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Russell Simmons: Prisons profiting from putting kids in jail

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“American business magnate, Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings and founder of the pre-paid card company, RushCard, is attempting to do something about it through his ‘Keep the Peace’ initiative. ‘We’re going to fund [successful] anti-violence programs in communities, which I think is very important.’  ‘When we talk about the mass incarceration of young people,’ says Simmons, ‘and we think about the number of non-violent, first-time offenders who are in jail for drug offenses… that’s a different subject. We’re talking about the cost to the consumer or the taxpayer, but we’re not talking about the profit to the prison industrial complex.'”

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/youth-violence-costs-americans–6-6-billion-annually-150106804.html

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In Europe, Job Protections for Older Generation Are Barriers for Youth

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“The older generation benefited from decades of rock-solid job protection, union-guaranteed salary increases and the promise of a comfortable retirement. All this has allowed them to weather Europe’s longest postwar crisis reasonably well.  By contrast, many younger Europeans can hope for little more than poorly paid, short-term contracts. Employers in many countries are reluctant to hire on permanent contracts because of rigid labor rules and sky-high payroll taxes that go to funding the huge pension bill of their parents. The breach is widening: Median income for people over 60 rose between 2008 and 2012 in nearly every EU country; it declined for people under 25 in almost half.”

http://online.wsj.com/articles/in-europe-job-protections-for-older-generation-are-barriers-for-younger-workers-1407541533

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Big jump in number of millennials living with parents reported

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“More Americans than ever live in multigenerational households, and the number of millennials who live with their parents is rising sharply, according to a study released Thursday.  A record 57 million Americans, or 18.1% of the population, lived in multigenerational arrangements in 2012, according to the Pew Research Center. That’s more than double the 28 million people who lived in such households in 1980, the center said.  For the first time, a larger share of young people live in multigenerational arrangements than of Americans 85 and older. The share of people in the older age group living in multigenerational households rose between 2000 and 2012 to 22.7%.”

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-more-millennials-moving-home-20140717-story.html

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Portland Diverts Entire Water Reservoir After Teen’s Urination

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“The city of Portland has decided not to flush millions of gallons of drinking water that might have been tainted by a teenager who urinated at a reservoir.  However, the water still won’t be going to customers’ taps.  Instead, about 35 million gallons have been diverted from kidney-shaped Reservoir 5 to an empty reservoir to determine how long its quality can last as a public water feature.  Officials had planned to drain the water from Reservoir 5 into the sewer system after authorities said Dallas Swonger, 19, was caught on camera two weeks ago appearing to urinate into it. It was the second time in less than three years the city has emptied a Mount Tabor reservoir due to a urination concern.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/30/portland-reservoir-urine_n_5243586.html

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Retirement Dreams (Workers) vs. Reality (Retirees)

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“There are major discrepancies between what workers think they will live on in retirement vs. what retirees are actually living on.  The youngsters have figured out that Social Security will not be there. Under a third think Social Security will be the major source of their income. Over half of retirees say Social Security is in fact the major portion.  The [discrepancies] are surveyed in this short video.”

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2014/07/05/video-retirement-dreams-workers-vs-reality-retirees/

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In sexting case, VA prosecutors want to photo teen’s erect genitalia

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“A Virginia teen is facing felony charges for allegedly sexting his girlfriend a video of his penis, and the authorities want to photograph his erect genitalia to bolster their case, according to news reports.  If found guilty, the 17-year-old boy, whose name Ars is withholding, could be jailed until his 21st birthday and be forced to register as a sex offender.   The boy’s attorney said that Prince William County prosecutors have obtained a warrant allowing them to photograph the boy’s erect private parts, a development his attorney is fighting along with the accusations. The boy is accused of distributing and manufacturing pornography and texting a video of it in January to his then-girlfriend, 15.”

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/in-sexting-case-virginia-prosecutors-want-to-photo-teens-genitalia/

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Ron Paul on the Evolution of Freedom in the 21st Century

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“Fewer people depend on regular TV and you see more programs being deleted from TV. So the Internet is the wave of the future and that’s one of the reasons the freedom movement is growing, because it’s not dependent on the establishment. When I got interested in these ideas in the ’50s and ’60s it was very, very difficult to get any information but today it’s so easy and it spreads like a wildfire.  It is worldwide. I’ve said it so many times – this is not a Republican deal. If the ideas are correct they will be pervasive.  Interventionist foreign policy and Keynesian economics was endorsed by the Republicans and Democrats; they just argued over who got to be the managers.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/exclusive-interviews/35418/Anthony-Wile-Ron-Paul-on-the-Evolution-of-Freedom-in-the-21st-Century/

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Gamers Hit with Criminal Charges for Cheating Online

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“Online game company Nexon is pressing charges against three gamers, ages 17 to 18, for obstruction of business. In short, the gamers were allegedly using in-game cheats for online FPS Sudden Attack. That, it seems, was hurting the game and Nexon.  Yomiuri Online, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, reports that this is the first time gamers have had criminal liability charged against them in Japan for allegedly using cheat programs.  One of the gamers is a university freshman, another is a 17 year-old vocational school student, and the last of the trio is a 17-year-old high school student.”

http://kotaku.com/forget-banning-online-gamers-are-in-legal-trouble-for-1595789066

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Truant in America

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“Christian Regan, now 22 years old, has never gone to school in his life. Yet, you would never know by meeting him. He reads more than most adults. Christian’s dad said, ‘He basically taught himself how to read. There was no ‘A is Ahh, B is Buhh’. We would just read books to him. He’d watch us reading him books, and before long, he was reading them instead of us.’  Instead of going to school, Christian just went to work. When he was nine years old, he started his own business – a booth at the swap meet selling video games.  When Christian was 17 years old, he opened his first store on the front street of Lahaina. Within three months, he had five employees and the store was very successful.”

http://isil.org/truant-in-america/

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Inside Look: Pelosi NSA Confrontation – with Andrew Demeter

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“Andrew Demeter is a 16-year-old teenager, who recently confronted House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi over her support of domestic spying.  The young man minced no words, but was still polite and cordial to the representative. Afterward, he was invited to speak on several television networks.  Demeter is our guest on the show today. He is hear to talk to us about his encounter with Pelosi, as well as spying programs. We will talk about how he came to speak with the House California representative, as well as his plans for the future.”

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