Many of the victims among the 22 who were killed in the attack on the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester have been named.
Among them are parents who were coming to greet their children after the concert and take them safely home, as well as excited youngsters attending their first ever concert.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/23/victims-manchester-terror-attack/
Four years old is a little young to see this whole movie,” Ben Affleck told the Associated Press a few weeks ago. When asked whether he would take his son to see “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” Affleck explained: “I don’t want him to have nightmares.”
Indeed, one blogger lists “7 Reasons Why You Should NOT Take Your Kids to See Batman v Superman,” including foul language and brutal violence.
But it is not just these violent superhero movies — really intended for adults — that parents might want to think twice about. It’s the entire moviegoing experience. Over the course of the past few decades, thanks to some amazing technology, going to the movies has become a much more intense experience. The screens have gotten bigger, the volume has gotten louder, the graphics have become much more realistic.
Common Sense Media rates movies in terms of violence, sexual content, foul language and even “consumerism,” but few adults seem to take into consideration that even the most innocent cartoons can make the hearts of kids beat faster. I noticed this first when I took my oldest daughter to see “Tangled,” the Disney remake of Rapunzel in the theater several years ago. All of the sudden in the middle of a scene when a group of men were riding on horseback, she screamed and sent her popcorn flying across the floor. Just the quick movement of the hooves along with some suspenseful music was enough to send her over the edge.
Parents regularly tell me, almost embarrassedly, that even at the age of 7 or 8, their kids don’t really like to go to the movies. “Is that odd?” one mother asked me. Some think it’s because their children haven’t been exposed to a lot of other media or that they have been sheltered from scary stories — who reads their kids Hansel and Gretel anymore? But more likely it is simply the special effects that we adults have become used to.
Cartoons are often worse than the non-animated movies. A movie like “Yogi Bear” doesn’t need all of the frantic music and graphics of, say, “Zootopia,” because it is already realistic. There are actual people in it.
During a recent trip to the aquarium, my 3-year-old asked to see the movie about whales. When she walked into the IMAX theater, she pointed to a small square in the front of the theater and asked if that’s where the movie was going to play. I don’t think she understood that the entire theater was going to be the screen until lifesize whales started swimming across it. “We have to go now,” she told me.
Now it seems like our media companies have, as they say, kicked it up a notch. The emergence of virtual-reality devices may seem like a really neat way to give kids a more immersive experience. Indeed, earlier this year McDonald’s launched a promotion in Sweden of Happy Meal boxes that could be turned into virtual-reality viewers.
http://nypost.com/2016/05/01/virtual-reality-will-complete-transformation-of-children-into-zombies/
Alex Jones goes off on the way the CIA uses media to brainwash the masses, especially young children.
Long security lines at airports around the U.S. Is the TSA to blame?
Marcus Washington has more on why some airports are considering private security contractors.
Extremely long TSA lines and wait times are nothing new for BWI Thurgood Marshall International Airport.
“Sometimes they’re really long and sometimes they’re really short,” one traveler said.
“I have TSA PreCheck and still find myself still feeling the need to get to the airport two hours early, just so I can avoid the long lines,” another traveler said.
Across the country, airports have been hit hard with long wait times–up to 90 minutes during spring break.
In just one week last month, nearly 6,800 American Airlines travelers missed their flights because of the long lines.
“I travel almost every week. During spring break, you could noticeably see a significant increase in the folks traveling. I live in Las Vegas, so that’s a popular destination,” one traveler said.
At Seattle Tacoma International Airport, or SeaTac, the waits lasted longer than an hour. The SeaTac Airport director announced Tuesday the hiring of private contractors to help with administrative duties, freeing up TSA to focus solely on screening, as the airport explores dropping the agency altogether.
Twenty-two airports across the country now use private security firms for their screening. They say a big part of that is because TSA checkpoint wait times are increasing.
“It’s frustrating. In a way, you wish that they would gauge what the security risks are. Because if I’m flying with five small children, I think I’m less of a security risk than some other people,” said traveler Rachel Vaks.
“We’re working very hard to dramatically improve our ability to move people through shifting resources,” said Peter Neffenger, TSA administrator.
The reason behind all of this–the number of flyers is up, causing the wait to increase as well.
The TSA administrator says he may have to go to Congress to ask for more workers. That’s because the number of screeners is capped by Congress.
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/04/13/is-tsa-to-blame-for-long-security-lines-at-airports/
There was an emotional hearing at the State Capitol Tuesday on a bill to ban transgender people from using bathrooms that do not match their biological sex.
It is supported by parents who said they are worried about the safety of their children.
“Anyone can use any bathroom or locker room that they choose,” said Emily Zinos, a mother of five from St. Paul. “And that’s a situation ripe for abuse by those who have the intention of harming children.”
Dozens of people showed up wearing buttons that read, “No Boys In Girls Bathrooms,” or “No Hate In Our State.”
Transgender Minnesotans told their stories of daily discrimination.
“I’m a person just like every single one of you,” said Andrew Dodge, a high school student from Minneapolis. “And I want to live.”
Riah Roe, of Minneapolis, also defended her rights at the hearing.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/04/12/lawmakers-transgender-bathroom-bill/
Last Thursday marked the 17th anniversary of NATO’s illegal bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during Bill Clinton’s reign. The attack—38,400 sorties, including 10,484 strike sorties—lasted 78 days and destroyed infrastructure, commercial buildings, schools, health institutions, media houses and cultural monuments.
NATO “deeply” regretted killing at least seventeen people when a bomb hit a bus packed with women and children. It also supposedly regretted killing fifteen people after it targeted a hospital with a cluster bomb and killed three diplomats at China’s embassy in Belgrade. After Serbian television criticized Albright and Clinton, it was bombed as well, killing sixteen people.
http://www.infowars.com/there-is-a-special-place-in-hell-for-clinton-operative-albright/
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan of the UK has recently voiced concerns that children are not receiving the proper brand of brainwashing and indoctrination from the government. Morgan called for a review of homeschooling and suggested that thousands of children are being “radicalized” by their parents.
“There has always been the freedom in this country for people to educate their children at home. Many people do it very well, but we need to know where the children are and to be certain that they are safe. For every parent doing a brilliant job, there may be someone filling their child’s mind with poison. We just don’t know. We don’t have reliable figures,“ a Department of Education spokesman said
The Department said that they were also concerned about what was being taught in private Muslim schools, and that they were intending to crack down on those as well.
There has always been the freedom in this country for people to educate their children at home. Many people do it very well, but we need to know where the children are and to be certain that they are safe. For every parent doing a brilliant job, there may be someone filling their child’s mind with poison. We just don’t know. We don’t have reliable figures,“ a Department of Education spokesman said
The Department said that they were also concerned about what was being taught in private Muslim schools, and that they were intending to crack down on those as well.
http://www.infowars.com/mentally-ill-children-control-society/
http://www.infowars.com/transgender-rant-leave-my-children-alone/
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