Althouse: 2 explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line: "I saw people’s legs blown off. Horrific.... Runners were coming in and saw unspeakable horror."

April 15, 2013

2 explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line: "I saw people’s legs blown off. Horrific.... Runners were coming in and saw unspeakable horror."

"Eyewitnesses at the scene said there were two loud explosions about five seconds apart, and emergency vehicles crowded the scene. Up to 60 people have been reported injured, dozens of them seriously."

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James said...: People are tying themselves in knots to avoid the obvious... it was terrorism.; 4/15/13, 4:24 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Sitting here in my office in the Prudential Center (just about ground zero).

2-3 blocks. My god, how have you survived? Should we arrange for an air drop of bottled water and wonder bread for you?; 4/15/13, 4:24 PM
Shanna said...: The reason it happened on 9/11/01 was because of call volume, not because the system was "shut down".

In DC? It didn't seem that way to me (no one I knew was able to use a cell for hours) but who knows.; 4/15/13, 4:24 PM
garage mahal said...: Garage: No fear on the flying front. There is zero chance of that working again. You will be safe

I meant the security lines. Both Milwaukee and Las Vegas already suck.; 4/15/13, 4:24 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: A few minutes ago they claimed Logan was shut down, now they say all flights in and out are moving fine.; 4/15/13, 4:25 PM
rcocean said...: Maybe the bomber was inspired by Redford's "The Company You Keep" after all is political violence really wrong?; 4/15/13, 4:25 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Have a safe trip garage.; 4/15/13, 4:25 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Milwaukee to Vegas?

I'm sorry, garage.; 4/15/13, 4:25 PM
Shanna said...: I was in DC on 9/11, not NYC.

I'm not making any predictions on this marathon explosion until we get a little further out. I just hope there isn't any further loss of life.; 4/15/13, 4:26 PM
Clyde said...: AJ Lynch said...
...My point is WTF are they doing in DC ? Because they are sure not doing their jobs...

Golf and graft, my friend. Golf and graft.; 4/15/13, 4:26 PM
AllenS said...: Have a safe trip, garage. Sorry that you'll probably get back home a lot poorer.; 4/15/13, 4:28 PM
edutcher said...: Regarding cellphones, some official in the BPD has seen to many reruns of the third Die Hard movie.

Alex said...

It was only a matter of time before Al Queda decided to start planting bombs.

He thinks he's being funny, but AQ has been talking about a comeback. This sort of thing is just their style.

We had them discredited and scattered. Then we elected a drone for POTUS.; 4/15/13, 4:29 PM
Revenant said...: You can't prevent attacks like this. It isn't the fault of the people in Washington that they happened.

It is, however, the fault of the people in Washington that they take our money and curtail our rights under the pretense of preventing things like this.; 4/15/13, 4:29 PM
Anonymous said...: Gawd CEO, what an obnoxious jerk you are.; 4/15/13, 4:29 PM
garage mahal said...: Last time coming back from Vegas a family of like 12 Indians [all in traditional garb] were in front of me waiting to get through to the screening area, and I was thinking this is going to take FOREVER. Nope, they let them all through and pulled ME aside for a pat down. The pasty white redneck from Wisconsin.; 4/15/13, 4:29 PM
Baron Zemo said...: Dude did they have tomahawks and feather headresses and all that cool stuff?; 4/15/13, 4:30 PM
dreams said...: "But government officials and journalists who are invested in fairy-tale narratives often use the need for reasonable law-enforcement secrecy to stanch the normal flow of information or try to manage it in the service of the narrative — see, e.g., Fort Hood. It is important to press the pertinent officials to give us the facts straight and let us figure out what to make of them."

Andrew C. McCarthy

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/345650/boston-marathon-explosion-two-things-bear-mind-andrew-c-mccarthy; 4/15/13, 4:30 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: The pasty white redneck from Wisconsin.

Spray tan and turban baby. Front of the line.; 4/15/13, 4:31 PM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: All of this is horrible. The Newtown shootings were horrible.

I just have the feeling that we would all be better off if the media would just STFU and not make hysterical statements. All it does is encourage the sick and twisted minds out there to do more violence so they can be on the media 24/7. It is a sick cycle. Of course, expecting the media to operate in an ethical and prudent manner is just wishful thinking. The circus is just beginning.; 4/15/13, 4:31 PM
Nomennovum said...: The nurse is up to her tired old bag of tricks again.; 4/15/13, 4:31 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: This is probably very inappropriate to say but... Inga and children please leave the room.

It a good think the Red Sox played their game at 11:00 am this morning... by the time the bombs went off the game had been over for a awhile.

Somebody upstairs is looking after me ;); 4/15/13, 4:31 PM
Baron Zemo said...: Of course I think it is a given that anybody who is wearing a Green Bay Packers sweatsuit on a plane should get a cavity search.; 4/15/13, 4:32 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: "Inga said...

Gawd CEO, what an obnoxious jerk you are."

Thanks, your opinion is very important.; 4/15/13, 4:32 PM
garage mahal said...: Dude did they have tomahawks and feather headresses and all that cool stuff?

Haha. Not those Indians. You could tell they were from the mother country though. Just layers and layers of traditional clothing. Thought for sure they would make them take it all off, but they didn't.; 4/15/13, 4:32 PM
Anonymous said...: I'm here for ya CEO, anytime.; 4/15/13, 4:33 PM
Baron Zemo said...: Oh dot heads not casino Indians.

Hey maybe that was Titus's in-laws on their way to their gay marriage.; 4/15/13, 4:33 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: Rev- not saying the govt could prevent this. I am saying why do we still have uncontrolled borders and people who overstay visas?; 4/15/13, 4:34 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: New England Cable News is reporting (again) that the JFK library fire is unrelated.; 4/15/13, 4:34 PM
Nomennovum said...: Typical of the news media fucking it up. -- Baron Zemo

The media serve an important function in situations like these.

They show us how really stupid they all are. When the pressure is off, however, they are able to hide their stupidity better.; 4/15/13, 4:34 PM
Widmerpool said...: There is no way they are shutting down the T. Just closing a few of the Green line stops in the vicinity of these incidents.; 4/15/13, 4:35 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: "Inga said...

I'm here for ya CEO, anytime."

I could use a back rub later.; 4/15/13, 4:35 PM
Michael said...: Garage: I fly enough to qualify for PreCheck which means I go through a shorter line/procedure. But in any event I have come to enjoy the spectacle of grown men and women in uniform frisking children and old ladies. I think about what their lives must be like doing the unnecessary and unproductive day after day. It cheers me up, frankly.; 4/15/13, 4:35 PM
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/15/13, 4:35 PM
Anonymous said...: New England Cable News is reporting (again) that the JFK library fire is unrelated.

4/15/13, 4:34 PM

MSNBC reported that five minutes ago.

4/15/13, 4:35 PM; 4/15/13, 4:36 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Widmerpool said...

There is no way they are shutting down the T. Just closing a few of the Green line stops in the vicinity of these incidents.

Channel 5 is reporting they're checking everyone's ID heading into the station--they havent' shut it down but it's slowing stuff way down.; 4/15/13, 4:36 PM
Brian Brown said...: I give it about another hour before some dimwitted lefty blames this on the sequester...; 4/15/13, 4:37 PM
Æthelflæd said...: Good one, Chip S.; 4/15/13, 4:37 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Ings, I didn't say they had just that moment reported it.

I know you're trying to play a gotcha game...but c'mon babe....; 4/15/13, 4:38 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Boston Mayor Menino, back on live, any minute.; 4/15/13, 4:38 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: What was that old joke about the New Jersey Lottery? They supposedly had a scratch-off ticket game in which if the dot on your lottery ticket matched the dot on your forehead, you won a gast station!; 4/15/13, 4:38 PM
Widmerpool said...: Menino? Christ.; 4/15/13, 4:41 PM
Known Unknown said...: I done responding to either one of you two fools.

No you're not. You never are. You relish responding to 'fools.'; 4/15/13, 4:42 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Widmerpool said...

Menino? Christ.

LOL. They're doing a weekend at bernie's deal with mumbles!; 4/15/13, 4:43 PM
Widmerpool said...: I advise all of you who can to please tune in to hear our mayor, and ponder how someone of such low intelligence and general inarticulateness can lead a major city for so long.; 4/15/13, 4:43 PM
chickelit said...: Anybody know who won the race? One guy next to the explosion flinched but didn't look or stop running.; 4/15/13, 4:43 PM
Brian Brown said...: Well, looks like the moral authority of the Newton, CT family just crashed and burned.

The next group of victims is up...; 4/15/13, 4:44 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: C'mon mumbles, hurry up! I gotta bring in the horses but I don't wanna miss mumbles giving us his (sure to be brilliant!) take.; 4/15/13, 4:45 PM
Tim said...: Lem said...

"Boston Mayor Menino, back on live, any minute.

4/15/13, 4:38 PM

Thanks for the warning.; 4/15/13, 4:45 PM
AllenS said...: I'm not a lawyer, so who does one injured sue?; 4/15/13, 4:46 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Barry, rushing to the mike around 6:10. Mumbles at around 6. Barry wouldn't step on Mumbles, would he?; 4/15/13, 4:47 PM
Basta! said...: They shut down Logan Airport temporarily in order to reconfigure runways for arrivals/departures, in order to maintain a no-fly zone over the Copley Square area. Once they achieved that, they reopened.

But it looks like a lot of ramps on major roads going anywhere near the scene have been closed, and I heard Tobin bridge also. It's going to be beyond a bitch for people in town to get home.

There's lots of people walking around outside my window, and no sirens can be heard. You wouldn't know (as I didn't) that anything's happened.; 4/15/13, 4:47 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Anybody know who won the race?

Oh Shit...

Elisabeth Warren is going to be all over this... sucking up all the coverage.

Hillary is toast.; 4/15/13, 4:47 PM
Anonymous said...: Geez. Walking distance from where I once lived in Kenmore Square.

I just talked to an old friend who does IT for the Boston Fire Dept. He has some access to call traffic, but doesn't know anything more than he does from watching the news.

Horrible.; 4/15/13, 4:48 PM
Brian Brown said...: Barry to speak at 6:10 EST

Michelle O will have a grief lobster for dinner...; 4/15/13, 4:48 PM
Icepick said...: How could the Mayor be any more useless than the Police Commissioner? He was barely done talking before his own underlings were trying to correct his "news" conference inaccuracies.; 4/15/13, 4:48 PM
Tim said...: Widmerpool said...

"I advise all of you who can to please tune in to hear our mayor, and ponder how someone of such low intelligence and general inarticulateness can lead a major city for so long."

What's more shocking is a major city can remain one for as long with such lousy voters.

Liberals look at who they vote for, see no immediate damage of note, and think to themselves, "it's all good."

Inertia explains most of it, of course.

But no one measures lost opportunities, so no one knows how much lost could have been gained.; 4/15/13, 4:48 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Live pictures show people strolling about--texting and talking on cell phones.

AP. Gotta love the lies.; 4/15/13, 4:48 PM
Darrell said...: I'm not a lawyer, so who does one injured sue?

The one with the fattest wallet in most cases. With governments, this is tricky.; 4/15/13, 4:49 PM
Tim said...: Jay said...

"Barry to speak at 6:10 EST"

Thanks for the warning.; 4/15/13, 4:50 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Icepick said...

How could the Mayor be any more useless than the Police Commissioner? He was barely done talking before his own underlings were trying to correct his "news" conference inaccuracies.

Sounds like you've never heard Mumbles speak.; 4/15/13, 4:50 PM
Colonel Angus said...: Nope, they let them all through and pulled ME aside for a pat down. The pasty white redneck from Wisconsin.

Maybe because Indians aren't traditional terrorists and Janet Napolitano said white rednecks like you are the real security threats.; 4/15/13, 4:51 PM
Cedarford said...: Palladian said...
Evil fucked up people will never be eliminated.

But we'll make sure we totally enslave ourselves trying!

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We used to be pretty good at killing evil fucked up people. Now we have transitioned from blasting and burning whole cities of an evil fucked up enemy to rubble and scorched people paste and bits to "endless due process".

Where taxpayers spend decades and millions in lawyer costs to "bring the evil fucked up person to justice" - while other branches of government go after toenail clippers as a collective menace.

The Left, and to an unfortunate extent professional lawyers like Giuliani and Obama have indulged in "Lawfare" - and tried to make enemy actions viewed only as civilian crimes and dealing with the enemy threat a lawyer-led enterprise.

Meanwhile, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is too busy helping with the latest revolt of enemy jihadis at GITMO to comment..; 4/15/13, 4:51 PM
James said...: Does Deval Patrick parlay this bombing into a presidential candidacy?; 4/15/13, 4:52 PM
Icepick said...: Sounds like you've never heard Mumbles speak.

No, thank God. I just keep thinking there has to be a floor for incompetence, a level beyond which it is impossible to go, like absolute zero for temperature. But maybe that floor is for competence, maybe incompetence is the heat and can go up and up and up....

That just made this whole thing even more depressing.; 4/15/13, 4:52 PM
chickelit said...: Elisabeth Warren is going to be all over this... sucking up all the coverage.

No, Sec. Kerry will upstage her.; 4/15/13, 4:52 PM
Brian Brown said...: garage mahal said...

Last time coming back from Vegas a family of like 12 Indians [all in traditional garb] were in front of me waiting to get through to the screening area, and I was thinking this is going to take FOREVER. Nope, they let them all through and pulled ME aside for a pat down. The pasty white redneck from Wisconsin.

And yet, without irony, you're here day after day, talking up unions.

Safe travels.; 4/15/13, 4:52 PM
rhhardin said...: It sounds like workplace violence to me.; 4/15/13, 4:54 PM
Brian Brown said...: Shep Smith is so awful I just had to turn on CBS news...; 4/15/13, 4:55 PM
Icepick said...: No, Sec. Kerry will upstage her.

h\He's too busy trying to give away missile defense in an effort to get the NORKs to stop pointing their missiles at us. Tomorrow he'll be too busy denouncing war atrocities by American troops. I don't think he'll get involved in this one even if the Saudi King himself is the guy under guard in Boston. It doesn't fit his agenda.; 4/15/13, 4:55 PM
rhhardin said...: The media of course have a partnership with the Islamists.

The Islamists supply material, the media run with it.

10,000 Americans died today, in a normal day. But the best eyeball attracting story runs, even if it helps the Islamists, and encourages more, which the media hope for.; 4/15/13, 4:56 PM
Anonymous said...: Probably the axis of evil..Mormons, Catholics, Baptists.; 4/15/13, 4:56 PM
Darrell said...: It sounds like workplace violence to me.

Second-hand PTSD, like Maj. Nidal Hasan.; 4/15/13, 4:57 PM
Calypso Facto said...: Good luck with the utterly useless but now amped up TSA, garage.

Channel 5 is reporting they're checking everyone's ID heading into the station

Racists!; 4/15/13, 4:57 PM
edutcher said...: Palladian said...

Federal intelligence agents have told CBS News that there was no indication that any sort of attack was planned for Boston.

There's our great Federal government, protecting us as usual!

Where's our little buddy, shilol, telling us how Dubya, Darth, Rummy, and Condi were caught with their pants down on 9/11 after all that warning?; 4/15/13, 4:57 PM
Basta! said...: I just noticed everyone in the crowds, barring some cops and runner, was white.

How very odd.; 4/15/13, 4:58 PM
B said...: I've been in a consult in a closed area in Kenmore Square. First time I got a chance to look outside and everything seems as normal as can be. Granted its across the Charles but I'm wondering what city the media is reporting on at this point. Then again, I can't see the T station from here.; 4/15/13, 4:58 PM
Brian Brown said...: My Goodness is this Boston Police Commissioner a bozo.; 4/15/13, 4:58 PM
Calypso Facto said...: Elisabeth Warren is going to be all over this... sucking up all the coverage.

No, Sec. Kerry will upstage her.

Will he get a hat?; 4/15/13, 4:59 PM
Basta! said...: "Channel 5 is reporting they're checking everyone's ID heading into the station"

Shit, I'd be in trouble. I normally don't carry any ID. I wonder --- would they arrest me? Or just not let me on the subway?; 4/15/13, 4:59 PM
CWJ said...: MSM is thrilled.

Sorry, we WERE going to start covering Gosnell, really we were, but Boston!; 4/15/13, 5:00 PM
Calypso Facto said...: I just noticed everyone in the crowds, barring some cops and runner, was white.

How very odd.

Cedric the Entertainer could tell you why.; 4/15/13, 5:02 PM
Cedarford said...: Jay said...
Well, looks like the moral authority of the Newton, CT family just crashed and burned.

The next group of victims is up...

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Well, its not like the Victim Families of 9/11 have gone away...or the Hero Cops and Firefighters who have suffered Keeping Us All Perfectly Safe from ourselves and the evil guns not in the hands of government employees.

The Victim Families of Newtown were on hand to bestow onto the runners and spectators the special aura of being close to Those of Victimhood....Not knowing that the event would become even more special because they were there for the creation of the Victim Families of the Boston Marathon and their own special celebrity and absolute moral authority!

Soon those special Victims will meet Obama as well, and bask in the attention of the Healer in Chief. He will help give them therapeutic Klozure and listen to the urgent demand for new laws banning backpacks and lunchbags in cities when public events happen.

"If it saves just one runner, just one child....any law demanded by a Victim Family member or a Survivor of the Tragedy...should be passed!!"; 4/15/13, 5:03 PM
Brian Brown said...: The Boston Police Commissioner just unequivocally said there is no suspect in custody, and the FBI said the same thing.; 4/15/13, 5:04 PM
Anonymous said...: Yeah, those damn terrorists did it to upstage Gosnell.; 4/15/13, 5:05 PM
Darrell said...: The suspect is in the hospital, so you can parse that statement. And remember the State Police head saying that the Bushmaster was in the trunk at Newtown, hours later.

The NY Post will either be right or be wrong. Officials are never any better.; 4/15/13, 5:07 PM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: Jay said...
The Boston Police Commissioner just unequivocally said there is no suspect in custody, and the FBI said the same thing.

So the credibility of Drudge and the Post is what exactly?; 4/15/13, 5:08 PM
Brian Brown said...: creation of the Victim Families of the Boston Marathon and their own special celebrity and absolute moral authority!

Heh.

Sadly, that is not far from the truth.; 4/15/13, 5:08 PM
Darrell said...: You could go the way of some of the coverage I have seen--that bombs caused the explosion. That's the safe play.; 4/15/13, 5:09 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Inga said...

Yeah, those damn terrorists did it to upstage Gosnell."

No, Ings, planned parenthood did it to upstage Gosnell.; 4/15/13, 5:09 PM
Icepick said...: The Boston Police Commissioner just unequivocally said there is no suspect in custody, and the FBI said the same thing.

Okay, maybe the FBI can be trusted to get something right, but the Boston Police Commissioner? Everything he says needs to be taken with a grain of salt.; 4/15/13, 5:10 PM
Brian Brown said...: I look forward to the lefty criticism of Obama pointing out that Obama's Middle East policies, Ilegal War for Oil in Afghanistan, and profligate use of flying drones to kill thousands of brown people have brought this on us...; 4/15/13, 5:10 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: The cell phone shutdown story was false.

Nice going MSNBC and viewer Inga.

Spreading wild rumors.; 4/15/13, 5:10 PM
AllenS said...: If there's a suspect, he's probably half way to Gitmo right now.; 4/15/13, 5:11 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Barry! Barry! Barry!

"we don't uhhh...yet...ummm...have all the uhhhh...answers..."

He's updated leaders of congress, and there are no longer republicans.

What a stroke of work!; 4/15/13, 5:11 PM
Anonymous said...: Lemmer, that didn't come from MSNBC or from me, it came from YOU and Faux news.; 4/15/13, 5:12 PM
Darrell said...: The reason that the Press used to report from inside sources is that it takes forever for "authorities" to update their totals. What's the rush? I'll let the coroner update you after the autopsies.; 4/15/13, 5:12 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: "Make no mistake, we will uhhh...get to the bottom of...something...uhhh...this...uhh..."; 4/15/13, 5:13 PM
Unknown said...: Obama sounds abrupt and perfunctory.; 4/15/13, 5:13 PM
Icepick said...: As for veracity of various news organizations: What difference does that make when the Police Commissioner doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about in his official press conference?; 4/15/13, 5:15 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Obama sounds abrupt and perfunctory.

Did not sound calm to me.; 4/15/13, 5:16 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: wyo sis said...

Obama sounds abrupt and perfunctory."

Apparently Reggie is in town. He's probably in a hurry to get back to ...basketball. Or...something.; 4/15/13, 5:16 PM
dreams said...: ESPN has interrupted regularly scheduled programming to show news of the bombing as if there is no where else people could go to get their up to date bombing news.; 4/15/13, 5:16 PM
dc said...: If Mayor Bloomy had to bet a quarter he'd guess the perp was an opponent of Obamacare or a Tea Party type.
If he had to bet every last dime,he'd probably select a different group.; 4/15/13, 5:16 PM
Brian Brown said...: Wow was Barry relying on the notes.

He's a horrible speaker.; 4/15/13, 5:17 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: ...that didn't come from MSNBC or from me.

There is no use in denying it Inga.; 4/15/13, 5:17 PM
Brian Brown said...: dreams,

ESPN is owned by ABC. I'm not surprised.; 4/15/13, 5:19 PM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: Drudge, Post and Fox really disgraced themselves, again. Probably the main reason Obama had to give press conference, to tamp down unfounded rumors.; 4/15/13, 5:19 PM
edutcher said...: AnUnreasonableTroll said...

The Boston Police Commissioner just unequivocally said there is no suspect in custody, and the FBI said the same thing.

So the credibility of Drudge and the Post is what exactly?

Lightyears ahead of the Lefty media?; 4/15/13, 5:20 PM
Anonymous said...: Lemmer, it came from AP, not from me, not from MSNBC. I didn't comment on it at all. You're really not funny, or you're drunk.; 4/15/13, 5:21 PM
Icepick said...: If Mayor Bloomy had to bet a quarter he'd guess the perp was an opponent of Obamacare or a Tea Party type.

It was table salt lobbyists drinking baby formula out of Big Gulp cups, working for the NRA.

But this story tells us something important: Guns don't kill people; shotgun shells wrapped around bombs stuffed in backpacks and left in trash cans kill people - at marathons, in Boston, near the finish line, some time after the winners have already left the area.; 4/15/13, 5:21 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Adicklessman sez:

"blah blah blah"

How do you figure? LOL. Are you sure they're the only ones?

It's sad...you make Ings look like a damn genius.; 4/15/13, 5:21 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Inga said...

Lemmer, it came from AP, not from me, not from MSNBC. I didn't comment on it at all. You're really not funny, or you're drunk."

LMAO @ Ings accusing someone else of drunk posting.

Sweetheart, share the wine!; 4/15/13, 5:22 PM
Bill, Republic of Texas said...: edutcher said...
AnUnreasonableTroll said...

The Boston Police Commissioner just unequivocally said there is no suspect in custody, and the FBI said the same thing.

So the credibility of Drudge and the Post is what exactly?

Lightyears ahead of the Lefty media?

4/15/13, 5:20 PM

Now NBC News is reporting the police are "guarding" a possible suspect. So yeah pretty good credibility.; 4/15/13, 5:23 PM
Anonymous said...: "ABC is reporting that the BPD is advising people on scene not to use their cell phones.

Yeah...if cell phone use was going to trigger another blast, it would've happened way before now.

Morons. "

4/15/13, 3:44 PM

Ha, it came from CEO-MMP.; 4/15/13, 5:23 PM
Icepick said...: Now NBC News is reporting that Boston police are guarding a wounded man in a hospital, as a possible suspect.

So let's see, that's the horrible rightie media sources of Drudge, the NY Post, Fox News and NBC. Do these righties have no shame?; 4/15/13, 5:25 PM
Deb said...: Garage, you should have witnessed the third degree I got going from Zurich to Tel Aviv - a 60 something, pudgy, grey-haired, bookish old lady.; 4/15/13, 5:25 PM
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/15/13, 5:25 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: You're really not funny, or you're drunk.

I don't think that's very funny, making light of my decease to the millions of Althousians that don't know me yet.

You are a vindictive mean woman.; 4/15/13, 5:26 PM
Michael K said...: Another example of senseless workplace violence. I'm sure "Big Sis" is on the case. General Casey is probably working on "diversity" as we speak.; 4/15/13, 5:27 PM
Mark said...: Saying you don't have a suspect in custody isn't the same as saying you don't have a suspect under surveillance.; 4/15/13, 5:27 PM
Anonymous said...: Lemmer,
You're deceased? Oh my God!; 4/15/13, 5:28 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: making light of my decease

she wasn't making light of your death, she was making fun of you for posting drunk!; 4/15/13, 5:28 PM
Darrell said...: The Post is sticking to its deatch count--12. They say the police now say the Kennedy Library fire was from a mechanical malfunction and was not related.; 4/15/13, 5:29 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Why did Ings delete her post that she didn't like wine and didn't drink it?; 4/15/13, 5:29 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: You're deceased? Oh my God!

I had some chocolate bars... that's it.; 4/15/13, 5:30 PM
garage mahal said...: Garage, you should have witnessed the third degree I got going from Zurich to Tel Aviv - a 60 something, pudgy, grey-haired, bookish old lady.

I just couldn't pat a 60 yr old lady down. Couldn't do it.; 4/15/13, 5:30 PM
Anonymous said...: Because, I don't want to ruin my reputation as a lush, CEO; 4/15/13, 5:31 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I don't have alcohol in the house... my sister doesn't drink... bla bla bla.

Nice evil twist Inga... putting me on the defensive like that.; 4/15/13, 5:32 PM
Anonymous said...: Lemmer are you sure you didn't catch a "decease" from some hooker?; 4/15/13, 5:33 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Bruins beat reporter Joe Haggerty just tweeted that a guy he knows has lost his leg--was there as a spectator.; 4/15/13, 5:33 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Careful Ings, don't overplay it...LOL.; 4/15/13, 5:34 PM
Unknown said...: Speaking as a 60 year old lady, Thank You Garage.; 4/15/13, 5:36 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Lemmer are you sure you didn't catch a "decease" from some hooker?

Oh yea... your daughter says hi.; 4/15/13, 5:36 PM
Deb said...: Garage, I'll take that as evidence that you are a gentleman. :-)

Actually it was not a pat down, it was about 10 minutes of intense questioning by El Al security.; 4/15/13, 5:36 PM
Bill, Republic of Texas said...: Now AP is walking back their cellphone story. They're reporting that service remainded but some outage due to heavy use.; 4/15/13, 5:37 PM
Anonymous said...: Lem, now you're being as big of a jerk as CEO. Why don't you STFU, you're not funny.; 4/15/13, 5:38 PM
ricpic said...: Maybe Barry didn't bow low enough to the Saudis last time.; 4/15/13, 5:39 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: It takes two to tango, Inga.; 4/15/13, 5:40 PM
edutcher said...: Bill, Republic of Texas said...

Now NBC News is reporting the police are "guarding" a possible suspect. So yeah pretty good credibility.

I assume there's a /sarc tag at the end of that.; 4/15/13, 5:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Lem, I don't dance with dead people.; 4/15/13, 5:41 PM
Bill, Republic of Texas said...: edutcher said...
Bill, Republic of Texas said...

Now NBC News is reporting the police are "guarding" a possible suspect. So yeah pretty good credibility.

I assume there's a /sarc tag at the end of that.

4/15/13, 5:41 PM
I was being serious but that is very funny. I wish I had thought of it.; 4/15/13, 5:46 PM
chickelit said...: Drudge, Post and Fox really disgraced themselves, again. Probably the main reason Obama had to give press conference, to tamp down unfounded rumors.

LOL! Just like he did for Benghazi!; 4/15/13, 5:46 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Wait a minute Ings...Lem calls your daughter a whore and he's almost as big a jerk as I am?

When have I ever called your daughter a whore?; 4/15/13, 5:48 PM
Anonymous said...: Darrell said they had a suspect an hour ago, from the NY Post.; 4/15/13, 5:48 PM
garage mahal said...: Garage, I'll take that as evidence that you are a gentleman. :-)

Not that patting down a 60 yr old man would be much better. Actually patting anyone down goes against every human decency. I would just try to fake the patting down part and whisper to passengers that I'm sorry.; 4/15/13, 5:49 PM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: chickelit said...
Just like he did for Benghazi!

My recollection that it was mainly nuts like you propagating rumors on that occasion. Even FOX and Drudge were more restrained.; 4/15/13, 5:49 PM
Anonymous said...: OK CEO, he's a bigger jerk than you, better?; 4/15/13, 5:49 PM
chickelit said...: Inga said...
Lem, now you're being as big of a jerk as CEO. Why don't you STFU, you're not funny.

I haven't seen someone go after Lem like this since Father Fox tried to exorcise his demons. :); 4/15/13, 5:49 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Lem, I don't dance with dead people.

We shall overcome.; 4/15/13, 5:49 PM
chickelit said...: My recollection that it was mainly nuts like you propagating rumors on that occasion. Even FOX and Drudge were more restrained.

You have a poor memory, sir. I have links.; 4/15/13, 5:51 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I haven't seen someone go after Lem like this since Father Fox tried to exorcise his demons.

If you go by what Inga is saying about me... you thought I blew up the Boston Marathon.; 4/15/13, 5:51 PM
ricpic said...: Senator Feinstein: It could be foreign, it could be home grown.

Who says our leaders ain't great? Where would we be? WHERE WOULD WE BE?!; 4/15/13, 5:52 PM
CWJ said...: Inga @5:05

Ha ha, oh you really got me there.

So after the smoke clears are you really saying that newsrooms won't be happy that they have this to cover rather than Gosnell?; 4/15/13, 5:52 PM
edutcher said...: AnUnreasonableTroll said...

Drudge, Post and Fox really disgraced themselves, again. Probably the main reason Obama had to give press conference, to tamp down unfounded rumors.

The only unreason I've heard of has come from the Peacock, CNN, and AP.

Of course, Troll had to come over and open his mouth.

PS This is what I meant when I defined a troll as someone who doesn't comment in good faith.

PPS Today in military history. Is anybody mad because The Railsplitter called out the National Guard?; 4/15/13, 5:53 PM
Drago said...: Notsoreasonable: "My recollection that it was mainly nuts like you propagating rumors on that occasion."

LOL

It takes a special kind of leftist to use Benghazi, a situation where the administration spent weeks after an obvious planned terrorist attack against Americans claiming falsely (which they knew at the time) that it was due to an obscure video, as an example where the right wing was "propagating rumors".; 4/15/13, 5:53 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I have to go...

Play nice Inga... at last for tday.; 4/15/13, 5:54 PM
edutcher said...: Lem said...

Lem, I don't dance with dead people.

We shall overcome.

Until the necrophiliacs demand the right to marry.; 4/15/13, 5:54 PM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: chickelit said...
I have links.

To what? The endless insane rumor-mongering on this site.; 4/15/13, 5:55 PM
David-2 said...: President Obama on today's bombing:

"Any individual, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. We will find out who did this and we will hold them accountable."

He's putting the full faith and credit of the United States, so to speak, to bringing the perps to justice. You can consider it a done deal. It will happen.

Wait ... late breaking news: President Obama also says:

"We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act. And make no mistake, justice will be done"

So there's really no doubt: he totally means it. You can count on it. It's in the bank.; 4/15/13, 5:57 PM
Drago said...: notsoreasonable: "To what? The endless insane rumor-mongering on this site."

CNN correspondent has "helpfully" suggested that perhaps it was a right wing terrorist behind it all.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matt-hadro/2013/04/15/cnn-analyst-suggests-right-wing-extremists-could-be-behind-boston-bombin

No criticism from "reasonable" will be forthcoming....; 4/15/13, 5:57 PM
Basta! said...: They're reporting now that one of those murdered was 8 years old.; 4/15/13, 5:58 PM
Colonel Angus said...: And make no mistake...

I really wish he'd come up with something new.; 4/15/13, 5:59 PM
Drago said...: What's most important is that "The Future Must Not Belong to Those Who Slander the Prophet of Islam"

Barak Obama; 4/15/13, 6:03 PM
Drago said...: Yes, I know it's Barack.; 4/15/13, 6:03 PM
Anonymous said...: "Lem, I don't dance with dead people."
-------------------
"We shall overcome."

4/15/13, 5:49 PM

What?! You've been resurrected?; 4/15/13, 6:04 PM
Drago said...: Should the future belong to followers of the prophet of islam who would destroy us?

uh, meh.

BO; 4/15/13, 6:04 PM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: Drago said...
CNN correspondent has "helpfully" suggested that perhaps it was a right wing terrorist behind it all.

No criticism from "reasonable" will be forthcoming....

Wrong. I think all rumor-mongering/ conspiracy theory propagation is stupid.

There are three possibilities, foreign terrorism, domestic terrorism or a nut. The date and timing is relevant but hardly definitive.; 4/15/13, 6:08 PM
hombre said...: "Federal intelligence agents have said ...."

Oxymoron alert.; 4/15/13, 6:11 PM
CWJ said...: No seriously everyone, if this is terrorism, what about the Nork's?

I woke up this morning to the new's saying week they didn't launch a missile as we expected them to do TODAY so nothingburger.

I say, well of what are the Norks capable? It's still TODAY here in the US. I would say that even if their intercontinental missiles are a joke, they would still be capable of planting a conventional bomb or two if they wanted.

They don't even have to take credit for it. I'm sure there are plenty of backchannel ways for them to let us know they did it.

They've invested a lot of face in poking a finger in our eye, so why not this? Not saying they did this. But saying I'm surprised given the timing I've not seen the possibility seriously raised.; 4/15/13, 6:11 PM
dcm said...: Where's our little buddy, shilol, telling us how Dubya, Darth, Rummy, and Condi were caught with their pants down on 9/11 after all that warning?

You mean four aircraft hijacked and 3000+ killed? A plot years in the making? Not to diminish this horrible attack but are you shitting me that you compare an obviously amateur bomb to that?; 4/15/13, 6:13 PM
virgil xenophon said...: LOL, did anybody see that rpt@Lucianne that over at NBC Luke Russert said right out of the gate that it "reminded him of Waco?" They never give up, do they--just gotta push that narrative so Big Sis can unleash the hounds..; 4/15/13, 6:14 PM
Jason said...: I would like to congratulate Janet Napolitano and the Dept. of Homeland Security on all the man-hours it spent over the last four years watching people like me!; 4/15/13, 6:17 PM
Drago said...: dcm: ..."obviously amateur bomb.."

What the hell are you babbling about?

What evidence are you relying upon to claim this was an amateur job?; 4/15/13, 6:17 PM
edutcher said...: AnUnreasonableTroll said...

CNN correspondent has "helpfully" suggested that perhaps it was a right wing terrorist behind it all.

No criticism from "reasonable" will be forthcoming....

Wrong. I think all rumor-mongering/ conspiracy theory propagation is stupid.

There are three possibilities, foreign terrorism, domestic terrorism or a nut. The date and timing is relevant but hardly definitive.

Yes, but he couldn't wait to jump on "Drudge, Post and Fox really disgraced themselves, again".

CWJ said...

No seriously everyone, if this is terrorism, what about the Nork's?

I woke up this morning to the new's saying week they didn't launch a missile as we expected them to do TODAY so nothingburger.

I say, well of what are the Norks capable? It's still TODAY here in the US. I would say that even if their intercontinental missiles are a joke, they would still be capable of planting a conventional bomb or two if they wanted.

They don't even have to take credit for it. I'm sure there are plenty of backchannel ways for them to let us know they did it.

They've invested a lot of face in poking a finger in our eye, so why not this? Not saying they did this. But saying I'm surprised given the timing I've not seen the possibility seriously raised.

Which brings us back to both the Axis of Evil (note por favor the countries John Bolton added) and AQ. Anybody seriously think these cutthroats wouldn't co-operate in a shot at the Great Satan?; 4/15/13, 6:18 PM
Drago said...: ARM: "Wrong. I think all rumor-mongering/ conspiracy theory propagation is stupid."

LOL

I guess you simply "forget" to criticize members of the leftwing media for doing that.

Has to be, seeing as how diligent you are in falsely accusing more conservative media of the same thing.

Even when the more conservative media is simply linking to the dinosaur media.

Feel free to point out some egregious rumor-mongering on the part of left wing media.

Don't worry. We won't hold our breath.; 4/15/13, 6:19 PM
edutcher said...: dcm, you obviously don't know the backstory here, so pipe down.

Besides, who says this isn't the beginning of the long-promised return by Al Qaeda with lots more casualties to come?; 4/15/13, 6:20 PM
sakredkow said...: "Any individual, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. We will find out who did this and we will hold them accountable."

He's putting the full faith and credit of the United States, so to speak, to bringing the perps to justice. You can consider it a done deal. It will happen.

Wait ... late breaking news: President Obama also says:

"We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act. And make no mistake, justice will be done"

So there's really no doubt: he totally means it. You can count on it. It's in the bank.

What a cynical bunch some of you are. You can't even stop long enough to show some grief and solidarity with the stricken. If you got paid for pissing on the American people you couldn't do a better job of it.; 4/15/13, 6:24 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: People died today Inga.
Show a little respect.; 4/15/13, 6:25 PM
Anonymous said...: Lem, would you please for the love of God cease and decease?!; 4/15/13, 6:27 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Geez phx.

Apparently opinions and free speech are only acceptable if you approve of them.; 4/15/13, 6:30 PM
Brian Brown said...: AReasonableMan said...

Wrong. I think all rumor-mongering/ conspiracy theory propagation is stupid.

Right, right, right.

Because after Gabby Giffords was shot, you totally took to the Internet to knock down those silly stories propagated by leftists that Jared Lee Loughner was inspired by Tea Party rhetoric.

Really. You did.; 4/15/13, 6:30 PM
Brian Brown said...: phx said...

What a cynical bunch some of you are. You can't even stop long enough to show some grief and solidarity with the stricken

Says the person who was calling for gun control the day of the Newton, CT murders.

Don't worry, hypocrisy is a virtue for you so you don't understand this criticism.; 4/15/13, 6:31 PM
Colonel Angus said...: What a cynical bunch some of you are. You can't even stop long enough to show some grief and solidarity with the stricken. If you got paid for pissing on the American people you couldn't do a better job of it.

So cynicism about Obama is the equivalent to pissing on the American people.; 4/15/13, 6:33 PM
chickelit said...: Because after Gabby Giffords was shot, you totally took to the Internet to knock down those silly stories propagated by leftists that Jared Lee Loughner was inspired by Tea Party rhetoric.

How would we know for certain though that he did or didn't? "AReasonableMan, On Blogger since September 2011," seems like the kind of deceitful troll who changes his ID every couple of years when people recognize his predictabilty.; 4/15/13, 6:33 PM
Drago said...: Pete Williams is on Mathews Hardball program "helpfully" recalling a right wing terrorists attempted terrorist attack in Seattle some time back.

"Helpfully".; 4/15/13, 6:33 PM
dcm said...: Drago- Maybe amateur was the wrong word. But from what I've read it was a homemade bomb planted in a garbage can with bbs or shotgun pellets packed around the explosive. And that is not a sophisticated attack. You arrow in on one word without looking at the point I was making. That is amateur.; 4/15/13, 6:34 PM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: Drago said...
Feel free to point out some egregious rumor-mongering on the part of left wing media.

Obviously the claim propagated by the MSM that Bush was a competent governor was an egregious example of unverified rumor-mongering.; 4/15/13, 6:36 PM
Brian Brown said...: Colonel Angus said...

So cynicism about Obama is the equivalent to pissing on the American people.

Yes.

All good patriots (it is tax day after all, and paying your fair share=patriotism!) aren't cynical of Obama.; 4/15/13, 6:36 PM
Drago said...: phx: " If you got paid for pissing on the American people you couldn't do a better job of it."

Yes, because pointing out leftwing hypocrisy is the new "pissing on the American people"

I guess lobbing out that charge is easier than confronting your stunning hypocrisy.; 4/15/13, 6:37 PM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: chickelit said...
How would we know for certain though that he did or didn't? "AReasonableMan, On Blogger since September 2011," seems like the kind of deceitful troll who changes his ID every couple of years when people recognize his predictabilty.

Give one example of me being deceitful. I am predictable because I am rational, not driven by the kind of nutty spite that animates most of your posts.; 4/15/13, 6:38 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: "Show some grief and solidarity" while the Left and their hack media try to paint anyone who holds your quite mainstream beliefs as murderers and extremists. Fuck. That. Shit.; 4/15/13, 6:38 PM
Drago said...: ARM: "Obviously the claim propagated by the MSM that Bush was a competent governor was an egregious example of unverified rumor-mongering."

And ARM demonstrates my point.

Not that it comes as a surprise.; 4/15/13, 6:38 PM
Brian Brown said...: seems like the kind of deceitful troll

Yep.

As confirmed by his idiotic post about Bush being Gov of Texas.; 4/15/13, 6:40 PM
furious_a said...: We won't know the truth for weeks. If ever.

Bet we know sooner if they water board the mujah s.o.b.; 4/15/13, 6:40 PM
Chef Mojo said...: And that is not a sophisticated attack.

What the hell does "sophistication" have to do with anything?

Unsophisticated IEDs wreaked havoc on US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Unsophisticated Molotov Cocktails can take out tanks in the right hands.

Shrapnel loaded pipe bombs may not be "sophisticated" in your view, but if you just put the emphasis on the word "bomb," you might get a little understanding as to why you sound like a total moron.

Those unsophisticated devices in Boston shredded flesh and shattered bone. They killed and maimed. Terrorism isn't rocket science.; 4/15/13, 6:41 PM
AllenS said...: In this day and age, there are security cameras just about everywhere. Wouldn't surprise me to see that they've recorded the planting of the bombs. Time will tell.; 4/15/13, 6:41 PM
Brian Brown said...: I am predictable because I am rational, not driven by the kind of nutty spite that animates most of your posts.

Says the goof who two minutes prior said:

Obviously the claim propagated by the MSM that Bush was a competent governor was an egregious example of unverified rumor-mongering.

No spite there. I mean it isn't like Bush hasn't been Gov of TX for 13 years or anything.

No spite at all.

As with all leftists, the dipshit posts are all projection.; 4/15/13, 6:41 PM
Drago said...: dcm: "Maybe amateur was the wrong word. But from what I've read it was a homemade bomb planted in a garbage can with bbs or shotgun pellets packed around the explosive. And that is not a sophisticated attack. You arrow in on one word without looking at the point I was making. That is amateur."

How do you know that it wasn't purposely designed to appear unsophisticated by an individual or group that is capable of much greater sophistication?

It's you who are appearing amateur by buying in prematurely to the way things simply "appear".; 4/15/13, 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...: One of the two killed was an 8 year old child.; 4/15/13, 6:44 PM
edutcher said...: phx said...

What a cynical bunch some of you are. You can't even stop long enough to show some grief and solidarity with the stricken. If you got paid for pissing on the American people you couldn't do a better job of it.

Benghazi ring any bells? Abu Ghraib? 'Nam?

Like civility, solidarity is a one-way street with some people.

AnUnreasonableTroll said...

Give one example of me being deceitful. I am predictable because I am rational, not driven by the kind of nutty spite that animates most of your posts.

To quote several of Troll's more odious confreres, "Hahahahahahaha".

How 'bout this, "Drudge, Post and Fox really disgraced themselves, again. Probably the main reason Obama had to give press conference, to tamp down unfounded rumors."?; 4/15/13, 6:45 PM