Wall Street Weekend Review- 12/27/14- Big Stories

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This weekend I decided to focus on the four big stories and give a bit more context then normal.  DO YOU AGREE WITH MY CHOICES?

(1) ISIS SCHOOL TRAINING – Children as young as 8 years old are taught how to decapitate their “enemies”.

(a) This could be the only option for any education in these ISIS controlled areas either learn at their schools or don’t learn at all.

(b) Some students will attend as an income source to their families.

(c) They are given approximately 6 hours of weapon training a day.

(d) After 45 days they are sent to units to fight, protect or become suicide bombers (usually left for those with lower IQ’s)

(2) THE WAR AGAINST ISIS-  This war is led by John Allen a four star retired Marin Corp General.

(A)  He is President Obama’s special envoy to 60 nations that are in the fight to defeat ISIS

(B)  His campaign consists of disrupting the flow of foreign fighters to ISIS controlled territories, stopping their financing, offering humanitarian relief, and delegitimizing their cause.

(C) He was unhappy with the status of forces agreement in Iraq because he felt it lacked the force to stop the rise of groups like ISIS from gaining power.

(D) He believes we’re moving in the right direction to defeat this terrorist nation.

(3) CIVICS CLASSES ARE BACK

(A) 7 states are requiring students to pass a U.S. Citizen Test before graduation

(B)  12 to 15 states are considering adopting the citizen test requirement.

(C) There were 3 classes taught in citizenship in the 1960’s

(4) FACEBOOK & TWITTER FIGHT RUSSIAN CENSORSHIP

(A)  Information on a rally in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny is still being posted against the will of Russian authorities.

(B) Mr. Navalny is being held under house arrest accused of fraud and could face up to 10 years of jail. The opposition believes these are trumped up charge made up to silence his voice.

(C)  He is considered one of the the biggest critics of President Putin.

(D) The Russian Legislation passed a bill that allowed the prosecutors office to block sites without court order if they felt those sites held “extremist views” and/or supported “unlawful demonstrations” .

 

 

 

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