January 6-8

January 6

Mr. Bruns is still going over rules and expectations a bit and he showed us how to use the blogs and how to edit and type. We are also going over the forums. Mr. Bruns has a test on Friday over oceans and continents. The seven continents are North American, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctic.  The four oceans are the Pacific, The Atlantic, The Arctic, and one other one that is the antarctic.

We are going over dept of the Us. Medicare is insurance for the poor or for the old, Medicare is America's number one thing that is in dept. The U.S has 19 trillion dollars in dept. Medicare is the number one reason we are in dept about one trillion dollars in dept from medicare. Social Security is also a reason about the dept in the U.S. The six things that are in dept  is Medicare, Social Security, Defense/War, Income Security, Net Interest on Debt, and Federal Pensions.

ISIS is a terrorist organization and it stands for Islamic State by Iraq and Syria. ISIS wants to become a country. The capital of Isis is Ruqqa. A Lone Wolf attack is a suicide attack. They want to create a baseline area that controls the entire Islamic world. All Islamic people should have the belief that they have otherwise they are killed. They started in 2003 after we invaded Iraq. Al Kaida kicked them out because they too radical.

Trump is leading the in republican candidates by 35%. Hilarity Clinton is running the democrat party then second is Bernie sanders.

January 7

We are still going over our quiz that we had on the first day of class. We are also talking more about the Iowa kaukus and Cruz is winning Iowa. On February 1st, running for president will be starting and all the information will be going to Iowa first, then the other states. The people who are running should really be in the top five. Most women are democrats because it has more women rights. 

North Korea was testing nuclear bombs. North Korea is one of the poorest countries in the world. They only spend on military. After Kim Jong Un father's died in 2011 and his son has been taking over ever since. Korea, ISIS, and politics are what we are going to talk about. U.S, Russia, North Korea, France, Great Britain, Iran, China, Israel, India, and Pakistan all have nuclear bombs.  If someone strikes a nuclear weapon, the other will strike back. We have them so other counties wont hit us. We have a missile defense system that will detect the missile shot at us, and it will send something that will collide with the missile and explode it before it gets to us. Pakistan, Israel, India, North Korea are not supposed to have nuclear weapons. We are not friendly with Iran, and we don't want them to have them.

January 8

We are going over North Korea. U.S, Great Britain, France, Russia, and china are the original five with nuclear weapons. We have 800 military bases. In 1963 there was a Nuclear test ban treaty. They banned nuclear testing above ground, but they still do under ground. the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty started in 1968. Three counties did not sign it and these are Israel, Pakistan, and south Sudan. 3/4 countries have weapons. Countries that has signed it should not make or work towards nuclear weapons. Iran is using nuclear weapons and we are disappointed with them because they signed the treaty. People can use nuclear power for energy only. If a country decides to make nuclear weapons, they drop out. We helped develop Iran's nuclear system. If every country had nuclear weapons, we would not be safe. 1996 the comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban treaties. This was signed by President Bill Clinton. Pakistan did not sign it. This banned nuclear testing completely. We have not signed this because this banned all nuclear testing. The international Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) This organization that goes in and inspects if countries have nuclear weapons. The United Nations is a world wide organizations that take things out. Security Council Goals are to maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among nations, To cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights, to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations. The five permanent members are China, France, Russian, The United Kingdom, and the United States.

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