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Archives: December 14, 2012

DNA testing

tweety gives JK ringing endorsement for SoS

Scott Walker’s Budget Plan - Raise Taxes on Middle Class Families

Why would our health insurance premium go DOWN???

New Villian Emerges In AFP Tent-Gate: Guy Fawkes-Masked ‘Radical Anarchists’

Primate species: new slow loris found in Borneo

Question About RTW and State Majority Parties

World's longest word video clip

National Regifting Day is December 18th.

Christmas music

Now that the war on Christmas is over.... it's time to kill the old meme with a new one:

My suggestion for Sec. of State, for sheer head-exploding value

US blocks UN telecom treaty

Trending in Lounge toast vote

Because no one should ever have to make a decision between her health and her freedom.

Let's make one thing clear:

GOP Aide Asks: ‘Why Don’t We Wait A Few Months’ To Deliver Sandy Disaster Relief?

Rep. Brandon Dillon (D-Grand Rapids) Speaks Out Against "Right-to-Work" Legislation

Michigan bill a step toward allowing wolf hunts

Mia Wray - Check out this rising star

This weeks Fido Friday is a tribute to all K9 Officers. One in particular here in Tucson, AZ.

I no longer have access to the MIRT forum

Why Susan Rice’s withdrawal may be reason for some hope.

We need to eliminate the "National Flood Insurance" program and in its place

Tallow Candle: Hans Christian Andersen's 'first work'

Queen finally finds out why no one saw the financial crisis coming

Guantánamo Bay Briton to sue UK government

What does an app do that its host website doesn't? (Google Maps app vs. Google.com)

Site suggestion: MIRT removed trolls' posts should all be deleted.

Can we Please!

Become a Scottish Lord or Lady for the price of at least $50

Why NOT Raise Taxes?

Aren't we all just a little weary of Drama-Season?

Attn. Gen's Office Sides with Cartels and Criminal Banks vs. American Citizens

Senator Kohl says goodbye

CYMI - PATTERN - New Bid-Rigging Concerns Involving Ethically-Troubled Scott Walker

Michigan Senate Passes Gigantic Monster Anti-Choice Bill

*~ Winter's Visionary, Intuition & Dreaming Thread! ~*

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight

A Bunch Of Sad, Insecure Dudes Attacked A Woman And Everyone Got What They Deserved

Michael Moore coming up on Ed Show!

Tipping televisions kill record number of U.S. kids, gov't warns

HSBC, Too Big to Jail, and the US Two-Tiered Justice System

I thought this was a good FB Funny.

How about Bill Richardson for Sec. of State?

Micheal Moore is spot on in his interview with Big Ed

Juvenile Judge: My Court Was Inundated w/ Non-Dangerous Kids Arrested Because They ‘Make Adults Mad'

"I have news for Snyder; we won’t be silenced."

Since it's the holidays - very early (20 yrs ago!) Jon Stewart Show on MTV (warning: NSFW parts)

Tape of man slugging FOX schmuck heavily editted leaving out the guy being knocked down first

Matt Taibbi on Elliot Spitzer: HSBC drug laundering not worth prosecuting

Santa Squee!!!

Democrats Declare Checkmate in Fiscal Cliff Debate

Mandatory Thursday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Same Old Same Old & a new Kitty gif

iReconquista!

Nearly four in 10 U.S. residents blame weather on "end times"

GOP called Rice a liar, so why don't we do the same to them?

Thumpetty or barum

Women powered gay marriage initiative to victory in Washington, poll shows

ESPN analyst calls Robert Griffin III "cornball brother"

Audio- Limbaugh Calls Elizabeth Warren A “Heap Big Squaw Indian Giver”

Andrea Michell:The woman in the Administration are ANGRED about Rice

Hanging with Will Shakespeare again. Ask us anything.

Dan Rather is full of mierde as is Andrea Mitchell regarding Rice (On Maddow now)

Too good to be true (Kindle Fire HD 8.9) - or battery/cord problem?

My Jihad

Politics is not always about process

I made some signs and I carried some stuff...and that was enough to change the world.

Boehner: Obama's 'fiscal cliff' deal 'mainly tax hikes'

'a mad rush of anti-democratic excess'

"...Conservatives are worried about the War on Christmas..."

Nearly four in 10 U.S. residents blame weather on "end times"

Here is just how fucked the wingnuts are (pretty scary s***)

Secretary of State Al Gore?

Dan Rather is just full of shit. He’s talking about Obama being too soft on Rachel’s Show....

(Oregon) State senator to introduce bill limiting gun magazines to 10 rounds

McCain wishes Susan Rice will

Matt Taibbi: You Can Go to Prison for Pot, While Big Banks Get Away With Laundering Drug Cartel Cash

Boehner Tries to Contain Defections on Fiscal Unity

Michigan House Democrats: Rs are now trying to change ability to be recalled

Michigan House approves bill to help build Ilitch's downtown Detroit development

Susan Rice: the liberal case against her being secretary of state

Susan Rice: Why I Withdrew

OMG Rachel Maddow basically breaking a National case.

If you forgot to express noisy outrage about the original moon bombing, you'll have another chance!

I am now taking applications for a sidekick.

Today's word of the day...

...This one F'ing hurts

Union job openings: Weekly Summary of Communications Postings for December 13, 2012

Far from the Shire, a Hobbit house in Pa. country

To replace John Kerry in the senate, I vote for

Ed Markey ?

TCM Schedule for Saturday, December 15, 2012 -- The Essentials: Fading Stars

TCM Schedule for Sunday, December 16 -- Christmas Double Feature

Judge who said rape victim should have 'put up a fight' is rebuked

Why unions? ... This poster says it all!

"A Christmas Memory" (Truman Capote's Story) ...An interesting watch

Winning control of Congress in 2014

CALL ME ENTITLED

John Kerry could have solved the problem another way

Pie pops

Oops: Michigan Republicans Have Passed a Right to Work Law that may be Impossible to Implement

Evolution

Creatures of the State

Russ Feingold for Secretary of State.

McCain may have suckered DU for a WAR MONGERING, DIRTY OIL magnate, but not PO.

Ukrainian Parliament Elects Speaker, Prime Minister Amid Fistfights

susan rice exposes how republicans and the media can scuttle a nominee that was never nominated

Rock Tasting at Biosphere 2

Chrystia Freeland: On the Super Rich Persecution Complex (video)

Wilkerson: Secret report confirms torture didn’t work (video)

FoxVid of Comedian Steven Crowder Getting Punched inFace By a Union Activist Was Misleadingly Edited

Chuck Hagel likely to get defense nomination.

I stood for a full minute today.

Susan Rice: Why I made the right call (Washington Post)

Don't ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for you.

Calif. judge said rape victim “didn’t put up a fight”, sexual assault was only “technical”

"The Billionaires' Long Game" by Robert Reich at the American Prospect

The GOP wanted Rice out of the way

Recalls about to get more difficult in MI, a LOT tougher - RWers having a legislative orgy

"Unlikely Backers in a Battle Over Taxes"

Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst Group Views Union Battles As 'Distractions'

when's the last time the media used the word 'obstructionists' ?

Skinner has proposed some changes in teh Lounge

my school district finally did something right

Meteor Shower!

Is there a limit on alerts per day now?

Rachel Maddow: Conservatism Riddled With Scams And Rackets (video)

President Obama to Meet w/ Susan Rice in Oval Office - Friday at 3:30pm

Israeli Soldiers Beat Reuters Photographers;Punch Journalists and Set Off Tear Gas in Hebron

"Jobs, Productivity and the Great Decoupling"

The Democratic Party must take back the local state government

What anchors do during commercial breaks:

Jon Stewart Reacts To Supreme Court Hearing Gay Marriage Cases: ‘Sh*t Just Got Real’

Hamas stages first West Bank rally in five years

Medical companies brace for 'devastating' ObamaCare tax, prepare for layoffs

US states inch closer to pre-recession prosperity

A war-wary terrorist

(Florida) Supreme Court strikes down loud-stereo law

Hark! The Herald Angels Didn’t Sing

Falling TVs can kill, but few parents aware of risk

Judge who said rape victim should have 'put up a fight' is rebuked

Republican grassroots - Time to believe what your eyes and ears are telling you: GOP is for the rich

John McCain for Defense Secretary

Why Hagel over someone like General Wes Clark

Think Again: Disproportionate criticism

Senate committee adopts interrogation techniques report

Mapping earth's gravity (and the info it gives us about droughts, currents, etc)

Senate intel panel approves torture report

Report finds harsh CIA interrogations ineffective

Comparing Nazis to Israelis is unacceptable

I do not believe that the President abandoned Susan Rice as pointed out by

"Obama is soft."

9/11 trial: Any mention of torture is classified, military judge rules

In Ignorance We Trust.

Krugman: GOP 'lost and rudderless' but 'retains the ability to do a lot of harm'

republicans and the media want kerry......why.

House Republicans Refusing To Approve White House-Requested Sandy Aid

Michigan House repeals personal property tax

California state employee posts nearly 5,000 online comments from work

Negotiating GOP style (pic)

Fuck You, John McCain (R-Lying Sack of Monkey Shit)!

Does anyone here ever get tired of it all?

Nancy Pelosi appreciation thread:

Obama should say OK you made me not name Rice at State

Sept. 11 suspect's flying teacher faces drug charges

Fairbanks restaurant manager quits job after Facebook post about military discounts

ABC: People Set on Fire in Denver Attack

Lawful Florida Gun Owner Shot by Police (Warning Penis Joke Involved)

K-9 Officer killed in the line of duty in Tucson AZ.

Too many people on here are behaving as if Scott Brown is Superman and Elizabeth Warren is the only

How to save a life

Rep. Brandon Dillon (D-Grand Rapids) Speaks Out Against "Right-to-Work"

Scalia’s son Paul ran an ex gay cure group

Variety of arthropods living in world's rain forests astonishing

If Kerry is the new SecOfState, Setti Warren is someone we should rally around

Venezuela's Bolívar state inaugurates Este water pipeline

Be who you are:

The Surveillance State Grows Another Tentacle

When Photo Ops Go Horribly Awry

Anyone who is feeling down tonight about racism or homophobia should check this out

Alzheimer's-plagued Colombia region is focus of drug trial

Paul Krugman - "The G.O.P.’s Existential Crisis" - Nails It!

(Once banned for saying "vagina") Michigan State Rep. Lisa Brown Slams Anti-Choice Legislation

Confirmation that studying and child labor are incompatible (Colombia)

Bolivia Advances in Efforts to Become Full Member of Mercosur

Colbert donates super PAC funds ($773,704.03) to six charities

I am now taking medications for a sidekick.

USO leader murdered in Colombia

Abortion bill heads to Snyder's desk after House vote

In the market for life-after-death entertainment? Take PAUSE - The CataCombo Sound System©™

Japan's elections on the 16th

Ecuador economy to growth about 5%

U.S.' Panetta signs order to send Patriot missiles to Turkey -reports

can YOU say "illterate"? Fox noose can.

After the storm

Gloat Free NBA Scores (Thursday, December 13)

Families Of Spain's 'Stolen Babies' Seek Answers — And Reunions

Hey, here's an idea: Obama nominates Kerry to be Secretary of State....and then...

Reuters journalists: Israeli troops assaulted us, forced us to strip in street

Can somebody explain a few thngs about gravity -

Does Hugo Chavez Keep Fooling Venezuelans?

Undocumented Immigrants vs. GE

I’m so new to the computer thing. How do I get a picture on my Busterbrown threads?

Could someone please tell me what kind of accent does Drew Barrymore have...

Hugo Chavez Cancer Surgery: Venezuelans Pray For Ailing President

5 Politicians Who Believe Outrageous U.N. Conspiracy Theories

Wal-Mart, Kroger among Hostess bidders: report

Be Human

Encinitas’ Political Power Shifts Toward Environment

Jonathan Kay: The key to Canada’s economic advantage over the United States? Less income inequality.

Russia's stance on Syria 'will not change'

Calif. judge says victims' body can prevent rape

How pathetic is Dinesh D’Souza? Why did the NYT interview this fraud?

Was life inevitable? New paper pieces together metabolism's beginnings

David Ignatius: the case for John Kerry at State

Group hug?

Ed Miliband: every Briton should speak English

Earthquake Just Now In Orange County, CA

Human rights court: CIA beat and sodomized wrongly detained German citizen

Earthquake M6.4 off coast of Baja

Matt Taibbi: You Can Go to Prison for Pot, While Big Banks Get Away With Laundering Drug Cartel Cash

I Was a Teen Conservative: How I Learned That Life Is Too Complex for Right-Wing Ideology

Noam Chomsky: America, Moral Degenerate

U.S. troops will man Patriot batteries along Turkey’s border with Syria

Phoenix Protests Walmart BLACK FRIDAY

Senate Intelligence Committee decries CIA torture as ‘terrible mistakes’

Robert Scheer: The Shameful Exploitation of Bradley Manning

My President needs to man up.

David Sirota: Homeownership Support Shouldn’t Be a Mansion Subsidy

Google on 'Immoral' Tax Evasion: 'It's Called Capitalism'

North Carolina judge reduces three death sentences over racial bias

fewer health care options for illegal immigrants

ap-gfk poll: science doubters say world is warming

Okay, so....the story I was writing "Nuttin' For Christmas" is done (mostly)

UK government pays Libyan dissident’s family £2.2 million over MI6-aided rendition

Amarillo orthodontist pleads guilty in Medicaid fraud case

Probe leads to prominent arrests in Hidalgo County

NASA Released Mayan Apocalypse Video TEN DAYS Early

Eagle Ford Shale lights up South Texas as boom in oil, gas production continues

Chuck Hagel’s ambiguous stance on dealing with Iran

Anybody else see some cool Gemenid meteors this morning?

U.S. states inch closer to pre-recession prosperity

Politico financier tied to Pinochet money laundering dies at 87

What the wage gap really means to people

Premier League is not a patch on Spanish football. Here’s why…

CONFIRMED: US Counterterrorism Agency Can Amass Data On Any Citizen

MiddleFingerSanta's Holiday Gift Suggesrtion #1 -- Sauerkraut/kimchi, anyone?

Price of Blair's tawdry deal in the desert

Villiers fellowship for young adults interested in health care policy

Villiers fellowship for young adults interested in health care policy

Japanese operator in most frank admission over nuclear disaster

Chuck Todd getting spanked on MJ

HSA. Health Savings Account plans. Anyone have this? Whaddya think of it?

Former BP Engineer Releases Emails From Wake of Gulf Oil Disaster

I gotta new name for the Morning Joe Show...

What's for Dinner - Friday Dec 14th?

America’s Afghanistan Odyssey: When will Enough be Enough? (Stevenson)

Occupy Sandy Provides Relief for More Than Just a Storm

William Pitt: My Interview With John Forbes Kerry (Sep-10-03)

New rent by the minute car sharing available in Seattle

Dear “Chained-CPI”: When You’ve Lost the VFW, You’ve Lost America

Alan Turing: Scientists call for pardon for codebreaker

Holyoke mayor reverses casino stand, again

What is the difference between a gnome and a leprechaun?

Finally I no longer have to run to the grocery store everytime I need a gallon of milk

Raising Medicare eligibility age off the table--other methods of cutting it are unfortunately not

Oh thank goodness - I was so worried about Track Palin in his divorce

I don't mean to sound critical, but I don't think Orly Taitz is thinking things thru too clearly

If WalMart bought Hostess brands, would you still buy them?

New Report Shows Why Corporate Lobbyists' Proposals Should Not Be Part of Budget Deal

The Secret Drone War

Support Walmart Workers

"I will have to ask for double pay" if Rice stays at UN

Website sound file downloads - they just don't get - ranting

Panetta Orders US Missiles, Boots on the Ground Along Syrian Border

Debugging Our Democracy

GOP Senators Redirect Their Fire, From Susan Rice to Uncle Ben’s Rice

Messed up video about the sorts of things that happen in Iraq

Twin Grail probes readied for Monday's crash into moon

Wal-Mart, Kroger among Hostess bidders: report

NYC teachers' (pension) fund pledges $1 billion in Sandy aid

I've had it with the evil that has befallen Michigan, so I found this!

Washington’s Revolving Door Is Hazardous to Our Health

Countdown to a NEW WORLD :)

the republicans & the media have decided....john kerry

Who was the first DUer you've met IRL ?

JFK Airport Security Guards Vote to Strike December 20

John Birch Society Lauds New Sibel Edmonds Book

You Lounge Lizards have Big Hearts.

My guess is that the White House knew the political risks in the Kerry vs. Rice

The Landfill Harmonic (You have got to see this group of kids!)

Gangnam Style has nothing on me. I'm kickin' it Troy Style today!

the President should go on national teevee nightly, sell the middle class tax cuts over and over....

Queens DA Richard Brown's Report on Whistleblower Cop Raises More Questions Than It Answers

Last chance to avert climate holocaust; will Obama lead?

Senate passes Patty Murray bill to expand VA fertility services for wounded service members

Let Us Prey: Big Trouble at First Baptist Church

Another unexpected positive side-effect of buying my SodaStream.. I lost my star recently...

Children’s Books for Solidarity Holiday

Right. "Mask."

chuck todd meme of the day....Obama and boehner can't communicate with each other.

Disgraced U.S. Rep Cunningham to halfway house

Longest High-Speed Railway to Compete With A380s in China

Why the Checks/Balances Bi-partisan argument no longer works

Cheap vitamin D 'would boost health'

Latest paranoia: 3D printers!

Stunned parents pull FEATHER from baby's neck

Last night Dan Rather was on Rachel. What a piece of crap he is!

Reservoirs can make local flooding worse, says study

"HAM ROVE FUND" Colbert funnels $500,000 of his super PAC $$$ to help out Sandy relief efforts!

Northrop's X-47B taxis on carrier for first time

Vicki Kennedy

*** HELP FELLOW DUers: Countdown to a New World Edition!!! ***

Drumbeat: December 14, 2012

Democrats hammer Mica for 'unhealthy obsession' with Amtrak privatization

Peak oil notes - Dec 13

Obama: Pot Users In Washington And Colorado Not A 'Top Priority'

NFL to discuss expanded playoffs

Peak oil notes - Dec 13

Drumbeat: December 14, 2012

Mississippi river faces shipping freeze as water levels drop

It Is Amazing That So Many Workers Now View $10.00 An Hour As A Good Paying Job --

Cheerleaders

Newly discovered slow loris species already threatened

Flashback on MSNBC.

Mississippi river faces shipping freeze as water levels drop

Bobby Jindal, "End Birth Control Politics"

Updated and Previously Suppressed Report Still Finds: Tax Cuts for Rich Only Help the Rich

Should Police Departments Drop "Protect" From Protect and Serve?

Michigan Gun Bill To End Criminal Background Checks Nixed In Senate

Google Maps already #1 in Apple Store, and will likely be required for many location-based apps

States face double fiscal whammy: Federal aid cuts and spiraling health-care costs

The China syndrome: PM let a dictatorship buy a major oil player because of tar sands desperation

If The Ku Klux Klan Could Afford Its Own Media Outlet It Would Be FOX News

DU this abuse of power: No Sweetheart, 40-Year Tax Break for Nike Corporation

Christmas toon

Israel's Avigdor Lieberman to resign

Why Obama Didn't Fight for Susan Rice

The Defenestration Of Susan Rice

Industrial Production in U.S. Jumps on Rebound From Sandy

How We Became Israel

Is Netflix not working for anyone else?

Consumer prices post first drop in six months

OnSite Clinics

There are times when a President has to follow, rather than lead...

The Calvin and Hobbes strip was successful in renaming the Big Bang in certain scientific circles!

Facing Deadline, Most States Say No To Running Their Own Insurance Exchanges

Now that Susan Rice has withdrawn,

Best Countries to Be Born in During 2013

This ‘seven years’ war’ is a battle over Pentagon secrecy and torture information

I don't rock marijuana, but I do Rachmaninoff

birds of barton creek

Who watches Colbert consistently?

KRUGMAN: "We are at a strange and dangerous place in American political life.”

Are we going to let deomcracy die?

I won a Kindle Fire at my company party's raffle: Ask me anything.

Call it what it is: Chained-CPI = Cat food CPI!

2012 elections and their effect on Santa

Your "right to work" for less

Don't cut medicare or social security.

Friday TOON Roundup 1 - Right to work for nothing

Shooting At Newtown Elementary School

Friday TOON Roundup 2 -GOP

Panetta, other U.S. officials in Kabul paint rosy picture of Afghan situation

Friday TOON Roundup 3- The Rest

Question about Etsy transactions

How would the Fox News Crowd react if

Why we need Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense at this point in time.

How not to wrap a Christmas present - who IS this??

Hacking the Human Brain: The Next Domain of Warfare

Big changes to recall process after right-to-work vote enrage Michigan Democrats

BUT NO, WE DON'T HAVE A GUN PROBLEM IN AMERICA

KRUGMAN: "We are not having a debt crisis-We are having a political crisis"

There is a VERY unsettling drift toward installing Scott Brown back in the Senate.

OK, Going way out on the limb here. I spent three weeks in the psych ward in Sept. Ask me anything

In what would have made the best attack ad footage ever, a man wearing a Mitt Romney mask...

Marines Move to Dump Clothes Company After Deadly (Bangladesh) Factory Fire

Obama Doesn’t Need Congress to Change Federal Law Regarding Marijuana

I just ordered a big plate of roast Meta

Vodka 'saved' elephants in Siberian freeze

Nerd humor!

For 20 yrs, corporate Dem leadership sipped lattes while the GOP took over state governments

I have a question about Michigan

Senator Vicki Kennedy! --- Gov Deval Patrick's "Potential Replacement For Senator Kerry"

Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut

Non Sequitur Gets It Right Again

Michigan State Rep Enjoys Watching Fellow Citizens Pepper Sprayed After Right To Work Passes

Can NATO Get Its ACT Together? Alliance's Only US-Based Command Takes On New Role

Pic Of The Moment: Obama: Feds Will Not Target Users In States Where Pot Is Legalized

just on CNN one child dead in school shooting at Connecticut elementary school

Can Assange Really Become an Australian Senator?

This depresses me

The Republican side of the fiscal cliff, illustrated

Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Resigns

Assange voted in to play John McAfee in upcoming blockbuster

This is really awful

Another senseless shooting

The DHS: Selling Fear And Uncertainty; Buying Sno-Cone Machines And Latrines-On-Wheels

So I'm watching 'Freaks & Geeks' for the first time ever

"Oh shit, Obama/liberals are gonna try to take our guns"

U.N. Nuke Agency: Progress On Iran Nuclear Program

Josh Stearns On How Barack Obama's FCC May Break A Campaign Promise On Media Consolidation

Another Breitbart Fake Outrage Bites the Dust: Crowder Admits He Shoved Union Members

The beginning of the end? Sandi Jackson (wife of Jesse Junior) under attack

STOP Michigan's War on Women

I'm all out of sherbet, but I do have some nice Schubert

This shooting didn't happen in Hartford or New Haven. It happened in suburban paradise.

So inviting muslims to your church = harboring extremists?? Shameful!!

Bill Richardson for Secretary of State

House Republicans to Sandy victims: "Fuck off and die"

Busted! Fox News Union Fight Tape Selectively Edited (surprise! not.)

Fox News Contributor Steven Crowder Confirms He Started Fight With Union Protester

Media rushing to be first reporting child dead. Now that seems to be incorrect. Backtracking all

The Federal Government should either prosecute pot smokers in Colorado or else

Webcam from Glacier National Park:

The Rude Pundit: Away in a Manger, 2012

Western Frackachusetts?

There are facts and there is speculation. There is good reporting and there is sensationalism.

IBEW President Ed Hill on the Passage of Michigan's Right-to-Work Law

A Question about the Alternative Minimum Tax

Wheelchair-Bound Preteen Held by TSA After Traces of Explosives Found

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 14, 1980

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 14, 1980

Sweeping Torture Under the Rug

A Former Republican Insider Begs for Sanity by Thom Hartmann

'Mixed Religion' as Identity: Who Are These People?

Book Protectors

Rock me, Amadeus!

China school knife attack in Henan injures 22 children

I am sick and tired of the fucking paranoid gun nuts.

The US Constitution Has A HUGE Flaw, And Justice Ginsburg Is Not Impressed

Kerry in the Cabinet is good news for a improved Cuba policy

Dan Savage Wants Liberals To Recover 'Hijacked' Christianity

Expiring Warrantless Spy Bill (FISA) to Be Reauthorized by Year's End

The Hartford Courant is reporting "multiple deaths, including children."

Just when I least expect it, I flip my Ludwig

How dare she! --- Repuke's Scandal Of The Day: "PELOSI SKIPS TOWN AMID 'CLIFF' TALKS"

Iowa to form state-federal insurance partnership

The 4 Obama Administration Officials the GOP has targeted the most since Obama's 2008 election

Three children are DEAD among the school shooting in CT.

Rick Warren, Is That All the Courage You Can Muster?

Mandela Remains Hospitalized As Questions Grow

First Amendment: "Can't Yell Fire" Second Amendment: "Can't Open Fire"

Let's bring Don Siegelman home for Christmas this year

Romney Campaign Accused of Overbilling the Media

NPR Radio Host Asks Snyder to Explain How Union Busting Attracts Jobs to MI

ProPublica Obtains Rove/Crossroads IRS Application-Promised It Would Spend 'LIMITED' $ On Elections

Since anti-trust laws haven't been enforced for 30 years, why not do the same for anti-labor ones?

A Guide On How To Make DU A More Pleasurable Experience:

A Guide On How To Make DU A More Pleasurable Experience:

Thank you, NRA and all of your enablers. nt

Pro gun meme put up on Facebook in a hurry. (Quayle-ism?)

Your Thrift Habits (1948)

Obama Doesn’t Need Congress to Change Federal Law Regarding Marijuana

Hark! The Herald Angels Didn’t Sing

Man in Mitt Romney mask robs Virginia bank

UPMC opens food bank for struggling employees, misses point completely

Some Jews, Israel-Backers Fear Chuck Hagel

Yes, We’re Still in the Middle of a Foreclosure Crisis

Rice or Rice?

Don’t jump to conclusions about Susan Rice

Obama says he'd be seen as moderate Republican in 1980s

Religious sex offenders and mass shootings

Thom Hartmann: Steven Crowder Punked Hannity!

Newtown Hospital Presser - 3 patients. They will not divulge any details.

Toon:Obama's being a Grinch

A Taxonomy of Republican Hopefuls

I would imagine ...

CBS just reported 27 dead

Trends in Premiums and Deductibles, Eroding Protection and Rising Costs Underscore Need for Action

Shooting: Only 3 victims transported

Now is not the time to talk about Gun Control

The NRA

*** CT School Shooting Breaking News Thread ***

CARTOON: The Boner Solution!

There will be a tipping point!

I am horrified that the gun pendulum continues to swing on a trajectory with fierceness

Twenty killed? OMG!!@!@!

Note to alerters: admin has told GD hosts the school shooting is a big story

Madeleine Albright On Susan Rice's Withdrawal: 'It's Appalling What Happened Here'

RAVITCH: Polls show even in TEXAS public wants more money for public schools NOT vouchers

27 dead/18 kids. How many could a knife-wielding crazy have killed before others brought him down?

Reich: Why is Washington Obsessing About the Deficit and Not Jobs and Wages?

FUCK THE NRA.

CBS News reports 27 killed by gunman at Connecticut elementary school

When we love our children more than we love our guns.....

27 people killed in CT elementary school shooting...20 children

Top Ten Conservative Idiots Week 2 - Update

WHEN is the effing time to talk about gun control?

I just cannot seem to process this.

40% Of Guns Are Sold Online Without Any Background Checks!

In my neck of the woods and I have no words. n/t

Pull this fucking planet over... I am getting off.

Wingnut watch, countdown to blaming you-know-who

U.S. should not act on pot use in Washington, Colorado: Obama

These cases involving guns and death are a daily occurance in the United States.

Overeating is killing us more than hunger

MSNBC just reported "24 dead including 17 children" but numbers still unconfirmed.

Am I imagining things? Did anyone else catch the "second gunman is apparently at large"...

In China, school knife attack: 0 killed. In the US, school gun attack: 24 killed.

Eleanor Roosevelt Called Out The 'Right To Work' Propaganda Years Ago

Operation Enduring Presence. ...Give me a friggin break

IF YOUR REACTION TO SHOOTINGS (edit to include positive call to action)

This photo will break your heart.

Reuters: One entire classroom of students unaccounted for after Connecticut school shooting,

Where is the sanity in this world? Help! Help! Help! Killing innocent children is insane and

What can we say . . . and can we even believe ourselves anymore

My god..what the hell is going on?

Thom Hartmann: Where did the ''right to work'' phrase come from?

You guys better figure out how to support gun control or it will be done without your input

Obama is a Socialist or....

"The Band Practice" - a movie my band EARWACKS made back in 1978...

To the 2nd amendment extremists - you have the blood of children on your hands

A Bunch Of Sad, Insecure Dudes Attacked A Woman And Everyone Got What They Deserved

What do we know about the killer so far?

Honest question: would it violate the Second Amendment if guns had to be registered and licensed

RGIII voted for Rmoney!

Re: Guns

Has Your Family Been Affected By This One Little Word?

Fuck the NRA and the cowardly politicians who refuse to do a single goddamn thing about gun violence

I am fairly confident I will not commit suicide or murder anyone

What is a good book on basic progressive economics? nm

Will Obama call the killing of 18 children and 8 adults a TERRORIST ACT?

Why not Deval Patrick as a possible Kerry replacement?

Someone took my Kindle Fire and gave it away in a so-called raffle. Ask me anything

MSNBC: 2nd person taken into custody. Gunmen

MSNBC reporting second person in custody. Shooters are said to have been wearing all black.

"President Kennedy Assassinated By Sword-Wielding Loner"

Helen Keller's Keen Sense About Society, One Hundred Years Later

Eleven-year-old a hero to soldiers

I Wonder How The NRA And The Repugs Are Going To Defend Their Position On Guns Now?......

I think we should build a wall like the Vietnam memorial

** Gets out electric hammer and hangs sign for new DU Museum Entry Prices **

3rd time within 7 months, if I'm not mistaken. "Columbine" is now a verb.

Young Boy Has A Big, Big Problem With Fish DNA Inside Of A Tomato, And He's Doing Something About It

AIPAC et al already trying to torpedo Obama's Secretary of Defense nominee

Fairfield County Police, Fire, and EMS Live Audio Feed

On 9/11 we lost a bit over 3,000 people in 2009 we lost 10,224 due to gun murder

Papantonio: Wall Street Pushing Us Over “Fiscal Cliff”

I'm a gun owner

Why did Martha Coakley run for the US Senate in the 2010 Special Election the first place?

MSNBC reporting the shooter was a 20 year old from the area.

The US Constitution Has A HUGE Flaw, And Justice Ginsburg Is Not Impressed

The Conn. school shooting suspect is a 20-year-old man with ties to the school, a law enforcement of

'The scene was so gruesome, that kids being led out were told to close their eyes and hold hands'

"Today is a day to mourn and find out what happened..."

UPDATED :((( Duer lapislzi's coworker has lost a son in the shooting. Please send love. )))

School shooting sidebar about the media: Interviewing CHILDREN?????? Really????

Neil Macdonald: The dismantling of the Tea Party

FUCK.

We have no ERA so no reason to treat men the same as women. Ban men from owning guns.

I think it's time that this country has a legitimate discussion about GUN CONTROL!!!

The Fiscal cliff is a fake crisis

"Violence is as American as cherry pie." - H. Rap Brown, 1967

A plea for sanity (ours) in this time of terrible trauma.

CNN cuts away from expert suggesting vetting before gun ownership

White House responds to Elementary School Shooting: 'Today is not the day to discuss gun laws

Man wearing a Mitt Romney mask robs a Wells Fargo bank

I googled .223 rifle and got a picture of what

Yes, guns killed 27 people, mostly children.

Mass murderers often not mentally ill, but seeking revenge, experts say

The NRA needs to classified a domestic terrorist organization

Here are the latest items from the NRA's blog - 12/14/12 12:37 CST

PRESS CONFERENCE STARTING NOW

Regarding violence- When do we start discussing mistreatment of children?

At this terrible time, let's keep in mind what's TRULY important:

This country's priorities are all messed up!

Thanks, Admins, for completely removing

Not "Gun Control" but "Massacre Prevention"

Let me guess - now is not the right time to have a gun conversation either, right?

Now is not the time to talk about storms caused by Global Climate Change

"If the kids had their own guns, they could've defended themselves!"

The horror

Gun Control Advocates Plan White House Protest - at 4:30 today

Wayne LaPierre should have to go to that school

I AM WAY BEYOND FUCKING OUTRAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My heart goes out to the staff of the local hospital where the shooting in Sandy Hook took place.

Which rum will give me the strongest flavor in egg nog & cookies?

Sources:ABC News says shooter was a 24-year-old male, had 4 weapons, was wearing bulletproof vest

As White Male Dominance Wanes, Gun Control Discussion Will Grow.

As long as violence makes big bucks via politics and entertainment in our culture

Can anyone give me just one good reason why people need to own semi-automatic weapons?

NRA is worse than Al Qaeda..

ya know i'm a pretty thick skinned, hard hearted bastard.

The NRA is a national security threat.

'I'm going to convince America that I'm right, and I'm going to get the guns.'

If today is not the day to start a talk about guns and mental illness in our youg men. lets pick one

Dem voters were lax in 1994. That's why NRA is so powerful today. GOTV in 2014 if you want

It is a teacher's RIGHT to be unarmed. It is NOT his/her responsibility.

Harry Reid, bring an assault weapons ban to the floor TODAY!

Not great photos but this is what I did at work today: Downton Abbey Cast members

Be warned! The only thing that will change because of today's tragedy is...

Fact Check About Congressional Pay, Health Care, Etc.

It's time to shut down the gun forum nt

They told the kids to close their eyes

I'm staying out of the school shooting threads.

Apart from gun control, can we spread the word that Guns don't make us safer?

Government to citizens: nothing we can do about it

I support strong regulation of guns and ammunition.

Shooter possibly murdered one of his parents before going to school [Updated]

Shootings like this and other bad things will continue to happen in this country until...

Having failed to repeal Obamacare, Republicans refuse to implement it

House Republicans’ new Todd Akin moment

I just vomited. This is so so sad.

NBC reporting that the gunman's parent was found dead in his home.

Carrying a gun increases risk of getting shot and killed

More and more we're all about 1-step away from knowing someone...

I don't want to live in a country where

Mother of shooter found dead in nearby home. Now 27 dead, including 18 children (Breaking on Fox)

Quick reply to Jay Carney. Yes, today IS the day to talk about it.

Microbursts and asteroids, oh my!

Suggestion for a slight change in the criterion for un-MIRT-ability

MSNBC reporting one of the shooter's parents found dead at their home in NJ

Could These Shooting Be Related To Obama Haters

Assange pops up as a political stuntman

A body has been found in the gunman's home. CBS news. nt

We don't need to see pictures of grieving parents

Michigan gun owners could carry concealed weapons in schools under bill OK'd by House

Crying right now. We have 3 children, children come over in the evenings and weekends.

Just POSTED ABOUT NRAs Effect on THE US Yesterday!!

If we assume that:

Jay Carney: "Not the day" to talk about gun control

300,000,000 million guns in the US, 4,000,000 new every year, 32 die every day

What does Grover Norquist & the NRA have in common?

While our eyes are transfixed with horror and filled with tears..

Just Read That Body Count Is Closer to 30 & Most Children Were Shot Execution Style.

How TYT Could Have Saved Conservatives $86 Million

"Shocked and saddened"

NEWTOWN, CT. THIS I KNOW TO BE TRUE...................

Setting 2nd Amt. talk aside, does gun control work?

Dear POTUS The Gun Lobby Already Hate You , Now Give them A reason To.

I can think of no better time to start a dialogue on gun control than right now.

So Sick Of "Not The Day To Talk About Gun Control" & "Our Prayers Go Out To The Victims"

Did anyone else just lose DU for a couple minutes?

Yesterday I posted a comment online in support of this letter to the editor...

President Obama to Speak in the Brady Press Room at 3:15. nt

I've seen the same little girl interviewed

From Columbine to Aurora: six ways we're condemned to repeat ourselves

HOLY CRAP: Obama is a Secret Socialist

I can't stop crying...

Sunflower picture for today: *SF#13 - Birthday Bees

If not guns, then something has to be done about mental health access and...

It was an entire Kindergarten Class

Hey President Obama, you know all those nuts who are afraid you're going to take their guns away?

Heartbroken

Socratic Santa - on Facebook today

Can everyone please be absolutely sure about the identity of the shooter

I will bet that stories of heroes will emerge. Teachers that I know are not ones to stand idly by.

HE SHOT A CLASS OF KINDERGARTENERS EXECUTION STYLE. WTF is wrong with this country?

There's more than one Ryan Lanza on FB...

If Our Forefathers saw what is going on with school shootings, mall shootings, subway shootings

Now TWENTY children are reported dead. Twenty kids. I am just so sick.

UPDATED – Tentgate: What really happened?

"Incendiary". Wow! What a performance by Michelle Williams.

Where do the Children Play.

Thom Hartmann: Walmart Workers Protest Goes Worldwide

Gun Safety

And now for something completely different - the electric motorcycle that won't fall down!

Remember the Fast and Furious conspiracy theory?

Meanwhile, in the state of Michigan...

Looks like the real war on Christmas can be blamed on the NRA

President Obama Delivers a Statement (3:15 p.m. White House live)

The World Cannot Afford Exxon's Outlook for the Future

All I want to say to everyone - give your partner, loved one, child, friend,whoever - a big hug.

HuffPo has some pics on their Front Page. n/t

Mother of the Shooter Among the Dead

"Peace means different things to different governments and different countries."

The "Mental Health" issue

Gun rights person myself.

Outraged by Republicans "Outrage" over CT discussion

White House Petition about Gun Control Policy

It has been 20 years since the last time that we elected a pro-gun control Congress

I'm just stopping in to be with friends...

Report: Shooter's younger brother being held (for questioning)

Easier to buy a gun than to vote in the USA and many of our gun advocates want to keep it that way

the gun nuts hate your fucking guts mr. president

It is not anti-second Amendment

If I was a gun nut my thoughts, right now would be "if they would have allowed grammer school kids

Another one for Downton Abbey Fans: Breaking Abbey

The President is crying on TV

Media: STOP repeating his name . . . STOP showing his image!!!

Are you watching the President now?

The CT shooter armed with a "high-powered assault rifle." Six bullets a SECOND.

You have no soul if you care about the rights of gun owners over the rights of the innocent. n/t

The President just made me cry

Haven't ignored this many in one day in a while.

Our president is crying right now! He can barely finish his speech. I am in tears.

"We're gonna have to come together and create more meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like

Matt Damon says Michael Douglas is a ‘wonderful kisser’

I got curious about how the crazies over at Freerepublc are reacting to this

Well I was kind of hanging in there until I saw President Obama cry.

I wanted to get my grest niece a polar bear "adoption" from World Wildlife Fund

Props to Bob Costas.

Teevee newsers are losing it on live teevee.

Chinese children injured in knife attack outside primary school

REPEAL THE 2ND AMENDMENT

"Heal their broken hearts, and bind up their wounds..."

Fuck the nra

NOTHING good comes from the murder of innocents, NOTHING

The sameness of this tragedy should weigh on all of us.

Domestic Terrorism. Let's start calling it what it is as more citizens are killed by guns

Prohibition is not the answer. I've been posting pro-gun control OP's all afternoon...

Stop thinking these tragic shootings are only done by people with mental health issues

Popularity of tiny Dutch Caribbean island soars following gay marriage

How many High Schools adopted Born to Run as their class song in the 70's...

Obama Calls For ‘Meaningful Action’ To Prevent Tragic Shootings

I don’t know who the Fox Reporter who was covering the Pres. Speech... But it was

Breaking: shooter was Adam Lanza, 20. His brother Ryan is in custody. Weapons belonged to mother

I'm sorry, but there's something deeply disturbing about NPR's "Special Coverage"...

Trading lives of children for the right to launch lead projectiles from a steel tube.

Shooter's BROTHER also found dead

the tears coming from his eyes are more powerful than his words...

It's high time to concentrate on the "WELL REGULATED" part of the Second Amendment

The Republicans & FOX were outraged over 4 adults being killed in Benghazi.

How about turning off allowing new members to join today?

Randi Rhodes: Fat Boy was on radio telling jokes about woman while the shooting was being covered

I have seen a lot of tragedy in my life

President Obama's Speech Regarding Connecticut School Mass Shooting

UC suspends use of logo, says it was distracting

President Obama delivers remarks on Connecticut school shooting (Found this on Reddit)

Flower Power

Are you a psychopath?

Look, people... if you Reply to all these Gun Troll Threads then

Owner of plane in Jenni Rivera crash under DEA investigation

The Reagan administration's budget cuts: Their impact on the poor:

Prosecutors: McKinnon to face no UK charges over U.S. hacking

Apparently the shooter's name is NOT Ryan Lanza - is it ADAM Lanza.

So many of these shootings end in suicide, why not promote suicide beforehand?

I'm from Connecticut and this is heartbreaking.

Aaaaaaaand at the NRA Online News Channel, it's all about Michigan's new CC Law

Apparently, this is NOT the shooter

In light of the Connecticut tragedy, Mr. Rogers has some profoundly therapeutic words

With all the words being thrown about to describe this abomination, how about "EVIL"?

This is a Gun Tax we all pay for unfettered access to guns. eom

Hey gun nuts think about this.

Tearful Obama mourns 'beautiful kids'

The media in this country should be ashamed.

President Obama, we need you to put an Emergency Manager in Michigan!

168 children killed. One hundred and sixty-eight

why do gun control advocates acquiesce when NRA types give their typical BS

American Family Association spokesman says "school did not embrace God"

Somebody seriously compared Norquist with MLK, Cesar Chavez, Susan B. Anthony, and George Soros.

There will be no substantive gun legislation passed at the Federal level. Not now. Not ever.

Unfortunately, RELEVANT, again...

Please Don't Include The Gunman...

What we know about the weapon the CT shooter used.

The Republicans have an awesome racket going for themselves

I accidentally cancelled my jury service. Does that hurt my chances for next time?

Boehner's dog whistle tweet

They made the children close their eyes as they were taken out of the school...

Time to start prying guns from cold, dead hands. We're at war, let's start winning.

Has this event had a greater (national) emotional impact than have earlier similar events?

I really don't want to see another kid who was in the school

NRA: "If those kids all had machine guns, this wouldn't have happened."

update: Wow now over 170 thousand Signatures for WH Petition Resulting from the CT tragedy (link)

Android Malware Creeps Into Cellphone Bills

Appreciation thread for the teachers who risked their lives today

"We are going to have to come together and take meaningful action"

Dear Bryan Fischer: SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU SUBHUMAN MURDER-SUCCORING COCKROACH!

Wayne LaPierre should be forced to dig 26 graves with his bare fucking hands.

Jerrold Nadler (US House, D-NY): Now Is The Time To Do Something About Gun Laws

It's all about campaign finance reform.

"insanity"

When The Children Cry............

Fuck you, guns

FYI: Library Books to Help Kids Talk about the Newtown Tragedy

I am thinking of the families and the season..

Strike while the gun is still smoking. Insist on an assault weapons ban. NOW.

Mayor Bloomberg: "For every day we wait, 34 more people are murdered with guns."

Eleven facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States

When your car has damage but you can still drive it fine, do you fix it or take the insurance money?

We are a gun-crazy society and here is proof...

Really? A fail to hide a fail re guns

Do you know what sickens me more than anything else about today?

If only the M$M would heed this forensic psychiatrist's advice and stop sensationalizing shootings

If Romney had had won the Election, the press would be turning to him for comments today...

Nice Geminid photo from last night/this morning

Shooter was "Adam Lanza".

Todays tragedy brought to mind this quote....

I hope we give into the anti-gun "hysteria" this time.

We need to bring the troops home to protect us in our country.

In the Fiscal Debate, an Unvarnished Voice for Shielding Benefits - Bernie in the NYT!

Goodnight, DU, I'm spending the evening with my son...

Wow, more sadness in the world.

Newtown, Connecticut School Shooting: 12+ Confirmed Dead at Sandy Hook Elementary

RW LTTE: Blame unions for America lagging in the global economy

'Nymphomaniac of Munich' found dead

I feel pretty certain we will bring back the

A little bit of good news

DU likes avatars. Mine is new.

Regarding the mistaken identity of the shooter

Guns are controlling us...

My opinion for assault weapons legislation: KEEP IT SIMPLE!

I'm betting today's murderer was sane

I AM against guns

People are gathering at the WH right now

Some Issues Are Worth Losing Seats in Congress. Tighter Gun Regulation Is One of Them.

Besides easy access to guns, what other factors do these mass murders have in common?

The media had the right fb page but wrong person, apparently

Can you believe this? No fucking possible way!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Statement from Mark Kelly

Had to switch away from Martin - Crystal Ball driving me to rage

Once in a while the Onion gets it absolutely right. The Newtown shooting is one of them.

Clean Water Act Under Attack: Why We Need To Expand And Protect This Landmark Legislation

Comment in my local paper regarding the school shooting.

Discover Beauty

Whats up with Krystal Ball she seems to be making excuses about gun laws

Obama is pissed...

Reinstate the assault weapons ban & eliminate loophole in background checks for private sellers

(Michigan Gov.) Snyder: Abortion, gun bills will get tough scrutiny

Hug somebody!

Wolf Reflections

The Onion on today: 'Fuck Everything, Nation Reports'

Vintage German decoder to be displayed in Pitt’s Hillman Library Read more: http://triblive.com/new

Brady Campaign: We Have To Demand Change On Gun Control

How Democracy Works

Seriously, how many lives have been saved by assault weapons since the ban was lifted?

Access to Mental Health Services vs Access to Guns

"How many deaths will it take 'till we know that too many people have died?

Guns don't kill .... REALLY ?? Please re-post EVERYWHERE !!

Bloomberg, House Dems call for stricter gun control

If the first responsibility of government is to protect its citizens

A simple fact: The current Congress (and the one elected in Nov.) will not pass gun control

ALERT: Defense budget may include anti-gay provision

On FB and other sites,

This Is A Bushmaster .223, One Of The Guns The Sandy Hook Shooter Reportedly Had

Obama: 'Our hearts are broken'

I hereby solemnly pledge...

FYI - Actually, there is NO such thing as a "Semi"-automatic firearm anymore.

IMO it is inappropriate for the media to interview the children at the school masscre.

I hate going to the DMV.

Does anyone else feel that the military like presence in a situation like this is overdone!

What will it take to end the madness?

the mass murderer was 20 years old....

A Timeline Of Mass Shootings In The US Since Columbine

The first responders and EMTs are going to have an extremely tough time getting past this.

America Needs An "Intervention" Now.

Tweet of the day.

Does Frodo Live?

DU parents who have kids old enough to understand

PEW Research Center poll shows public backs Obama and Dems in Fiscal Cliff negotiations

This is not the day for the Friday AFternoon Challenge. I deleted what I had started

The terrorists aren't brown skinned speaking in Arabic, the terrorists are us

It seems to me that there's a simple Constitutional solution to the gun debate

Another not so obvious angle on the shooting

Monsanto Gets Its Way in Ag Bill

The news is really messing it up.

What every guy wants for Christmas: 100 round magazine

The Onion: Fuck Everything: Nation Reports 'Just Fuck It All To Hell'

If AL Queda had sent that man, we'd be bombing someplace by now.

Kids at Tragedies: Turn Off the Cameras -Advice from The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Today IS the day.

Fox News Wishes "Happy Holiday" After O'Reilly's Stupid War on X-Mas

Bless the Beast and the Children

Why does the NRA, a lobbying organization, have more power than We the People?

SC ringleader sentenced in insurance scheme involving severing mentally disabled man's hand

Facebook screencaps

Miss you Fred

I picked the wrong time to stop drinking

Christian Preschool Boots Child of Gay Couple

There is actually a pretty good OP in the Gungeon today

NRA sponsored Mental Health Clinics

WTF!? I didn't even know about these.

come and get it

Coventry carol

WTF is wrong with these people?

Jon Stewart Answers Those Who Say ‘Now Is Not The Time To Talk About Gun Control’ (VIDEO)

Another Todd Akin moment--this idiot is a JUDGE!!!

The Wake of Tragedies

Ex-Security Chief At Upper Big Branch Mine, Hughie Elbert Stover, Loses Federal Appeal

Public Health Crisis

There are THREE Gun Factories within 40 miles of the School Shooting.

GODAMMIT A FUCKING KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM

I'm done for the day

Here is the gun used to murder children in our schools. Did the founding fathers envision this?

The GOP Really is Being Dismantled

Go ahead and start flaming me now.... A post about violent video games and guns

Drudge and Alex Jones waste no time collaborating on tinfoil hat theories over school shooting

Thank you TEACHERS for taking your fucking lives in your hands to teach our children. You deserve

The killer's mother was found dead in a home not at the school

If the meaning of "regulated" must be based on the definitions when the Constitution was written,

mini-unblock has been playing "lockdown" all afternoon

Qui bono?

Huckabee Says Connecticut School Massacre Occurred Because We ‘Removed God From Our Schools’

Gov. Bob McDonnell Brings The NRA Into Virginia Elementary School Class

U.S. government says wiretap lawsuit should not proceed

Passive tense is probably a part of our overarching problem

Some fun with Wikipedia

Jackie Speier: Among 23 most populous, high-income countries, 80% of all firearm deaths in USA

Dem Lawmaker Carolyn McCarthy To Pressure White House On Gun Control

The Invisible Hand's solution to school shootings? ... Bulletproof school backpacks

Mother Jones: Guns vs. Teddie Bears (from 1994)

A question for Republicans from Driftglass:

Mike Huckabee knows why the shootings happened

Venezuela furious at Obama's comments on ailing Chavez

Jezebel: Fuck You, Guns (great rant)

My solution without infringing on gun owners rights

Adam Lanza's guns were legally purchased. One more strike against the argument

Does the Second Amendment cover Drones too? 'Cause we've killed 168 innocent kids in past years.

Rev Al says the guns used today were legally purchased

Info needed on the Bushmaster .223 - yes I researched & no this is not pro or anti

Fischer: God Didn't Stop School Shooting Because He's A Gentleman

Guns are Just the Tip of the Iceberg

We need an ACT UP for gun laws

reporting on the shooting today is just another example of the media jerking us around

Cocksucker is not a homophobic insult? This is really new to me

How the media should handle mass shootings as to not encourage more of the same...

Here's your Christmas card, NRA:

United States to Deploy Anti-Missile Units in Turkey

We are getting new gun laws

I REMEMBER DU

I trashed my first group today

so today, 5 schools in this city were on lockdown because of a robbery in the area, and a district

Citizens Rally In Front Of White House To Demand President Obama Take Action On Gun Control

watch out fellow Aspies and autists

If we can regulate hell out of abortion, which is a constitutional right, to the point where in many

another cross cultural comparison

It is time for society, as a whole, and gun lovers in particular to let go

I REMEMBER DU

"I have set up a WePay Donation page to donate to the victims" (CT shootings)

My wife words: "I want to to hear those FAUX "NEWS" talkers say how TRUE a democracy America is

Boehner Cancels Saturday GOP Radio Address, to cede time to President Obama

God and Guns tweet

The right-wingers

You can hide everything I post, I don't give a fuck

How much longer until Detroit is a crime free utopia without any murders?

Does the second ammendment protect the sale of ammunition

Matt Taibbi: Laundering $800 Million in Drug Money, How Did HSBC Executives Avoid Jail? Matt Taibbi

Newtown Elementary Therapist: 'Hero' Teacher Used Body To Hold Door Shut During School Shooting

My wife just said that parents should be in charge of gun control discussions.

Draft AR5 report leaked.

This Gun-Nut has had enough.

America Doesn't Have A Gun Problem...

168 children killed in drone strikes in Pakistan since start of campaign

Just another day in the good 'ol USA....

I predict that.....

I don't think the problem is so much the guns as the culture of violence.

OK - B-787...IN the cockpit

Fiscal Cliff at Christmas!

I just pray !

My Christmas Wish

Banning guns will not happen any time soon, but there are things we can push for

I baked a butternut squash whole this evening. Easy. Delicious.

Jim Dean Issues Statement on the Sandy Hook Elementary School Tragedy

Questions I Ask Myself About Connecticut School Shooting - Juan Cole

A Teacher's Perspective on the Shooting.

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