The Glade 4.0

Seems to be a whole lot of coverage when they don't seem to know squat. It's fine that they don't know squat IIRC It took them at least a couple days to find McVeigh and that was because they had the truck and he (or was it the other guy) were being held for something else afterward. Why not say "We don't know squat, and when we know squat we'll report on it"

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Strategy. Let the perpetrators think you know something and hope they get anxious and make mistakes.

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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

Because it sells.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Of course the reports of unexploded bombs were provided by a Senator who sits on the Intelligence Committee which speaks poorly of the Intelligence Community as a whole.

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Because that's not how you win ratings, earning money, and thus pleasing your corporate overlords.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

Jay Mohr is using the bombings to call for the complete repealment of the 2nd amendment:

http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/16/actor ... t-must-go/

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I love that Jay Mohr thinks he's famous enough that anybody cares.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

I love that he actually thinks guns have to do with bomb attacks, that violence can actually be stopped and that culture must change because he wants it to and puts "MUST" in caps.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

And yet, at the same time they were misreporting this, every outlet I heard was simultaneously talking about how it's important not to jump to conclusions or misreport the facts.

What a douchecanoe.

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Holy shitsnacks!

Apparently there has been an arrest. FOX and AP confirming.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

We need to ban pressure cookers.

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Holy shitsnacks!

ABC says no arrest as of 5 minutes ago.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2 ... ing-day-3/

Looks like Fox News gets today's Hoax Hat.

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Which is it ABC? Huh? Huh? WHICH IS IT?

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/ ... s-18971148

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Holy shitsnacks!

CNN backtracks as well.

*groan*

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

And thus, THE QUEST FOR RATINGS continues.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

Suspects...

http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/04 ... story.html





I guess Salon.com will have to wait till the next attack to get their wish.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

That story was absolutely insane. I can't believe they published that ****.

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What story are we discussing? Salon.com has less journalistic integrity than Bill O'Reilly, and Salon.com is only slightly less appalling than the stuff that comes out of Amanda Marcotte's mouth. So, I'm not really surprised they'd run anything ... it's tabloid trash commentary for the people without enough common sense to get their posts on DailyKOS or the Huffington Post. Salon.com just pretends its a journalism outfit. You can read the editorial here, by their general editor, for proof:

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/18/the_nra_will_be_sorry/

His facts are inexcusably inaccurate. His opinions are not balance or juxtaposed for objectivity.

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He has a point that I wish more people, on both sides of the issue, would consider. He is actually right. You can not talk about gun control until you repeal the second amendment. We should absolutely not be talking about gun control in any way shape or form. What we should be talking about is repealing the second amendment.

If we do not talk about repealing the second amendment, if we want to pass any gun control laws without first repealing the second amendment, then Muslims get to pass a law criminalizing mocking their prophet, and Catholics get to pass a law requiring everyone to tithe to the Vatican, and they get to do it without having to worry about the first amendment.

So Jay Mohr is right. We need to be discussing whether or not we should repeal the second amendment. It's just that, until now, no liberal has been bold enough to suggest it. They not have enough traction that the populace might consider it now, because we've become so accustomed to the idea of gun control due to ignoring the second amendment for so long. Let's talk about repealing specific points in the Bill of Rights. We need to have that discussion. We need to have it right now.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

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I should probably not call Joan Walsh a "him" and indicate "his" facts, as Taly would be wont to point out, but ... don't really care about respecting Ms. Walsh's obvious political proclivities on gender issues and signifiers. That said ...

There's someone who should actually lose his syndicated column for something he published for Salon. I can't imagine what kind of damage he's done to the personal and professional reputations of his colleagues by publishing such tripe.

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Thats when we will know that the terrorists have truly won.

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Holy shitsnacks!