The Judge was just at the gathering as was the little girl.
Investigators have recovered a pistol with an extended magazine [ glock 19], according to Pima County Sheriff's Deputy Rich Kastigar. They do not know how the shooter got to the scene. Govexec.com
Gabrielle Giffords, the target of Loughner’s firing frenzy, is “the first Jewish female elected to such a high position in the US government. Source
Parker said Loughner [Caitie Parker via Twitter] had encountered Giffords once before in 2007 and had "asked her a question and he told me she was 'stupid and unintelligent'."[ ynetnews]
"..may have links to anti-Semitic race hate group American Renaissance, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo quoted by FOX News Channel on Sunday" Fox Philly
The feds are reportedly probing whether shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner has ties to an anti-Semitic, anti-government hate group that has ads for Tea Party organizations on its website.... The group’s website features what appear to be paid advertisements for tea party versions of the “don’t tread on me” flag.Politico
"No! I won't pay debt with a currency that's not backed by gold and silver!" "No! I won't trust in God!" lists on his MySpace page: Nazi leader Adolph Hitler's biography, Mein Kampf, and The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, as well as books dealing with totalitarianism and mind control: Brave New World, Animal Farm, and Farenheit 451. Govexec.com
The New York Times' Paul Krugman writes "You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of Beck, Limbaugh, etc. and the violence I fear we’re going to see in the months and years ahead. But violent acts are what happen when you create a climate of hate. And it’s long past time for the GOP’s leaders to take a stand against the hate-mongers."
The link is to bottom-feeder TBogg, who predictably drags out the map Sarah Palin had put out targeting certain lawmakers, including Giffords, for political purposes. But via daleyrocks, it appears that Markos Moulitas himself also put a bulls eye on Giffords [ABOVE]
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Was Arizona shooter influenced by Palin?[ynetnews]. "In March Sarah Palin revealed her list of 20 Democratic members of Congress she urged her followers to defeat. She illustrated her list with a map of the United States that displayed a rifle scope on top of each of the 20 districts she was targeting. One of the targeted districts was that of Giffords. Palin also tweeted, “Don't Retreat, Instead - RELOAD"
"Grey's Anatomy" minicap: Episode 11 - "Disarm"..Cristina and Teddy continue working on the shooter and Derek, Meredith and the Chief gather in the observation room to watch. Soon all the doctors have gathered and are witnessing Cristina and Teddy save the shooter's life. And save him they do. The Chief announces to everyone that they saved 26 patients. There were only 26 victims so they had no causalities. Lexie, Bailey and April all begin to cry. [AferEllen]
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