I'm Tired

I just read an article in the Star Tribune that was called “Happy Valley man tackles masked robbery suspect in bank parking lot” this article was about a civilian who lives in Happy Valley that chased down a masked robber through a parking lot then tackled the robber thus subduing his until the police came. The man who tackled the robber was a 50 year old named William Roger Onstott. The woman that was robbed was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries to her nose, hand, and chest. But what I think really happened is that when the armed robber was running away he was taken out by Chuck Norris. This has not been proven but I’m pretty sure I could have all my bro’s back me on this one, The robber probably wasn’t tackled. But laid out with a roundhouse kick right in the face. Yeah Chuck Norris.

Stock Markets Rising and Falling

Today I read an article in the Star Tribune about the current standing of some of stocks in America. This article was called, “Investor unease sends stocks down”. We all know that America is going through some rough times with the economy right now and this week didn’t show much more change. Just this week The Dow Jones industrials companies stock fell 2.72 percent. They blame these changes from people who are scared to invest their money or are simply trying to sell the shares while there still worth anything. With the economic downfall there are positives. This week crude oil fell $1.64 to end with a cost of $42.07 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. When Marian Kessler was being interviewed on his current economic views he stated that. “The markets are just expressing a tremendous amount of ambivalence about the future”. He closed the interview with the answer that so many Americans are dreading saying, “The market is grappling with what is certainly going to be a fairly deep recession in 2009."

Stupid

Today I read a very stupid article that was too good to pass up that is called, “Florida man faces charge after allegedly assaulting girlfriend with cheeseburger in dispute”. This is located in the Star Tribune. A man from Florida was just let out of jail after his dispute with his girlfriend that led him to get charged with assault. What happened was a couple got in a verbal fight in there car outside of there home. When the man wouldn’t let the girl out of the car she threw his drink out. After she did this the man shoved a McDonald’s cheeseburger in her face. Twice. About an hour later the man is in the slammer. He was released from jail on his 1,000 bond. For hitting a girl with a burger. Twice. That’s like 1000 double cheeseburgers. Bummer. Don’t hit girls with burgers.

To Much Technology?

I just read an article called “So, what does your teenager's brain on Google look like?” This article was in the Star Tribune. Is America on the World Wide Web to much? Gary Small, a psychiatrist at UCLA argues so. He and many other scientists have been researching how the brain is reacting to all the exposure to the web that Americans are getting. He clams that too much exposure can lead to a lack in social skills. With the lack of face to face conversations that people are having the mind starts to drift away from social interaction. An example he gave of this happening was reading peoples facial expressions in a simple conversation. In the domino effect of things it has been proven that the depression rate in young adults is skyrocketing because of the lack in social skills. Is this an unfixable problem? That question has yet to have been answered though many parents are looking harder for it every year.

Craigslist Babysitter Problems Hit Again

An article that I just read was in the Star Tribune. It was called, “Man answers Craigslist baby-sitter ad, uses child for porn video”. This article was about how a man up in Little Canada who on Wednesday in court admitted that when he responded to a call for a babysitting job that he applied for on Craigslist he used the child to produce a pornographic video. He now faces up to 30 in prison. Just last year there was another incident with a 19 year old named Michael John Anderson who also responded to a babysitting call from Craigslist. When Katherine Olson arrived to meet Michael he shot her in the back killing her. Because of all of these cases that continue to appear on Craigslist it is starting to make people question whether jobs should still be offered on the web.