Brazil produces death traps

Everyday in Brazil cars, about 10,000 of them, are flying off the assembly line and into Brazil's middle class. The cars are having some malfunctions, their safety features are weak and weak welds. Thousands of Brazilians are dying in accidents that aren't actually that bad, the cars are the reason that they're dying. South America already has some pretty dangerous driving conditions, which really doesn't help the fact that their cars suck. The US in 2010 went down in car wreck fatalities by 40%, while Brazil went up by 72%! That's outrageous, something should be done about these cars. Even the doctors are saying that these injuries are very ugly, and they are unnecessary.

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/ap-impact-cars-made-brazil-191853931.html 

Mayweather may not be one of the best...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. might be the best of his time, but there's no way that he will be ranked within the top 10 of all time. Maybe if he actually started to fight real fighters he could be called the best. He has been avoiding fights with Manny Pacquiao and Canelo Alvarez, both of whom are probably his toughest competition. He has already avoided a fight with Manny, and is making excuses with Canelo. Floyd is a good fighter, he is 44-0 in his career and a flat out outstanding fighter, but without him fighting a worthy opponent people aren't going to be believers. He is supposed to retire after 2 more fights so hopefully we can see him fight a real fighter.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/boxing--floyd-mayweather-jr--needs-better-competition-to-be-considered-an-all-time-boxing-great-081348047.html

Does the United States need more tanks?

This could cause some problems if we have incorporate this tanks, because we would be spending an extra half billion tax payer dollars on the tanks. Experts are also saying that these tanks aren't actually worth building. Even the army's chief of staff says that if they had their own choice they would be using this money in a different way. The reason that congress is pushing for these tanks to be built is so that we can keep up all the jobs in the congressional area where the tanks are being built. This probably won't happen because the army is pushing for it not to happen. If the army didn't say anything we would probably have spent $500 million dollars on things that aren't going to make an impact on our country's freedom.

http://news.yahoo.com/army-says-no-more-tanks-congress-insists-115422396.html

Is more surveillance necessary?

Recently there were bombings near the area of the finish line of the Boston Marathon. After a 102 hour search for the suspects many people have been saying that there needs to be more cameras in public places in order to catch felons. They ended up finding the suspects using surveillance cameras, there are already of number of conspiracy theories on this, some more believable than others. Bigger cities have a larger number of cameras, but Boston only has about 300 cameras throughout the city, which seems extremely low seeing as Chicago has around 10,000. I personally feel that there does need to be more cameras around, they are very helpful in solving crimes whether they be large or small the cameras can help.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/20/17830619-lawmakers-want-more-surveillance-on-the-ground-and-in-the-sky?lite

Antartic ice problems

Antarctica's ice is melting at a fairly alarming rate, actually it is at its highest rate in 1,000 years! The ice has been melting more intensely over the last 50 years, that is compared to the last 600 years. Australian and British scientist are the ones that have discovered that the temperatures are getting pretty large and might cause problems. temperatures have been increasing at a rates of 1.6 degrees Celsius for the last 600 years. The ice might start melting amazingly fast if the temperature increases, the only place that will still have ice in a few years will be Wisconsin.  

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-antarctic-ice-melting-faster-064418343.html

Cyprus banking crisis

Recently in Europe there has been a huge banking crisis in Cyprus that is causing a major uproar from Mr. Putin. He is mad because Russia has billions of dollars put into different places in Europe, and a lot in Cyprus's banks. Some of the European leaders decided to raid the Cyprus bank accounts and steal money to try to keep them afloat. This commotion is most likely going to make some countries stop using the Euro as their currency and people are going to begin investing their money in Asia and U.S. stock markets, because their money isn't safe in Europe right now. Putin also has so much control in Europe that if he wanted to he could shut the whole continent down because Russia's money is making everything run. Europe is going to have some big things to talk about in the coming months.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/33967/cyprus-bank-crisis-is-europe-s-poison-pill-going-to-cause-a-rush-for-the-dollar

Brittney Griner is invited to the NBA

Brittney Griner has obviously proved herself to be NBA worthy. She has averaged 22 points per game throughout her college career, that's pretty high she is averages about 9 rebounds per game. With her size Griner is a beast on the court and something that most NBA men would have trouble guarding. Griner led her team to a NCAA tournament trophy in 2012. The last 2 years she has also earned 1st team AP All-American all-star. The only downfall that I could see with her going to the NBA would be that it is a pretty physical game out there, and in the Louisville vs. Baylor game, Griner took a beating and couldn't put the team on her back. Griner also has taken a lot of low blows when it comes to social media, this mostl likely won't help it, but Griner doesn't seem to care too much about what people think. There have been reports that she has talked to multiple NBA teams, including the Buck, and will be attending a training camps. I give her 10 points a game with a solid 7 boards a game this season. Could this be the door women have been looking for?

Housing prices are rising

Since 2006 housing prices have been raised a lot. Something is actually coming out of our recession, maybe we can find a way to get out of debt before North Korea decides to nuke is. Many different states are seeing their housing markets go up. In the last 12 months the average price has gone up about 8%, Phoenix has gone up over 20%! Prices in 11 of the 20 monitored cites rose. The prices are still pretty low compared to what they were in 2006, 29% to be correct. With the pretty steady increase we have been seeing there is a good chance that we can make a come back, USA!

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-57576298/home-prices-rise-8.1-percent-most-since-mid-2006/

Will their be an increase in minimum wage?

A democratic senator from Iowa wants to raise minimum wage to $10.10, that's from $7.25. This would bring in about $6,000 a year. More than 70% of all Americans would like to make this happen. The main things holding this back is that the republican party is most likely not going to go for this. Most of the people working for minimum wage haven't graduated from high school, and about half are 25 and older. So I propose this question, is the problem really the money that they are making or is it that the people not making good choices at a younger age? Either way I believe that increasing the minimum wage is not going to help in the long run.

http://inplainsight.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/18/17325972-looking-for-a-big-increase-in-the-minimum-wage-dont-bank-on-it?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=1

March 27 Sequester

The fiscal year is ending on March 27. People that work in the government say that if they can extend this. The republicans say that they are going to do their beast to keep down the spending for the remainder of the fiscal year. The democrats are working on replacing the sequestration cuts with new tax stuff. If for some weird reason the government doesn't act on this by March 27, then the government will partially shut down. Everyone is hoping that Obama will use this allotted time to stop what the sequestration is doing to our country. It would be nice if he could do something before the nation feels the our debt.

http://atwonline.com/international-aviation-regulation/news/sequestration-hits-end-march-us-government-shutdown-looms-030

Djibouti is having an election

Times are changing around Djibouti, they recently held their most open election ever, and their next parliament will be the first in the great countries history. Their leader right now is Ismail Omar Guelleh, and he must seem pretty confident that there is not chance of him losing, because in 2010 he amended the constitution that allows him to stand for a third term. This election probably won't be the most fair one out there, that's for sure. Holding an election like this is pretty major for this tiny country, no matter how unfair it is, in 2011 they convicted a leading opposition presidential candidate for terrorism. That's pretty crazy, could you imagine if someone was going to do that in the United States? You can't even talk down to someone without getting yelled at. The leaders in Djibouti are pretty greedy about keeping their spots, and seem to do anything to keep them. They don't care about their countries major debt/unemployment issues, all they care about is how they look to people. I certainly do not see a very bright future for Djibouti. The question that this article is asking is if the world is going to start to keep an eye on the smaller and remote countries, especially after what has been happening in Mali. Let me tell you, I'd rather be in Didyabooty.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/02/happy-election-day-djibouti/273376/

Best Buy taking a step back

Best Buy realizes that they are charging a bit too much and their income is taking a huge dip.They realize that they cannot keep up with their competitors with higher prices. Show rooming has completely killed Best Buy and now they are going to have to step off their throne atop the electronic business. Best Buy has released a list of the companies who's prices they are going to be attempting to match. They have cut down their return policy from 30 days to 15 days. This is going to be huge change, but it was the only way that Best Buy can stay afloat.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-buy-declared-showrooming-dead-060349736.html

Rihanna and Chris showing their love.....

At the Grammys the couple was showing their affection in the audience. They were snuggling and they didn't seem to mind the cameras one bit. The cute couples obviously doesn't care what I think or what anyone else thinks about their relationships. Sure they have had their ups and their downs, but that shouldn't mean that they can't have a healthy relationship in 2013. Ryan Seacrest didn't even bother asking about their relationship, maybe he was afraid of being hit, instead he talked to him about his car accident. Chris doesn't seem to bothered about it, he just plans on getting a new one. Good luck to the new/old couple in the future.

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/awards/chris-brown-rihanna-cosy-grammy-awards-014801720.html

Bin Laden likes theme parks!

The town in which Osama bin Laden was killed is now planning to build a huge 500-acre theme park. They are planning to feature some fake waterfalls, a zoo, and restaurants. The building where Osama was shot has been demolished so that it wouldn't become of shrine, which would cause a lot of controversy. Work on the huge park will begin later this month, and it has a budget of about 30 million dollars. The whole project its self is supposed to take around 8 years, and I'm sure that there is going to be a lot of speculation around the subject. But according to Yahoo this isn't the weirdest theme park out there.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/bin-laden-theme-park--five-of-the-world-s-most-bizarre-amusement-parks-152316493.html

Rick Ross is a target

Recently Rick Ross was supposedly targeted in a drive-by shooting. The story is that Rick Ross and one of his lady friends were in his Rolls Royce when they were shot at by multiple people. The car was shot by about 24 bullets, then the driver crashed into an apartment building. No one was injured, but this is how life is in the rap game. One witness says that all of the bullets hit the restaurant near where the car was, another says the bullets hit the car, and another source says that Ross recently bought a house in the area. Rick didn't choose the thug life, it chose him....

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700875/rick-ross-drive-by-shooting.jhtml

Bieber Cruises Past Gaga

Recently Justin Bieber has passed Lady Gaga as the most followed person on the popular social networking site, Twitter. Bieber has over 33 millions followers, but Gaga isn't too far behind him, she's only a few thousand behind. You can most likely thank Bieber's popularity to his recent scandals, for example he was caught smoking marijuana and a camera man died chasing his car. Don't get me wrong Bieber is a good singer and he does deserve some popularity, but for him to be one of the most famous people in the world is a little absurd, there are people in the military dying for us, and for some reason we turn to Justin. It doesn't seem right.

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/no-ifs-ands-butts-justin-bieber-surpasses-gaga-173128748.html 

The real Death Star

Recently over 34,000 people have signed a petition to have the government make a real life Death Star, like the one from the Star Wars movies, in order to improve our countries safety and possibly the planet some day. When this came to the White House, they pretty much just laughed at the petition and responded by saying that it is stupid to make something so big and expensive that can be destroyed by a one man ship. They also said that it would cost us around $850 quadrillion, which would not help our economy. The White House also made it clear that they don't plan on blowing any planets up in the near future. We also already have a space station, and it only cost a couple billion...thanks NASA. So if any of the 34,000 people that signed this petition can explain to me why we would make a very expensive space station when we already have a space station that has been fine to this date, then I would love to hear their explanation. This seemed to be a good time for our government to tell us that if we want something like this to ever be possible then we need more people to get into the math and science departments. The White House also said that most of the technology that the Death Star uses hasn't been created or discovered yet, so it wouldn't be able to do a whole lot. My thoughts on this are just the fact that there are 34,000 people that would like to waste a lot of peoples time building a stupid space station, that wouldn't do anything for a long time, and how would we even get that thing into space, its HUGE!!! Now there is a petition going around asking the government to build a life size version of the Enterprise from Star Trek. Thank you to whoever started this.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/01/14/no-death-star-for-us-military-white-house-says/

Bieber is a good guy

Recently Bieber visited a little girl in the hospital. She is a seven year old girl who was been battling with leukemia since she was 4 years old. She was originally going to see Bieber's concert, but had to sell her tickets because something came up, so Bieber made an unexpected stop at her hospital room. He sang a song for the girl and gave her a kiss on the cheek. The girl was so excited, and her family was very grateful that Justin took time to stop by and say hello to one of his many fans. As for Justin this was probably a very good time to do something for the public after someone was killed chasing his Ferrari and after TMZ posted pictures of him smoking pot in his dressing room.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Justin-Bieber-Visits-Sick-Fan-Utah-1058553.aspx?rss=breakingnews

Space Travel!

This year the space travel industry is taking a huge step! All sorts of private companies are going to be doing big things, like sending new spacecrafts into space, the look very cool, Space X will be one of the larger groups that will be making the contribution to our future in space. Space X has made many different modifications to their ships from last year and they are ready to send their capsule into space. Space X and NASA are going to be working together, Space X is making a ship called Dragon 2, this capsule will be going to the ISS and will be completing space transportation systems. This year will be pretty cool, there will be a lot of new discoveries.

http://news.yahoo.com/private-space-travel-giant-leaps-2013-173812138.html