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Yes, exactly. Imagine if the 2nd Amendment read, "Children's happiness, being necessary to the welfare of a free State, the right of the people to keep and fly Kites, shall not be infringed," and this was taken to mean that anyone could fly helicopters without regard for the community at large.

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Try <a href="http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/" target="_blank">wunderground.com</a> instead. That weather.com will fuck your shit up.

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In my cart now. I'm afraid it'll be one of those books that further convinces me I need to emigrate to Europe.

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Good catch.

W wouldn't have responded with a personal reflection on the impact, because that would presuppose at least a trace of empathy.

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The wannabes don't lose a moment loading imaginary armor-penetrating rounds into their imaginary guns, before jumping up and telling us all about their imaginary courage (and, it seems, bionic nerves, infrared vision, and perfect aim.)

You expect this in 13-year-old boys whose knowledge of firefights is derived from video games -- it's the nominally adult conservatards of equal mental facilities that worry me.

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At least some of the T-Baggers waited twenty or thirty minutes before using the horrible events in Aurora to raise money. <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/anti-obama-gro...">http://news.yahoo.com/blogs...

Meanwhile, since they apparently have nothing better to do: <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865559315/GOP-...">http://www.deseretnews.com/...

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You left out the half-dozen other cowboys waving guns around, in the NRA wet-dream version of events. Which one is the shooter, cowboy? The one who's looking at you kinda funny, like he's deciding whether to blow you away, while you're looking at him kinda funny, deciding whether to blow him away? What could possibly go wrong there, cowboy?

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"Jim Hoft, America’s Stupidest Pundit"

With all due respect, while Hoft is certainly a frontrunner, we haven't yet heard from the pantheon of stupids such as Rush, Hannity, Krauthammer, Kristol, et al, ad nauseum.

Judgment should be reserved 'til the whole bunch of 'em weighs in...assuming our heads don't explode attempting to decipher their wisdom.

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lead the charge in Texas public school against <strike>critical</strike> thinking.

FIFY

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Your fantasy chip is defective, that's your problem.

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Sorryness is being felt, if anyone was offended by the words that were there.

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The right of the people to bear 100-round magazines shall not be abridged.

That's what the FFs meant to say, as any die-hard textualist Supreme Court Justice could tell you.

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For the man in the body armor, yes: unepected help, and bonus carnage.

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Noooooo, I refuse to believe a level-headed, low-key guy like ol' Fred would ever do such a thing "in public". The theater owner was emphatic about his innocence. I hope America's Favorite Crazy Uncle gets exonerated...

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Oy.

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How the fuck do you express condolences without using the first person (singular or plural)? "Bad things happened. Condolences are expressed."?

Hoft may be illustrating why it seems to be impossible for right-wingers to apologize (i.e., just say "<b>I'm</b> sorry").

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