BY SAM GREISMAN A look back at today's top stories SANDY HOOK SHOOTING In a tragedy of nearly indescribably proportions 20 children and 26 people total were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut. A visibly emotio…
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Archives for December 14, 2012
Posts from December 14, 2012
Gun Control and the Dangers of Radical Libertarianism
BY ARI EZRA WALDMAN The words "Kindergarten" and "dead" should never be near one another. All school shootings are tragedies, but there is something particularly soul-crushing about gun violence that victimizes the bea…
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Ugandan Parliament to Adjourn for Session Without Considering Anti-Homosexuality Bill
The "kill the gays" bill is on the shelf, at least for now. Via Warren Throckmorton: According to Parliament spokeswoman Helen Kawesa, Parliament will adjourn today until February 4, 2013. After considering the Accountants Bill, Parliament…
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Obama Chokes Up Addressing Connecticut School Shooting: VIDEO
Obama addressed today's tragic school shooting in Connecticut, wiping away tears as he spoke to reporters: "The majority of those who died today were children — beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old…They had their en…
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AFA Spokesman Bryan Fischer Says Children Died in Shooting Because School Did Not Embrace God: VIDEO
American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer had something heinous to say about the tragic school shooting in Connecticut today. He said that God allowed the shooting to happen because prayer, the Bible, and the Ten Commandments are not taught…
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News: Anthony Kennedy, Tom Ford, Scott Evans, Duncan Hosie
Real-life Hunger Games coming to TV. NOM begins campaign to prove to the Supreme Court that LGBT people are far too powerful to be a vulnerable minority group. The homes of designer/director Tom Ford. Tom Cruise is militant about the running of his B…
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White House: ‘Today is Not the Day’ for Gun Control Debate – VIDEO
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked today about Obama's campaign promise to work to review the proposed assault weapons ban. Carney told reporters that given the unfolding status of the horrific tragedy in Connecticut "today is…
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Kagan Praises Scalia, Says Wisdom Required in ‘Disruptive’ Cases
SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan gives an interview to Politico: Saying she genuinely “loves” her colleagues, Kagan praised her frequent intellectual opponent, Justice Antonin Scalia – with whom she revealed she spent three days hunting in Wyoming this fal…
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AP: 27 Dead in Connecticut School Shooting Include 18 Children
Horrific. Developing story here…. Our thoughts go out to the families affected by this tragedy. …
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The OXD Mirror: New Music for 12.14.12
BY OCCUPY THE DISCO / JOSH APPELBAUM The OXD Mirror is a weekly music column brought to you by the boys of OCCUPY THE DISCO (OXD), a New York City based movement created by three music lovers, Ru Bhatt, Josh Appelbaum, a…
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