Archive for January 18th, 2013

Shoot this guy

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Armed Guard Hired In Newtown’s Wake Leaves Gun In Bathroom

2:17 PM EST, Friday January 18, 2013 An armed guard at a Lapeer, Mich., charter school — hired in the wake of the Newtown massacre — made a “breach of security” this week when he left his gun unattended in the bathroom…

Not the Onion.

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Friday Open Thread [1.18.13]

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Friday Open Thread [1.18.13]

A new New York Times/CBS News poll finds 51% of Americans approve of the way President Obama is doing is job with 41% disapproving.

“Mr. Obama’s job approval rating is similar to that of George W. Bush at the start of his second term, but much lower than the ratings of the previous two presidents who served eight years. (President Bill Clinton’s approval rate was 60 percent in January 1997 and Ronald Reagan’s was 62 percent in January 1985.) More than 8 in 10 Democrats approve of his job performance, 8 in 10 Republicans disapprove and independents are evenly divided.”

Meanwhile, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that 49% of Americans hold a negative view of the Republican Party while 26% have a positive view.

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GOP Rape Sensitivity Training Program

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The Republican Party has sent itself to rape sensitivity school.

And it may have added new urgency to a training program that’s already being launched by an anti-abortion group — the Susan B. Anthony list — to keep candidates and lawmakers from continually making the same kind of comments that may have helped ruin Republicans’ chances of winning the Senate.

I agree the GOP needs a course in Rape Sensitivity, but that’s not what this course is shaping up to be.

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Friday Daily Delawhere [1.18.13]

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Friday Daily Delawhere [1.18.13]

The Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown.

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