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* A neighboring town has offered Newton an empty Middle School that just closed. The building is to code and furnished. They will likely need to swap in elementary sized toilets etc., but the important thing is that the students and teachers all don't have to go back to that school. They have not decided when to restart, but are already talking ( Read more... ) -
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* There have been a rash of adults going into schools in China and stabbing children. (The BBC has been covering it, but the American media, not so much). The most recent one had 22 wounded, but no deaths. This because it's just much harder to stab a large number of people to death. Adding guns means the fatalities go way up. Just saying. ( Read more... ) -
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* There has been a particularly gruesome mass shooting at a Newton, Connecticut Elementary school. 20 children, some as young as five were murdered, along with seven adults (including the principal, his mother, and the school psychologist). The murderer is also dead. Seriously, can we have a national conversation about gun control now and at ( Read more... ) -
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* The Japanese scrambled fighters in response to a Chinese plane crossing into the airspace over those islands that have been the center of the posturing. No one was hurt, but it's yet another escalation. It was on the 75th anniversary of the start of the Rape of Nanjing ( Read more... ) -
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* It looks like the only reason more people didn't die yesterday is that the weapon jammed. He had multiple magazines and intended to kill more. My thoughts are with the family of the teenaged grl in the hospital and with the families of the dead ( Read more... ) -
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* As I went to bed last night, they were still planning the referendum on the Egyptian draft constitution for Saturday. However, Morsey has backed down on the sweeping powers he decreed for himself. I am not sanguine. He's ordered the arrest of protesters and there are plans for conflicting demonstration today ( Read more... )