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Tag Archives: gun control
Sandy Hook Truthers are Afraid of the Dark
As children we fear the Boogeyman. As adults we fear complex thoughts. Sandy Hook Truthers are still afraid of the beast in the closet, and they want everyone else to be, too. Continue reading
Posted in News, Politics, Popular Culture
Tagged 9-11, Alex Jones, birthers, Conspiracy Theories, Crisis Actors, FEMA, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Gene Rosen, gun control, Iran, Israel, Jews, Joe Satriani, Michael Harris Internet, Nightmare on Elm Street, Obama, PressTV, Sandy Hook Elementary, Sherry Turkel, Stormfront, Truthers, Wes Craven
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A Farewell to Arms
This is a column from March 13, 2001, about gun control. It is being re-run in its entirety to show just how little has been done in the last 12 years on the issue. Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Columbine, Gabrielle Giffords, gun control, guns, inaction, Newtown, NRA, school shootings, violence, Virginia Tech
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