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

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