1. The house of Representatives passed a rule that forces extreme monitoring of the refugees from Syria. The FBI will make sure the people coming into the US, "do not pose a threat" to national security. Everyone has their panties in a bunch because they think the US is so weak, that we need that type of monitoring. That's why its so popular, because we are afraid. The White House has promised to veto the bill after Thanksgiving because it is unnecessary, the refugees are not terrorists. They are REFUGEES. Obama knows where it's at because he thinks it's pointless. Just imagine another country even considering of putting a foreign policy if the US went into a time of crisis that Syria is in. Yes that's right, it's a CRISIS.
2. The Austin City Council voted Thursday to ease regulations for building garage apartments, and to keeping cheap homes available for people in the newly rising expensive community. And another reason is of course it could be another way to earn income. Ates spoke out about how keeping these homes is the only way he can afford to live in the neighborhood. And Pio said that the houses let him be able to live in his forever home, thanks to the backyard tenant.
3. The Board member of my area is Leslie Pool.
4. Now ya'll meat eater can enjoy the first genetically modified animal on your dinner tables. Enjoy. The fish is fine says the FDA, but also I mean they allow Twinkies, and we all know how that turns out. The other argument really does make good points about how we shouldn't be eating genetically modified food, because it isn't really good for anyone's bodies. This decision took so long because it is really dangerous to put these chemicals into a persons body, and it takes forever to make sure it's safe enough to be sold.
4.1 Soy beans are good.
5. District 6 proposed the idea that Austin should be open to the refugees just like they were open to the victims of Katrina and the Border Kids. 1,225 refugees came here in 2013, and more need to come. The Texas administrator don't have the right to refuse so many wanting to help people in need.
6. Raphael Holiday was convicted of setting a fire that killed his 18-month old daughter and two half sisters fifteen years ago. TExas has put capital punishment in place 13 other times, the other 49 other states have only killed about six other people using the death penalty. The appeal wouldn't of helped because it really would've been useless.
7. Like Floating on air, okay not neccicarily and editorial perhaps but really this is so cool and I think it should really be something we write about more often. Taking art and creating a reader to creator experience is really interesting, and I think we should see more of that in our newspaper.
1. The FBI would be only one of three agencies that would have to OK each refugee. Obama can't veto it yet; it has to pass the Senate first. Obama also said that it would undermine U.S. global leadership and that existing screening procedures are more than adequate. (-2)
ReplyDelete2. But what did Councilwoman Tovo say? (-1)
4. Critics said specifically that the safety wasn't sufficiently studied and that natural salmon could be endangered if they came into contact with genetically altered salmon. Also, what was the response of company exec that sells the altered salmon? And what about the graph? (-3).
5. What did Zimmerman propose? What did the mayor say in response? What about the ag commissioner FB post and the Dem response? (-3)
6. The other 49 have also killed 13 death-row convicts. But what was the nature of the appeal? And who overturned it? (-3).
7. Where are the other two? (-5)
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