LINK DUMP: STRANGE STUFF FROM THE NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT SHOOTING

There are plenty of places to find sensationalized reports and emotional interviews regarding the COnnecticut shooting. We wanted to avoid talking about it altogether, but as we looked into it, many things seemed too strange to not talk about. If you want personal interest stories or images of of the scene, you'll have to look elsewhere. We hope everyone involved can find peace in this trying time.

We have to, of course, start off with the most popular video on the subject of a Sandy Hook conspiracy. As of this posting, it has over 10 million views. That's a lot of people with questions . . .

SECOND SHOOTER
This news report makes note of "a second man was caught by police in an adjoining wood". Here is video of police running through those woods.

There is talk of "two shadows" running around the school grounds in the police scanner audio.

Yahoo has a story reporting two gunmen.

Someone from a neighboring school posted up-to-the-minute updates on reddit's r/news section: "[O]ne shooter reported dead . . . One child dead. One shooter still on the loose."


MEDICATION LINK
It's long been known medication can cause mood changes, suicidal thoughts and violent outbursts. SSRI Stories provides a list of violent incidents involving people on medications.

It remains unclear what medications Adam Lanza, the Connecticut shooter was one, but he was thought to have a "personality disorder" and was taking medication for it.

The medication link immediately made us think of MKUltra and other government programs aimed at using drugs to alter people's bodies and minds. In The Bourne Legacy, there's a scene where a scientist who has been drugged goes on a violent shooting spree, and while that may sound crazy, brain modification through drugs isn't just science fiction.

OTHER NEWS UNDER THE RUG: GITMO, LIBOR, AND MANNING
While everyone was distracted by the horrific shooting in Connecticut, Obama released information about the Guantanamo Bay prisoners, guards and more, as was required by law. Perhaps he was hoping it would slip under the radar while everyone, including him, focused on the shooting.

The shooting also occurred around the time some of the biggest bank fraud transcripts were released. Read more about the Libor scandal on Wikipedia.

The nearly unreported Bradley Manning trial is underway, as well. Read about it on VICE.

VICTORIA SOTO
Victim Victoria Soto was remembered in a Facebook page created four days before the shooting. Link to video capture of the page before it was taken down.

SIMILAR ATTACK IN CHINA
On the same day as the Connecticut shooting, a man attacked 22 schoolchildren in China.

BREAKING THE ANA-HYMEN: POLICE ARE SKIPPING THE FOREPLAY AND ENGAGING UNARMED CITIZENS IN ANAHEIM

This is footage of militarized police in Anaheim, California.

Since 9/11, the US government has been expanding its power. First, came the multi-trillion-dollar-a-year War on Terror. Then, the Department of Homeland Security was created to combat terrorism by stopping online piracy. Next, there was the Patriot Act that expanded the US government's ability to gather information on "terror suspects" (it also expanded the term "terrorism" to include domestic terrorists, aka US citizens). In 2011, President Barack Obama extended the most frightening aspects of the Patriot Act, and, in the same year, became the first US President to kill an American citizen without due process. In 2012, President Obama created the nightmarish National Defense Authorization Act, a frothing, tentacled creature born of Phillip K Dick's paranoid hallucinations and Joseph Stalin's Manual for Running Your Country*.

With the recent protests leading to an overblown police response in Anaheim, one question pops up: Could this be a test run? Is Anaheim the US government's version of Columbus, Ohio, where they're product testing violence instead of new fast food creations? Let's review this week and see what has brought forth this level of police power. For a good video recap, check out this CBS News video. Wikipedia also has ongoing coverage.

July 21, 2012 - Police approach 25-year-old Manuel Diaz. He runs, so they shoot and kill him. Witnesses in the area begin questioning the police for murdering an unarmed man. Tensions rise, and in the end, officers disperse the crowd with shotguns loaded with bean bags, tasers and a wild K-9 looking for a snack. When the dust settles, police officers attempted to purchase witnesses' cell phones and cameras to hide video evidence of the event.

July 22, 2012 - The day after murdering an unarmed Latino, police kill another, even younger, Latino named Joel Acevedo. Reports say he fired at police, though that is still "under investigation." This second killing sparked more protests, and in the following days, protests grew, drawing larger numbers of police responders. For the most part, protests have seemed peaceful and restrained given the circumstances. But as they continue, more and more militarized police are entering Anaheim, prepared to follow orders, orders that hopefully include "protect and serve".

*This is not really a book by Stalin, though he does have several that Obama probably reads before bed.