Brink of War

North Korea has recently cut off the military hotline with South Korea. That could mean nothing, or it could be the calm before the storm. Tensions are already high between the Korea's and just about everyone else in the world with all the threats they're dealing. The U.N. is expected to send a VERY strongly worded letter this time, to really let North Korea know how they feel. That's why we should go in and kill Kim Jong-Un. The guy is a nut.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/27/world/asia/north-korea-threats/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

America: World Police

Secretary of State John Kerry has announced that the United States will send $250 million to aid Egypt and it's economy. He also said that if President Mohamed Morsi uses it on economic and political reforms. The potential price tag is $450 million, already including the $250 million. John Kerry is calling it a 'good-faith effort' to help the Egyptian people. To me, this comes as no surprise, since we are the world police. $250 million, or even $450 million may not seem like a lot when it comes to our national debt, now at $16 TRILLION, but we need to worry about ourselves before anyone else.


National Debt Clock: http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
http://us.cnn.com/2013/03/03/us/us-egypt/index.html?hpt=us_c2

Mexican police nab drug-launching cannon near border

It seems like Mexicans and drug cartels are getting smarter about their ways of getting drugs into the US. Smugglers have used tunnels, cars, boats, and even humans in order to traffic drugs across the border, and now they're using cannons to shoot bags of drugs onto US soil for pickup later that night. 

"Well, I've been in (law enforcement) for over 20 years, and it seems like within the last five to 10 years they have gotten really, really creative in how they bring their drugs across," said Andy Adame, special operations supervisor for the Joint Field Command Arizona of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

There has only been one cannon seized and their is no doubt that more will be found in the near future.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/28/us/border-smugglers-cannon/index.html?hpt=ila_c1

37 Killed in Bangladesh Riot

There are 37 confirmed dead after a riot broke out following the verdict that the leader of the largest Islamist party was sentenced to death in wake of decades-old allegations of war crimes. Delwar Hossain Sayedee was convicted of eight counts (out of the possible 20) involving killings and rapes during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971. Delwar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced to hang by a war crimes tribunal. He is the third of seven members of the Jamaat party to be convicted of war crimes, and was the second to be sentenced to death. Dhaka was one of the cities that riots took place in, that's also where four police officers were killed.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/28/world/asia/bangladesh-riots/index.html?hpt=ias_c1

Jerry Buss dies at age 80

Jerry Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, died this morning due to kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. . Buss had been hospitalized for the better part of 18 months while receiving treatment for cancer. The kind of cancer he had is undisclosed at this time, but likely had something to do with his death. Jerry Buss was always known as a flamboyant owner, but he had been the winningest in all of sports since he took over as the owner of the Lakers, winning 10 championships since 1979.


http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/jerry-buss-los-angeles-lakers-owner-dies-18530340

Christopher Dorner.

Christopher Dorner was identified as the man that was burnt alive by LAPD officers, during a standoff in mountains east of Los Angeles. During the standoff, LAPD officers threw tear gas into the wood cabin, knowing it would catch fire, and in turn burnt him alive. Dorner did manage to take another officer down as well before dying. Dorner was an ex-LAPD officer, but was fired for 'falsely accusing his training officer of kicking a subdued subject' who was also mentally ill. The man came forward and said that he was assaulted by the officer that Dorner accused. While the media is cherrypicking Dorner's manifesto to make him look like a deranged serial killer, he states in it that he only wanted to clear his name. He wanted to show the world how corrupt the LAPD is. Christopher Dorner was not an angel by any means, but he was not the monster that he's made out to be.

Dorner's manifesto: http://ktla.com/2013/02/12/read-christopher-dorners-so-called-manifesto/#axzz2KssLDnyH (There is strong language in some areas)

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/14/us/lapd-dorner/index.html?hpt=us_c2

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