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I think the eight counts of "child cruelty" against dad must refer to the eight minors who were shot by Colt. I'm not sure. I haven't seen an explanation in the articles I've read. And I'm still not clear on exactly what was and wasn't legal about Colt having the gun. From the articles I'v...

Another of those headlines that you want to be made up: "Father of Georgia shooting suspect told investigators he bought weapon for son as holiday gift after FBI probe" The accompanying story explains that while you must be 18 years of age to purchasn an AR-15, under Georgia law there is n...

Headlines you wish were misleading or stupid:

Nearly 50 people have been killed, injured in K-12 school shootings across the US in 2024

And now, in the same old Planet America news, school shooting in Winder, Georgia, outside of Atlanta.

Not much detail yet. Multiple people being treated for gunshot wounds at local hospital. No statistics yet available.

From the Washington Times. There's your problem. Well, yes. Fox News, Washington Times, and a few others are frequent sources of headlines that signal stupid is on the way. ETA: But, even if you aren't familiar with the source, there are some headlines that you can spot as predicting stupid coming....

Some specific stupid: "The Green New Deal takes most of the blame, .... For example, ordering everyone to switch to partially or fully electric cars and trucks by 2031 is going to raise the sticker price on each new vehicle by more than $6,000." There is nothing that demands everyone switc...

"Every household is paying $47,000 more thanks to Biden-Harris red tape" From the Washington Times. The well known saying says there are three types of lies. Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Since not every household has 47,000 dollars to pay, this story can't be true, but let's see how ...

CNN's Kamala Harris, Tim Walz interview can be summed up in just two words From Fox News. It's another variation on the "the guys we don't like have done something awful", which is the most common form of misleading or stupid headlines. This one adds a sort of "Don't even bother to fi...

I've heard that they might care a little. Just not enough to act. I think you have his actual MAGA followers, the ones cheering at the rallies and such, who are just as delusional as he is and those cult members, and I mean that literally, convince themselves that there must be a darned good reason...

When it comes to the Arlington incident, the whole think is, of course, tacky, in a very Trumpish way. But what really pisses me off about the incident is that not only are they grandstanding in a graveyard, but when a staffer tried to get them to obey the rules, two separate statements were put out...