Not Exactly Uplifting

To contrast with the post below, which mentions local news, here's an anti-"happy news segment," courtesy of Whiskey Bar. Check out the whole thing, but here's a nice, mood dampening paragraph near the conclusion:

...there's no guarantee history will repeat, particularly given the increasingly authoritarian leanings of the American people. One recent Gallup poll, for example, found that the three most popular institutions in the country are now the military, the police and organized religion, in that order.

And--there ARE kittens over at The Poor Man.