I fully support Mayor Bloomberg’s wise FIX GUN CHECKS proposal. Thank you, Mayor.
Dear FriendsMany lives will be saved by Mayor Bloomberg’s sensible proposal to improve background checks for the purchase of guns.I fully support Mayor Bloomberg’s wise proposal. Thank you, Mayor. We New Yorkers are all very proud of you for your wisdom and courage. With deep respect and love, Yoko Ono ...
Police: Alleged freeway shooter was targeting ACLU
OAKLAND, Calif. – A California man known for his anger over left-leaning politics said after a freeway shootout with CHP officers that he had been planning an attack on the ACLU and another nonprofit group, police said Tuesday.Byron Williams, 45, a parolee with two previous bank robbery convictions, wanted to ...
Militia movement will be packing heat at rally on the Potomac
Daniel Almond, a three-tour veteran of Iraq, is ready to "muster outside D.C." on Monday with several dozen other self-proclaimed patriots, all of them armed. They intend to make history as the first people to take their guns to a demonstration in a national park, and the Virginia rally is ...
2 teens injured in Colorado middle school shooting
LITTLETON, Colo. – A teacher tackled a man armed with a high-powered rifle just after two teenage students were shot Tuesday at a suburban Denver middle school that's just miles from Columbine High School, the site of one of the nation's deadliest school shootings, authorities said.One male and one female ...
Report: Hasan urged conscientious objector status for Muslims
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army psychiatrist accused in the Fort Hood attack once suggested that Muslim soldiers be allowed to opt out of fighting in wars against other Muslims. He reportedly told his medical colleagues that allowing them to be released as conscientious objectors would be a way to "decrease ...
Lieberman Suggests Army Shooter Was 'Home-Grown Terrorist'
A senior U.S. senator on Sunday said the shootings at Fort Hood could have been a terrorist attack, and that he would launch a congressional investigation into whether the U.S. military could have prevented it.Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who heads the Senate's Homeland Security and Government Affairs ...
Profiles of Ft. Hood Shooter's Victims
(CBS/ AP) Last Updated 1:39 p.m. ET The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ...
Death toll rises to 13 in Ft. Hood shootings
Reporting from Ft. Hood, Texas, Washington and Los Angeles -- As the death toll in Thursday's shooting rampage at Fort Hood rose to 13, new details emerged today about the attack and its aftermath. Sgt. Andrew Hagerman, a military police officer, was one of those who responded to the scene ...
Web post by Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Malik Hasan could shed light on motives
Investigators trying to understand why a US army psychiatrist launched into a shooting spree on a military base in Texas will be poring over an internet posting he is thought to have made comparing the sacrifice of Islamist suicide bombers and American military heroes. Thirteen people were killed and more ...
Internet Comments Posted By Hasan Raised Concerns
The following are Internet comments reportedly made by Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, which caught the eye of authorities and raised concerns as early as six months ago: --- "There was a grenade thrown amongs [sic] a group of American soldiers. One of the soldiers, feeling that it ...
Cousin Says Suspected Fort Hood Gunman Feared Impending War Deployment
The man suspected of a deadly rampage Thursday at Fort Hood was a military psychiatrist whose had turned against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but was about to be sent overseas, his cousin told Fox News.Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, wanted to be released from the military before ...
Gunman in Fort Hood shooting, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, shouted 'Allahu Akbar' before deadly attack
The gunman in the Fort Hood massacre hollered "Allahu Akbar!" before embarking on a bloody rampage that left more than a dozen dead, an onlooker told investigators."We do have a witness who reported that," Col. John Rossi said Friday morning."Allahu Akbar" means "God is great" in Arabic.At the morning briefing, ...
Texan police officer Kim Munley who shot Fort Hood gunman hailed as a heroine
A police officer who intervened to stop a shooting spree at America's biggest military base was hailed today a heroine as she received treatment for the wounds received in a shoot-out with the gunman. Major Nidal Hasan, an army psychiatrist due to be posted to Afghanistan, shot dead 13 people ...
Nidal Malik Hasan, Suspected Fort Hood Shooter, Was Called "Camel Jockey"
Fort Hood shooting suspect, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, wanted out of the Army after being constantly harassed by others in the military and was called a "camel jockey," his family said. As Hasan was about to be deployed to Iraq, he was suffering from some of the same stresses that ...
Mass Shooting Indicates Breakdown of Military
At approximately 1:30 p.m. CST today, a soldier went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, killing 12 people and wounding at least 31 others, according to base commander Lieutenant-General Bob Cone. Truthout spoke with an Army Specialist who is an active-duty Iraq war veteran currently stationed ...
Fort Hood shooter may have been Army psychiatrist
WASHINGTON — The Army major suspected of opening fire on soldiers as they were preparing to deploy overseas at the massive Fort Hood military base in central Texas Thursday may have been an Army psychiatrist who recently completed training in disaster and preventive psychiatry at Walter Reed Medical Center in ...
1 shooter dead, 2 in custody at Fort Hood mass shooting
A mass shooting Thursday at Fort Hood, the largest U.S. Army base in the world, has resulted in 12 deaths, including one shooter, and 31 wounded.Lt. Gen. Robert Cone confirmed that one of the three suspected shooters, a soldier, is dead, and the other two suspects, also soldiers, are in ...
Accused Fort Hood shooter dreaded deployment, cousin says
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan never served a tour of duty in Iraq. But the psychiatrist worked inside two places that have seen the terrible fallout from the war – first Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in the nation's capital, and lately at Fort Hood, the giant Central Texas base. He ...
12 dead, 31 wounded in Fort Hood shooting
FORT HOOD — An Army mental health professional with advanced training in shooting opened fire on his fellow soldiers Thursday afternoon, killing 12 people before he was shot and captured by post police, military officials said. Wielding two handguns, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan stormed into the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, ...
FORT HOOD, Texas -- A U.S. Army major allegedly opened fire Thursday on fellow troops in the heart of the giant army base here, killing 13 people and wounding at least 30 in one of the worst incidents of soldier-on-soldier violence in U.S. military history. The shooting rampage, allegedly carried ...
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June 5th, 2013
Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World
This past week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main federation of Hollywood's six major studios, posted on their web site a list of what they believe ...
March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
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November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
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