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 whembly wrote:
Is that two "right" hands there?

Where are you seeing the two "right hands"? I see one right hand on the back pack and what looks like his left hand in the back pack. What am I missing?

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 whembly wrote:
Is that two "right" hands there?

Where are you seeing the two "right hands"? I see one right hand on the back pack and what looks like his left hand in the back pack. What am I missing?

Nothing... I don't know why that registered. o.O


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 Soladrin wrote:
His cap seems pretty straight to me..

That's the photo that I have... the officials may have more.

Fair enough, I wasn't seeing it so I thought I was missing it or that I needed to start training one of the dogs to be my seeing eye dog

Damn... my boston twittah feed just went crazy...

Evidently the Boston courthouse is being evacuated due to suspected Bomb Threat.

What.The.feth.Is.Going.On!

MGS... stay home!

Edit: just so that you know... with the advent of social media... these things are flying around now. No one knows what the feth is going on...
There may be speculation that the evacuation is simply to get the media way from the courtroom because of the erroneous arrest report earlier.

 whembly wrote:
Yup... now I think the news agencies are trying to be "the first" to report an arrest or new information.

Now this:

SUSPECT: White Male, White Hat, Gray Sweatshirt, Black Jacket, Cap on Backwards


Is that two "right" hands there?

http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2013/04/did-4chan-identify-the-boston-marathon-bomber
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/04/2013417174715497655.html

Looks like a homeless person.

I like how the caption "backpack seems to be missing" is tagged to a white cap with sunglasses above the visor where the other two pictures show a white cap without sunglasses. Also, this guy has black pants and no hoodie where the one shown earlier in the thread has a hoodie and tan pants.

Much adieu about nothing.

 Asherian Command wrote:
http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2013/04/did-4chan-identify-the-boston-marathon-bomber
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/04/2013417174715497655.html

In the article in the first link it looks like a completely different person between the first and second set of pictures (darker hair, different jacket and different pants) and the photo with the caption "Backpack seems to be missing" shows a man in a sea of people, if it was slung low or held in his hands (common at packed events for room) then it wouldn't be visible in those pics.

I want to see the perpetrator caught, but I'd rather not have someone falsely accused on the internet on little evidence.

Apparently there's going to be a news conference at 5pm Boston local time.
Hopefully the media circus gets a little cleared up and we'll get some more actual facts from those actually 'in the know'.

And what's with the idiotic plot to send poisoned letters to the Pres?! Looks like a Darwin Award for world's worst assassin.

Experiment 626 wrote:
Apparently there's going to be a news conference at 5pm Boston local time.
Hopefully the media circus gets a little cleared up and we'll get some more actual facts from those actually 'in the know'.

And what's with the idiotic plot to send poisoned letters to the Pres?! Looks like a Darwin Award for world's worst assassin.

My thoughts exactly


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 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2013/04/did-4chan-identify-the-boston-marathon-bomber
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/04/2013417174715497655.html

In the article in the first link it looks like a completely different person between the first and second set of pictures (darker hair, different jacket and different pants) and the photo with the caption "Backpack seems to be missing" shows a man in a sea of people, if it was slung low or held in his hands (common at packed events for room) then it wouldn't be visible in those pics.

I want to see the perpetrator caught, but I'd rather not have someone falsely accused on the internet on little evidence.

I know I was going to point out how idiotic the comment section was.

 Breotan wrote:
I like how the caption "backpack seems to be missing" is tagged to a white cap with sunglasses above the visor where the other two pictures show a white cap without sunglasses. Also, this guy has black pants and no hoodie where the one shown earlier in the thread has a hoodie and tan pants.

Much adieu about nothing.

Concur with you and Dread, this line of theory's BS.

 Asherian Command wrote:
I know I was going to point out how idiotic the comment section was.

I don't read a lot of the comment sections under news articles for fear that my brain may rebel and storm out on me


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 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Concur with you and Dread, this line of theory's BS.

Thank you

There were lots of suspects in the OKC bombing, and that was pre instant-share-eveyrthing-media. This is pretty normal, we will know more soon enough.

 whembly wrote:
Damn... my boston twittah feed just went crazy...

Evidently the Boston courthouse is being evacuated due to suspected Bomb Threat.

I expect that these are due to crank calls by someone who thinks it's all just a big joke. I hope there are arrests here, too. People are frequently stupid enough to do this from their own phones, after all.

Ahem... Allen West is boss... that's all.

[edited: inappropriate]

Maybe, but I doubt it.

Allen West clearly doesn't understand the definition of massacre. Also, handcuffs and Miranda rights hardly qualify as avenging anything

 Breotan wrote:
Allen West clearly doesn't understand the definition of massacre. Also, handcuffs and Miranda rights hardly qualify as avenging anything

wut? "massacre"?

Google-fu'ed:

mas·sa·cre
/ˈmasikər/
Noun
An indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people: "the attack was described as a cold-blooded massacre".

Verb
Deliberately and violently kill (a large number of people).

Synonyms
noun. slaughter - carnage - butchery - bloodshed
verb. slaughter - butcher - murder - slay - kill

Seems to fit... no?

 whembly wrote:
Ahem... Allen West is boss... that's all.

People like to rattle their sabers and act like they want to march to war after these kind of things.

Hopefully we will remember this attack the same way we remember the Oklahoma City bombing: People talk about the bombing, but it is remembered much more for the response of the people here than the act of a madman. We are having the memorial Marathon this weekend where the lives of those lost are celebrated and remembered. The Memorial itself is a testament on how to remember a tragedy in a somber and reverent way. Seriously, if anybody is ever in the Oklahoma City area, hit me up and I will personally take you on a tour. It's an amazing place filled with hope, not what you would expect from the site of an attack.

There is a reason this has become the symbol of the Oklahoma City attack:



Instead of this:



People will remember Boston.

It is up to us to determine how.

 whembly wrote:
Ahem... Allen West is boss... that's all.

Dude, whatever he's smoking he needs to share with the rest of the class. While a lot of people were hurt, and sadly a few people died, it was barely a blip on the radar. Now, if they had whipped up some RDX, spiked it with ball bearings and white phosphorus, and left those bags in, say, a crowded hospital waiting area or ER, then we're talking.

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 whembly wrote:
Ahem... Allen West is boss... that's all.

Dude, whatever he's smoking he needs to share with the rest of the class. While a lot of people were hurt, and sadly a few people died, it was barely a blip on the radar. Now, if they had whipped up some RDX, spiked it with ball bearings and white phosphorus, and left those bags in, say, a crowded hospital waiting area or ER, then we're talking.

"barely a blip on the radar"?

If you think that... <edited>

I don't think Mr. West's sabre rattling is very helpful nor constructive.

 d-usa wrote:
*nice stuff*
People will remember Boston.

It is up to us to determine how.

Exactly!

 kronk wrote:
I don't think Mr. West's sabre rattling is very helpful nor constructive.

Have you ever tried to rattle a saber in its scabard. If its a good scabbard, thats really hard.

 Frazzled wrote:

 kronk wrote:
I don't think Mr. West's sabre rattling is very helpful nor constructive.

Have you ever tried to rattle a saber in its scabard. If its a good scabbard, thats really hard.

Is this a metaphor?

Edit: Dumb joke

 whembly wrote:

"barely a blip on the radar"?

It is.

Look at this:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-as-many-as-15-dead-160-wounded-in-fertilizer-explosion-in-texas-20130418,0,6627186.story

Texas had a bigger, deadlier (it is Texas), explosion by accident than these 'terrorists' (amateurs) could muster with planning.

While for the people involved, sure, the Boston Marathon bombing was a horrific event for the people involved, compared to other terrorist bombings or even an industrial accident where there's a large explosion, it hardly rates attention. The current US hysterical over reaction is more damaging in the long run than the bombing itself.

So the simple solution is to round them up like any other common murderer, incarcerate them or give them the chair, and then get on with your lives.

Evidently the less moderate new sources are reporting that the Saudi student has been deported for security reasons. The wingnuts are going off that Saudi Arabia is being protected (again).

Greaaattt...

 Frazzled wrote:
Evidently the less moderate new sources are reporting that the Saudi student has been deported for security reasons. The wingnuts are going off that Saudi Arabia is being protected (again).

Greaaattt...

I must've missed something.

What Saudi student?

Oh goodie, I'm sure Alex Jones will have something to say......

 Seaward wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Evidently the less moderate new sources are reporting that the Saudi student has been deported for security reasons. The wingnuts are going off that Saudi Arabia is being protected (again).

Greaaattt...

I must've missed something.

What Saudi student?

The one that was variously described as a suspect, student of interest, witness, etc. at the hospital.