Admiral Valdemar wrote:It more than likely is an attack now, but it does make me wonder why this didn't happen at the start. There was remembrance silence at the start for the Sandy Hook victims, apparently. There would be more people and closer together.
Given that the bombs went off hours after the first finishers I think we can conclude that the person who made the timers wasn't very good at what they do. The size of the bombs would also suggest that.
Since these were almost certainly planted bombs they likely choose the finish because it was an easier place to leave bags or some such, as opposed to the start which is an utter mob of people. Leaving a item inside such a mob and escaping would be more difficult.
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:The images I've seen show something that doesn't appear to be a high-explosive. Potentially home made, and I have heard there were BBs or other shrapnel within the casing.
Additionally, there are ALREADY scams on Twitter, with fakes Boston Marathon accounts pledging $1 to victims for every retweet. Un-fucking-believable.
What the fuck is the point in that!? Is it just satisfy people's attention cravings, or does it somehow accrue money? That's fucked up either way.
Yeah, I've always taken the subtext of the Birther movement to be, "The rules don't count here! This is different! HE'S BLACK! BLACK, I SAY! ARE YOU ALL BLIND!?
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Flagg wrote:If this is al quaeda then worry. Because it's a major departure for them. I'm thinking it's domestic.
If this were al quaeda, wouldn't they have made some claim of responsibility by now?
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Flagg wrote:If this is al quaeda then worry. Because it's a major departure for them. I'm thinking it's domestic.
If this were al quaeda, wouldn't they have made some claim of responsibility by now?
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I don't think it was them. They would have walked a suicide bomber right into the starting crowd. This is domestic.
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My thoughts are firmly with those members who have relatives in the area, and all affected by this total act of cowardice.
Yeah, I've always taken the subtext of the Birther movement to be, "The rules don't count here! This is different! HE'S BLACK! BLACK, I SAY! ARE YOU ALL BLIND!?
- Raw Shark
Destiny and fate are for those too weak to forge their own futures. Where we are 'supposed' to be is irrelevent.
Flagg wrote:I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I don't think it was them. They would have walked a suicide bomber right into the starting crowd. This is domestic.
I'm also thinking more along the lines of a Jared Lee Loughner-style attack. A violent political radical looking to capitalize on current crises.
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That is true. You're right that this is probably domestic
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:Remember, it's Patriots Day in Boston. That could have some significance.
It's also tax day.
What significance would that have, may I ask?
Yeah, I've always taken the subtext of the Birther movement to be, "The rules don't count here! This is different! HE'S BLACK! BLACK, I SAY! ARE YOU ALL BLIND!?
- Raw Shark
Destiny and fate are for those too weak to forge their own futures. Where we are 'supposed' to be is irrelevent.
Extreme right-wing nutjubs in the U.S. have a hard on for doing things on the day federal income Taxes are due.
They see it as fighting back against the government that is "stealing" from them.
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:Remember, it's Patriots Day in Boston. That could have some significance.
It's also tax day.
What significance would that have, may I ask?
Are you joking?
Tax day would have a great deal of significance to a radical conservative. Of course we don't know that's who was behind this. But it certainly could have significance.
Inspire has been encouraging individual young self-radicalizing Muslims to carry out these kinds of attacks for years, and we've arrested people for spectacularly failing to carry them out in Portland, Seattle, New York City, that moron who blew his own crotch up, etc, for the past several years. I think it was someone like that, self-radicalized by e-propaganda from an al-Qaeda affiliate, and finally by statistical elimination one of these people actually succeeded in not contacting an undercover cop / miswiring the bomb so that they killed themselves. Like so many monkeys banging on typewriters, you're ultimately going to have someone succeed just as a question of probability.
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Tax day would have a great deal of significance to a radical conservative. Of course we don't know that's who was behind this. But it certainly could have significance.
No mate, I wasn't joking. I just don't know that much about the intricacies of US politics and society, I'm afraid.
Yeah, I've always taken the subtext of the Birther movement to be, "The rules don't count here! This is different! HE'S BLACK! BLACK, I SAY! ARE YOU ALL BLIND!?
- Raw Shark
Destiny and fate are for those too weak to forge their own futures. Where we are 'supposed' to be is irrelevent.
DieselJester wrote:Holy Shit... I got family in that area. Thanks for the heads-up. I need to make some calls now.
Try the landlines first. I believe cell towers are down, either due to volume or to prevent remote detonation of any other devices.
That explains not reaching my dad then...
Texts are going thru, no problem. Nit's family was at home, far away from the scene, had no idea until we contacted them
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Me: Nope, that's why I have you around to tell me.
Nitram: You -are- beautiful. Anyone tries to tell you otherwise kill them.
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Fingers crossed the cops/FBI find the SOB/s responsible.
