"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein
"It
is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future,
and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one
minute ago." - Jim Bishop,
"Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account." - Oscar Wilde
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The correlation between psychiatric drugs and random acts of violence and homicide is well documented as the Food and Drug Administration requires black box warnings on the inserts of psychotropic drugs with regard to their relationship to violent behavior.
Also, America has seen hundreds of cases where high-profile acts of mass murder which were committed by individuals under the influence of psychiatric drugs.
Our nation is united in mourning over the tragic and needless loss of life at Sandy Hook Elementary. Our nation is also divided on how to minimize similar tragedies in the future. Many have said that America should have armed guards in its schools in order to prevent the catastrophic and further loss of life. Many liberals disagree by stating that having guns in schools, in any form, is a very bad idea.
The Undeniable Link Between Psychotropic Drugs and School Shootings
Our nation has been riddled with mass shootings in our schools dating over two decades. The correlation between psychotropic drugs and violent enacting behavior are unmistakable.
Here is a partial list of psychotropically drugged individuals who have perpetrated gun violence in our public schools:
- Patrick Purdy, 25, in 1989 opened fire on a school yard filled with children in Stockton,Calif. Five kids were killed and 30 wounded. He had been treated with Thorazine and Amitriptyline.
- Steve Lieth of Chelsea, Mich., in 1993 walked into a school meeting and shot and killed the school superintendent, wounding two others, while on Prozac.
- In Springfield, Oregon, on May 21, 1998, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his parents and then proceeded to school where he killed two and wounded 25. Kinkel had been taking the antidepressant Prozac. Kinkel had been attending anger management classes and was also under the care of a psychologist. READ MORE
Syria Swings Between Hell and Dialogue
By Ismail Salami
Lakhdar
Brahimi has predicted 100,000 people could be killed "in the next year
as Syria moves toward Somalization and rule by warlords."
Syria Rebels 'Beheaded Man and Fed Him to the Dogs'
By Nick Fagge
There
have been a growing number of accounts of atrocities carried out by
rogue elements of the Syrian Free Army, which opposes dictator Bashar
al-Assad and is recognised by Britain and the West as the legitimate
leadership.
Will Syria Go on Offense at The Hague?
By Franklin Lamb
Were
Syria, and others, to take the illegal and immoral US-led sanctions
case to the World Court and other available venues, they would shift
their diplomatic position from a defensive status to taking the
offense.
Hagel, the Lobby and the Limits of Power
By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
The former Republican senator is guilty of a cardinal sin which has cut short many promising careers in Washington.
A "hit list" of the most "anti-Semites" in the world.
By Ludwig Watza
Criticism
of Israeli government policy is more than necessary because the
Netanyahu government violates democratic and other Western values by
colonizing another people for the past 45 years.
Yours, Mine, but Not Ours
By Corey Robin
Why the politics of national security means that we're all living in failed Hobbesian states.
A Wee Comparison of Civil Liberties in the United States of America
By Kevin Drum
The agency has new
authority to keep data about innocent U.S. citizens for up to five
years, and to analyze it for suspicious patterns of behavior.
The Idol Smasher
By Chris Hedges
Something has to be done soon to fight against the rapid reconfiguration of the United States into a corporate, feudal state.
8 Striking Parallels Between the U.S. and the Roman Empire
By Steven Strauss
Is our republic coming to an unceremonious end? History may not be on America's side.
Secret Human Testing Revealed in Declassified U.S. Army Documents
By Nicholas West
It is always a
challenge attempting to describe how sick and power mad are some of the
elite who have taken up positions within the
military-industrial-scientific complex.
Arundhati Roy Speaks Out Against Indian Rape Culture
Video
The writer Arundhati
Roy tells Channel 4 News she believes rape is used as a weapon in India
and that women in the country are "paying the price".
23 killed in wave of Iraq attacks:
A wave of bombings and
shootings across Iraq killed 23 people on Monday as the country
grappled with anti-government rallies and simmering political crises
ahead of major Shiite commemoration rituals.
Iraqi PM questions role of Turkey in unrest:
Nouri al-Maliki says Ankara and Syria's rebels may have hand in stoking strife, as Sunni protests enter 10th day.
Protesters grab, hit Iraq deputy PM in Ramadi:
Two people were
wounded when security forces opened fire to disperse protesters who
attacked Iraq's deputy premier on Sunday, forcing him to flee a rally
he was addressing, an AFP reporter said.
Iraqi PM orders release of female prisoners to appease protesters:
Iraqi
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered on Sunday the release of female
prisoners, who were arrested for terrorism charges without judicial
warrants or because of terror crimes committed by their relatives, to
appease to protesters who want to see the scrapping of anti-terrorism
measures in the country
Obama regime kills 3 civilian in Yemen:
Sheikh Khaled
Al-Dahab, a prominent social leader in Rada'a, said the three people
were killed by a drone meant for Al-Qaeda members. He said the men
killed are civilians and have no links to Al-Qaeda.
Obama Regime Killed 223 People In Yemen This Year:
In Yemen, 223 people have been killed by 40 US drone strikes this year, up from 10 airstrikes in 2011.
UN envoy Brahimi announces tentative Syria peace plan:
UN and Arab League
envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said Sunday he had created a ceasefire
plan for the war-torn country that could be backed by the international
community, as he warned that the conflict is getting worse "by the
day".
British public wants to 'keep out of Syria':
While David Cameron
is rallying support among EU leaders to send arms to the rebels
opposing the Assad regime in Syria, he also faces a battle to persuade
the British public to back the plan. According to a survey for The
Independent, people do not believe Britain should provide military
supplies to the rebels
Russia sends another naval ship to Syria:
The reports gave no
information on the ship's intent, but said that it is expected to
arrive in the Tartus area, where Russia has a naval base, in early
January.
Chuck Hagel's big problem: being a realist about American power and Iran: Op-Ed:
The former Nebraska senator faces fierce opposition to possible nomination as defense secretary from Washington's militarists
Ahmadinejad slams push for Islamic life:
Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has spoken out against the use of pressure to
impose Islamic values on people, especially university candidates,
media reported.
9 Taliban militants found dead in Pakistan: officials:
Pakistani intelligence
officials say they have found bodies of nine militants dumped in the
North Waziristan tribal region. Three intelligence officials say the
nine people were shot several times in the head and chest.
Afghans angry at US soldiers who drove away in the night leaving rent for base unpaid:
Only sign of huge US base is pile of rubbish and broken vehicles - and a festering land dispute in a volatile province
2 Killed As Coptic Christian Church Attacked In Libya:
Libya's small
Christian community was in shock on Monday after an attack on a Coptic
church near the city of Misrata killed two Egyptians and fanned fears
of rising extremism.
Gunmen fire on protesters in Tahrir Square: -
Egyptian security
officials say masked gunmen drove into Cairo's Tahrir Square and opened
fired on an anti-government sit-in, seriously wounding two activists.
Central African Republic crisis: Bozize offer rejected:
Rebels
in Central African Republic have dismissed the president's offer to
form a national unity government. "We don't believe in [Francois]
Bozize's promises," rebel spokesman Eric Massi told the BBC.
US troops sent to aid Central African Republic evacuation:
Fifty troops deployed to Chad to help evacuate US citizens and diplomats in rebellion-hit Central African Republic.
Venezuela's Chavez in 'delicate' state:
Venezuela's vice
president, had arrived in Havana on Saturday in a sudden and unexpected
trip to visit Chavez. He said on Sunday that he would remain in Havana
"for the coming hours" but did not specify how long.
Hillary Clinton hospitalized after doctors discover blood clot:
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton was hospitalized Sunday after doctors discovered a
blood clot during a follow-up exam related to a concussion she suffered
this month, her spokesman said.
US drug legislation to slow Mexico violence?:
In his first month as
Mexico's new President, Enrique Pena Nieto has promised a different
strategy to fight the so-called war on drugs.
Economists expect UK to lose AAA credit rating:
At least one of the three main credit ratings agencies expected to downgrade UK's status as experts predict tough 2013
'The fiscal cliff is a hoax':
The
fiscal cliff is a hoax, according to Paul Craig Roberts, American
economist and former assistant secretary of the Treasury during the
Reagan Administration.
Judge gives 'shock' probation release of $13 million mortgage fraud chief: -
State
District Judge George Gallagher has ordered the shock-probation
release of a woman who has served less than two months of a 10-year
sentence for a key role in a $13 million mortgage fraud scheme,
prosecutors said Saturday.
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