According to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, the real culprit in the Oregon massacre is the shooter’s father for being an anti-gun advocate who was never in his son’s life. Seriously. Apparently single mothers bear zero responsibility in the outcome of their children. Talking Points Memo reports: “This killer’s father is now lecturing us on the need for gun control and …
Read More »John Oliver On Mental Health & The Oregon Massacre
Mediaite recaps last night’s show: “Perhaps the clearest sign of how little we want to talk about mental health is that one of the only times it’s brought up is, as we’ve seen yet again this week, in the aftermath of a mass shooting, as a means of steering the conversation away from gun control,” Oliver said. After playing clips …
Read More »New York Daily News Column: It’s Time To Classify The NRA As A Terrorist Organization
Teabagistan is flipping out over a column published yesterday in the New York Daily News. An excerpt: One terrorist group is responsible for more civilian deaths since December 2012 (the Sandy Hook massacre) than Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hamas and the Taliban. Yet it is the only nearly-state sponsored terrorist group that is not listed by the U.S. State Department …
Read More »Jeb Bush Shrugs Off Oregon Murders: “Stuff Happens”
After a firestorm of criticism on social media and from prominent Democrats, Bush tried to backpedal: “There are all sorts of things that happen in life,” Bush said. “Tragedies unfold almost, look, you just read the papers and you see a child dies in a pool and drowns. And parents want to pass a law to do something and you …
Read More »Mike Huckabee: Obama Is “Shamelessly Exploiting” Oregon Shooting To Push Gun Agenda
“We hardly know any of the details about this horrific tragedy – What kind of gun was used? How did the shooter obtain it? What is the motive? Does the shooter have a history of mental illness? Was this an act of terror? With few facts, Obama is quick to admittedly politicize this tragedy to advance his liberal, anti-gun agenda. …
Read More »Oregon Shooter ID’d As 26 Year-Old Chris Harper Mercer, Called Himself “Conservative Republican”
Authorities have identified the Oregon shooter as 26 year-old Chris Harper Mercer, who was not a student at the college. In an online dating profile Mercer reportedly described himself as a mixed-race “conservative Republican” who was “not religious, but spiritual.” Shortly after the August on-camera murder of two Virginia journalists, Mercer wrote a blog post in which he expressed admiration for …
Read More »Sen. Bernie Sanders Calls For Expanded Mental Health Access In Wake Of Oregon Shootings
“The American people are horrified by these never-ending mass shootings. Our hearts go out to the families and friends of the innocent victims. As a nation, we must do everything we can to put an end to this awful epidemic of senseless slaughter. We need a comprehensive approach. We need sensible gun-control legislation which prevents guns from being used by …
Read More »Obama Delivers Passionate Denouncement Of Gun Nuts In Oregon Shooting Presser [VIDEO]
A visibly furious President Obama tonight delivered a fiery reaction to today’s Oregon massacre at a just-concluded White House press conference. The president takes at the podium at the 23-minute mark in the clip below. WATCH this.
Read More »Witness: Shooter Told Victims To State Their Religion
Oregon Live reports: The shooter at Umpqua Community College on Thursday asked people to state their religion and then started firing, one student said. Kortney Moore, an 18-year-old, told the News Review she was sitting in her writing class when a bullet blasted through the window. She saw her teacher shot in the head then noticed that the shooter was …
Read More »BREAKING: At Least 10 Dead, 20 Injured In Mass Shooting At Oregon Community College
Via CNN: Preliminary information indicates 10 people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College on Thursday, said Oregon State Police spokesman Bill Fugate. Douglas County Commissioner Chris Boice told CNN that the shooter is in custody. It was not immediately clear whether the shooter was injured. ATF agents were on the …
Read More »Viral Video: Man Smashes Gay Hook-Up Ad
Going viral at Live Leak is a video of a ranting man smashing a bus shelter ad for the gay hook-up site Squirt.org. The man claims to have nine children and to have served in the Marine Corps, therefore his “motherfucking First Amendment” rights mean that he does not “have to put up with that shit.” The location of the …
Read More »PHILADELPHIA: Decision On Gay-Bashing Trio Plea Deal Expected By Next Month
It was a year ago last week that a mob brutally attacked a gay couple in Philadelphia and we may finally see a resolution in the case next month. Philadelphia Gay News reports: At a proceeding Thursday morning, defendants Phillip Williams, Kevin Harrigan and Kathryn Knott were rescheduled for another pre-trial bring back Oct. 15. Prosecutor Mike Barry told PGN …
Read More »John Oliver On Public Defenders
Stick around for the end. Talking Points Memo recaps last night’s show: “Last Week Tonight” — with the help of some popular crime show actors — presented a new Miranda rights speech Sunday night to include important qualifiers about public defenders. “Fifty years after the Supreme Court gave everyone the fundamental right to an attorney, even if you can’t afford …
Read More »BRONX: Woman Charged After Pit Bull Attack [VIDEO]
New York City news outlets and blogs are lighting up today after a ferocious pit bull attack in the Bronx left two men hospitalized. The attack has spurred renewed calls for the city to ban the breed. The New York Daily News reports: A Bronx woman ordered her two pit bulls to viciously attack a 62-year-old man Friday morning as …
Read More »VIRGINIA: Father Of Slain TV Reporter Says He Will Now Devote His Life To Gun Control [VIDEO]
“She had so much potential, and, you know, it’s senseless that her life and Adam’s life were taken by a crazy person with a gun. And, you know, if I have to be the John Walsh of gun control and — look, I’m for the Second Amendment, but there has to be a way to force politicians that are cowards …
Read More »Ben Shapiro: Virginia Murders Are Part Larger Trend Of Gay People Using “Supposed Homophobia” As Justification For Violating The Rights Of Others
According to Ben Shapiro, the Virginia shooter was driven to murder by the left’s enabling of his gay black victimhood status. Bryce Williams’ self-described victim status, even while murdering innocents, will merit no rethinking of the divisive politics in which he apparently bathed. We won’t have a conversation about whether pushing a perennial picture of victimhood for blacks and gays …
Read More »VIRGINIA: Television Shooter Dies Of Self-Inflicted Gunshot, Manifesto Blames Anti-Black, Anti-Gay Work Environment, Says “Jehovah” Told Him To Commit The Murders
The former Virginia television reporter who this morning murdered two ex-colleagues in a horrifying on-air shooting has died of his self-inflicted gunshot wound. In a manifesto faxed to ABC News, he blamed a racist, anti-gay work environment for the murders. In the 23-page document faxed to ABC News, the writer says “MY NAME IS BRYCE WILLIAMS” and his legal name …
Read More »VIRGINA: Reporter & Cameraman Shot To Death On Air UPDATE: Suspect In Critical After Shooting Himself
Roanoke’s CBS affiliate reports on this morning’s on-air murder of two of their staffers: Two WDBJ7 employees were killed Wednesday morning in an attack at Bridgewater Plaza. This happened during a live broadcast around 6:45 a.m. Police are looking for a suspect who apparently opened fire on WDBJ7 photographer Adam Ward and WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker. Adam was 27-years-old. Alison …
Read More »ISRAEL: Jerusalem Pride Killer Ruled Fit To Stand Trial
The Jerusalem Pride killer has been found mentally competent and will stand trial. The Jerusalem Post reports: Following a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation, Yishai Schlissel – who killed a teenage girl and seriously wounded five others in a stabbing rampage at Jerusalem’s annual Gay Pride Parade last month – was on Thursday deemed fit to stand trial. The decision was made …
Read More »BOSTON: Suspect Cites Donald Trump As Inspiration For Brutal Hate Crime Attack On Homeless Hispanic Man
In Boston two brothers have been charged in a brutal attack on a homeless Hispanic man, whom they reportedly urinated upon after the assault. One of the men told police that they were inspired by Donald Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric on illegal immigration. Trump’s reaction to the attack is revolting. The Boston Globe reports: The homeless man was lying on the …
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