Honestly, I usually hear about news first from social media (here, FB, twitter), unless I hear about it on the radio as I'm getting ready for work. Then I might google whatever it is, and because my internetting habits are what they are, google generally sends me to the NYTimes first.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2012 1:18:10 pm PDT #14858 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Steph L. - Jul 20, 2012 1:18:40 pm PDT #14859 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Kinda interestingly, I only see one place saying the idiot Co shooter claimed he was patterned after the Joker and noting that his red hair not how the Joker rolls.
The local news here mentioned both. I should see which ticker feeds their national news.
Zenkitty - Jul 20, 2012 1:19:28 pm PDT #14860 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Theo, good news!
was burglarized while he was sleeping last night.
Holy crapola. I would be pissing myself.
Steph L. - Jul 20, 2012 1:24:20 pm PDT #14861 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
was burglarized while he was sleeping last night.
Yeah, I would pee myself, too. Thank goodness *he's* alright, though!
The local news here mentioned both. I should see which ticker feeds their national news.
Okay, no. The local paper's website uses AP news, and they did NOT mention the Joker's hair is green. One local TV station's website also uses AP, and they DID mention that although the shooter colored his hair red and called himself the Joker, the Joker's hair is really green.
I'm wondering if it's a later version of the story that got corrected by the AP, or if the TV station's editors corrected it.
Vortex - Jul 20, 2012 1:24:39 pm PDT #14862 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Vortex, did you see the craziness with your biker post to Good Stuff?? 30K notes!
Whoa, seriously? That story just touched my heart, I wanted to share the generosity of people that would stand guard outside of a child's house at night so they wouldn't be scared. They are so amazing.
aurelia - Jul 20, 2012 1:28:56 pm PDT #14863 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I usually hear about news first from social media (here, FB, twitter), unless I hear about it on the radio as I'm getting ready for work.
Same here. Depending on what it is, I'll hit CNN, BBC, local papers or google.
Connie Neil - Jul 20, 2012 1:35:23 pm PDT #14864 of 30001
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Hubby just suggested that if there had been someone with a concealed weapon in the audience, then it wouldn't have been so bad. I countered with "pity the poor people in the crossfire", he got pissy, I said "We're not going to agree on this" and left the room. I wonder how many times I'm going to hear that line of reasoning around here in the next few days.
edit: off duty cop with hopefully training, OK. Random paranoid gun owner who is waiting for the opportunity to play hero, no.
SuziQ - Jul 20, 2012 1:36:16 pm PDT #14865 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
The thing I read about the Joker bit was that his hair was red in honor of the Joker's disguise in TDK when blowing up the hospital. But that still makes no sense. Too much air time and rush to have something to say/write with too little information.
SuziQ - Jul 20, 2012 1:38:28 pm PDT #14866 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Connie - I've already bumped into it a few times on FB. There was a smoke bomb and utter chaos. Let's add more firepower!
The last reports I listed to said he came in, dressed normal with a ticket, then went out a side door (propping it open). When he returned he will in his armored cloths, the gas mask, a combat helmet and his guns.
Again, who knows if that is what happened or not, but it makes a touch more sense than what I've heard elsewhere. Though none of it really makes sense.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2012 1:41:47 pm PDT #14867 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Whoa, seriously? That story just touched my heart, I wanted to share the generosity of people that would stand guard outside of a child's house at night so they wouldn't be scared. They are so amazing.
It's really a great story.
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