The Satanic Verses, written by writer Salman Rushdie, was published in 1988. The book was inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The novel has been accused of blasphemy for its reference to the Quranic Satanic Verses - a set of "satanic suggestions" which Muhammad is alleged to have mistaken for divine revelation. Fearing unrest, the book was banned in India.

Shadow banking refers to intermediary financial activities that are not subject to the banking system’s regulatory oversight. Examples are hedge funds, investment banks, private equity funds, money market funds, special purpose entity conduits (SPE), and structured investment vehicles (SIVs). Unlike commercial banks, shadow banks don’t take public deposits as a source of funding. They also do not have access to central bank funding, interbank loans, or public sector credit guarantees.

Recently in the United States numerous Progressive Prosecutors have been elected on platforms that include abandoning cash bail, declining to prosecute low-level charges, not pursuing marijuana cases and closely scrutinising police conduct, in efforts to reform a system that they say over-incarcerates and disproportionately punishes poor, minority communities

Infoslide A: "I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours
Say things you don't understand
I can take myself dancing
And I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby"

Infoslide B: "There's a thin line between love and hate
Don't come back here, trust me
No hard feelings, babe, I wish you
Good luck with my so-called replacement
I don't even know what happened
You're acting so weird, I don't even recognize you
I'm worth two 22-year-olds
You traded in a Ferrari for a Twingo
You traded in a Rolex for a Casio
You're all worked up, slow down
Ah, so much time at the gym
But maybe work out your brain a bit too"