Today in Michigan there was a crazy accident. A car hit the back of another after sliding on ice and hit the car in front of it. This domino effect continued for some time and resulted in a 123 car pile up. A semi-truck carrying fireworks exploded after several car, including the truck, caught on fire. Another truck carrying 44,000 pounds of hazardous waste crashed and spilled its contents which caused an evacuation of the area. 23 people were hospitalized and there was 1 fatality due to the crash.

There isn't much to comment about political about this very strange accident, (except maybe there should be safer ways to transport hazardous materials?) but I thought it was a story that was share worthy.

The Anti-Islam protests in Germany have gotten as large as 18,000 people which has many European Muslims scared after recent events in Paris. These protests are backed by many anti-immigration political groups throughout Europe and they're gaining support in the polls. These groups have been using the recent attacks as "evidence" that those who "ignored the looming danger of Islamism were wrong". Others have said that Europe is at war and the west needs to go through "deIslamisation". Muslims in Italy have been criticized for "imposing a way of life that is not compatible with ours" by an anti-immigration politician. Some moosques have also been closed in Italy. Officials in Rome have said that there will be no anti Islam banners at the cities soccer games as it might become a target if it does. Muslims in Germany have committed to pray for the victims in the Paris attacks and have asked   Christian churches to join.

I think that this is very sad and unfair for Muslims in Europe. Those terrorist used their personal religion to justify the killing of innocent people which all of European Muslims must be punished for when very few are actually terrorists. I just hope that things will begin to cool down and that people will stop blaming all Muslims for the actions of few.

A man eating McNuggets was startled after what appeared to be a piece of vinyl was found in one of the nuggets in a restaurant in Tokyo. The piece of vinyl was lost after an employee tried to put it on a napkin but missed. The incident was reported 5 days after, so it's Ben difficult to tell where the object came from. A few days later another object was found in a nugget from a restaurant in Aomori. The company is looking into the supplier company in Thailand (which they switched to after their 1st supplier was found using rotten meat) to see if there is a possible connection between these 2 cases.

With foreign objects showing up more frequently in Japanese McDonalds, I think that it's pretty obvious that the government should do something. I don't know if it is the lack of laws or the lack of enforcement of laws to keep these type of things from happening, but the gov should do something about it.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/06/national/another-foreign-object-turns-mcdonalds-chicken-nugget-time-tokyo/#.VLBLH9m9LCT

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/world/washington-school-shooting-2-dead-including-lone-gunman-1.2812380

So a very sad story today that some of you may have heard already. Marysville Pilchuk High school,in Washington, experienced a school shooting. It happened today during lunch time in the cafeteria. A student pulled out a gun and shot at least 3 others. The police have not released the shooters identity, but what I've seen on a twitter, it was reported that shooter was the schools Homecoming Prince. President Obama has been notified and may adress it tonight.

This will certainly spark up a gun control issue debate. Its seems as more and more time goes past, the more and more school shootings happen. What are your guys take? Should it be harder for people to get guns? Should there be sanity tests?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/23/358310267/report-says-unc-grade-boosting-scandal-involved-fake-classes

So the University of North Carolina has been part of a coup. Apparently, over the last 20 years 3,000 students , many student athletes, benefited from grade boosts. The student athletes were enrolled in "paper classes", or fake classes but on paper are real, and received credit for them. These paper classes were included in over 188 courses. The biggest reason for these classes was to keep the athletes eligible to play. Many other students were in the classes were unaware of the fact that they were fake, and there diplomas could be under review.

This really irks my that UNC would do this. It's not fair for the students who actually completed the class, but they could lose their diplomas. It's ridiculous that UNC would give "special treatment" to their athletes and don't require them to actually earn their credits. I think that if UNC did this, there is a big chance that other universities and colleges do it too.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/22/358153731/new-autopsy-report-suggests-michael-brown-was-shot-at-close-range

So going back to the shooting of Michael Brown. His death at the hands of a police officer sparked protests for months in Ferguson. Eyewitness accounts claimed that Brown was running away when he was shot, but a new autopsy report says that he was shot facing the police officer. The officer who shot Brown claims that he was pinned in his car and struggling over his gun with Brown and that's when he shot him.

I think that as more and more evidence comes out with the shooting, there is to many conflicting point on views. Witnesses report Brown was shot defenceless and running away while others say he was fighting and struggling   with the officer and then shot as an act of self defence. I think that the truth is going to be hard to find and we may never know what it is.

So for my post this week, I have a story about good ol' North Korea. Apparently, North and South Korea will have high-level talks in early November. During the closing ceremonies of the 2014 Asian Games, South Korea's Prime Minister Chung Hong-won met with North Korea's military and political leaders. This is the first time that the South Korean prime minister has met with North Korean officials since 2007, when Kim Jong-Il was the Dear Leader. A survey showed that over half of South Koreans are in support for reunification with the north. In another survey it showed that only 14 percent of South Koreans see North Korea as enemies, 90 percent said that the north would never give up its nuclear weapons, and 75 percent said North Korea might "launch an armed provocation." Also, sources say that Kim Jong-Un has edema in at least one ankle joint and will require surgery. Very random but its a fun fact you can tell your friends.

I was pretty shocked when only 14 percent of South Koreans actually saw North Korea as enemies. I guess its probably due to the fact that they're technically still at war with each other and so I've always thought that they didn't like each other much. But like the 90 percent, I don't think that North Korea with ever give up their nuclear weapons. But who knows? Maybe someday the Korea's will be reunited.