Natalie Nunn Diss Video: Amber Rose Gets “Sloppy Seconds” with Wiz Khalifa
Now that Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose have come forward with their relationship, Wiz's rumored former flame is speaking out against them.
As previously reported, former Bad Girls club member Natalie Nunn was spotted with the Taylor Gang head in Pittsburgh sparking rumors that they were involved.
Now weeks later Nunn is taking shots at Rose and says she's tired of being compared to “wanna be bad girls” that majored in stripping.
“Natalie has two degrees, I still have two degrees that you can't take from me….not a degree as a stripper. You can't take that from me….y'all gonna stop comparing me to these wack a** wanna be bad girls.”
She even makes mention of Amber Rose's upcoming reality show “Behind Her Shades.”
“Behind some shades? Y'all want me to talk about some behind some shades?!”
In addition to dissing Rose, the reality TV star made mention of her initial meeting with Wiz in Pittsburgh which ended with pictures of them seemingly locking lips. Nunn says however that their meeting was one-sided and Wiz continued to pursue her, making sure to book a hotel room at the same place where she was staying. More Info
There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea You became the light on the dark side of me Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill
But did you know That when it snows My eyes become large and The light that you shine can be seen
There is so much a man can tell you So much he can say You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain
Baby, to me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?
But did you know That when it snows My eyes become large and The light that you shine can be seen
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grave Ooh, the more I get of you, stranger it feels, yeah Now that your rose is in bloom A light hits the gloom on the gray
But did you know That when it snows My eyes become large and The light that you shine can be seen
Baby, I might compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grave Ooh, the more I get of you, stranger it feels, yeah Now that your rose is in bloom A light hits the gloom on the gray
I've been kissed from a rose on the grave Ooh, the stranger it feels, yeah Now that your rose is in bloom A light hits the gloom on the gray
I've been kissed from a rose I've been kissed from a rose
Baby, to me you're like a growing addiction Won't you tell me is that healthy ways and healthy ways And healthy ways and healthy ways And healthy ways and healthy ways
100 METERS 10.20 –Ahmad Rashad (USC 2010; Carman-Ainsworth HS, Flint, MI 2006) 10.25 Rubin Williams (Unattached; Tennessee 2008; Valley Christian HS, San Jose 2002)
1500 METERS 3:34.25 David Torrence (Nike; Cal 2008; Loyola HS, Los Angeles 2003) 3:36.48 *A.J. Acosta (Oregon 2011; El Camino HS, Oceanside 2006) 3:36.89 Russell Brown (Oregon TC; Stanford 2008; Hanover HS, NH 2003) 3:37.12 Garrett Heath (Saucony; Stanford; Winona Senior HS, MN) 3:39.59 –Mark Matusak (Cal 2010; Loyola HS, Los Angeles 2005) 3:40.07 **Dylan Ferris (Stanford; East Forsyth, Kernersville, NC) 3:40.68 Kyle Alcorn (Nike; Arizona State 2008; Oregon 2005; Buchanan HS, Clovis 2003) 3:41.27 *Elliott Heath (Stanford; Winona Senior HS, MN)
MILE 3:53.76 *A.J. Acosta (Oregon 2011; El Camino HS, Oceanside 2006) 3:54.47 David Torrence (Nike; Cal 2008; Loyola HS, Los Angeles 2003) 3:55.79i Russell Brown (OTC; Stanford 2008; Hanover HS, NH 2003) 3:57.32i Alex McClary (Unattached; Arkansas 2009; Cal 2006; Shelton HS, WA 2004) 3:57.34i Garrett Heath (Unattached; Stanford; Winona Senior HS, MN) 3:57.70i ***Mac Fleet (Oregon; University City HS, San Diego) 3:58.16 Andy McClary (Unattached; Arkansas 2009; Cal 2006; Shelton HS, WA 2004) 3:58.36i –Mark Matusak (Cal 2010; Loyola HS, Los Angeles 2005) 3:58.76i –Justin Marpole-Bird (Stanford-Canada) 3:58.90i **Dylan Ferris (Stanford; East Forsyth, Kernersville, NC) 3:59.42 *Steve Sodaro (Cal; Redwood HS, Larkspur) 3:59.85i **Blake Shaw (USC; Cypress Falls HS, Houston, TX)
STEEPLE 8:27.95 Kyle Alcorn (Nike; Arizona State 2008; Oregon 2005; Buchanan HS, Clovis 2003) 8:35.17 Billy Nelson (Oregon TC; Colorado 2008; Taft Union HS 2002) 8:38.76 Jacques Salberg (Unattached; Cal State Los Angeles 2008; Abilene Christian 2007 dnc; Cal State Los Angesl 1996; Muir HS, Pasadena 1993) 8:40.60 *Steve Sodaro (Cal; Redwood HS, Larkspur) 8:42.97 *John Sullivan (Stanford) 8:43.62 –Julian DeRubira (UCSB) 8:43.68 *Dylan Knight (UCLA)
3000 METERS 7:50.27 Scott Bauhs (adidas; Chico State 2008; San Ramon Valley HS, Danville 2005) 7:51.02i **German Fernandez (Oklahoma State 2012; Riverbank HS 2008) 7:52.14i *Michael Coe (Cal 2011; Cabrillo HS, Lompoc 2006) 7:53.31 –Mark Matusak (Cal 2010; Loyola HS, Los Angeles 2005) 7:54.27i –Brandon Bethke (Arizona State 2010; Wisconsin 2008; El Toro HS, Lake Forest 2004) 7:54.61 David Torrence (Nike; Cal 2008; Loyola HS, Los Angeles 2003) 7:56.67i *Colton Tully-Doyle (Washington; UCSB; Rancho Bernardo HS) 7:57.15i –Justin Marpole-Bird (Stanford-Canada)
5000 METERS 13:20.33 Tim Nelson (Nike; Wisconsin 2007; Liberty Christian HS, Palo Cedro 2003) 13:27.83 –Brandon Bethke (Arizona State 2010; Wisconsin 2008; El Toro HS, Lake Forest 2004) 13:29.18 Scott Bauhs (adidas; Chico State 2008; San Ramon Valley HS, Danville 2005) 13:29.75 *Elliott Heath (Stanford; Winona Senior HS, MN) 13:31.67 **Chris Derrick (Stanford 2012; Neuqua Valley, Naperville, IL 2008) 13:31.89 Ian Dobson (OTC; Stanford 2005; Klamath Union HS, Klamath Falls, OR 2000) 13:42.65 Bolota Asmerom (Saucony; Cal 2001; McAteer HS, San Francisco 1996)
10,000 METERS 27:31.56 Tim Nelson (Nike; Wisconsin 2007; Liberty Christian HS, Palo Cedro 2003) 28:03.99 Scott Bauhs (adidas; Chico State 2008; San Ramon Valley HS, Danville 2005) 28:09.21 Brett Gotcher (adidas; Stanford 2007; Aptos HS 2002) 28:29.70 Sergio Reyes (Asics Aggies; Cedarville 2002; Cuesta College 2000; home schooled Los Osos) 28:35.71 –Scott Smith (UCSB) 28:40.19 **Diego Estrada (Northern Arizona 2012; Alisal HS, Salinas 2008) 28:54.69 *Jake Riley (Stanford 2011; Sehome HS, Bellingham, WA 2007) 28:56.21 –Jake Schmitt (Washington 2010; Cal 2006; Redwood HS, Larkspur 2005) 28:56.44 **Brendan Gregg (Stanford; Davis Senior HS) 28:56.79 Crosby Freeman (Asics Aggies; Pomona Pitzer; Piedmont HS)
110 HURDLES 13.12 Ryan Wilson (Unattached; USC 2003; Westerville North HS, Westerville, OH 1999) 13.56 Kevin Craddock (Unattached; UCLA 2010; James Logan HS, Union City 2005) 13.61 *Ronald Brookins (Sacramento State; Helix HS, San Diego 2007) 13.64 Bryan Clay (Nike; Azusa Pacific 2002; Castle HS, Kaneoha, HI 1998) 13.70 Dominique Arnold (Unattached; Washington State 1996; Long Beach CC 1993; Wilson HS, Long Beach 1991) 13.70 Tim Bogdanof (Unattached; Cal 2003; Georgia Tech 1999; Buchanan HS, Clovis 1998)
400 HURDLES 48.63 *Jeshua Anderson (Washington State 2011; Taft HS, Woodland Hills 2007) 48.94 **Amaechi Morton (Nigeria; Stanford 2012; Riverwood HS, Atlanta, GA 2008) 49.46 ***Reggie Wyatt (USC 2013; La Sierra HS, Riverside 2009; J.W. North HS, Riverside 2007) 50.24 –Durell Coleman (Stanford 2010; Rockwall HS, TX 2006) 50.24 *Sam Jeter (Long Beach State; Riverside CC; King HS, Riverside) 50.37 –Val Pierre Dai’Re (Fresno State; Buhach Colony HS, Atwater) 50.47 *Alex Wilright (UC Davis; Franklin HS, Elk Grove 2006)
HALF-MARATHON 60:39 Mohamed Trafeh (born Morocco; NTRLA; Arizona; Duarte HS) 61:45 Meb Keflezighi (Nike; UCLA 1998; San Diego HS 1994) 62:11 Tim Nelson (Nike; Wisconsin 2007; Liberty Christian HS, Palo Cedro 2003) 62:39 Scott Bauhs (adidas; Chico State 2008; San Ramon Valley HS, Danville 2005) 62:50 Brett Gotcher (adidas; Stanford 2007; Aptos HS 2002) 63:52 Peter Gilmore (MaraG; Cal 2000; Palisades HS, Pacific Palisades 1995) 63:56 Ryan Hall (Asics; Stanford 2005; Big Bear HS, Big Bear City 2001) 65:07 Sergio Reyes (Asics Aggies; Cedarville, OH 2002; Cuesta College 2000; home schooled Los Osos) 65:23 Josh Spiker (Wisconsin; Ventura HS)
MARATHON 2:08:41 Ryan Hall (Asics; Stanford 2005; Big Bear HS, Big Bear City 2001) 2:09:26 Meb Keflezighi (Nike; UCLA 1998; San Diego HS 1994) 2:10:36 Brett Gotcher (adidas; Stanford 2007; Aptos HS 2002) 2:14:02 Sergio Reyes (Asics Aggies; Cedarville, OH 2002; Cuesta College, SLO 2000; home schooled Los Osos) 2:15:06 Tim Nelson (Nike; Wisconsin 2007; Liberty Christian HS, Palo Cedro 2003) 2:15:25 Fernando Cabada (Virginia Intermont 2006; Arkansas 2003; Buchanan HS, Clovis 2000) 2:16:31 Drew Shackleton (UCLA 2009; Carlmont HS, Belmont 2004)
20K WALK 1:33:11 Tim Seaman (NYAC; Wisconsin Parkside 1995; North Babylon HS, Long Island, NY 1990; Current Residence: Chula Vista)
4 x 100 39.43 UCLA [Jamal Alston (Rancho Buena Vista, Vista), Karlton Rolle (Nassau Christian Academy; Nassau, Bahamas), Maxwell Dyce (Moorpark HS), Brandon Smith (Ventura HS)]
4 x 400 3:03.26 USC (Nate Anderson 2010, Joey Hughes 2011, Bryshon Nellum 2010, Jason Price 2010)
SPRINT MEDLEY 3:17.95 USC (Ahmad Rashad 2010, Jason Price 2010, Nate Anderson 2010, Blake Shaw 2011)
DISTANCE MEDLEY 9:30.25i Stanford 9:31.07i UCLA 9:32.11i Cal
HIGH JUMP 2.34i 7-8 Jesse Williams (Nike; USC 2006; North Carolina State 2003; Broughton HS, Raleigh 2002) 2.28 7-5 ¾ Jamie Nieto (Unattached; Eastern Michigan 1998; Sacramento City College 1996; Valley HS, Sacramento 1994) 2.25 7-4 ½ Ed Wright (born Nairobi, Kenya; Unattached; Cal 2008; St. Mary’s HS, Berkeley 2004) 2.23 7-3 ¾ Maniula Wijesekara (USC-Sierra Leone) 2.22 7-3 ¼ -Casey Ryan (UCSD; Argonaut HS, Jackson) 2.20i 7-2 ½ *Fletcher Carlyle (Oklahoma Baptist; Vintage HS, Napa) 2.20 7-2 ½ Harrison Steed (JSerra HS, San Juan Capistrano)
POLE VAULT 5.81 19-0 ¾ Derek Miles (Nike; South Dakota 1996; Bella Vista HS, Fair Oaks 1991) 5.72i 18-9 ¼ *Scott Roth (Washington 2011; Granite Bay 2006) 5.50i 18-0 ½ -Brandon Estrada (USC 2010; El Camino Real HS, Woodland Hills 2005) 5.38i 17-7 ¾ *Casey DiCesare (UCLA; Irvington HS, NY)
LONG JUMP 8.20 26-11 Trevell Quinley (Nike; Arizona State 2005; Merrill F. West HS, Tracy 2001) 7.90 25-11 *Reindell Cole (CS Northridge 2011; Desert Pines, Las Vegas 2006) 7.80 25-7 ¼ *Brendan Ames (USC 2011; Kentucky 2008; Central HS, Cheyenne, WY 2007) 7.77 25-6 Allen Simms (Unattached; USC 2005; George Mason 2002; Roosevelt HS, Greenbelt, MD 2000)
TRIPLE JUMP 16.64 54-7 ¼ *Josh Como (CSLA 2011; Riverside CC 2008; Rancho Verde HS, Moreno Valley 2006) 16.59 54-5 ¼ Nkosinza Balumbu (Mission Valley TC; Arkansas 2009; James Logan HS, Union City 2005) 16.55i 54-3 ¾ -Zuheir Sharif (born Sterling, Scotland; Texas A&M 2010; Franklin HS, Elk Grove 2006 ) 16.49i(A) 54-1 ¼ Allen Simms (Unattached; USC 2005; George Mason 2002; Roosevelt HS, Greenbelt, MD 2000) 15.98 52-5 ¼ *Jonathan Clark (Unattached; UCLA 2011; Loyola HS, Los Angeles 2007) 15.90 52-2 Ronald Carter III (Unattached; Long Beach State 2007) 15.86 52-0 ½ -Neelon Greenwood (Oklahoma 2010; Sacramento City College 2008; Fairfield HS 2006) 15.84 51-11 1/3 –Aven Wright (USC 2010; Junipero Serra HS, San Mateo 2005)
SHOT 20.69 67-10 ¾ Noah Bryant (Unattached; USC 2007; Carpinteria HS 2002) 20.09 65-11 Rhuben Williams (Shore AC; Cal 2005; Eagle Rock HS, Los Angeles 2000)
DISCUS 60.48 198-5 –Aaron Dan (USC 2010; Esperanza HS, Anaheim 2005) 58.80 192-11 **Nate Moses (Fresno CC) 57.96 190-2 Jeff Lachman (Unattached; Yale; Harvard Westlake HS) 57.86 189-10 Luke Woydziak (Unattached; Fresno State 1999; Butte College 1997)
HAMMER 70.78 232-3 ***Conor McCullough (Princeton 2013; Chaminade HS, West Hills 2009) 70.44 231-1 ***Eric Flores (Cal Lutheran) 69.66 228-6 Lucais Mackay (Shore; Georgia 2004; Moorpark College 2001; Hughson 1999) 68.38 224-4 Nick Welihozkiy (Unattached; Stanford 2003; West Springfield, VA 1999) 67.63 221-10 *Trey Henderson (USC; Vancouver College, Canada) 65.69 215-6 *KP Singh (Oklahoma 2011; Fresno CC 2008; Clovis HS) 65.28 214-2 Colin Dunbar (Unattached; Long Beach State; Moorpark College; Santa Barbara HS)
JAVELIN 78.79 258-6 Corey White (Unattached; USC 2009; Redlands 2006; Mt. Pleasant HS, San Jose 2004) 77.19 253-3 ***Cooper Thompson (USC; Bakersfield CC 2010; Garces Memorial HS, Bakersfield)
DECATHLON 8483 Bryan Clay (Nike; Azusa Pacific 2002; Castle HS, Kaneohe, HI 1998) 8253 Jake Arnold (Asics; Arizona 2007; Maria Carrillo HS, Santa Rosa 2002) 7801 *Michael Morrison (Cal 2011; Florida 2008; Great Bridge HS, Chesapeake 2006) 7781 Mark Jellison (Unattached; Clemson) 7526 –Robert Robinson (CSN)
Weather disrupts travel for Auburn fans
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP)—Wintry weather in Alabama left some Auburn fans withtickets to the BCS championship game out in the cold back home, while othersscrambled for alternative routes or endured delays. Charter flights out of Birmingham Airport were able to take off by midday.On campus, both classes and the viewing party scheduled at Auburn Arena werecanceled. Tigers fan James Harrison made it to Arizona from Charlotte, N.C., buthadn’t been able to reach friends trying to get there. “I know people who were sleeping in the airport at Birmingham,” Harrisonsaid. “Who knows if they made it or not?” Chase Payne said he had friends who were scheduled to fly out of Birminghambut drove a few hours to either Memphis, Tenn., or New Orleans to catch otherflights. “They said lots of people have been doing this,” Payne said. One Alabama resident who didn’t get to make the trip: Gov. Bob Riley, whodidn’t want to leave after declaring a state of emergency in Alabama on Sunday. He encouraged Alabama residents to stay home Monday night and “enjoy theAuburn game.” CECIL NEWTON: The contingent of Cam Newton’s family attending the gamedidn’t include the quarterback’s father, Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobssaid. Cecil Newton was restricted to “limited access” to the school’s athleticprogram when the NCAA found that he shopped his son’s services to MississippiState during the recruiting process. He also skipped the Heisman ceremony in NewYork. Jacobs said the decision for Cecil Newton not to attend “was mutuallyagreed upon. Out of the highest respect that Cecil has for Cameron, he won’t behere today.” Newton had said that his father would be among the contingent traveling fromGeorgia for the game, but that he didn’t know if Cecil Newton would be attendingthe game. He said the Newton group would be “loud and proud.” RATINGS GAME: Television ratings for the BCS in its first year of a newcontract that puts all the games on ESPN have been down for most of the gamescompared to last year. Burke Magnus, ESPN senior vice president for college sports programming,said he’s not concerned with a one-year dip. “I take solace from the fact that the numbers that we put up this year, youdon’t have to go very far back in the history of the BCS to find equivalentgames that we’ve beaten,” he said. “The Rose, while down from last year’s game, you only have to go back to’08 to find a game we beat.” Magnus said the Fiesta Bowl between Oklahoma and Connecticut on Jan. 1 hadbetter ratings than the ’09 Orange Bowl, which was in the same prime-time slot.The ratings for the Orange Bowl between Virginia Tech and Stanford on Jan. 3were better than the ratings for three of the last four Orange Bowls, just notlast year’s. “The comparisons are pretty good when we look at the totality of the lastcycle for example,” he said. “Are we in the vicinity of what this property hasdone over time? And I’m comfortable with where we are.” Even Magnus admitted that it would be tough for the national title gamebetween No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Oregon to match the 17.5 rating Alabama-Texas didlast season. The Crimson Tide and Longhorns are two of college football’s marqueeprograms, teams that draw casual fans’ interest. Auburn and Oregon don’t provide the same pop and the other BCS also gamessuffered from pairing that lacked broad appeal. “The BCS ends up being a lot about the matchups and the competition on thefield. Those two things are out of our control,” Magnus said. ALUM CAPTAINS: Bo Jackson and Ahmad Rashad were the honorary captains forthe BCS title game. Jackson played tailback for Auburn from 1982-85 and won the 1985 HeismanTrophy, before going on to dual careers in the NFL and Major League Baseball. He has often been on the sidelines at Auburn games this season, includingthe SEC championship game, and was at practice in Arizona earlier this week. His No. 34 was retired by Auburn in 1992. Rashad played receiver and running back at Oregon from 1969-71, but in thosedays he was known as Bobby Moore. He established some 14 school records duringhis career with the Ducks and finished with 2,306 career rushing yards and 131career receptions. The Portland native went on to play 10 years in the NFL before a becoming asports broadcaster. AWARD WINNER: Both coaches in the BCS championship game can claim to be thenational coach of the year. Chip Kelly won the Associated Press coach of the year award and the EddieRobinson Award handed out by the Football Writers Association. Auburn coach Gene Chizik won his second coach of the year honor Monday,taking the Liberty Mutual coach of the year award to go along with his HomeDepot coach of the year award. Chizik led Auburn to a 13-0 record and its first appearance in the BCSchampionship game in his second season as coach. The Liberty Mutual award is voted on by members of the media and formercollege football coaches and players. There is also some fan voting and theaward honors coaches at the FCS, Division II and III levels. Delaware’s K.C. Keeler won the FCS award. Minnesota-Duluth’s Bob Nielson wasthe Division II winner and Glenn Caruso of the University of St. Thomas (Minn.)took the Division III award. Think you know sports? Play Yahoo! Sports Pop Quiz and you could win a year’s worth of sports tickets!
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — At an event roughly three years ago, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords took a question from Jared Loughner, the man accused of trying to assassinate her and killing six other people. According to two of his high school friends the question was essentially this: "What is government if words have no meaning?"
Loughner was angry about her response — she read the question and didn't have much to say.
"He was like ... 'What do you think of these people who are working for the government and they can't describe what they do?'" one friend told The Associated Press on Sunday. "He did not like government officials, how they spoke. Like they were just trying to cover up some conspiracy." Both friends spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they wanted to avoid the publicity surrounding the case. To them, the question was classic Jared: confrontational, nonsensical and obsessed with how words create reality.
The friends' comments paint a picture bolstered by other former classmates and Loughner's own Internet postings: that of a social outcast with nihilistic, almost indecipherable beliefs steeped in mistrust and paranoia.
"If you call me a terrorist then the argument to call me a terrorist is Ad hominem," the 22-year-old wrote Dec. 15 in a wide-ranging screed that was posted in video form and ended with nearly the same question his friends said he posed to Giffords: "What's government if words don't have meaning?"
On Sunday, Loughner was charged in the shootings a day earlier at a political event outside a Tucson supermarket. Aside from the six killed, 14 people were injured. Doctors were optimistic about Giffords' chances for survival.
Loughner had at least one other contact with Giffords. Investigators said they carried out a search warrant at Loughner's home and seized a letter addressed to him from Giffords' congressional stationery in which she thanked him for attending a "Congress on your Corner" event at a mall in Tucson in 2007. Saturday's shooting occurred at a similar event.
Other evidence seized from his home included an envelope from a safe with messages such as "I planned ahead," ''My assassination" and the name "Giffords" next to what appears to be Loughner's signature. Police say he purchased the Glock pistol used in the attack in November.
Loughner lives with his parents about a five-minute drive from the shootings, in a middle-class neighborhood lined with desert landscaping and palm trees. Sheriff's deputies blocked off much of the street Sunday.
Neighbors said Loughner kept to himself and was often seen walking his dog, almost always wearing a hooded sweat shirt and listening to his iPod.
His high school friends said they fell out of touch with Loughner and last spoke to him around March, when one of them was going to set up some bottles in the desert for target practice and Loughner suggested he might come along. It was unusual — Loughner hadn't expressed an interest in guns before — and his increasingly confrontational behavior was pushing them apart. He would send bizarre text messages, but also break off contact for weeks on end.
"We just started getting sketched out about him," the friend said. It was the first time he'd felt that way.
Around the same time, Loughner's behavior also began to worry officials at Pima Community College, where Loughner began attending classes in 2005, the school said in a release.
Between February and September, Loughner "had five contacts with PCC police for classroom and library disruptions," the statement said. He was suspended in September 2010 after college police discovered a YouTube video in which Loughner claimed the college was illegal according to the U.S. Constitution. He withdrew voluntarily the following month, and was told he could return only if, among other things, a mental health professional agreed he did not present a danger, the school said.
It was at the college that Loughner had posed his question to Giffords about government and words, one friend said. A college spokesman said Giffords often has used school property for open events; a Giffords spokesman said he was not sure at which event the exchange would have taken place.
Loughner's alienation from his friends was gradual.
The Loughner they met when he was a freshman at Mountain View High School may have been socially awkward, but he was generally happy and fun to be around. The crew smoked marijuana every day, and when they weren't going to concerts or watching movies they talked about the meaning of life and dabbled in conspiracy theories.
For a time, Loughner drank heavily, to the point of poisoning himself, the friends said. Once, during school lunch break as a junior, he downed so much tequila that he came back to class, within five minutes passed out cold, had to be rushed to the hospital and "almost died," one friend said.
Mistrust of government was Loughner's defining conviction, the friends said. He believed the U.S. government was behind 9/11, and worried that governments were maneuvering to create a unified monetary system ("a New World Order currency" one friend said) so that social elites and bureaucrats could control the rest of the world.
On his YouTube page, he listed among his favorite books "Animal Farm" and "Brave New World" — two novels about how authorities control the masses. Other books in the wide-ranging list included "Mein Kampf," ''The Communist Manifesto," ''Peter Pan" and Aesop's Fables.
Over time, Loughner became increasingly introspective — what one of the friends described as a "nihilistic rut."
An ardent atheist, he began to characterize people as sheep whose free will was being sapped by the government and the monotony of modern life.
"He didn't want people to wake up and do the same thing every day. He wanted more chaos, he wanted less regularity," one friend said.
The friends said Loughner told anyone who would listen that the world we see does not exist, that words have no meaning — and that the only way to derive meaning was during sleep. Loughner began obsessing about a practice called lucid dreaming, in which people try to actively control their sleeping world.
Several people who knew Loughner at community college said he did not engage in political discussions — in fact, he didn't talk much at all, and when he did classmates cringed.
"He made a lot of the people really uncomfortable, especially the girls in the class," said Steven Cates, who attended an advanced poetry writing class with Loughner at Pima Community College last spring. Though he struck up a passing friendship with Loughner, he said a group of other students went to the teacher to complain about Loughner at one point.
Another poetry student, Don Coorough, said Loughner read a poem about bland tasks such as showering, going to the gym and riding the bus in wild "poetry slam" style — "grabbing his crotch and jumping around the room."
When other students, always seated, read their poems, Coorough said Loughner "would laugh at things that you wouldn't laugh at." After one woman read a poem about abortion, "he was turning all shades of red and laughing," and said, "Wow, she's just like a terrorist, she killed a baby," Coorough said.
"He appeared to be to me an emotional cripple or an emotional child," Coorough said. "He lacked compassion, he lacked understanding and he lacked an ability to connect."
Cates said Loughner "didn't have the social intelligence, but he definitely had the academic intelligence."
"He was very into the knowledge aspect of school. He was really into his philosophy classes and he was really into logic and English. And he would get frustrated by the dumbed-down words people used in class," Cates said.
Loughner expressed his interest in grammar and logic on the Internet as he made bizarre claims — such as that the Mars rover and the space shuttle missions were faked.
He frequently used "if-then" constructions in making nonsensical arguments. For instance: "If the living space is able to maintain the crews life at a temperature of -454F then the human body is alive in the NASA Space Shuttle. The human body isn't alive in the NASA Space Shuttle. Thus, the living space isn't able to maintain the crews life at a temperature of -454F."
Loughner also said in one video that government is "implying mind control and brainwash on the people by controlling grammar." He described America's laws as "treasonous" and said that "every human who's mentally capable is always able to be treasurer of their new currency."
Loughner described himself as a U.S. military recruit in the video, but the Army released a statement saying he tried to enlist but was rejected. The statement said under federal privacy law, no reason could be specified.
In October 2007, Loughner was cited in Pima County for possession of drug paraphernalia, which was dismissed after he completed a diversion program, according to online records.
A year later he was charged with an unknown "local charge" in Marana near Tucson. That charge was also dismissed following the completion of a diversion program in March 2009, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
"He has kind of a troubled past, I can tell you that," Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said.
Shooting suspect's nihilism rose with isolation
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- At an event roughly three years ago, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords took a question from Jared Loughner, the man accused of trying to assassinate her and killing six other people. According to two of his high school friends the question was essentially this: "What is government if words have no meaning?"
Loughner was angry about her response - she read the question and didn't have much to say.
"He was like ... 'What do you think of these people who are working for the government and they can't describe what they do?'" one friend told The Associated Press on Sunday. "He did not like government officials, how they spoke. Like they were just trying to cover up some conspiracy."
Both friends spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they wanted to avoid the publicity surrounding the case. To them, the question was classic Jared: confrontational, nonsensical and obsessed with how words create reality.
The friends' comments paint a picture bolstered by other former classmates and Loughner's own Internet postings: that of a social outcast with nihilistic, almost indecipherable beliefs steeped in mistrust and paranoia.
"If you call me a terrorist then the argument to call me a terrorist is Ad hominem," the 22-year-old wrote Dec. 15 in a wide-ranging screed that was posted in video form and ended with nearly the same question his friends said he posed to Giffords: "What's government if words don't have meaning?"
On Sunday, Loughner was charged in the shootings a day earlier at a political event outside a Tucson supermarket. Aside from the six killed, 14 people were injured. Doctors were optimistic about Giffords' chances for survival.
Loughner had at least one other contact with Giffords. Investigators said they carried out a search warrant at Loughner's home and seized a letter addressed to him from Giffords' congressional stationery in which she thanked him for attending a "Congress on your Corner" event at a mall in Tucson in 2007. Saturday's shooting occurred at a similar event.
Other evidence seized from his home included an envelope from a safe with messages such as "I planned ahead," "My assassination" and the name "Giffords" next to what appears to be Loughner's signature. Police say he purchased the Glock pistol used in the attack in November.
Loughner lives with his parents about a five-minute drive from the shootings, in a middle-class neighborhood lined with desert landscaping and palm trees. Sheriff's deputies blocked off much of the street Sunday.
Neighbors said Loughner kept to himself and was often seen walking his dog, almost always wearing a hooded sweat shirt and listening to his iPod.
His high school friends said they fell out of touch with Loughner and last spoke to him around March, when one of them was going to set up some bottles in the desert for target practice and Loughner suggested he might come along. It was unusual - Loughner hadn't expressed an interest in guns before - and his increasingly confrontational behavior was pushing them apart. He would send bizarre text messages, but also break off contact for weeks on end.
"We just started getting sketched out about him," the friend said. It was the first time he'd felt that way.
Around the same time, Loughner's behavior also began to worry officials at Pima Community College, where Loughner began attending classes in 2005, the school said in a release.
Between February and September, Loughner "had five contacts with PCC police for classroom and library disruptions," the statement said. He was suspended in September 2010 after college police discovered a YouTube video in which Loughner claimed the college was illegal according to the U.S. Constitution. He withdrew voluntarily the following month, and was told he could return only if, among other things, a mental health professional agreed he did not present a danger, the school said.
It was at the college that Loughner had posed his question to Giffords about government and words, one friend said. A college spokesman said Giffords often has used school property for open events; a Giffords spokesman said he was not sure at which event the exchange would have taken place.
Loughner's alienation from his friends was gradual.
The Loughner they met when he was a freshman at Mountain View High School may have been socially awkward, but he was generally happy and fun to be around. The crew smoked marijuana every day, and when they weren't going to concerts or watching movies they talked about the meaning of life and dabbled in conspiracy theories.
For a time, Loughner drank heavily, to the point of poisoning himself, the friends said. Once, during school lunch break as a junior, he downed so much tequila that he came back to class, within five minutes passed out cold, had to be rushed to the hospital and "almost died," one friend said.
Mistrust of government was Loughner's defining conviction, the friends said. He believed the U.S. government was behind 9/11, and worried that governments were maneuvering to create a unified monetary system ("a New World Order currency" one friend said) so that social elites and bureaucrats could control the rest of the world.
On his YouTube page, he listed among his favorite books "Animal Farm" and "Brave New World" - two novels about how authorities control the masses. Other books in the wide-ranging list included "Mein Kampf," "The Communist Manifesto," "Peter Pan" and Aesop's Fables.
Over time, Loughner became increasingly introspective - what one of the friends described as a "nihilistic rut."
An ardent atheist, he began to characterize people as sheep whose free will was being sapped by the government and the monotony of modern life.
"He didn't want people to wake up and do the same thing every day. He wanted more chaos, he wanted less regularity," one friend said.
The friends said Loughner told anyone who would listen that the world we see does not exist, that words have no meaning - and that the only way to derive meaning was during sleep. Loughner began obsessing about a practice called lucid dreaming, in which people try to actively control their sleeping world.
Several people who knew Loughner at community college said he did not engage in political discussions - in fact, he didn't talk much at all, and when he did classmates cringed.
"He made a lot of the people really uncomfortable, especially the girls in the class," said Steven Cates, who attended an advanced poetry writing class with Loughner at Pima Community College last spring. Though he struck up a passing friendship with Loughner, he said a group of other students went to the teacher to complain about Loughner at one point.
Another poetry student, Don Coorough, said Loughner read a poem about bland tasks such as showering, going to the gym and riding the bus in wild "poetry slam" style - "grabbing his crotch and jumping around the room."
When other students, always seated, read their poems, Coorough said Loughner "would laugh at things that you wouldn't laugh at." After one woman read a poem about abortion, "he was turning all shades of red and laughing," and said, "Wow, she's just like a terrorist, she killed a baby," Coorough said.
"He appeared to be to me an emotional cripple or an emotional child," Coorough said. "He lacked compassion, he lacked understanding and he lacked an ability to connect."
Cates said Loughner "didn't have the social intelligence, but he definitely had the academic intelligence."
"He was very into the knowledge aspect of school. He was really into his philosophy classes and he was really into logic and English. And he would get frustrated by the dumbed-down words people used in class," Cates said.
Loughner expressed his interest in grammar and logic on the Internet as he made bizarre claims - such as that the Mars rover and the space shuttle missions were faked.
He frequently used "if-then" constructions in making nonsensical arguments. For instance: "If the living space is able to maintain the crews life at a temperature of -454F then the human body is alive in the NASA Space Shuttle. The human body isn't alive in the NASA Space Shuttle. Thus, the living space isn't able to maintain the crews life at a temperature of -454F."
Loughner also said in one video that government is "implying mind control and brainwash on the people by controlling grammar." He described America's laws as "treasonous" and said that "every human who's mentally capable is always able to be treasurer of their new currency."
Loughner described himself as a U.S. military recruit in the video, but the Army released a statement saying he tried to enlist but was rejected. The statement said under federal privacy law, no reason could be specified.
In October 2007, Loughner was cited in Pima County for possession of drug paraphernalia, which was dismissed after he completed a diversion program, according to online records.
A year later he was charged with an unknown "local charge" in Marana near Tucson. That charge was also dismissed following the completion of a diversion program in March 2009, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
"He has kind of a troubled past, I can tell you that," Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said.
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