Why do I have to go to humor sources to find the messages I wish the news and politicians were spreading?

Some people will try to make it about guns. It isn’t about guns. Making guns illegal doesn’t stop crazy terrorists from getting them. And everybody having guns doesn’t prevent an event like this from happening. Hell professorial shooters ( Read more... )

Paul Harvey dies at 90

Paul Harvey... good day!

EDIT: Ok, after reading orlacarey's post*, I am now wondering if anyone else here didn't recognize the name "Paul Harvey"?

*Since it's a locked post, I should specify that it was not orlacarey who didn't recognize the name, but rather she who was dumbfounded that others didn't recognize it.

Seductive U.S. singer Eartha Kitt dies at 81

EDIT: Additional bits added below

From Wikipedia

"Santa Baby" has been one of my must-hear Christmas carols ever since I first heard it. I believe this is the canonical version - or, Eartha Kitt 's Santa Baby (over the years) is an interesting approach.

It seems many people knew her better as an ( Read more... )

12:58 p.m. At least 22 people, including a suspect, are confirmed dead after a series of shootings this morning on the Virginia Tech campus, Tech police Chief Wendell Flinchum said.
EDIT: 3:03 p.m. Virginia Tech officials now say at least 31 people died in this morning's shootings, up from 22 confirmed dead earlier today. At least my son killernurd has ( Read more... )