Econocrash:
The international movement for the end of cash*
Is a cashless society inevitable?*
More US Cities Set to Enter Default Danger Zone*
Treasury Dept. Wording Could Exclude Millions from Health Care Benefits*
Wells Fargo Sued for Allowing Foreclosed Homes in Non-White Areas to Fall into Disrepair*
Berkshire Shares Down On Buffett Cancer News*
Geopolitiks:
US Troops Take Pics With Afghan Corpses. Again.*
New Afghanistan war photos part of a long, controversial tradition*
The Olympics and Social Cleansing*
Missionary Impulse: "The Crisis of Zionism" by Peter Beinart*
Argentina’s Oil Takeover Ticks Off Spain and Mexico*
Collapse of Mali a Result of Post-Qaddafi US-NATO-Moroccan Plan to Foment Revolt*
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Mapping Africa One Country at a Time*
Russian Bombers Exercise Near Japan Border*
US, Filipino troops start drills near disputed sea*
National Guard withdrawing 900 troops from U.S.-Mexico border*
History/Mystery:
Twilight Language: 4/19 and OKC's All Seeing Eye*
Video:
Today In History - April 19 and
April 20
Media/Memes:
Don't forget April 21st is #RecordStoreDay*
How to Enjoy Turntables Without Obsessing Over Them*
#AmericanBandstand Legend #DickClark Dies at 82*
Dick Clark dead at 82*
Twilight Language: Dick Clark and His Name Game*
Video: Dick Clark, 1929-2012*
Video: Les Elgart "Bandstand Boogie" (Original 'American Bandstand' Theme)*
Video:
The Band's Levon Helm dies at 71*
Bollywood actress Meenakshi Thapar killed by co-stars*
Shades of 1984 Emerge in Broadcast TV Copyright Flap*
Broadcasters Demand Barry Diller Explain $20.5 Million Aereo Investment*
Photo: Rihanna's naughtiest moments - and there are a lot*
4:44 Last Day on Earth – Hollywood’s Latest Propaganda ‘Masterpiece’*
Flashback: Abel Ferrara's 'Last Day on Earth'*
Creepy, Verizon-powered, android David 8 is introduced in the latest Prometheus viral video*
Video: Propaganda's founding father, Edward Bernays*
Obamessiah:
Obama, like Buffett, pays lower tax rate than his secretary*
Paying for Access to the Obama White House*
Veterans Disability Waiting List Doubles under Obama*
Romney Attacks Obama for golfing, "jetting around the world"*
Ann Romney: Our dog 'loved' being strapped to car roof*
Video: Obama talks jobs, Romney walks back from Nugent*
Labour peer Lord Ahmed denies Obama 'bounty' remarks*
Video: Rocker Ted Nugent Stands By Obama Threat*
Secret Service agents relieved of duty in Colombia amid alleged misconduct (hookers) ahead of Summit*
Obama withholds judgment in Secret Service scandal*
Obama silent on Secret Service scandal? Well, there's a first. He didn't say something like: "If I had a prostitute, she'd look Colombian."*
Secret Service agents busted because they refused to pay hooker: source*
Video Playlist: Secret Service Scandal*
Oregon Oddities:
The ship has come in for the Blazers...*
Man protests TSA, strips naked at Portland International Airport*
Man protests airport security by stripping down to birthday suit*
Video: Man strips naked at Oregon airport in TSA protest*
Oregon reacts to story alleging marijuana use by football team*
Police on alert about possible mass tagging that could happen in #Portland on Friday as part of #KONY2012*
Police State Updates:
Blackhawk Choppers Buzz Chicago Skyscrapers*
The real criminals in Tarek Mehanna case*
Homeland Security’s ‘Pre-Crime’ Screening Will Never Work*
Many of 500 Americans on No-Fly List Don’t Know Why*
Video: IRS Implements Mark of the Beast Control System*
West Virginia Worry:
Bishop of W.Va. Catholic diocese accused of abuse*
WV Catholics react to bishop abuse allegations*
Scouting A New Plan*
Manchin proposal would keep postal facilities open for 2 years*
EDITORIAL: West Virginia Needs to Try Something New to Spur our Economy*
...and again, we look at the school shooter anniversary,
the copycat effect & the mass murder contagion...columbine students strive 10 years after massacrethe copycat effect: 4/20 againfrom copycat effect:
Obviously, one meaning of "420" is directly linked to the Columbine date, as "4/20" is April 20, the anniversary of the Littleton, Colorado shootings. This date is also Adolf Hitler's birthday. The Columbine shooters, Klebold and Harris were extremely conscious that it was Hitler's birthdate, and often spoke German to each other, while walking around in long black trench coats, videotaping themselves... The use of "420" for almost four decades is related to the use of marijuana... Adolf Hitler, marijuana, Columbine: For copycats, 420 appears to have served as a reflective mirror. For the rest of us, 420 may reflect a dangerous combination that has resulted in terrible memories that now reach beyond the mere date of April 20th.flashback: waco, columbine & okcwhat police learned from columbinefrom washington times:
The first officers on the scene had never trained for what they found at Columbine High School: No hostages. No demands. Just killing. In the hours that followed, the nation watched in horror as the standard police procedure for dealing with shooting rampages in the U.S. proved tragically, heartbreakingly flawed on April 20, 1999.flashbacks: campus gun ban disarmed virginia victims &
anger over US shooting warningsokc bombing, columbine tragedy remembered back-to-backfrom associated content:
The Oklahoma City bombing and Columbine school shooting tragedy may be the most publicized acts of domestic terrorism in recent memory. The Oklahoma bombing took away 168 people in 1995, while Columbine took far less lives by comparison. But both Oklahoma City and Columbine shook America, with brands of violence that could scarcely be imagined by many, in those pre-War on Terror days. The Oklahoma City and Columbine tragedies are side-by-side even further, considering they almost have the same anniversary date.flashback: ides of april: waco, okc, columbine & virginia tech2yr anniversary of virginia tech shootingfrom wtap:
Thursday mark[ed] the two-year anniversary of a college campus tragedy. 32 people died April 16, 2007 in a shooting on Virginia Tech's campus. Since then colleges across the nation have become better prepared for similar situations. Campus police at Marietta College have created "pioneer connect" that sends e-mails and text messages to notify students and staff of emergencies. They've also started utilizing the campus radio station to broadcast emergencies. "Since Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Northern Illinois, it goes to show that these things are continuing and they're continuing to escalate, so we all have to be prepared because we just don't know where it's going to happen," Chief David Valkinburg said. Campus police now train with the city police to be ready for an active shooter situation.revenge of the 'waco gene'copycat updates: oprah cancelled columbine anniversary show & killers pick special dates
april 19, 1993: waco siege, who shot first?
from what really happened:
Contrary to the image of a dangerous gun nut put out in the media in an effort to justify the burning of the church, official BATF records prove that David Koresch was rather harmless, so much so that the BATF agents invited him to go shooting with them just 9 days before they raided the church. Koresch supplied the ammunition. The BATF agents allowed Koresch to try out their weapons.april 19, 1995: how many bombs & bombers at okc?
from what really happened:
There are many problems with the official story of the bombing. Let's start with McVeigh's whereabouts on April 17. McVeigh had been filmed by a security camera at a nearby McDonald's 24 minutes before the time stamped on the truck rental agreement, wearing clothes that did not match either of the men seen at Elliott's... There is also an unanswered question with regard to the truck, namely what was the Army doing with a Ryder Truck just before the Murrah blast?april 20, 1999: columbine massacre & the killers
from judicial-inc:
The SWAT team finally moved in at around 2:30 PM, 2 hours after the shooters committed suicide. Despite having seen signs in the windows that said victims were bleeding to death 2 hours earlier, this was the fastest they went into action. Parent's lawsuits contend that police may have shot innocent students. According to the sheriff's report, twelve officers fired a total of 141 times at Columbine that day. Three Denver SWAT veterans fired 105 of those rounds.april 16, 2007: virginia tech shooting 'oddities'
from legitgov:
The sister of the gunman responsible for the deadliest shooting rampage in modern US history works as a contractor for a State Department office that oversees billions of dollars in American aid for Iraq. Sun-kyung is employed by the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office, according to US officials and a State Department staff directory that says she works from an annex near the department's headquarters in Washington.
