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Cara Ireland

5-year-old Kentucky boy fatally shoots 2-year-old sister - 3 views

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    (CNN) -- A Kentucky mother stepped outside of her home just for a few minutes, but it was long enough for her 5-year-old son to accidentally shoot his 2-year-old sister with the .22-caliber rifle he got for his birthday, state officials said.
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    Im stuck on why the 5 year old got a gun and was able to get to it easily
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    why would you even have guns in your house to where a little kid could be able to get a hold of the gun and shoot his little sister.
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    The mother should be the one being punished for this accident.
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    Who leaves a gun out in the direct access of children?
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    I agree that this was an accident but the article also says the 5 year old boy was playing with it. 5 year old's are smart enough to know/ be taught not to play with guns. They obviously didn't know enough to keep a gun out of a 5 year old's reach.
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    why whould a gun be out any way let alone in reach of a child....
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    If you give a 5 year old child a gun for his birthday and leave it in reach for him to get a hold of it, it is the parents fault that this happened.
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    Why would you give your 5-year old son a .22-caliber rifle for his birthday? That is asking for trouble. The mother should be blamed for the incident. You should never leave your kids unattended, not even for a minute, when they are that little. Let alone, never leave a child unattended when there is a gun in the house and it is loaded?!?!
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    I've had guns since a young age and I always knew not use them on people no excuse
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    Why does a 5 year old have a rifle in the first? I do agree with Victoria, that the mother should be punished.
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    what kind of person leaves a 5 year olds gun loaded
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    I think think it was an accident, but the mother should be held responsible for being the one who gave the little boy a gun. I don't think young kids should be allowed to have any kinds of weapons at a young age. I mean I know they may be old enough to understand that it's bad, but how many 5 year old kids do you know that will actually listen and do stuff theyre not supposed to. I think it's fine to own a gun if you want to, but not for kids and they need to be under lock and key.
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    if the gun had child safety on it why was it easy for it to go off? and why was it easy for the child to reach?
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    Its the mother's fault, I've had guns around my whole life, I was taught how to use them, and that I shouldn't touch them unless my parents were there. They shouldn't have had the gun out in the open. Multiple Mistakes.
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    I agree with Rachel. Guns should never be out in the open, whether or not there are kids in the house.
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    i just think its crazy that a 5 year old would get a .22 cal for his birthday
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    Who gives their kid a loaded gun or has one around where they could get to it.
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    This is crazy! Who would give a gun to a five year old for his birthday ! That is just bad parenting.
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    who in the world gives a five year old a .22 caliber for his birthday!?
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    Who would give there child a gun for their 5th birthday? Thats not ok
Bryan Pregon

Who owns America's debt? - May. 10, 2016 - 8 views

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    "The top holder by far is U.S. citizens and American entities, such as state and local governments, pension funds, mutual funds, and the Federal Reserve. Together they own the vast majority -- 67.5% -- of the debt. Foreign nations only hold 32.5% of the total."
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    I honestly think that this plan is cheating the people who we borrowed money from. If we said we would pay them a certain amount then we should pay up. A deal is a deal whether or not you don't want to follow through.
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    I agree with what lizretikis said however, were so in debt that paying them back in full is nearly impossible. So I agree with Trump when he says we should pay them back 85 cents for every dollar.
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    The large amount 67.5% of the US's debt is inside the us. If he where to drop the mount paid out he will hurt the American populous not foreign country's.
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    Can Trump really do it though and if he does ask I think the other countries are just gonna say no.
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    I think that since the U.S. debt is 18 trillion more than China then something does need to change. But I don't think it should have to do with paying less for the debt, I think there's a lot of unnecessary things that each part of the state and federal government can reduce spending money on. Overtime the amount of debt we go into each year will be smaller and eventually we can get closer to paying most of it off.
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    Best case scenario is trump alleviates a small fraction of our debt but destroys our foreign relations along the way. I wouldn't want someone who has had 4 companies go bankrupt gambling with the entire united states economy anyway.
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    The best way this could go is he suttels some of the debt but runs our reputation in the process and nobody will buy bonds anymore so it would become worse in the long run
Raj Dhaliwal

Ward 5 Voting Information for New Residents: A Step-by-Step Registration Guide - 0 views

If you recently moved to Calgary, you might be wondering how to vote in your area. This guide is here to help you understand everything about Ward 5 voter information and how you, as a newcomer, ca...

Calgary Ward 5 Voting Information Councillor Raj Dhaliwal

started by Raj Dhaliwal on 08 May 25 no follow-up yet
Raj Dhaliwal

Raj Dhaliwal Ward 5: Leading Growth, Safety, and Community Engagement in Calgary - 0 views

Raj Dhaliwal is a dedicated representative for Ward 5 in Calgary, one of the city's most diverse and rapidly growing areas. With a focus on inclusivity, safety, and economic prosperity, he has buil...

Raj Dhaliwal in Ward 5 Calgary Key Initiatives and Projects councillor candidate voting information Westwinds development public infrastructure Airport Trail congestion plan 

started by Raj Dhaliwal on 13 Feb 25 no follow-up yet
Bryan Pregon

World's 85 richest earn more than 3.5 billion poorest: UN - Business - CBC News - 2 views

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    "The 85 richest people in the world have as much wealth as the 3.5 billion poorest people, the United Nations said Thursday in a report that highlights the 1.2 billion people who live on less than $1.25 a day."
Payton Whiteaker

Gaming causing issues - 1 views

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    There is a game called League of Legends that was developed over 2 years ago. This game is gaining massive popularity, primarily because those who succeed enough at this game get payed to play. For example, George Liu, a 23 year old resident of California makes over 500 dollars a day to play this game for 6 hours a day, 4-5 days a week. This is not even the highest they pay. Similar to sports, this is a team game. Recently, like all sports, they began to hold a 3 week "season playoff" game in which the winning team would receive 1 million dollars (Split between 5 people), and anyone who made it to the finals, left with at least 5 grand in there pocket, not to mention an all expenses payed trip to 3 locations in which they would host the game play. Sounds like fun right, getting payed to play a game you like? What's not fun, cheating. North America's #1 team was eliminated the first game, by the Korean team. Many claim the game play to be unfair, claims of map hacking, and many other claims of cheating have been made. So, an internationally popular game is taking away prize money which will be donated to charity, but the issues of this are so dramatic. So many opinions have been formed, that this is getting a little out of hand, over a game.
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    This is interesting... There are a couple of games that have done promotions where players can make money by playing, however I rarely hear about a game that does anything even remotely close to this. From reading the report/official ruling, there was a lot of screen hacking going on. I'm not really sure why it is possible for the players to screen hack, (aka screen cheating) but I suppose it is possible that there is a good reason. I will have to look into this in more depth to see what all is going on, but this strikes me as extremely interesting.
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    I find it interesting that there are over 11million accounts active every month, and more then half of them are from America. This means that about about 1 in every 56 people play this game in the united states. Knowing that this is expanding, (And 11million accounts before published in the popular game informer magazine) I am curious to see if this game is going to cause some sort of international relations to develop, for better or worse. It would be interesting to say the least, that gaming fixed the issues between north and south Korea, primarily since both countries were in the season finals for this game.
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    That would be pretty interesting to read in a history book, but from the way this article sounds, it seems like the game could only make international relations worse, assuming the different countries were on different teams. (I suppose were they a single team, it could certainly bolster better relations of a few nations)
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    i think its crazy how much funding there is toward this game. i can understand the riot because people can get passionate about anything, but they're spending a lot just for a single game.
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    It's a world-wide competitive game. I mean, I see football players making more then these guys are giving away. Alex, the American teams nationality was from the same nation that had beat them.
haleyborgaila

The 5 Easiest and 5 Most Difficult Promises for Donald Trump to Keep - 7 views

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    WASHINGTON - President-elect made many sweeping promises on his way to victory on Election Day. After he takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, here are five of the most difficult and five of the easiest promises to keep: THE DIFFICULT ONES Prevent American companies from moving jobs to other countries.
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    Donald Trump has promised many things since he started running for president some more difficult and outrageous then others. The easier ones and would be the keystone pipeline to finish it to connect it form Canada to Nebraska but harder ones such as building a wall on the border
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    Donald Trump blatantly said he wanted a wall, a great, big, beautiful wall to help improve border control, perhaps even completely stop it. I personally think the idea is ridiculous, building a wall? That's the plan? It must've taken him 5 minutes to come up with this idea. I understand improving border control, but trying to implement a wall that stretches halfway across America is just insane. That "promise" will more than likely never happen.
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    Donald Trump promises some crazy ideas, such as the wall. I don't believe that Trump will ever be able to accomplish that, he MIGHT be able to improve border control, but he cant build a wall.
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    I agree with Deven because anybody could've come up with that idea. Everybody who is on Trump's side thinks it's a good idea because trump came up with it, but if Hilary were to come up with this idea, those people would think it's stupid. Anybody could've come up with that. There are better ideas and all he thought of was a wall.
Raj Dhaliwal

Raj Dhaliwal: Delivering for Ward 5, Calgary - 0 views

Raj Dhaliwal is a proactive Calgary Councillor, committed to tangible results for Ward 5, the city's dynamic growth hub. He champions community safety, accessibility, and economic prosperity, ensur...

Ward 5 Calgary proactive Councillor election  voting information multisport fieldhouse 

started by Raj Dhaliwal on 13 May 25 no follow-up yet
Bryan Pregon

Iowa Lawmaker Wants To Bring Back The Death Penalty - 1 views

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    I think life in prison would be worse than the death penalty to begin with
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    I think the death penalty is pointless. In my opinion all it does is give horrible criminals an easy way out. If I did something horrible enough to get the death penalty, I'd rather die than serve life in prison.
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    Yup we are for sure with out a doubt falling back into a dark age.
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    i think we should have the death penalty
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    Capital punishment is scarier than going to jail. I think crime rates would go down if this came back.
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    I think that the death penalty is wrong because they are trying to stop a murderer by murdering him themselves so really it's not much better then what the killer was doing himself.
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    What would happen if the person was innocent after all?
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    Yea its pointless cuz then there not going sever there crime and its a easy way out
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    It will be interesting to hear Sorenson's argument as to why to changes things. Prisons are getting crowded but this is still Iowa. We still have a small population
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    I think the death penalty is not a bad idea nor I think it is a good idea. They will suffer in jail or suffer in hell. My opinion is put them in jail. If it is not their time to die yet then it is not. If they did something as bad as kill someone then they do deserve to go to jail and suffer for life.
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    I would agree with harvey. The crime rates would go down and death penalties are effective in other regions.
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    Its not weather which one is worse, its that killing a person for killing another person is not only hypocritical but inhumane to today's society.
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    I disagree with bringing the death penalty back to Iowa. We've taken it away twice, once in 1872 and the second time in 1965, so I feel that shows that we, as a state, don't want it. Also the death penalty isn't really a deterrent for crime. There is a really interesting website that shows so facts about murder rates and comparing states that do and don't have the death penalty. They have a ton of information and I would recommend that you go through the site a little if you're interested in this topic. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/murder-rates-nationally-and-state#MRord
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    I agree with Aaron, but i also think that justice should be served
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    Aaron giving someone the death penalty is acceptable. Having life in prison is worse anyway and it just puts more people in danger if that person is still alive.
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    better for the death penalty then life in prison.
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    Maybe we need to start corporal punishment.
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    Mr. Garner, it would cost more money to give somebody the death penalty then to have them spend life in prison. We live in a different type of world then when people had there heads chopped off and dragons happened to be there to save "johns" life. To me that's not what God intended us to do with people that made a mistake and yes a big one but everybody has a reason to something or there could be something seriously wrong with there head to commit a murder but its not always there fault.
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    For 2011, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty States was 4.7, while the average Murder Rate of States without the Death Penalty was 3.1 For 2010, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty States was 4.6, while the average Murder Rate of States without the Death Penalty was 2.9 For 2009, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty States was 4.9, while the average Murder Rate of States without the Death Penalty was 2.8 For 2008, the average Murder Rate of Death Penalty States was 5.2, while the average Murder Rate of States without the Death Penalty was 3.3 http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/murder-rates-nationally-and-state#MRord
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    It seems like if the act of violence is bad enough to get the death penalty most of the people kill themselves before the law can.
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    Would you rather spend the rest of your life in prison or be dead? Think about that!
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    Mr. Valdivia how would it cost more to give the death penalty then to keep them in prison for life? That's right, IT WOULDN'T. And I'm not saying give the death penalty for 1 murder. Based on depravity and body counts they should be sentenced to death.
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    unless you commited that bad of a crime i wouldn't worry about it coming back if your not gonna kill people
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    http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/CostsRptFinal.pdf Dylan pages 20 and 21 of the PDF I linked above, explain why the death penalty costs more to administer than life in prison with out parole. More specifically on page 20 under the heading Time on Death Row it says, "In California, a legislative commission concluded that it costs the state an extra $90,000 for each death row inmate per year compared to the costs of the same inmate housed in general population. With over 670 inmates on death row, that amounts to an additional yearly cost of $60 million solely attributable to the death penalty."
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    Lets keep it simple say the death penalty would be cheaper than housing an inmate for life. Boom, Roasted.
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    Well then we can change the process to a quick and easy death without all that court BS. And plus I'm a prison warden so you guys both don't know what you are talking about. Aaron. And Jeremy.
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    FALSE. There is NO WAY you're a prison warden. The minimum age for a Warden is 21, plus you have to have lots of training. So someone of your prestige and experience, (not to mention your practically a 5 year old) would never be able to be a warden. Kthnxbye
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    I am prison
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    Dylan and Joe, The reason that the death penalty is more expensive (and always will be) is the courts have to make sure that the criminal that is convicted is 100 percent guilty. There can't be any room for doubt. This means that the state has to supply better (More expensive) lawyers for the suspected party, and the trial has to be more in depth, therefor much longer. We can't make this time shorter than it is, because as a country, we are will do everything we can to keep an Innocent man from dying. And to just keep the perpetrators in jail is much cheaper, as there is already a well set system in place, and one more person will not increase the cost of that system to go up in large amounts as much as the singled out attention a person on death row will.
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    @ Dylan and Joe, if you both still think that the death penalty is cheaper, you are wrong, look at the 20th page Jeremy posted. @ Jared, ethically speaking, shouldn't any person who is accused of murder have an outrageously expensive lawyer anyways? If someone is going to be imprisoned for life, or going to be executed for a crime, should the one being executed receive a better lawyer?
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    I think they should, but the person being put to jail for life has the chance to have new evidence pop up, and potentially let them eventually get out, they have the chance to get out on parole, they have the potential for choices. The man that is getting the death penalty have to be 100 percent sure. They don't have room to make mistakes. Ethically, I believe that people getting put away for life should have the same standards of 100 percent, but as I said, they have choices later on down the road. The dead don't.
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    @ Payton. It is cheaper. I know for a fact. I AM A PRISON WARDEN.
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    I think one would suffer more life in prison rather than getting the death penalty.
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    @Peyton Are you trying to tell me its more expensive to keep someone alive in prison? this means that dude lives off our tax money. You will literally pay for his food, housing, and heck, that dude can even go lift for 3 hours a day and run his block! THink about that. State Champ.
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    @ Dylan, you are not a prison warden, keep the topics on this page relevant to the conversation, and have some potential form of evidence to back up what you say. @ Joe, it is much less expensive to keep someone alive then execute them. The death penalty is much more expensive than life without parole because the Constitution requires a long and complex judicial process for capital cases. This process is needed in order to ensure that innocent men and woman are not executed for crimes they did not commit, and even with these protections the risk of executing an innocent person can not be completely eliminated. Example State: California How much they could save: With life in prison as the maximum punishment for 1st degree murder, they would save over 1 billion dollars a year. Money that could be saved per year for taxpayers: 90,000 dollars a year. Taxpayers save money if they do not use the death penalty. http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=42 Besides, many murder victims PREFER the idea of Life without Parole. If you do not believe this, check out this site made by the victims families: https://www.aclunc.org/docs/criminal_justice/death_penalty/Voices_from_California_Crime_Victims_for_Alternatives_to_the_Death_Penalty.pdf I have the feeling that nobody will even look at these links, but they are blunt evidence that it is cheaper, and makes more people happy, then when we use the death penalty. Oh.... By the way, 2nd degree murders (who cannot receive the death penalty) can do all that which you stated before Joe. Why should first degree murders be any different?
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    The death penalty is dumb you should just let that sever his/or hers time in prison.
Bryan Pregon

5 things we learned from the presidential debate - CNN.com - 2 views

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    "By most accounts, Republican challenger Mitt Romney was the clear winner of Wednesday's first debate with President Barack Obama. Romney engaged the incumbent while Obama looked down at his lectern. The challenger was a more forceful debater while Obama appeared less than engaged." Here are five things we learned on Wednesday"
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    I agree, Mitt Romney was the clear winner. I watched the entire live debate at home and Mitt Romney was on fire. He was very prepared, but it didn't seem scripted. At the beginning of the show it explained how all debates are very detailed in their scripts, even with random comments to their opponent. He was very engaged in the conversation and stayed on the different topics and specifically pointed out his differences between what he and Obama were saying. It was a very interesting debate. The both had a lot to say, but over all, Romney was at the top of his game while Obama was a little out of it and didn't seem quite as interested.
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    People keep saying Mitt Romney won but I honestly don't think he did I am not judging them on how well they speak I am judging on who has the beliefs I do and who will do what I believe right for this country and in that case I believe Obama "won" the debate because no one can really win the debate granted one can look more prepared or more interested and I'll agree that Romney did do that but he didn't say the things I wanted to hear from the future president Obama did
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    In all honesty, from what the article mentioned, Obama did not say much to discredit Romney. I'm wondering if Obama is going to hold out and save the infamous 47% mark, vague political outline of his plan, and any other anti-Romney ideas until a later date within this election. Also, Rainie, as for not being able to win a debate, I disagree for the most part, but not in full. Political ideals fall into, "Who wins a political debate." The debate itself, is just getting people to realize what policies they believe would work. This is one situation that I agree, there can be no winner. But as to most debates, there are clear winners.
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    Exactly I agree with most of that Payton, I was specifically talking about this debate. I don't need them to say everything in that one debate because I don't just listen to the debate to get my information I listen to them on just regular speeches and articles all that good stuff and out of all of that not just the debate I think people should make their decision. Just my opinion
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    I have watched other things like speeches and looked online. But this post is strictly just about the debate and to me Mitt Romney won. Now, I understand there is no actual winner and I'm not saying you guys are wrong, but going by just this debate, Romney without a doubt won.
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    Alex, if there is no actual winner than how did he win? that's contradicting yourself. I agree that Romney presented himself better at the debate but outside of the debate I believe Obama has and you believe Romney has we are just going to have to agree to disagree
sgunderson048

The 5 Easiest and 5 Most Difficult Promises for Donald Trump to Keep - 1 views

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    I think any president makes promises they can't keep, but that's part of getting elected. At least other presidents have made realistic promises, but I think Trump's promises during his campaign were just fabricated lies to get people to vote for him. How dull can voters be if they think this man would actually build a giant wall between America and Mexico and make them pay for it?
Kenzie Pike

Nebraska Sex Offender Sentenced To Federal Prison - 6 views

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    A Nebraska sex offender with a history of registration violations has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. A news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg says 36-year-old Joseph Reynolds must serve five years of supervised release after he leaves prison.
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    Not enough time in prison to me, only a little over 2 years in prison but 5 years of supervised release? Seems a little backwards if you ask me
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    i think he should have more time in prison. just because he does it 5 years ago doesn't mean hes going to stop doing it. once a sex offender always a sex offender.
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    Reynolds is a coward. why have to serve federal prison time when all you have to do is register? not the brightest criminal.
Henry Black

Obama's Foreign Policy - 1 views

anonymous

Donald Sterling Banned for life - 12 views

This Randy deserves to be banned from the NBA because making insults about people's race is very crude. The NBA is made up of 70% African-American players so there should be no reason for racism. E...

Joey Helm

NC state fair ride sends 5 to hospital - 0 views

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    (CBS) -- Several people are in the hospital after police say a popular ride at the North Carolina State fair, malfunctioned. It happened late last night. Investigators say they have at least 30 witnesses who may be better able to explain what happened moments before and after the accident.
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    This is why I never will ride upside down or spiny rides.
Bryan Pregon

So, what now? Here's what needs to happen to avoid a partial government shutdown - 3 views

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    "Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to schedule a vote Friday to begin debate on the House-passed CR, which includes the $5 billion for the border wall."
Bryan Pregon

Handguns are more popular in US homes, with deadly consequences for children, study say... - 0 views

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    "Fewer Americans are likely to own a gun now than 40 years ago, but those who do are more likely to own handguns over rifles or shotguns. As the proportion of those with handguns has increased, so has the number of children under the age of 5 who are dying from firearm injuries, according to a new study."
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