Lets get controversial
1. All Syrian refugees must now go through new screening procedures if they are looking for resettlement. This measure from the Paris attacks and the fear that it could happen in the U.S. at any time. The Senate doesn't exactly know what's happening with it after thanksgiving, but something is definitely going to happen. Barack was very upset at this bill thing, and said that it was religiously discriminatory, and that it was wrong for only the Christians in, and not the Muslims. There are tons and tons of tourists coming into America every day, and none of them get extensive background checks and two-year waiting periods to get in. America was founded on immigration and to keep these people out is going against history and what we stand for. It's a double standard.
2. The Austin City Council has eased up on regulations for building garage apartments. The two main benefits of relaxing these regulations would lead to less expensive housing, and as a way to provide supplemental income. Kathie Tovo argues that allowing garage apartments could override some neighborhood plans that had decided against them. Tommy Ates and Sabino Renteria said that the only way they could live in a garage apartment, was if they lived in that neighborhood. I don't really have an opinion, because I don't really care??? idk
3. My council member person is Ora Houston.
4. Federal regulators approved a genetically engineered salmon for eating, so now you can eat salmon without thinking that you're going to die. Yay. The opposition has argued that the safety studies were inadequate and that if you were to accidentally release the wild salmon, it would mess with the environment that the normal fish live in. People filed a lawsuit over this thing, so i mean the decision took a while, plus it's the 1st approval of its kind ever. The chief executive of AquaBounty is pretty delighted and surprised about the decision.
5. Don Zimmerman proposed a resolution that would block Austin's Government from spending money to help the Syrian refugees settle inside the city. Council member Greg Casar and Mayor Steve Abbot both agree that it is a very xenophobic and gross resolution. 1,225 refugees arrived in Austin in 2013. Sid Millers facebook post has a picture of a bunch of rattlesnakes and under it was a picture of a bunch of refugees arriving in Austin. It's gross and I dont like it at all. The democrats said that the post fanned the flames of fear and xenophobia.
6. Raphael Holiday killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half sisters in a fire. He is the 13th person to get killed this year by the death penalty. That is half of all the executions this year. Gretchen Sween says that Holidays court-appointed attorneys abandoned him after the justices in june refused to review his case. Holidays trial attorney filed an appeal saying that the conviction and some trial testimony were improper. The attorney general's office appealed the execution warrant.
5. Don Zimmerman proposed a resolution that would block Austin's Government from spending money to help the Syrian refugees settle inside the city. Council member Greg Casar and Mayor Steve Abbot both agree that it is a very xenophobic and gross resolution. 1,225 refugees arrived in Austin in 2013. Sid Millers facebook post has a picture of a bunch of rattlesnakes and under it was a picture of a bunch of refugees arriving in Austin. It's gross and I dont like it at all. The democrats said that the post fanned the flames of fear and xenophobia.
6. Raphael Holiday killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half sisters in a fire. He is the 13th person to get killed this year by the death penalty. That is half of all the executions this year. Gretchen Sween says that Holidays court-appointed attorneys abandoned him after the justices in june refused to review his case. Holidays trial attorney filed an appeal saying that the conviction and some trial testimony were improper. The attorney general's office appealed the execution warrant.
1. Obama did say that plus that the bill would undermine U.S. leadership worldwide and that it was UNNECESSARY because existing screening measures are more than adequate. (-1)
ReplyDelete2. Ates and Renteria don't necessary live in that neighborhood. Ates rents an apartment in Hyde Park Renteria leases his garage, so Ates is a tenant and Renteria is a landlord. (-1).
6. He was convicted of the crime, but clearly not everyone agrees that he did it. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Sween's appeal. The court of appeals overturned the trial attorney's. (-1).
7. :( -10
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