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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 11:33 am    Post subject: Boston Marathon Explosion Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/live-updates-explosion-at-boston-marathon/

Warning: saw at least one graphic pic

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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://deadspin.com/re-the-smoke-rising-picture-thats-taken-from-the-473014060

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The marathon was being run in honor of the victims of the Newtown massacre. Some families were apparently watching from near the finish line:
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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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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 12:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

@AP BREAKING: Intelligence official: 2 more explosive devices found at Boston Marathon; being dismantled
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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 12:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

not related.

http://www.dotnews.com/2013/jfk-library-official-fire-not-related-marathon-attack

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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My buddy's wife just crossed the finish line 10 minutes before the explosion.
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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 12:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

arof, that link is down. The presser running right now says that they believe it is related.
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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Link was just overwhelmed and is working. It would be a heck of a coincidence.
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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 1:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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. Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Apr 15, 2013 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear God hopefully we find the people and wipe them from the earth like we should all sickos like that.
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PostPosted: Apr 16, 2013 2:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Apr 16, 2013 4:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wrong thread, eh?
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PostPosted: Apr 16, 2013 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 16, 2013 9:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 21, 2013 6:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So one of the bombers was questioned in 2011 and released as being no threat....way to go FBI.
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PostPosted: Apr 21, 2013 7:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 21, 2013 11:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have you seen then Glenn Beck video. Sounds very interesting. Guess we will find out tomorrow.
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PostPosted: Apr 21, 2013 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Apr 21, 2013 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a very strong claim...it will be interesting to see what he has to say on Monday.
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PostPosted: Apr 21, 2013 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glen Beck.... Laughing Didn't watch the flick....just a Laughing at your news.

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PostPosted: Apr 22, 2013 5:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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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. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Apr 22, 2013 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 22, 2013 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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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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PostPosted: Apr 22, 2013 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 22, 2013 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Apr 22, 2013 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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