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Where I was that day
On September 11, 2001, I had just gotten back from overseas. I’d been in Israel, a business trip. While there, I picked up some kind of nasty bug that kept me very close to home — and a bathroom — and...
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Criminals and Gun Violence – SUNDAY NIGHT BLOG, Richard Paschall
See on Scoop.it – In and About the News – Sunday Night Blog – Richard Paschall Despite news stories that would suggest the opposite, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy...
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THE WHOLE GUN THING – I DON’T GET IT
I don’t get it. I’ve been listening to arguments against gun control since I was a child. When I was six, I didn’t understand why anyone would not want guns regulated. I do not understand it today when...
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Riding With the Daltons – Desperadoes, by Ron Hansen
Desperadoes: A Novel, by Ron Hansen Open Road Media Iconic Ebooks – Ebook release date: May 28 2013 This is not a new book. It was released again on Kindle on May 28, 2013. Desperadoes has been...
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A BIZARRE ANNIVERSARY – THE JONESTOWN MASSACRE, NOVEMBER 18, 1978
If you are old enough, you remember the Jonestown massacre on November 18, 1978. Today’s the 35th anniversary of a tragic event that shocked the world. If you could read a newspaper or watch TV, you...
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GUNS PROTECTING GUNS
When I see a story about folks who’ve gotten busted for having an arsenal and because, as my husband puts it, “they have toys in the attic,” I notice most of them are poor. Living in squalor. They live...
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DON’T DRINK THE KOOL AID – THE MASSACRE AT JONESTOWN
If you are my age or anywhere near it, you remember the Jonestown Massacre. Even if you are a lot younger than I am, if in 1978 you were old enough to watch TV news, you could hardly forget it. Now...
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DON’T DRINK THE KOOL AID – THE JONESTOWN MASSACRE
There has been an inexplicable upsurge of interest in this subject. So here’s a piece of weird and rather horrible American history that is rarely mentioned anymore. Perhaps everyone would just as soon...
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POSTSCRIPT: THE JONESTOWN MASSACRE
There has been an upsurge of interest in this subject in the past few months, coinciding with the discovery of the remains of some previously unidentified victims at a funeral home in Delaware. So...
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Evil Squirrel’s Nest Comic #130 -10/23/14
Originally posted on Evil Squirrel's Nest:Marilyn Armstrong:A subtle (maybe not so subtle?) comment on guns in the world and a great comic. If you haven’t yet met the Evil Squirrel’s Nest, please allow...
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WESTERN BAD ASS VIOLENCE FIX – TOMBSTONE, 1993
The first movie I remember seeing with my mom was Gunfight at OK Corral. It was a busy day at the Utopia on Union Turnpike in Queens. Not a big theater, especially back when movie theaters were...
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GUN SENSE AND SENSIBILITY – TOM CURLEY
NOTE: Tom and Ellin are off in the northland skiing for a couple of days, so you’ll have to make do with Marilyn and Garry answering comments I’ve been thinking about why this country is so gun...
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LOCK, STOCK, AND BARREL
There’s a mystery in that locked room. Help me, I’m locked in! Help me, I’m locked out! My rifle is locked and loaded. Call the locksmith, the lock is jammed. Again. I can’t get into the car, the lock...
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NO FLY? NO BUY!
Vis-a-vis the horror in Orlando, I’ve listened to all the explanations by the FBI. How it isn’t their fault, there was nothing they could do. It was too difficult to keep track of this guy. I don’t...
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REVOLVING DOORS, REVOLVERS, AND CURLING
Last night, Garry was taking his final cruise through the channels to see if there was anything he wanted to record. Then he stopped, looked, and said: “See that?” “What?” “The Revolver Nationals.” I...
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REVOLVING DOORS, REVOLVERS, AND CURLING
Last night, Garry was taking his final cruise through the channels to see if there was anything he wanted to record. Then he stopped, looked, and said: “See that?” “What?” “The Revolver Nationals.” I...
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COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE, GUNS, AND US: NOT A RANT, JUST A RAMBLE
Yesterday, I tried to download a book from my Audible.com library and got a message telling me I didn’t have adequate permission. I’ve been an Audible member since 2002 and I’m pretty sure I have more...
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SEND IN THE FEDS – RICH PASCHALL
The Streets of Chicago, Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog When I was in Medellin, Colombia, someone had brought up the name of Pablo Escobar when we were out for food and drinks. Escobar was an...
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RETHINKING GUNS
So, I finally have to ask this question. If your own or a loved ones life is the price you pay for supporting “everyone’s” right to have and use a gun … is it worth it? Really worth it? Is your career,...
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ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING. HO HUM.
IS SHOOTING PEOPLE A FORM OF ATHLETICS? I arose today to reports of yet one more mass shooting. Even bigger than the one in Orlando, there are 50 people dead and hundreds more in the hospital. This...
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