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Las Vegas Attacks. Top Story - October 2017.
I wasn’t going to post this, but with the Las Vegas attacks earlier this week, I want to add my thoughts, just as I did with Manchester. I was going to talk about gun control and the Second Amendment of the right to bare arms, but although I have my views on the matter I feel that they are ignorant at a time like this. Arguing about the right to own a gun is not helping the people who were injured or the families who have lost loved ones in this vicious and cowardly terrorist attack.
By Reanne Kingdon8 years ago in The Swamp
The Truth About Race
So often people are concerned with race. In America, it is a most volatile subject, one that causes hate crimes, murders, hatred, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and many other horrible consequences. To be concerned with race does not necessarily make one a “racist” per se. However, a person’s mere preoccupation with race, whether a Caucasian, African-American, Asian, Hispanic, or otherwise, can be a sign of latent if not overt racism.
By DONOVAN LORD8 years ago in The Swamp
In the Running for a New Trade Deal
by GIDEON GINRACHMANJINJa-VITUS, Alternate Reality News Service Economics Writer There is a tradition in Canadian politics that when a Finance Minister introduces a budget, he buys a new pair of shoes. Nobody knows why. Are the old bits of footwear gifted to a homeless person to regift to their stomach because that is all the help they can expect from the government? Is it as a sop to the shoe industry because that is all the help they can expect from the government? Are Finance Ministers just tougher on footwear than the general population?
By Ira Nayman8 years ago in The Swamp
Dissent is Patriotic
There's been a lot of divisive talk about the NFL players kneeling in protest of the racial problems in this country. I've seen service members both applaud and denounce these players. What bothers me the most is the people who think that they should be fired, or the people who think that they should protest differently. The funny thing is, I’ve been here before. I’ve seen the ugly side of people who vehemently disagree with a peaceful, personal protest. I’ve seen it because it happened to me, a few months after September 11, 2001.
By Kelsey Allen8 years ago in The Swamp
Duty, Honor, and Criminal Cops
This world is on fire, and people are attacking the firefighters.Imagine that, if you will. Imagine a building on fire. Imagine people inside, dying and burning alive. Imagine the firefighters trying to get there with their hoses and ladders, but being spat upon and beaten by bystanders who are screaming, "There is no fire!"
By Rookmini R.8 years ago in The Swamp
The Dangers of Modern Extremism Both Left and Right, and How to Counter Them
In the last year in particular, the movements known as the "alt-left" (alternative left) and the "alt-right" (alternative right) have been gathering considerable momentum, especially in the USA and the UK.
By Alan Borgars8 years ago in The Swamp
First Things First: Somebody's Got to Make a Change
Since the beginning of the NFL 2017-2018 season, there has been an opinion divide among fans, critics and President Trump about some players protesting by taking a knee during our country’s national anthem. This silent protest was started last year by former NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick because of the injustices happening to Black people and other people of color in America. Kaepernick said:
By Darryl C. Richie8 years ago in The Swamp
Jeremy Corbyn: His Views on the Middle East
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is making a stand against the Saudi Arabian regime and its conduct of the war in Yemen, as opposed to the Theresa May government, who is selling arms to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and these weapons are being used in Saudi's war in Yemen.
By Nicholas Bishop8 years ago in The Swamp
