So 23% of people in the USA do not believe in science. That actually comes to about 1% of humanity. If we allow for the fact that there will be a sizeable chunk of the world that does not know either side of the argument who would have to be discounted in the statistic and even in the most educated countries, there are those who are uninformed and there are those who choose to be.

I suspect that it will be under 5% of the world would admit to this opinion. If that was a political movement, they would be insignificant and out of government. Perhaps it is best that they stay that way...

That doesn't even work for Twitter. I have a simple handle like @something but people keep sending me stuff for @something1979 @something_a and so on.

Fortunately, Twitter is just a glorified XML feed and I just ignore most things about how I had a really good time at a party and "what was that chicks name?"

Twitter is a souped up alternative to an XML feed.

It used to be useful to keep track of interesting people and organisations. That is better done in Google Plus now.
It is no use for sharing photographs unless you have accounts in othersystems - like facebook or even Flickr.
I still have an account and it's useful for following some organisations that still use it only, They will either catch up or "go under".

Its IM is less useful than even Facebooks. I am obviously because I consider email to be an even more useful tool.

I have seen Hindus who would have had no problems in South Africa at its worst or Saudi Arabia right now. One was fair skinned and had light brown hair. I have also seen others who had really dark skin. Not all Hindus come from India either...

It's surprising that there are still some people in the USA who are surprised that your spooks are generally perceived, all over the world, to be criminals.

Only if the "injured" party has either a lot of money or the lawyer is an experienced ambulance chaser. Maintaining public safety through financial jurisprudence is about as effective as asking insurance corporations to look after your health. You either need luck money or to know the right people. If you have all three, you are onto a winner.

It depends on what you mean by "the top".

If you are talking about monarchs of the type that have not been seen in Western Europe for a long type, then you are probably right. They had the power to make/break treaties, declare war/peace, order executions and do on. The nearest to one of them around nowadays is the Pope and he doesn't seem to declare war often nowadays.

Most European monarchies nowadays are not so powerful. They have things to do but, whether you are talking about Spain, Sweden, the UK or the Netherlands or anywhere else in Europe, they do not declare war, they no not make the treaties and are not known for asking for public beheadings any more. No doubt, the Royal Families spread too wide. As a Brit, I hear a lot that the Queen and immediate family are good but it spreads out too far.

For example, if the Queen was in command, the UK might not have participated in the illegal invasion of Iraq. There was no benefit to this country and there were plenty obvious downsides.
Another example from a bit longer ago. During the 50s or 60s, the KGB were convinced that there would be a military coup in the UK. The reason it didn't happen has been explained by some as due to the fact that the coup would have had to be against the Queen. That is a non-starter. Your commander in chief may be a politician. The CinC around here is the queen. Not very long ago, after Franco died, Spain found itself on the road back to democracy. The army there did not all like that and some tried to overthrow the government. The fairly new king put on his uniform and walked unarmed into the hostage situation in their parliament and told the Soldiers to stop. They did.

So you have an elected person at the top who a vocal minority think is some sort of foreign, demon, moslem marxist. A large number of the rest don't like him or what he stands for. A good number of them are the ones with money and power.
I know who our head of state is. I know her origins. I know who will replace her for several generations. I didn't need to stand up in school every morning to be brainwashed into giving my allegiance to her. As an adult, I did so freely when I put on a uniform. Every time I saluted, I saluted her. Every order I received came with her authority.

So there is the choice of half of the electorate disliking a leader? No thanks. I will stick to this system.

There used to be a legal principle that secret laws were invalid. "Ignorance of the law is no excuse" is only valid when the laws are available.

Now admittedly our laws have taken a beating due to the US Economic Hit Men and some of our politicians have shown themselves to be obedient to their masters. Someone is eventually going to point out that secret laws have less validity than unwritten agreements.

That may be why...

What on earth is infamous about it?
Most of us wish our highway system was as good.