Economic Article Q4W1

US healthcare bill: Knife-edge vote looms for 'Trumpcare'

In Los Angeles there is an emotional protest against Donald Trump's healthcare bill. US President Donald Trump is heading for a too-close-to-call vote on his troubled healthcare bill in the House. On Thursday, Mr Trump reportedly told mutinous Republicans that if they did not vote for his bill - dubbed Trumpcare by Democrats - they would be stuck with President Obama's act for good. White House officials told the representatives at a meeting earlier that day that Mr Trump had finished negotiating and would move on with the rest of his agenda if the bill failed. Mr Trump needs a minimum of 216 Republicans to vote for the bill. If 22 join the Democrats, the bill will fail. But US media tallies suggest between 28 and 35 Republicans still remain opposed. I think that it is selfish how Trump wants to replace Obamacare for 'Trumpcare' because everything Obama had left Trump wants to get rid of when it will affect a lot of U.S Citizens and residents.

Giant Mustard

            Last year, there was an evening I went grocery shopping with my Tia Sylvia to Sam’s Club with her and her kids. As soon as we entered the building, we felt the cool air hit our skin. There were a lot of people and the employees looked really occupied. We went to aisle 14 to get ketchup, I look to my left and there was a jar of mustard that was a foot and a half tall. It looked nasty and pasty-yellow. I really don’t like the smell and the taste of mustard. I tapped my Tia on the shoulder to show her and she said “ew.” Her kids were looking at it very amazed and interesting and they never tried it. We kept walking towards the Dairy section of the store and continued grocery shopping. My cousins wouldn’t stop running and yelling so she had to give them a phone to keep them entertained. It was still so cold in the store I started exaggerating about the temperature and I wanted to leave already. I tried not to think about it too much, so I kept my mind busy and my body active walking around the perimeter of the store.

Article Q4W9

US charges Russian spies over Yahoo breach

 March 15, of this year, two Russian spies were spying four U.S Justice Department indicted individuals over a theft of Yahoo user accounts. The members of the Russian intelligence agency are being charged as conspired criminal hackers. The suspects that were named in a DOP press release are; Dmitry Aleksandrovich Dokuchaev, 33, a Russian national and FSB officer, Igor Anatolyevich Sushchin, 43, a Russian national and FSB officer, Alexsey Alexseyevich Belan, 29, a Russian national and resident, and Karim Baratov, 22, a Canadian and Kazakh national and a resident of Canada. Last year Yahoo passwords had to be reset. Russian spies should stay away from cyber criminology.

Carmen's 1984 Blog #2

Carmen Hernandez

March 8, 2017

The Street Lawyer Blog #2

1. At the end of chapter 16 Michael states that both he and Claire have lost.  Support or refute this statement. Michael and Claire both have lost in their matrimony because it wasn’t thrilled for them to be single again. When he drove away there had not been no type of feeling of liberation. He still had mixed feelings but showed no emotion.
2. Michael's activities become questionable and even illegal.  Are these actions justified? The actions are not justified because he was only trying to help the people who were and are suffering from poverty. Although, stealing files and threatening the police is not the best way to help himself to a better job to help the homeless.
3. Why does Hector Palma help Michael? Hector Palma helps Michael because he feels empathy after his divorce with Claire and his accident. He recognizes that Michael is very humorous and tries to help the families who are poor, with families who are dying.  
4. Is Michael's changing life a downward spiral?  Why or why not? Michael’s changing life is a downward spiral because just lost his matrimony with Claire when all she wanted was attention from her husband but he never took the time to make it feel like they were married. He spent all his time working and helping homeless people which is a good thing to feel empathy for them but he also needs to think about his future with Claire. Now it is late, he got kicked out his house and is now living in an apartment by himself in the ghetto.