Our World Today
Student run blog covering the current events happening around us.
Friday, November 18, 2016
Strikes at O'hare International Airport?
According to CNN, O'hare International Airport workers are planning a strike for Thanksgiving break. Thanksgiving being one of the busiest times for O'hare, will cause chaos in travels. Workers are paid $8.25, which is the minimum wage for Illinois and they want more money. O'hare is doing everything they can to stop the chance of a strike occurring over break. If this strike takes place hundreds of flights will get cancelled or delayed. Have a great Thanksgiving and safe travels.
Friday, October 14, 2016
Lesser of the 2 evils?
This upcoming election is going to go down in the history books for sure no matter who gets elected into office. If Donald Trump is elected our foreign relations might struggle due to the fact that a lot of people hate Trump. If Hillary Clinton is elected our national security could be at a high risk. She admitted to releasing 30,000 emails in the first debate. All of which were marked classified. Now you tell me how she is not in prison. Edward Snowden publicly classified released information about what the NSA was doing and he was wanted for treason of the United States of America. Clinton secretly released classified information and is wanted for president. How exactly does that work? Sure Trump may not be much better, but he would never do that and put America at risk. America needs to realize the lesser of the 2 evils and look at their own beliefs not what the biased media is saying.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Facebook a liar?
Yes. Facebook lied. They lied about how much time people spent watching video ads. This is a big issue because ad agencies that spend money to buy advertisements will spend more money due to the metrics that Facebook released. Lying about how much people watch video ads in a grave mistake. This will downgrade their reputation. If companies spend more money to get an advertisement on Facebook, they could possibly not generate the return they want from it. The purpose of buying an advertisement is to generate some money back. Facebook has fixed the problem in the way they calculate the metrics. They have apparently been lying about the metrics for the past 2 years.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Oakland Raiders moving to Las Vegas?
Recently, the Nevada oversight committee voted to start a public fundraiser to collect money to build a stadium in Las Vegas. This stadium, if built, will be the home to the Raiders as of right now. That means there will no longer be an Oakland football team. This also follows the news of an NHL team being placed in Las Vegas starting in the 20117-18 season. There have been people already willing to help fund the team, including the Oakland Raiders themselves. If the supposed funding goes through there will be a team very soon. The Raiders said they will contribute $500 million and the Alderson family plans to contribute $650 million. The goal is to raise at least $750 million. Once they commit their money we will have an NFL team in Las Vegas.
Do you think there will be a gambling problem with professional teams in Las Vegas? Put your opinion down below!
Do you think there will be a gambling problem with professional teams in Las Vegas? Put your opinion down below!
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Cease Fire in Syria. More focus on Isis?
Friday night US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to agree upon a cease-fire for Syria. They agreed to work together on targeting Islamist Militant groups. This is a great thing for our world. Isis has been claiming a lot of terrorist attacks in the past year or so, while we have been sending airstrikes here and there. Sure, one of the leaders of Isis was killed recently by a drone strike, but that is not enough. Isis has grown so large and killing one person will not do much. Now with this agreeance of a cease-fire, the US and Russia can try to plan a way to diminish the threat of global terrorism. In the last few months of President Obama's second and final term, the US looks to get rid of Isis. Obama's legacy as president, as of right now, includes the rise of Isis. Will he be able to rid Isis before his term is up? Feel free to leave a comment or concern and stay tuned for more posts about what is happening in our world today.
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