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1. I was watching a new episode of White Collar an interesting, yet overly dramatic crime show and I distinctively remember four commercials. The first one was for some fancy restaurant that showed a nice juicy steak with a ton of appetizing food on the table. The next commercial, ironically, was for some gym that showed a man that had muscles in places I frankly didn’t know could gain muscle, the man was outrageously big. The next commercial was for another show by the same channel that was also a crime oriented show. And the last commercial I remember was of the FBI agent in the show driving a nice brand new BMW. I am positive that these commercials were intended for a male audience that was probably over the age of 24-25 and that had a decent amount of income. I say this because most college students don’t regularly go out to fancy restaurants like the one in the commercial, and we don’t pay for an up class gym when we have a perfectly fine gym for free at school. And the beamer? Well, maybe someday I’ll have one, but not at this time or age.

2. I was watching ABC 7 news when a story about the nuclear issue with Iran came on and they were saying that the U.S. is urging Iran to keep its word to the U.S. and stay away from attempting to construct nuclear weapons. The next story was immediately about Israel and the hostility that is arising between Israel and the U.S. due to the Iran issue. They said that Israel is holding its ground and preparing for the worst because of the issues with Iran a few years back. Israelis are very unhappy with what is happening around them. I believe these issues were linked in the news because whatever happens in either country might affect the other as well as the U.S. Any risky actions in any of these countries might be cause of an enormous National Security crisis.

3. I read an article on Los Angeles Daily News Today; it was on the one year anniversary of the Christopher Dorner rampage. I feel like

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