The Glade 4.0

Just heard about the shooting at the midnight show of the DKR...

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/ ... a-colorado

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Raell Kromwell

Holy shooting spree, batman!

I'm glad I don't live in that part of town, and chose 7:30 am as my viewing time.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

Good to hear from you Shel, thanks for checking in.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Sick thought crossed my mind: was the gunman hoping that he'd kill some wealthy kid's parents and become the catalyst for a real-life Batman?

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

Oh how terrible!! 14 dead, 50 wounded and there were babies and small children in there?? Oh!

Shel, so glad you are ok!!! Those poor families....

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Don't we have another Glader in that area? Where is a link to the glader map thingy when you need one?

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&mid=1342786444

Don't see anyone else...but is this updated?

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Taamar is there with Shel, prolly what you are thinking LK.

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Thoughts and prayers to the victims, especially the families of those lost. This isn't what I wanted to see when I woke up this morning. Heartbreaking.

It's 12 now, so that's... good? /sigh

A 3 month old was wounded. Not sure what it was doing at a screening of batman, but whatever.

God, people suck.

Not sure what a 3 month old or a 6 year old were doing at a midnight showing of Batman.

(at the risk of hellfiring) the political blame game beings, ABC tries to connect the Tea party.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism ... t-Shooting

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— Alan Moore

Cue the gun-control crowd, they're due to make their appearance very soon.

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This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.

Only assholes politicize a tragedy, whether it be for or against the issue. Just as many people use the tragedy to advocate for and politicize gun purchases/carriage (or use it to pre-emptively attack/denigrate imaginary people who haven't actually said anything yet). Neither is right to me. Personally, while I don't any qualms with guns, citizen-carried or no, I don't like seeing tragedies used as opportunities for exploitation, and that's what any politicization of the event is, whether you agree with the premise or not.

Isn't Timmit out in CO as well?

Let's not "blame both sides" until both sides actually do something.

That said, depending on the applicability of the situation, it's fair to say "that guy shouldn't have been allowed to have a gun" or "if everyone in the theater had a gun, fewer people would have died."

As long as it's applicable, and done appropriately. Jumping to conclusions about his influences and/or motives is not appropriate.

I think so...I knew Taamar was out there with Shel but I thought that there was at least one more person from our group that called CO home.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Wow. Just read this a bit ago.

http://deadspin.com/5927673/aspiring-sp ... ie-theater

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wow, missed one, killed in another. odds?

Reading her blog is chilling....wow.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Unfortunately I moved to Maryland a few years ago.

Well, in this case, MD seems to have been preferable.

So very sad. My thoughts and prayers are with all of those who have been affected by this tragedy.

Found this image on the web, and thought I'd share it here.

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