1.Denmark, of all countries, is enacting "out of the box" laws. In order to counter forced marriages, the country does not allow Danish citizens to marry foreigners younger than 24 years old. It also offers non-Western immigrants up to 15 thousand euros or 20 thousand dollars to emigrate back to their countries of origin. Immigrants who are not Danish citizens are banished from Denmark if they commit violent crimes.
2."At this dangerous rate, US debt will be $18.6 trillion at the end of the president's term, an unimaginable explosion of 75% above and beyond the debts accumulated by all of his 43 predecessors combined. America's fiscal future is frightening." From Rep. Kevin Brady, in USA Today
3."In 2009, 41% of children born in the USA were born to unmarried mothers (up from 5% a half-century ago). That includes 73% of non-Hispanic black children, 53% of Hispanic children and 29% of non-Hispanic white children. Those are not misprints." From an editorial in today's USA Today .
4.Every once in a while, I come across a statistic that makes me gasp in disbelief. How about this one? In the US armed forces, over the last year more service people have died via suicide than were killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
5.Iranian intelligence operatives recently detained over a dozen squirrels found within the nation's borders, claiming the rodents were serving as spies for Western powers determined to undermine the Islamic Republic. "In recent weeks, intelligence operatives have arrested 14 squirrels within Iran's borders," state-sponsored news agency IRNA reported. Iranian police commander Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqadam confirmed the report, saying that a number of squirrels had been caught bearing foreign spy gear within Iran's borders.
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation.
- Jean Kerr
2."At this dangerous rate, US debt will be $18.6 trillion at the end of the president's term, an unimaginable explosion of 75% above and beyond the debts accumulated by all of his 43 predecessors combined. America's fiscal future is frightening." From Rep. Kevin Brady, in USA Today
3."In 2009, 41% of children born in the USA were born to unmarried mothers (up from 5% a half-century ago). That includes 73% of non-Hispanic black children, 53% of Hispanic children and 29% of non-Hispanic white children. Those are not misprints." From an editorial in today's USA Today .
4.Every once in a while, I come across a statistic that makes me gasp in disbelief. How about this one? In the US armed forces, over the last year more service people have died via suicide than were killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
5.Iranian intelligence operatives recently detained over a dozen squirrels found within the nation's borders, claiming the rodents were serving as spies for Western powers determined to undermine the Islamic Republic. "In recent weeks, intelligence operatives have arrested 14 squirrels within Iran's borders," state-sponsored news agency IRNA reported. Iranian police commander Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqadam confirmed the report, saying that a number of squirrels had been caught bearing foreign spy gear within Iran's borders.
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation.
- Jean Kerr
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