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Archives: December 16, 2012

OMG.....Projection on steroids

Janko Nilovic - Drug Song

Applesauce will cut the fat out of ham.

From Facebook: Be wary of people who say, "If those teachers had been armed..."

Tiny Texas Town Opens Its Homes To 76 Children In Need

I worked with a woman whose son killed himself with a gun.

Lalo Schifrin - A Song For Cathy

Okla. teen arrested in school shooting plot

Serge Gainsbourg - La Horse

We have lost to the NRA because they have the bucks. Bottom line is we need an anti NRA with bucks

The Woes of an American Drone Operator

President Obama to appear at interfaith vigil at 7:00PM in Newtown Sunday

Haruomi Hosono - Bara To Yajyo

Has gun violence ever touched you or someone you knew?

TV’s most Islamophobic show

Gotta love the NRA...

Man attacked school children in China on Friday with knife. Zero dead

America is mourning. Retailers say "Oh hell no! Get out and shop! We want that damn money!!"

Weather nerd question about Alaska versus northern Canada

Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro - Look Around The Corner

A Diversion on television tonight.

What I'm about to say is going to generate a lot of flaming but...

Animal Planet is really going for the cute tonight

Not again! Assessing possible candidates in a special election to replace John Kerry

This brave kid stood up against hate.

Toles excellent gun control cartoon

Tom Tomorrow nailed it then, still does...

amazing world

Republican Oregon lawmaker says teachers should be allowed guns

Be sure to donate to the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence

Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 - Ye-Me-Le

Don’t be afraid, Mr. President (of the gun lobby)

President Obama To Visit Newtown Sunday

the NRA and pro-gun solutions which do NOT require gun control

There is nothing to say...

(edit) ‘The use of firearms as a tool is in the DNA of most Americans’

solution to the Westboro invasion in CT?

"... As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it's an elementary school

Happy Holidays Ahead? Southwest Airlines Owes Passengers 5.8 Million Free Drinks

Anyone Here Kinda Sit Somewhere In The Middle Between "Ban All Guns" and "No New Laws"?

Have you ever comforted a terrified child?

right wing media to blame for mass shooting?

Newtown CT event facebook (Westboro church)

Yes, she really is that stupid.

Where might I find reasonable good looking furinture cheap?

Boehner pitches millionaire tax hike

Whipworms! EEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!!!

Woman in iconic photo is sister of slain teacher (Victoria Soto)

What kind of sick animal needs one of these to feel like a "man"

"There is a social cost to recreational gun ownership...we are all paying"

A history of the Second Amendment in two paintings

Would requiring excruciatingly high insurance for gun ownership be practicable?

HSBC Walks: Obama Administration Refuses to Charge Criminal Bank

'Right To Live Life In Complete, Stunned Horror,' Added To Constitution

And now for the Brian Williams and Lester Holt special

Sandy Hook's dead deserve a change in US gun law. But don't hold your breath

Analysis: Could shooting be a gun-control tipping point?

jimmy fallon's show on Friday night.... re the Connecticut shootings

United Continental pilots OK joint union contract

I am Adam Lanza

Saturday Chorale: Music on the massacre of innocents

Avatar image upload - Problem screen vanishes before you can read it

Over route 93 in Boston tonight

artisitically editing a hawk shot from this afternoon

Conservationists team up with ranchers, loggers

Pictures of the young Connecticut victims now being released...

Big Response to Bay Area Gun Buyback

I realize it's triggered by content but I just got this ad in GD and was kind of taken aback

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

UN court orders release of Argentine ship in Ghana

Kali IMMEDIATELY knew that Mr Kali was Mr Right, because he was a Cow Whisperer. (maybe NSFW)

My wife and I just adopted a shelter dog this afternoon. Added Photo

"So I’m a teacher..."

Post from a right wing blog...wow...

Protect Children - Not Guns

Where might I find reasonable good looking man who is not cheap?

So,....if there was a monkey,....and it was wearing a human mask,...would you have sex with it?

Shots Fired at Fashion Island

Today IS the day to have a debate about gun control, says Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy

Gun lobby thrives just 3 miles from Sandy Hook school where shooter killed 26

Throwing in the towel on climate change

Today President Obama deserves a HELL of a lot of credit for the Mental health benefits in ObamaCare

If Newtown doesn’t change how Americans treat guns, can anything?

Dylan Hockley emigrated to the US in 2011: By Dec, 2012 he was dead..

WOW! Sometimes the commercials here makes my jaw drop.

Our true religion is death-worship, apparently.

God, isn't it great to have Mitt and Ann Romney so GONE?

It's time for the U.S. to end ALL hostilities against Cuba and Venezuela.

I figured out a way to get the NRA to support gun safety measures

For Sandy Hook's sake: learning from the tragedy of Newtown

Armed to the teeth: The US obsession with guns

DU jury nullification: Alert and vote to delete the pro-gun filth

Yes, we can have sane gun control

Yearly winter night shot from Treasure Island.

Take a look at this cynical, defeatist and anti-intellectual editorial from the WSJ.

Experts Call for End to Climate Mega Summits

I am Adam Lanza

I am Adam Lanza

Why do news programs have to "localize" tragedies?

There is nothing wrong with calling for political action after a tragedy, BUT

I want to propose one simple Gun Control principle

"Is ALEC Anticipating an IRS Audit?" by Brendan Fischer at TruthOut

The Washington Post is filling in a section of pics and info about each victim:

School Cafeteria Worker Fired For Feeding Needy Student (then re-hired after news report!)

One upside to having a special election in MA

Newtown minister: "Evil visited our town, today."

I'm SO sick of armchair profilers here and elsewhere...

I just tortured myself with Trinidad Scorpion hot sauce - wanna watch?

The Decline of Evangelical America

The really sad thing about all of this, is that there is NO "solution"

What does Sandy Hook have to do with Benghazi?

Edmonton neo-Nazi gang’s operations spreading

The least you could is not shy away from a debate.

"Five Lies The Gun Lobby Tells You" by Zack Beauchamp at Think Progress

"McConnell suggests Obama ‘manufactured’ poll to make him ‘most unpopular’ senator"

DU and gun ads

Touchpad problem. Testing a "solution" from a Search

Good luck

It says a lot about this country that THESE words appeared close together on the Web today:

How many times do we hear about a

$35K Coffin w/ Custom Sound System

"Human Versus Physical Capital" by Paul Krugman at the NY Times

Mental illness and our nation's gun problems are not mutually exclusive concepts.

My God, it's full of stars

Ugh. GD right now.... I need to stay away...

All classroom doors should be retrofitted with locks.

Eleanor Roosevelt quotes

Thread to wish SoS Clinton a full recovery.

Can we call it "Gun Nutterdom" now?

America: Too many guns, too little will to change

Boehner offered to allow tax rates to go up on American families earning $1 million or more. (CNN)

The "It's not going to happen here" Myth..

Newtown Residents......... you hear it over and over again!

For The President's Visit - Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) Over NewTown, CT Tomorrow

Do not renew the AWB -- ban semi-automatic weapons

So the mother was a 'doomsday prepper' who thought the economy was going to collapse....

Murder/suicide Cornwall NY, a couple miles from me.

Throw out the NDAA, End the Wars and Start Nation Building at home.

War on Christmas Anyone?

Sunday Talk Shows.The tragedy of the Connecticut school shooting and gun control

Alabama hospital gunman shoots cop and 2 workers, before being shot dead by 2nd officer

Living wage for public servants moves a step closer

The CBC is showing A Peoples History of Hockey

Under Many Aliases, Mislabeled Foods Find Their Way to Dinner Tables

Resolved: all gun sales and transfers need to have background checks

I have a bunch of guns. Ask me anything.

"Poll: More Negative View of GOP, Romney Post-Election"

What would it take to *actually prevent* every currently illegal weapons transfer that happens now

Father accidently shoots 7 year old son outside gun shop

Not about guns

I'm sick of hearing, "she had money, she should have gotten help"

There are no guns in the Lounge, check them at the door

2009 Corporate Income Taxes As A % of GDP

EarlG has told the hosts to keep gun threads open in GD for now

I don't want to ever hear another Repuke attack teachers...

Current NRA Board member has advocated Obama's assassination on at least three seperate occasions

So it seems the Freepers don't believe Hillary has a concussion.

Pinto has a new (hardly used) refrigerator!

Anybody ever had tingles?

Metaphysical Secret Santa Time

Evangelism?

GOP hero Norquist says Republicans should take the economy hostage again—and repeatedly

Why don't elementary school students deserve the same protection as a mallard duck???

Looking for America

Our Town Had a Gift Cards for Guns Program Today

223 Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle used at school shooting

ranch xmas tradition

School Adviser: Gunman a Loner Who Felt No Pain

Music for Advent and Christmas.

There's many kinds of violence. An eye for an eye.

snow dusting

Apparently the custodian survived the shooting.

Got that new laptop and it's driving me crazy! Ask me anything.

I have only cried about two news events in my life.

What would your plan be if your child lived and wasn't shot?

I feel hopeless about the gun issue.

About perspective...things to be learned through tragedy

Petition: Repeal all "right to work" laws and outlaw any future attempts at union busting

The g*ddamn exterior Christmas lights got hung up yesterday.

I am a teacher at a high risk building. We have 3 full-time security and cameras everywhere but RRS

Morgan Freeman's brilliant take on what happened yesterday: "TURN OFF THE NEWS"

Could the shooting be the result

Someone took my laptop I had customized just for me. Ask me anything

Gloat Free NBA Scores (Saturday, December 15)

Today on my radio show at 7pm EST, the Connecticut tragedy and the GOP actions in Michigan

THE DEAD

White House won't accept new tax offer from Republican leader

Couple of photos

Sign in an unassuming antique shop.

DON'T PRAY!

Sunset

"If there are bigger pussies in the world than gun nuts, I don’t know who the fuck they are."

SNL opens with a Children's choir singing Silent Night

SNL's cold open tonight: Manhattan Children's Chorus singing Silent Night

Feeling helpless in the face of opposition to real gun control?

some FABULOUS locals (Tucson)

Enjoy the next 2 years

Fun with DUers names

Tyree Johnson, McDonald's Worker, Still Makes Minimum Wage After 20 Years Of Service

This blaming those of us mentally ill for your fucking gun problems is getting tiresome.

Doonesbury On Gun Culturists

2012 NFL Rookie QBs & their stats

Gun Owners of America: Gun control advocates “have the blood of little children on their hands”

America has been attacking for 10 years to "defend itself"

This was what it was like to grow up with a gun nut for a father.

I am Adam Lanza's Mother

Transgender player attains college basketball first

A Mother, a Gun Enthusiast and the First Victim (Nancy Lanza)

My thoughts on gun control.

A Times Square Wedding Moment.

Hamas Warns Gazans: Beware of Female IDF Soldiers (VIDEO)

Hungarian MP detained for burning Israeli flag

the problem is that it's a complex problem. therefore there are no simple solutions.

Chuck Hagel is a darwinst!

I am a Glock handgun.

Sir Paul and Dave Grohl on SNL...

for those upset about the gun ads - check the link..

600 weapons surrendered in gun buy-back in San Francisco

Man arrested after firing 50 shots in California mall parking lot

Children Were All Shot Multiple Times With a Semiautomatic, Officials Say

When the price of individualism is just too high

Connecticut Shootings: The Lessons From Dunblane, Scotland - Where 16 Children Were Massacred In '96

Suspect in Mo. Deputy Shooting Death Apprehended

Do you still have your old yearbooks? Jr. high, high school?

TOON: Sunday's Doonesbury - "You Know How the Wall Street Greedheads..."

Simply put

Birmingham PD identify St. Vincent's shooting suspect

“You hear gun shots around here all the time" Newtown

NASA Release for 12-22-2012

In Case You Were Wondering What Kind Of PSYCHOS We're Dealing With-

Rest In Peace

our local school dist. requires elementary school class doors be locked at all times....

Shit Homophobic People Say

Something cute to lower your blood pressure.

Ryan Lanza's response to CNN's mistaken-identity reporting:

Anyone else wondering what Stewart and Colbert will come up with for their Monday night shows?

Religiosity and Murder – an Impromptu Statistical Analysis

TCM Showing Rod Serling's "Carol For Another Christmas!" Tonight (SUNDAY - First Time in 48 Years!)

The Top 5 Ways To Be 'Traditionally Married' According To The Bible

Mitch Albom: School shooting a watershed moment

Jim Jeffries....

Who used Turkish insults on DU a while back? In Turkish alphabet.

Depressed. Hold me.

Can I post something a little positive? Here's a photo of the Special Olympics Polar Plunge

When And How Did The NRA Become So Powerful?......

"Update: Obama to visit Newtown for memorial Sunday"

If you are a member of the NRA...why?

The 2nd Amendment was NOT written "to protect us from our gov't," FFS...

Reddit members counter- protesting the Westboro Baptist Church tomorrow

Rochelle Riley: Perhaps gun control now possible in honor of 20 dead children

A Pre-emptive STFU, Ted.

Just Stop. Your unwarranted fears and outmoded beliefs don't trump our rights.

Making Gun Control Happen

Gun control: vile curse words

Book links deceased Mount Clemens man to Lindbergh case

Gun control likely topic for Congress

Of gun control, and the murder of my two friends in Connecticut

Public agrees: Next step is gun control

Time for talking is over, gun control now

Fidel Castro visiting Hugo Chavez after surgery

UN court orders Ghana to release Argentine naval ship

What's for Dinner ~ Sunday Dec 16th

Brazil forest protection turns to digital world

"Gun control" in Pennsylvania....

Brazil forest protection turns to digital world

I have never fired a gun

Well it's almost Christmas, so time again for "Santa Claus and his Old Lady".

Justice Dept. Shelved Ideas to Improve Gun Background Checks

Don’t Be Afraid, Mr. President -- You Can Take on the Gun Lobby

Why You Can Kiss Public Education (and the Middle Class) Goodbye

Bobby Jindal's Ridiculous Birth Control Plot

Margaret and Helen call BS on "we can't do anything"

European Leaders 'Deeply Saddened' By Newtown Killings

Ravi Shankar's Sitar Gently Weeps

When did the gun lobby get so scary? In 1993...

What will change in U.S. foreign policy if John Kerry becomes SoS?

Tougher Fracking Regulations Backed by 66%, Poll Shows

Fears of ‘catastrophic damage’ as cyclone nears Fiji

Military rules Gitmo prisoner’s death a suicide

Australia plans drill of ancient Antarctic ice core to search for scientific ‘holy grail’

Greeks, other Europeans rally against far-right party

Chevron to pay $155 million for Brazilian oil spill

Response to an article by Charles Krauthammer

Agnes Brien: Close the 'School of Americas'

The NRA's Facebook Page Disappeared Right After The Newtown Massacre

Rebel Anglican clergy ‘to bless gay marriages’

I am 'mentally ill'.

What makes America’s gun culture totally unique in the world, in four charts

Scientists warn auto rally over endangering fossils

Vulnerability.

A history of the Second Amendment in two paintings

Juan Cole: Top Ten Threats to the Legitimacy of Egypt's New Constitution

Peru's winged wonders stir birders' competitive passions December 13, 2012

Peru's winged wonders stir birders' competitive passions

Two Higgs Bosons? CERN Scientists Revisit Large Hadron Collider Particle Data

If US had adopted Canadian Gun Laws 2 Years Ago, 97 Mass Murder Victions Would Still Be Alive

An open letter to Adam Lanza

Special Report: EU threat spotlights perfume makers' secrets

White Student Union’ founder compares club to neo-Nazi Greek party (Towson University in Baltimore)

Anonymous Hacks The Westboro Baptist Church: Posts All Their Personal Information

.....

Who is Alex Jones? Does anyone recognize this guy? Gun Rights

The 221st Anniversary of the 2nd Amendment

Landfill Harmonic

The 2nd Worst Mass Shooting in U.S. History

A good MA Democratic candidate with a GOOD campaign CAN beat The Naked Man. Here's how.

Texas Cancer Agency Marred By Criminal Probe

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Sandy Claws 2012 Edition

high Tech Christmas song

How ALEC Thwarts Honest Debate About Gun Violence

MAKING GUN CONTROL HAPPEN

Paraguayan Mennonites hit back at criticism of environmental record

UBS Libor Rigging May Cost Bank $1.63 Billion Fine

HOW YOU CAN EASILY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL VICTIMS FAMILIES (SPREAD THE WORD)

CHINA WATCHES NEWTOWN: GUNS AND AMERICAN CREDIBILITY

Fracking offers a risky salvation for America's hard-pressed heartlands

Omaha Firefighters to pay more for health care costs

UN Leak Shows More Evidence Humans Cause Global Warming

union

SNL Reviewed: Martin Short and Sandy Hook Response

I opened a new Facebook page....PlasticPickerPage....and sure could use some "likes"....

You want a gun to protect you from someone else, who is going to protect you from yourself?

Why Remember Iraq?

F-35 Spooks Honest Discussion

My Change.org petition: Renounce the Monroe Doctrine

Obama campaigned stating clearly that taxes for the rich are going up and won

Gun Enthusiasts And NRA Believe We Should Own Bazookas, Rocket Propelled Grenade Launchers, etc

ok...I am ready for some action on guns...what can I do?

Break-in at home of reporter who probed military intelligence activities

Factors common to most mass murderers:

America: Too many guns, too little will to change

In Public ‘Conversation’ on Guns, a Rhetorical Shift

Dear God! When Will It Stop? by Marian Wright Edelman

Paul Krugman: Further Notes on ONE TRILLION DOLLARS

War on Science: Evolution, Climate Change, and the Curious House Committee on Science

The 2nd Amendment Does NOT Equal Random Slaughter

Why Japan’s Right Turn Could Be Trouble for the U.S.

Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire's Speech in Afghanistan

Anyone think there is a someone trying to nudge us to do things we need to do as humans?

Connecticut school shooting: Victim had just moved to U.S. from Canada

Dedicated To The NewTown 26 - Mad World By The Lost Choir

FDR: American Badass - Now on Netflix Streaming

WHO downplayed health effects of nuclear crisis on Fukushima residents : German physician

There simply have to be options other than "do nothing" and "ban certain kinds of guns"

The Case for Gun Control (interest article w/brief history)

How old were you when you lost your innocence?

"Did we just kill a kid?" he asked the man sitting next to him.

What happens to illegal guns used in committing crimes

Chuck Hagel, John Kerry share similarities as expected Obama Cabinet nominees

Please sign the petition to ban assault weapons

Sunday's Doonesbury- Senator Warren's plans

Our Moloch by Garry Wills

Today, when he makes his trip to Newtown, CT, It will mark the fourth time . . . .

Whistling past the gun lobby (Paul Krugman)

Gun Violence Is an Everywhere Issue: Majority of mass shootings don't happen in cities

Privatize City Parks and Park Benches to help the economy

Did massacre gunman make internet threat the day before Sandy Hook massacre? (DM)

I am Adam Lanza's Mother-It's time to talk about Mental Illness

'SNL' Opening With 'Silent Night' in Honor of Shooting Victims

Republican Senate Aide Calls Hagel Anti-Semitic

UN Leak Shows More Evidence Humans Cause Global Warming

My head is going to explode if I hear one more defense of guns cause knives would kill too!

There Are Two Political Issues I Hate - Guns and Abortion

It's beginning to look a lot like......late March?

"John Boehner Proposes Millionaire Tax Hike In Exchange For Steep Entitlement Cuts

Japan moves right as conservatives win big in polls

Why Republican Efforts to Block Obama Won’t Work This Time by Michael Tomasky

The name "Sandy" sure has taken a beating the last couple of months...

I'm all out of love.

Just for the record, 5 dead in Alabama after two separate shooting incidents and a Pasadena . . . .

Arizona funnels business to CCA through its school-to-prison pipeline

"Well regulated militia"

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

The Brady Campaign gives Connecticut high grades for its gun laws

Gun incidents we *can* support

Has the NRA or any other major gun-pimping organization

Gun control efforts are expected to be revived in Congress

From the WTF files: Navy says working uniforms are extremely flammable

The Morgan Freeman "quote" on Sandy Hook is a hoax (I agree with it but it is pretty clearly a hoax)

Take the number of dead. Divide it into the number of 9/11 dead. Calculate how much money...

so whats a reasonable gun control measure

I'm 55 years old and have never owned a gun in my life.

Seeing is Believing

Gun owners and American consumerism

MSM coverage is even worse than usual. Was Nancy Lanza a teacher at the school or not?

SpyPhone: Pentagon Spooks Want New Tools for Mobile ‘Exploitation’

Nevada Lawmaker Proposes Arming School Officials To Prevent Mass Shootings

Man fires some 50 shots at Calif. mall parking lot

Connecticut School Shooting: Jazz Saxophonist Jimmy Greene Mourns Daughter

How about defunding military golf courses instead of cutting medicare?

Trolling Westboro Baptist

Last French combat troops leave Afghanistan

Bloomberg:"If Congress wasn't so afraid of the NRA and I can show you that they have no reason to be

Maurice Ravel-Pavane pour une infante defunte

Thought for Your Sunday: If God is Omnipotent…

Sandy Hook shooting highlights deficient access to psychiatry in the U.S., expert says

I don't know what sort of title to put here

"NO takers"

Boehner Blinks, WH Wants More

Gov. Malloy Sees Potential Loopholes In State Assault Weapons Bans. Wants tougher fed. laws

Ode of Remembrance

Rep Larson (D-CT) on MHP just now: "If this were an act of terrorism against the country..."

FISCAL CLIFF'S NOTES

Tell me more about what the Framers intended.

Where I live, there aren't coyotes and other predators threatening me outside my home

Teach Your Children with Steel Guitar by Jerry Garcia.

Prayer in schools? That's the answer? Eveyone in that school was praying Friday --

I don't know what I'd do without your goofy asses.

PETITION: The Obama Administration and the U.S. Congress: Renounce the Monroe Doctrine.

Women's Suffrage Proponents Didn't "Negotiate" a "Reasonable Settlement" with Anti-Suffragists

OMG, OM fucking G...!!!!

Here's what can be done, and what will make a difference, about guns.

Guns are an instrument of death. Period.

All 31 pro-gun rights Senators decline invites to Meet The Press

Don't oversimplify: Guns, mental illness, family strife, and culture of violence are ALL to blame.

Maureen Dowd: Watch Out Below!!!

How many cases of child molestation has God prevented in churches?

Is there a single symbol showing you favor gun control?

I've been trying to understand what's happened and I can't, I just can't.

Forecasting Denial: Why Are TV Weathercasters Ignoring Climate Change?

CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM: Attack on American Free Enterprise System

You all know the NRA. Do you also know the NSSF? They lobby almost as much as the NRA.

Bill Bennett on MTP a systematic leach even among...

HSBC laundry day (cartoon)

X-posted in MHSG...Mental Illness and Violence...a link to an online professional review

GOP Rep Suggests Teachers Should Be Armed With Assault Rifles

"Where were the gunners" to stop the school murderer?...

Tacoma Vigil Tuesday 7pm

Proud To Teach

If you read this article and still thing your gun rights are more important - you have issues

"Sen. Dianne Feinstein told Meet the Press that she intended to introduce a gun control bill..."

Michelle Rhee's statement on tragedy at Sandy Hook

Never mind guns.

To offset all the Sturm Und Drang lately, here's a little Santa Claus dance show.

Power use projected to remain flat in New England

Feds predict end times for Colorado River water

prevention of domestic terrorism act 2013

AWRAD Poll of Palestinians - 87.7%:10.3% Gaza conflict results prove armed struggle best way to...

This Is What I Cannot Understand

I almost hate to say it, but....

Protestors to Pope: Equality Doesn't Stop World Peace

Dianne Feinstein To Introduce Assault Weapons Ban On First Day Of Congress

Guns and Babies: What Newtown Does NOT Teach Us

Syrian jet fires rocket at Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus

Feinstein will introduce assault weapons ban in Senate

New York Times - Haunting Front Page After Newtown Shooting

Mayan 'death and rebirth' date marks the perfect time to tackle planet's crisis

Michigan 2012 Jay Gould's words still echo

Kaitlin Roig - Hero

To those halfwits saying that the massacre happened because prayer is not in schools,

Would some sort of reasonable gun control laws be more likely....

President Obama's response in debate regarding gun control

Gohmert: ‘I wish to God’ Connecticut principal had an M4 assault rifle

Dealing With Grief: Five Things NOT to Say and Five Things to Say In a Trauma Involving Children

GOD IN SCHOOLS IS THE ANSWER? Really? (Here we go again!)

I want better gun control, but hasn't the bell all ready been rung?

Feds predict end times for Colorado River water

I saw The Hobbit in 48fps, the technology was revolutionary but the filmmaking was terrible

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Words Of Wisdom

There is absolutely no legitimate reason why anyone should need a gun nowadays

On MHP today is talk about the VAWA. I have a question

I Am Adam Lanza's Mother

NASA Johnson Style (Gangnam style parody)

Two dentally-related gun stories with associated whack-jobs...

Adam Lanza was 'very bright' but battled school authorities, says his aunt

"The Gun" - How do we worship it? Let us count the ways:

The cafeteria or the first-grade classrooms? “Lanza turned left”

How the GOP Promoted Gun Madness

NRA And GOP Meme ---- Vote For A Gun In Every Pocket Of Anyone Who Can Carry One

Top Republican official Ron Weiser's comments about Detroit on videotape are causing a stir

The Bill of Rights did not apply to the States (simple fact, not opinion)

I cede no ground.

Nat Geo

Gun Manufacturer Devastated Following Massacre

Sunday Morning Special: The United States of Torture

At the White House, Dec 15

My Breakfast Was Interupted By STUPID

United States of Torture

Did you ever catch up with a pop culture phenomenon a year or two late?

New Post on Torture in the US

Via Rawstory the perfect counter argument...

Heresy

Do you know someone who owns a gun whom you consider to be a hazard?

In Praise of Women - If we don't do it....who will? Fitzsimmons cartoon I liked

"Majority of men, Republicans, and Southerners report having a gun in their households"

Yesterday on UP with Chris Hayes

Keep your Jesus off my penis

We'll Probably Get the Feinstein AWB, Does it Go Far Enough?

I really like this state police spokesman in CT

I own a gun and have decided to get rid of it

Naomi Klein - On Climate Justice And The Failures Of The Environmental Movement

Senators want commission to look at mass shootings

Lots of blame for the Mother. Apparently Dad's off the hook , though,

Poverty And Social Exclusion Rising In Greece

Something to think about

Breaths-Sweet Honey In The Rock(for Sandy Hook/for healing)

Can somebody answer my question about the Supremacy Clause?

Anonymous targets Westboro Baptist Church after hate group said they'd protest in Sandy Hook

Speaking of religion,

This Whole Guns Issue Thing Can't Be Good For Repugs.......

My daughter gave me a nice gift for my birthday - one pound of ground bison.

Gohmert: ‘I wish to God’ Connecticut principal had an M4 assault rifle

Mythbusing: Israel and Switzerland are not gun-toting utopias

"Oil Spill Threatens Bird Sanctuary Off Staten Island"

Religious music videos

MHP segment on reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Please watch

American Airlines deserves a shout out!

The Field Trip.....***religious themed***

Do states with stricter gun control laws have more or less violent crime?

FEAR: Made in America

What are we most likely to get from Congress?

Atheist Census is back up!

The ONLY way to stop mass shootings is to ban all gun and gun possession. Nothing else would have...

There is no free speech on du

A Random Act Of Kindness This Holiday Season Following Friday's Tragedy

Looking ahead in Venezuela

7 mass shootings in 2012 alone

A Dog's Best Christmas, Ever!

To those that spout the NRA talking point: "Never let a good tragedy go to waste"

What's the worst gift you ever got?

Protect Your Home from a Killer, the Handgun.

Seeing God in the Third Millennium

How many minutes did it take for this shooter to slaughter 27 women and children?

Ind. Man With 47 Guns Arrested After School Threat

Well, I might as well do a post on guns.

Our newest angels

'First Freedom' on PBS examines religious rights sought by Founding Fathers

Jesus! Did a hole open up from hell or something? Wtf?

Why did it take police 20 minutes to arrive? Is that normal response time

A traditionalist avant-garde

Now for some good news ...Bill O Really threaten to quit if

Ed Rendell: "I Got Elected 3 Times In A State With The 2nd Highest NRA Registration"

Something is happening at a church in Newtown. Evacuation

Afghan war must end now

What if Adam Lanza had been a Muslim rather than a middle class white suburbanite?

Matt Damon opens up about ‘gay rumors’ surrounding his friendship with buddy Ben Affleck

University of Texas at Austin: Do a Real Misconduct Investigation of Mark Regnerus

The Gold Confiscation Of April 5, 1933 ... There is past case history, in a sense

University of Texas at Austin: Do a Real Misconduct Investigation of Mark Regnerus

New NRA Logo ---->

This video offers hope for a suffering world

Bob Costas and Irony

I've been cleaning windows all morning

Kerry nomination cause for guarded optimism re: Keystone XL

Over YOUR head

How about a ban on the importation of ammunition for assault weapons?

You know what really grinds my gears? People thinking "gun control" means..

Church threat, evacuation in Newtown

Is the Brady Campaign the right organization to lead the charge?

The NRA is not commenting on anything right now.

Newtown Church Evacuated

Ind. man with 47 guns arrested after school threat

Connecticut gunman attended school where he killed 26, governor says

The gun: the false god of 21st century America

Don't Cross the Line

Mea Culpa to our sons and daughters, from your nation

My Facebook post on the shootings

Report: Newtown Church Evacuated

Speed limit signs should be torn down

Individual gun ownership is dropping, while gun sales are increasing.

I wonder how this country can have a serious gun discussion without including Sen. Graham's

Connecticut survivors to attend school in neighboring town

Do you own any guns?

"Gun-free zones provide false sense of security"?

a message for conservative “Christians” commenting on Newtown

Please give me a list of anti-gun/pro-gun regulation organizations.

All my life I have been told guns are evil

Refundable tax-credit for the surrender of semi-automatic weapons.

Egypt Narrowly Votes For New Constitution Amid Widespread Claims Of Ballot Box Fraud

Put Out The Fire- Queen

Egypt Evacuates 4,000 People From Syria

Argentina faces IMF penalties over failure to meet inflation deadline

Even in "enlightened" enclaves like DU, we can have a forum for guns & killing, but not sex

Obama is not going to take your guns away. We are.

People as cats/dogs.

Fucking Never Stops! Indiana Man with 47 Guns threatens to shoot up school!

SNL Opens Show With Children's Chorus Singing Silent Night

Economic Forecast Is Sunnier, but Washington Casts a Big Shadow

Conn. gunman shot mom multiple times; shot self in head, coroner says

what we can do

My brother asked a question I have not seen in the media...

Progressives Plan March On NRA In DC Monday

Palestinian PM Calls For Boycott Of Israeli Goods

I can see the time coming when there will be no more shootings in Public Schools.

The Newtown killings - By Roger Ebert

Peace, Love, and Joy - needed now more than ever. Take a break, disconnect.

Michelle Rhee Never Misses an Opportunity To Exploit a Tragedy

The people who fight & lobby & legislate to make guns regularly available are complicit in murder

From "The Anarchist Soccer Mom" - Thinking the Unthinkable - (mental health in the USA)

Too many people think they're Rambo.

Quiet Doctor, Lavish Insider: A Parallel Life

Chris Rock..for the win..

Hey! 72% of District 1 in Texas! Who do You Think You Are? (Re: Gohmert.)

Final Tally Shows Election Wasn't Even Close

Final Tally Shows Election Wasn't Even Close

'No Longer An Understatement'

The phrase of the day is "a shed full of salt blocks". Modify a title.

Hey there,

Please someone explain to me how a parent can live in the same house with a child they have raised

If your NFL team was eliminated from playoff contention, would you root for or against them?

AF1 with President Obama

I am a product. The more people die from my use, the more product I sell. What am I?

Guns, guns, My Goodness, Guns! How about Kids! Kids! Who the Hell would want to murder Kids!!!

My priest in her sermon this morning said we must stand up to evil.

NRA: 10 ways it has weakened gun-control laws in the US

Blind faith of climate change deniers endangers us all (David Horsey)

Let's arm teachers

A good deed.

Indiana police find 47 guns in arrest over threat to elementary school

The End of Pasta: what will we eat when wheat won’t grow

All pro-gun senators declined 'Meet the Press' invite, producer says

What kind of gun control if any do you want?

Can we stop calling these massacres "sprees"

WTF?!? I just found out that 11 star members are ignoring me

Sound System Coffin Lets Audiophiles Rock Out For Eternity

Republican congressman says Sandy Hook principal should have had a machine gun

the difference between east coast and west coast Offense in Football....

Adam Lanza's Mother was a Doomsday Prepper.

It's eye-opening to see what legislation the gun lobby opposes

20 questions for the National Rifle Association -- one for each of the schoolchildren massacred

Because Humanity Needs The Assistance, It's Time For Another Edition Of ASK MRSCORPIO

Raising Adam Lanza's.. Raising 9-Year-Old a Psychopaths

Louie Gohmert: Most Brain-Dead Republican in Congress in history, perhaps

Drone Crashes at UC Campus!

Anyone remember this? All 9 Innocent bystanders shot by police

There are both mourning threads and firearms threads

The Truth Is We Don't Know How To Treat Mental Illness And ----

What happens to cards I put a 44c stamp on? I just found out it's 45c.

The 6 craziest state gun laws

Another shooting related rant. I am so sick of “good Christians”...

Adam Lanza would burn himself "to feel something"

David Gregory: No Pro-Gun Rights Senators Would Go On Meet The Press

Oh deer!

For Some Reason All Of These Conservative And GOP Shills Thrive While Innocents Die Because ---

Thank you, teachers

Anonymous Hacks The Westboro Baptist Church: Posts All Their Personal Information

How Long Will It Take For The GOP, The Fundy Nutzies, Conservatives, The NRA And Their ----

A sound device for my PC that is not onboard?

The 2nd Amendment is an anachronism.

Da Bears still suck!

Classroom Safety Doors That Can Be Locked Down Quickly Would Help ----

"Hundreds of bullets were used, hundreds of bullets remained on his person."

Multiple 30-round magazines used by the shooter.

Sandy Hook Shooting: The Victims' Stories, names, and pictures

Does the yellow tape behind this truck surprise you?

NRA lost big on Election Day

We've got a real problem with gun culture in this country.

I protect my family by NOT having a firearm in my home.

All the bashing of Rebecca Watson (Skepchick) is making me sick

Per CNN--John Kerry to be nominated SOS! n/t

Just a reminder: after Obama was elected, there was panic buying of assault weapons and ammo

excellent interactive map / The gun ownership and gun homicides murder map of the world

Broncos fans are also Niners fans today!

It's Time To Re-Think the Second Amendment

When Constitution was written

What's the closest thing to a liberal Twitchy?

Anyone know why President Obama does not bring the First Lady with him

You Have To Have The Proper Mindset To Use Your Gun -----

The shooter was raised in gun nuttery. Imagine if he had been a Muslim

How does one alert to get the gun posts moved to their forum? Tired of seeing them in GD.

I thank you all, and

Report: Humanity Has Overshot The Earth’s Biocapacity

Shale drillers want to move wastewater on barges

It felt good to talk to them

Yeshiva U. President Apologizes for '70s, '80s Molest Allegations, Stops Short Of Confirming Crime

Gun Violence Will Only Stop When We Address The Violent Currents in Our Collective Consciousness

How the GOP Promoted Gun Madness

RNC Finance Chair: Voters in MI bused "from precinct to precinct where they vote multiple times."

I a have a question on the old semi-automatic weapon ban (1994-2004)

Assange to make embassy appearance

The Cleveland Elementary School Shooting and the Persistance of Memory

The brief, enigmatic life of mass-murderer Adam Lanza

Jordanian Prince Condemned for Participating in Fundraiser for Jewish Group

Calvin & Hobbes grapple with tragedy:

An entertainment: Alessandra Ferri, Sting, and J.S. Bach

A Secretary John Kerry would elevate climate issues

Will Obama be televised this evening?

I can't believe Lieberman's comments

United States of Torture

American TV, Movies, Music, and Video Games. Our violent CULTURE is to blame!!!1!

Krakatoa is still an active volcano

I guarantee that every school system in the U.S.

Once again . . .

That was the quickest I've ever cataloged a long box...

Has this shooting affected your opinions on gun control...?

Gohmert (R-TX) "More Guns Are Answer To Preventing Mass Killings"

31 Pro-Gun Legislators and the NRA Run Away from 'Meet the Press'

Another needed reform: ban modfication for semi-automatic guns

Do You Stand With Mayor Bloomberg Or The National Rifle Association?

I don't see how limits on the number and type of firearm infringe on the 2nd Amendment.

Sea Shepherd's 4th and newest ship, former true Japanese research vessel.

Illinois Concealed Carry Ruling Sets Stage For High Court Fight Over Right To Carry A Gun

Lacking Money, Experience, Rebels Try To Run Syrian Town Plagued By Water, Power Shortages

Guns R good 4 U and me

My guess is we'll be hearing less teacher-bashing from CT. Gov. Malloy in the next few weeks:

Never Never give up

What do civilians do with automatic assault weapons?

Walmart's Terribly Tasteless Ad For Dental Floss

So Bill Bennett thinks it is aok to snoop across the Internet and try to ID potential

Shot "with father's gun": a Google news search turns up a long, long list

Fred Roger's mom on kids and horrific news:

Hypocrites

Best heated cat bed ever

Ha ha ha ha faux 'news' and their bubble

Hello? Help? Someone? 2nd request

FB Pic - stirs too many thoughts and emotions so I'll just post pic and caption

Parents "know".. especially Mothers

Oh, oops, wait a minute... "we can't hold a group responsibile for the actions of an individual"

Von I. Meyer Arrested: Indiana School Threatened By Man Owning 47 Guns

Some Are Turning In Their Guns Following Connecticut Shooting

I intended to post this earlier, but got too emotional

Hello and couple of questions from a newbie

Imagine if cars were treated in the same way guns are in the U.S.

After Newtown

Is your house on fire, Clark?

4 In 10 Americans Think Extreme Weather Is Due To Biblical End-Times

For those who advocate guns for self-defense (ABC 20/20 article and video, 2009)

Westboro Baptist: Carrie Underwood to blame for Newtown School Massacre! (this is REAL)

Upfield by Billy Bragg ("I've got a socialism of the heart")

Frustrated Rhode Island Teacher Resigns Via YouTube (VIDEO)

Josh Brent on sidelines with Dallas Cowboys.

More guns stores and dealrs in USA than there are McDonalds???

Happy Boston Tea Party Day!

Mass Shootings Are A Worldwide Phenomenon. It Goes Beyond Gun Control

this seems to have been over looked.

SC Newspaper does an OOPS post "Guns from Santa" next to Memorial for Newtown Slayings

If 20 dead children aren't enough to make you consider revising gun laws

Do we have a right to know who owns guns, and how many?

My Current FaceBook Status About Gun Rights

Pro-Gun America Quiet, Contemplative In Wake Of Sandy Hook Massacre

Hey GOP. This would be a good time to belittle and pass laws against teachers again.

Connecticut School Shooting: Adam Lanza Attended College Classes as 16-Year-Old

Better gun control, OR better mental health treatment?

I am so fed up with a society that refuses to

Strict Constructionists and the Second Amendment

As a monthly financial contributor to Democratic Underground...

I say nyc_skip's gun porn post in gd is the most fucked up post so far

"I Will Never Know Why" by Susan Klebold

It's not just father's guns that kill kids

GBShaw

Gun owners: What are you doing to stop Sandy Hook from happening AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN?

Do you live in a state where fireworks are banned, but not guns?

This great '65 Chev C-30/Caveman has been

Democrats have supermajorities in the Mass. house and senate

Truman The Bulldog Helps Newtown Heal With Hugs

Hope this helps

Get even

Guns in our folklore (Sonny and Cher) Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

Falling

Blame & Responsibility

Link for Live Streaming-Newtown Vigil

The technology exists to prevent other shootings like this. Is this possible?

Pro-gun advocates will never have a rational discussion about gun laws and the 2nd Amendment

Just when teh stoopid couldn't get any worse...

One Thing Is Sure - No Enemy Will Ever Be Able To Ground Invade US ----

Guns in America,a statistical look

So many of us post about gun restrictions

Record Guns Sales The Last Two Months ---

Noam Chomsky & Howard Zinn "Is There Hope in This Desperate Time?"

In essence don’t extreme gun nuts have tremendous problems with their esteem centered

Does the Democratic Party Platform reflect DU views? It supports an indiviual right to bear arms.

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