Loughner In 2007: Die Bitch, Die Cops

WashPost Offers Al Sharpton a Peacemaker Op-Ed: 'Passion Without Poison'
On the very same day that The Washington Post is shaming Sarah Palin on the front page for using the phrase "blood Libel," The Post editorial page welcomed the shameless Rev. Al Sharpton to paint himself as a peacemaker in the post-Tucson political games. The headline was "Passion without poison." Nowhere in the article did the supposedly reformed Sharpton find the words to apologize for smearing innocent people with the Tawana Brawley Rape Hoax, something he's never apol...

Media Point Fingers at a Favorite Enemy -- The Second Amendment
It was inevitable. After spending several days following the Tucson massacre working to curtail the 1st Amendment, the left and the media are now targeting the 2nd. As always, they have help from either those legitimately concerned for their safety or others trying to scavenge political points from the dead and wounded. Following the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is planning to push a bill “to ban the carrying of any firearm within 1,000 feet of what he describe...

Palin getting death threats after libs attack
ABC News: An aide close to Sarah Palin says death threats and security threats have increased to an unprecedented level since the shooting in Arizona, and the former Alaska Governor's team has been talking to security professionals. Since the shooting in Tucson, Palin has taken much heat for her "crosshairs" map that targeted 20 congressional Democrats in the 2010 mid-term election, including that of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was the main target of Saturday's attack. Friends say Palin, a po...

Documents detail Ariz. suspect's college outbursts
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — For four years, Jared Loughner was an unremarkable College Student, commuting to classes near his home where he studied Yoga and algebra, business management and poetry. But last year, his classroom conduct began to change. In February, Mr. Loughner stunned a teacher by talking about blowing up babies, a bizarre outburst that marked the start of a rapid unraveling for the 22-year old, who is accused of slaying six people and wounding 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffor...

Obama: We Can Do Better
Seeking to distance himself from the premature opportunism of the Far Left, U.S. President Barack Obama stuck to Centrist themes in addressing the Victims of last weekend’s tragic Tucson shooting - which left six people dead and fourteen (including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords) wounded. “I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us,” Obama told a sellout crowd at ...

Using The Giffords Shooting To Destroy Free Speech
Now it is clear that Jared Loughner was stalking Gabrielle Giffords for years, long before Sarah Palin and her supposed “target” electoral map. Now it is clear that Loughner’s classmates were afraid of him months ago. One teacher wrote last summer: “Hopefully he will be out of class very soon, and not come back with an automatic weapon.” A Student wrote: “He frightened the daylights out of me. I kept saying to people, ‘I’m afraid he’s going ...

Delegate introduces bill to help ex-felons
As the General Assembly returns for 2011, Delegate Charniele Herring (D-46) is proposing a bill that would help ex-felons regain their Voting Rights. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, only the Governor can restore the voting rights of ex-felons. Delegate Herring’s bill, HJ 543, would give the General Assembly the same power. “I have introduced HJ 543 to help Virginia take a step forward. Our backwards way not only costs the state resources but it is inconsistent with the value of re...

Sarah Palin Plays By Her Own Rules On Shootings, Politics
WASHINGTON — With her video accusing critics of "blood Libel," Sarah Palin again showed an unprecedented and daring political command of Social Networking to maintain a high profile in speculation about the Republican Party and the 2012 presidential race. The former Alaska Governor regularly gets nationwide attention with her selective use of Facebook and Twitter, choosing provocative words when others testing the presidential waters prefer a lighter touch. Some political pros say her ta...

The Politics of Insinuation
David Warren: While it did not quite rise to a blood Libel, the headline in Monday's Guardian (U. K.) did not fail for want of trying: "Gabrielle Giffords shooting reignites row over right-wing Rhetoric in U.S." Elsewhere in the Guardian, the distance was bridged. Consider this heading (over a piece by Michael Tomasky): "In the U.S., where hate rules at the Ballot Box, this tragedy has been coming for a long time: The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords may lead to the temporary hibernation of right...

Why the Left Lost It: Most Important Article You Will Read Today
This is an absolutely perfect analysis of why the Left went so overboard in politicizing the Assassination attempt on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and why they surpassed the disgusting “Paul Wellstone” moments of the past in their zeal to attack Governor Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck in the wake of this tragedy:  “Why the Left Lost It” by Daniel Henninger. It is a must read. (1) Leftist writers like Paul Krugman, Ezra Klein, Jonathan Alter, and the ...

Iowa politicos differ on impact of heated rhetoric
Iowa Democrats and Republicans have drawn very different conclusions about what role heated political discourse may have played in the Jan. 8 shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and what changes politicians might make in the way they communicate following that event. Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky said politicians can’t control who hears what they say and how they react to it, but it is politicians’ responsibility to monitor what they say. “I think ...

Police: Alleged Ariz. Shooter Had Prior Arrests
Arizona police say Jared Loughner, the alleged gunman in the Tucson massacre, had 12 previous encounters with authorities over the years, including two arrests for Alcohol and marijuana possession. They added that on the day of the shootings, he was stopped for running a red light, but was let go with a warning. Friends of Loughner, 22, said he once took Hallucinogenic drugs and was angry at the government, but that his displeasure was not directed at any political party. "He did not watch tv...

Obama Urges Americans to 'Stay United'
President Barack Obama called on Americans to stay united on Wednesday evening during a memorial service in memory of the people who were killed and to honor those who were injured in the Tucson, Ariz., shooting last Saturday. It was a chance for Arizonans as well as all Americans to remember and begin to heal. At times, the crowd of 14,000 was moved to tears and at other times they were moved to tears of joy, as President Obama remembered each of the six people killed and voiced America's ho...

Israels new charm offensive
From Dimi Reider: several reporters for foreign outlets, including the Washington Post and Al Jazeera, were strip searched by Israeli security and made to stand around in their underwear before being let into a private gathering with Netanyahu, with cocktails, ahead of a Speech he was giving Tuesday night. One was pregnant, and security demanded that she remove all her clothing. Says the Foreign Press Association: "While we appreciate the need for security, it is not remotely acceptable to inv...

On the Origins of Delusion
(The) available evidence dates Loughner’s fixation on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to at least 2007, when he attended a town hall of hers and felt slighted by her response. In 2007, no one had heard of Sarah Palin. Glenn Beck was still toiling on Headline News. There was no Tea Party or health-care reform. The only climate of hate was the pervasive post-Iraq campaign of vilification of George W. Bush, nicely captured by a New Republic editor who had begun an article thus: “I hate Presiden...

Ex-girlfriend says Tucson shooting suspect changed
(01-13) 05:03 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- An ex-girlfriend of the suspect in Saturday's Mass Shooting in Tucson says he was a lot different than when they dated six years ago when both were in High School. Kelsey Hawkes was interviewed Thursday on CBS'"The Early Show" about Jared Loughner, whom she hasn't spoken to in five years. Hawkes says he was caring, sweet and kind when they went out, and she remembers his parents as being great. She says she never saw any violent tendencies in Loughner. H...

Documents detail Ariz. suspect's college outbursts
(01-13) 06:47 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- For four years, Jared Loughner was an unremarkable College Student, commuting to classes near his home where he studied Yoga and algebra, business management and poetry. But last year, his classroom conduct began to change. In February, Loughner stunned a teacher by talking about blowing up babies, a bizarre outburst that marked the start of a rapid unraveling for the 22-year old, who is accused of slaying six people and wounding 13, including Rep. Gabri...

Wake Up Call
Good morning! "President Obama urged the nation to come together Wednesday night as he revealed gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had opened her eyes for the first time since the deadly shooting rampage," reports our Lukas Alpert. Four days after she was shot point-blank in the head, Giffords "was making small, purposeful movements on Wednesday - giving doctors hope she will recover fully. Giffords tugged at her Hospital gown and touched her head wounds after doctors at Tucs...

Fourth Amendment before U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Police smelling marijuana coming from behind an apartment door can enter the home without a warrant in some instances, some U.S. Supreme Court Justices said. The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday heard arguments that could have Fourth Amendment implications, The Washington Post reported. The Kentucky Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Hollis King, saying police didn't have the right to kick his door down after smelling marijuana coming from the apartment. Police h...

Wikipedia to turn 10
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia is about to turn 10, its founder said in New York. Wikipedia turns 10 Saturday, and with 17 million articles, and nearly 4 million of them in English, it is the largest encyclopedia in the world, The Washington Post reported. "Whenever people say that Wikipedia's such a great brand, it could be a for-profit, I think that, well, you could say the same thing about the Red Cross, too," founder Jimmy Wales told the newspaper during an in...

Glenn Beck: Lies and the manufacturing of paranoia
By R.K. Barry I hate thinking about Glenn Beck. I hate watching him on television. I hate reading his crap on the web. I hate writing about him. But the truth is that he is such a perfect example of everything that is wrong with the right in America that it is impossble to ignore him, despite the fact that he continues to be an idiot. Many have been making the point that those on the right railing about the extent to which Obama and Progressives want to destroy America run the very serious ris...

Officials remove error-filled textbook
Published: Jan. 13, 2011 at 9:17 AM A statement released by Five Ponds Press Publisher, Lou Scolnik, states, "During our initial review, we have found that many of the issues identified by the Department of Education's reviewers were corrected before we printed the First Editions and do not appear in the books Students are currently using. Additionally, many of the reviewers took issue with the scope and content of the Virginia Standards of Learning, which our books adhere to, and are not techni...

House Republicans Staging Annual Retreat: This Time, It's Members Only
It's politics as usual starting Thursday for U.S. House Republicans -- not that there is anything wrong with that. The new majority under Speaker John Boehner heads north to Baltimore for a three-day, closed-door, members-only retreat at a hotel near the Inner Harbor, an entertainment mecca on the waterfront. House leaders will entertain guests, such as former Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour -- but not President Obama, who made a splash at their retreat last year ...

Where are the democracy promoters on Tunisia?
Barely a month goes by without a Washington Post editorial bemoaning Egypt's authoritarian retrenchment and criticizing the Obama Administration's alleged failure to promote Arab Democracy.   But now Tunisia has erupted as the story of the year for Arab reformers.   The spiraling Protests and the regime's heavy-handed, but thus far ineffective, repression have captured the imagination of Arab publics, governments, and political analysts.    Despite Tunis's efforts to cen...

Attorney: NFL players want a lockout
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The National Football League's Players Association wants team owners to lock out players when its labor contract expires in March, a New York attorney said. Bob Batterman, the NFL's outside labor attorney, said he thinks the union's leadership is focused on litigation planning and Capitol Hill lobbying rather than trying to negotiate a labor settlement with team owners, The Washington Post reported. "If you want to litigate, if you want to get Congress involved, you wa...