Open thread

This will be your open thread.  You may post any links to any topics of interest here.

Option week

This week I will post several topics - including a open forum as well as a video thread and a few others.
I will start with an open forum thread first where you can post on any topic in the news that is current  - same rules and marking scheme applies as the first week's rubric.

Black Friday indeed.

Even though the weekly assignment for this week is Israel, I think we have to pause and ask ourselves what sort of discount is worth being "herded like upright walking pigs."  Perhaps a topic for next week.

Israel: The History of a Nation born from Conflict

Here is our chance to educate one another about the intracacies of the issues involving Israel.

There will be no shortage of articles to post here.

A picture is worth a 1,000 words.

Pick one of the images.  Each image can only be claimed twice (i.e. by two users).  After two comments are written on the image it expires (i.e. no longer usable).
If a picture is worth a thousand words then it should be extremely easy to come up with 300 words.
This is a mission in brevity.
Your task = Level 3 = Meeting the provincial standard = 300 words.
(Level 4 = Reaching 400 words and/or including more than 2 external references which support your description).  That's right, I've only included level 3 and 4 - you'll note they are very similar to our regular evaluation scheme.
I'm assuming none of you are aiming for level 2?
*Remember to link your thoughts and opinions to a Global/Canadian society perspective (i.e. more than just your own personal bubble).


This is a sort of ping pong exercise.  Rather than skim the weekly news I will provide you with the images (below).  Make a comment which describes the issue(s) at hand AND include your opinion on the matter.  Use of secondary and primary references is encouraged.  When the second person decides to comment on the first users comment, the 2nd will reply to them and either expand, refutre, or bring new issues into the light.
Enjoy!

Welcome to Term 2

This week we will try an alternate assignment.  Instead of posting on weekly news events, I will post web links to several websites which you will then critique.

Test links

Here are some useful weblinks that may come in handy for review.

The story of stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBE5QAYXp8

Oil Sands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjA7_wgofp4

Crude Impact:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvyDH8-y-AE

Overpopulation is a myth;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiVrYLQXsUk