NO SEX. NO DRUGS. NO ROCK N' ROLL. BUT A LOT OF SCREEN TIME

*1. NO SEX. NO DRUGS. NO ROCK N' ROLL. BUT A LOT OF SCREEN TIME

"The troubles with kids these days ... are not as common as they used to be. U.S. teens are having a lot less sex, they are drinking and using drugs less often, and they aren't smoking as much, according a government survey of risky youth behaviors. 'We're trying to look at reasons why this [drop] might be happening,' said Dr. Stephanie Zaza. One possibility, Albert said: 'It may be that parking at Lookout Point has given way to texting from your mom's living room couch.'" From AP - Not doing it: Fewer high school kids are having sex

*2. YOU CAN ALWAYS GO HOME

"Over the course of a few months, [Mohamad] Khweis joined and then quickly fled the Islamic State terrorist organization, after which Kurdish peshmerga forces captured him. Early Thursday morning, he was flown back to the United States, where he will be charged in federal district court in Alexandria with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. It is unclear precisely what U.S. law enforcement thinks Khweis did during his time with the Islamic State. The 26-year-old son of a limo driver and cosmetologist described his time overseas himself in a video on Kurdish TV, saying that he ultimately decided it wasn’t to his liking. 'I found it very, very hard to live there,' Khweis told Kurdistan 24." Duh! It's a war zone! - From WaPo - American ISIS fighter who ‘found it hard’ returns to face criminal charges

+ And if you do go home, you can always get back into the fight. "The Obama administration believes that at least 12 detainees released from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have launched attacks against U.S. or allied forces in Afghanistan, killing about a half-dozen Americans, according to current and former U.S. officials. One U.S. official familiar with the intelligence said that nine of the detainees suspected in the attacks are now dead or in foreign government custody. Among former Guantanamo detainees, the total number of released detainees who are suspected or confirmed of reengaging is about 30 percent, according to U.S. intelligence." From WaPo - At least 12 released Guantanamo detainees implicated in attacks on Americans

*3. FAT AXL

So, all you have to do to have unflattering photos removed from the internet is ask Google nicely? "A less than flattering photo of the Guns N' Roses front man [Axl Rose] is being used for a series of mean memes, and now the singer is reportedly trying to get the image scrubbed from the internet. A batch of DMCA copyright notices were filed on behalf of Rose and sent to Google requesting the removal of the photo that sparked the "Fat Axl" memes because of copyright infringement. The memes change the lyrics to Guns N' Roses songs to poke fun at the picture of Rose. Lines like 'Welcome to the Jungle, we got tons of cake' and 'Sweet Pie o' mine' have regularly made the rounds on Twitter." From CNN - Trying to rid the world of 'Fat Axl'

*4. "IF IT DOESN'T FIT, YOU MUST ACQUIT"

"A striking poll finding was cited often in coverage of the O.J. Simpson murder trial in 1994 and 1995: Most white people thought the former football star was guilty of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, while roughly the same proportion of black people thought Simpson was innocent. In the two decades since Simpson was acquitted by a majority-black jury, the racial gap has narrowed significantly. In two recent polls, more than 50 percent of black respondents said they thought Simpson was guilty — up from about 20 percent in most polls before, during and right after the trial." From FiveThirtyEight - Most Black People Now Think O.J. Was Guilty

+ "Ezra Edelman's seven-and-a-half hour documentary for ESPN, O.J. Simpson: Made in America, is really several documentaries in one. It's the story of Simpson's rise as a football icon and black celebrity, and his downfall as a murder suspect in the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend. But it's also the story of race in America, and what happens when celebrity culture meets the justice system." From NPR - 'O.J. Simpson: Made In America' Dives Deep Into Life Of Fallen Football Hero

*5. EXCTHUUSE ME, OCCIFER...

How many times does someone have to be caught driving drunk before he or she can no longer legally drive? In Texas it's nine times...and than you get LIFE in prison. "He [Donald Middleton] was arrested in May 2015 after he turned into the wrong lane and collided head-on with a vehicle driven by a 16-year-old who was on the way home from work at a grocery store. Mr. Middleton ran into a nearby convenience store and repeatedly asked a clerk to hide him, prosecutors said." From NYT - He Had 8 Convictions for Driving Drunk. On His 9th, He Got Life

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