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Archives: December 17, 2012

Horses - Bronzed

I'm not a parent. I can't walk in your shoes, sit where you sit or fully understand.

I can hardly wait to hear or read what Limbaugh or Glenn Beck are going to say on their

School in CT preparing for Monday

I'm thinking it was a message for his father

Has anyone received a White House Holiday card?

Josh Brent, out on $500K bail, is on the sidelines at the Dallas Cowboys game today. Really?? WTF?

Thinking the Unthinkable

They're who we thought they were.

Remember when Big Tobacco collapsed?

Toys R Us query on "guns"

Heads up: Newtown interfaith service with the President coming up very soon.

Young parents eulogizing their 6 and 7 year old babies taken from them so horribly and senselessly.

Look at this ridiculous analogy I found on Facebook regarding guns

If You Can't Argue or Discuss A Point Without Calling Someone Names

Did any DUers attend church services today?

New jobs in MI? - Snyder said RTW laws would save the Michigan economy. He was right!

Honest question. I just heard a minister at the Newtown vigil

Poll Finds Jump in Support to Stricter Gun Laws

CNN should justs STFU already and let us experience this...nt

Ban on 30-Round Gun Magazines in Connecticut Died After Pressure

Quick question: What time does the President speak tonight?

Switch to CSPan for the live music rather than hearing the Jenny lady

Confederate flag in the gun shop on WLEX news

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 17 December 2012

Mormon church owns for profit unregulated gun sale website

In not a single case was the killing stopped by a civilian with a gun.

You know, guys.... ALL of those children were beautiful

Signs of optimism

Boehner offers to take debt limit off the table

For the younger members of DU, this is what it felt like when JFK was killed.

Potential School shooter.....arrested in IN

#Thatisall

Joplin Tornado Caused Fungal Infection Which Claimed 5 Lives

Lawsuit blames religious group for woman’s death after stillbirth

All 31 Pro-Gun Rights Senators Decline to Appear on “Meet the Press”, NRA's Facebook page disappears

*POTUS about to speak, in Newtown.

Whew! How about them Cowboys!!

Anyone read this blog entry regarding mental illness?

Chief: Ind. Man Wasn't Serious About School Threat

Mea Culpa to our sons and daughters, from your nation

OK, I finally got really choked up when I saw a picture of Victoria Soto..

The Hebrew Memorial Prayer

A Proposed Constitutional Amendment

Baha Mousa army doctor found guilty of dishonest conduct

Just a reminder for all the Rod Serling fans out there.

"Carol for Another Christmas" on TCM NOW - Not broadcast or available since 1964

Teachers & students are constantly getting into confrontations. Putting a gun in every teachers hand?

Stupid people

Sandy Hook Shooting Answers

Two U.S. graphs.

Interdenominational memorial service going on now in Newtown, CT.........

watching cbs now..

We are in a whole other level of meta right now.

You Want the 2nd Amendment? ok.

Archive of tonight's radio show regarding the Connecticut tragedy and the actions of Michigan's GOP

Anonymous goes after Westboro Church Group.."We will destroy you. We are coming"

A picture really is worth a thousand words.

Mayan Apocalypse Survival Tips

Literary gift suggestions. Something with amazing style and flavour...

Why the South Loves Guns

Is a First Selectman like a mayor?

LSD in the Cold War

President Obama to speak now nationally

And this is why he is OUR wonderful, comforting, compassionate president...

What does religion say about the Newtown tragedy?

How old were you when you lost your mind?

We can't tolerate this anymore. And to end this we must change.

'We can't tolerate this any longer.

Sedro-Woolley teen arrested after Facebook threat to 'shoot up' schools

"The answer is no, and we will have to change. We can't tolerate this anymore"

Freepers stand up for Victoria Jackson, who compared abortion to the Conn. massacre

Pajamas, bathrobe, warm socks, and DU.

Something has to be done about gun laws.

Our President is a Good Man.

I think people are really overlooking the biggest issue here.

"Are we prepared to say we're powerless in the face of such carnage?"

You have a Nobel Peace Prize, Mr. President.

This is Obama's Finest Hour.

The Secret History of Guns

Naming their names...........

I'm weeping.

Damn.

That was an absolutely beautiful speech.

Arlen Specter did not propose the "magic bullet theory"

Happy Kayakers

Clown nose

‘These Tragedies Must End,’ Obama Says

What was your favorite item(s) which you were outbid on Ebay or other auction?

How many of you would be willing to limit magazine capacity to save one child's life?

And so we move forward..with the resolve we always have.

Idiots complain about President Obama pre-empting football (Language warning)

I am going there. I can't even imagine Mitt Romney reaching out to a community like this.

Amber coast - Dominican Republic

President Obama Speaks at Newtown Vigil - 'We Can't Tolerate This Anymore'

I see my grandchildren...they're 3, 6, 8, and 10 years old...

Police Confirm Two Officers Shot At Topeka Grocery Store

Thank you Mr. President...For the Children of the World

Here are your parasites and terrorists.

DOJ Lawyers: Drone Targets Receive 'Due Process' But We Won't Say How

Question about Jury Service

My message to politicians...

I'm proud of our President

Semi-auto AR-15 bumpfires 100 rounds in 6 seconds. How is this not an "assault weapon"?

Not again...

'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother' A Mom's Perspective On The Mental Illness Conversation In America

It’s Easier For Americans To Access Guns Than Mental Health Services

I guess I'm going to watch a (cable) movie now. What's on. I never do this. Boring. n/t

He moved me to new tears, our President did. Careful. Mournful. Brilliant. He walked the line.

Until I have my tap water tested, I'm using a combo of PUR water filtration

another 28 dead...when will it STOP

Yes, American violence IS connected to its foreign policy.

Jim Rogers...Peter Schiff etc...?

Just watched, "A Carol for Another Christmas" on TCM

The higher the income gap, the higher the mental illness. USA tops in both.

dick armey resigns from freedom works

Wow, just wow. I thought today's racists were a bit more discreet. This is shocking.

Message to gun owners about your right to bear arms.

It would be nice if the NRA actually came forward and proposed an assault weapon ban.

Israeli election polls: Netanyahu losing support to the extreme right

So this is what happens when a poster self-deletes during a jury...

Top Ten Conservative Idiots (New Edition #2)

The only group that didn't make a statement or offer sympathy to the families was the NRA

94,388 people have been shot in the US this year...

I think it would be really cool to go to a taping of Iron Chef

You have the right to own a musket and make the musket balls in your house.

Obama in Newtown...Let’s keep them safe from harm

Ana Marquez-Greene

Anyone know the ratio of criminals to guns?

Dear Victoria Jackson - FUCK YOU you awful mean shell of a human being....

If it were possible to simply outlaw guns, would you?

Anderson Cooper is going through each victim...

Anderson Cooper Doing Excellent Segment Remembering Each Victim on CNN

One child or teen every three hours.

Excerpt from Gun & Ammunition Manufacturing Report (posted without comment, my emphasis)

NRA Finally Responds: "Until The Facts Are Thoroughly Known, NRA Will Not Have Any Comment"

Venezuela government sweeps vote, but Capriles holds seat

Lanza AND James Holmes (Batman)Dad's BOTH testifying in LIBOR scandal?

My Birther cousin is spouting gun-nut shit on Facebook.

You Will Never Be Forgotten

Four steps for preventing gun violence.

Transcript & video of POTUS speech tonight up

For Old Times' Sake

So How Would A POTUS Romney Handled....

I had held it together until now...

So, why not regulate guns the way we regulate cars?

A Dexter finale for the ages

Turnbull targets Murdoch over guns

"It's Okay, I Know Karate. I will lead the way out!"

Obama: ‘I Will Use Whatever Power This Office Holds’ To Prevent Tragedies Like This...

** Last Call to Submit an Image for the December Contest **

Anyone think drugs may have been a factor with the shooter?

A few words about teachers

Two Topeka police officers shot outside market and have died

One unsuccessful shoe bomber quickly resulted in every passenger having to remove his/her shoes

Should we abolish our military? Would wars end if we did?

"Waiting for the good guys" by ROGER SIMON at Politico

The Republicans have become the "Bizarro Party"

His Gettysburg Address

Are drugs a gateway to Christianity?

If I had any guns . . .

Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

One small positive

You have ignored us and laughed at us. Now you fight us. And we will win.

Avielle Richman

President Obama’s speech at prayer vigil for Newtown shooting victims (Full transcript)

It’s easier in America to buy a gun than French cheese

Some realistic advice:

One would think the "Right to Life" Republicans would be all over the slaughter of innocents

Obama Speaks at Newtown Vigil "You are not alone" (this copy is in sync)

** Last Call to Submit an Image for the December Photography Contest **

The President's speech was extremely hard and extremely gutsy

“Take That N****r Off The TV, We Wanna Watch Football!”: Idiots Respond To NBC Pre-Empting SNF

What does it say about a country when guns are legal

There's only one thing more stupidly tragic than what happened on Friday,

RUN. HIDE. FIGHT. Surviving an Active Shooter Event

Breaking News: Shooting at Movie Theater in San Antonio TX.

He “Barely Said a Word”

It is so much easier to ignore people here than to block them on FB.

"Here Are Your Parasites and Terrorists, M*ther F*ckers!"

ATF: Gunman, mother visited shooting range

Obama said, "You are not alone."

Turn the Sunday night game back on

A Note From Michael Moore

The least abridged "right" in America is the right to own a gun

An affair to remember......that bump on Cary Grant's forehead is driving me crazy....

“Take That N****r Off The TV, We Wanna Watch Football!”: Idiots Respond To NBC Pre-Empting Sunday Ni

If a few bad eggs cause other recipients of welfare to take drug tests

Soldier killed at Fort Hood after firing at officers

I just returned from New York City..........Ask me anything....

Getting money out of politics--Move to Amend events

Hello gungeon, I've come to join the discussion.

A Note From Michael Moore "... I tried to ring a warning bell ..." #SchoolShooting

Pro-gun America quiet, contemplative in wake of Sandy Hook massacre

i just had a very frank conversation with my cousin

Another Day, another gun nut at a school...

Police investigate gunfire at movie theater

"Tax Cuts Steal from the Future"

UK announces first-ever Tech Envoy to Israel

KKK Counterprotests Westboro Church Picketing School Shooting Scene

I just unblocked everyone who was blocked from this group

How do we stop the shootings when there are soooooooo many guns out there?

Mother of Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza 'was a gun obsessive living in fear of society's collapse'

Some facts to share...

Michelle Rhee had nerve to say Newtown schools needed her and her group to become better.

Marsha Brady Drops her Purse.....

Ind. man with 47 guns arrested after school threat

So, the AWB never sunset in Connecticut?

Bobby Kennedy, "We can do better in this country". Some history ...

Best Political Cartoons of the Week

Tell Fox News to take Mike Huckabee off the air unless he apologizes immediately.

Nancy Lanza feared son, Adam, was ‘getting worse’; told friend ‘he was burning himself ~ Daily News

The President of the United States of America has a message for you...

Saying this here on DU and on FB

2 Kansas officers fatally shot outside market

Campaigners protest the Vatican in support of marriage equality

What if “gun control” is impossible? By Alex Pareene for salon.com

President Obama holding the granddaughter of Principal Dawn Hochsprung

A medical doctor joined DU and the health group to comment on my post and it was labeled SPAM

At this point, a love of guns is as historically attuned as a love of slavery.

I need to find something to do on Sundays now..

Bomb Kills Ten Young Girls in Eastern Afghanistan

President Obama Holds Principal Hocksprung's Granddaughter and Other Pics

Ron Weiser, RNC Finance Chair, Criticized For Controversial Detroit Voter Remarks

How come my dog acts like I stole her soul when I take off her collar?

Is that big Neon BillBoard in NYC up still counting the deficit? How about

A Gun Sanity Agenda

U.S. wants Chevron to justify new pipe

Newtown CT is not the Norman Rockwell painting we keep hearing about from Anderson Cooper

shooting at a San Antonio Movie theater

and you want to cut big bird?

(Thimerosal ban) Vaccine Rule Is Said to Hurt Health Efforts

This country is pretty screwed up

Bacon - (refresh of rules from 7 months ago)

Homeland--spoilers

Image: President Obama Holds The Granddaughter Of Sandy Hook's Slain Principal

Gloat Free NBA Scores (Sunday, December 16)

"Buying cheap plastic toys made in China really is helping to make poverty history."

'Useless, useless, useless': the Palestinian verdict on Tony Blair

Thom Hartmann & Ron Ross: "Inequality in Perspective"

I keep hearing that Westboro is really a group of lawyers out to make money by suing

Powerful Storm Headed for Seattle, Northwest

Snowing in Arizona

Something I want to say to the gunners.

Schools defy Perry to race for funding

"The aliens tried to microwave the baby; again!"

Former Colombia Police General sentenced to 13 years in US prison .

Army capture lawyer accused of helping AUC steal land .

Fashion Island mall gunman was 'venting' police say

Just fixed me a big hot steamin' bowl of Cream of Wheat with bacon bits on top

Venezuelans elect pro-Chavez candidates

Venezuelans elect pro-Chavez candidates

The 6 craziest state gun laws

For victims of Jewish center shooting, massacre renews their pain

Richard Engel missing in Syria?

How close have any of you been to being the victim of gun violence?

I'm going to bed. Ask me anything

Teenager's Faith At Odds With Locator Tags In School IDs

Uruguayan teen attempts imitation of U.S. school massacre

Uruguayan teen attempts imitation of U.S. school massacre

I'd like to start a gun control activism group

What's for Dinner ~ Monday Dec 17th

I'm outta here, just for a few hours, too damned depressing over there.

I don't see increased Federal Gun Control as stopping mass shootings. I support it.

Oklahoma 3-Year-old Dead - He Found a Gun in the House

Syria bombs Palestinian Refugee Camp: Dozens feared dead.

Workers say charity gave little money to vets

Whitehouse.gov petition launched to posthumously award Medal of Freedom to Victoria Soto

Ex-babysitter: Mother of Newtown School Shooter Warned Me About Him (Never Turn Your Back on Him)

preparation for an economic collapse

President Obama in Newtown - full speech video and text

I've gone through the gun forum and

this time ..its different...I solemnly swear to keep up the fight

PHOTO: President Obama cheers up siblings of child killed in Sandy Hook

Gunman Shoots 1 in Texas Movie Theater Parking Lot

As Alice said, we have to believe 6 impossible things before breakfast:

Lake Ellsworth: Drilling effort runs into trouble

Reservoirs can make local flooding worse, says study

How did I know that it would be Mica who spoke about the school slaughter and not

America's Most Dangerous Enemy

The historical myth that Reagan raised $1 in taxes for every $3 in spending cuts

Shots Fired, Patrons Panic at San Antonio Theater

Are We Any Safer Now that the U.S. Intelligence Community Has Come Out of the Shadows?

12 Cool Holiday Traditions That Aren't About God or Shopping

"It's time to talk about mental illness."

6 Ways to Replace Violence With a Culture of Caring

Hollywood?? WTF?

When they've lost Joe

Joe Scarborough just came out in favor of assault weapons ban along

DOJ Lawyers: Drone Targets Receive 'Due Process' But We Won't Say How

Got Marcy one of these in blue, it squeaks and she loves it.

Not just talk... not just try.... do.

Working class to begin Ritz boycott

Newtown shooting: when it comes to guns and violence, America is like a failed state

Former poster boy of Icelandic boom charged with criminal offences

Chained CPI Imposes Painful Social Security Benefit Cuts and a Benefit Bump-Up Provides Only Limited

Hypocrisy of the NRA Owned Senators

Quit Blaming God and a "Godless" Society for Political Cowardice

Ivory sales must stop or Africa's elephants could soon be extinct, says Jane Goodall

Three days without hate radio has given sanity a head start... is it enough?

Thousands more households could be in fuel poverty by Christmas{uk}

11 YRS OLD EXPOSES MONSANTO AND TELLS MONSANTO WHERE THEY CAN SHOVE IT

PLEASE tell me this is a hoax - **WARNING** 19th century language

Gun Control Laws: After Sandy Hook, Poll Finds Bump In Support For Greater Restrictions

Thinking the Unthinkable: On Mental Health, My Son, and Gun Violence

Students nervously return to school after shooting

What kind of gun nut are you?

Chris Hedges: Egypt’s New Pharaoh

Any Deaf people around?

I've shot an AR-15, and frankly, it feels like a toy, is too easy, is too powerful, deceivingly so

When this nation finally bans assault weapons, do not blame any elected official

Neil Young once sang: "4 Dead In Ohio, How Many More?"

Why are the same people who are so quick to advocate drug tests for welfare recipients....

My suggestions for some changes to the current gun laws

I'm done arguing with gun proponents

If you really want gun control, please don't crap on people concerned with the culture of violence.

I would like to offer,

US National Rifle Association calls for ban on ‘schools’

An armed society is the opposite of a civil society.

I'm weary from how much disagreement there is here on DU about the causes of gun violence.

Gun-rights advocates feeling heat after school shooting

I was just on a jury for an alert that falsely claimed personal information was posted

do you support or oppose laws that prevent doctors from talking about guns with their patients?

banner ad in this page is for concealed carry magazine

Eddie Kendricks - Girl You Need A Change Of Mind

The Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good To You

I've always believed in gun control but because of this, I am now, and forever will be, an activist.

Earth Wind & Fire - Reasons

Obama wants tax at $250K and Up. Boner is offering a $M and Up . . . . . . what to do?

Happiness is....

It is dangerous to conflate entertainment (movies, games) with guns / poor health care

99% Of PA Bats Dead From White-Nose, But Protecting Remainder Too Expensive, Say Industries

I walked Josie to her class today

Where do some people get the unfounded idea that "Obama's gonna take away our guns?" Did Rush

Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (Live)

Nancy Lanza was a victim and an accomplice

Kurt Cobb - Given Long History Of Absurdities, Why Believe Official Oil Production Forecasts Now?

Joe Scarborough!!!

Intellectual property crime unit to be set up by City police

america's teachers: heroes or greedy moochers at the public trough?

Capital Investigation: Drug use, party culture at Naval Academy

What's the next RW talking point on guns?

Obama to be re-elected Monday (by Electoral College)

A mega-watt wind-power-plant... made entirely of wood and glue.

I wonder how many children have been killed in the endless wars in Iraq & Afghanistan?

how the fed's let industry pollute the nation's underground water supply

"...big government, small government..."

I can not believe there are people on du openly calling for censorship to curb our "violent media"

guns in america: musings on our national psychosis

The DUer asked - "How, specifically?" As in - What Can We DO (to force changes in gun laws)?

Obama Holds Granddaughter of slain Sandy Hook School Principal---"My Mother Would be So Proud....."

Virus rebuilds heart's own pacemaker in animal tests

Index to SSRI/violence stories

So, it is now ok for DUers to tell other DUers to fuck off because they disagree over an issue...

Just looked at Ohio's map

Interesting, someone who never posted on DU, but voted in my poll and was on juries

The bizarre "logic" of Mike Huckabee

GOP Leaders Finally Ready to Cave on Taxing the Rich

John Kerry--This is a BIG Mistake

Is gun ownership a form of "expression" protected by the 1st Amendment?

I'm off to school. Haven't been this anxious since my first day teaching.

Anyone with a child like Adam Lanza should

Nikki Haley is going to

Survey (AW Ban) needs some DU love.

Gun Control Lessons from Lyndon Johnson

Wendell Potter: Don't Raise the Medicare Eligibility Age

Dukakis seen as possible Senate replacement if Kerry tapped for State

a tax on guns and ammo

Pentagon's Global Strike Weapon Stuck In Limbo; Congress Fears Accidental WWIII

What makes America’s gun culture totally unique in the world, in four charts (It's the Guns, Stupid)

New York Times article today

NJ already requires 2 people to vouch for your character

Monday Toon Roundup 1- Gun Massacre

10 Nonviolent Ways to Thwart a Westboro Baptist Church Protest

Monday Toon Roundup 2-The Rest

Mom says 'I am Adam Lanza's mother,' details life with terrifying son

McDonald's Wants Its Stores Open On Christmas Day {no overtime}

Let's put a stop RiGHT NOW to any argument of false equivalency!!!

New 'Hobbit' film makes some moviegoers sick

Joe Madison: Show the dead children nation wide to wake this country up on gun violence

Boehner’s Offer: We’ll Only Raise Taxes On Millionaires If You Let Us Cut Medicare Benefits

Don't believe the extremists: No Big Changes In Leaked Draft AR5 Report

Pssst. PSSSST!!! I really hate to be the one to break it to you... but it's Monday already.

Jen knows that efficient time management is the BEST way to get Tobin to spend more time wth her.

GRANDPARENT'S PATIENT REVENGE!!!! (Nana and PawPaw are enjoying the HELL out of this!!!)

The Evolution of Cultural Icons of Beauty:

MiddleFingerMom is quickly becoming a prolific graffiti artiste.

MFM believes that if he's gonna pose for a drunken naked pic, it should be an EPIC drunken naked pic

The NRA and news cycles.

F-35 mess puts a hole in Harper’s credibility

Maybe guns are addictive. I've heard that

Is Medicare age hike off the table?

F-35 also contentious in Florida town

Take-That-N____r-Off-the-TV-We-Wanna-Watch-Football!

Photos of the President with kids of CT

How long before Fox uncovers the "truth"

So a priest, a minister, and a rabbi get on Good Morning America

Dungeons and Dragons and Rock Music are warping our kids.

Vultures over Connecticut

I'm Just Not Ready To Accept That We Have To Have Gun Massacres All The Time

Manchin: ‘We need action’ on gun violence

Fuck the 2nd Amendment!!!

Josh Marshall: "lot of folks who believe we’re free in the US because of guns."

Manchin: Time For Gun Control ‘Action’ After CT Shooting

A great example of gun control success here in America.

Presenting America’s Ten Greediest of 2012

Big Money, ALEC, and the Gun Agenda

Haley to name Tim Scott to Senate Seat (SC)

Victoria Jackson's OUTRAGEOUS!!! commits about the CT shooting

Are you trying to cure the fellow, or teach him a lesson?

I think the problem is that we make suicidal violent people famous

The GOP's Electoral College Scheme

This Modern World: Generic Cartoon, To Be Reused Over and Over Again, Unfortunately.

Question. If the assault weapons ban is just "cosmetic", then why are NRAers so strongly opposed?

What The World Needs Now Is Love -- What's It All About Alfie?

A modest proposal for the President: Invite Rep. Carolyn McCarthy to the White House

This Modern World: Generic gun massacre cartoon - Save & Re-Use - over & over & over & over...

DU POLL: How F'ed up is America anymore?

Can ONE of the gun owner/ NRA members of DU answer a couple of questions for me?

10 Nonviolent Ways to Thwart a Westboro Baptist Church Protest

Schools In Ridgefield, Conn., Are On Lockdown While Police Search For A Reportedly Armed Man

(Many) Gun advocates here and elsewhere want to SILENCE discussion of gun control

Newtown, CT: Home of the National Shooting Sports Foundation

People Voluntarily Giving Up Their Guns

Pic Of The Moment: Surely We Can Do Better Than This

Time to Stop Restricting Abortion and Start Restricting Assault Weapons

Just heard on NPR that the youngest boy was SHOT 11 times!!!

Gandhi: You have to stand and face down the Unspeakable.

When Democrats won on guns

Our Exceptional President

Helen, of Margaret & Helen blog, hits another home run:

Freaks and Geeks fans--read the latest Vanity Fair.

Time to profile white men?

Wresting Gun Policy From the Hands of the Radical Fringe: A Q&A With Garen Wintemute

Please tell me I was not the only parent who worried about dropping my child off at school today?

This won't wash away the horrors of Sandy Hook but don't totally give up on humanity

Occupy the NRA

Anti-Obama Tweet During Sunday Night Football Gets Division II Football Player Kicked Off Team

Anti-Gun Control Groups Spent 19 Times As Much On Lobbying As Pro-Gun Control Groups This Year

The Ghosts of Christmas...

Cameroon upholds 3-year term for gay text message

Is this where this post belongs?

Building a Nonviolent Culture After Newtown

so, suddenly it's folks over a million dollars and medicare is on the table?....no deal boehner

Cops just arrested someone in front of my school.

Poll request: Can someone ask the board a four-choice question about video games and violence?

"In not a single case was the killing stopped by a civilian using a gun."

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 17, 1990

The NRA is a Right Wing organization

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 17, 1990

Has DU Admin indicated when Gun threads in GD will start being locked again?

To serve on jury: one year membership and 1,000 posts

It's Christmas. Time for Jesus to come out.

Survivor Philippines - the person I wanted to win actually won

Both Parties in Congress May Have Reason for January Deal

Publicize the Names of Every Legislator Receiving NRA Money

austin trail of lights

Murdered Principal's Recent Tweets. (Apparently she followed the Ravitch blog.)

a flash mob

Here's a firearms compromise I've often thought of (involves a lot of give from both sides)

Drumbeat from this weekend and today...

Drumbeat from this weekend and today...

Two weeks before the playoffs, who's the Super Bowl favorite?

Why not go to single payer to aid in "entitlement" cuts? It seems to me that we know it would

So the next time a republican calls teachers

Scalia’s Son: Don’t Label Kids ‘Gay’ Or It’s Harder To Condemn Them

"One failed attempt at a shoe bomb and we all take off our shoes at the airport..."

Time to profile white men?

Dean Baker: Boehner Wants CUTS to Social Security and Medicare, not "Changes"

Cities Act To Protect LGBT Citizens When States Won’t

The new meme: "It's a form of McCarthyism"

It is time for the majority of lawmakers to say,

"Consider Your Man Card Re-Issued"

Appears the Pope has completely lost his mind

Serious question for teachers, teacher cert students, parents

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia expected to pass LGBT discrimination amendment

"Make my day" and all that goes with it...

To see how complex the issue of guns is, read this article about Newtown CT

So what are the age limits to these Make a Wish things that people get toward the end of their lives

Evolution Made Clear for Kids in “Pepper’s Special Wings”...

Maddow shows why the NRA is just a ‘Republican interest group’

NRA member Sen. Manchin says Newtown shooting should open assault weapons debate

My letter to my Congressman

It's time to amend the second amendment. A new amendment may be needed

In other news...Bristol Palin’s Failed Reality Show Received $354,348 In Taxpayer Dollars

Voluntary assault weapons buyback

LynneSin again wins "Best Christmas Sweater" at the annual Lounge Holiday Party!

Roger Simon: Waiting for the good guys. Obama, guns and Newtown

gun violence

Lebkuchen

What gun control?

May I ask of DU to Twt @Current

Norway Begins Four Year Test Of Thorium Nuclear Reactor

It is theoretically possible for an armed teacher to kill a shooter in a school

I've haven't said anything about gun-control on this site until now but the elephant...

Berlusconi announces engagement to 27 yo before divorce; sex trial verdict may be before election

Teachers Pay Should Be On The Table At This Time As Well

'DU rec' if you think this is the solution to the gun control debate in the United States

This country and much of the world has reached a crisis of conscience

Authorities probe report of swimmer riding sperm whale that died off Fla. coast

David Morrison is Kryptonite for the world's conspiracy craziness

The NRA hoax

Weather report for the coming apocalypse.

BB guns that look real...

I have no idea what the solution is to gun violence in schools

Appears the Pope has completely lost his marbles

High wind warnings?

Israel Pushes On With East Jerusalem Building Plan That Angered Americans In 2010

Names of the 31 senators who are anti gun control??

New Zealand Government Fund Divests From Israeli Firms Over Settlement Construction

What will the Michigan legislature do this week?

Pit bulls and guns: I realized this morning that the arguments tend to follow the same lines:

Santa doesn't need secret service.

E-mailed and called my Repub Congressman about gun control a few minutes ago.

New Jersey Lawmakers Move to Tackle Conversion Therapy

I am Facebook friends with Ryan Lanza (Salon)

Candy or food with strange names:

The focus on Mass Shootings is understandable, but not optimal policy

I call BS: Connecticut shooter's father in "disbelief".

For gun apologists: Dead Dead Dead Dead Dead...

Guns and Minds:

But guns help me defend myself against guns! Don't ban guns!

Chart: The U.S. has far more gun-related killings than any other developed country

Charlie Theron back in the US after spending six months filming Mad Max.

Armed guards in every school! Video surveillance of every corner!

Why is gun porn allowed on DU GD forum?

Rush Limbaugh has started his program with an attempt to "re-educate" his audience. Scary stuff.

is the name "Bushmaster" racist?

Papantonio: Energy Drink Dangers Exposed

I am so befuddled? Long time lurker - short time poster asks....

Newtown CT is not the Norman Rockwell painting we keep hearing about from Anderson Cooper

Nobody needs to own a gun. NOBODY.

Goodbye to Abbott. It's our last 2 hours together

Confessions Of A Former NRA Supporter

Before you blame violent video games, you might want to find out what's in those games.

On Their Doorstep (picture)

These images are haunting...at least to me...

The very last thing...

Nine appalling gun laws backed by the right wing = ALEC

Oklahoma 3-year-old dies in accidental shooting, authorities say

Homicide the Leading Cause of Death for Brazilian Teens

Woman found shot to death in Grand Rapids apartment; young son 'thought she was sleeping'

American Preacher Slams US Opposition to Uganda Law

To those who try to say "these things happen"...

The Rude Pundit: Guns and Minds

Look at how we treat guns in our society... (pic heavy)

The gun lobbies spent over 17 million to defeat Obama and the Democrats, and they still lost

1970: 50% of households have firearms. 2012 32% of households have firearms, and dropping.

Yoga Class Draws a Religious Protest

Deleting as dupe -sorry about that!

Club For Growth Turns On Boehner: ‘This Is The Republican Position?’

facebook checkmate ( I think) ....

A [map] collection that identifies California as a world apart (LA Times)

British Nix Hebrew From Foreign Language Options

Ex-babysitter says Newtown, Conn. school shooter Adam Lanza's mother warned: Don't turn your back

Motion to the Members of DU

Golden Globes slighted Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.

Senate Filibuster Reform Closing In On Majority

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Under Investigation For Use Of Private Email Accounts

Thank you, President Obama.

Anonymous hits Westboro Baptist Church over Sandy Hook picket plans

Police Begin Investigations Into Michigan Protest Incidents

Faithful America calling on Fox to Dump Huckabee.

Poll in GD to remove this forum

Club For Growth Urges Senators To Reject Hurricane Sandy Aid Package

NEX and M4/3 users. There are great deals on the Sigma 19mm and 30mm 2.8 lenses.

It's not the guns or mental illness - it is our fear everything/end of the world culture...

Newtown Tragedy: The Horror of No Future

Depardieu says he paid 85% of his 2012 income to taxes

In Search of the Guns & Freedom Unicorn

President Obama in Newton, with the siblings of those that lost their lives.

How To Be an Awesome Person on Social Networks

Mom says 'I am Adam Lanza's mother,' details life with terrifying son

The NRA is a wholly owned subsidiary of the gun industry

a modest proposal. you can arm yourself to the teeth.

So, Nancy Lanza was a doomsday "prepper" & survivalist:

Should law enforcement officers be stripped of lethal arms?

Can we all just settle down?

Canada & US - The Difference

Michigan: Gov. Snyder Pledges To Reconsider Gun Legislation, Recalls U-M Shooting

Best Political Cartoons of the Week

Limbaugh is blaming video games and Hollywood.

The 2012 LUMP OF COAL List

Richard Engel is Missing in Syria; NBC News Enforces News Blackout

Just think how Mitt Romney would have reacted to this shooting if he'd been elected...

This Tragedy Has Hit Me So Hard

On the gun issues, specifically, I stand with Michael Bloomberg.

NRA Fades To Black On Social Media After Conn. Shooting

Edward Kent lamp

Correlation (Voting Republican and poverty best predictors of state murder rate)

Not To Be Accused Of Being Insensitive But The Cable News Reporting On This Tragedy Seems ..

Sandy Hook got me to thinking about the Chatooga river

Amidst all the calls to outlaw gun ownership, where is the concern for mental health care?

Man held in alleged threats to LA schools

Chris Hayes described this horror best on Saturday when he said that, "The abject moral obscenity"

Has anyone received this post on facebook:

My guess is

Let's think about the need for weapons to repel an out of control government coming for YOU.

Electoral College set to affirm Obama re-election

Here in Southeast Missouri, I really want to scream

FOR THE LAST TIME, STOP CONFLATING VIOLENCE AND MENTAL ILLNESS

Radioactive hot spots remain at former research facility's site (LA Times)

Colorado background check submissions for guns break all records

26 Christmas trees line the road leading up to the school...

With all The Sadness Going Around... I thought you might like this (Best Surprise Ever!)

I would support a federal ban on all CCL & open carry laws

Do you think video games promote guns and gun violence?

My Idea for gun control

A Three-Year-Old in the Family Made Us All Laugh

A question for every Republican blaming our Mental Health system for the Newtown shooting...

I speak for myself here but I am willing to bet I speak

I am a responsible automobile owner.

yahoo front page poll - is it the right time to debate gun laws?

Richard Engel is Missing in Syria; no contact with NBC since Thursday

Michigan Republicans Deny Police Officers and Firefighters the Right to Work

Kidergarten Teachers Packin HEAT: PERFECT for indoctrinating young minds into the GUN CULTURE

I would support a national registry for all mental health patients

commitment poll

Access to psychiatric care isn't the biggest problem imho

Tea Party Group Blames Connecticut Shooting On Teachers, Unions, And Sex

Mark Warner Another NRA “A” Democrat For Gun Control After Newtown

A few days before this last shooting, there was one in Portland Oregon

Two minute Star Trek Into Darkness teaser

You think we will regret filibuster reform if we lose the senate in 2014?

Eric Cantor’s letter spells out the continuing ALEC/Koch right-wing agenda

Sandy Hook: One little girl survived by playing dead Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2012/12/17/

"You misspell!"

Teachers cant give our kids an Aspirin but they should be armed and trained to take out a gunman?

Scarborough Questions Gun Stance: ‘Ideologies Of My Past Career’ No Longer ‘Relevant’

I don't want to live in a Combat Zone.

Fiscal Cliff Talks Center on $2 Trillion Proposal

KRUGMAN: "Boehner-McConnell position still a joke---just marginally less funny than previous joke"

Meet Sen. Tim Scott: The Tea Party Lawmaker Who Wanted To Impeach President Obama And Kick Kids Off

Mental health programs in our county are

This deadly item is banned in the USA (I own it..I'm not even allowed to re-sell it.. too dangerous)

This 6-Year-Old Survivor's Story May Be the Most Intense from Newtown Yet

So finally, some teachers got some good press. But they had to die to get it.

Not every bad influence should be banned

Please join the Brady Campaign

(Gov R-NE) Heineman: Too early to talk gun control

I've been negligent ...

What is the environmental damage from shooting?

Post-Sandy Hook polling shows strong support for new control measures

(VA Repub guv candidate) Cuccinelli Blasts Catholic Church for supporting immigrants, the poor

A reflection shot I did not enter

When high-capacity magazines are justified

Armed drones for a national security state!

(VA Repub guv candidate) Cuccinelli Blasts Catholic Church for supporting immigrants, the poor

my YouTube comment received too many negative votes??????

Wicked Words: Religious Right Leaders Blame Newtown Shooting On Church-State Separation

Circulating on FB:Arming teachers worked for Israel and Thailand

Guess which one of these items is banned in the US because of the danger it poses?

I've never understood Charles Krauthammer's conservatism.

I believe all this talk from our "friends" across the aisle about backing some form of gun . . . . .

Gun victims: Just the facts.

Boehner Proposes Replacing Medicare with Applebee’s Coupon

Richard Engel is Missing in Syria!!!

Sometimes it's only proper...

Dear Washington and Colorado Tokers: the Whole World is Watching

20 People Murdered with Spoons, Big Macs, and Lawn Jarts...

Gun Sales Have Gone Up Since Obama Became President

On International Migrants Day, Black Voices Call For Immigration Reform With Racial Equity

Not exactly a bright spot, I guess, but more of an interesting incident.

Vikings Punter Chris Kluwe Extends His Gay Activism

Part of the gun legislation we need to be talking about: Buybacks.

If a 20-year-old watches a movie or plays a video game...

Bill Saturno: Adding Time to the Maya Clock (National Geographic)

Another name for the Tea Party Nation:

For all the gun enthusiasts who claim they are being "silenced"....

Primary Data: Deportations of Parents of U.S. Citizen Kids

So now if I oppose the spread of the security state I am a racist/classist?

Marine proposes to his partner at the White House

“If you're out walking, we're going to stop you, ask why you're out walking, check for your ID,”

Suggesting a cause led to or contributed to a tragedy doesn't necessarily eliminate other causes or

An excellent question from Aasif Mandvi....

Electoral College makes it official

Life-Supporting Methane Zone on Titan?

Ministry to advance approvals of 6,500 units in east J'lem

Did anyone watch...

3,500 Comments Later, Racist Conservatives Apparently Don't Like Jamie Foxx and Django Very Much

Conservative Group Tells Republicans To Hold Hurricane Sandy Relief Package Hostage

MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN MAKES HISTORIC PROPOSAL INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE

In all the talk about mental illness,

Mathematics of ancient carvings reveals lost language

This is frustratingly stupid....

Gun Control is working in Australia

Ellsberg, et.al. launch Freedom Of The Press Foundation

Too Young For This

"a greater danger of swimming accidents" Quote from gun lobby HQed in Newtown.

Scarborough bucks NRA and past ‘ideologies’ to back gun ban

Freepers Really are Sick Fucks

Bangladesh factory fire was "act of sabotage", says official inquiry

Christianity Has Pagan DNA: Mystery Religions and Early Christianity in the Roman Empire

The Times They Are A'Changin

R.A. Dickey going to Toronto Blue Jays

The power of the National Rifle Association, in one graph

Neil Macdonald: Death and delusion in a nation of assault rifles

Need a fun little distraction? Try "TIMER"

One reason NRA and gun lobby NEED to assault weapons: decline of hunting

For my 10,000th post...

Berkeley Commission Wants City Declared a "No Drone Zone"

Tea Party Nation chimes in... Disarm the Unions and make people like George Zimmerman school guards

Remember ....

Mercury Retrowhat? Oh Astrology . . . . . (I wonder what our astrologer would say...)

Oh Boo-fucking-Hoo. Shut up, you whiners! You hear me? Shut Up!!

Awesomeness! 'He Had The Courage To Say No'

Thoughts/Prayers Are NOT Enough - We're going to talk about guns-Just TRY To Shut Us Up.

Obama won't be "spending capital" by working on gun laws, he'll be

Death toll from Super Typhoon Bopha rises above 1,000

Some Unlikely Democrats Join in Push for New Gun Laws

Gretchen Carlson moved to tears as Mike Huckabee urges America not to be ashamed to believe in God

You Can Now Donate to WikiLeaks Again! (link)

2013 VA Governors Race-Terry McAulliffe-Gun Control

Newtown holds the first funerals for the victims

Skinner, please re-assert "Gun Threads in Gungeon Only" rule asap.

President Responds to Note on Newtown Board

NEWSFLASH!

JetBlue Delivers Farewell Letters To Be Buried With 6-Year-Old Newtown Shooting Victim Noah Pozner

Proposed: The Gun Control Act of 2013

Forget the Trilateral Commission. I think the dangers of the Quadrilateral Commission have

Federal agents say gunman in the Newtown shootings had fired weapons at shooting ranges, not recentl

Howard Kurtz: Tragedy brings out best, worst of media

James Blunt settles phone-hacking action with News International (Murdoch corporation)

Our Mental Health Care System is a Sick Joke

Maldives police accused of civil rights abuses being trained by Scottish police

How does the right to vote compare to right to bear arms?

£5bn illegally taken out of Zambia over past decade, says report

So I was called in to sub late this morning at our local rural elementary school

Thom Hartmann: Safety Net? Could this be a Todd Aiken moment for Obama?

Ohio ex-governor Ted Strickland says gun rights, limits can co-exist

"an armed society is the opposite of a civil society"

Plane Crashes versus Mass Shootings

Susan Klebold: "I Will Never Know Why"

"If you need more than that, I don't know what to say."

I have owned firearms all of my life:

The Rolling Jubilee Mails its First Debt Forgiveness Letters

The Official Fuck Mike Huckabee thread.

Very powerful video

The strange blessing of Westboro Baptist Church

Lautenberg to Introduce Legislation to Ban High-Capacity Magazines Post Sandy Hook

Fuck Mike Huckabee!

Democratic Fear Inflates Myth of N.R.A. Power

Shares of gun maker Smith & Wesson tumble after Connecticut shooting

VERY profound and true statement re: Teachers, Gunmen and Congress

Did Westbro church show up at the funerals?

The GOP's Latest Hostage

One thing I keep reminding myself after all that has happened in CT.....

The difference between guns versus mental illness, videogames, drugs, etc. as a root cause

Big Tent News: Tammy Baldwin Wins Committee Assignments

Gamers are the least violent people I know...

For Abbott and all the pets we've loved who are no longer with us!

Frustration that it took the Newton tragedy

Cheat Sheet: BofA Supplied Default Answers for ‘Independent’ Foreclosure Claims Reviewers

another legal question. Why is operating a motor vehicle a privilege and operating a gun a right?

Higher Per-Capita Income than Iceland, UK, France, Japan, Italy, the whole EU...

I'm washing my hands of the so called "fiscal cliff"

Do you love ragtime? I fell in love with it in the 1970's.

Will Obama do Anything about these Tragedies?

Foxes guarding the henhouse.

Regarding the drug FANAPT.

I hesitate to post unpleasant news here, in our normally cheerful group...

Green Christmas likely for most Canadians, forecaster says

If you don't like The Catcher in the Rye and A Confederacy of Dunces, you should be banned!

These photos are not funny, & these people could be your neighbors.

Romney's cat.

Big Tent News: White House First - Marriage Proposal

games people play

One of the reasons I'd like to go back to France

BREAKING: Heavy fighting in Damascus as coup attempt reported in progress

Remembering The Newtown Shooting Victims

Concealed Carry permit holders live in a dream world. interesting video and article

20 beautiful innocent little children are slaughtered just before their favorite holiday

'Merry Christmas' bus message offends man

Fans demand their local sports team be all white with no gays

About Dominos and contraception: Lets put this to bed please.

Krugman: No Deal, Continued

Ordinary people. The courage to say no...

In Arkansas, Heavily Armed Cops to Patrol City Stopping Residents at Random

I was told this past saturday that the group that protests the burials of our american

Come tell Santa if you've been naughty or nice.

Clinton gets accountability report on Benghazi attacks

Damaged Medicare

GOOD NEWS! Remember the petition I started for FEMA first responders to get health benefits?

Michael Moore Tweet

How Walmart Helped Make Newtown Shooter's AR-15 the Most Popular Assault Weapon in America

Australian court: Worker's comp covers sex mishap

Richard Engel missing in Syria since last ((((Thursday))) !!!

Most Back Ban on High-Capacity Clips

The Second Amendment raises an important question.

Would you donate more $ to DU if changes were made to how we handle NRA-type gun politics?

Thom Hartmann: Great Minds - Dr. Neal Barnard - Can you Reverse Disease? P1

Damaged Medicare

Thom Hartmann: Great Minds - Dr. Neal Barnard - Can you Reverse Disease? P2

Martin Bashir slapped the Huckster's argument about not enough praying in schools

Fuck Gun Control - We need Bullet Control.

Tax ammunition.

Common Ground: GOP, Dems Can Find Plenty Compromise on Gun Control

The rarest of Belgian ales makes a one time only US appearance

Keyport Seagull

Peace Newtown.

How the NRA Defeats National Tragedies (Dave Weigel)

School shooting/public sector pay

This time it's finally happening. The move is on for gun control.

Keep Christ in Christians

Bullet Control

A Christmas Story updated >>

Who needs Al Queda when we have the GOP, NRA and ALEC?

A Religious Rescue from the Fiscal Cliff

So, now we are bombing the moon?

Beautiful sunset

On this day Dec. 14, 2012, both of these incidents happened...

Who let the snaps out? Who? Who?

Tom Tomorrow on gun control

Goodfellas, The Wire, and Red Dead Redemption.

Kerry and Hagel: Hardly Israel’s Preferred Choices

It’s always strange to see politicians shed tears for murdered children

You want some common-sense gun control? Here you go.

Well?

we petition the obama administration to: Immediately address the issue of gun control through the in

Yesterday, between games....i nearly broke my glass table. I was so pissed off.

Nikki Haley Appoints a Crackpot to Replace another Crackpot

My letter to Obama on Newtown shooting

Right Winger Invokes Hitler Defending More Guns in Schools

Commercial against the NRA in 1994 by Sen Bob Kerrey (D Nebraska)

In Their Memory

KKK to counterprotest Westboro Baptist Church

A visiting nurse went to bat for me today!

25 Lessons About First Graders By MICHAEL WINERIP

Oops - a pro-gun American man shows up on Jamaican radio -right now

LAT: 9 guns seized when man arrested for alleged school shooting threats

Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye has passed away at age 88

I quit McDonalds some time ago. Here's another reason why you should, too

Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye has passed away at age 88

The media can really be unhelpful. The local news is reporting that a "bullet" was found today on

I apologize!

U.S. Drought Expands In Kansas, Oklahoma And Texas

Senator Daniel Inouye was the Senate President Pro Tempore

Safety for ducks

Letter to Congressional Person (D.A.)

Gun nuts predicted that if Obama was reelected, that he'd go after their guns.

RIP HI US Senator Daniel Inouye.

R.I.P. Senator Daniel Inouye - 1924-2012 - Proud Son of Hawai'i

From Boston.com: Autos.

How about a tax on guns and ammunition to fund school security?

A couple of facts about the McRib sandwich

Since we are talking about some measures of gun control,

100 Leading Medical, Scientific Experts Urge Obama Administration to Halt Fracking for Exports

Down with Big Gun

President Obama held talks with Biden, Cabinet members on Newtown response

My Coxservice (snicker) was nonexistent for most of yesterday and now most of today.

I'm so sick of these moral panics every time a tragedy happens.

Almost half of the 700,000 service members deployed for the gulf war have filed disability claims

Connecticut school shooting: Adam Lanza was assigned psychologist

Do CCL folks seriously believe their handgun...

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Tar Sands Blockade Action and Training Camp Jan. 3 – 8

Someday At Christmas

Here's a gun safety idea that would have stopped the Sandy Hook killer dead in his tracks

News Outlets Send Letter To Romney Campaign Contesting Expenses

Teach your children well...

Is the country still moving to the right, or have we finally made a turn to the left ?

I think it is good that we can talk about gun control.

I cannot imagine the private weapon arsenals built up across the US

Rumor: Richard Engel missing in Syria since Thursday

Big Island police search for man with "Jesus" tattooed on forehead

Krugman: Rumors of a Deal (WTF?) - updated

These are illegal

I e-mailed my Congressman a few days ago about the fiscal

Family, friends shed light on lives of Nancy and Adam Lanza

If it isn't one damn thing it's another.

One little girl played dead

BREAKING: Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye Has Died At The Age Of 88

well

FISCAL CLIFF or GUN REGULATION

Can we lose the "politicizing a tragedy" talking point?

Why are bombs illegal?

Kasich Will Not Delay Signing Of New Gun Bill

Gov. John Kasich will sign off on changes to Ohio gun law

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