Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Trump Cries ‘Witch Hunt’ And The Jokes Just Write Themselves

"President Trump tweeted out several guest segments from various Fox News shows on Tuesday, denying claims his campaign colluded with the Russians.

“WITCH HUNT!” Mr. Trump tweeted.

This was hardly an unusual message for the president. According to the Trump Twitter Archive, he’s tweeted the phrase “witch hunt” 24 times since last January, including three times just this month."
-MSNBC

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

What Politicians Receive the Most Money from the NRA?

These are some but not all of the politicians with blood on their hands.

From the NY Times:

Senate

1.	John McCain Ariz.	“Cindy & I are praying for the victims of the terrible #LasVegasShooting & their families.”	$7,740,521 FROM THE N.R.A.
2.	Richard Burr N.C.	“My heart is with the people of Las Vegas and their first responders today. This morning’s tragic violence has absolutely no place here in America.”	$6,986,620 FROM THE N.R.A.
3.	Roy Blunt Mo.	“Saddened by the tragic loss of life in #LasVegas. My thoughts are with all of the families affected by this horrific attack.”	$4,551,146 FROM THE N.R.A.
4.	Thom Tillis N.C.	“Susan and I send our deepest condolences and prayers to the families of the victims of this horrific and senseless tragedy in Las Vegas.”	$4,418,012 FROM THE N.R.A.
5.	Cory Gardner Co.	“My family and I are praying for the families of those injured and killed in Las Vegas last night.”	$3,879,064 FROM THE N.R.A.
6.	Marco Rubio Fla.	“I’m praying for all the victims, their families, and our first responders in the #LasVegas #MandalayBay shooting.”	$3,303,355 FROM THE N.R.A.
7.	Joni Ernst Iowa	“My prayers are with all of the victims in Las Vegas, and their loved ones affected by this senseless act of violence.”	$3,124,273 FROM THE N.R.A.
8.	Rob Portman Ohio	“Jane & I mourn the loss of innocent lives in this horrific attack in Las Vegas last night. We are praying for those taken from us, their families & all those injured in this attack.”	$3,061,941 FROM THE N.R.A.
9.	Todd Young Ind.	“We must offer our full support to the victims and their families as our nation mourns.”	$2,896,732 FROM THE N.R.A.
10.	Bill Cassidy La.	“Following closely the horrendous act of violence in Las Vegas. Our prayers are with those who were injured, killed and their families.”	$2,861,047 FROM THE N.R.A.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

WHY ARE PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF MENTALLY DISTURBED HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTERS ALLOWING THEM TO ACCESS GUNS?

'Host dad who took in Florida school shooting suspect: "It's his right" to have an AR-15'-CBS NEWS

Cruz had been living with the Snead family for about three months when the 19-year-old allegedly carried out the deadliest school shooting in Florida history.
"How many guns did he have?" Blackstone asked.
"I'm not sure. Five or six," James said.
"He was coming into your house and you didn't know how many guns he had?" Blackstone asked.
"I knew he had five or six; I didn't know what kind they were. It didn't matter what kind of guns they were. I have guns. I respect guns as long as they're handled properly, safely. And one of the stipulations before moving in was to have a gun safe before he moved in," James said.
"So you wanted him to have a gun safe, but you didn't know how many guns or what kind of guns they were that he would be putting in the safe?" Blackstone said.
"I knew he had hunting rifles," James responded.
"You thought they were just hunting rifles?" Blackstone asked.
"I knew he had [an] assault rifle, but I knew he used it out hunting," James said.
"That seemed a reasonable thing," Blackstone said.
"It's his right to own a gun," James responded.
"You thought it was fine for a 19-year-old to have an AR-15?" Blackstone asked.
"It's his right to have it," James said.
"Do you feel any differently about that now?" Blackstone asked.
"No. Nope," James said.
According to a Florida Department of Children and Families, Cruz suffered from depression, ADHD and autism. Between 2011 and 2016, Broward County sheriff deputies were called to Cruz's mother's home 39 times, several of them allegedly due to Cruz's violent outbursts. -CBS NEWS
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Where have we heard these stories before of parents or guardians of mentally disturbed teens being given or allowed possession of guns? Here's the list from Wikipedia:

Columbine-Where were Harris and Klebold's parents all this time? They have never spoken publicly about Columbine, but in police interviews they said they had no idea about the arsenal of weapons their sons were amassing in their bedrooms - including knives, guns, cans full of gunpowder, coils of bomb fuse, and bombs - more than 100 of them, including pipe bombs, propane bombs and homemade grenades.

Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting occurred in Marysville, Washington, on October 24, 2014, when 15-year-old freshman student Jaylen Fryberg shot five other students at Marysville Pilchuck High School, fatally wounding four, before fatally shooting himself. Fryberg's father, Raymond Fryberg, was arrested and convicted the following year for illegally purchasing and owning the gun used in the shooting, among other firearms.

he Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14, 2012. Adam Peter Lanza (April 22, 1992 – December 14, 2012) and his mother lived in Sandy Hook, 5 miles (8 km) from the elementary school. He did not have a criminal record. He had access to guns through his mother, Nancy Lanza, who was described as a "gun enthusiast who owned at least a dozen firearms".Nancy often took her two sons to a local shooting range, where they learned to shoot. Lanza's father said he does not believe his ex-wife Nancy Lanza feared her son Adam. She did not confide any fear of Adam to her sister or to her best friend; she slept with her bedroom door unlocked and she kept guns in the house where she lived with Adam.

The Red Lake shootings were a series of spree killings that occurred on March 21, 2005 in two places on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Red Lake, Minnesota. The day of the shootings, Weise retrieved a Ruger MK II .22 caliber pistol from his bedroom and fatally shot his grandfather as he was sleeping; he shot him two times in the head and ten times in the chest. According to Weise's friends, the teenager may have had the gun for as long as a year. He took Lussier's two police-issue weapons, a .40 caliber Glock 23 pistol and a Remington 870 12 gauge pump-actionshotgun, a gunbelt and a bullet-proof vest. He began shooting into an English classroom, killing three students and one teacher, and wounding three students. Ashley Lajeunesse said that Chase Lussier (no direct relation to Daryl Lussier) sheltered her, and was one of those shot by Weise. Jeffrey May, a 16-year-old sophomore, tried to wrestle Weise inside the classroom, and stabbed him in the stomach with a pencil. His diversion allowed students to flee the classroom to safety, but Weise shot May two times in the neck and once in the jaw, leaving him seriously injured.

On May 20, 1998, 15-year-old Kinkel was suspended pending an expulsion hearing from Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, for being in possession of a loaded, stolen handgun. TheThurston High School shooting took place on May 21, 1998. A friend of Kinkel's had stolen a pistol from the father of one of his friends and arranged to sell the weapon to Kinkel the night before. Kinkel paid $110 for the Beretta Model 90 .32-caliber pistol loaded with a 9-round magazine, which he then placed in a paper bag and left in his locker. Kinkel retrieved his Ruger .22-caliber semi-automatic rifle from his bedroom and ammunition from his parents' bedroom. He then went to the kitchen and shot his father once in the back of the head, then dragged his body into the bathroom and covered it with a sheet. Kinkel further stated that his mother arrived home at about 6:30 p.m., and that he met her in the garage, told her he loved her, then shot her twice in the back of the head, three times in the face, and once in the heart. He then dragged her body across the floor and covered it with a sheet. Kinkel parked on North 61st Street, two blocks from the school, then jogged to the campus, entered the patio area and fired two shots, one fatally wounding Ben Walker and the other wounding Ryan Atteberry. He went to the cafeteria and, walking across it, fired the remaining 48 rounds from his rifle, wounding 24 students^[5] and fatally wounding 17-year-old Mikael Nickolauson. Kinkel fired a total of 50 rounds, hitting with 37 of those, and killing two.

Charles Andrew "Andy" Williams (born February 8, 1986) is a convicted murderer who, as a 15-year-old, perpetrated the shooting at Santana High School on March 5, 2001. In the shooting, two students were killed and 13 others were wounded. On Monday, March 5, 2001 at 9:20 a.m., 15-year-old Williams entered a boys' bathroom at Santana High School with a loaded .22-caliber revolver taken from his father’s locked gun cabinet and fatally shot a freshman. He then left the bathroom and began firing the revolver indiscriminately at other students, killing another. According to one witness, Williams repeatedly walked out of the bathroom, fired shots, then went back into the bathroom.

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Mike Pence's Beliefs Are Clear: Same-Sex Marriage Leads To 'Societal Collapse'

So does same-sex ideological marriages.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

17 DEAD and the NRA-BOUGHT CONGRESS SENDS THEIR CONDOLENCES

FROM ATIRA AURA: AT WHAT POINT ARE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF AUTOMATIC WEAPONS OR GUN CONTROL, COMPLICIT IN THE KILLINGS OF INNOCENT LIVES? READ ON TO HAVE YOUR EYES OPENED.

"President Donald Trump has often pointed to mental illness as the underlying cause for mass shootings, but one of his earliest actions as president was to undo a regulation that would have made it more difficult for people with a known mental illness to buy guns." -ABC News

"A little over a month after his inauguration, on Feb. 28, 2017, President Trump signed HJ Resolution 40, a bill that made it easier for people with mental illness to obtain guns." -CBS News

Allegedly the shooter, Nickolas Cruz, was wearing a 'Making America Great Again' cap during his killing spree.

Bess Kalb, a writer for “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” is responding to each lawmaker tweeting condolences over the murders by listing how much they’ve taken from the National Rifle Association, which has consistently fought any move to tighten gun control laws.

Here are some of those tweets and Kalb’s replies:

She also replied to Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel:

Before she started replying to tweets she also shared a few other choice words about lawmakers collecting cash from the gun lobby:

One final question: why do parents promote gun use with teens, give them gun access, and pay to have them trained on the use of automatic weapons? In reviewing school shootings, almost all the perpetrators were given parental blessing to be instructed on the use of automatic weapons (e.g., Sandy Hook, Columbine), and ignored obvious warning signs of their child's unstable and threatening behaviors. Instead of focusing on teens, why are we not engaged in discussions with parents on the impulse control issues with their adolescents/young adults, their paucity of judgment, and recognizing alternative solutions to conflicts? Identifying at risk behaviors is not enough when the parents are the root of the problem.