Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts
Thursday, October 08, 2015

The "Draft Biden" SuperPAC releases its first advertisement. I don't know how I feel about it.

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Courtesy of HuffPo :   Draft Biden, a super PAC encouraging Vice President Joe Biden to run for president, released its first advertisem...
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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Beau Biden, Joe Biden's son, has died of brain cancer.

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Courtesy of Reuters :   Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, died on Saturday after battl...
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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Death toll in Nepal rises to almost 2,000.

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Courtesy of The Guardian :   The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Nepal climbed above 1,900 on Sunday and was continuing ...
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Monday, April 07, 2014

Two year old kills eleven year old sister with unsecured handgun. Yay, 2nd Amendment.

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Courtesy of The Salt Lake Tribune:   A 2-year-old boy apparently shot and killed his 11-year-old sister while they and their siblings ...
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Monday, March 10, 2014

Pregnant woman accidentally shot to death by her husband, a state trooper.

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Courtesy of Philly.com :   Police released the identity of a pregnant woman accidentally shot to death Friday afternoon in Montgomery C...
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Sunday, December 08, 2013

3 year old dies after knocking handgun off counter. Remember guns don't kill, gravity kills.

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Courtesy of RTV6 : A 3-year-old has died after being shot in the head Saturday evening at his family's home near Broad Ripple Park, ...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

They used their own bodies to protect the children.

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Courtesy of the Telegraph : The centre of the destruction was Moore, a suburb of 55,000 to the south of the city.  There, the Plaza To...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Something to keep in mind as we help each other deal with the shock and the fear left over from yesterday's tragedy.

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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Just when you thought things in Sandy Hook, Connecticut could not get any more horrible.

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Courtesy of Buzzfeed : Less than a day after the tragic shooting in Sandy Hook, Connecticut that claimed the lives of 20 children and si...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

President Obama's Weekly Address. The Comforter in Chief.

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Comforting, respectful, peppered with a few unobtrusive religious references, and ultimately hopeful. Well done. Now just imagine Mitt...
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Sunday, January 08, 2012

We knew who would NOT call, but we also knew who would. Update!

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Courtesy of CNN : Obama called Giffords on Sunday "to offer his support" and say that she, other shooting victims and the Tucs...
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Friday, January 06, 2012

Sunday is the anniversay of the Tucson shooting that wounded Gabby Giffords and twelve others, and killed six more. Here is the story of the woman who tried to shield little Christina-Taylor Green from the hail of bullets that ended her young life.

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Survivor of 2011 Tucson shooting Suzi Hileman Courtesy of AZ Daily Sun : Suzi Hileman brought 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green, her n...
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Exotic animal massacre in Ohio senseless tragedy.

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy I heard bits and pieces of this throughout the day, but it was...
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Just for the sake of comparisons take a look at what a REAL humanitarian trip to Haiti looks like.

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Michelle Obama in Haiti from The White House on Vimeo . And remember THIS was eight months ago. Undoubtedly well before the Grizzled Ma...
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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Earthquake of 8.8 magnitude devastates Chile.

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy A massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, ...
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