NRA: Get 'homicidal maniacs' off streets

sept. 22, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Greater efforts are needed to identify and lock up mentally ill people who are dangerous, a top National Rifle Association official responding to the recent Washington Navy Yard shootings said Sunday.

The nation's mental health system is "in complete breakdown," resulting in not enough of the mentally ill being committed to psychiatric hospitals, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre told NBC's "Meet the Press."

"If we leave these homicidal maniacs on the street ... they're going to kill," he said. "They need to be committed is what they need to be. If they are committed, they're not at the Naval Yard."

President Obama. Please do something to stop the massacre in Iraq

Lately, dozens of people have been kill in atrocious ways by terrorists.

Something must be done to stop this crisis, whether the answer is diplomatic or military.

Let's brainstorm and find ways in which USA can significantly reduce this violence that kills children, women and men every day.

Haaretz profiles Glenn Greenwald, and his "liberal, ultra-critical line and strong web presence"

Must-read in the left-leaning and prestigious Haaretz of Israel.

http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/.premium-1.547506

Excerts:

“Edward doesn’t want me to take the documents and publish them all indiscriminately,” Greenwald says. “He has made it clear all along that he wants me to make choices about the things that should be published and about those that ought to remain secret, according to the accepted journalistic balance between the public’s right to know and avoidance of causing harm. That’s what I do every day: go over the documents, connect them to one another, try to understand them.”

After the publication of the Snowden documents, The New York Times ran an unflattering profile of Greenwald, dubbing him a “blogger” and “activist” rather than a journalist. ? Despite the mutual sniping between the two newspapers, the assault on The Guardian by the British authorities led to a recent announcement that they would cooperate and that the Times will take part in making Snowden’s documents public.? The possibility cannot be overlooked that the disrespect Greenwald encountered from part of the industry in the first stages of the affair stemmed from professional envy; after all, it was Greenwald’s firmly held views that prompted Snowden to approach him.

UN survey ranks Venezuela happiest nation in South America

But....they don't have toilet paper!

Article: http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/10033

Report: http://unsdsn.org/files/2013/09/WorldHappinessReport2013_online.pdf

More on Jackie Speier, the Congresswoman who schooled GOP on food stamps

She voted Yes to defund the NSA unless surveillance was limited to suspects of Terrorism, a vote known as "The Amash amendment."

http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/113/house/1/412