It is amazing how easily he gets away with this stuff. He doesn't even have to wait for solid information. Just go all in immediately. It's a bombing, therefore conspiracy.
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Bombs detonated at Boston Marathon finish line
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Yeah, the last thing these victims need is financial ruin. I also wonder why Anderson didn't ask about the white bag(s?) near the mailbox since the guy was talking about being on the other side of it and remembering everything.
That is scary. Imagine the bill! Agreed, it should be last thing on their mind. Sadly, in America, health care isn't cheap and somebody has to pay.
freenudemacusers
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^ that guy looked photoshopped on there. Something is off about it. Just saying.
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Please, please, be that guy.
Kinky John
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Whoa!
Went on a run outside the perimeter. Lots of barricades, cops, heavily armed cops, national guard, humvees, and a whole lotta news crews and their vans.
I believe the biggest memorial is on the Boylston barricade on the Common side. Tons of people were there.
Also ran into a crowd watching Anderson Cooper report.
I believe the biggest memorial is on the Boylston barricade on the Common side. Tons of people were there.
Also ran into a crowd watching Anderson Cooper report.
You guys should really watch this singing of the national anthem from tonight's Boston Bruins game. The entire video is great, but skip to about 2:45 to see just the anthem. Pretty awesome stuff.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Since when does being a "badass" have anything to do with being a decent human being? "Badass" contains the words "bad" and "ass", FFS.
You knew right away. It was Richard Jewell.
lawl
That must have been something else to witness. Hopefully you're not in a bad (sad) mood now.
I'm certain lawmakers in Mass. will push for a bill in Congress to help the victims financially...paying for medical bills, rehabilitation, access to other health care services etc. The rehabilitation is going to be costly especially for people who have lost limbs.
reggieandTFE
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Exactly as I thought.
Nah. Let's stay on topic.
I guess that's them then.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Straight-up villains are called badasses all the damned time. Think Darth Maul and one-percenters.
sneakypete
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I'd say so. Saw this on a conspiracy forum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=R_AYbNz-uS4
Skull cap guy looks to be holding one of these:
Radiation Detector on Amazon
Another poster(who claimed to be ex Coast Guard) said it looked like his bulky bag was a "Rad Pack", used to test air/radiation to determine if there was a dirty bomb set off.
MickeyPhree
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Hannintys guy said that. Went back and looked at the picture on the previous page and yup, that's gotta be the people the FBI are looking for.
BlazingDarkness
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Sounds like these
Not sure I believe it myself, unless of course there's more pictures we've not seen - the bag he's wearing has a main compartment and then the smaller compartment at the front (with an individual zip) so the protrusion people are saying is the top of the pressure cooker could be anything at all which is creating those folds in the fabric, it could be a bottle, anything in that small front pocket that's big enough to stick out.
Have they released the video?
Sounds like these
Not sure I believe it myself, unless of course there's more pictures we've not seen - the bag he's wearing has a main compartment and then the smaller compartment at the front (with an individual zip) so the protrusion people are saying is the top of the pressure cooker could be anything at all which is creating those folds in the fabric, it could be a bottle, anything in that small front pocket that's big enough to stick out.
It could be a tin of Skoal or tobacco dip. Of course, there is the chance the image they are discussing is something totally different that just shares these similarities. Plus, these two are seen walking around 2hrs before the bombing. Kind of a large gap considering other reports suggest the second bomb was placed just prior to it going off, according to those citing the store security footage.
Not as far as I know. The news report someone posted where they showed the pictures of those 2 guys didn't tie it to that video at all though. Just said the police wanted to talk to them. Since a lot of people likely sent those photos to the police, that isn't really surprising
fox news just basically confirmed that the pictures that were given to the police today were photos of those two guys (white hat and blue jacket)
so it's progressed from asking the public to identify those guys to distributing photos to law enforcement. i'm not sure if that transition is meaningful or not
Sounds like these
Not sure I believe it myself, unless of course there's more pictures we've not seen - the bag he's wearing has a main compartment and then the smaller compartment at the front (with an individual zip) so the protrusion people are saying is the top of the pressure cooker could be anything at all which is creating those folds in the fabric, it could be a bottle, anything in that small front pocket that's big enough to stick out.
That looks valid,
SquiddyCracker
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Sounds like that pick of those two guys.
Edit, this one:
Yeah, this is the sort of witch hunts that helps no one.
Besides, those two guys aren't white, and there's probably a bunch of folk that fit that description.
Yes, good point
The police are distributing those pictures, yes, (that's 100% confirmed -- the pictures from the police were shown on the news) my point was that it doesn't seem to be related to today's big development
That remains to be seen. For now, it seems to be an internet->tv->internet thing. The internet found the pictures and gave them to the police. TV reported that they have these pictures and are looking into them. Internet picks up on TV reporting on these pictures as if it was an independent development
Ether_Snake
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Makes you wonder how often such security would be present at popular events?
It's not a fail, maybe the way it was reported, but it's simply a process of elimination.
Here is the news report asking for help indentifying them for the police: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWBJ4IBgjA4
I'm saying the odds improved! As in if there were odds in this, this most recent news would make it pricier to bet on The Internet, no question.
Interesting!
The authorities are looking for them it seems from the video above.
Sounds like these
It was reported to be a Fagor brand pressure cooker. None of the pictures I've seen of this brand have a point in the middle of the lid that sticks out that far.
BlazingDarkness
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That looks valid,
The problem is the style of the bag, it could either be;
1 - There is nothing in the front compartment (where the smaller zip is) and so the pressure cooker device in the large, main compartment is simply poking through both the main bag and the front pocket, or
2 - There are normal items in the main compartment and there is a small item in the front pocket as well, which is giving the impression there is something big in the bag, because the item in the small front pocket is pushing against the fabric.
It's pretty hard to differentiate the two IMO.
I don't really buy the theories myself, if you're going to walk around in huge crowds, full of cameras and whatnot, you don't make it perfectly obvious you're carrying a huge device in your bag - it would have been concealed more effectively.
sneakypete
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Yeah, post-911 I imagine these a few of these guys are stationed at every large scale public gathering.
I thought media outlets weren't supposed to publish images of the persons of interest.
It was kind of solemn. But also inspirational.
I highly recommend watching Anderson Cooper tonight if you can...he interviews Steve Byrne, one of the guys who was (luckily) on the other side of the mailbox. His friends weren't so lucky...he said 4-5 of them all lost legs (a pair of brothers both lost a leg).
He said another friend had 70 nails in his leg.
here's the clip: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/
He said another friend had 70 nails in his leg.
here's the clip: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/
OriginofHysteria
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"BAG - NO BAG" could have a pretty simple explanation. He put his bag on the ground because he didnt feel like carrying it while watching the race. The fact that his hands look like theyre in a position to be holding the top small strap part could support that as well.
Ether_Snake
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Now the next time I'm at a popular event and I see a lot of security I'll get worried
Only time in my life I thought I was next to a terrorist, as soon as I exited the subway wagon I was in I had never seen so much security at a metro station. Always suspected I was right next to a guy doing a test run. Even another passenger was obviously worried about the guy.
You think you'd contact security, but there's this uneasy feeling of not wanting to look like an idiot, and not wanting to bother an innocent (or making him feel like people thought he was a terrorist just because he is a Muslim). I was certain I had to tell security, and yet I couldn't bring myself to do it, rightfully or not, I'll never know, other than nothing happened.
Yes I think he is holding it in front of him. I think the pictures were not taken at the time of the explosion nor close to it either, so I doubt he would have left it an hour or more before then.
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