Showing posts with label Culture War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Culture War. Show all posts

Friday, July 25, 2014

If I Criticize Israel, Then I'm What?

If criticizing the killing innocent civilians by Israel anti-Semitic, then what is an unjustifiable killing?

Israel is mounting another assault on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Despite their efforts, the causalities of the innocent are growing and the Israelis are trying to place the blame solely on Hamas. Many internationally are getting tired of the excuses. They want to lay the hammer on Israel but one thing keeps them from doing it.

U.S., the United States of America.

Why?

My personal thoughts on this: The Israelis attacks on the Gaza Strip are WAR CRIMES.

They killed many innocent people at a United Nation's sanctioned public school. The Israeli military claims that it wasn't the fault of them, but Hamas launching a rocket that richocetted into the building.

BULLSHIT!

There's a riot in the West Bank and the Israeli forces ended up shooting three protesters. The protest are in regards to the heartless killings of schoolchildren seeking shelter.

For the fact that 500 Palestinians died in this one sided war against a political faction that they deem as a terrorist group is bullshit. Hamas was elected by the people of the Gaza Strip.

The Hamas governance believes that Israel is an oppressor and must be defeated. Hamas is conservative Sunni Islamic political organization.

The United States gives military aid to Israel. The Israeli government has a missile shield, nuclear weapons, a political campaign to paint themselves as the "victims" and a junk food media willing to aid their propaganda.

The Likud Party is the Tea Party of Israel. They've been in power for decades. They elected right wing leaders who run to the American junk food media with this notion that Israel is under attack and we must aid the country no matter what.

It seems like in a fight against an enemy, both sides would have the ammunition to destroy one another, then this would be a fair fight.

But like GOP Sundays, there's 3:1 ratio for Israelis. The junk food media is pro-Israel.

Our president, the Secretary of State John Kerry, the Republican Party, the Democratic Party and the American Jewish community believe that Israel "has the right" to defend their land. They have the "right to exist" and its up to Hamas to end the attacks.

But the problem with this is that Hamas is willing to end the conflict. They want to end it. But the reasons why they can't is because Israel continues to built settlements despite the United States and its allies warning the country not to. The Israeli government continue to block aid packages and medicine to the Gaza Strip and West Bank. They continue to tell this lie that Hamas hides in areas where women and children reside.

Yeah, right.

I am getting tired of this excuse. Hamas fighters would rather fight the Israelis in the streets instead of behind families.

Okay, here's where I believe they're wrong.

The Likud government is a far right government. They have such utter hatred of Blacks, Arabs and those who aren't like them. They strongly emphasize a national security policy based on a strong military force when threatened with continued enmity against Israel. It has shown reluctance to negotiate with its neighbors whom it believes continue to seek the destruction of the Jewish state. Its suspicion of Arab intentions, however, has not prevented the party from it from reaching agreements with the Arabs, such as the 1979 peace treaty with Egypt. Likud will never trust a mutually accepted agreements with the Arab world.

They believe in their minds, being the strongest is beneficial and weakness is not an option. Diplomacy with leaders who are conservative help their cause. Those they deem not of their level are often mocked and ignored.

See our president, Barack Obama has a somewhat testy relationship with right wing leaders.

Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation, Stephen Harper of Canada, Angela Murkel of Germany, David Cameron of the United Kingdom,  Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea are politically right wing leaders.

These American conservative agitators support these leaders vehemently cause of their policies.

Over the years the rejection of peace talks often associates to the stubbornness of Israeli right-wing parties.

Far too long, I've been ignoring the conflict in the Middle East. I strongly believe that the United States shouldn't be involved as the world's police man. The U.S. should only aid a country in the time of a crisis (i.e. food and medical outbreak).

We shouldn't supply any country with weapons of mass destruction. What gives us the right to have nuclear weapons when countries like Iran, Syria and North Korea are barred from using them?

The UN threatened to sanction Israel for war crimes.

The United States have been participant in blocking any vote. The U.S. for the time being still believes that Hamas started the fight and Israel must take steps to end it.

The urging of ceasefire by Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is being ignored by both parties.

My thoughts on this situation is pretty simple.

Give Palestine the right to become a nation. The United States need to cut off the weapons to Israel.

Have each leader sit at the table in Geneva and offer a comprehensive truce.

If that fails, then charge Israeli leaders and military officers for war crimes at the Hague.

I'm against the attack of the Gaza Strip. There's nothing anti-Semitic about bombing civilian targets.

If Hamas had the power that Israel has, then I would have been more supportive. But if this lump sided fight was fair, then you could have convince me.

So as I allow my freedom of speech roll down these pages, I patiently wait for the first anonymous comment to come onto the pages of Journal de la Reyna.

What's your thoughts on the situation over in the Middle East?  

Monday, July 14, 2014

What The Media Isn't Tell You About The Israel-Palestine Conflict!

Doesn't look like he has a rocket launcher on his shoulder!


If the Gaza Strip had helicopters, tanks and hell fire missiles, then this would be a fair fight.

Israeli forces are attacking Hamas, a sanctioned terrorist group according to the United States and Israel.

In their fight against Hamas, too many innocent victims are being killed by Israeli military forces. This conflict isn't a fair fight. The people are targets. The Israeli defense ministry and junk food media keeps saying the Hamas fighters are hiding in areas where people reside.

Yeah fucking right!

Israeli forces don't care where the bomb drops. As long as it hits something, they call it a "success".

What will a rocket launcher do?

It has the capability to kill some people. But what would a helicopter, a bunch of missiles, and a few tanks do?

Kill more people.

Now what the media isn't tell you! The causalities of many Palestine citizens.

The far right government led by Benjamin Netanyahu has created this narrative that Hamas is the aggressor.

But what the media isn't telling you is that Israelis have attacked Palestine citizens since 2013. They continue to build those settlements despite the United States cries to cease.

The American conservative agitators pledge more allegiance to a foreign leader than President Barack Obama. They have no respect for their own country let alone Israel. They see greed, hate and a blind eye when they criticize Hamas.
Doesn't look like a terrorist!
Yeah, Hamas is a conservative Sunni Muslim sect. They have radical extremists. No different than those Christian Identify folks who want to attack abortion clinics with firebombs. Those Baptists preachers who roll in big bucks to see those in the LGBT community never get a marriage license. Those self righteous televangelist who profit off the sermon and live in homes that span for acres and living like a luxury god. Oh don't get me started on the Catholic church. A bunch of Peter Pedos and Pervs in the cathedral.

Netanyahu belongs to the conservative Likid Party. A bunch of radical extremists and war chickens.

The far right leaders such as Vladimir Putin and Netanyahu have plotted for decades to secretly eradicate minority states. They are hatemongers and war chickens. They want to flex their tiny muscle at the expense of millions of people.

The West Bank and the Gaza Strip are dispute territory. All these people ask for is their own right as a country. Israel doesn't see that as appropriate.

That's probably why we see this event unfold in the world. All over Holy Land.

Tuesday, July 01, 2014

You Try And Try But Again You Can't Fix Stupid! [NSFW]

Another story featuring America's most famous chicken restaurant.

Today, I went to a local gas station in my area. I purchased a couple of gas station hotdogs, an ice tea, a bag of Lay's Cheesy Bread chips and double bacon cheeseburger. I went to the front of the counter and was given the worst customer service I've ever experienced in my time as a person who actually works in service.

I make it clear: I work in service. It can be extremely stressful working in the service industry. You can't satisfy everyone. I am an example of this trend where I have to observe how I am treated in the service industry.

If I am to satisfy my guest, I would go out of my way to serve them. I will push a sale. I have pushed a sale and I always thank a guest.

I work two jobs. I work at a racino and gas station respectively. I can relate to the situation.

Anyway, here's another story about KFC. Before I rush to conclusions, I wanted to see proof of this.




Coming straight out of  the United Kingdom, a woman's claim that her boy eat one of those famous chicken dinners and out of the drumstick comes a paper towel.

Krystal Henderson, 29, and 7-year-old stepson Oliver Hallam purchased takeout from a KFC branch in Killingsworth, according to the Express. At home, Oliver took a bite out of what he assumed was chicken, but recoiled seconds later.

"He pulled it out of his mouth and when he did, it pulled away the batter - you could see the blue roll inside," Henderson said, according to the Daily Mail.

Henderson said that realizing Oliver had bitten into a paper towel was worse than if it had just been bad chicken.

"If it was bad chicken they might have just had a bad batch or something," she said. "But the blue roll could have been used for anything - it could have bleach or disinfectant on it … Had someone wiped their hands on it, had it been used to wipe the floor?"

KFC investigated the incident and, in May, sent Henderson an apology letter, explaining

"the blue tissue has most likely originated from a tissue roll used for KFC hygiene purposes. The store assume it must have fallen unseen into the breading lug that is under the sieve and was not noticed by the cook."

A spokesperson for KFC made the following statement, obtained by the Mirror:
We're very sorry for Ms Henderson's experience and apologized to her immediately, as well as giving her a refund at the time of the incident.
We take food quality and hygiene very seriously and unfortunately, on this extremely rare occasion, our restaurant failed to meet the high standards that both we and our customers expect.
We have retrained staff on our stringent food preparation procedures at this store to ensure this doesn't happen again.
The company also offered Henderson a free meal.

I will let you know that I can't judge the company for incompetence. After all, Yum! Brands managed to scrape by another scandal. Last month a little girl was being used in a deliberate hoax.

She was injured severely by a pitbull and was badly disfigured. According to the family, they told the junk food media that she was banned from the restaurant.

It turned into a major controversy and led to KFC paying for the girl's medical bills. The regional restaurant management checked the cameras and found that the family made the story up. Their donation website for the little girl Victoria Wilcher was suspended.

Nothing happened yet but soon it will.

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Weeper Boehner: Obama "Taking A Nap" On Iraq!

Weeper John Boehner (R-OH) is complaining about early withdrawal from Iraq. A mess that he and many Republicans sent our men and women into. Now since we got out, Iraq is on the verge of civil war and the armchair warhawks are piss pouring on Obama for leaving.


If it wasn't for our gun-ho mentality, Iraq wouldn't be in the mess its in.

Our American junk food media has to always paint someone as an enemy. We went into a sovereign country on the merits of terrorism. Americans thought that the Iraqi government was harboring terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. We were to believe that Saddam Hussein was an ally of Osama bin Laden.

None of that was true. We wasted over nine years and lost over 4,350 active soldiers, hundreds of civilians, journalists and over 600,000 Iraqis. All for what? An indefinite war in the name of American execptionalism.

My co-workers were dismayed over the Beau Bergdahl situation. They believe that these "terrorists" shouldn't be freed. After spending twelve years in the Guantanamo Bay federal lock up without being criminally charged, these individuals were released for Bergdahl.

Conservatives were whining about Bergdahl being a "traitor" and "deserter". They believe that these men will return to the battlefield.

Of course, they don't see these people as individuals. They see these [people] as targets.
The insurgency spreads around Iraq.
The most annoying agitators ever to exist are King Hippo (Rush Limbaugh), O'Loofus (Bill O'Reilly), That Guy Who Helped Obama Win (Sean Hannity) and That Guy Who Throws Shit To The Wall (Matt Drudge).

These individuals are enablers of anti-Muslim hate. These men are the armchair warhawks who fight in front of cameras while those who volunteered for the military fight overseas. These so-called armchair warriors and even me, bitch and bemoan about these issues while our American military risks their lives for American execptionalism.

And to make this clear, there is no "real" winners of war. There are no good guys and bad guys! Conservatives and liberals don't see the grey area. They see battle lines all in the name of partisan politics.

In a war, there are no winners, only a whole lot of dead bodies and destruction of land.

George W. Bush pointed the gun in the direction of a country that nothing to do with September 11, 2001.

This war lasted nine years and caused so much waste. President Barack Obama ended this three years ago.

Now after a few years of withdrawal, conservatives are bitching about the government collapsing and they wanted more and more time in the country.

Of course, the American junk food media does go overboard when it comes to covering international situations. I mean overseas events happen. The United States can't be the world's police officer.

We can't waste time and money trying to solve every crisis in the world.

I mean there are civil wars in Thailand, Syria, Uganda, Somalia, Ukraine, Peru, and the United States Republican Party.
Revising that page in Iraq.
The armchair warhawks are now bitching about the state of affairs in Iraq. Since withdrawal, insurgents have seize control of some of the cities in the country.

Northeastern Iraq is being taken over by an insurgency that has ties to Sunni extremists.

The Iraqi insurgency was initially a response by Iraqi groups to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The insurgency has reemerged since the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2011, resulting in violent conflict with the central government, as well as sectarian violence between Iraq's religious groups. Since the U.S. military's withdrawal, the level of violence has risen, as Sunni militant groups have stepped up attacks targeting the country's majority Shia population to undermine confidence in the Shia-led government and its efforts to protect people without American backup.

Armed groups inside Iraq have been increasingly galvanised by the Syrian Civil War. Many Sunni factions stand against the Assad regime, which Shia groups have moved to support, and numerous members of both sects have also crossed the border to fight in Syria.

Weeper of the House John Boehner of Ohio knows his time is up. The Republican leader has complained way too much these days. He lead the most inept and ineffective Congress, ever.

He was asked about the situation in Iraq. Never on to shy away from complaining he made a snide response.

It’s not like we haven’t seen this problem coming for over a year. And it’s not like we haven’t seen, over the last five or six months, these terrorists moving in and taking control of western Iraq, now they’ve taken control of Mosul, they’re a hundred miles from Baghdad. And what’s the president doing? Taking a nap.

The American insurgency knocked off House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia and they've hailed this as this as the nail in the coffin for Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

The president has fallen into the Second Term Curse. Everything falls on his lap.

This problem is now Obama's.

What will he do to quarrel the crisis in Iraq?

Is the president a lame duck?

As I gather my thoughts on Beau Bergdahl, we here at Journal de la Reyna will keep you informed on the situation in Iraq. If details emerge, we'll keep you covered!

Saturday, April 19, 2014

The Heartless Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin





How heartless of her!  When is she going to get her comeuppance?

Hear what this "governor" has to say regarding Oklahoma's ban on local government setting minimum wage.




She is truly heartless!

Thursday, April 17, 2014

The Bible of St Louis (XIII th, París) - V. English - www.moleiro.com





The Bible of St Louis (1226-1234, Paris) 

Housed in the Toledo Cathedral, Spain, The Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum, New York, USA.
It belonged to St. Louis IX, King of France, who gave it to Alfonso X the Wise. It was copied and illustrated between 1226 and 1234 in Paris.
Life in the Middle Ages is revealed through the images presented in this codex. 
Biblical texts and glosses blend with the iconography to create an unalterable whole. 
Unique monument of book illumination that constitutes both unlimited information for historians and a boundless source of pleasure to the senses.
The Bible of St Louis of Toledo Cathedral is a truly outstanding item within the rich heritage of Toledo Cathedral. This Bible moralisée written in Latin is so extraordinarily beautiful that it is also known as the "Rich Bible of Toledo"... 

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

White House Fires Back At Ex-Secretary Robert Gates!

Do you notice that neck brace on Robert Gates will be the only thing memorable?  Gates was on That Guy Who Helped Obama Win's right wing carnival.

With a neck brace on, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates goes to the junk food media to rant off about how bad it was being in the Obama Administration.

The price Barack Obama paid for being bipartisan. Keeping a Republican on the payroll is something that Democratic presidents should never do. You see what happens!

Jon Huntsman the former ambassador to China was trying to be the next president.

Now Gates an appointee under George W. Bush stayed on after Obama asked him to. The former Secretary of Defense went to friendly media outlets like Loserville to tag on the president, Vice President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

He claimed that the Obama Administration was trashing Bush's policies and making comments about political expediency when it came to the "surge" in Iraq back in 2007.

Yeah, it's funny that even though Bush let the ball roll on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's Obama's fault because he wanted the troops out of those countries now!

Then candidate Obama said that the war in Iraq was a distraction. The greater need was in Afghanistan.

Then candidate Obama believed that if Osama bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan, he would use all his resources to find him and bring him to justice.

Now President Obama said that our troops are going into harms way too many times. He said  "As the commander-and-chief, I want to establish regularity in deployments: so that active duty and reserves know what they must expect, rather than the current trend of changing the deployment schedules after they have left home, which harms the morale of troops and their families."

I don't see anything wrong with what President Obama is doing. He wanted to end the war.

So if you're thinking that Gates is being an asshole, you're not the only one.

Going to That Guy Who Helped Obama Win is pretty much a summary of the desperation by Republicans.

The White House is bristling over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir that accuses President Barack Obama of showing too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan and that criticizes Vice President Joe Biden's foreign policy instincts.

In "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War," set for release next week by the publishing house Knopf, Gates writes that Biden is "a man of integrity" but also a political figure who has been "wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."

Gates, a Republican, also slammed the National Security Council under Obama's watch. Gates cited what he called the "controlling nature" of the White House, writing that Obama's national security team "took micromanagement and operational meddling to a new level."

White House spokesman Jay Carney on Wednesday said Gates' account of confrontations at the White House over Afghanistan policy "is hardly news."

Tell-all books are not new to Washington, and they're woven into the city's cultural fabric. In the inside-the-Beltway political culture, they burst into view, make a splash on TV, online and in print, and fade. But in the case of Gates' book, the White House chose to speak out quickly and sharply.

The National Security Council issued a statement late Tuesday asserting that Obama relies on Biden's "good counsel" every day and considers him "one of the leading statesmen of his time."

In his memoir, Gates asserted that Obama showed a frustration with U.S. policy in Afghanistan. "I never doubted Obama's support for the troops, only his support for their mission," Gates writes.

Carney disputed that, saying Wednesday, "The president believes thoroughly in the mission."

He said reports about the book have been based on selected excerpts that are particularly critical of the White House.

To the readers of Journal de la Reyna, I want to say this clearly:

SEAN HANNITY (AKA THAT GUY WHO HELPED OBAMA WIN) AND FOX NEWS (AKA LOSERVILLE) ARE GOING TO COST THE REPUBLICANS THE ELECTION!

THEY HAVE NO REASONABLE CREDIBILITY WHATSOEVER! PEOPLE ARE TUNING THIS NONSENSE OUT! THE NETWORK TELLS NOTHING BUT LIES AND HALF-TRUTHS. THE NETWORK IS THE MOUTHPIECE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.


ROBERT GATES IS NOTHING BUT A TURNCOAT! IF HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, HE SHOULD HAVE NOT HAVE ACCEPTED THE JOB AS DEFENSE SECRETARY!

THAT NETWORK, ITS COMMENTATORS, AND THOSE WHO VIEW IT ARE PRACTICALLY THE REASONS TO WHY THE REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKED AT AS RACIST, SEXIST, ISLAMOPHOBIC, HOMOPHOBIC, CONDESCENDING IDIOTS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PAINTS THEM OUT TO BE!

Here the videos of interview. Some portions of the article comes from The Associated Press through The Denver Post.



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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Conservative Outrage Over Iran's Agreement To Disarming!

A victory for the West is surrender according to the conservatives who support Israel in a possible provoked attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran.

QUICK QUESTION: WHY ARE THE SO-CALLED PRO-AMERICAN CROWD SUPPORTING A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT? 

LAST TIME I'VE CHECKED, ISRAEL IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY. 

WITH ALL THIS BEMOANING FROM REPUBLICANS AND THEIR CONSERVATIVE ALLIES, I WOULD OF SWORN THEY'RE TURNING THEIR BACKS AGAINST AMERICA! THESE SO-CALLED PATRIOTS AREN'T SUPPORTING AMERICA, BUT A FOREIGN NATION.

ISN'T THAT TREASONOUS?

THESE WAR TURKEYS AREN'T THINKING ABOUT ENDING CONFLICTS! 

IN THEIR MINDS, ALL THEY SEE ARE BROWN SCARY MUSLIM PEOPLE.

ISRAEL IS FAULTLESS IN THE CONFLICT.

AND IF YOU CRITICIZE THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, YOU'RE ANTI-SEMITIC ACCORDING TO THESE WAR TURKEYS! 

The Islamic Republic of Iran is the "enemy" of the United States. When the leaders of the country speak ill of America and Israel, those arm chair warriors want to take the bombs to them.

The conservatives believe that the president and the international leaders handed Iran a victory by giving them six months to give up their intentions of nuclear enrichment. Somehow, achieving a goal to make Iran give up its nuclear weapons isn't a victory but a "surrender".

For if it was a Republican president, you wouldn't hear the talk from the likes of Senator John McCain (R-AZ) saying a move like this is "dangerous".

In order for sanctions to be lifted, lead negotiators for the P5+1 and Iran met in Geneva in October to discuss elements of a possible framework for resolving questions about Iran's nuclear program. Experts from the P5+1 and Iran met in Vienna around late October to exchange detailed information on those elements. Lead negotiators met again this month to negotiate that framework, joined at the end by Foreign Ministers from the P5+1, but despite extending the talks. In the beginning they were unable to agree on that framework and agreed instead to meet again later.

Today, the foreign ministers of Iran and the P5+1 agreed to a six-month interim deal that involves the freezing of key parts of the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for a decrease in sanctions, to provide time to negotiate a permanent agreement. Iran will stop enriching uranium beyond 5%, and will stop development of their Arak plant. The UN will be granted greater access for inspections. In exchange, Iran will receive relief from sanctions of approximately $7 billion and no additional sanctions will be imposed.

President Obama called the agreement an "important first step."

Conservatives call it an Obama apology tour. It starts with right wing asshat Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that the international powers comforting to Iran is a "mistake".

Senator Bob Crocker (R-TN) appears on Loserville to make his "I hate Obama" rhetoric. He, McCain and his BFF Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) have denounced the move as a precedent towards letting Iran dictate how they operate.

The Stallmigos and their buddies affiliated with the Tea Party claim this announcement is a distraction from the disastrous rollout of Obamacare.

Even some of those war turkeys in the Democratic Party aren't happy about the peaceful solution.

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) are two vocal critics of the Six Party talks to making Iran stop the nuclear program.

A bunch of war turkeys who think the best way to solving a problem is either starve them or bomb them.

Just angry over a political disagreements.

I mean if Iran criticizes Israel, conservative Republicans and those spineless Democrats are beating on their chests. They feel that criticizing the government is a sin.

I mean you got a right wing asshat like Netanyahu in power and his ass is trying to derail the peace progress with his bellicose rabble rousing.

Arab nations Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and the Palestinian Authority have come out in favor of the temporary agreement. Lebanon also hailed the agreement, while emphasizing that Israel should also sign the NPT and rid itself of its nuclear weapons arsenal.

Turkey, India and Pakistan have also welcomed the framework agreement.

In a reference to Israel's arsenal of nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia and Qatar both advocated a comprehensive solution to Iran's nuclear issue which would leave the entire Middle East free of nuclear weapons.
Most Americans can't find Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq on a map.
Reaction from Israeli government politicians was negative. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the accord a "historic mistake," and intelligence minister Yuval Steinitz compared it to failed nuclear negotiations with North Korea.

Considering the way Washington handled the deal with Iran The Jerusalem Post questioned whether Netanyahu would "place Israel's security in the hands of US guarantees".

Leader of the opposition Isaac Herzog criticized Netanyahu's reaction as bad for Israel's relations with the United States, although Herzog also said that Obama was partly to blame for not communicating more closely with Israel.

Saudi Arabia, a regional rival of Iran, welcomed the agreement. The Saudi cabinet released a statement which read, in part: "The government of the kingdom sees that if there was goodwill, this agreement could represent a preliminary step towards a comprehensive solution to the Iranian nuclear program" and could eventually lead "to the removal of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons, from the Middle East and the Arab Gulf region".

Reaction from the U.S. Congress was mixed. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Peter King were sharply critical of the agreement. Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Adam Smith were more positive. Speaker John Boehner and Democrat Eliot Engel were cautious.

Reactions from Canada were "skeptical", with Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird saying Iran "has not earned the right to have the benefit of the doubt."

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hailed the interim agreement as the potential "beginnings of a historic agreement."

Hezbollah published a declaration and stated this is a triumph for Iran.

What's your take on this?

I know my personal take is, good for America to put aside it differences to do something. I am glad that the president didn't take orders from some right wing asshat who believes that we should bow down to him and his corrupt government.

Israelis can bitch and scream all they want. They're just lucky the UN and global leaders don't call upon the country to give up its nuclear power and weapons.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Conservative Outrage Over Obama's Call To Iranian President!

No maybe about it.
A reason he obtained that Nobel Peace Prize. He tries to reach out.

American diplomacy with the country may ease tension over their nuclear program. But to the racist right, it's another failure created by President Barack Obama.

Since 1979, the United States has cut ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The two nations were feuding over the nuclear weapons that the country possibly has.

It was dubbed the one of the nations in the "AXIS OF EVIL" speech (I meant State of The Union) by then president George W. Bush.

It was announced on Friday, that President Barack Obama had talked to the nation's leader, Hassan Rouhani. A sign that the two are willing to work together for the better.

The ice is slowly melting with the two nations. But to the racist right here in the United States and over in Israel, it's appeasement. It's supporting a terrorist nation. It's the Muslim Obama supporting the Muslim dictatorship.

Israel's hardline prime minister Benjamin Netanyuhu has been the most skeptical of the Iranian government.

He allied with Republican and conservative agitators to slam the decision by Obama to talk to Rouhani.

The prime minster had drew out a cartoonish bomb detailing the possibility of the nation being closer to the nuclear bomb. So I would expect that our usual agitators would word vomit about the situation.

But what about the you can't fix stupid crowd and their word vomits.

flyinjohn24



flyinjohn24
Lets a see....You gotta one monkey with a gr enade....now you gotta two monkeys with a gr enades,,,,Lets a see,,,,, a one  money witha gr enade and two monkeys with a gr enades...Hey...Ats a three monkeys with a gr enades...Ats a nota good folks!

rosiethree



rosiethree
He hates Americans and loves others who think he's a dictator.

imspartacus



imspartacus
Shows that this clown is more afraid of Republicans (his perceived enemies?) than to real enemies of our country. What a sad, sad little man.

canyon12



canyon12
Obama makes one phone call to Rouhani, and the Libs and Dems want to proclaim that Obama has created everlasting peace on Earth. Meanwhile, Rouhani is rolling on the floor in laughter because he found out that Obama is just as  s  t  u  p  i  d  as people said he was.

expat1995



expat1995
Embarrassing  to watch a grown man with so much power, first  act like a teenage girl with a crush ,as stated on special report .and then whine like a child .Besides all the threats and lies he was spewing out ,he is far far past the point of anyone listening to his bs .Everyone except all the sad low information fools that stand behind him during his speeches .If they have time to attend his rallies or step on stage and act like the props they are ,they should have time to read up on the facts ,not the lies that the white house is turning out .I thought by now he would have learned how to act like a President with grace,decorum and respect ,maybe not able to do the job but at least acquire a little class .But nope still acts like his buddies back in Chi Town .Doesn't matter how much power and money you have ,if you have no class and respect for others you are a loser 

polly3



polly3
Why is Obama such a f  ool? Assad and the Iranians are playing him like a second hand fiddle.

brnfream



brnfream
Oba~ma, nobody is going to work for anything if you keep giving them other peoples money, no matter what class you have put them into.

The armchair warriors had their say.

So I guess my thoughts on the matter are simple: If the way to diplomacy is one phone call, then President Barack Obama done the right thing. The racist right will always criticize the move. They have nothing more than utter disrespect for the first Black president.

The call came after U.S. officials said earlier this week that the two would not meet at the U.N. General Assembly. The officials said that a meeting would be too "complicated" for the Iranians given the country's internal politics.

"The two of us discussed our ongoing efforts to reach an agreement over Iran's nuclear program," said Obama. "I reiterated to President Rouhani what I said in New York: while there were surely be important obstacles to moving forward and success is by no means guaranteed, I believe we can reach a comprehensive solution."

"Resolving this issue could serve as a major step forward in a new relationship between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect," he said.

Monday, September 16, 2013

Conservative Outrage Over An Averted Crisis In Syria!

I bet President Barack Obama's memoirs will include his disgust for Republicans standing in the way of progress.

The president dodged a crisis in the Middle East. The United States and Russia have made a compromise with Syria to give up its chemical weapons. The world can rest easy, there's no international war.

The crisis in Syria is an ongoing issue. The country is in the brinkmanship of a civil war. Weapons of mass destruction were used in the harming of innocent people.

The Associated Press reports that United Nation weapon inspectors have determined that 14 events occurred with chemical weapons.
Bassar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin.
The United States found out about this and was none to happy. America was on the brink of throwing their weight into the matter. Many people were concerned that American troops would be on the ground in Syria. That wasn't the case. The military were going to do strikes on chemical weapon facilities and air bases to cripple any attempts by the Syrian government to move weapons to a "safe heaven".

President Barack Obama warns the Syria leader Bashar al-Assad that if he doesn't get the ball rolling, the United States may strike.

To the "America First" crowd, they think it's a sign of weakness from President Barack Obama.

Their new hero of the conservative movement is Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin.

The conservatives should have some love for the Russian leader. He cheated an election to get back into power. He placed himself into involvements that he had no business meddling in. He is staunchly anti-gay, and signed off some of the nation's most discriminatory laws towards the LGBT residents of Russia.

He's hosted the Olympics and the people cheered for that.

Over here in the United States, conservatives are freaking out the president's handling of a crisis.
The two most annoying legislators on television. The senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham constantly whine on GOP Sundays about the president's handling in Syria.
Like this would be the umpteenth time conservatives would outrage over an issue that involve President Barack Obama. They've freaked out over the Olympics. They freaked out over the healthcare law.

They've freak out over a child prayer, a Lifeline phone, asking Congress to get approval for force, letting the ball get into Putin's court, and adverting a crisis overseas.

They've freaked out over his reelection, the sequester (they've cheered for), his daughters taking a vacation, him taking a vacation, him at the golf course, Michelle Obama's healthy food policies, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, his birth certificate, and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

If I didn't know better, I think the conservatives are reacting because of race!

Nah, it's just his policies. There's no jobs. People are lazy. America is losing its grip on being the world's superpower.

This is how Republicans think! They want to see the first Black president fail.

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), Senator Lindsay Graham (R-South Carolina), Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Michigan), Congressman Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Congressman Pete King (R-New York), Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), Congressman Tom Price (R-Georgia), Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa), and numerous agitators in the conservative media have overheated their rhetoric.

They wanted a war in Syria. But since this was Obama, they don't want to support him.

The bonehead Congress. Michele Bachman, Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell and Mike Lee are Tea Party members who say some dumb ass shit. McConnell is the minority leader of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. McConnell is shyster who panders to the right because he's facing a tougher primary this time.
They're upset that the president would have taken us to war. They're upset over the president letting the UN and Russia settle the matter without a weapon being used or a foreign soldier being killed.

The apparent strategic deal to stop the Syrian military from using chemical weapons is like a sign of weakness.

Even though in a war, there's no good guys or bad guys. It's just a lot of weapons and a whole lot of dead bodies.

Conservatives are a headache. Republicans are on the slow walk to political suicide.

Trying to defeat the first Black president is going to rile up Black and Hispanic voters. I bet ya, that if this continues on, I bet the Democrats may rally a stronger turnout to beat back the Republicans again.

And this example of the president adverting a crisis shows how desperate the conservatives are to tarnish his legacy. These individuals are brainwashing their gullible supporters into thinking the president isn't do something or doing too much of something.

I am satisfied that the president used his muscle to get Russia to take control of this.

Why should we be the police man of the world?

We have enough problems over here without another war.

We don't want to end up doing the Bush Doctrine in Obama's name.

Tell the story Cenk Uyger. The Young Turks explains the overheated reactions to an averted crisis.

Friday, May 31, 2013

Racists Very Upset Over Interracial Family in Cute Cheerios Commercial

Racists Very Upset Over Interracial Family in Cute Cheerios Commercial

My guest columnist, LILVOKA, later will analyze the motivations behind the bigots and racists hatred toward the innocent family Cherrios ad.

Me(La Reyna) thinks they're taking out on the interracial couple because of most right-wing racists' hatred of President Obama, who is biracial like the little girl in the commercial.  It's a sad commentary in 2013, interracial couples and families are still subjected to racist insults and assaults by the larger community and, I'm going to say it, right-wing Conservatives and Liberal whites as well.  Let's not get this twisted that white liberals are so above racism and white privilege.  They're not.

What are your thoughts?

Friday, January 25, 2013

Ye, Without Sin!

North Carolina politicians are proposing a ban on lottery sales to people who receive public assistance.

Don't you love it when Republicans say that the BIG BAD GOVERNMENT meddles in your life?

Yet these are the very same Republicans who want to meddle in the affairs of those who they claim to be "gubmint leeches". Republicans want to meddle in a minority voting precinct. They want to meddle between women's legs. And they want to push Christianity among those who don't follow. They want to meddle in a same sex couple's bedroom. These people want to see you piss in a cup to get unemployment, food and housing assistance if you lost your home in a natural disaster.

Another old, fat, ignorant, Republican who's out of touch with the rest of reality. Meet North Carolina's Paul Stam! Stam is the guy who wants to stop welfare recipients from playing the lottery! 

Yet these people continue to elect those who benefit from being "entitled" to punish the poor and needy!

This is the ongoing culture war in the United States. It's sponsored by the corporations that pollute our air, ground and water. It's sponsored by the religious leaders who chastise you for being a single parent, the family who is poor or the even that guy who's gay! It's sponsored by the media who allows the daily rambles of talk radio and online blogs to be divisive and downright racist towards fellow Americans. It's sponsored by the entitled who believe that the best way to help the poor is to drive them even poorer and help them wipe each other out with drugs, disease and gun violence.

They can't stand a Black president!

They can't stand a reasonable solution to curbing gun violence in America!

White conservatives spend most of their time collecting welfare, disability, social security and privileges based solely on race, economic and political standings as well. 

Most White conservative males are obsessed with firearms and kill in the name of a religion. 

When White conservative males see Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, or even Muslims with firearms, welfare, a better job, or even running for politics: These people scream at the top of their lungs about how it's our faults for most of America's problems! They want control over us, but never control over them!

Mediaite has the goods on the next idiotic move by the culture warriors. A bill being introduced will ban any citizen in the state who receives financial assistance from playing the state lottery.

It was sponsored by North Carolina politician by Paul Stam.

Guess what party he represents?

Let's Play!
Raleigh-Durham’s ABC affiliate WTVD-TV is reporting that lawmakers in that state are proposing legislation that would bar people on welfare or in bankruptcy from purchasing lottery tickets.

As reporter Anna Laurel explains, “the lawmaker drafting this legislation told us today that the vendor selling the lottery ticket would be penalized if they know the person is on welfare or in bankruptcy, which has some questioning if this law really solves any problems.”

“We’re giving them welfare to help them live, and yet by selling them a ticket, we’re taking away their money that is there to provide them the barest of necessities.”

But as the Raleigh news team discovered, local lottery vendors have serious concerns. One clerk was quoted as saying, “I don't feel comfortable to ask my customers what their financial status is… it’s not my business.”

Meanwhile, North Carolina’s NAACP president Reverend William Barber said that while his organization doesn't “agree with the lottery to start with” he would prefer to have State representative Stam focus on larger issues “Rather than Mr. Stam having a side argument, ask him to stop blocking labor rights for poor people and working people. Ask him to have a real conversation about real wage.”

So once again, here's your government intervening in your lives. You don't want this right?

Republican Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal is right on one thing! The Republican Party has to stop being the "stupid" party! But this message continues to fall on deaf ears!
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A little factoid for those who aren't familiar with the Mega Millions and Powerball.

Did you know that the largest jackpot ever to be recorded came in April 2012 when Mega Millions had a jackpot for $657 million? It was won in three states and became one of the world's biggest jackpots, ever!

Mega Millions is a multi-state lottery that is played in 41 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The game cost $1 per unit. Add the Megaplier to the prize and you could multiply your winnings. The minimum amount of the prize is $12 million. The prize does rise upon no winners. Sometimes it will stay the same depending on lottery turnout. When the jackpot cross over $200 million, the prize will increase without notice.

Powerball last year broke a record too! It had a record jackpot of $594 million. It was won in three states!

Powerball is a multi-state lottery that is played in 41 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The game cost $2 per unit. Add the PowerPlay and you will have a set increase in your earnings. The minimum amount of the prize is $40 million. The prize does rise upon no winners. Sometimes it will stay the same depending on lottery turnout. When the jackpot cross over $175 million, the prize will increase without notice.

These tickets cannot be cancelled.

The times of a Mega Millions drawing comes at 10:59 pm EST (Tuesday and Friday).

The times of a Powerball drawing comes at 10:59 pm EST (Wednesday and Saturday).

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Only Falling Stars.....


As the names are read to the press, I and Le Reyna again express sadden and sorrow for the loss of such innocent lives by the hands of that deranged shooter Adam Lanza. The 20 year old from Newtown, Connecticut want on a mass shooting spree in which it started at his home where he shared with his mother.

The mother, Nancy Lanza was killed. The man went to the Sandy Hook Elementary School around 9:30 am and began shooting the principal, the school psychologist, a grade school kindergarten teacher, a first grade teacher, a substitute teacher, and another teacher. Then Lanza took his actions on the children.

The names are sourced through Associated Press and Wikipedia. We at Journal De La Reyna send our condolences to the family of the victims.


  • Nancy Lanza (née Champion), 52, perpetrator's mother
  • Rachel Davino, 29, teacher
  • Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, 47, principal
  • Anne Marie Murphy, 52, teacher
  • Lauren Rousseau, 30, permanent substitute teacher
  • Mary Sherlach, 56, school psychologist
  • Victoria "Vicki" Soto, 27, first grade teacher
  • Charlotte Bacon, 6
  • Daniel Barden, 7
  • Olivia Engel, 6
  • Josephine Gay, 7
  • Dylan Hockley, 6
  • Madeline F. Hsu, 6
  • Catherine Violet Hubbard, 6
  • Chase Kowalski, 7
  • Jesse Lewis, 6
  • Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
  • James Mattioli, 6
  • Grace McDonnell, 6
  • Emilie Parker, 6
  • Jack Pinto, 6
  • Noah Pozner, 6
  • Caroline Previdi, 6
  • Jessica Rekos, 6
  • Avielle Richman, 6
  • Benjamin Wheeler, 6
  • Allison N. Wyatt, 6


Ana Marquez-Greene
Details emerged as the brother Ryan is being questioned. The brother of Adam Lanza was mistaken as the perpetrator of the mass shooting. The media made a huge mistake and the internet lit up his page. It was confirmed by the brother that he had nothing to do with the shooting. The FBI, New Jersey and Connecticut state police are actively questioning him.

As I stated earlier, the Associated Press is going to be the only source I obtain most of my information from.

Some of the pictures may comes from Reuters, Associated Press and UPI.

Wikipedia detailed Lanza was born in Kingston, New Hampshire, where his parents had been married in 1981. Lanza attended St. Rose of Lima for middle school and then Newtown High School, where he was an honors student. He had no criminal record. Lanza lived with his mother at her house in Sandy Hook, located 5 miles (8 km) from the elementary school.

Lanza's connection to the elementary school has been unclear. Although initial reports stated that his mother was a teacher in the school, the school superintendent later disputed that.

Lanza's parents had divorced in 2009. Adam Lanza's father, a vice president and corporate tax accountant for GE Energy Financial Services and an adjunct professor at Northeastern University in Boston who lives in Stamford, Connecticut, originally declined to comment on the shootings.

Lauren Rousseau
Lanza graduated from high school in 2010. It is not clear whether he held a job or was enrolled in a college at any time after graduation. There were suggestions that his mother was unable to work as well. Their family was supported by a $240,000 annual alimony paid by Lanza's father.

It was intially reported that two days before the massacre, Lanza went to a sporting goods store in Danbury, Connecticut, and tried to buy a rifle; he was not sold one because of the state's waiting period for gun sales. This information is still being confirmed according to news sources.

At the time of the shooting, Adam Lanza was carrying the identification of his older brother, leading police sources to initially report the sibling as the perpetrator. Adam Lanza's brother voluntarily submitted to questioning by police, but is not considered a suspect and was not taken into custody.

He said he had not been in touch with his brother since 2010.

Emilie Parker
He told law enforcement that his brother Adam was believed to suffer from a personality disorder and was "somewhat autistic"; classmates said they had been told he had Asperger syndrome. Students and teachers who knew Adam Lanza in high school described him as "intelligent, but nervous and fidgety", saying he normally avoided attention. He was also described by his classmates as a goth. A bus driver who drove the Lanza brothers to and from school recalled them as "really nice boys, well-behaved".

According to former classmates of Adam Lanza's, he was socially uncomfortable; he is not known to have had any close friends in school.

The mainstream media's comments and speculation about autism and Asperger syndrome have been criticized by advocates of the autistic.
Vicki Soto
Police investigated whether Lanza was the person who had been in a reported "altercation" with four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School the day before the massacre. It was presumed that he killed two of such four staff members (the principal and the psychologist) and wounded the third (the vice-principal) in the attack; the fourth staff member was not at the school that day. But Lt. J. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police noted in a news conference later that he knew of no reports about Lanza being involved in any altercations at the school.

A custodian ran through hallways, alerting classrooms in person.

First grade teacher Kaitlyn Roig, age 29, hid 14 students in a bathroom and barricaded the door, telling them to be completely quiet in order to keep them safe.
Noah Pozner

Authorities recovered two 9mm handguns from the scene: one a Glock, and the other a SIG Sauer as well as a .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle.

All the guns were semi-automatic; they were owned by and legally registered to Lanza's mother, who is reported to have been a gun enthusiast. 

A fourth gun was found in the car he drove to the school.

According to the medical examiner, all victims were shot with the same "long weapon", presumably the Bushmaster rifle, and all were hit multiple times; one of the bodies had 11 gunshot wounds.

Adam Lanza was too young to own or carry either handgun under Connecticut law.

Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung
The Associated Press reports that Lanza stormed into the building and shot 20 children at least twice with a high-powered rifle, executing some at close range and killing adults who tried to stop the carnage, authorities said Saturday. He forced his way into the school by breaking a window, officials said. Asked whether the children suffered, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. H. Wayne Carver paused. "If so," he said, "not for very long."

The terrible details about the last moments of young innocents emerged as authorities released their names and ages - the youngest 6 and 7, the oldest 56. They included Ana Marquez-Greene, a little girl who had just moved to Newtown from Canada; Victoria Soto, a 27-year-old teacher who apparently died while trying to hide her pupils; and principal Dawn Hochsprung, who authorities said lunged at the gunman in an attempt to overtake him and paid with her life.

Mary Sherlach
The tragedy has plunged Newtown into mourning and added the picturesque New England community of handsome Colonial homes, red-brick sidewalks and 27,000 people to the grim map of towns where mass shootings in recent years have periodically reignited the national debate over gun control but led to little change.

Faced with the unimaginable, townspeople sadly took down some of their Christmas decorations and struggled Saturday with how to go on. Signs around town read, "Hug a teacher today," "Please pray for Newtown" and "Love will get us through."

"People in my neighborhood are feeling guilty about it being Christmas. They are taking down decorations," said Jeannie Pasacreta, a psychologist who was advising parents struggling with how to talk to their children.

School board chairwoman Debbie Leidlein spent Friday night meeting with parents who lost children and shivered as she recalled those conversations. "They were asking why. They can't wrap their minds around it. Why? What's going on?" she said. "And we just don't have any answers for them."

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Ryan Lanza was mistaken as the shooter.
The tragedy brought forth soul-searching and grief around the globe. President Barack Obama planned to visit Newtown on Sunday. Families as far away as Puerto Rico planned funerals for victims who still had their baby teeth, world leaders extended condolences, and vigils were held around the U.S.

"Next week is going to be horrible," said the town's legislative council chairman, Jeff Capeci, thinking about the string of funerals the town will face. "Horrible, and the week leading into Christmas."

Police shed no light on what triggered Adam Lanza, 20, to carry out the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, though state police Lt. Paul Vance said investigators had found "very good evidence ... that our investigators will be able to use in painting the complete picture, the how and, more importantly, the why." He would not elaborate.

However, another law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said investigators have found no note or manifesto from Lanza of the sort they have come to expect after murderous rampages such as the Virginia Tech bloodbath in 2007 that left 33 people dead.

Lanza shot to death his mother, Nancy Lanza, at the home they shared, then drove to the school in her car with at least three of her guns, forced his way in and opened fire, authorities said. Within minutes, he killed 20 children, six adults and himself.

Education officials said they had found no link between Lanza's mother and the school, contrary to news reports that said she was a teacher there. Investigators said they believe Adam Lanza attended Sandy Hook Elementary many years ago, but they had no explanation for why he went there Friday.

Authorities said Adam Lanza had no criminal history, and it was not clear whether he had a job. Lanza was believed to have suffered from a personality disorder, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Another law enforcement official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said Lanza had been diagnosed with Asperger's, a mild form of autism often characterized by social awkwardness. People with the disorder are often highly intelligent. While they can become frustrated more easily, there is no evidence of a link between Asperger's and violent behavior, experts say.

Adam Lanza's first victim was his mother Nancy.
The law enforcement officials insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the unfolding investigation.

Richard Novia, the school district's head of security until 2008, who also served as adviser for the school technology club, of which Lanza was a member, said he clearly "had some disabilities."

"If that boy would've burned himself, he would not have known it or felt it physically," Novia said in a phone interview. "It was my job to pay close attention to that."

Amid the confusion and sorrow, stories of heroism emerged, including an account of Hochsprung, 47, and the school psychologist, Mary Sherlach, 56, rushing toward Lanza in an attempt to stop him. Both died.

There was also 27-year-old teacher Victoria Soto, whose name has been invoked as a portrait of selflessness and humanity among unfathomable evil. Investigators told relatives she was killed while shielding her first-graders from danger. She reportedly hid some students in a bathroom or closet, ensuring they were safe, a cousin, Jim Wiltsie, told ABC News.

"She put those children first. That's all she ever talked about," a friend, Andrea Crowell, told The Associated Press. "She wanted to do her best for them, to teach them something new every day."

There was also 6-year-old Emilie Parker, whose grieving father, Robbie, talked to reporters not long after police released the names of the victims but expressed no animosity, offering sympathy for Lanza's family.

"I can't imagine how hard this experience must be for you," he said.

On Saturday, Carver, the medical examiner, said that all the victims at the school were shot with a rifle, at least some of them up close, and that all were apparently shot more than once. All six adults killed at the school were women. Of the 20 children, eight were boys and 12 were girls.

Asked how many bullets were fired, Carver said, "I'm lucky if I can tell you how many I found."

Relatives of the shooter were at a loss for words.
All American flags are at half-staff.
"The whole family is traumatized by this event," said Donald Briggs Jr., police chief of Kingston, N.H., who knows the family. "We reach out to the community of Newtown and express our heartfelt sorrow for this incomprehensible and profound loss of innocence," the family said in a statement.

James Champion, Nancy Lanza's brother and a retired police captain in Kingston, N.H., said through the police chief that he had not seen his nephew in eight years. Champion, who still works as a part-time officer, said he would not discuss what might have triggered the rampage since the case is under investigation.

Acquaintances describe the former honor student as smart but odd and remote.
Mourning day!
Jesse Lewis
Olivia DeVivo, now a student at the University of Connecticut, recalled that Lanza always came to school toting a briefcase and wearing his shirt buttoned all the way up. "He was very different and very shy and didn't make an effort to interact with anybody" in his 10th-grade English class, she said.

Lanza would also go through crises that would require his mother to come to school to deal with. Such episodes might involve "total withdrawal from whatever he was supposed to be doing, be it a class, be it sitting and read a book," said Novia, the tech club adviser.

When people approached Lanza in the hallways, he would press himself against the wall or walk in a different direction, clutching his black case "like an 8-year-old who refuses to give up his teddy bear," said Novia, who now lives in Tennessee.

Even so, Novia said his main concern about Lanza was that he might become a target for teasing or abuse by other students, not that he might become a threat.

"Somewhere along in the last four years there were significant changes that led to what has happened Friday morning," Novia said. "I could never have foreseen him doing that."

Nancy Lanza, who was once a stockbroker for John Hancock in Boston and once lived in Kingston, N.H., was a kind, considerate and loving person, Briggs said.
It's time to hug!
"She was very involved in the community and very well-respected," Briggs said.

Lanza's family was struggling to make sense of what happened and "trying to find whatever answers we can," his father, Peter Lanza, said in a statement late Saturday that also expressed sympathy for the victims' families.

Sandy Hook Elementary will be closed next week - some parents can't even conceive of sending their children back, Leidlein said - and officials are deciding what to do about the town's other schools.

Asked whether the town would recover, Maryann Jacob, a clerk in the school library who took cover in a storage room with 18 fourth-graders during the shooting rampage, said: "We have to. We have a lot of children left."
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Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Jim Fitzgerald, Bridget Murphy, Pat Eaton-Robb and Michael Melia in Newtown; Adam Geller in Southbury, Conn.; and Stephen Singer in Hartford, Conn.




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