The FDA announced that they are requiring all e-cigarette companies to go through regulation process, and that process will cost so much that about 99% of the companies are expected to be unable to afford this and therefore will be out of business. They say that they do not want to promote companies that are bad for one's health and that are often used as a gateway to actual cigarettes. However, there are a group of scientists that are insisting for the FDA to reconsider this decision. They say that vaping is done in majority by people who are already or have been cigarette smokers. They say that vaping helps people quit smoking more harmful cigarettes. E-cigarettes are a good way to quit smoking, because they are 95% safer.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/04/25/doctors-attack-e-cigarette-taxes-tell-fda-to-focus-on-benefits-of-vaping/
I think this is an interesting debate, because both sides have very good points. I think that even though e-cigs are harmful when used by non-smokers, they are important for people that are trying to quit and without that outlet quitters will probably have a much harder time with it. I think it is also interesting how far America has come in the history of tobacco, since the very beginning of tobacco (which happened to just about be the beginning of America) when John Rolfe saved Jamestown by introducing tobacco as a cash crop.
- Isabella Montague 5th period
Monday, April 25, 2016
U.S. embassy worker killed at work // by: Emma Wall
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/25/asia/bangladesh-u-s-embassy-worker-killed/index.html
The article above describes a gruesome slaughtering of an American Embassy worker. It says that there were men that broke into the second floor and killed him and another man with a machete. The U.S. embassy worker published Bangladesh's first LGBT magazine. The men were disguised as delivery guys.
This is terrible. I am shocked that these men got throw the security of the U.S. embassy. I guess they must have been very convincing. The description of the death of these two men was very vivid and appalling. It makes me sick to think that people could "hack" up another human being. It is disgusting.
The article above describes a gruesome slaughtering of an American Embassy worker. It says that there were men that broke into the second floor and killed him and another man with a machete. The U.S. embassy worker published Bangladesh's first LGBT magazine. The men were disguised as delivery guys.
This is terrible. I am shocked that these men got throw the security of the U.S. embassy. I guess they must have been very convincing. The description of the death of these two men was very vivid and appalling. It makes me sick to think that people could "hack" up another human being. It is disgusting.
Teen Dies after taking "MasterCard" -Carli Copell Ped.6
Teen Dies after taking "MasterCard"
An English teen died after taking a type of ecstasy, called “MasterCard,” according to police officials, who issued a dire warning Monday to anyone considering popping the deadly pills.
Analysis: This is a terrible thing to hear, but it does happen all the time. To relate back to American history, during the 1960s American Counterculture was full of experimental drugs and basically anything they could get their hands on. The main goal of these drugs were to alter their minds in order for them to have a new experience.
http://nypost.com/2016/05/02/teen-ods-on-deadly-party-drug-mastercard/?utm_source=applenews&utm_medium=inline&utm_campaign=applenews
An English teen died after taking a type of ecstasy, called “MasterCard,” according to police officials, who issued a dire warning Monday to anyone considering popping the deadly pills.
Analysis: This is a terrible thing to hear, but it does happen all the time. To relate back to American history, during the 1960s American Counterculture was full of experimental drugs and basically anything they could get their hands on. The main goal of these drugs were to alter their minds in order for them to have a new experience.
http://nypost.com/2016/05/02/teen-ods-on-deadly-party-drug-mastercard/?utm_source=applenews&utm_medium=inline&utm_campaign=applenews
Victoria Garza "Obama Stresses Need to Monitor Data in Fighting Terrorism"
In light of recent events like the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris, Obama recently spoke about data surveillance within the public's private rights in order to try and prevent future terrorist attacks. Europe has been consistently persistent on maintaining the public's privacy and not going to far to search into personal information and data.
I think it's interesting to see how our tactics for preventing terrorist attacks, which have occurred over the course of several years, have kept up with the modern times using the internet and data as a source for useful information.This is similar to the Red Scare or the 9 11 attacks, having the US government attempt to control and mediate the terrorist situation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/technology/obama-europe-privacy-terrorism.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront
I think it's interesting to see how our tactics for preventing terrorist attacks, which have occurred over the course of several years, have kept up with the modern times using the internet and data as a source for useful information.This is similar to the Red Scare or the 9 11 attacks, having the US government attempt to control and mediate the terrorist situation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/technology/obama-europe-privacy-terrorism.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront
Taytum Buford(Period 6)-Succession of TX Reprise?
Summary:“Texans want independence. Period,” huffs the website for the Nederland-based Texas Nationalist Movement, which (perhaps optimistically) claims that over half of all Republicans and more than a third of our Democrats favor an independent Texas Nation.The current nationalist gang, which apparently seeks to out-tea party even the most fervent of tea partiers, is making rumbling noises in the state GOP, which meets for its 2016 state convention May 12 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Much to the displeasure of Republican honchos, the nationalists, who claim they have draft resolutions favoring independence from 22 county GOP organizations, say they’ll bring the issue up.
Analysis: This definitely relates back to when Texas was in succession from 1836-1845, until they decided to join the confederacy for the Civil War. I don't think I agree with this because number one, I do not now how this would work because how would we get the funds, goods, support...Also, succession in the past has proven to be a bad idea so I don't understand why we would want to try it again.
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Analysis: This definitely relates back to when Texas was in succession from 1836-1845, until they decided to join the confederacy for the Civil War. I don't think I agree with this because number one, I do not now how this would work because how would we get the funds, goods, support...Also, succession in the past has proven to be a bad idea so I don't understand why we would want to try it again.
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Nicholas Godfrey Period 8: Cruz Kasich Treaty
Summary: Presidential candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich have recently announced that they are going to team up to try and steal votes from Donald Trump so that they don't end up with a majority of delegates with anybody so that the Republican party gets to pick who they want as the candidate. They are planning on doing this with three state primaries: New Mexico, Indiana, and Oregon. Cruz is going to focus on Indiana while Kasich focuses on the other two so that they can succeed in those states. CNN predicts that this team up won't do too much for the election because that only adds up to 109 delegates if they sweep those states. They say that this won't have too much of an effect on Trump winning the nomination. Cruz and Kasich in the news are now trying to play this alliance down in the press saying that it's really not a big deal.
Analysis: I think that an alliance like this would be a smart idea if they hadn't said it to the media. A plan to pull majority away from somebody to let the party decide would definitely be smart since Kasich and Cruz both have no chance because even if Cruz got every single delegate he would barely be above the majority count and that would literally be impossible. Now that the public knows, those states will be much more guarded against those candidates because they will think that they are just being used for delegates (which they are). And now that they are trying to play it down in the media it looks almost corrupt that they are trying to cover it up. This reminded me of the Corrupt Bargain which was where a candidate promised a competitor that he could be his Secretary of State if he told all of his supporters to support him and then he became the President.
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/25/politics/ted-cruz-john-kasich-donald-trump/index.html
Analysis: I think that an alliance like this would be a smart idea if they hadn't said it to the media. A plan to pull majority away from somebody to let the party decide would definitely be smart since Kasich and Cruz both have no chance because even if Cruz got every single delegate he would barely be above the majority count and that would literally be impossible. Now that the public knows, those states will be much more guarded against those candidates because they will think that they are just being used for delegates (which they are). And now that they are trying to play it down in the media it looks almost corrupt that they are trying to cover it up. This reminded me of the Corrupt Bargain which was where a candidate promised a competitor that he could be his Secretary of State if he told all of his supporters to support him and then he became the President.
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/25/politics/ted-cruz-john-kasich-donald-trump/index.html
Inside Trump Tower, Home To 2016’s Troubling, Unprecedented Campaign - Erin O'Day
We are undergoing what many are terming the "Trump Revolution." This presidential race is arguably one of the most troubling ones in a long time, and it will undoubtedly shape the next several decades of politics. Many Trump supporters like him because he is not a politician but a businessman. He is running his campaign much differently than in the past: instead of relying on a large "operation" with a huge staff, he simply jets around to rallies around the country. Inside Trump Tower is where the revolution is really noticeable, though. For starters, he lives in this tower, along with his whole family, many of his political connections and his head campaign officers. Also, his campaign headquarters is obviously there. Also, in the lobby, he sells much campaign merchandise, perhaps the most telling of which being his line of fragrances called "Success."
Ok, I personally find it creepy that lots of his employees live in the same building as him, and that he is literally selling cologne called "Success: in the lobby. But aside from the creepiness factor, I would liken this "Trump Revolution" to the "Reagan Revolution" of the 1980s. Reagan also drastically altered the political scene of his time with the resurgence of conservatism. Reagan too was a Washington outsider, since he was a Hollywood actor.
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