Middle East Focus: Rise of the U.S. Tea Party Explained……….

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Rise of the U.S. Tea Party Explained……….

Walking on water

“LONDON — The global cost of dementia will likely exceed $604 billion this year, or 1 percent of the world's gross domestic product, a new report says. In a study issued on Tuesday, European researchers estimate about 35 million people have dementia worldwide. They said that figure is likely to double every 20 years, to nearly 66 million in 2030 and 115 million in 2050. In the report scientists called the spread of dementia "an epidemic that is increasing its pace with the 'graying' of the population around the world." As people live longer, particularly in developed countries, they become more susceptible to developing dementia. After age 65, the chances of developing Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, doubles every five years. At age 85, people have about a 50 percent chance of developing Alzheimer's…..”

All this seems to match the meteoric rise of the US Tea Party, and the reemergence of the European right. Maybe just a coincidence but Don Corleone never believed in coincidences.
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