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arof Wakeboarder.com Freak
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 11:33 am Post subject: Boston Marathon Explosion |
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http://espn.go.com/boston/story/_/id/9174718/explosions-boston-marathon-result-injuries
wonder what happened?
My brother was down there around noon but had left before there was an explosion.
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chavez Ladies Man
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wakeboarderdave1 Wakeboarder.com Freak
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 11:57 am Post subject: |
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http://deadspin.com/re-the-smoke-rising-picture-thats-taken-from-the-473014060
Quote: | The marathon was being run in honor of the victims of the Newtown massacre. Some families were apparently watching from near the finish line:
Michael Ditto @janus303
Oh jeez, AP reporter on TV says Newtown families were in the VIP section right by the explosion. No injury reports, she's locked down w/ one
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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Just heard on the news that the police have created at least 1 controlled explosion and that the air is being tested for toxins. Scary stuff.
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chavez Ladies Man
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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@AP BREAKING: Intelligence official: 2 more explosive devices found at Boston Marathon; being dismantled
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GnarShredd Wakeboarder.Commie
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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Been listening to the police scanner since I heard of the explosions. Heard something about a confirmed explosion at JFK library as well but haven't heard anything additional on it.
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arof Wakeboarder.com Freak
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vette74 Wakeboarder.Commie
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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My buddy's wife just crossed the finish line 10 minutes before the explosion.
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chavez Ladies Man
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 27375 City: Roseville
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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arof, that link is down. The presser running right now says that they believe it is related.
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chavez Ladies Man
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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Link was just overwhelmed and is working. It would be a heck of a coincidence.
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Nor*Cal Ladies Man
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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chavez wrote: | arof, that link is down. The presser running right now says that they believe it is related. |
^This. Presser indicates they were related.
EDIT: The JFK Library is contradicting the press event stating it was a fire in the mechanical room.
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GnarShredd Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 16 Jun 2009 Posts: 2310 City: St Pete.
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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May or may not be something but they're looking for a Penske rental truck that was trying to gain access to a closed-area saying they were delivering medical supplies. The truck just left once they were denied and nobody else has seen it yet.
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Aubs Motorboat Queen
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Very sad situation. I have many friends in Boston. I have heard from all of them that I am close with. One lives a block away... quite scary.
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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A truly sad day for all of us. Fortunately all of my friends who were there or were running are ok. I'm not sure how this will change my sport but I'm sure that there will be visible effects.
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pyrocasto PityDaFool Who Posts This Much
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Posted: Apr 15, 2013 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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Dear God hopefully we find the people and wipe them from the earth like we should all sickos like that.
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Tbonez Wakeboarder.com Freak
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Posted: Apr 16, 2013 2:58 am Post subject: |
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Chattwake Wakeboarder.com Freak
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Posted: Apr 16, 2013 4:20 am Post subject: |
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Wrong thread, eh?
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Nor*Cal Ladies Man
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac
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Posted: Apr 16, 2013 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Hmm, no politicians pandering over this senseless tragedy... It's like you can't legislate to prevent acts of terrorism or mass murder.
Edit: I'm sure some people will take that the wrong way and in no way am I trying to take away from the horror of yesterday's events. Just trying to incite some critical thinking about the dangers of the world. And while we live in the safest period of recorded history, there are still threats to innocents. We can choose to live oblivious to these threats or recognize that regardless of the overall safety, there will always be evil or crazy that seeks to do harm and no law or blanket of government protectors will prevent these rare events.
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goofyboy Wakeboarder.com Freak
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Posted: Apr 16, 2013 9:31 am Post subject: |
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They are waiting to find out which group / people are responsible. Then the rhetoric will ramp up. My concern is if / how are they going to try to expand the Patriot Act using this event as the basis.
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TnR6Rida Wakeboarder.com Freak
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Posted: Apr 21, 2013 6:27 am Post subject: |
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So one of the bombers was questioned in 2011 and released as being no threat....way to go FBI.
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taitrt Soul Rider
Joined: 11 May 2009 Posts: 413
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Posted: Apr 21, 2013 7:33 am Post subject: |
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TnR6Rida wrote: | So one of the bombers was questioned in 2011 and released as being no threat....way to go FBI. |
From what I've read he was questioned as a favor to the Russian government and not a person of interest for anything related to America or homeland security.
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TnR6Rida Wakeboarder.com Freak
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Posted: Apr 21, 2013 11:15 am Post subject: |
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Have you seen then Glenn Beck video. Sounds very interesting. Guess we will find out tomorrow.
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TnR6Rida Wakeboarder.com Freak
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Blindside_137 Wakeboarder.com Freak
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Posted: Apr 21, 2013 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Okie Boarder Ladies Man
Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond
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Posted: Apr 21, 2013 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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That's a very strong claim...it will be interesting to see what he has to say on Monday.
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E.J. Ladies Man
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Posted: Apr 21, 2013 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Glen Beck.... Didn't watch the flick....just a at your news.
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ohsix PityDaFool Who Posts This Much
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Posted: Apr 22, 2013 5:35 am Post subject: |
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Some bullsh't about the Boston bombing being the biggest event in 40 years, maybe bigger than 9/11. Then, some ominous talk about a Saudi national and that the gov't has until Monday before Beck makes the sh't hit the fan. No specifics of any kind.
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pet575 Wakeboarder.com Freak
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Posted: Apr 22, 2013 7:33 am Post subject: |
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Wonder how much the weekend's events will change that. Probably not a bit. That clown will just spin it as the government using these poor Russian kids as scapegoats.
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vette74 Wakeboarder.Commie
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Okie Boarder Ladies Man
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Posted: Apr 22, 2013 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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This seems like a pretty well written piece about how they handled the situation.
http://www.caintv.com/keep-up-the-good-work-libertar
What do y'all think, did they handle the situation correctly or was it to the extreme?
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Faust Wakeboarder.Commie
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Posted: Apr 22, 2013 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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Alright, not reading the article as I am 99% sure there is heavy bias. However this is something I've been thinking about and discussing with a couple other people. Yes there were 2 very public bomb blasts that killed 3 people and injured a little under 200. But to shut down the city, cancel sporting events, searching all homes with thousands of police officers... for just one person... I don't know.... Anyway I guess we'll find out soon enough if the right thing was done by waiting to see if the rate of these types of terror acts rises or falls.
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Okie Boarder Ladies Man
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Posted: Apr 22, 2013 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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It's a pretty good article and it makes some good points about rights and how the situation was handled, and speaks well to the same concern you mentioned about the searching of homes.
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jt09 Ladies Man
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Posted: Apr 22, 2013 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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Faust wrote: | Alright, not reading the article as I am 99% sure there is heavy bias. However this is something I've been thinking about and discussing with a couple other people. Yes there were 2 very public bomb blasts that killed 3 people and injured a little under 200. But to shut down the city, cancel sporting events, searching all homes with thousands of police officers... for just one person... I don't know.... Anyway I guess we'll find out soon enough if the right thing was done by waiting to see if the rate of these types of terror acts rises or falls. |
that has zero relevance to whether or not the actions of the police were warranted.
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brew Wakeboarder.com Freak
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Posted: Apr 22, 2013 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not going to read any of the links, because I don't really want to. However, are some of you going to make the argument that the police went too far in this situation? At the point in time they started the search for these guys, no one knew whether this was an isolated incident, the beginning of a series of attacks, a single guy or a group, etc. Next thing you're probably going to tell me is that this was a government job and these poor guys were set up.
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jt09 Ladies Man
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Posted: Apr 22, 2013 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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brew wrote: | Next thing you're probably going to tell me is that this was a government job and these poor guys were set up. |
people had already started that shlt on like, tuesday. morons.
i was travelling friday w/ only a phone and was pretty tech silent til last night. haven't read everything out there, but the twitter mentions from the public made it sound as if the authorities were asking, not demanding, to search. i know some will claim "well, refusing makes you suspect, so you have to consent or they'll just get a warrant" and i can't disagree, because we see that w/ traffic stops all the time. still, i think it's a pretty important distinction. if there's accounts of authorities coming on heavy handed, i haven't read them - no, i haven't read the links posted here.
i thought the authorities handled the entire event pretty damn well, except for letting #2 get away from a firefight like it's hollywood. in the end, they have him alive, and the situation was resolved inside of 5 days. that's impressive.
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