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Old 2012-12-14, 11:51   Link #25121
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Japan Scrambles Jets after Chinese Overfly Senkakus
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A Chinese military surveillance plane entered what Japan considers its airspace near disputed islands on Thursday, the Japanese Defense Ministry said, an escalation in an already tense standoff over the territory. Japan scrambled fighter jets in response, but the Chinese plane left before they arrived, according to Japanese authorities.

The ministry said the plane’s incursion was the first known violation of Japanese airspace by a Chinese plane since it began keeping records about 50 years ago. China considers the airspace its own, because it is laying claim to the islands that Japan has controlled for decades.

Tokyo lodged a formal protest with Beijing, which swiftly retorted that it was the Japanese who had encroached.

In Beijing, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hong Lei, said that the activities of the Chinese plane were “completely normal.”

“China requires the Japanese side stop illegal activities in the waters and airspace of the Diaoyu Islands,” Mr. Hong said.

The episode was an embarrassment for the administration in Japan, already struggling in national polls, since radar systems failed to detect the Chinese surveillance plane on Thursday. The authorities in Tokyo became aware of its presence only after a Japanese Coast Guard ship spotted it near the islands.
I also recommend reading Jane Perlez's piece from yesterday's Times on why China continues to support North Korea despite considerable unease about that nation's behavior within the ranks of the Chinese government.
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Old 2012-12-14, 12:23   Link #25122
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Gee, people are friggin melting down.
Is it the Mayan thing, economy, or just the weather?

Sources: Multiple Deaths, Including Children, At Sandy Hook School Shooting In Newtown
http://www.courant.com/news/breaking...,3969911.story
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Old 2012-12-14, 12:37   Link #25123
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Gee, people are friggin melting down.
Is it the Mayan thing, economy, or just the weather?

Sources: Multiple Deaths, Including Children, At Sandy Hook School Shooting In Newtown
http://www.courant.com/news/breaking...,3969911.story

meanwhile, in the Far East.....

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2...ck-school.html
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Old 2012-12-14, 12:46   Link #25124
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WTF?
Is today international "attack an elementary school day"?

You what's crazy about this flying?
Initial reports from eye witnesses in CT are saying they only heard two loud "booms" during the shooting.
Police say that the gunman had two guns.
I wonder if they were these types?

Single-shot, break-open shotgun pistol:
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Old 2012-12-14, 12:56   Link #25125
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UPDATE:

This bastard in CT killed a lot of people.

CBS News: 27 Dead, Including 14 Children In Elementary School Shooting In Newtown, Conn.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/12/...oting-in-conn/
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Old 2012-12-14, 12:59   Link #25126
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WTF?
I wonder if they were these types?

Single-shot, break-open shotgun pistol:
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word is that police so far recovered 2x 9mm guns
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Old 2012-12-14, 13:03   Link #25127
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(1 of 2 identified...)

The killer was a 20 yr old from NJ. Swat teams just hit his apt/home in Jersey.

source: CBS affiliate
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Old 2012-12-14, 13:08   Link #25128
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word is that police so far recovered 2x 9mm guns
Geez, the conflicting reports between CBS Connecticut and CBS New York are just nuts right now.
The local media aren't much better.
I've read that 20 were injured and 3 killed, now I'm reading 27 killed 14 injured. AP has 20 killed, 18 injured.
Hope the media feeding frenzy ends soon so we know what actually happened.

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(1 of 2 identified...)

The killer was a 20 yr old from NJ. Swat teams just hit his apt/home in Jersey.

source: CBS affiliate
Out of staters?
Now that's a new one I've not read about before.
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Old 2012-12-14, 13:16   Link #25129
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This type of news really brings out my sadistic side. I'd really like to just lock these pieces of shit up in my own torture chamber and make every day miserable for them, personally. Mass killings are always horrible but these are KIDS. People have been pondering the innocence/happiness of children for generations. The CT one really got me riled up as I'm so close to it, but to hear the same happened in China on the same day just pisses me off even more...
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Old 2012-12-14, 13:22   Link #25130
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UPDATE:

This bastard in CT killed a lot of people.

CBS News: 27 Dead, Including 14 Children In Elementary School Shooting In Newtown, Conn.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/12/...oting-in-conn/
Very sad, I live about 40 mins away from there so I hope no one I know got hurt, but man this so fucked up.
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Old 2012-12-14, 13:23   Link #25131
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This type of news really brings out my sadistic side. I'd really like to just lock these pieces of shit up in my own torture chamber and make every day miserable for them, personally. Mass killings are always horrible but these are KIDS. People have been pondering the innocence/happiness of children for generations. The CT one really got me riled up as I'm so close to it, but to hear the same happened in China on the same day just pisses me off even more...
And it should.
I'd love to take both of these mass attackers/murderers and skin them alive Afghani style and let the vultures pick at them until they die.

Israel had this kind of problem once.

Documentary recalls the horrors of Ma’alot school massacre
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011...remieres-may-9

Israel's solution to this type of problem was simple, quick, and has worked ever since.
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Old 2012-12-14, 13:28   Link #25132
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Very sad, I live about 40 mins away from there so I hope no one I know got hurt, but man this so fucked up.
I hear you.
I lived on Everett Street and Ken Karl when the Columbine shooting took place.
I used to walk to the Columbine high-school track with my girlfriend from our house to run in the morning before work.

So I know the feeling of dread that you get when something like this happens.
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Old 2012-12-14, 13:32   Link #25133
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No to be cold and insensitive admins, but could you give the Newtown massacre its own thread?
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Old 2012-12-14, 13:36   Link #25134
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I feel ill with rage...
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Old 2012-12-14, 13:54   Link #25135
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WTF?
Is today international "attack an elementary school day"?

You what's crazy about this flying?
Initial reports from eye witnesses in CT are saying they only heard two loud "booms" during the shooting.
those booms likely came from the PA speaker... if that's confirmed then it's likely the shooter was peppering the admin. office first during PA announcement
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Old 2012-12-14, 13:59   Link #25136
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I can't understand what could possibly be the reason to attack a elementary school?
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Old 2012-12-14, 14:03   Link #25137
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those booms likely came from the PA speaker... if that's confirmed then it's likely the shooter was peppering the admin. office first during PA announcement
With the insanity of reports coming out, you're probably correct.

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I can't understand what could possibly be the reason to attack a elementary school?
I don't think reason has anything to do with it.
Just a level of hate/anger that none of us can identify with.
Mental health is a real problem in the US.
Many institutions were defunded in the 1980s, and it would seem that after that the number of shootings like this one has spiraled upwards out of control.
I maybe wrong, but perhaps it is time to start rethinking that policy.
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Old 2012-12-14, 14:04   Link #25138
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part of me think it's the Mayan Calender idiots...
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Old 2012-12-14, 14:04   Link #25139
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I have never understood people who just walk into classrooms or malls or cinemas and shoot the innocent. Why the necessity to ruthlessly steal away their lives? I might sound heartless but if they think their lives suck, why don't they shoot their own heads instead of inflicting pain on others? Are they that desperate to feel in control that they want to have the last bit of "power" before they are shot/arrested by the cops?

I am guessing if their minds are screwed, they are not bound by reasoning anyway.
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Old 2012-12-14, 14:09   Link #25140
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part of me think it's the Mayan Calender idiots...
My girlfriend said the same thing to me this morning after this started.
You two might be right.
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