Today we talked about Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and our US national debt.
1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll- 22 people running.
2. South Sudan-Became free a country on July 9, 2011. The north and south have been fighting since 1955 and have lost a lot of people. The north is mainly Arabic and Islam, while the south is African and Catholic. The north has always tried to take the south's oil.
3. Libya- The citizens of Libia have started to fight against its leader, Gadafi. Gadafi has been fighting back and has killed many civillians
4. US Supreme Court and videogames- California has banned Mature games for hopes that minors won't play them.
5. New York and gay marriage- New York declined gay marriage in 2009 and now has approved it on June 24, 2011.
6. Drawdown in Afghanistan- In the next month we are supposed to have 800 come home. By the end of the year we will have 10,000 troups home. By 2014, all of the troups will be home.
7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda- al-Qaeda-Terrist group in the middle east who created 9/11. Their old leader, Osama Bin Laden was shot by the US.
Al-Zawahri- He grew up in a powerful family and was Bin Laden's partner. He tried to assainate the Egyptian president. He has 25 million bounty on his head and he is in hiding.
8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution: PROBLEM-The ceiling is being raised. Our debt keeps going up and we are spending more than we are making.
SOLUTION:
9. NFL lockout-problem and solution-The players want more money and the owners wanted more money. The players wanted less games than the owners did.
SOLUTION: THe players will recieve 48% of revenue. There will be a 4 year contract for all rookies.
10. US/French Embassies attacked in Syria- Syria did't want the US and French Embassies in their country.
11. Famine in Somalia-In one of the worst droughts in over 60 years. They didn't have very much food anyway. To make it worse, there are terroists that won't let outsiders give them food.
12. Norway incident-This guy put a car bomb by a Norway capital builing which killed 8 people. Then he dressed up like a cop and killed a bunch of kids at a camp. He killed 90 people and injured 30.
13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results- Happens every 4 years. Started in 1991, there has only been 6 tournaments. Start off with 60 teams. Japan beat the US in the finals this year by a shootout.
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