Not to engage in racial/demographic profiling, but ...

[rmd]

goddamn disgruntled white male terrorists. fuck you all and your violence.

If Giffords dies, I'm pretty sure it's only the second assassination of a sitting US Rep. The first (as far as I know) was Leo Ryan, killed by order of Jim Jones.

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[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

it grieves me immensely to say this but huffington post reports that she died.

ETA and now komd says she's alive and in surgery. apologies; it's hard to keep track and i'm sure you are doing at least as good a job as i.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Tuscon has a level 1 trauma facility (which she's at), so her chances are about as good as they can be.

[drglam]

Current news says her surgeon is optimistic for her recovery.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

glad to hear it; thank you.

[cz_unit]

There was the Republican Bircher on KAL007. I do consider that an assassination.

C

[rmd.livejournal.com]

Point. An assassination by a foreign power, however. And not - as far as I've heard - particularly targeted at him.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Hm, I don't see how that is an assassination unless the flight was targeted because that person was on it.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

an assassination is a lot more focused than that. I've never seen any indication that the soviets knew Bircher was on that flight; it was a cold war escalation, and pretty terrible, but all the evidence is that they had no idea who was on the plane, or indeed, whose plane it was. They were just convinced it was being used for military reasons.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

Members of the U.S. Congress Who Have Died of Other Than Natural Causes While in Office. (http://www.policyarchive.org/handle/10207/bitstreams/675.pdf)

Go Go CRS.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

I find it interesting that the two dueling deaths, one seems to have been with a judge, and the other with another legislator.

I wonder if there's a list of all the duels that representatives have fought in general, since it seems likely (with several deaths) that there were a few that were survived, or where the congressman or senator *won*.

[johnromkey.livejournal.com]

Not just a judge! Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Somewhat a violation of the separation of the branches of government, but a great end to your resume... not many people can say they were killed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in a duel.

[llachglin.livejournal.com]

Well, technically the guy killed by the Chief Justice can't say that either, on account of being dead and all.

[navrins]

Are there many jobs for which that is a useful qualification?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

it's a niche.

[johnromkey.livejournal.com]

Probably not but you'd be the first kid on your block to have it.

[alanj]

...wow, wtf.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Classitup10

Tea Party + schizophrenia ... bad combination.

(I sorta dig his taste in music, though...)

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

Seen this?
http://twitpic.com/3o7glg
Disgusting.

[miss-bowtruckle.livejournal.com]

This one (http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lepyssr2Wv1qzgjcro1_500.png) is even moreso.

Ugh.

[be-well-lowell.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, the shooter seems to have been Christian, so it's not a case of terrorism. Thank goodness for that.

[milktree.livejournal.com]

Huh? Are you suggesting that only non-christians commit terrorism? Or that only people of different religions do it to each other? Or something else?

[wrog]

I'm guessing snark, actually.

[be-well-lowell.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[milktree.livejournal.com]

Whew!

[lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com]

Huh? Are you suggesting that only non-christians commit terrorism?

Why, gee, nobody's ever suggested such a thing! Certainly not in our recent history! Why, who could imagine anyone suggesting such a thing?

(someone who hasn't picked up a newspaper in, oh, about ten years, that's who)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

knowing the commenter, I do believe he is posting with his irony font to mock a substantial media response.

[be-well-lowell.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much. I mean, Eric Rudolph didn't get called a "terrorist."

[rmd.livejournal.com]

with fox news memos making sure they weren't too hard on him (http://popone.innocence.com/archives/2004/07/14/take_a_memo.php)

[ellyfialy.livejournal.com]

For once the snark comm I read has actually been good for something other than my sense of schadefreude. Currently 5 pages of WTF response (http://community.livejournal.com/sf_drama/3141123.html) and a little bit of meta.

Also, today my mom got internet at her house to go with the laptop we got her for Christmas. I'm hoping she hasn't checked the news on it yet.