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Bryan Pregon

Manning plea statement: Americans had a right to know 'true cost of war' - 1 views

m.guardian.co.uk/...y-manning-trial-plea-statement

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  • Bryan Pregon on 01 Mar 13
     
    "Bradley Manning, the solider accused of the biggest unauthorised disclosure of state secrets in US history, has admitted for the first time to being the source of the leak, telling a military court that he passed the information to a whistleblowing website because he believed the American people had a right to know the "true costs of war"."
Ericka Davis

Juvenile lockup rates are dropping in Florida - 0 views

www.wptv.com/...both-in-florida-and-nationwide

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  • Ericka Davis on 28 Feb 13
     
    Emphasis on keeping teens out of crimes and declining juvenile crime rates has made the juvenile lockup rates go down
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  • Carlos Villarreal on 28 Feb 13
     
    Lockup rates have not only dropped in Florida but, also nationwide. Juvenile lockup rates have gone up to about 55% in some places.
  • sbecke2013 on 28 Feb 13
     
    The dropping juvenile lockup rates are dropping in Florida. It is a good thing because that means people are staying out of trouble. Shows that teens are actually learning something from their mistakes, and hopefully growing up!
  • gageanotor on 28 Feb 13
     
    im glad the teens are getting there heads out there butts and starting to grow up
  • shelby urich on 28 Feb 13
     
    Maybe more states should take note from whatever Florida is doing because locking up teens for some of the smallest things like truency isn't going to fix anything but probably cause more problems.
  • Alivia Bascue on 28 Feb 13
     
    Hopefully the lockup rates will continue to go down, not just in Florida, but everywhere.
Mallory Huggins

Group brings national right-to-die movement to state legislature - 1 views

www.ctmirror.org/...right-die-movement-legislature

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  • Mallory Huggins on 15 Feb 13
     
    Personally, I support the right to die movement.
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  • Jeremy Vogel on 15 Feb 13
     
    I also support the right to die movement. I watched a really interesting documentary, How to Die in Oregon, about Oregon's Death with Dignity Act. It's a really interesting movie and I'd suggest it to anyone.
  • Mallory Huggins on 15 Feb 13
     
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9334190/Sir-Terry-Pratchett-opponents-of-assisted-suicide-stir-up-needless-hysteria.html This article doesn't mention the movement in the U.S., but I really like what Sir Pratchett says about the opposition to the right to die movement.
  • Hayley Hochstetler on 18 Feb 13
     
    Hmm. This is a very interesting and touchy topic. Personally I think that if the patient is mentally stable and capable of making this choice then they should be allowed to do it. If it was me, I wouldn't want to suffer with a terminal illness. This method is just more humane than jumping off a cliff or pulling the trigger
  • Melissa Christensen on 18 Feb 13
     
    I very much agree with the right-to-die movement and i especially agree with Hayley.
  • gharvey949 on 18 Feb 13
     
    This is quite a weird subject! I think that people should have the right.
  • Emmali Greenwalt on 28 Feb 13
     
    I think people should have the right, it's there life.
  • codyself1 on 28 Feb 13
     
    Very interesting. I believe that if the patient is terminally ill, and has the ability to consciously decide if they want to die, then it is really their choice and no one else's.
Bryan Pregon

When U.S.A! U.S.A! chant is not patriotic - CNN.com - 4 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

Government speech racism

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  • Bryan Pregon on 26 Feb 13
     
    "In fact, recently, a group of students at Camarillo High School, northwest of Los Angeles, were ejected after leading a rally at a basketball game against a rival school. "
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  • Kayla Beck on 27 Feb 13
     
    I think it's okay to cheer for your country when you're trying to support them, but if you're doing it to offend other races, then that's different.
  • Madison Clark on 27 Feb 13
     
    Some people take their patriotism too far. But then again, other races look for reasons to call Americans racist.
  • Colton Tracy on 28 Feb 13
     
    Patriotism is huge to Americans. Chanting USA at USA games shows that they are patriotic but when you chant it towards other races because you believe they are not true Americans is a different story. Those people who offended others by chanting that should be punished.
  • Diego Rocha on 28 Feb 13
     
    I think representing your country is not offensive. Other people have the option to do the same things in representing what they stand for.
  • madacyn on 28 Feb 13
     
    This happened at one of the basketball games I was at this year and I thought it was very disrespectful but nothing was said or done to the student section that said it.
  • Alex Barrett on 28 Feb 13
     
    Those people were just stupid, they took the chant to a whole different level how it wasn't meant to be.
Mallory Huggins

Swiss vote to keep their guns at home - 1 views

www.washingtontimes.com/...wiss-vote-keep-their-guns-home

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  • Mallory Huggins on 20 Feb 13
     
    The article is from 2011, but I think it's really interesting considering the current gun control debate going on in the U.S.
blakewilladsen

why can some kids handle pressure and others can't? - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...e-while-others-fall-apart.html

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  • patrick boian on 19 Feb 13
     
    some kids are more emotionally balanced and the pressure just happens to get to them more
KImberlee Keller

Uncle Sam says it's not Presidents Day - 1 views

www.ketv.com/...index.html

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  • KImberlee Keller on 18 Feb 13
     
    If you're off school or work Monday in observance of Presidents Day, you've got it all wrong, at least according to the federal government.
Bryan Pregon

Obama administration defends $222,000 file-sharing verdict | Ars Technica - 0 views

arstechnica.com/...ds-222000-file-sharing-verdict

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  • Bryan Pregon on 13 Feb 13
     
    "The Supreme Court accepts only a fraction of the appeals submitted to it, and in May it declined to review the case of Joel Tenenbaum, who like Thomas-Rasset is still fighting the recording industry in court."
  • patrick boian on 18 Feb 13
     
    i did the math so over the company lost over 9000 customers if the song cost was 24$
  • blakewilladsen on 18 Feb 13
     
    When we use something from the school like a uniform or a book and it isn't returned we are fined the price of the item. I lose my basketball uniform, I pay $40. How come when this women takes something that is worth 24$ she must pay 10,000x what it is worth to the owner?
Megan Frush

Obama offering immigration plan as backup - 1 views

news.msn.com/...ing-immigration-plan-as-backup

Politics News

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  • Megan Frush on 18 Feb 13
     
    "The White House is downplaying its draft proposal as merely a backup plan if lawmakers don't come up with an immigration overhaul of their own. It won't be necessary, Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike are telling the Obama administration."
Bryan Pregon

Study Predicts Political Beliefs With 83 Percent Accuracy | Surprising Science - 0 views

blogs.smithsonianmag.com/...liefs-with-83-percent-accuracy

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  • Bryan Pregon on 17 Feb 13
     
    " Ideological differences between partisans may reflect distinct neural processes, and they can predict who's right and who's left of center with 82.9 percent accuracy, outperforming the "your parents pick your party" model."
Jeremy Vogel

Citizens United To Supreme Court: Landmark School Desegregation Case Was Wrong - 0 views

thinkprogress.org/...l-desegregation-case-was-wrong

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  • Jeremy Vogel on 11 Feb 13
     
    Citizens United, the conservative group that successfully sued to enable wealthy corporations to buy elections, also has it in for same-sex couples.
  • Mallory Huggins on 15 Feb 13
     
    It's interesting to note that all of the people who wrote the brief and submitted it are men.
Jeremy Vogel

Iowa's Progressive History - 1 views

www.councilbluffscommunityalliance.org/...iowas-progressive-history

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  • Jeremy Vogel on 08 Feb 13
     
    "Iowa has always been at the forefront of civil rights issues. And although Iowa is located in the heart of middle America, it has always been more progressive than most of the states in the Union. Here are some examples:"
  • patrick boian on 11 Feb 13
     
    i had no idea iowa was at the center of all these issue especially civil rights laws that they were the among the first to legalize
  • Mallory Huggins on 12 Feb 13
     
    Makes me proud of Iowa.
Jeremy Vogel

Move to Amend's Proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution - 2 views

movetoamend.org/wethepeopleamendment

Constitution 28th Amendment Government Elections

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  • Jeremy Vogel on 11 Feb 13
     
    What do you all think about this proposed amendment?
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  • Melissa Christensen on 11 Feb 13
     
    I agree with this amendment making sure that corporations are not treated as people within law.
  • blakewilladsen on 11 Feb 13
     
    This is a really interesting movement. While I think most people (people being the keyword there) would be more than happy to see this passed. Unfortunately I feel the corporations that hold a lot of influence in our government won't allow this to get the proper attention where it counts.
  • caseyyard on 12 Feb 13
     
    Although if it were to be passed then it would show that the people can still indeed overpower the large corporations and their political pull.
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