1 ) Who needs a permit to carry when you can move to South Carolina?
South Carolina’s House of Representatives passed a bill that allows “permit-less carry” in the state. What this means is that anyone who can own gun in SC is allowed to carry it with them without a permit to do so. Just in case you didn’t know, South Carolina is the home state of the white supremacist man responsible for the Charleston massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church.
2 ) Wave goodbye to Pink Saturday
Pink Saturday is a yearly event that occurs the night before the San Francisco Pride Parade and is meant to be a celebratory event that also raises money for LGBT non-profit organizations. This year the event will no longer be called “Pink Saturday” and the creators of the popular event, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, have made the decision to stop hosting it due to the increasing amount of violence that occurs during Pink Saturday (the majority of which is done by people not in the LGBT+ community). After the Sisters pulled out from hosting the yearly event, the San Francisco LGBT decided to step up to the hosting role but changed the name to Pink Party.
3 ) California the (kind of) Golden State
Once upon a time, people flocked to California in hopes of finding incredible wealth in its earth and streams (aka why California has a football team named the 49ers). The Golden State, once a shining example of economic health, has been experiencing a prolonged period of economic tension that has been blamed on plenty of things since the beginning of the Recession. Lawmakers in California felt a tingle of excitement this year when revenue from taxes were higher than expected. This surprise prompted lawmakers to pass a bigger-than-the-usual budget of $115.4 billion. The state’s relatively strong economy now is mostly based on taxing the income of the state’s wealthiest residents with some believing this will leave California fiscally at risk in the future despite the pretty sight right now.
4 ) Greece’s debt crisis isn’t looking up
Greece missed another deadline this week. On Tuesday, the beleaguered country missed a $1.2 billion deadline to pay back the IMF for its last bailout and was denied another request for another bailout. Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, has urged voters in this coming Sunday’s bailout referendum to vote “no” despite the fact that European Union (EU) leaders have warned a “no” vote will lead to Greece being cut from the EU. Tension is rising within Greece among its citizens and banks have closed down since this Tuesday’s announcement that Greece has defaulted on its payment. The Greek PM called the EU’s warning “blackmail” in a televised address. He is facing opposition back home and wants a 30% reduction of Greece’s current debt as well as a 20-year grace period for paying back the amount. Polls have shown a split between yes and no opinions on voting this Sunday.
- Jenny
South Carolina’s House of Representatives passed a bill that allows “permit-less carry” in the state. What this means is that anyone who can own gun in SC is allowed to carry it with them without a permit to do so. Just in case you didn’t know, South Carolina is the home state of the white supremacist man responsible for the Charleston massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church.
2 ) Wave goodbye to Pink Saturday
Pink Saturday is a yearly event that occurs the night before the San Francisco Pride Parade and is meant to be a celebratory event that also raises money for LGBT non-profit organizations. This year the event will no longer be called “Pink Saturday” and the creators of the popular event, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, have made the decision to stop hosting it due to the increasing amount of violence that occurs during Pink Saturday (the majority of which is done by people not in the LGBT+ community). After the Sisters pulled out from hosting the yearly event, the San Francisco LGBT decided to step up to the hosting role but changed the name to Pink Party.
3 ) California the (kind of) Golden State
Once upon a time, people flocked to California in hopes of finding incredible wealth in its earth and streams (aka why California has a football team named the 49ers). The Golden State, once a shining example of economic health, has been experiencing a prolonged period of economic tension that has been blamed on plenty of things since the beginning of the Recession. Lawmakers in California felt a tingle of excitement this year when revenue from taxes were higher than expected. This surprise prompted lawmakers to pass a bigger-than-the-usual budget of $115.4 billion. The state’s relatively strong economy now is mostly based on taxing the income of the state’s wealthiest residents with some believing this will leave California fiscally at risk in the future despite the pretty sight right now.
4 ) Greece’s debt crisis isn’t looking up
Greece missed another deadline this week. On Tuesday, the beleaguered country missed a $1.2 billion deadline to pay back the IMF for its last bailout and was denied another request for another bailout. Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, has urged voters in this coming Sunday’s bailout referendum to vote “no” despite the fact that European Union (EU) leaders have warned a “no” vote will lead to Greece being cut from the EU. Tension is rising within Greece among its citizens and banks have closed down since this Tuesday’s announcement that Greece has defaulted on its payment. The Greek PM called the EU’s warning “blackmail” in a televised address. He is facing opposition back home and wants a 30% reduction of Greece’s current debt as well as a 20-year grace period for paying back the amount. Polls have shown a split between yes and no opinions on voting this Sunday.
- Jenny