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Explosions reported near finish line at Boston Marathon [W:162, 896, 911]]

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clownboy said:
CNN now reporting: No one in custody, 2 dead, several critical, 100+ injured. Has been designated terrorism.
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Given that it's April 15 and the attack was in Boston, I can't help but think that a domestic sovereign citizenlike person or group is involved-- but I'm also willing to bet that whatever initial thinking we have about this will probably prove to be totally wrong.
 
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Jerry said:
The only thing Obama needs to do is resign. He doesn't need to concern himself with anything else.
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Jesus man, can your partisan lunacy for ten minutes please.
 
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APACHERAT said:
Today's smokeless gun powders smell almost like cordite. I still today refer to the smell while shooting as being the smell of cordite but I know it's technically not.

The smell of the gases of TNT when it's detonated smells different from C-4.

Most explosive devices do need a "kicker charge", a detonator of some kind usually a small explosive that sets off the main charge.

Remember the Al Qaeda Underwear Bomber ? He was able to ignite the fuse but the fuse failed to ignite the kicker charge that would have detonated the main charge. That terrorist attack happened in America, he was able to lite the fuse but the kicker charge failed. It wasn't a failed terrorist attack, the attack happened. Like the early American torpedoes during WW ll, the torpedo hit the ship but the torpedo didn't explode. The ship was still attacked and hit by a torpedo.
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Oh yeah the "pantie bomber" I remember that guy :lol:
 
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Goshin said:
yeah, regardless of what I think of the man, this IS a time to hear from the President.
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No, it's not. Every time a few people (Americans) die because of an attack he'd be on almost everyday. Oh wait..
 
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head of joaquin said:
That's not how you make a fertilizer bomb.
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I know that, but I'm pretending I'm a Democrat in Congress who doesn't know the difference between an ammunition magazine and an ammunition clip.
 
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Arbo said:
Interesting report:

UM Coach: Bomb Sniffing Dogs Were at Start, Finish Lines for

Says authorities were there with bomb sniffing dogs, and announcing it was a drill. No doubt this will be made into CT fodder, but it's interesting for what it is.
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well if you announce it's a drill over and over and tell people not to worry.. and then something goes boom.. that's weird.
 
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Fenton said:
Photo's like that SHOULD be published. Iv'e seen photo's of 9/11, photos of what was left of the jumpers that made the decision to end their lives rather than burn to death, photos of the human remains that were strewn all over the World Trade Center Site before the towers collapsed.

It's the actual human toll and it shouldn't be hidden.
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She didn't say it shouldn't be published, she said you've should have putting a warning on it.

I agree they should be published and I'm the kind of person who looks at those photos and can handle them. Other people have a more difficult time with shots like that - hell, for some people, that could trigger an anxiety attack or PTSD related memories. Next time, I think you should post a warning for them.
 
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Obama stated all is in the investigation stage.....that we will find who was responsible and we will hold them accountable. Although Obama didn't say it was terrorism even tho CNN is saying that's what the police told them.
 
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Fenton said:
Photo's like that SHOULD be published. Iv'e seen photo's of 9/11, photos of what was left of the jumpers that made the decision to end their lives rather than burn to death, photos of the human remains that were strewn all over the World Trade Center Site before the towers collapsed.

It's the actual human toll and it shouldn't be hidden.
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Some people can't handle photos that graphic; this is why, whether it's TV or an Internet news outlet, there are generally warnings of graphic content.

And that's not just an image; that's a human being, a real person with loved ones who may also chance on this photograph. Nothing wrong with a little respect.
 
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head of joaquin said:
Given that it's April 15 and the attack was in Boston, I can't help but think that a domestic sovereign citizenlike person or group is involved-- but I'm also willing to bet that whatever initial thinking we have about this will probably prove to be totally wrong.
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But you still had to jump to conclusion and get your two cents in as well?
 
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APACHERAT said:
I know that, but I'm pretending I'm a Democrat in Congress who doesn't know the difference between an ammunition magazine and an ammunition clip.
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Think big point over little gotcha point. Just saying I think that us a better approach.
 
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MMC said:
Obama to give a speech in 30 mins or so to Address the Nation.
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he should wait until they have better information. right now the information is so fluid at the moment, it's accuracy could be in doubt.
 
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Boo Radley said:
Think big point over little gotcha point. Just saying I think that us a better approach.
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I hope what you're saying is that, just maybe, is a time for all of us to pull together as Americans and not politicize this, especially when so few facts have been established.
 
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nota bene said:
I hope what you're saying is that, just maybe, is a time for all of us to pull together as Americans and not politicize this, especially when so few facts have been established.
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That's certainly the big picture of what I'm saying. I truly like good sarcasm, but this doesn't seem the time to me.
 
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mtm1963 said:
he should wait until they have better information. right now the information is so fluid at the moment, it's accuracy could be in doubt.
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I don't see the President's job as being Reporter-in-Chief; I see him as Uniter-in-Chief.
 
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Jredbaron96 said:
God damn. Why runners? Why them?
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I wasn't. It was people watching the runners.
 
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mtm1963 said:
he should wait until they have better information. right now the information is so fluid at the moment, it's accuracy could be in doubt.
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He didn't say much. I doubt they know much.
 
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MadLib said:
That happened with Columbine, right? Fertilizer bombs that didn't go off or exploded at the wrong time?
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If memory serves me Harris and Klebold used propane cannisters rigged to blow, but didn't oxygenate it properly or something so they didn't get ignition, that's off memory though. OKC was a fertilizer/diesel bomb.
 
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nota bene said:
Some people can't handle photos that graphic; this is why, whether it's TV or an Internet news outlet, there are generally warnings of graphic content.

And that's not just an image; that's a human being, a real person with loved ones who may also chance on this photograph. Nothing wrong with a little respect.
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Some of us are adults and can handle the real world.
 
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Jerry said:
Oh yeah the "pantie bomber" I remember that guy :lol:
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Your not suppose to remember that guy. It happened on Obama's watch just like the terrorist attack at Fort Hood.

The Obama administration says because the kicker charge on the underwear bomb failed to set off the main charge, there was no terrorist attack.
 
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mtm1963 said:
he should wait until they have better information. right now the information is so fluid at the moment, it's accuracy could be in doubt.
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Obama has to use the situation to up-sell UHC before the blood dries.
 
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mtm1963 said:
he should wait until they have better information. right now the information is so fluid at the moment, it's accuracy could be in doubt.
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It wasn't long, less than 3 mins.....and he reiterated that all was in the Investigative Stage and that as they got Info they would give it to the press. Condolences and Grads to first responders.
 
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