SUPERBOWL MANIA: NOT ONLY SPORT!

 

Have you seen the latest Super bowl halftime show? It was held a few days ago, on 13th February 2023.

From a strictly sports point of view, the Super Bowl is nothing more than the final of the NFL, the professional American football league, but it goes beyond that,  it’s not only sport, the Super Bowl is one of the most anticipated shows of the year,  especially for its famous halftime show which,   since the 90s,  has been hosting he most famous artists in the world, from Beyonce to Lady Gaga to U2,  who performed for about 20 minutes during the break of the match. It is one of the most watched televised event, the viewing figures are incredible!

ONE OF THE MANY TIMES THE USA RISKED A NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE

 

Our story is set in the peaceful countryside of Arkansas , here underneath an anonymous white lid there was an entire missile facility , the base 374-7 , with the most terrible nuke owned by U.S.A. ( the a-bomb w53) .                                 

On 18 September 1980 some technicians should have gone there and see if everything worked properly. During the servicing one of them , made a 4 kg bolt fall down by mistake , this bolt tore the basis of the rocket and a lot of fuel started to spurt out , and here is the problem .The fuel started to sprout out because the rocket itself was relatively light and thin . Actually, most of the weight of a rocket  is due to the fuel . The rocket had two tanks with two different liquids , since during a hypothetical crisis it should have set off in a few seconds. The only thing needed to activate them is that the two fuels got in contact .

THE MARCH FOR OUR LIVES MOVEMENT: TEENS FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES

GUN CONTROL AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE

Can you imagine your child, your brother, your sister, your cousin, your friend going to school to build their future and future is that one thing they will never see? That is atrocious, isn’t it?

Gun related violence is an enormous issue in the USA. About 64% of the homicides is gun related and the majority of the victims are mass shootings victims.

This data is incredibly disturbing to look at, especially, when you realize that mass shootings involve the ones happening in schools (like the one in Parkland), places where people should feel and be safe.

But why school shootings are so frequent in the USA? I think there are three main reasons.