Poetry: Morgan Parker

The Presnident Has Never Said the Word "Black":
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1NCZJYl3MJm

Book of Revelation:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1gc37tHnsbm

Let Me Handle My Buisness, Damn:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0F9mc0MwPUa

The Clothing and fashion industry have a bug influence on people. Is this a good or a bad thing?

In the last ten years the clothing and fashion industry has become one of the most important industries in the world. It is known to have a big influence on the population but is that good or bad?

Although fashion has been present in our society for hundreds of years, its influence has increased in the last few years and that isn’t always a good thing. Fashion can blind people to the point that they’ll be obsessed with it. There are cases of people who have ruined themselves because of their obsession to buy expensive designer clothes or complements.

On the flip side, fashion helps people to dress well and make a good impression and it makes us more presentable. A good and fashionable look can also make a person feel better and more comfortable and confident in front of other people. For example a high pair of good boots can give more self-confidence by elevating the person who wears them to the same or even higher than other people. Fashion can make a person who has no natural beauty feel really pretty and good looking.

To sum up, fashion is a big and influential industry that has a good and bad influence on people. It is a good thing as long as people know how not to fall in the obsession. However, this industry does not seem to be falling on the markets any time soon so we better get used to it.

Trump: Obama and former aides behind protests, leaks.

President Trump said in an exclusive interview Tuesday that he believes former President Barack Obama and his top aides are behind the protests and leaks that have tormented the new administration – and he doesn’t expect it to stop anytime soon.

Trump, during an interview with “Fox & Friends,” blamed Obama acolytes and the ex-president himself for the organized demonstrations that have sprung up nationwide since the Nov. 8 election, and also for the politically embarrassing leaks that have hindered Trump’s messaging. 

“I think that President Obama’s behind it because his people are certainly behind it,” Trump said. “And some of the leaks possibly come from that group, you know, some of the leaks – which are very serious leaks, because they’re very bad in terms of national security.”Trump didn’t provide evidence to support the charge.

He certainly is not alone, though, in his view that top Obama administration officials could be involved. A former senior intelligence official told Fox News that he suspects ex-CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper – among others – were connected to leaks. 

Some of those officials have pushed back. A Clapper spokesman, in a recent statement, appeared to distance the former intel boss from any leaks, voicing support for a probe while urging the new administration to take a sober approach to the investigation.  

“Leaks need to be investigated, but those investigations should be conducted in a manner that is not disparaging of our dedicated IC professionals, nor destructive to the entire community,” spokesman Shawn Turner said. 

Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security adviser, also denied any involvement in leaks in an email to The Atlantic. “It’s totally absurd and doesn’t make any sense,” he wrote. 

But the assertion that Obama – who began his political career as a community organizer – is actively aiding protests against Trump is new. Though, Trump added, it doesn’t necessarily bother him.“But I also understand that’s politics,” Trump said. “And in terms of him being behind things, that’s politics. And it will probably continue.” He added: “I’m not really surprised because I understand the way the world works. It’s politics. I mean I’m changing things that he’s wanted to do.”

Vocabulary:

• Former aides (excol·laboradors)
• Leaks (filtració)
• Acolytes (seguidors)
• Sprung up (sorgir)
• Nationwide (a nivell nacional)
• Hindered (estorbat)
• Spokesman (portaveu)
• Intel boss (cap de inteligència)
• Urging (apresurant, demanant anar més ràpid)
• Disparaging (menystenir)

News Link: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/28/trump-obama-and-former-aides-behind-protests-leaks.html

Vocaroo Link: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ecwY8B3ntL

My Tattoo

Most teenagers are not interested in culture or traditions

Culture and traditions have always been a very important part of every country. However, nowadays teenagers are not interested in culture as the older generation was.

In my opinion this generation of teenagers rather hang out with their friends then to care about things like the traditions, the language or the culture. I think this happens in part because of the globalization, which has mixed lots of different cultures, confusing this way the teenagers.

We all know how teenagers are like. They are lazy and have that devil-may-care attitude. So when you ask someone the reason why teenagers do not care about something, they could easily answer you that they are just being themselves.

To sum up, teenagers have a whole lot of reasons not to care about culture but that does not mean all teenagers are the same. There are, obviously, teenagers who find culture interesting. However, they are a little part for most of countries. On the other hand, I do not think this situation ic going to change.

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Supernatural Family Issues

Fifty years ago in North Carolina, there was a very rare family. The mother, Elle, was a witch and the father, John, was a vampire. They had five children: Koll, Hope, Jesse, Damon and Mark. They were all vampires too except one, Mark. He was a hybrid, half vampire and half werewolf. Because of that he always felt different in that family, like part of him didn’t belong there.

Mark and Koll had always been the bad eggs in the family. Hope and Damon were the pacifists and Jesse, well; he used to live in his own world but he was the apple of his mother’s eyes. The whole family lived together for years but then Elle died. The others knew that this day would come eventually but no one was prepared for that. 

John was devastated and so were all the kids. After burying her, John became a strange person; he started to build up an anger and aggressive feeling towards everything that reminded him of his now dead wife, including his own children. They were all between the ages of 18 and 20, that’s the age a vampire stops getting older so they were all looking like they were the same age. 

The kids tried so hard to help his father and talk to him. They tried to make him understand that it wasn’t worth it crying over spilled milk. But he wouldn’t listen. 

Days passed and the anger became bigger and bigger and one day, John lost his control and staked Jesse in his heart while he was trying to take a whiskey cup from the hands of his drunk father. After that, the rest of them decided to unite with each other to protect themselves from his father. Mark was the most scared of them because he wasn’t his truly son, he was a result of his mother cheating on John. He decided to run away so his father couldn’t find him. 

He moved to New Orleans and started a new life there. He found a girl called Caroline, or Care for the ones who knew her. They fell in love and started a little family. He was happy; Care chose to turn into a vampire so they could be together forever, all his life was going so well. Caroline had a bun in the oven and he worked in an art gallery. Art was that thing he was always nuts about. 

Suddenly, all that perfect life crashed down. His family were in town. Hope found his lost brother in the gallery. She had always been one smart cookie in the family. She knew that Mark would be with his passion. 

Mark felt a mix of emotions, he was so happy to see his sister yet he realised he had missed her a lot more than he expected. But he also was scared; he knew that John wasn’t dead and thought about what was going to happen if he showed up in New Orleans and discovered his new family.

That night in Mark’s house it took place a family reunion. They all accepted Mark’s apologies for running away and leaving the others behind. Care was so happy to finally meet her husband’s family and the same happened on the other way. 

After that lovely dinner, Damon explained the situation, which was quite a hot potato. It turns out that John gave up feeding from human blood and started to feed from vampire blood. They had been running for years now and they needed somewhere to hide for a while. Mark made the decision to let them stay as long as they wanted and promised them protection. 

About a year passed and the family had started to build a life all together again in New Orleans. But as always, every moment of happiness won’t last long. John found them. 

The dead of his wife made him a completely insane person. He wanted to kill every single vampire on earth, and he wouldn’t stop unless someone would kill him. He went to New Orleans and tried to reach to his sons but they were stronger than him. Mark, Damon and Koll distracted him while Hope staked his heart in the back. 

When his father was dead, they buried him and after that they had their own happy ever after, but not before making a promise to meet every year in the same house where they reached their freedom.

Mark stayed with Care and his daughter, Bonnie in New Orleans. Hope found a good boy from Australia and left with him. Damon and Koll started a world tour that ended up with the destruction of LA city, but that’s another story to tell.

Voice Recording Link: http://vocaroo.com/i/s17R8NlphMeE