How Good is the World Today, September 22nd
Channel: Alec Simone
Date: 2015-09-23

The Pope is in DC! Democrats and reasonable people of all stripes want to use his influence over religious folks to convince them global warming might be a real thing.

On the other side of the country, Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Seattle! He's meeting with tech industry giants to talk about the future of their business in China, and whether he's going to steal all their trade secrets and use them for himself or not.

ISIS has threatened a cyber attack against the UK for tomorrow, most likely in response to the UK ramping up its bombing campaign against ISIS. Also, America's anti-ISIS czar announced he's stepping down. He and Obama have definitely had some disagreements, but his term has gone on much longer than he meant for it to, and he might just be donezo.

Finally, The European Union officially passed it's refugee plan requiring member countries to take 120,000 total migrants, over the opposition of four poorer countries, who think they have enough problems as it is. Hungary, one of the four, is getting especially angry, and they authorized their military to use non-lethal force against the migrants to keep them under control. That fits with a rising tide of anti-Muslim sentiment all over the world, and it's getting pretty scary.

Overall, not a great day for the world, or at least for my perception of its future. I'm lowering the index a point to 71. Talk to you tomorrow!