{"id":904,"date":"2014-06-10T21:24:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T04:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/landguppy.com\/blog\/?p=904"},"modified":"2014-06-10T21:24:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T04:24:03","slug":"contest-news-items-distress-figure-win-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/landguppy.com\/blog\/contest-news-items-distress-figure-win-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest! News items that distress me: figure out why and win a book!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m depressed today. Nothing like giving away something to make me feel better, right? So I&#8217;m going to post links to three stories, all recent. Succinctly tell me why I&#8217;m so upset (beyond the obvious). The closest answer gets a hard copy of the book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/biblio\/18-9780316250818-42\">California <\/a>on publication, July 8.<\/p>\n<p>1. The obvious: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/gresham\/index.ssf\/2014\/06\/oregon_school_shooting_reynold.html\">Oregon school shooting. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. The response: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/bodyguard-bulletproof-blanket-for-kids-2014-6\">The protection. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. The utterly ridiculous: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/blogs\/oddnews\/first-grader-suspended-and-facing-expulsion-after-finding-toy-gun-in-backpack-and-even-turning-himself-in-203058288.html\">The real danger exposed! <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you need some help, I suggest you go read the exemplary post by Pam Mandel at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/10\/explaining-american-gun-violence-foreign-friends-family\/\">Nerd&#8217;s Eye View<\/a>. It won&#8217;t give you the answer I&#8217;m looking for, but it might start you on the right path.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll put an answer and a winner (if any) in an addendum at the bottom of this post on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m depressed today. Nothing like giving away something to make me feel better, right? So I&#8217;m going to post links to three stories, all recent. Succinctly tell me why I&#8217;m so upset (beyond the obvious). The closest answer gets a hard copy of the book California on publication, July 8. 1. 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