Explosions at Boston Marathon

[10mm-man]

Sad, what's the next backlash we can expect, I am sure it's going to be lawful gun owners faults somehow.

I don't know, i would start another thread asking though!

[sniper7]

Was watching this on the news this morning, got to love how the media twists this into a hate fest for their personal vendettas be it guns, GOP, right wing terrorists, Muslims, etc....

But...since we are all playing the guessing game, I will say it was a liberal with mental health issues. My honest first thought was this was at the hands of Bloomberg since the NY marathon was cancelled.

Thoughts and prayers to the victims and families, senseless violence at innocent people.

[Jer]

Well...at least it wasn't some kook with an AR...

Wait for the 'facts' to come out before counting your blessings on that one. I'm sure before this one is all over at least one AR15 and several 'high capacity clips' will be discovered to cause the tragedy.

When will this nation get serious about making marathons illegal? Who will think o' da chirrens!?!?

[Jer]

Was watching this on the news this morning, got to love how the media twists this into a hate fest for their personal vendettas be it guns, GOP, right wing terrorists, Muslims, etc....

But...since we are all playing the guessing game, I will say it was a liberal with mental health issues. My honest first thought was this was at the hands of Bloomberg since the NY marathon was cancelled.

Thoughts and prayers to the victims and families, senseless violence at innocent people.

It's funny that you say that because his predecessor was being interviewed on ESPN this morning (why I don't know... I watch ESPN for sports and if I wanted to dwell on this for hours on end I would hit up one of the other three dozen media outlets) about the situation and when he heard the initial report of 24 injured is response was: "Oh no, that's not right. It's got to be much higher than that." Really? How far does your head have to be up your own ass that when you hear tragedy your mind is already thinking of how sensational for media purpose it should be?

[jhood001]

We need to have background checks for pressure cookers. And high capacity pressure cookers need to be flat out banned. The pressure cookers used were allegedly 6 liters. I believe far fewer would have been injured or killed if 2 liter pressure cookers were used.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...04-16-12-13-07

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The explosives used in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing were contained in 6-liter pressure cookers and hidden in black duffel bags on the ground, a person briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
One of the explosives contained shards of metal and ball bearings, and another contained nails, the person said.
A second person briefed on the investigation confirmed that at least one of the explosives was made out of a pressure cooker. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Two bombs blew up seconds apart Monday at the finish line of one of the world's most storied races, tearing off victims' limbs and leaving the streets spattered with blood and strewn with broken glass. Three people were killed, including an 8-year-old boy, and more than 170 were wounded.
President Barack Obama said called the explosions a terrorist attack and said law enforcement and intelligence officials were trying to determine who was responsible. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings.
These types of pressure cooker explosives have been used in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, according to a July 2010 joint FBI and Homeland Security intelligence report. 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.
Law enforcement has not yet determined what was used to set off the explosives. Typically, these bombs have an initiator, switch and explosive charge, according to a 2004 warning from the Homeland Security Department about these types of explosives.
"We will go to the ends of the Earth to identify the subject or subjects who are responsible for this despicable crime, and we will do everything we can to bring them to justice," said Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston.
Investigators in Boston are combing surveillance tapes and pictures from Monday.
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Associated Press writers Lara Jakes, Kimberly Dozier and Alicia Caldwell contributed to this report.
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[Aloha_Shooter]

Crazy to see this on US soil:

I don't know why it's so crazy. There was a wave of anarchist bombings on US soil starting in April 1919. Hell, the Weatherman bombings were only 40 years ago and a bunch of the perps for those are teaching in our college campuses today.

[davsel]

I don't know why it's so crazy. There was a wave of anarchist bombings on US soil starting in April 1919. Hell, the Weatherman bombings were only 40 years ago and a bunch of the perps for those are teaching in our college campuses today.

^^^^^THIS
Looks familiar http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/w.../movement.html

[blacklabel]

I hadn't heard of the Weather Underground prior to yesterday.

[Ah Pook]

This is sad.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...145344319.html

Looting appears to be seen in wake of Boston Marathon blasts

For all of the heroism shown in the wake of Monday's Boston Marathon bombings, at least one scene was, at best, an example of unfortunate timing and, at worst, a despicable display of greed.

Video footage purportedly shot in the moments after the two blasts shows people taking official marathon jackets from a tent vacated by race staffers.

"Looters stealing marathon jackets," a YouTube user who posted the footage wrote, "while others are just feet away critically injured."
It's unclear if those seen picking up the jackets, meant for finishers of the race, were aware of what had transpired minutes earlier.
It is clear, however, that some people took more than one.

The video was posted to Reddit.com, where users debated the footage and threatened to shame those in it.
"Take a high quality screenshot of each and every one of their faces," one user wrote. "Make a Tumblr. Plaster each persons face online. Get Reddit to front page it and make it go viral."

The user added, "I honestly wouldn't normally advocate this sort of mob justice, but that one piece of s--- smiling while grabbing all the [jackets] he could carry while people were dying 20 feet away got to me."

"Entirely possible that some of them were doing this for a legitimate reason," another wrote. "Namely, a runner was at the finish line but didn't have access to their belongings due to the bombing and were left in the cold."

"I'm really hoping these people are taking jackets to the injured to cover wounds," another user wrote. "But I know better."
Three people died and 176 others were wounded, 17 critically, in the blasts, officials said Tuesday.

One YouTube user said the jackets were indeed being handed out "to comfort injured or those who could not go back to [the] hotel."
"Yes, some people took advantage ofit, what can you do," the user wrote, "but it's not looting [that] you see."

What's more troubling, others noted, was a growing number of eBay listings for Boston Marathon-related items by people who seemed to be capitalizing on a tragedy.

One listing, which has since been removed, advertised the sale of 10 Web domain names tied to the bombings. Other less sinister listings were auctioning copies of Tuesday's Boston Globe. The headline: "Marathon Terror."

[sellersm]

I hadn't heard of the Weather Underground prior to yesterday.

Really? Might want to do some more research and see the ties between them and the current powers that be...