Phoenix Shooting: 3 Dead & the Other James Holmes

Phoenix police confirmed that Steve Singer died from his injuries in the shooting. Singer owned Fusion Contact Centers, LLC, a local call center business.The Aurora shooting suspect is named James Holmes.But there is another James Holmes.For several months before the July 20, 2012 theater event, a Phoenix police officer played the sync in his several media appearances. His name game name is James Holmes.I wrote the paragraph above...

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Happy Birthday, Fortean Society and Forteans

If you are a Fortean or want to be one, take delight today in the first beginnings of a uniquely intellectual American and global movement. We measure a celebration, beginning anywhere. This one seems as good as any other.The Fortean Society was founded on January 26, 1931:  1-26-1931 - 1-26-2013 = 82 years. Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932)Fort's four published nonfiction books are: The Book of the Damned (1919), New...

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Lone Star Shooting: Wall-to-Wall Media Attention

Wall-to-wall media went wild today with the reports out of Texas of a "college shooting."Did they go overboard?I remain convinced my hypothesis in The Copycat Effect is a valid factor, among many, in linking this kind of media attention to fostering an environment of future shootings.This shooting, for example, does not appear to have been a random, senseless mass shooting. This was a confrontation between two individuals who apparently got...

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A Pope Kills Three

Three are dead in a courthouse shooting in the Philippines. Above is a photograph of the shooter's gun found at the scene.The official Philippines News Agency (PNA) has reported that a gunman identified as John Pope "went berserk" at the courthouse in the city of Cebu, Philippines, on Tuesday, January 22, 2013.John Pope, a Canadian national, entered the Palace of Justice at about 8:10 a.m. clad in jogging pants, long white shirt and with a body...

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44th President Syncs With Four Oaths

The 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama is a man of symbolism. Perhaps no other number is more synchromystical in his life that "4."President Obama takes his 4th oath of office for the President of the USA, on January 21, 2013, the symbolically significant Martin Luther King Day.Obama was born on August 4, 1961. He married Michelle Robinson on October 3, 1992.The couple's first daughter, Malia Ann, was born on July 4, 1998;...

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