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Here Are the Confusing Things About the Conn. School Shooting That Got Reported Wrong

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Dec. 14, 2012 6:49pm Jason Howerton     Responders gather at the scene of a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School with police tape surrounding a vehicle on December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty-seven are dead, including 20 children, after a gunman identified as Adam Lanza in news reports, opened fire in the school. Lanza also reportedly died at the scene. (Credit: Getty Images) UPDATE 10:40 p.m. EST : The Associated Press now reports: At least one parent said Lanza’s mother was a substitute teacher there. But her name did not appear on a staff list. And the law enforcement official said investigators were unable to establish any connection so far between her and the school. The reason for the confusion over the mother’s role at the school is unclear at this point. Either way, more details will continue to emerge in the coming days UPDATE 8:37 p.m. EST : ABC News is reporting that the gunman’s mother was teacher’s aide at ...

The gullible mind explained

(NaturalNews) In light of the string of the blatant falsehoods being announced by the U.S. government these days (FDA, DHS, White House, etc.) it's interesting that so many people still believe whatever they are told by "official" sources. It brings up the question of the functioning of their brains: How could a person swallow official information so gullibly and so completely without even asking commonsense questions about the reliability or factual basis of that information? These people, it turns out, are operating from what I called The Gullible Mind. It is a psychological processing malfunction that filters out information based on its source rather than its integrity. People who operate from The Gullible Mind tend to have misplaced trust in governments, institutions, mainstream news networks, doctors, scientists or anyone who wears the garb of apparent authority. Whereas a normal, intelligent person would raise commonsense questions about information they receive fr...