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Fandyien posted:Someone linked this in the GBS thread, it's a few frames of the actual explosion going off. You can see a guy get hit with what looks like shrapnel. It's not actually gory but it's a little disturbing. Was just about to post this. It's a much better angle than the one on CNN. Oddly enough right as it got posted in the GBS thread it was mentioned on Fox about 10 seconds later.
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Adrastus posted:You guys are terrible goons. Do you seriously not know the story behind that catch phrase. Well, I was in first grade in 2001 so I wouldn't have been on, so no. Edit: Oh Christ, that video made it look like the explosion was right in the thick of the crowd. Sure doesn't look like a gas mane or something exploding either. The epicenter looks too high, though I'm hardly a specialist.
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Traveller posted:The fuck is this? Here's hoping we find who did this soon.
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CapnAndy posted:I'd guess 40/40/20 North Korea/Anti-tax lunatics/Other, but that's just me guessing. I'd say there's basically zero percent chance of this being an operation by North Korea. Not only is there no real reason to think that they've got the capacity to stage terrorist attacks in the United States, it'd make no strategic sense. It could be anti-government/white supremacist nuts, but they tend to target government agencies or minority communities. I'm guessing either violent loner or jihadist wanna-bes. Of course, it's also possible that investigations will turn up no strong suspects so we'll never know. The Insect Court fucked around with this message at Apr 15, 2013 around 11:50 |
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zoux posted:Don't we already have those though? Not at huge public events like this.
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 11:49 |
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From the Boston Globe Twitter. Police say are they still finding "secondary devices," pleading with crowd to go home. Well planned apparently.
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The explosion was right by a line of flags. Were there flags lining the whole route or just that section? If just that section, that could be symbolic...
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 11:50 |
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Now there's talk about ball bearings found at the scene.
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Spiritus Nox posted:Obama is a mediocre to terrible president, ergo we can automatically assume that this will lead to another Afghanistan/Iraq, I suppose. Nah they're just posting what was posted in the 9/11 thread as it happened. If it's a right wing domestic group or individual, watch how no one will call it terrorism, just like when that dude crashed a plane into an IRS office in Austin.
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So one report said there were Newtown families in the VIP section near the cooldown area. Can anyone else confirm?
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Mordiceius posted:So one report said there were Newtown families in the VIP section near the cooldown area. Can anyone else confirm? Can't confirm, but that is so fucked if it's true.
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Mordiceius posted:So one report said there were Newtown families in the VIP section near the cooldown area. Can anyone else confirm? I really hope that's just wild speculation. Jesus fucking christ, Alex Jones. ![]()
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 11:53 |
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I'm seeing unconfirmed reports of an unexploded device near the Mandarin? If that's true rather than miscommunication, that may be a forensics gold mine for investigators.
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Freep has already declared it to be Muslims or an Obama conspiracy so that seems about right.
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Accretionist posted:I'm seeing unconfirmed reports of an unexploded device near the Mandarin? If that's true rather than miscommunication, that may be a forensics gold mine for investigators. Police are still recovering "secondary devices" according to the Globe, so that may be true
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 11:55 |
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MSNBC says there's been another explosion, possibly controlled..
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 11:56 |
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Gatts posted:This sucks, poor people. Although what would tax day have to do with this? It could be domestic terrorism, something a la the guy flying a plane into an IRS building a few years ago, protesting "unfair taxes." It's too early to know for sure, but in my opinion, it's a solid guess.
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 11:56 |
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Jesus fucking christ, Alex Jones. ![]() This guy shouldn't surprise me anymore, but this one just blows me away. God damn, what a tone deaf asshole.
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Guardian Liveblogs of these things are usually good and quick: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/201...-explosion-live
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SirFozzie posted:Police are still recovering "secondary devices" according to the Globe, so that may be true
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 11:57 |
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Record breaking speed of bullshit for Alex Jones, very impressive.
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 11:58 |
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MSNBC just reported there was a fire at the JFK Library that started just after the explosions. This gets worse by the moment. Alex Jones needs to be strung up by his balls in his FEMA camp cell.
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Rent-A-Cop posted:After something like this pretty much everything even remotely suspicious is going to be treated like an unexploded bomb. Yeah. I'm seeing reports of police doing a controlled detonation of a third device
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Mirthless posted:Jesus fucking christ, Alex Jones. All terrorist attacks in history have been false flag operations. All of them. And Obama has been involved nine times out of ten.
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 11:58 |
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Boston police are currently doing controlled detonations of anything suspicious, so there will be at least one more explosion within the next few minutes as they deal with that.
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 11:59 |
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I shouldn't be shocked by Alex Jones making an outrageous statement, but still.
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 11:59 |
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The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe 6m Officials: There will be a controlled explosion opposite the library within one minute as part of bomb squad activities.
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Stereotype posted:Watch Obama start a fucking war. oh no ![]() (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 12:02 |
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quote:@c_heller: The 26th mile of today's Boston Marathon was dedicated to victims of the Newtown massacre. ESPN link Where was the explosion?
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fancyclown posted:ESPN link A Marathon is 26.22 miles long. It happened at the finish line. This is pretty awful, do we know if there are any dead?
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DiabloStarCraft posted:A Marathon 26.22 miles long. It happened at the finish line. The current confirmed numbers from the Boston PD is around 22 injured, 2 dead.
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DiabloStarCraft posted:A Marathon 26.22 miles long. It happened at the finish line. Three so far. There will probably be more as the reports firm up.
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WBZ was interviewing a nurse that said several people didn't make it.. WBZ just confirmed at least two dead and two dozen injured. Greg Hall, a sportswriter doing the marathon just tweeted this about 10 minutes ago: Greg Hall @greghall24 9m ANOTHER bomb just went off right by where I'm standing. People running, screaming, crying. INSANE! edit from another twitter account: confirmations rolling in that further explosions are -intentional- and being carried out by the bomb squad. keep this in mind while reading.
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 12:06 |
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Alex Jones is a fucking scumbag holy shit. We don't even know if it was a purposeful explosion or if like a hotdog stand propane tank exploded or something, and the bodies haven't even cooled. I mean, it probably IS some sort of attack but still, what a bastard.
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# ? Apr 15, 2013 12:07 |
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I just heard it on the news. Anyone know if its a terrorist attack?
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Highspeeddub posted:MSNBC just reported there was a fire at the JFK Library that started just after the explosions. This gets worse by the moment. It's ok, MSNBC reports that nobody was hurt in the library fire and it is already put out. Damages should be minimal. ![]()
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Fire posted:I just heard it on the news. We haven't even hit an hour past the blast yet, so I'm pretty sure we're mostly going to be hearing updated damage/casualty reports for a bit.
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Fire posted:Anyone know if its a terrorist attack?
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Fire posted:Anyone know if its a terrorist attack? We don't know yet if it was a bomb, gas line, or generator that might have been in place to power some of the equipment at the finish line.
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