The Daily Populous

Tuesday September 5th, 2017 evening edition

image for Australian broadcaster bans 'unsuitable' Peppa Pig episode featuring a friendly spider

The five-minute episode, called "Spider's Web", features an apparently innocuous spider called Mr Skinnylegs.

The family takes a great interest in the spider and learns to avoid disturbing its web.

But a viewer in Australia, which has some of the world's most venomous spiders, complained in 2012 about the episode's message that the insects "are not scary".

The ABC agreed that the episode sent the wrong message to children and apologised for running it.

In the banned episode, Daddy Pig is seen repeatedly picking up the spider by a string from its web.

The family learns not to disturb Mr Skinnylegs' web after Daddy Pig declares: "It's hard work weaving a web ...

No deaths from funnel web spiders have been recorded since an antivenom was introduced in 1981. »

Denmark's Corporate Sector Just Sold Off Its Last Oil Company

Authored by huffingtonpost.com

Last month, A.P. Moller-Maersk, the famed industrial and shipping conglomerate, agreed to sell its oil and gas division to French giant Total.

The Nordic nation still needs revenues from its North Sea oil fields to fund its transition to clean energy, and Total promised to do so.

But Denmark has pledged to completely wean itself off fossil fuels by 2050. »

North Korea’s nuclear test site at risk of imploding, Chinese scientist says

Authored by scmp.com

North Korea tests nuclear bomb it says can be made into warhead for long-range missile.

In the meantime, Chinese authorities, including the National Nuclear Safety Administration, would continue to closely monitor every nuclear test conducted by North Korea, Wang said.

No radiation detected outside North Korea after nuclear test, say China, Japan. »

Joel Osteen: Televangelist Whose Church Closed During Hurricane Harvey Tells Victims not to Have 'Poor Me' Attitude

Authored by newsweek.com

A televangelist whose church closed its doors during Hurricane Harvey claims that he is the victim of “misinformation” and told flood victims not to have a “poor me” attitude.

Osteen defended the decision not to open the church during the devastating storm, and told those affected not to have a “poor old me attitude.”.

His Lakewood church is one of the largest in the U.S. On Sunday, Osteen blamed “misinformation” for criticism levelled at the church for remaining closed. »

Trump Quietly Nominates Mass Surveillance Advocate To “Protect” Your Privacy Rights

Authored by theantimedia.org

This apathy comes despite former President Barack Obama’s move to expand to information sharing between agencies just days before Trump took office and after the Trump administration signaled its desire to continue widespread surveillance.

Amid this lack of attention toward the NSA, the president recently nominated a staunch advocate of mass surveillance to chair one of the few barriers standing between intrusive government spying and the American people’s privacy.

Though the board had been deteriorating before Trump became president, it may now be further undermined as a result of his recent appointment. »