Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:47am EST
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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.”
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Sat Dec 15, 2012 1:46am EST
Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:25pm EST
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.
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:20pm EST
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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Fri Dec 14, 2012 4:46pm EST
Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:43pm EST
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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Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:27pm EST
The shooter’s brother was found dead in NJ home.
Developing…
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:54pm EST
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.
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:36pm EST
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.
Article here
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:29pm EST
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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Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:23pm EST
Developing…
I hope the fucker rots in hell, and if there is something worse than hell, I hope he ends up there.
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:29pm EST
Cheers on your weekend!
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RESONANCE is a sensational eye opening documentary which reveals the harm we are doing by existing in an ocean of man made wireless frequencies. Two billion years ago life first arrived on this planet; a planet, which was filled with a natural frequency. As life slowly evolved, it did so surrounded by this frequency. and Inevitably, it began tuning in.
By the time mankind arrived on earth an incredible relationship had been struck; a relationship that science is just beginning to comprehend.
Research is showing that being exposed to this frequency is absolutely integral to us. It controls our mental and physical health, it synchronizes our circadian rhythms, and it aids our immune system and improves our sense of well being.
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:22pm EST
“Physicists have devised a new experiment to test if the universe is a computer.
A philosophical thought experiment has long held that it is more likely than not that we’re living inside a machine.
The theory basically goes that any civilisation which could evolve to a ‘post-human’ stage would almost certainly learn to run simulations on the scale of a universe. And that given the size of reality – billions of worlds, around billions of suns – it is fairly likely that if this is possible, it has already happened.
And if it has? Well, then the statistical likelihood is that we’re located somewhere in that chain of simulations within simulations. The alternative – that we’re the first civilisation, in the first universe – is virtually (no pun intended) absurd.
And it’s not just theory. We previously reported that researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany had found evidence the Matrix was less than fiction. That story was by far our most popular of the year – indicating it’s something about which you lot have wondered too…”
Full article
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:20pm EST
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:16pm EST
“The Obama administration has won a critical ruling in the upcoming military trial of the September 11, 2001, plotters that will keep the defendants from testifying about being tortured.
The Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense and the Federal Bureau of Investigation asked the military judge, Colonel James Pohl, to censor any statements from the detainees going on trial that reveal how they were tortured or abused by the U.S.
Pohl agreed with the agencies that classified information should not be disclosed during the proceedings, including any details about the use of interrogation techniques on the defendants.”
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:11pm EST
“NEWTOWN, Conn.—A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday left 27 people dead, including 18 children, an official with knowledge of the situation said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way. Another official said the gunman was among the dead. It wasn’t clear how many people were injured. The killings happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, about 60 miles northeast of New York City.
State police said Newtown police called them around 9:40 a.m. A SWAT team was among the throngs of police to respond.”
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Live coverage
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:07pm EST
YAWN! DOW off 11, S&P off 3, NASDAQ off 12, Gold flat, WTI up $0.76
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:09am EST
“More weakness in this week’s rail traffic report. The AAR reported a -0.3% reading in intermodal. This is the second consecutive negative weekly reading. This brings the 12 week moving average down to 1.3%. That’s about in-line with the consensus Q4 GDP predictions and indicative of an economy that is growing, but just slightly.
Here’s more via AAR: ”
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:06am EST
“The nation’s economy could take another multi-billion dollar hit if the International Longshoremen’s Association goes on strike at the end of this month at the nation’s major East Coast and Gulf Coast ports.
The contract between the ILA and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which negotiates on behalf of management of the ports, terminals and shipping lines, is due to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 30. It covers the 14 major ports stretching from Boston to Houston.”
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Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:02am EST
“Many American who lost middle-class jobs during the recession have been forced into low-paying positions, leading to a clamor for hikes in the minimum wage and more worker activism, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The National Employment Project calculated that of the 1.9 million jobs created during the recovery, 43 percent are in the low-wage industries of retail, food and employment services.
And according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about one-third of the 3 million Americans who lost their jobs from 2009 to 2011 saw their earnings drop by 20 percent or more upon finding new work. “
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