Boston by MAL4PREZ

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Rappy- so what? Let's all agree that this was terrorism. Only let's agree that it will STILL be terrorism even after we find out the perp.

AFA the idea that the explosion looked and sounded like black powder- any thoughts from you gun experts out there?

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 5:59 AM

America loves a winner!

" so what? "

How about " you're right, Rap. He didn't ", and then go on from there?

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:04 AM

Ya hear that Sig - you are only allowed to proceed if you do so how rappy says.

Or, just ignore him.

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:11 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

RAPPY, I don't know what the President did or didn't say, I was working and only found out about the bombing because my sister called to tell me. Yes, it was an act of terror, terrorism- whatever you want to call it. Glad we agree. If the President didn't call it terrorism, that's him- an abundance of caution. And what's the point of calling something terrorism if you have no idea who and why? All you do is rile people up, and they start going after every imagineable target... muslims, sikhs, teabaggers... any conceivable target will do.

MORE RELEVANT- Here's what I got out of watching the video and hearing the news:
That scene of the runner getting hit. I SAW the piece of debris that hit him, and my eyes are crappy. So it was moving relatively slowly. If it had been heavy- like a piece of concrete- he wouldn't have gotten up to finish the race, he would most likely be dead. So, it was a 'slow' explosion. In addition, the sound was a 'boom' or a thump, not a crack, and the lingering bluish-white smoke could have been gunpowder.

There were two packages, left at street level, in the style of an IED.

The bombs could have been even more deadly, and there were no 'secondary' devices- that is, devices set to explode once emergency personnel were on scene.

It was Tax Day, in Boston. Most people outside of the USA don't track our tax days or what it means to us. But it was a perfect soft target: a large event that is completely non-secureable, so the timing may be coincidental.

All of this is well within the scope of a single person working with homemade explosives who is unused to - and has gotten no advice about- killing people efficiently. If this was someone from the ME, I think they would have been far more efficient about maximizing casualities. It could be a Westerner/ American.

Right now, that's all I've been able to piece together. Does anyone have any other thoughts?

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:21 AM

America loves a winner!

Sig - my comment on Obama NOT calling it " terror " was primarily @ Kwickie . I agree w/ much of what you're saying on this matter.
( it was Patriots Day in Boston. It was tax day every where in the US. )

Storybook - hurts you THAT much to admit I'm right? Really?

Wow.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:29 AM

I know this is a concept you cannot grasp rappy - but it's not about you.

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:31 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

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The news is full throttle in promoting this idea, that it HAD to be cell phone activated

I guess that's RAP's news, because on four other stations, I never heard a word about that...

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Magons, the bitchfest is because everyone seems to have an interest in promoting their own beliefs. When people don't have facts, they reach. Me, I'm not reaching, or trying not to, I'm waiting to see what they learn, and I sincerely hope they DO learn who was behind this so there can be a minimum of insanity pointed in the wrong direction. I, too, agree that, as far as I've been able to learn, all we can agree on is]quote] the bombing should be condemned
nobody knows who did it yet

As far as I've been able to discern, currently this is what is known:

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-- "This was a heinous and cowardly act and, given what we now know about what took place, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism," President Barack Obama said on Tuesday at the White House after meeting with key advisers about the Boston Marathon bombing.

-- Obama said officials do not know whether the bombing was the work of a terrorist group or "a malevolent individual," nor do authorities have a sense of what may have been the motive.

-- "We will find whoever harmed our citizens and we will bring them to justice," he said.

-- No one is in custody, Police Commissioner Ed Davis told reporters Tuesday.

-- Authorities are processing "the most complex crime scene that we have dealt with in the history of our department," Davis said.

-- "Make no mistake: An act of cowardice and of this severity cannot be justified or explained," District Attorney Dan Conley said. "It can only be answered."

-- Thirty forensic specialists and a number of dogs trained to detect explosive devices and their residue are at the scene of the blasts, according to Gene Marquez, special agent in charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

-- No unexploded devices have been found, Marquez said.

-- Authorities are asking those who may have video or pictures from the scene around the time of the blasts to call city or FBI hotlines.

-- The blast site will take several days to process, Marquez said.

-- FBI Agent Rick DesLauriers said law enforcement has received a "voluminous" number of tips.

-- Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller met with Obama at the White House.

-- A law enforcement official said there was no specific suspect in the bombings and no leading theory on a motive.

-- The official said investigators have found no surveillance video showing the bombs being put in place but were continuing to comb through video from nearby businesses, etc.

-- The intelligence community is poring through all threat reporting to see if there is anything that could be connected to the explosions in Boston, U.S. counterterrorism officials said.

-- The federal Emergency Response Team has cleared the crime scene near the finish line and is beginning to inventory the evidence, a federal law enforcement source said.

-- The device may have been placed in a trash can, from which shrapnel was created when it detonated.

-- Authorities searched an apartment late Monday in the town of Revere, northeast of Boston, and removed items, but would not say how the search might be linked to the investigation.

-- The official said the Revere search is connected to a young Saudi man on a student visa who has been questioned at a hospital.

-- The initial search found nothing related to the bombing, the official said.

-- The search took place with consent, so no search warrant was needed, a federal law enforcement official told CNN.

-- U.S. and Saudi officials said more than one Saudi has been interviewed. CNN knows of a male, whose apartment was searched, and a female. All those interviewed are cooperating, and none has been labeled a suspect, Saudi officials, said.

-- Investigators have urged police to be on the lookout for a "darker-skinned or black male" with a possible foreign accent in connection with Monday's bombings, according to a law enforcement advisory obtained by CNN. The man, seen with a black backpack and sweatshirt, was trying to enter a restricted area about five minutes before the first explosion, the notice says.

-- The FBI has taken over the investigation's lead role, said Richard DesLauriers, the special agent in charge of the bureau's Boston office.

-- "The situation remains fluid, and it remains too early to establish the cause and motivation," the FBI's Boston Division said in a statement asking people to call in with any information, images or details related to the explosions.

-- Obama on Monday ordered the "full resources" of the federal government to respond to the bombings, and called for increased security around the United States as necessary.

-- The Pakistani Taliban was not involved in the attack, spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said.

-- Federal law enforcement has been placed on "Level 1 mobilization," U.S. government sources said. "That's equivalent to all hands on deck," one official said. A senior federal official told CNN that teams were on standby to search flights leaving the United States; no team had been activated.

-- A law enforcement official said the only devices recovered are the two that blew up, and no unexploded devices have been found. This account differs from others. The official said investigators have not determined how the two bombs were detonated. The official did not know whether the bombs contained ball bearings or other shrapnel.

-- One unexploded device was found at a hotel on Boylston Street near the bomb site and another unexploded device was found at an undisclosed location, said Rep. Bill Keating, D-Massachusetts. Keating, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, called Monday's incident a "sophisticated, coordinated, planned attack."

-- But a law enforcement official said no unexploded device had been found.

-- In all, 176 people were treated at area hospitals after the blasts, with 17 in critical condition, Commissioner Davis told reporters.

-- Two explosive ordnance disposal sweeps were carried out Monday, the first early in the morning and the second an hour before the first runners crossed the finish line, Davis said. "They did not turn up any evidence," he said.

-- Martin Richard, 8, was killed. His mother, Denise, underwent surgery for a brain injury, and his 6-year-old sister lost her leg, WHDH reported.

-- Eight of the 29 patients at Massachusetts General Hospital were in critical condition late Monday, trauma surgeon Peter Fagenholz said. The most serious wounds "have been combined, complex lower injuries that involve blood vessels, bone and tissue," and several underwent amputations, he said.

-- The bombings resulted in at least 10 amputations and left doctors picking ball bearings out of victims in the emergency room, a terrorism expert briefed on the investigation said.

-- Some of the wounded were treated in medical tents that had been erected near the finish line to treat exhausted runners. Others were taken to nearby hospitals.
-- In addition to the patients treated at Massachusetts General; 21 patients were treated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; 23 at Boston Medical Center; 18 at Tufts Medical Center; 31 at Brigham and Women's Hospital; 10 at Boston Children's Hospital; at least four at Carney Hospital; 18 at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center; and one at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

-- Officials in other cities, including London, Washington, New York, Miami, Chicago and Los Angeles, said they were monitoring events and stepping up security.

-- London Met Police Chief Superintendent Julia Pendry said: "A security plan is in place for the London Marathon. We will be reviewing our security arrangements in partnership with London Marathon." http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-things-we-know/index.
html?hpt=hp_t1]
So even now there are conflicting "facts", some from authorities. In other words, we don't know much of anything. I think I'll wait to see what comes out before pointing fingers at anyone, and I fully agree with Sig: Whoever did it, it's a terrorist act. Whether domestic or international, I'll still call it terrorism, no matter who is found to be responsible.

For me, my heart goes out to all those affected, and I hope they bring those responsible to justice. And I sigh heavily for all the bullshit in between.

ETA: I found this interesting:
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President Barack Obama did not say the word "terrorism" in his brief address, perhaps waiting until more facts are learned. We don't know how many are responsible, we don't know motive, if any, and we don't know whether it's domestic or foreign. But we do know the FBI said the explosions were well-planned. We know the Boston Marathon is seen around the world. And we know three people are dead, including an 8-year-old boy, more than 100 are injured, and countless lives have been scarred.

And we do not need the president to say the word to feel the word.

And make no mistake, while the president did not use that word in his news conference, that is the word federal authorities are using. Doesn't matter if the culprits of this heinous act came from afar or home. The origin of the person or persons responsible won't bring us the peace that we took for granted not so long ago. That peace is gone, forever. Our children will hear stories about this peace and our children's children will treat it as a fairy tale. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/opinion/granderson-boston-safety/index.h
tml?hpt=hp_t2

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:38 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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The bombings resulted in at least 10 amputations and left doctors picking ball bearings out of victims in the emergency room, a terrorism expert briefed on the investigation said.

Important if true. This shows a serious intent to kill and maim, and some knowledge of how to do it.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:59 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

(I may have to edit this, I'm just putting up stuff as fast as I can find it. If the text doesn't wrap, come back,
I'll have fixed it)

I find far more interesting the heroism shown by those who were there, dealing with the horror.

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In the wake of the bloody explosions, the resolve of those on the scene and the heroic measures people go to in the midst of a crisis re-iterated everything you need to know about the American spirit.

Among the shattered glass and severed limbs of Monday's explosions are examples of the definition of heroic.

COWBOY-HAT WEARING HERO

By now you have seen the picture, above, a man being wheeled from the destruction following a blast at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday. The photo has been cropped due to the severity of his lower limbs.

The man in the cowboy hat is just one of the many being called a hero.

The International Business Journal has identified the man as 52-year-old Carlos Arredondo. According to the report, he is "seemingly pinching off the exposed femoral artery of a victim who lost both his legs during the attack as he is escorted from the scene via wheelchair," in the picture above.

Arredondo can be seen helping with the immediate response to the explosions beginning at the 1:45 mark of the video below (video at http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/04/in_the_wake_of_one_cowardly_ac.html]). There was also a report of Arredondo trying to stop the bleeding of another victim of the explosion.
He was at the marathon to show support for a runner who dedicated his race to Arredondo's son, a U.S. Marine who was killed in the Iraq War, according to the Portland Press-Herald of Maine.

FORMER PATRIOT A TRUE PATRIOT

Former New England Patriots offensive lineman Joe Andruzzi was at the finish line of the Boston Marathon because his charitable foundation, which had participants in the marathon, was hosting an event at a local establishment, according to ESPN.com.

The former NFL star was photographed carrying a woman to safety.

Andruzzi, who played for the Patriots from 2000-04 has three brothers who were New York City firefighters involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, per ESPN.

He released a statement earlier Monday.

"Marathon Monday should be about uplifting stories, personal challenges and fundraising milestones, but today's bombings irrevocably changed that," the statement said. "While I appreciate the interest in hearing our perspective on today's horrific events, the spotlight should remain firmly on the countless individuals -- first responders, medics, EMTs, runners who crossed the finish line and kept on running straight to give blood, and the countless civilians who did whatever they could to save lives. They were the true heroes. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by this senseless tragedy."

HEROES COME FROM ALL OVER AND IN ALL FORMS

While many of the heroes were at the blast site, the outpouring of support came from all over.

A Google doc was created with Boston-area people offering a place to stay for those that were stranded.

Google also made a people finder for those locating loved ones.

Local restaurants offered free food to those who could not pay, and there was a city-wide plead to unlock WiFi for those who needed Internet access.

http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/04/in_the_wake_of_one_cowardly_ac.html

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Following the deadly blasts at the Boston Marathon, acts of heroism were shared on Twitter and the Web.

Some runners who crossed the finish line continued running to Massachusetts General Hospital to donate blood.
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The fact that so many runners in the Boston marathon kept running after the marathon to the hospital to donate blood, touches my heart. — olivia duran (@oliviacduran) April 15, 2013
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Define Hero: "Boston Marathon runners who crossed the finish line and kept running to the hospital to donate blood." — Lelia Brooks (@leliamcnees18) April 15, 2013

Others on Twitter praised the first responders and marathon employees who tended to the injured.
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Boston's 1st responders line up to help those injured.Take a look people - this is what a hero looks like. twitter.com/BosGuy/status/…— BosGuy (@BosGuy) April 15, 2013
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It's insanely inspiring seeing all the heroic acts of the emergency response teams, runners and locals in Boston today. — Alexander Barnes (@AlexUntoDawn) April 15, 2013
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video of workers for the marathon are about as heroic as i can imagine #boston— Occupy (@TomJoadsGhost) April 15, 2013

Blood donors came out in force following the explosions. According to the Red Cross, their donations helped enormously.
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Thanks to generosity of volunteer blood donors there is currently enough blood on the shelves to meet demand. #BostonMarathon — American Red Cross (@RedCross) April 15, 2013
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/the-upbeat/deadly-boston-blasts-inspire-he
roism-001418539.html]
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At 6:30 p.m., Marathon volunteer John Gannon drove slowly down Charles Street in his Honda Accord, calling out the window to ask if stranded runners needed a ride or a phone to borrow.

He scoured the streets, trying to help out-of-town runners separated from their family and friends, their phones and their wallets.

He had taken two carloads to Harvard Square and a third to the Newton Marriott.

“I just couldn’t go home. I felt like I had to do something,” said Gannon, a lawyer, his voice faint. “We just felt like our mission wasn’t done.” http://www.salon.com/2013/04/16/heroism_at_the_boston_marathon_meet_th
e_helpers/singleton/]
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But it was also the residents of Boston, who stepped up to help in the aftermath. The Boston Globe's Martine Powers talked to a woman who explained that she was in the tunnel heading to the race's "last stretch" when runners were stopped by police, after they heard there were explosions "Residents from the houses along the route brought out food and water for the runners."

Ramsey Mohsen—who has been chronicling his experience at the marathon, including his time in the sidelines before the bombing— posted a photo of a local Bostonian giving people a bathroom to use and orange juice.

Later, Ali Hatfield, who was with Mohsen and appeared to have been running the race, tweeted:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/photos-stories-kindnes
s-boston-marathon-bombing/64258/
Mohsen wrote:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/photos-stories-kindnes
s-boston-marathon-bombing/64258/
The number of people who are opening up their homes to the displaced has also been evident, in the number of people who have put down their information on a Google Doc, offering shelter for runners via Boston.com. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/photos-stories-kindnes
s-boston-marathon-bombing/64258/

These are the people I want to think about right now, not the sub-humans who caused so much grief.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:19 AM

America loves a winner!

Storybook - So, when you say " ignore him " , you DON'T mean me?

Got it.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:20 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Yeah, let's carry on with our own petty bickering. Rap just reflected everything I despise about RWED. JMHO.

As to the question of Obama and the word "terrorism":

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On Monday evening, in his first statement on the explosions, Mr. Obama didn’t call the attack “terror” or “terrorism;” he called it a “tragedy,” sparking criticism from some conservatives that he was underplaying the meaning of what had happened. Yet right after the president’s remarks, a White House official told reporters that the administration was treating the attack as terrorism.

By Tuesday morning, when Obama made his second public statement, he acknowledged that he had no answers – who carried out the attack, why they did it, whether it was the act of a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or the act of a “malevolent individual.”

“Clearly we're at the beginning of our investigation,” he said. “It will take time to follow every lead and determine what happened. But we will find out. We will find whoever harmed our citizens, and we will bring them to justice.”

Since news of the explosions broke Monday afternoon, Obama has blended speed with caution and a tone of resolve as he has sought to reassure the nation. He spoke in the briefing room a little over three hours after the attacks, not because he had answers but to convey that his administration and all levels of law enforcement were on the case.

The president’s initial hesitance to call the attack terror or terrorism was “classic Obama,” says Martin Medhurst, an expert on political rhetoric at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

“It tells us he’s a cautious speaker,” says Mr. Medhurst. “But we’ve known that about Obama for a long time. It didn’t surprise me that he wouldn’t immediately call it terror.”

The history books are full of examples where government officials and the media have not exercised caution in putting out preliminary – and ultimately false – information about who might have perpetrated an attack on Americans. When a federal building was bombed in Oklahoma City in 1995, initial suspicion focused on a Jordanian-American man, who was arrested and interrogated. Soon it became clear the attack was a case of domestic terrorism.

A year later, during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, a bomb was set off in a park, killing two people. A security guard on the scene named Richard Jewell became the prime FBI suspect in the case, and was hounded by the media. Mr. Jewell was eventually exonerated, after investigators determined that the perpetrator was domestic terrorist Eric Rudolph. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2013/0416/Obama-and-terrorism-
why-he-hesitated-to-use-that-word?nav=87-frontpage-entryNineItem

Just "For what it's worth".

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:29 AM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
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The bombings resulted in at least 10 amputations and left doctors picking ball bearings out of victims in the emergency room, a terrorism expert briefed on the investigation said.
Important if true. This shows a serious intent to kill and maim, and some knowledge of how to do it.

I don't think it nescesarily implies great knowledge - just that they've seen a movie or two.

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:08 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Just been getting this in on numerous websites:

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The two bombs that ripped through the crowds at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 170, were fashioned out of pressure cookers and packed with shards of metal, nails and ball bearings, a person briefed on the investigation said Tuesday.

A person who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was still going on said that the explosives were put in 6-liter pressure cookers, placed in black duffel bags and left on the ground. They were packed with shrapnel to inflict maximum carnage, the person said.

The person said law enforcement officials have some of the bomb components but do not yet know what was used to set off the explosives.

A doctor treating the wounded appeared to corroborate the person's account, saying one of the victims was maimed by what looked like ball bearings or BBs. Doctors also said they removed a host of sharp objects from the victims, including nails that were sticking out of one little girl's body.
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Similar pressure-cooker explosives have been used in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, according to a July 2010 joint FBI and Homeland Security intelligence report. Also, one of the three devices used in the May 2010 Times Square attempted bombing was a pressure cooker, the intelligence report said.

"Placed carefully, such devices provide little or no indication of an impending attack," the report said.

The Pakistani Taliban, which claimed responsibility for the 2010 attempt in Times Square, has denied any role in the Boston Marathon attack.
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Richard Barrett, the former U.N. coordinator for an al-Qaida and Taliban monitoring team who has also worked for British intelligence, said the relatively small size of the devices in Boston and the timing of the blasts suggest a domestic attack rather than an al-Qaida-inspired one. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/sports&id=9066719&am
p;rss=rss-abcnewsLocal-kgo-article-9066719

That's a new one I've never heard of before...?

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:41 AM

HERO

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
HERO- I think the timing and venue of the bombing was more than coincidental. If you simply want to injure large numbers of people, any sports event or holiday which brings people together in large numbers- New Year's Eve, for example- would be as effective. Either this is an anti-tax person or someone who really wants to muddy the waters. But what point is there to an act of terrorism if you mask your objective? The whole point of terrorism is to make people DO SOMETHING en masse, to drive them in a direction. If the objective isn't clear, all you have is a mob of people mentally milling around- yanno, like a stampede in an enclosed space.

I'm not saying that it wasn't an anti-govt or anti-tax bomber. I'm saying that the target does not conform with the traditional attacks made by those types of people. The usually target either specific people or govt buildings.

I think the attack is consistant with attacks made by Islamic terrorists. These attacks have been attempted recently and failed at home but are very common abroad. Attacks on mass transit, market places, etc have all been executed in recent years with great frequency in many countries including Britain.

Islamic terrorism is an obvious suspect group, but as I noted earlier there is a remarkable similarity to the Olympic Park bombing. That bombing was neither anti-tax nor anti-govt, but was anti-abortion. It was also the work of one man who had a history of other bombings.

There is also a possibilty that there was no political motive and this is just a mass killing like the recent shootings. Mass killings using explosives would also also target events and groups rather then locations and people.

If I had to rate the likely motives I'd rate them in the following manner:

1. Islamic terror
2. Mass Killing
3. Anti-gay marriage and/or abortion (that State is a leader on both those issues, but I'd bet gay marriage ahead of abortion).
4. Anti-tax/govt
5. Anarchist
6. Racial/ethnic
7. Just plain murder or suicide
8. Accident
9. Disgruntled 2nd place finisher
10. Bill Cosby (not the man, but if you play his records backwards it says 'blow up the race', I note for the record that later on it says 'I love pudding')

Let me know if you think I missed one.

It could be a combination in which case we're looking for a Muslim with terrorist ties who hates gay marriage and abortion, did not file his taxes, believes the WTO is evil, want's to kill Bill Cosby (because he is black), but whose bomb blew up at the wrong time, and who finished a close 2nd place.

H

Hero...must be right on all of this. ALL of the rest of us are wrong. Chrisisall, 2012

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:57 AM

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Niki ,
I responded as an AMERICAN who is sick of seeing politicians speak in empty, cowardly PC nonsense. That it was Obama? Not the issue.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:21 AM

BYTEMITE

>_>

I wouldn't necessarily just label whoever did this as an amateur. The myriad potential uses of an unlikely package like a pressure cooker suggests at least some degree of a science background. They chose one of the cheapest and readily available ways to cause a lot of damage without raising too many red flags.

Never underestimate the creativity and cunning of someone with a nasty grudge.

Also to some of you and you know who you are: there's no way you're being serious about this. Come on. Don't troll international tragedies.

(This post not specifically in response to anyone)

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:06 AM

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
>_>

I wouldn't necessarily just label whoever did this as an amateur. The myriad potential uses of an unlikely package like a pressure cooker suggests at least some degree of a science background....

Or has access to Google. Or has been to the Iraq or Afghanistan (pressure cooker bombs being *very* common there, with little scientific knowledge, Id wager).

Which granted, doesn't mean they're amateurs or lack scientific knowledge... but literally *anyone* could have put this together with a trip to the Wal-Mart, or depending on what's on-hand.... their garage.

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:34 AM

FREMDFIRMA

I'd rather hold my tongue, especially given the dearth of information available at this point in time, but one should know...

There was a contact of mine from IndyMedia on-site just prior, and whether or no his account is fully creditable it's hard to say, but according to him very shortly prior the security and other people moved into different positions and waited, so blatantly "they were practically checking their watches for christs sake!" and this prompted him to get the hell out of dodge in a hurry and probably saved his life cause he did catch some of it when it went off although he isn't badly injured so far as we know.

Now, as far as what is *known* at the moment - jack diddly, but there's some level of hinky on all this which is setting red flags off to me, not the least of which was trotting out ole Alex Jones in an immediate attempt to discredit what is frankly one of the more logical scenarios, which stuck me in the same fashion as a boxed crooks overblown and melodramatic denials.

What concerns me is that this might have been, or been related to, one of those endless FBI-manufactured plots where they either fumbled the ball by negligence or design(1), and people came to harm as a result.
It's not hard to see where someone who DID know what they were doing could parlay the attempted setup into securing material support for an actual attack and successfully carrying it off, a danger I have previously pointed out more than once - in same cases it could be as easy as swapping dud devices/explosives for the real thing right under their noses, all while the supposed sting keeps others from stopping them.

There's also that little bit hanging over this from another thread...

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So, what I think we have here, is Dees trying to put the pressure on, rile up and provoke the rightwingnuts to do something stupid because they feel threatened and then whip up a media circus for more profit and power.

From: http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=54508

Or it could just be some maniac with a grudge who isn't right in the head - which is my assessment of anyone who'd do something like this regardless, but given a hard push for disarmament on top of the outright demonization of anyone who might hold conservative sentiments as potential terrorists, and an all too convenient provocative incident, I am suspicious of how much of this is just political opportunism to feel out whether a downright palmer-raids type purge is viable, and how much of it might not just be opportunism.

There's a certain historical pattern to these kinds of things you see - and whether or not it happens to be just some random berk with a lot of opportunism piled on, or something more malicious, to not see the danger looming within the greater situation is perhaps a bit naive.

Oh, and for the record I don't buy that claim about no additional devices any more than I bought it when they tried to sell it after the OKC bombing, a claim shown to be patently false but believed at the time by enough of the gullible that said devices were removed and disposed thus preventing any analysis or source tracing which might have revealed a lot more about what really happened that day.

Sure, at this time we've no idea - and to repeat my sentiment in response to 9-11, yeah, I want some heads too... but I want the CORRECT ONES, not just politically convenient scrapegoats indicted on a clobbered together bullshit story no one examines too thoroughly cause they're pissed off and hearing what they want to hear.

There's no real safety from something like this, no measure of allowable invasive surveillence or civil rights infringement which would make it not happen - the ONLY route to that, to a world where such things do not happen, is not messing up people in the head enough, or crushing them down into a place so hopeless, that they would go so far as this.

Is it so very wrong to want a world free of this madness - where "side" is more important than right or wrong, where most folks first thought in a horror like this is how they and their "side" can benefit from it ?
Does no one ever think that the best way to prevent such madness is not to inflict it, unwanted and unwelcome, upon other people in the first place, thus preventing the inevitable cycle of violence and revenge - that maybe if one didn't inflict it, they'd not have to be so fearful of folks returning the favor, to taking harm in the process when they retaliate ?

And in order to do THAT, you cannot externalize such threats, cannot ignore them just cause they happen to be on your "side" for the moment, cannot look the other way for abuses which are convenient to you.

-Frem

PS. Shutting the cell towers down is a viable measure, as cellphone detonation is a common theme amongst explosive devices these days as it extends substantially the range from which they can be set off and cellphones are ubiquitous and much much harder to trace than other forms of remote detonation - while it might make a dent in media coverage that's generally not the intention, especially as most major media outlets have other means, and short of seizing every electronic device in the vicinity you'd never stop it anyways.
(1) See Also: Ramzi Youssef.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:44 AM

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but literally *anyone* could have put this together with a trip to the Wal-Mart, or depending on what's on-hand.... their garage.

Well yes, that was my point about cheap and easy. All the same, not really an approach you'd expect here in America. Most people here seem to think of a pressure cooker as a pressure cooker, not as bomb material, despite pressure cookers probably being more readily available here than places where pressure cooker bombs are more common.

Seems to me the method of delivery and the effectiveness of the attack suggests expertise and experience of at least some kind. Scientific expertise is what came to my mind first.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:19 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER

Nail bombs, pricks.

I remember they were favoured by IRA in Britain in the 80's. Horrible

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:27 PM

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
Most people here seem to think of a pressure cooker as a pressure cooker, not as bomb material, despite pressure cookers probably being more readily available here than places where pressure cooker bombs are more common.

Or, it could be someone from another country where those cookers are commonplace, as cooking devices, and as explosive containers...

Or they could be one of the thousands of troops who personally encountered, or were at the very least breifed about such devices...

Or know someone who did...

Or have a computer...

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:50 PM

BYTEMITE

Sure.

Look, as someone who has about 20 dangerous ideas in an hour and as a scientist, I have certain biases and assumptions I might tend to make about who might do something like this.

It was a stupid comment and I'm stupid for making it.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:05 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

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Originally posted by Hero:
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
What makes this act "terrorism" and not Newtown or Aurora?

Motive.

Recently we used explosives to take down a building in my city...nobody was hurt. That wasn't terrorism either...it was "redevelopment". Similar acts undertaken for different reasons changes the nature of the act.

So again I ask: What makes *THIS* act "terrorism", and not Newtown or Aurora? Clearly the intent in all cases was to cause mayhem, death, mutilation.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:13 PM

KWICKO

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Niki ,
I responded as an AMERICAN who is sick of seeing politicians speak in empty, cowardly PC nonsense. That it was Obama? Not the issue.

In the first press release I saw, the White House called it an act of terror. They seemed pretty emphatic about that.

Now, that may not have been Obama saying that, but as you've said yourself, that's not the issue.

Good to hear you're not still whining about what the President did or didn't say.

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"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:41 PM

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I never DID " whine " about what the President did NOT say. He specifically steered clear of calling it terrorism in HIS address to the nation.

Those were HIS words, written , or approved, by him, specifically for THAT moment.

He could simply called it for exactly what it was, an act of terrorism, and be done w/ it. He chose NOT to.

That,imo, was a pussy's way out. Note how quickly he changed his tone , when it was clear that the rest of the country who DID hear him , noticed what he DIDN'T say ?

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:53 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
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Originally posted by Hero:
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
What makes this act "terrorism" and not Newtown or Aurora?

Motive.

Recently we used explosives to take down a building in my city...nobody was hurt. That wasn't terrorism either...it was "redevelopment". Similar acts undertaken for different reasons changes the nature of the act.

So again I ask: What makes *THIS* act "terrorism", and not Newtown or Aurora? Clearly the intent in all cases was to cause mayhem, death, mutilation.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

Don't.

Don't let him make yet another thread all about him.

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:57 PM

HERO

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
I wouldn't necessarily just label whoever did this as an amateur. The myriad potential uses of an unlikely package like a pressure cooker suggests at least some degree of a science background. They chose one of the cheapest and readily available ways to cause a lot of damage without raising too many red flags.

It does not require anything more then internet access.

Al Queda published a manual for making IEDs with pressure cookers. They have also called for attacks on sporting events.

H

Hero...must be right on all of this. ALL of the rest of us are wrong. Chrisisall, 2012

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:04 PM

HERO

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Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:

I'd rather hold my tongue, especially given the dearth of information available at this point in time, but one should know...

There was a contact of mine from IndyMedia on-site just prior, and whether or no his account is fully creditable it's hard to say, but according to him very shortly prior the security and other people moved into different positions and waited, so blatantly "they were practically checking their watches for christs sake!".

Crap. Crap and more crap...but lets ignore the crap for a moment...

People checking their watches...at a marathon. If your watch the footage you'll see runners and race officials checking their watches before, during, and after the race and before, during, and after the explosions. In fact people who run marathons everywhere do that. Must be a massive global runners conspiracy.

Checking the watch at a race...one that is all about time? Nope, must be a conspiracy.

I heard from a guy who heard from a guy that Bill Cosby was NOT at the race. What does that tell you?

H

Hero...must be right on all of this. ALL of the rest of us are wrong. Chrisisall, 2012

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:27 PM

MAL4PREZ

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Don't.

Don't let him make yet another thread all about him.

Amen. As if we had any doubt: there is truly no RW event that Rappy will not turn into his personal attention getting device. That doesn't belong here.

I had to take the day to get away from this. All there is right now is grief and shock at how horrible it must be for the victims. It was not spoken of at work today, in large part because I'm around a lot of folks who experienced 9/11 and they need their space. One man I work with was at ground 0 in 2001 and I know this rang some PTSD bells for him.

One bright spot, a thing I thought I'd never see: lights projected on buildings in Brooklyn saying NY *heart* B, with the B of the Boston Red Sox. I've always been nervous about wearing my red sox hoodie out and about in NYC. This setting aside of the sports grudge is unexpectedly touching.

Anyway, I too wonder who did it. I lean toward some domestic nutjob, mostly because no one has taken responsibility, but I really don't know. I hope to TPTB that the perp is found!

Frem, hon, this is one of the times when I think you're a little out there. (Tone clarification: the "hon" is meant kindly.)

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 4:19 PM

America loves a winner!

Quote:
Amen. As if we had any doubt: there is truly no RW event that Rappy will not turn into his personal attention getting device. That doesn't belong here.

No offense, but that's fucking bullshit and you know it. On the matter of the facts of the case, and aftermath, I brought a point of fact, and Kwickie decided he wanted to push buttons and try to make it about HIM, by saying things which were false.

I said the President didn't call this an act of terrorism, and Kwickie immediately came back to say he had, with his ' act of terror ' reply. Only the President hadn't said any such thing in his address to the nation, which is how I framed the issue.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 4:57 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Mal4, actually the silent sorrow and empathy gratifies me more than a bloodthirsty rush to blame, which hopefully adds some sanity to the situation as most media outlets don't seem to care beyond trying to whip up a frenzy for ratings or other reasons, but mostly ratings, I think.

As for the other, I am saying the possibility of our own so-called protectors having enabled this by negligence or malice is a possibility we cannot, should not, discount out of hand, especially given that it's proven fact they've done so before... back in 1993 it was the FBI themselves that gave Ramzi Youssef a working bomb via Emad Salem and then let him set it off, and what with the endless round and round of plots which amount to an FBI plant winding up and equipping a bunch of otherwise incompetent jerks which would present no threat of their own, a bungled sting resulting in a real tragedy becomes ever more likely.

The two primary things which drew my notice after talking with Ian were the fact that some kind of controlled explosion drill was supposed to be taking place right around that time, which would have been a respectable cover for keeping folks from panicking when they closed the noose of the sting, and trotting out Alex Jones so very quickly to discredit exactly that notion - cause I can't see the media giving that dude the time of day without a nudge from somewhere.

Besides which, it ain't like I am accusing Mother Theresa here, we are talkin about a faction with a known, proven, documented history of exactly that sort of behavior, so it's kind of like if you have a guy in the neighbor who's robbed six banks - and a seventh gets robbed, you really do have to consider him a suspect, don't you ?
And as for that whole but-they-don't-do-that-anymore... well, that is what people said about the whole wide scale surveillence and harrassment of political activists, all the while calling me crazy/paranoid about that, and the flood of half-baked entrapment plots shovelled out already which could have gone oh-so-horribly wrong if bungled is certainly enough to make one wonder, especially given the speed at which the media polevaulted Jones up to discredit such a possibility.
(Tell me, what's your reaction to someone melodramatically denying something before anyone even thinks to accuse em, your gut reaction, hmm ?)

Or it could, as I said, be a smart and vicious nutter, in combination with heaping helpings of political opportunism - which is IMHO actually *more* dangerous than a bomber.

How much more so - well there's a whole lot of Iraqis who aren't around to ask any more due to the same kind of political opportunism, and I'd really rather not see some variation of another RedScare/PalmerRaids kind of mess directed at folk just for being conservative, even if a lot of them are intolerant jerkasses, or something like COINTELPRO all over again.
That's besides the fact that concocting a politically convenient narrative to point the finger at whatever faction of the day is on the menu lets the bastard who actually did it off the hook, and THAT is something I find intolerable.

Frankly I am more concerned about the political opportunism factor than the specifics of the who, cause I am seeing elements which have historically lead to purges, oppression and massacres, although I suspect it'd be a little more "civilized" (if one can call it that) than hanging them from the lampposts - and when you get such socially toxic pools of thought/feeling and a match to set them off, bad things tend to happen.

Ergo the silent sorrow and support rather than the ragefest is something I treasure, cause the latter leads us down roads we ought not to travel.

Which also means I got little mercy for them I think are maybe trying to push us down those roads, yanno?

-Frem

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:09 PM

MAL4PREZ

Sorry, Frem, I'm too tired for a real response. Let's just say this: your further explanation is less "out there", and while I allow that the possibility is certainly... possible, I still have serious reservations. I would need a longer post to explain what I mean.

Mostly I want to share that the Yankees played "Sweet Caroline" at their game tonight. If you've ever been to a Red Sox game you know the... dare I say... power of this song. It's just joyful and raucous and a huge part of the Boston sports culture. (Sweet Caroline BA BUH BUUUUUUUH.... Good times never seemed so good. SO GOOD! SO GOOD! SO GOOD!) I love that the Yankees are doing this, though if I was at the game the song wouldn't have the usual loud, sloopy glee that it does at Fenway. It's an ironic juxtaposition, if I may use big words.

Interesting times indeed. *sigh*

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 1:58 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

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Amen. As if we had any doubt: there is truly no RW event that Rappy will not turn into his personal attention getting device. That doesn't belong here.

No offense, but that's fucking bullshit and you know it. On the matter of the facts of the case, and aftermath, I brought a point of fact, and Kwickie decided he wanted to push buttons and try to make it about HIM, by saying things which were false.

I said the President didn't call this an act of terrorism, and Kwickie immediately came back to say he had, with his ' act of terror ' reply. Only the President hadn't said any such thing in his address to the nation, which is how I framed the issue.

You're lying. You've just claimed explicitly that I said something I in fact never said, and you know I never said it.

Show me EXACTLY what I said that was false, using my exact words, or admit you're lying and apologize.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 3:58 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

I echo Mark: Don't turn this into a Rap-and-Whoever back and forth.

I heard a doctor, holding back tears last night, describing how people who had lost limbs were saying they felt "lucky" to be alive, and how amazing he found that. My heart goes out to all of them, those who love them and those who are caring for them. For the latter, this must be immensely traumatic, too.

That thing from New York, I saw it earlier, but not in lights. I think it's lovely.

For me the fact that nobody's taking credit leans me toward some small group or individuals; "domestic terrorism", if you will.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:24 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:

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Amen. As if we had any doubt: there is truly no RW event that Rappy will not turn into his personal attention getting device. That doesn't belong here.

No offense, but that's fucking bullshit and you know it. On the matter of the facts of the case, and aftermath, I brought a point of fact, and Kwickie decided he wanted to push buttons and try to make it about HIM, by saying things which were false.

I said the President didn't call this an act of terrorism, and Kwickie immediately came back to say he had, with his ' act of terror ' reply. Only the President hadn't said any such thing in his address to the nation, which is how I framed the issue.

You're lying. You've just claimed explicitly that I said something I in fact never said, and you know I never said it.

Show me EXACTLY what I said that was false, using my exact words, or admit you're lying and apologize.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

You know its never going to happen - you are just playing into his game.

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:44 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

RAPPY

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I said the President didn't call this an act of terrorism, and Kwickie immediately came back to say he had, with his ' act of terror ' reply.

Son, you really should learn how to read with better comprehension. I went back and re-read the posts, and Kwicko said no such thing.

FREM
It seems the online media have lately started addressing ALL the conspiracy theories on MANY events, not just this one. AFA political opportunism and whether this was a LIHOP, a MIHOP, or neither- I think we will be able to judge by the government response: Do they treat this as a criminal investigation, ramp up surveillance on everyone, invade some hapless nation (I know! It was Iran that did it!), or some combination? So far, I haven't detected the drumbeat to war, or to anything.

NIKI- thanks for your post.

In the meantime- Those that can- How about donating blood? The need will be there in three weeks as the injured hit the third hump.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:47 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

Watching the local news last night, I was impressed by the attitudes of folks interviewed at the D.C. Emancipation Day parade Tuesday. Pretty much boiled down to "We're not going to let fear prevent us from doing what we wanted to do".

"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 5:31 AM

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I quoted Kwickie correctly. You folks are frelling nuts.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 5:45 AM

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Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:

By the way, is calling it an "act of terror" close enough to calling it terrorism?

As this posts stands, alone, with no context included, leaves it ambiguous as to who Kwickie was replying.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:01 AM

So, sticking to the actual topic (the one that matters):

CNN and other outlets are reporting that a suspect has been arrested. No further details have been confirmed, but reports are that a nearby store's security camera caught the suspect dropping off a suspiciously heavy black duffell bag.

Im sure there'll be more info soon.

EDT: CNN, FOX and now AP are saying there has been an arrest. NBC and CBS are saying there has not been an arrest... So, who knows...

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:35 AM

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- suspect ID'd, arrest imminent.
- suspect arrested
- suspect NOT arrested
- suspect in custody, under heavy guard
- no arrest yet, no ID, only a description...

Good grief.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:42 AM

Now CNN is backtracking and saying there has been no arrest.

A clusterfuck of mis-information, it seems.

The most accurate headline so far is from Gawker:

Quote:
Marathon Bombing Suspect Has Been Arrested and Is In Custody But Has Not Been Arrested and May Not Exist

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

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"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:01 AM

America loves a winner!

Journalism 101.

Seems some folks in the media aren't quite as professional as they'd like us to think.

One can be in CUSTODY and not be under ARREST. They could be there for questioning, there for more evidence to arrive, tests to come back, or maybe to out other SUSPECTS, who may be who they really want, or can lead them to those involved.

Saying " no arrests have been made " does not mean they don't have anyone.

Imminent - About to occur, impending. ( BUT HAS NOT YET HAPPENED ! )

Summer is immenent does not mean Summer time is here !

( though over here, I guess we'd take " Summer " any time!

)

ID'd. Identification. Does that mean name, address, phone and SS # , or a general description ? ( Old , young, tall , short, male, female, etc... )

Sounds to me like some reporter got a nugget of information, and ran amok w/ it, hoping to get the story " FIRST! " , but not so accurate.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:07 AM

JONGSSTRAW

I'm Spartacus!

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:41 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Yeah, it changes every minute...supposedly press conference at 6 Eastern. From what I hear, there was a leak--FBI, etc., NOT happy about it--and that's probably where all the jumping to conclusions came from.

FBI is being quite up front and adamant that no "arrest" has been made yet. Sounds like this screwed 'em up; some are saying they hoped to keep it quiet to surveil and find any "others". Journalists who don't do a good job of checking their facts, but manage to screw things up nonetheless. What our "new" has come to...

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:54 AM

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The reporter from CNN said he had not 1 but 2 different credible sources. I guess those bridges have been burned, and maybe this guy's reporting career.

I'd LIKE to think that there IS a security video, and it shows who did this.

That'd be a nice start.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:23 PM

America loves a winner!

NOW they're reporting that there never WAS a bombing in Boston... it was just some sewer gas, and static electricity!

* B.A.T.D.A

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:44 PM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Anyone's guess is as good as anyone else's at this point. According to CNN (who are obviously being more cautious now):

Quote:
Investigators scrambling to solve the fatal bombings at the Boston Marathon want to question a man seen on video as a possible suspect in the attack, two official sources with knowledge of the investigation said Wednesday.

The sources identified the person as a man wearing a white baseball cap. One of the sources added that the cap was on backwards and the man was also wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt and a black jacket. The second source said investigators have not identified this person.

The news comes on a day when authorities have made "significant progress" in the case but no arrests, a federal law enforcement source told CNN's John King. Sources previously told CNN that a suspect was in custody, but both Boston police and the FBI denied that any arrests had been made.

In addition, a federal law enforcement source told CNN that "anyone who says 'arrest' is ahead of themselves."

A Boston law enforcement told CNN, "We got him," but wouldn't clarify whether that meant a suspect has been identified or arrested. Some federal sources said it was even too early to say investigators had identified the suspect, but several sources in Boston told CNN that they have a clear identification.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:55 PM