The Daily Populous

Monday May 8th, 2017 evening edition

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The Progress Party in Norway voted on Saturday in favor of a law banning ritual circumcision of children under the age of 16, a day after the environment committee of Belgium’s Parliament of Wallonia voted in favor of banning ritual slaughter, posing a threat to both shechita (kosher slaughter) and brit mila (circumcision) in Europe.

Proponents of the Norwegian bill, which was discussed during the party’s national gathering over the weekend, claim that circumcision constitutes mental and physical harm to children and constitutes a serious violation of children’s rights.

The Progress Party is the third-largest party – with 29 of 169 seats in parliament it serves as the junior partner in Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s cabinet.

”Regarding the Norwegian bill, Margolin said: “We will act in every way we can to fight this disgraceful bill... »

8-year-old helps save mom week after dad dies

Authored by squashjack.com

26th April in the morning, Michael and his mother were sitting on their couch chatting before school when she began choking on an oatmeal muffin.

Michael’s poise in such a scary situation was even more astonishing because he had just lost his father 10 days before.

Michael O’Brien Sr., 34 of Easton, was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Raynham on 16th April. »

World Worries as Trump Set to Dump Paris Climate Deal

Authored by commondreams.org

Now the Trump administration has a meeting scheduled this Tuesday to decide whether to drop out of the Paris Agreement.

The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.

The Paris Agreement has disappeared from the Department of Energy's climate change page https://t.co/cYbNpR4SFW — Climate Central (@ClimateCentral) May 7, 2017. »

Are Wet Wipes Wrecking the World's Sewers?

Authored by theatlantic.com
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What if they created a wet wipe that young men, like themselves, could purchase without feeling embarrassed?

In 2015, the Federal Trade Commission pulled a wet wipe by the brand Nice-Pak off the market.

Fourteen different brands of flushable wet wipes were labeled, soaked for a half-hour, then flushed down an 8-inch sewer line. »