<p>This group is an <em>open discussion area</em> for those interested in Current Events and news items of all kinds in any media.  All viewpoints are welcome here.  Feel free to respectfully discuss any issue and any bunny trail related to current events.   Participation is encouraged!</p> <p> </p> <p>Rules: General conversation welcome on any current events, of course, but it is helpful to cite any sources for specific assertions so that others can read them and converse with you on that basis.   </p> <p> </p> <p>If you are responding to another poster, please be kind enough to quote that person's post to which you are responding so he/she knows he/she has been addressed.  It keeps conversation flowing. </p> <p> </p> <p>As usual, what happens on the social group stays on the social group, so please do not bother SWB with issues, as in other groups.</p> <p> </p> <p>Come on in, anytime. </p>