td11 wrote:Yeah let this be a lesson to assholes railing against the nra like sandy hook parents

jerseyhoya wrote:Rail on the NRA all you want. Just be aware that the reason politicians are afraid of the gun rights folks isn't because they have a lot of money but because they can mobilize a loyal constituency that is very good at turning out to vote.

td11 wrote:Ok let's continue pretending their massive coffers mean nothing bc their membership base is a uniquely rabid single issue voter

The recall battle drew more than $3.5 million in campaign contributions. But the vast majority of the funds - nearly $3 million - came from opponents of the recall drive who support stricter gun control, figures from the secretary of state's office showed.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns, wrote a $350,000 personal check to the anti-recall campaigns. Los Angeles billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad kicked in another $250,000 to stave off the recalls.

After claiming victory late on Tuesday, Herpin said the push to derail the recall had "backfired" on the gun control lobby.

"In Colorado, we don't need some New York billionaire telling us what size soft drinks we can have, how much salt to put on our food, or the size of the ammunition magazines on our guns," he said.

Only about $500,000 came from the pro-gun lobby, mainly $368,000 donated by the National Rifle Association, the nation's biggest pro-gun lobby, which feted Morse's ouster late on Tuesday.

jerseyhoya wrote:"In Colorado, we don't need some New York billionaire telling us what size soft drinks we can have, how much salt to put on our food, or the size of the ammunition magazines on our guns," [Herpin] said.

A Colorado Springs Democrat, Morse trailed 50.96 percent to 49.04 percent, according to unofficial results from the Colorado Secretary of State's office.

dajafi wrote:Totally ineffective, borderline incoherent speech from the president

NYC about to elect a mayor who's going to be a disaster for the City (though at least he'll have wonderful empathy for everyone whose quality of life will decline)

If the Eagles hadn't held on last night, I'd be avoiding the sharp objects

cshort wrote:Russia giving Iran 300 air defense missile systems, and a nuclear power plant. Putin just owning.

Garry Kasparov ‏@Kasparov63
I hope Putin has taken adequate protections. Now that he is a Russian journalist his life may be in grave danger!

The “coalition of current and former military, police, and other public officials” that Greenwald so gleefully ballyhoos in the above tweet is the Oath Keepers. Greenwald of course doesn’t call them by name; he leaves that important detail out. The reason is that the Oath Keepers are a lunatic far-right militia who believe, among other things, that Barack Obama is a card-carrying communist, the U.N. is going to put troops on American soil, and our nation’s cities will soon be turned into concentration camps under the control of FEMA.

1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.
2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people.
3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as ‘unlawful enemy combatants’ or to subject them to military tribunal.
4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a ‘state of emergency’ on a state.
5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty.
6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.
7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.
8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to ‘keep the peace’ or to ‘maintain control.’
9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.
10. We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.