Tag Archives: tragedy

50 Years Ago Today

I was four years old when JFK was assassinated and lately I’ve wondered how real my memories of my mom, my aunt, and my grandmother crying in front of the TV are. We were at my grandparents’ house in Newark for Thanksgiving that week and my mother later often told the story about everybody rushing home from work that day …

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Man Killed By Truck While Walking To Honor Bullied Son Who Committed Suicide

Tragedy upon tragedy. KATU-TV reports: Joe Bell had a message for gay teens suffering from bullying who might be contemplating suicide: “It’ll get better.” He was spreading that message during a walk across the country – from Oregon to New York City. Joe was walking in honor of his son Jadin. The 15-year-old boy was gay and suffered from bullying. …

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BREAKING: Jetliner Crashes At SFO

Casualties unknown at this writing. Story developing… UPDATE: From a man claiming to have been a passenger.

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BRAZIL: Hundreds Dead In Nightclub Fire

The Rio Times reports: At least 245 people have died in a nightclub fire in central Rio Grande do Sul, police have said. A band’s pyrotechnics reportedly started the blaze at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria at 2:30 AM Saturday night. Police finished removing bodies from the scene late Sunday morning, Folha de São Paulo reported. In addition to …

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LA Gay Chorus: Tribute To Sandy Hook

Put it on full screen. Gorgeous beyond words.

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Gun Sales Soar After Sandy Hook

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Funerals Begin For Sandy Hook

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Has Westboro Baptist Agreed To Not Picket Sandy Hook Elementary?

Radio host David Pakman sends us this: “I just finished convincing Westboro Church to consider NOT picketing the funerals of the victims in Newtown in exchange for some air time. As much as I hate to offer them airtime, if I can keep them away from those funerals, I think it is worth it. Here is the video, we are …

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NRA Remains Silent

The National Rifle Association has yet to comment on the Sandy Hook tragedy. In fact, the day after the shooting they took down their main Facebook page. On Saturday, one day after the unthinkable shootings at a Newtown, Conn. elementary school, the NRA took a more drastic measure by deactivating its Facebook page after celebrating getting to 1.7 million fans …

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The rifle used to kill all those kids can easily be purchased online. And shipping is free.

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President Obama Speaks In Newtown CT

The program will commence shortly. UPDATE: I’ve replaced the official White House live-stream with a recording of the president’s remarks.

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The Gun Machine

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Gun Owners Group: Liberals Have The Blood Of Children On Their Hands

“Gun control supporters have the blood of little children on their hands. Federal and state laws combined to insure that no teacher, no administrator, no adult had a gun at the Newtown school where the children were murdered. This tragedy underscores the urgency of getting rid of gun bans in school zones. The only thing accomplished by gun free zones …

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Huckabee Dittos Bryan Fischer

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Bloomberg To Obama: It’s Time For Action

“With all the carnage from gun violence in our country, it’s still almost impossible to believe that a mass shooting in a kindergarten class could happen. It has come to that. Not even kindergarteners learning their A,B,Cs are safe. We heard after Columbine that it was too soon to talk about gun laws. We heard it after Virginia Tech. After …

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Happy Holidays From The NRA

The above tweet is from yesterday. Unshockingly, the NRA has been completely silent on its social media accounts today.

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Quote Of The Day – Ezra Klein

“If roads were collapsing all across the United States, killing dozens of drivers, we would surely see that as a moment to talk about what we could do to keep roads from collapsing. If terrorists were detonating bombs in port after port, you can be sure Congress would be working to upgrade the nation’s security measures. If a plague was …

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President Obama Chokes Up During Press Conference On Connecticut Shooting

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Update On Connecticut Shooting

Beyond horrible.

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Tragedy At Cleveland Gay Street Party

One man was killed and several others were injured yesterday when a drunk driver plowed into the crowd at a street party hosted by the Greater Cleveland AIDS Task Force. MetroHealth Medical Center said Mitchell Andelmo has passed away. Constance Pokorny is in critical condition. Officials said at least three others were injured. A message posted on Facebook reads: “Mitch …

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