Conscious Dreaming and Jared Loughner. A lot of people trying to wrap their minds around the motives of Jared Loughner — the Tucson shooter who murdered six people Saturday at a Safeway and wounded many more — are puzzling over the latest information to emerge: he was a “conscious dreamer.” Before a misunderstanding starts, let’s find out what that means. I’m writing a book about dream interpretation and am personally familiar with conscious dreaming, which is simply the ability to “wake up” during a dream and continue dreaming while conscious but asleep. In my experience, it’s a rare ability but one that can be developed by just about anyone, to experience at least a few conscious dreams.
Also known as lucid dreams because of the lucid awareness of the dreamer, conscious dreaming is something like Neo in the Matrix, with the ability to create reality — or an illusion of it. Neo stopping bullets Another approach to lucid dreaming is allowing the dream to take the conscious mind into its world for a guided tour. Loners like Tucson gunman 'fly below the radar' - U.S. news - Crime & courts. WASHINGTON — The gunman accused of trying to assassinate Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six others, Jared Lee Loughner, was not on any government watch list that might have warned someone not to sell him a gun or caused police to investigate his unstable behavior.
It turns out there is not a list in the United States for people like Loughner. The same goes for Joseph Stack, who flew his plane into an IRS office in Austin, Texas, last February. Stack left behind a 3,000-word, rambling screed about his problems with the U.S. tax code. Less than a month later, John Patrick Bedell shot two Pentagon guards. He left behind anti-government writings and cited conspiracy theories involving the U.S. military. Richard Poplawski, too, left an online trail of racist rants and paranoid thoughts about President Barack Obama imposing a gun ban before he allegedly shot and killed three police officers in the Pittsburgh area in April 2009. Interactive: Giffords' shooting (on this page)
New threat note found in Tucson shooting - U.S. news - Crime & courts. The suspect in Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' shooting wrote the words "Die, bitch" on a note found in his home, a sheriff's official said Tuesday. Pima County Chief Rick Kastigar told The Associated Press that authorities believe the note was a reference to Giffords. It was found alongside other menacing notes including "I planned ahead," "My assassination" and the name "Giffords. " Authorities are learning other new information about the events leading up to the assassination attempt. Sheriff Clarence Dupnik told the AP that on the morning of the shooting, Jared Loughner's father saw his son take a black bag out of a car trunk. The sheriff said the father approached Loughner, and he mumbled something and took off running. Loughner took a taxi cab to the supermarket where the three-term Democrat was holding a meeting to hear the concerns of her constituents.
And Bloomberg News reported that pistol sales soared in Arizona on Monday. Six people were killed, including U.S. . © 2013 msnbc.com. Video - Breaking News Videos. Judge enters not guilty pleas for Arizona shooting suspect. Jared Loughner makes court appearance NEW: Federal public defender for Jared Lee Loughner asks the court to enter the pleasNEW: Loughner smiles and appears to chuckle to himself in court in PhoenixLoughner, already indicted on three counts, could face many more charges, including murderDoctor say Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the brain, has "surprised" them with her progress For more on this story, see CNN affiliate KPRC Phoenix (CNN) -- A federal judge entered a plea of not guilty Monday on behalf of Jared Lee Loughner to three counts of attempted murder in the mass shooting that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords earlier this month. After entering the packed courtroom, Loughner, 22, showed the same smirk as he had in his mug shot.
U.S. "We are not raising that issue at this time," Clarke told the judge. When the judge asked for plea from the defendant, Clarke asked the judge to enter one on Loughner's behalf. Loughner pleads not guilty, smiles FBI questions those who knew Loughner. Tucson Shooting Hero to be honored at State of the Union. Washington (CNN) – It is a Washington ritual at the State of the Union address. The president honors special guests by inviting them to sit alongside the first lady in her reserved box in the House chamber. This year the special guests will include at least one of the heroes from the tragic Tucson shooting. White House spokesman Nick Shapiro tells CNN Daniel Hernandez, the intern who assisted Rep. Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot in the Safeway parking lot, will join First Lady Michelle Obama for the speech.
Traditionally, the special guest list can be about two dozen people, ranging from guests who exemplify extreme valor and courage to those who represent the president's political agenda. Last year, special guests included Kimberly Munley and Mark Todd, the two officers credited with helping to take down Maj. Cafferty File: Tell Jack how you really feel Blog Archive - Tucson shootings affect State of Union address? « FILE PHOTO: The State of the Union address on January 27, 2010. (PHOTO CREDIT: SAUL LOEB/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: In light of the Tucson shootings, it looks like we're in for a very different State of the Union address this year.
The president's annual message to Congress is usually full of partisan theatrics - one half of the room applauds and stands while the other sits on their hands. Last year, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mouthed the words "Not true" when the president criticized a Supreme Court decision. Partisan rancor and rudeness were also on full display last year. Remember when a Republican congressman yelled "You lie" in the middle of the President's health care speech?
But it's highly likely we'll see anything like that tomorrow night. And not unlike a high school prom, all of Capitol Hill is also aflutter when it comes to the seating arrangements for tomorrow night. Interested to know which ones made it on air? Kate writes: Not very much. Suspect faces judge in deadly Arizona shooting - U.S. news. Loughner pleads not guilty to Tucson shootings - U.S. news - Crime & courts. TUCSON — Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges of attempting to assassinate U.S.
Representative Gabrielle Giffords and attempting to murder two of her staff members. A 22-year-old college dropout, Loughner is accused of opening fire on Giffords and a crowd of bystanders outside a grocery store in north Tucson on Jan. 8, killing six people, including a federal judge, and wounding 13. Giffords was shot in the head but survived. Dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit and wearing wire-rimmed glasses, the shaved hair on his head starting to grow back, Loughner said nothing as the plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf. The shackled defendant was earlier seen smiling, nodding and chatting quietly with his lawyer, Judy Clarke, as the proceedings were about to begin. U.S. "We are not raising any issues at this time," Clarke said. At least eight U.S. Video: Loughner’s mental state to be major legal issue. Did Jared Lee Loughner Have Another YouTube Channel? Arizona shooting suspect could face death penalty - U.S. news - Crime & courts.
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Jared Loughner, head shaved, a cut on his right temple and his hands cuffed, stared vacantly at a packed courtroom Monday and sat down. His attorney, who defended "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, whispered to him. It was the nation's first look at the 22-year-old loner accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The three-term Democrat lay about a 100 miles away in a Tucson intensive care unit, gravely wounded after being shot through the head but able to give a thumbs-up sign that doctors found as a reason to hope. Loughner seemed impassive and at one point stood at a lectern in his beige prison jumpsuit. The judge asked if he understood that he could get life in prison -- or the death penalty -- for killing federal Judge John Roll, one of six who died in the shooting rampage at Giffords' outdoor meeting with constituents Saturday in Tucson. "Yes," he said.
The judge ordered Loughner held without bail. Most popular Gov. "We will never be brought down," she said. Grand jury indicts Arizona shooting suspect - U.S. news - Crime & courts. TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal grand jury indicted Jared Loughner Wednesday on three counts in connection with the Jan. 8 Tucson shooting spree that killed six people and wounded another 13, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke said the charges are "just the beginning of our legal action.
" "This case also involves potential death-penalty charges, and Department rules require us to pursue a deliberate and thorough process," he said in a prepared statement. The indictment alleges that Loughner, 22, of Tucson, attempted to assassinate Giffords, and attempted to murder two federal employees, Ron Barber and Pamela Simon. The indictment includes three counts, not five as the original criminal complaint did. Justice Department officials say they fully intend to seek an indictment of Loughner for the other two counts but want more time to build their case — one that will almost certainly result in seeking the death penalty.
In essence, this is a place-holder indictment. Classitup10's Channel.