Trump hits back at 'dopey' Saudi billionaire Morgan T. Smith Period 4

 

Trump hits back at 'dopey' Saudi billionaire

By: Morgan T. Smith

Summary: After Donald Trump demanded all Muslims to be banned from the
US, he is also calling that Saudi Arabia take in all Syrian refugees.  

Trump tweeted:
“Has [...] Saudi Arabia, taken any of the Syrian refugees? If not, why not?”

This comment evoked Saudi prince Prince Alwaleed, the chairman of Kingdom Holding, who in returned called Trump a "disgrace", and suggested that he should drop out of the presidential race because of his remarks about banning Muslims:

"@realDonaldTrump You are a disgrace not only to the GOP but to all America. Withdraw from the U.S presidential race as you will never win."

 Donald Trump later called the prince a "dopey"

"Dopey Prince Alwaleed Talal wants to control our US politicians with daddy's money. Can't do it when I get elected,"

Analysis: After the shooting rampage by a Muslim couple in San Bernardino, California Trump has been lambasted from abroad and America itself. His comments have yet offended more people, and slowly losing his chance at winning presidency.




 

 

Renaming art for cultural sensitivity - Alora Lieck

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A Dutch museum has currently been in the workings of a new initiative called "Adjustment of Colonial Terminology" Basically they will be changing the original names of hundreds of works of art to more "sensitive" titles. One pice called "young negro girl" to "girl with fan"
So far the museum has gotten lots of positive feed back from minorities in the area who have stated that many of the names were offensive. However there has been a handful of criticisms calling this initiative "whitewashing" To an extent I agree. I think that it is silly to rename historical pieces because they are offensive. Yes, the majority of said artists were white, racist old guys BUT that is apart of history. I think it is silly to try and hide our history and pretend it never happened. Just like the northerners during reconstruction tried to convince themselves that the civil war wasn't that bad.

No such thing as a 'male' or 'female' brain // Kai Jones 1st period

In this article the human brain and it's characteristics related to gender are discussed. Human brains are not as gender specific as people have thought it too be. Scientists have discovered that the brain has both masculine and feminine aspects. Some people might have more feminine or masculine aspects in their brain and some have an even combination of both. There are not two types of brains, male and female. 1, 400 MRI scans were used in finding this discovery.

Gender has been a huge influence in U.S history. Women were always thought to have been less superior than men because their brains were supposedly different. This discovery shows that gender is more than just our sexual organs. Single-sex education was based on the idea that the two brains were somehow different and therefor girls would need to be taught in a different way than boys.

Madeline Jones 4th Period: Man Aids ISIS

Mohamed Elshinawy from Maryland has been accused of receiving $9,000 to help aid a terrorist attack in the United States. Mohamed was arrested Friday and charged with an attempted to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, obstruction of an investigation, and giving false statements. 

The FBI filed a criminal complaint stating that Elshinawy received about $8,700 from people overseas whom he believed were connected to ISIS. The money came from Western Union and Paypal accounts. 

This man can be compared to Benedict Arnold. Benedict Arnold originally fought for the American Continental Army but switched over to the British Army. Benedict Arnold is infamous for being a traitor to America. Just like Mohamed Elshinawy is now. 

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/us/maryland-terror-arrest/index.html

Bill Cosby sues his accusers Paul Rakde (5th)

Summary- Bill Cosby is suing seven women who have accused him of sexually inappropriate conduct. The lawsuit states Cosby is suing the women "for their malicious, opportunistic, and false defamatory accusations of sexual misconduct against him. The suit states that Cosby is seeking "relief from the defendants' international campaign to assassinate his charter for their own financial gain by rewarding him"

Analysis- Bill Cosby has had a rough last couple of years and for him to be suing woman that falsely accused him of sexual misconduct is outrageous. I do not think that seven women would do something like this to get him in trouble. This is a hard case to win because it has been so long since it has happened which should hint that there was something wrong there. Bill Cosby is probably not going to win this case because there is not enough evidence to prove that the women are falsely accusing him of doing this.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/12/14/bill-cosby-sues-7-his-accusers/

Protesting the NRA: Every month, for three years - Lia Kerkman 6

     Martina Leinz has been to over two dozen NRA ( national riffle association). She says that her experience in high school with a fellow student bringing a riffle to school and harming several people really opened her eyes to the danger of gun rights. Some have been at protests every month for the past year, ever since Sandy Hook. She now, along with many others fights for the idea that the  association should work further towards their original idea that they protect the right to bare arms while still ensuring that their weapons are in safe sane hands.

    It seems like every other story you hear now is all about gun control. At this point I think that all of these people aren't making the big difference that theyre looking for despite their relentless efforts. You can try to prevent unqualified people from getting guns all you want but when it comes to it anybody has the right for self protection in the form of a legal gun. And even if you found some way to make that restriction theres no doubt in my mind that anyone has the capability to get their hands on one. 

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/us/newtown-anniversary-nra-gun-protest/index.html

"Bill Cosby Sues 7 of His Accusers" by Jack Higgins period 6

Regardless of wether or not he actually did it, Cosby made a smart move (probably under the advisement of his attorney[s]) in suing many of those who have recently come forth accusing him of sexual assault for defamation of character, which could be intelligent (especially if guilty) by pushing those characters back a step and repositioning them so that they'd simply be looking for a way out of the situation, rather than continue pushing for more money out of Cosby himself or perhaps his incarceration. Those kind of things seem to happen less when the defendant becomes the accuser himself and files a countersuit (although I may very well be wrong, I have no statistics that show that).

Things have not been recently going very well for Bill Cosby, and perhaps rightfully so. Those heavy accusations have resulted in several television and movie projects supposed to be starring Cosby being delayed or completely cancelled, his honorary degrees from Boston University, Fordham University, Marquette University, and Brown University being revoked, and his relationship with his family being heavily damaged.

Hopefully justice prevails in this situation with whomever the persons in the right and in the wrong are.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/us/bill-cosby-sues-accusers/index.html