secret santa

In Brooklyn there is a secret santa running around and giving kids gifts that there houses were flooded and there parents were not able to a ford gifts for there kids. he has a list of kids but the odd thing is that there are no kids on the naughty list they are on the nice list. I think that this is a great thing that he is doing and that the toys for tots program should start a team of secret santas because the this is only one guy doing all thing and he doesn't have very long left.

Florida Shooting

           A Florida man is accused for the shooting of a Florida teen, due to his music being played to loud. The man and teen were having an argument about the teen playing the music in his car too loudly.  It was said that the teen parked next to where the man was sitting, the teen had three of his friends in the car with him, the man started complaining and the two got into an argument that led to the shooting and the death of the teen.

           To be honest this is ridiculous a 46-year old man got into an argument with a 17-year old and it led to the man killing the teen. Why cant people just be reasonable and not let this kind of stuff bother them because i can almost guarantee that this man was blaring his music in front of an older man but it never led to this, so why did he have to do it. To me this is just unreasonable and very stupid.  

Transgender plays woman's basketball

Gabrielle Ludwig is a 6 foot-6, 220 pound, transsexual basketball player for Mission College in Santa Clara, CA. She is now 50 years old and playing college basketball. All throughout high school, she was Robert John Ludwig. She played high school basketball on the boys’ team. But now she is a girl and has been taking female hormones that make her lose muscle, height, weight, and act more like a woman. All of her teammates at Mission College support her 100%, even after the bashing she got from the ESPN anchors, calling her an “it”. The law has changed to state that if you have been taking hormones for over a year you can play. Ludwig has been taking them since 2007. Some say that even though she is a woman now, she was a man and should not be allowed to play women’s basketball. 

I think she should be able to play woman’s basketball.http://globegazette.com/news/national/transgender-college-hoops-player-keeps-head-high/article_00eeb37a-254e-5614-b654-a16135715601.html

Chinese Knife Attack

In Central China twenty two children were wounded in a knife attack Friday. It took place at the entrance of Chengpeng Village Primary School in Henan Province. An adult was also wounded, while several children are in critical care. Police have detained a suspect, who is a 36 year old man from the village. The reason he did this was because he was mentally ill.

If someone is mentally ill they need to be watched at all times so things like this isn't happening. It is sick that this happens around schools, and to literally take a knife, walk into a school, and stabbing innocent people.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/14/world/asia/china-knife-attack/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

Illegal Dumping in California

           A California judge is ordering that Walgreens pay almost 17 million dollars for dumping hazardous waste illegally. The lawsuit was filed in early June of 2012 and is just now going to be put into order. It was said that they were throwing pesticides, bleach, paint, pharmaceutical waste, and other chemicals, they were also accused of throwing away customer records and other confidential medical records. 

           In my opinion i think that if they would have just payed the money to take care of the waste it would have been much more cost effective and would not have ended in the loss of so much money at one time and a tarnished reputation. If things would be taken care of properly this kind of stuff would not happen and people would not have to worry about pollution.   

Jacob Roberts picture on Facebook

     A creepy picture of the Oregon shopping mall gunman was posted on Facebook. Jacob Roberts, 22, shot and killed 2 people in the mall and then himself. It is horrible what the man did to those people and himself. These events occur much more than they should and needs to be stopped.

Young Girl from Uganda becomes star of Disney movie

     Phiona Mutesi grew up in Uganda, one of the poorest areas in the world. The young lady scrounged for food for herself and her mother growing up, then one day a chess coach stumbled upon the future prodigy and protagonist of a Disney movie. It is great that the young girl has been discovered for her chess playing. Now she has money to buy herself and her mother food and also has something to live for. Hopefully she will do good in the future and continue playing chess.