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“Today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an ardent gun control advocate, moved to politicize the monstrous school shooting in Connecticut, issuing the following statement:

With all the carnage from gun violence in our country, it’s still almost impossible to believe that a mass shooting in a kindergarten class could happen. It has come to that. Not even kindergarteners learning their A,B,Cs are safe. We heard after Columbine that it was too soon to talk about gun laws. We heard it after Virginia Tech. After Tucson and Aurora and Oak Creek. And now we are hearing it again. For every day we wait, 34 more people are murdered with guns. Today, many of them were five-year olds. President Obama rightly sent his heartfelt condolences to the families in Newtown. But the country needs him to send a bill to Congress to fix this problem. Calling for ‘meaningful action’ is not enough. We need immediate action. We have heard all the rhetoric before. What we have not seen is leadership – not from the White House and not from Congress. That must end today. This is a national tragedy and it demands a national response. My deepest sympathies are with the families of all those affected, and my determination to stop this madness is stronger than ever.

If Bloomberg’s deepest sympathies were with the family, he wouldn’t use this as an opportunity to get on his soapbox about gun control. We don’t know all the facts of the case yet, Connecticut has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the country, and it seems that the shooter obtained his guns legally.”

The details have been released, here’s a quick summary:

20 year old Adam Lanza woke up this morning, stole his mom’s two guns and riffle, then shot and killed his own mother. After, he proceeded to her place of employment, the elementary school, and killed 20 children, ages 5-10, and 6 adults, including the principal.

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We live in a sick, sick, place. I lost a piece of what little faith I have left in this world. My heart and prayers go out to everyone affected.

4:52 p.m: Ryan Lanza, 24, brother of  gunman Adam Lanza, 20, tells authorities that his younger brother is autistic, or has Asperger syndrome and a “personality disorder.”  Neighbors described the younger man to ABC as “odd” and displaying characteristics associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

 

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A crazed gunman dressed in black went on a rampage at a Connecticut elementary school this morning, in a massacre that left the shooter and 26 dead others – including 18 children.

Adam Lanza, 20, shot his mother dead and targeted her kindergarten class at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., sources sais. Sources also told The Post that Lanza’s mother was a teacher at the school and he “had a dispute with her.”

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The shooter’s brother was found dead in NJ home.

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I have yet to confirm if this is indeed the shooter’s twitter account, CLICK HERE FOR TWITTER PAGE

Update: It appears this is not his twitter page.

When we first collected much of this data, it was after the Aurora, Colo. shootings, and the air was thick with calls to avoid “politicizing” the tragedy. That is code, essentially, for “don’t talk about reforming our gun control laws.”

Let’s be clear: That is a form of politicization. When political actors construct a political argument that threatens political consequences if other political actors pursue a certain political outcome, that is, almost by definition, a politicization of the issue. It’s just a form of politicization favoring those who prefer the status quo to stricter gun control laws.

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We’ve just learned that the shooter’s mom was a teacher at the elementary school, and is among the dead. Story still developing..

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I hope the fucker rots in hell, and if there is something worse than hell, I hope he ends up there.

“An agreement to update 24-year-old United Nations telecommunications rules was approved against the opposition of countries including the U.S. and the U.K., whose officials walked out on the talks on concerns about Internet regulation and censorship.

The new pact includes measures that would give countries a right to access international telecommunications services and the ability to block spam, which delegations declining to sign the amended text argued would pave the way for government censorship and control over the Web.

Canada, Denmark, Australia, Norway, Costa Rica, Serbia, Greece, Finland and others followed the U.S. in refusing to sign on these grounds. The countries who won’t sign the new treaty will continue to be bound by the 1988 version, said Sarah Parkes, a spokeswoman for the International Telecommunication Union.

“What is clear from the ITU meeting in Dubai is that many governments want to increase regulation and censorship of the Internet,” Google Inc. (GOOG), the world’s biggest search engine, said in a statement. “We stand with the countries who refuse to sign this treaty and also with the millions of voices who have joined us to support a free and open web.”

Talks at the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai this week were marked by disagreements between anti-regulation countries, including the U.S. and many European states, and a group that argued for some Internet measures to protect and advance networks, including Russia, China and several Middle Eastern nations.”

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“The Supreme Court is going to decide this term whether it’s okay for brand-name drug companies to pay generic drug makers to delay the release of their cheaper alternatives.

This so-called “pay for delay” practice costs consumers $3.5 billion each year in higher drug costs, the Federal Trade Commission claims.

On Friday, the justices agreed to hear three of these cases — including Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals.

Here’s how pay-for-delay typically works.

Brand-name drug makers sue generic companies for patent infringement, and then agree to withdraw the suits and pay some money to generics if they agree not to sell their cheaper drugs for a while…”

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High seas will make most people sick. Luxury liners get rid of that factor by choosing course and boating style, but they seem to have a hard time containing all sorts of illness.

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You have to have serious coin to drop if your going to toss $640k away for a parking spot. $2k per square foot….insane indeud!

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YoY prices also decreased significantly.

This is good news for the Fed as they have no fear of inflation.

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