Tunisian Opposition Leader Assassinated

Yesterday on February 6th Chokri Belaid, the Tunisian opposition leader,  was assassinated in front of his home. Belaid received death threats often due to his outspokenness of the government that was Islamist-led. He claimed they weren't doing enough against the Salafists, the group that allegedly was behind his assassination. There were protests in the streets of the capital, which turned violent today. Police have fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse the protesters. One police officer died after tackling looters. Now it seems that Tunisia is added to the list of African countries that are in mass frenzy.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/07/world/africa/tunisia-political-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Yet Another Shooting

On January 20th, the New Mexico Sheriff's responded to a 911 call regarding a shooting of 5 people in a home. Among the 5 dead, there were 2 adults and 3 young children. A 15 year old, who hasn't been named, has been arrested and has been charged with 2 counts of murder and 3 counts of child abuse leading to death. Sheriff's say the 15 year old is a possible family member. Sheriff's also said that each person had been shot multiple times, which makes me wonder why he didn't receive 5 counts of murder. Last time I checked, child abuse doesn't involve being shot. Anywho, one of the weapons was described as an assault rifle. Say bye-bye to assault rifles for sure now, America. It was clearly the assault rifles fault and not the moron wielding it. Bob Costas should have a field day soon enough.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/20/justice/new-mexico-shooting/index.html?hpt=us_c2

World To Obama: You can't ignore us

This article is absolutely ridiculous. America has been the world police for God knows how long, and when OUR president wants to focus on HIS country, suddenly we're in the wrong? No. We aren't your babysitter anymore, if you want help, do it yourself. Our economy is in the gutter, we have high unemployment, and a massacre every other week. We need to deal with our problems before anyone else for the first time in a LONG while. America To World: Do it yourself.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/22/opinion/ghitis-obama-world/index.html?iref=allsearch

Son of LA Clippers Owner found dead

Scott Sterling, 32, was found unresponsive in his home and was pronounced dead at 12:42 am on Wednesday morning. It is said that he died from an apparent drug overdose. The drug is unknown, but he had Type 1 Diabetes, which could have played a role. In 1999 Scott Sterling killed his childhood friend. He shot him in the back with a shotgun and claimed self defense. The charges were dropped. If that moron had gone to jail like he should have (he was 19 at the time), I probably wouldn't have blogged about his death. Don't do drugs and stay in school.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/02/son-of-los-angeles-clippers-owner-found-dead-team-spokesman-says/?hpt=us_r1

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/01/scott-sterling-never-charged-in-1999-shooting-of-childhood-friend.html

Fiscal Cliff

A crisis was averted late last night/early this morning when the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Cliff Bill. The bill increases taxes for individuals earning more than $400,000 a year and couples earning more than $450,000 while others are remaining with the Bush Era Tax cuts. 98% of the country would've faced higher taxes, had the bill not been passed. Also, since the bill had passed, it stopped a $110 billion in automatic cuts to domestic and military spending. Despite this being passed, America is still $16 TRILLION in debt. Almost there, America. 

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/02/politics/fiscal-cliff/index.html?hpt=us_c2

BP Pays $7.8 BILLION After 2010 Oil Spill

Back in 2010, when BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, the Gulf of Mexico was filled with millions of barrels of oil. Eleven workers died in the explosion and the oil spread to the coast line, keeping tourists away and nearly destroying the fishing business. Since then, BP has finally gotten word on their punishment. 'The Justice Department accused BP of gross negligence and a culture of corporate recklessness in a federal court filing.' This continues the wasteful government spending, but isn't anywhere near NASA.


http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/15/news/bp-oil-spill-settlement/index.html?hpt=hp_t1&hpt=us_c1

USC Halloween Party Shooting

After an argument escalated in the University of Southern California during a Halloween party, one of the people involved pulled a gun and began shooting. He shot and critically injured the man he argued with while non-severely injuring 3 other people. After the shooting, USC initiated a full scale lockdown. It was only 3 hours before the lockdown was lifted and both suspects were arrested. Neither of the suspects involved are affiliated with the school. Since there's nothing else to say on this subject and I'm 25 words short as of the last sentence, I thought I'd ramble and tell you that I am at 100 words.


http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/01/justice/california-usc-shooting/index.html?hpt=us_c2