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Hey, boys and girls! It's time for, Uncle Jay explains the news! Now here's the guy
who helps little minds understand big news stories: Uncle Jay! Hi, boys & girls ... before
we start, gotta mention that this is being recorded before the American Music Awards,
so we don't know yet what Miley Cyrus did to upset everybody, but I'm sure it was horrible
and we're all very upset, okay, now. Happy Thanksgiving, & you probably know that this
year, the start of Hannukah and Thanksgiving are on the same night. So lots of families
will be combining the best of both holidays together.
Uncle Jay's news word for this week is one we've used before: "civility." It means just
some respect, decency, courtesy, acting like an adult, which, maybe you've noticed, not
all adults manage to do. In Congress, where civility has been on the
No-Fly list for a long time, the Senate tried to improve things by changing the rules about
the filibuster. Now, boys and girls, that's a word we'll explain some other time, but
for right now -- just know that even though it sounds like the name of a restaurant, it's
not. If it was a restaurant, all the waiters would just argue with each other all the time
and never serve you anything ... but they'd make you pay the check anyway.
Well a very surprising note of 'civility' has come from a place you wouldn't expect:
Iran. They finally agreed to stop their nuclear program for 6 months. And yes, boys and girls,
that means that President Obama is getting more cooperation right now from IRAN than
from the U.S. Congress. And it's got to be very stressful for him. And as his presidency
continues down the road, he's got to learn to be able to split his time between solving
those problems and his regular everyday duties.
Well one hopeful sign of 'civility' in the news came last week from a group of courteous,
modest gentlemen: Monty Python! Monty Python announced that they will perform together
again next year, and they'll try to replace the one member who died with someone who is
equally reserved, modest, humble, and pining for the fjords.
And now it's time to answer one of your news questions! Today's comes from Amy in Tucson
Arizona, hi, Amy! Amy writes, dear Uncle Jay: now that both the Xbox One and Playstation
4 are out, which one should I be begging for? There's no way I'm getting both, so what should
I choose? Thanks, Amy, that's a tough one, a lot of people don't know whether to get
one of those systems, or to go to Uncle J-Mart at unclejayexplains dot com, for a great selection
of gift ideas --- (starts over) Thanks, Amy, that's a tough one, lots of people are grappling
with it. Do you go with the system that's overpriced & literally spies on you when you're
in the room, or the one that's not quite as overpriced, but is more focused on games to
keep you inside and isolated? This is maybe even tougher, Amy, than deciding whether the
Hunger Games movies are deeper than the Twilight movies.
Don't forget, you can see more and send your questions to unclejayexplains dot com. Check
back every Monday when Uncle Jay explains the news, & remember: a great kid, is great
news!