ISIS at it again

A new, grisly beheading video from ISIS includes a direct threat against President Obama and is one of at least three new warnings from the terror organization, including pledges to kill Jordanian and Japanese hostages if a hostage held by Jordan is not freed. Three Islamic State fighters stand behind a kneeling Kurdish fighter as one of the extremists launches into a diatribe against the U.S. and other Western nations. "Know, oh Obama, that will reach America,” says one of the fighters, clad in black and wearing a balaclava, in a translation from Arabic provided by MEMRI. “Know also that we will cut off your head in the White House, and transform America into a Muslim Province."

“And this is my message to France and to its sister, Belgium,” he said. “We advise you that we will come to you with car bombs and explosive charges, and will cut off your heads.” The video fades to black as one Islamic State fighter brings a knife up to the unidentified Kurdish fighter’s throat.

Current Events Final

1: The candidates were neck and neck for most of the race. The North Carolina ,midterm election was a close one the whole way, republican Thom Thillis was going up against democrat Kay Hagan. They both had practically the same tactic to get voters though Thom did more for the area than Kay. Thom Thillis was not expected to win, Kay Hagan was projected to win. Kay did not do as much around the area and didn't do as much advertising for her campaign. This resulted in an upset. Thom Thillis ended up pulling out a victory. This is an incredible upset and a surprise to me and everyone else. He didn't win by a lot but he still won.

2: The Ferguson incident in the country has become very controversial. There has been many acts of violence because of the decision. All these acts have a few things in common. They are the result of the jury decision not to indite Officer Wilson. Officer Wilson shot a teenage black male after he did not comply with Wilson's demands. African American people in Ferguson, Missouri feel like they were misrepresented in the case. They feel that Officer Wilson was let off because he was white and Micheal Brown is black. The people of the city started rioting because they did not like the decision. They started burning buildings and cars and getting very violent. I don't see the point of destroying your city because of it but i guess that's what they do. There weren't only riots in Ferguson, but there were ones in New York City, Los Angeles, and many other places.

3: Before Al Queada took responsibility for the attacks in Paris I already assumed it was them. Many of the attackers have been found. This was the worst terrorist attack for Paris in more than 50 years. The city and its people were in shock. Al-Qaeda has taken responsibility for attacks and threatened France with more violence.  Obama said,"The United States stands with you today, stands with you tomorrow." Everyone feels that we are all together and stand for freedom. This spirit of freedom will continue endlessly. This was made evident by a march and protest of 3 million people in France against terrorists. Many countries are there supporting with around 40 world leaders present. I know that the police are doing their best and working around the clock, but the risk is too high at the moment and the acts are very random and violent. I would not be going to Paris anytime soon even if i could. 

Spirits deflated... so are the balls.

The NFL has found that 11 of the New England Patriots' 12 game balls were inflated significantly below the NFL's requirements, league sources involved and familiar with the investigation of Sunday's AFC Championship Game told ESPN. The investigation found the footballs were inflated 2 pounds per square inch below what's required by NFL regulations. League sources have confirmed that the footballs were properly inspected and approved by referee Walt Anderson 2 hours and 15 minutes before kickoff, before they were returned to each team. Sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Wednesday that the Colts had concerns about deflated balls after their regular-season game against the visiting Patriots on Nov. 16.

During that game, Colts safety Mike Adams twice intercepted Tom Brady and gave the balls to the Colts' equipment manager to save and both times there were concerns about the balls feeling deflated, sources told Schefter. Yet to be determined is what, if any, penalties may be imposed upon the Patriots. One source described the league as "disappointed, angry, or distraught." I think the Patriots should be penalized severely for what they done. This is not the first time that they have cheated like this in recent years. They should not be in the superbowl because they cheated there way there.

Sir, do you have anything to declare?

Chinese customs officials on Sunday busted a Hong Kong man trying to sneak 94 iPhones into the mainland by strapping them on his body. The man caught the attention of inspectors at the Futian crossing in Shenzhen, a southern Chinese metropolis bordering Hong Kong, when he walked like someone carrying a heavy load despite appearing to travel light. In America we have drugs being smuggled, but China doesn't have drugs they have cell phones being smuggled in. In Hong Kong one of these cell phones is bought for $820 but in the mainland China they sell for over $1,000. The man was carrying three types of iphones, the newly released iphone 6, iphone 6+, and the iphone 5s. I think this is actually funny. I'm sure the United States border patrol wishes that cell phones were being smuggled into our country and not the dangerous weapons and drugs. I'm sure they also wish it was this easy to catch smugglers in the U.S. This man was carrying about $100,000 worth of cell phones on him so it is a good bust but we have shipments of drugs worth over $1,000,000 coming in and sometimes they don't get caught.So, that many drugs or weapons, or both, are then being sold in the U.S. for a huge profit. 

... and it contains?

More than 200 years after Samuel Adams and Paul Revere first buried it in Boston, it took an hour to remove all the objects crammed inside a tiny time capsule. Onlookers anxiously watched the unveiling Tuesday, worrying the items might not have weathered the years very well. Piece by piece, Pam Hatchfield, head of objects conservation for the museum, removed each item, whispering "wow" as she first caught a glimpse of some of them. Among the stash Hatchfield removed from the 1795 time capsule: Five folded newspapers, a Massachusetts commonwealth seal, a title page from Massachusetts colony records and at least 24 coins. And at the bottom, an inscribed rectangular silver plate, "probably made by Paul Revere and engraved by him," Rogers said. It took seven hours to reach the bottom of the capsule to get to the plate. it was a painstakingly slow process as they were trying not to damage anything in the capsule.

More Rambo :D

Sylvester Stallone released in a tweet that there will be another "Rambo" released. Rambo first blood was released in 1988 and was hugely popular. there has been four movies since the first movie. There is no release date for this new Rambo movie but i am hoping for it to be soon. Sylvester Stallone has starred in many movies, most being related to fighting, from the "Rocky" series to the "Rambo" series to the "expendables" series Sylvester Stallone is a very popular name and person and a lot of people like to watch his movies. At 68 years old he is definitely an older actor but he is in great shape for his age and says that he is more than healthy enough to make many more movies even though this will be the last Rambo movie released.