Some states are lying to their students when it comes to ...

STAR tests. In other words, they're setting the standards too low and Duncan thinks it should be raised. Remember we need to prepare the students with honesty before they go out and explore on their own. Because the USA will depend on them as time goes on.

The Bay Bridge says,"I'm getting too old for this job ...

I need someone to replace my job ... which is the one right next to me!" This week one of the cables fell on the bridge, which increased the amount of traffic. So they have to close it down, repair the damage that has been done, and hopefully reopen the bridge by tomorrow. As you can tell BART will get some decent attention until the bridge is fixed.

An asteroid has crashed on a land mass ...

Which happened on early October. I believe the chance of that happening is about 30%, theoretically. Moving on, it landed on Indonesia and this space rock is one of the biggest objects that crashed on Earth from space since 1994. This asteroid is named 8TA9D69 by NASA. It's common for space objects to named by a code consisting of numbers and letters. There were secret satellites that observed the meteorite, but that won't be released to the public until further notice.



P.S. Sorry that it's not in English, but it gives you a better glimpse on what happened on that day.

Obama makes a solid salute to those who have fall in Afghanistan.

Eighteen proud soldiers past away in Afghanistan and are returned to the USA to be honored by the elites/captains and President Barack Obama. He is planning to send more troops off into combat in the future.

Barck Obama maybe the first president to visit ...

the cities that was once been hit by atomic bombs. He's planning to pay a visit to Tokyo in the next month for two days, just for a stop. By taking a first glance, this sounds like one of the steps for a more peaceful world. However the White House may have said otherwise and some people from the public oppose this decision.

No more BigMacs in Iceland!

The three McDonals on this icy island will close down sometime this weekend. Because the BigMac is now approximately $5.29 in US currency! Very expensive indeed and now they need to raise it to about a buck. This is due to the high import tariffs and the deteriorating currency of krona.

Gas prices are on the rise once again!

The cost of crude oil(as shown to the left) we depend on tremendously is getting higher. Remember when there is less demand for oil, the production goes down, which raises its value, because there's less resources of it!

Bark Beetles only harm the trees that are weakened or too old ...

however with so little rain in July most, if not, all the trees in the forests of Mexico are being infested by these pests. The loggers are rushing to cut as much as 9000 wounded fir trees before the monarch butterflies arrive on late October.

The national debt is so MASSIVE with an astounding ...

$1.42 trillion!!! President Obama made a pledge to lower it after all those recessions and the unemployment rate has toned down. The nation is worried that may no longer have the power to deal with that kind of debt, if this situation grows more sour.

No idea how, but my Twitter updates are messed up.

Attempted to fix it, but it didn't work. :(

Update: All right, the twitter updates are working now! :D

Dow finally reaches 10,000 and that has not happened for more than a year!

On Wednesday, October 14, 2009, when Dow hits 10000; the traders cheered and were delighted to see that number once again. However, they still need to be cautious about their economic future as time goes on.

This is one of the reasons why we need to increase the security ...

of the border between the USA and Mexico!



Not 100% sure if this is staged. But I'm pretty sure it isn't.

Will Android be more popular than the iPhone 2012?

Find out ... right after this commercial!!! :P

No just kidding, anyways back to serious business. Researchers at Gartner predict the Androids from Google will leapfrog over the iphones in about two years. More details after I'm done eating my sausages. :D

About 40000 troops at mininum will be headed ...

to Afghanistan which is told by the top commander of U.S. military forces to president Barack Obama. More information on the video below.

People are starting to approve of Obama's job as ...

the president of the United States of America. People who approve him jumped from 50% to 56% and those who says otherwise dropped 11% from 50% to 39%. That took about a month from September to October. Democrats are not sure and are divided on supporting Barack Obama.

Since the education in California isn't too great ...

I thought I could post an article about tips on how to become a better parent education wise.

P.S. This is leaning more towards to parents who have elementary kids. But it's still a good article to read in my opinion. :)

Who knows, soon you might not actually see a dollar menu ...

in McDonalds. In other words, the one dollar bill is getting weaker and weaker. Which causes inflation to rise, not as bad as Germany in the early 1920's, but it's getting more noticeable. If this doesn't sustain itself, we could see much higher interest rates and paying off that gigantic debt will just be so much more painful.

NASA is going to bomb the moon on Friday ...

Well ... I wouldn't really say bomb, since they're not using an explosive on it. It's just a projectile launched at twice the speed of a bullet. Then it will disperse quite a lot of debris where the satelite will try to capture to see if there's any water in them.

These 10 retialers are gaining strength from those recessions.

With relatively low debt or careful management, these companies were able to satisfy the customers that want to save money. If the economy starts getting better, they may be ahead of the game.

Not everything is bright though, employment rates are still rising and some shopping malls may meet their end like Circuit City or Mervyn's did.

Sorry Chicago, but the Olympics of 2016 will be held on ...

none other than Rio de Janeiro. Chicago was eliminated in the first round, which was quite shocking. Obama was pretty much not content to see this happening.

Oh and because with the high crime and murder rates there, security will be one of the biggest issues to deal with.

A major earthquake strikes again ...

near the islands of Indonesia. This caused major destruction and a considerable death toll. More details in the link.

P.S. According to the article, this earthquake is NOT related to the one that happened on Tuesday.