Week 9 Reading Blog

Monday:
Today had some fairly interesting stuff, including a lot on international issues. There was Pakistan, in which President Obama’s forthcomings, while thanked publicly, isn’t really something that Pakistan is going to come around to, and it was interesting to hear about that. There was also not one but two articles on North Korea, both of which tend to scare me a bit. I don’t really feel comfortable that we have nuclear weapons, but the article says that terrorists have now obtained them there, and it’s a bit troubling to hear that.

Tuesday:
Today there was some interesting things, but also some things that were quite troubling. First there was a very large earthquake in Italy, in which at least 150 people have died. Things like that, well, you just don’t like hearing about, though I know no one does. Then, there are reasons for hope domestically, with a high approval rating for Obama already in the country and a recent poll that finds that things might be getting better in the economy. Things like an earthquake sometimes just can’t be stopped, but it’s nice to see the things domestically that we can control get better.

Wednesday:
Today, there were some things that really troubled me. While it was good to see that gay and bisexual people have begun to be more open in their home country of Iraq, it is horrible to hear that they have also been killed because of these things. I understand that these types of prejudices probably will never die, but it’s still hard to fathom that these types of things are happening in this high quantities. As for the cultural forbearing to be more open, that’s all well and good- cultural things are something I can’t control and have accepted for being what they are. But murdering like this- it’s hard to turn a blind eye.

Thursday:
Oh, that human body, does it ever cease to amaze? There has been recent research that suggests that there are different types of fat in the body that actually BURNS calories, and quite a bit. It’s not quite to the level where your own fat works itself off (though that would be awesome), but it definitely doesn’t hurt the mindset. There were also some interesting stories about what Obama is doing for illegal aliens, trying to make an orderly system for them and there was also an interesting story about exiles from Cuba wanting to increase U.S.-Cuban relations. Isn’t it about time something is worked out?