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

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Fisher said:
CNN is reporting that sources tell them that one of the bombs was hidden inside of a metal pressure cooker concealed in a backpack.
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Makes sense on why the dogs may have missed the scent.
 
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shrubnose said:
How are you going to stop one man from crossing the U.S. border, when and where he wants to?

Fill us in.

Not trying to be a jerk here, but I don't believe that it can be done.




"All of the problems that we face in the USA today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian." ~ Pat Paulsen
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It's difficult and you may or may not catch ONE determined individual crossing. Then again, it's like the lottery in that you absolutely cannot win if you don't play.
 
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EnigmaO01 said:
There's nothing that can mask an odor for dogs?
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Yes, by using a much stronger scent common in the local environment. Coffee is good or if you're near a food establishment the choices are broad. Bacon grease is another good one if you're in a breakfast place.
 
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clownboy said:
Yes, by using a much stronger scent common in the local environment. Coffee is good or if you're near a food establishment the choices are broad. Bacon grease is another good one if you're in a breakfast place.
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And you know this because...?
 
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Yes. Vandalism, the most pointless crime, is wide spread. I guess the "reward" is knowing you've caused misery. I'll stick out my neck here and say that this bombing was for the "fun" of it and has no actual purpose other than causing grief.

I'll be amazed if they ever catch these people unless they decide to put it on Facebook.

Humans. Monkeys using forks.




ARealConservative said:
teen vandalism rarely has a person claiming credit.

I have not seen anybody suggest it, but kids do play with bomb making devices from time to time.

so many possibilities exist, seems pointless to speculate.
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I just finished reading (slogging) my way through Suspect by Robert Crais. Worst book ever from a great author BUT carefully researched to use the POV of a bomb sniffing dog suffering from PTSD and being retrained as a police dog. Worth reading the first part to learn about how these dogs are trained and how they view it.







EnigmaO01 said:
And you know this because...?
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EnigmaO01 said:
And you know this because...?
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I recall something like this from Beverly Hills Cop (2?) with Eddie Murphy. I remember a scene where he finds something (drugs?) in a crate that had coffee in it. He explains it to the local police dude. Coffee throws off the dogs. Or something like that.
 
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EnigmaO01 said:
And you know this because...?
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All "innocent" reasons I assure you. :mrgreen:

My brother trained scent dogs for his local sheriff's department and I used to try to fool them as part of the training. Fun and creative use of the weekend. Plus we used to experiment with scents that would attract/repel bears (who have sniffers superior to dogs).
 
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rocket88 said:
I don't know, wouldn't just teach other groups that if they bomb something or fly a plane into a building that they'll get what they want?
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No, if they are upset about being oppressed, lessening the oppression would prevent them ever wanting to.
 
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Who thinks this is a terrorist attack or domestic I think domestic but then again I could be wrong
 
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shrubnose said:
How are you going to stop one man from crossing the U.S. border, when and where he wants to?

Fill us in.

Not trying to be a jerk here, but I don't believe that it can be done.




"All of the problems that we face in the USA today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian." ~ Pat Paulsen
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The same way Israel does. You put a National Guard station every mile on the border, and the technology to make it very difficult to sneak by. And you punish Mexico for enabling their citizens to violate our sovereignty. And if that doesnt work, then you try something else. Anything is better than the current system.
 
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Completely a toss up.
Un biased said:
Who thinks this is a terrorist attack or domestic I think domestic but then again I could be wrong
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Un biased said:
Who thinks this is a terrorist attack or domestic I think domestic but then again I could be wrong
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The lack of claiming credit makes me think its domestic.
 
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rocket88 said:
IF you knew ahead of time WHICH person you wanted to keep out, you could.
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That's a mighty big IF.

How do you acquire that knowledge when you have zero clues?
 
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EnigmaO01 said:
Very simple. It's probably not related but they are not ruling anything out this early in the investigation. It's also likely the media is not accurate and is jumping to conclusions.
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Good God! The media has been just awful, changing their story every few hours, all kinds of speculations going on. I agree with you, though, it probably is too early to rule anything out. It's weird though that the fire occurred at around the same time as the bombings. That's quite a coincidence.
 
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EnigmaO01 said:
And you know this because...?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detection_dog
One notable quality of detection dogs is that they are able to discern individual scents even when the scents are combined or masked by other odors. In one case at an Australian prison, a detection dog foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs that had been hidden in a woman's bra and smeared with coffee, pepper and Vicks Vapo-rub.[3] A sniffer dog can detect blood even if it has been scrubbed off surfaces. In one case, a sniffer dog sniffed a drop of blood on a wall although an attempt had been made to scrub it off. It was so small that it couldn't be seen without a microscope.
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A pressure cooker great Now if a buy one at a culinary establishment The people will look at me like a murderer . Its funny how easily you can find info on how to build a bomb online .
 
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jonny5 said:
No, if they are upset about being oppressed, lessening the oppression would prevent them ever wanting to.
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And the next time somebody "feels oppressed" about something, they bomb something else. Because we do that.
 
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sangha said:
And if pigs had wings, they could fly
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IF your aunt was a man s/he would be your auncle.
 
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PerfectStorm said:
There has been discussions in this thread regarding playing politics with this tragedy, well Steny Hoyer just said that the sequester is impeding the authorities in their efforts to handle this situation.
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How is this post NOT playing politics with this tragedy?
 
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