyatt Hurts: Hotel Workers Organize Global Boycott for a Fair Deal
In a striking case of international solidarity, housekeeping staff worldwide are protesting their exploitation by the hotel giant
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/274-41/13809-hyatt-hurts-hotel-workers-organize-global-boycott-for-a-fair-deal

We're All Values Voters
What voters care about most is that their candidate share the same values—economic and social—as them, something Obama forgot in the first presidential debate.http://prospect.org/article/were-all-values-voters

Meningitis Outbreak Kills 5, Sickens 30 in 5 States
Meningitis is a relatively uncommon infection but a recent outbreak of a fungal variety of the disease has health officials worried.
http://commonlaw.findlaw.com/2012/10/meningitis-outbreak-kills-5-sickens-30-in-5-states.html

September Saw World Food Prices Rising
World food prices rose in September. The prices are close to levels reached during the 2008 food crisis. FAO has cut its forecast for global cereal output.
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc051012B.htm

Solar Power Popular Among American Voters, 92% Prefer It 
Solar power is turning popular. A recent poll [1] showed preference of solar power among the Americans. The American citizens are getting more aware of climate crisis also.
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc051012F.htm

Obama And Romney: Similar Views On Foreign/Military Policy
Despite the sharp charges and counter-charges about foreign/military and national security policy there are no important differences on such matters between President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney.
http://www.countercurrents.org/smith051012.htm

CNN Response to Censorship Allegations MisleadingFormer CNN correspondent turned whistleblower, Amber Lyon, analyzes CNN’s response to a series of stories that ran in the Guardian that expose how the network is earning money from oppressive regimes in exchange for creating and airing content that casts a favorable light on the regimes.  The stories also revealed CNN International refused to air CNN’s own award-winning documentary, ‘iRevolution’, a documentary exposing the Bahrain regime’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
http://12160.info/profiles/blog/show?id=2649739:BlogPost:1009868&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_post

College Debt Crisis Growing

12% of Americans making payment on two or more student loans