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Echidne / ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES:
The Day Of Retribution. On Elliot Rodger, the Butcher of Santa Barbara. — This post is about the slaughter carried out by Elliot Rodger in Santa Barbara. It is about violence, the hatred of women and the general hatred of humans. Consider carefully whether you wish to read it.
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Lupica: Santa Barbara rampage shows it's too easy to get guns that make mass murder easier — There are no sure safeguards against madness, but it does not change the fact that it's too simple for sick people to get guns — legally or illegally — especially the kinds of semiautomatic weapons …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Making Hay While the Sun Shines: The Left Politicizes Elliot Rodger
Making Hay While the Sun Shines: The Left Politicizes Elliot Rodger
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Zandar Versus The Stupid, The Other McCain, CANNONFIRE and Instapundit
Michael Moore / Facebook:
With due respect to those who are asking me to comment …
With due respect to those who are asking me to comment …
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Hinterland Gazette and Mashable
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
White House mistakenly identifies CIA chief in Afghanistan — The CIA's top officer in Kabul was exposed Saturday by the White House when his name was inadvertently included on a list provided to news organizations of senior U.S. officials participating in President Obama's surprise visit with U.S. troops.
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
The fierce fight for women's votes — Most voters in the last four presidential elections have been female, and most of them voted for the Democrat. But in all four races a majority of white women voted for the Republican. — Young white women and white working moms are more likely than their older …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
The ‘Wary of Hillary’ Democrats — Everyone knows about the “Ready for Hillary” Democrats — the rapidly proliferating parade of elected officials and activists getting behind Hillary Clinton's increasingly likely 2016 presidential campaign. — But there's also a smaller …
Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
California GOP Candidate's Pro-Gun Robocall Went Out Day After Mass Shooting — Politics News National Rifle Association University of California Santa Barbara Tony Strickland Robocall UCSB Shooting Santa Barbara Shooting Second Amendment Tony Strickland California Tony Strickland Isla Vista Pro Gun Gop Gun Control UC Santa Barbara
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Mike Devlin / Santa Clarita California:
Day After Massacre in His Former District, Tony Strickland Makes a Chilling Pro-Gun Call to Voters
Mark O'Mara / CNN:
I'm a gun owner and I want gun control
I'm a gun owner and I want gun control
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Hinterland Gazette, Right Wing News and Politico
John Fund / National Review:
European Earthquake — The voters demonstrate their Euroskepticism, but will elites listen? — How big was the “Euroskeptic” uprising in the elections for the European Parliament on Sunday? Martin Schulz of Germany, the left-wing candidate who will become the next president of the European Commission …
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Kim Willsher / Guardian:
Front National wins European parliament elections in France
Front National wins European parliament elections in France
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Telegraph, naked capitalism, Hullabaloo and The Daily Caller
CNN:
Biden: ‘Assume every microphone is on’ — (CNN) - Be wary of every microphone. — That was Vice President Joe Biden's advice Monday to a crowd at the kickoff for the Road 2 Recovery Memorial Challenge - where 200 cyclists, including injured veterans, ride 325 miles from Washington to Virginia Beach.
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Politico, Talking Points Memo and The Huffington Post
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Miss. Judge Allegedly Struck, Yelled Slur At Mentally Disabled Black Man — A Mississippi judge allegedly slapped a young mentally disabled black man earlier this month at a flea market and yelled “run, n— , run,” the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported Sunday.
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The Raw Story
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Obama's New Rules for Coal Plants Are a B.F.D. The Ensuing Political Fight May Be Even Bigger. — Conventional wisdom holds that second term presidencies rarely yield accomplishments and that this second term president, in particular, has lost the ability to get much done.
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Washington Monthly
ThinkProgress:
Hours After UCSB Shooting, Man Allegedly Shot At Women For Refusing To Have Sex With Him — A California man allegedly fired his gun at three women Saturday morning who refused to have sex with him and his friends. — The women, estimated to be between about 18 and 19 years old …
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KTXL FOX40, The Raw Story and CNN
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Europe's Secret Success — SINTRA, Portugal — I'll be spending the next couple of days at a forum sponsored by the European Central Bank whose de facto topic — whatever it may say on the program — will be the destructive monetary muddle caused by the Continent's premature adoption of a single currency.
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