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  1. Feb 2017
    1. The affidavit, written jointly by two former secretaries of state, two former heads of the CIA, a former secretary of defense, a former secretary of homeland security, and senior officials of the National Security Council, slammed Trump's order as "ill-conceived, poorly implemented and ill-explained."

      This news outlet is a much more liberal one and it claims that the travel ban makes the U.S. less safe and that the plan was ill-conceived. The article uses evidence such as the opinion of officials to back up their claim.

    2. The former officials argue the entry ban, if allowed to continue, would compromise U.S. national security by immediately placing American troops fighting alongside soldiers from the affected countries in harm's way.

      They also explain their reasoning for why it could make things more dangerous for the U.S. There may be new tensions between Americans fighting alongside people from the countries included in the entry ban. Because the ban could be propaganda for angry people from those countries to join groups such as ISIS out of hate for an American that has prettymuch given up on their countries entirely.

    1. more than a million Syrian refugees into the country -- a move that triggered a continent wide crisis. In France, 61 percent of respondents agreed with the measure. France has been hit by a number of Islamist terror attacks in recent years

      This is an example of the article explaining the reasoning behind wanting a Muslim ban in certain european countries. They say "more than a million refugees triggered a continent wide crisis" and "France has been hit by a number of Islamist terror attacks in recent years". By using this they justify the ban in those countries while not backing up the evidence they are using to back up the reasoning for wanting a Muslim ban.

    2. While only 47 percent in the U.K. agreed with that statement, and 41 percent in Spain, in other countries, strong majorities backed a ban, with numbers as high as 71 percent in Poland and 65 percent in Austria.

      This artile is a conservative view of the muslim ban, supporting it and even though it does not have direct evidence of why the ban is beneficial it does explain that the European Union used to not agree with President Trumps ban order, but now in recent polls, it seems that the tables have turned. They use statistics from a poll to show which countries would like a similar ban in their country, and it explains the reasoning for those numbers.

    1. Patterson said that rigorous regulation of fentanyl in China should make it vastly easier for U.S. investigators to trace fentanyl and drugs laced with the deadly substance back to the illicit sources

      I had recently seen a vice video on facebook about this drug and its dangers. The audience the author is trying to reach is probably parents since they use the example of a womans son and keep refering to "kids" when tallkinhg about the dangers of the drug.

    1. 11 people walked right through the checkpoint – and three of them set off the metal detector

      This article seems credible becuase they have evidence such as videos and comments from officials. The author appeals to our sense of fear and points out the possible dangers or tragedies that could have been very possible because of the breach in security. I travel pretty often so I was interested in seeing an example of how human error could make it more dangerous.

    1. President Trump criticised the University of Berkeley in California after it cancelled a talk by Mr Yiannopoulos, following violent student protests earlier this month.

      This was the reason this article caught my eye. I have a lot of friends who go to The University of California Berkeley and I heard from them that there was practically a riot when this speaker was coming to speak at their school. This article explains what Milos views are, which makes the conflict obvious between this highly conservative writer and the highly liberal student population at the university.

    1. American school kids became more stupid under the Obama administration, according to rankings released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

      When I first read this article's title I expected it to be ridiculous, then after reading it, there is some truth but it si still ridiculous. Id like to research further about the companies and or organizations that came out with the statistics. So that I could see if there was possible bias or if they conducted a well thought out test that does not have much room for error. Also correlation does not mean causation. Just because test scores POSSIBLY dropped while Obama was in office does not mean he caused the drop.

    1. The terror threat remains high in Paris and the most vulnerable sites, led by the Eiffel Tower, must be the object of special security measures,

      When I first saw the title of this article I firmly thought that glass walls would be terrible and remembered what a great experience it was to be under and on the Tower. I thought these walls would deter tourists, and they probably will to an extent. However this article changed my mind somewhat after reading it. There are terror threats and recent attacks reinforce the idea that this major monument/target could be attacked in the near future. The protection of the monument is important but this article also points out that if a terrorist cant get to the tower then they wont have much reason to put people near the tower in danger.

    1. Since his promotion by President Vladimir V. Putin last fall, Mr. Mutko has grown increasingly defiant in responding to the mountain of evidence that Russia has systematically doped with government assistance, most notably at the 2014 Sochi Olympics — where Russia’s longtime national antidoping lab chief, Grigory Rodchenkov, said he substituted steroid-tainted urine with clean urine.

      This article is intended for people who are interested in sports, more specifically, international sports since it covers controversy about the track and field world Championships this summer. I chose this article because i am a huge fan of the Olympics and remember the recurring controversy over many of the the athletes from Russia. By using dates and examples from the past, the author can better support the idea that the doping has happened again and that the officials are trying to hide things.

    1. “Yes, it didn’t get covered,” said Colbert, “on the flimsy excuse that there was no Bowling Green Massacre. But I think we all remember where we weren’t were when we didn’t hear that nothing had happened.”

      Stephen Colbert is mocking Donald Trump's criticism of the media on the topic of not reporting acts of terror such as the "Bowling Green Massacre". Donald Trump's claim is that the media does not cover acts of terrorism. The media's claim, more specifically Colbert's claim is that the massacre did not in fact happen and that Donald trump is using this accusation to instill fear in people that there is even more terrorism than we hear about. Colbert, in his argument uses comedy to help convince people of his side and establish credibility as as intelligent reporter. He also uses repetition of negative words such as "weren't", "didn't", and "nothing" to instill in the audience that Trump is wrong. I was drawn to this because I like Stephen Colbert, and the recent political climate surrounding Donald Trump is interesting as well.

    1. So if he’s peeing, at least you’d want to come this far

      Koenig uses the literary tool of pathos in this statement to put us in the shoes of Mr. S, by saying that if we were going to pee on the side of the road that we would also want the privacy of going that far from the road since most people naturally would rather not be seen peeing on the side of the road. Now the audience can better sympathize with Mr. S for going that far into the forest to find privacy that any normal person would prefer.

    2. In fact the cops found twenty cartrige casings in right about this spot when they collected evidence in 1999

      Sarah Koenig uses this information as hard evidence to show another reason why this is a sketchy place. The numbers she uses appeals to the audience's sense of logos, because it is a known fact and the only other option is that the police did not find all of the bullet casings which would just improve her argument. She also, in the same sentence appeals to the audiences sense of ethos by legitimizing the argument further saying "the cops found" the bullet casings. People trust the reports that police would give, and this demonstrates that she put effort into this argument by going out and digging up records from 1999.

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  2. Jan 2017
    1. 127 feet back doesn’t feel all that far

      Sarah Knoenig gives the perspective that even though Mr. S publicly urinated, he would still want privacy. So he may have walked far out into the woods to find a spot that isn't all that far if you are looking for privacy.

    2. Mr. S wasn’t the detective's only lead in this case

      This subtly tells us not to focus all attention towards Mr. S and to remember he is still just a possibility.

    3. I grabbed a beer out of my refrigerator. It was a 22-ounce Budweiser. I was drinking it on my way back to the school where I work at, andhad to go to the bathroom, so I pulled over and I went further into the woods

      Mr. S is very suspicious since drinking before driving and then going to work as a teacher is frowned upon if not illegal. Also public urination is a crime which can be labeled as a sexual offense. to make matters worse, he discovered Hae's body. Even though this looks very bad, his brutal honesty points towards the idea that he is not the killer because he would likely not incriminate himself further had he been guilty of the murder.

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