Two explosions at Boston marathon finish line

[Denny]

not to put a spin on this thread, but if it's a "patriot" wont you be happy that obama has cleared the use of drones with helfire weapons or whatever, for use on american citizens? if this is another teddy kazcynski or someone then they will be dealt with accordingly, if its kim jung ule getting this close to home, then we need to start with our coast guard.

No, to answer your question.

[Mike]

I'm sure this person will get some unwanted attention soon:


K-Mart@FiallosKenny

These terrorists are so dumb , there was a Boston Red sox game today so why didnt they just put the bomb there? Waste of a bomb .

[Juiced4v]

F-n sad for sure!

[sc281]

Yeesh, somehow I have been naive enough to think that terrorist attacks would stop in this country.

It can happen to anyone, anywhere...

My money is on a American citizen turned Islamic Extremist...

Aaaaaaaaannnnnnddd Wolf Blitzer's wrong.... again...... and a douchebag.

Saudi national

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/two_explosions_at_boston_marathon_iMR0LCkcwASg0RQfVsH1yI

Authorities have a identified a suspect, a Saudi national, who is currently being guarded in a Boston hospital with shrapnel wounds.

[naynay]

The Boston Globe@BostonGlobe

MARATHON EXPLOSION: Toll rises to 2 dead, 64 wounded in Boston Marathon explosions.

STFU, there are 12 dead you dick head, CNN, the rightwing cunts said so!

[Mike]

STFU, there are 12 dead you dick head, CNN, the rightwing cunts said so!

Confirmed vs unconfirmed

[Denny]

Rodney, the first page, you were talking about making respectful posts in this thread. Now you're showing your ass.

[pHILSANITY07]

I'm sure this person will get some unwanted attention soon:


K-Mart@FiallosKenny

These terrorists are so dumb , there was a Boston Red sox game today so why didnt they just put the bomb there? Waste of a bomb .

Throw him in jail

Quick question, idk if this has been asked. Did a library also have a exploration or a fire? JFK I think?

[Snatch Napkin]

Boston police commissioner just spoke on ABC.
2:50pm had two explosions 50-100 yards apart. Each scene resulted in multiple casualties.
A third explosion happened at the JFK library at about 3:25pm.

[bcoop]

STFU, there are 12 dead you dick head, CNN, the rightwing cunts said so!

Chicken Noodle Network is FAR from right wing.

[talisman]

Rodney, shut the fuck up for Christs sake. Jesus.


Didn't we just make it easier for Saudis to get in the country?

[The King]

Authorities have a identified a suspect, a Saudi national, who is currently being guarded in a Boston hospital with shrapnel wounds.

Wonder if he is charged, will it take as long to bring him to trial as it has to bring Major Nidal Malik Hasan to trial?

[Mike]

Throw him in jail

Quick question, idk if this has been asked. Did a library also have a exploration or a fire? JFK I think?

There should be an exploration everytime someone walks in the library.

If you meant explosion, then yes, I've seen it mentioned a few times now.

[sc281]

What a douchebag

Video: CNN’s Blitzer indulges in the irresistible urge to speculate

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/04/15/video-cnns-blitzer-indulges-in-the-irresistible-urge-to-speculate/

Plenty of outrage coming from Twitter about this and other instances of media speculation in the wake of the multiple explosions in Boston today, and it’s worth discussing separately from Allahpundit’s excellent tracking post on the main story. Wolf Blitzer is covering the story for CNN at its headquarters, and he filled the time by speculating that today’s Patriot Day holiday in Massachusetts might have something to do with the apparent bombing of the Boston Marathon:

“One intriguing notion, one intriguing thought here, and I’m curious, Mike, and I’ll ask Matt to weigh in as well,” Blitzer said. “It is a state holiday, in addition to the Boston Marathon. It is a state holiday in Massachusetts today called Patriots Day, and who knows if that has anything at all to deal — to do with these, these twin explosions.”

Patriots Day is a holiday meant to commemorate the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the Revolutionary War. Blitzer continued to inquire to about that possibility, asking if there might have been an event to mark the anniversary.

“As part of Boston’s — Massachusetts, I should say — Patriots Day, did you notice earlier in the day, Matt, any special Patriots Day events going on, anything pointing to a special day in Massachusetts?”
This is the problem with sitting in a studio with no information and three hours to fill. It’s the reason that I canceled my show today after the reports from Boston began to flood the zone, much of them unsubstantiated, contradictory, and impossible to verify quickly. Even in the five minutes in which I spoke, I felt the urge to offer all sorts of “analysis” based on no solid and substantiated evidence at all. It’s a human impulse to fill the unknown with spot analysis that attempts to make sense of the incomprehensible. Unfortunately, just as with the Tucson and Aurora shootings, that speculation by mainstream-media figures seems to fall very quickly into political paradigms and biases.

And perhaps Blitzer may be correct. Who knows? Of course he wasn't... the no talent assclown Well, Blitzer cannot know either, so any connection to his patter and reality would only be strictly coincidental. That’s why it’s better to refrain from speculating while an event unfolds. As the saying goes, it’s better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Having done radio and television, I understand the urge that Blitzer didn’t resist. That doesn’t translate to Twitter and Nicholas Krystof’s inane politicking within minutes of the blast, though:

https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/323891060927512576

After getting reamed about it, Krystof admitted it was a “low blow”:

People jumping on me for criticizing Sen Repubs for blocking ATF appointments. ok, that was low blow. i take it back

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) April 15, 2013

Leave aside the fact that there may be good reasons for opposition to ATF nominations; how does Krystof think a confirmation hearing would have stopped the bombing from happening? I’d like to see the diagram for that process.

Erik Wemple wrote a few minutes ago that Twitter acts as a red light on bad reporting:

As if the media needed any reminder not to jump to conclusions about what was happening on the ground in Boston, Twitter came to the rescue, with numerous folks pleading for caution. …

There’s a lot more of this stuff out there, setting up an interesting social-media juxtaposition: The platform that’s most effective at churning out breaking news has become a place that preaches caution in breaking-news scenarios. Just in case editors and reporters need any reminders.

Well, apparently they do.

[Denny]

Rodney, shut the fuck up for Christs sake. Jesus.


Didn't we just make it easier for Saudis to get in the country?

Yes the DHS did.