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Donald Trump tweets about the Las Vegas shooting with ‘warmest condolences’
The U.S. is waking up to the terrible news of the Las Vegas shooting at a country music festival, which left at least 50 dead and 200 injured. SEE ALSO: A troll explains why he tweeted a fake ‘missing dad’ picture from the Las Vegas shooting President Trump is an early starter and immediately tweeted his ‘warmest’ condolences:
The outrage about the Women’s Convention misses a key point
Image: early gibson III/WireImage It’s October 2017 and some fights just won’t die. Take a look at the most recent intra-resistance clash. In September, organizers of the Women’s March announced that they’d decided to designate the theme of their upcoming convention as the famous Maxine Waters’ quote “Reclaiming Our Time.” The all-powerful Congresswoman would be featured as headliner. The convention only generated modest amounts of buzz until recently, when organizers revealed that they had invited Senator Bernie Sanders to deliver an opening night speech on October 27th. Cue the hot takes. SEE ALSO: The Resistance is now a lifestyle brand […]
People on the internet are calling for Las Vegas mass shooting to be labeled as a terrorist act
Image: Getty Images How do we distinguish a crime from a terrorist attack? It’s a convoluted conversation that appears after every horrific mass shooting in America, and Sunday night’s Las Vegas attack—the deadliest in U.S. history—is no exception. As many on Twitter have pointed out, the president did not use the words “terror” or “terrorist” during his remarks about the shooting, despite his flippant use of the term in previous instances on Twitter. Today, the word is the top dictionary lookup online, according to Merriam-Webster, who defines it as “the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an […]
Professor lets student bring her dog to class before Hurricane Irma because she’s such a good doggo
Luna, a good doggo.Image: Jessica lewis/composite Jessica Lewis is a student at Georgia Southern who, just like everyone at her university last week, was preparing to leave Statesboro ahead of Hurricane Irma. SEE ALSO: Extremely organized flamingos show how orderly evacuation is done On Thursday afternoon, she had just one class left, (a Political Science seminar) and already had her stuff packed and in her car, so she could head home to Atlanta straight away as her class the next day was cancelled. But there was one outstanding issue: her dog Luna. “I was trying to figure out the easiest […]
Costco is now selling disaster kits for all you preppers out there
Image: costco Prepping for the end of the world just got way easier. Beloved bulk retailer Costco is now offering a “1 Year Emergency Food Kit” for anyone who’s getting ready to hunker down at the possibility of disaster. It seems like a pretty simple and smart move for the store, which already sells items in bulk. The kit will run you $999.99, which is actually pretty reasonable considering it comes with 6,200 servings of food, which is apparently enough to feed one person for an entire year on a 1,200 calorie diet. According to the kit’s description on Costco’s […]