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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Friday, July 22, 2011

Oh, No

I just saw a headline at NYTimes that says 80 people were killed in the shooting at the youth camp in Norway.

What an awful, awful day for them, and really anyone with a soul.

It appears the perpetrator is Norwegian, which I guess makes sense.  Who would hate the Norwegians?  Their area of military expertise is mine-removal.

So to recap the day:

-Norway has an Oklahoma City incident.
-The House GOP decides to destroy the American economy.
-The country is locked in a record heat wave, while denying global warming.
-The NFL lockout - which was supposed to be over - may not be, because the owners were being dicks.

Oh, and we saw Cars 2 today and it kind of sucked.

UPDATE: The shooter is a right-wing extremist.  Left wing extremists don't eat meat and ride their bike to work.  Right wing extremists blow up government buildings and go on shooting rampages.  That's fair and balanced.

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