1. On May 12th, a pipe bomb was detonated in the basement of a Jacksonville, Florida mosque while evening prayers were taking place. No one was killed or injured and the FBI is investigating the incident. Despite this being a clear act of domestic terrorism similar to the recent NYC bombing attempt, I'm guessing you've never heard of it. Inexplicably, it has been completely ignored by the (cue Alaskan accent) mainstream media.
2. On paper, 80% of movies make no profit at all.
3. The USA is the only country with lifetime judge appointments. (I'd like to see this changed.)
4. A 41-year-old California woman remembers almost every moment of her life since age eleven.
5. As you may have heard, democrats in South Carolina have chosen a man who didn't campaign whatsoever, has never held political office, is unemployed, lives in his father's basement, was kicked out of the army, and has felony charges against him as their candidate for the United States Senate—most probably because his name came first on the ballot.
I'm beginning to come around on term limits for justices. I'd still want them long, but maybe something like 16 year terms.
ReplyDeleteI could go for that.
ReplyDeleteThat first point is a fascinating one if not unfortunately unsurprising. All Muslims are not terrorists and all terrorists arent Muslims. Even if they are it should still make the news. For us Europeans America is such a confusing place journalistically. I recently wrote a blog about it. Anyways just discovered the blog. Nice work sir.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Shane. I'd love to have a discussion with you about the differences in American and European journalism sometime.
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