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

WWII Veteran casts final vote

93 year old Frank Tanabe was terminally ill after being in the final stages of inoperable liver cancer and was still able to cast an absentee ballot. He was unable to personally fill it out, but he had his daughter Irene say the candidates' names and he would respond with a nod or a shake of the head. Irene took pictures of her father voting and posted them on Facebook. Her son took those pictures and posted them on Reddit where it exploded and went viral. Throughout his life, Frank never missed a single presidential election. A few days after filling out the ballot, he passed away.



http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/24/politics/dying-man-votes/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Lance Armstrong dropped by Nike

Lance Armstrong has been dropped by Nike in the wake of his doping allegations. Lance won seven straight Tour de France's from 1999 to 2005. That's when he was accused of using performance enhancing drugs, after winning a bout with testicular cancer. Lance has yet to fail a drug test so, in my opinion, this was a knee jerk reaction by Nike. Not only did Nike drop him, he also dropped down as chairman for Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer support. Some assume because he did that that the allegations are true, but it's more so to save the foundation's image and keep it from getting tainted. He fought allegations for years prior, but finally decided to stop and step down. People are even stopping wearing the yellow Livestrong bracelets which I find absolutely absurd. 

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/17/us/lance-armstrong-doping/index.html?hpt=us_c1

Jerry Sandusky Proclaims Innocence

Despite victims coming forward saying Jerry Sandusky molested them and other boys, he still attempts to play innocent. In a jail tape, Jerry proceeded to say, "They could take away my life, they could make me out as a monster, they could treat me as a monster, but they can't take away my heart. In my heart, I know I did not do these alleged disgusting acts." 
Jerry went on to say he was accused falsely and that criticized the judge of bringing the case to trial too quickly.
It wouldn't be a blog of mine without a little bit of my opinion in there, so here goes. In his tape, Sandusky stated that they can't take away his heart. I can't even begin to see where he comes off with that. You have no heart. You molested boys for nearly two decades and you don't think you did anything wrong. Last thing that has to be said, avoid the showers. You'll get what's coming to you. 



http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/09/justice/pennsylvania-sandusky-sentencing/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

The Biggest Waste of Money since Mars!

Instead of using $1 BILLION to help our country's crumby economy, we're drilling to the mantle of Earth. If we were to strike oil or use something that we find down there for a new power source, that'd reverse my point of view on this topic, but as of now I'm against it wholeheartedly. They'd be drilling through the oceanic crust 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) to reach the core. I wouldn't be so upset about the matter if they didn't have poor reasons, like holding clues to our origin and the evolution of the planet. Some scientists are comparing it to that of the Apollo Moon missions, which I also find to be a waste of money along with NASA in general.


http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/01/tech/mantle-earth-drill-mission/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

1 Week old Puppy Buried Alive

Over the weekend in Williston, a town in Florida, a puppy was buried alive. The only thing that alerted Police Chief Dennis Strow of the puppy's presence was it's whimper. Had he not been destroying evidence (via court order), or not been in that area, the puppy probably wouldn't be alive right now. The piece of trash that buried the innocent puppy hasn't been found or has come forward yet. In my personal opinion, people who do things like this, or abuse an animal for that matter, don't deserve to be alive. Granted, I don't know the circumstance of what happened, but that's just unforgivable. On a lighter note, one of the veterinarian technicians has taken the puppy homed and named him Tucker.  

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c2#/video/us/2012/09/30/dnt-puppy-buried-alive.wcjb

REAL REFS RETURN!

After an almost 4 month dispute, the NFL owners and the referees have reached an agreement. The referees formed a union and locked themselves out because they felt that 6 figures wasn't enough for a part time job. Granted, they spend a lot of time reviewing the rules, it's still a part time job. While they were locked out, the NFL hired a bunch of college and high school refs that did a less than ideal job. For instance, the Green Bay Packers-Seattle Seahawks Monday Night Football game was decided by a controversial call where two referees signaled different calls. One being touchdown and the other being a touchback. The touchback would've made the Packers win, and the touchdown would've made the Seahawks win. After review, it was declared a touchdown. Now we can't be sure what would've been called had there been the real referees, but we can only imagine.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8429885/nfl-reaches-agreement-officials-end-lockout

"Queen of Cocaine" assassinated

Tuesday, an old woman by the name of Griselda Blanco was killed coming out of a grocery store. Normally that would be sad, but when you plot and order more than 40 homicides in Miami, Queens, and Broward County in Florida, it's not so bad. Griselda was known as the 'Queen of Cocaine', 'Cocaine Godmother', 'Mafia's Mother', and the list goes on. Griselda was most prominent in the drug game in the 70s and 80s before she decided to settle down. The reason she lasted as long as she did was because she had very manly qualities (as seen in her picture).


http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/04/world/americas/colombia-elderly-ex-trafficker-killed/index.html?hpt=wo_bn5

The Cleansing of Reality TV

I'm sure we're all familiar with the television station MTV, and if you are, then you'll know the shows that are aired. Teen Mom is no longer one of those shows. After the 4th season of Teen Mom, MTV decided to pull the plug. Although there are still 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom 2 & 3, it's just the beginning of the end.

“Season 4 will be the final season of Teen Mom with Maci, Catelynn, Amber and Farrah,” MTV told Us Weekly. “They will continue to be a part of our MTV family, and we’re thankful to these brave young women for sharing their stories and helping to make a positive impact on teen pregnancy prevention.”

The part that I highlighted couldn't be more inaccurate. Sure, it might show the struggles of being a mom at that age, but it also puts into their heads that they might land on a TV show. Stupid.


http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/03/17/teen-mom-cancelled-fourth-season-original-cast/