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WTF is wrong with this world?
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Three dead and dozens injured is what I'm hearing right now.
WTF indeed.
So, two explosions at the finish line. Then, an unexploded device that was found and then safely detonated. Now, two more unexploded devices found.
This wasn't an accident, folks.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Fuck! :o(
Horrifying. I just saw some pictures I'm never going to be able to unsee. My heart goes out to those people who started the day thinking they were competing in a race, only to be bombed. It's a sick world that just seems to keep getting sicker.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Thoughts go out to the victims...this sucks!
Hopefully they get these sick Bastards ASAP....Prayers out to all injured and effected
The NY Post is reporting that a Saudi national is being held in connection with the bombings.
Saudi nationals involved in terrorist attacks against the US? I guess that means another war with Iraq, right? :P
The assholy jihad is back!
I doubt very much this was domestic but rather international.
Healing thoughts for the injured & their families.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
2 good things in all this mess: The reported death toll is 2 rather than 3, and the report of other explosions have been controlled detonations, and in the case of a report of another bomb at the JFK Library, that was apparently an electrical fire.
Don't know what to believe when it comes to the Post. They are also reporting that 12 people were killed, yet every other news source is reporting two deaths.Originally Posted by Facelift
"It's such a fine line between stupid and... clever" -- David St. Hubbins & Derek Smalls, Spinal Tap
Sad, and my hearts are with anyone who was impacted by this thing....
I read that one of the devices was placed near a reserve seating area for the Newtown spectators.....horrible if true.
Boston Police Commissioner said NO suspects being held at this time.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Time will tell, but in reality at this point in time you have no idea about the origins of this attack, just your prejudices and fears. How does posting from that ignorance contribute to "healing thoughts"?
Does it matter that this waste of time is what makes a life for you?
The word "doubt" indicates uncertainty, as in "I have no idea". Fears -yes, prejudices - absolutely not, and if you knew me better you would know what bullshit that is.
Ignorance is rampant everywhere. Sometimes ignorance emanates from people projecting what other people think. Voicing someone's gut feeling while clarifying it with the caveat that it's only an opinion is not ignorance.
BTW, I hope to be proved wrong.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Horrible news, but we should wait till a lot of this is confirmed. Could take a while. As usual there were all kinds of wild reports of what happened, most not close to reality. Bottom line, this is really bad and should send a chill up everyone's spine. Thank goodness this didn't happen at the start of the race, the death toll would have been catastrophic.
This story is now being reported in numerous media outlets . The suspect is Saudi and is being interrogated and is in the hospital behind armed guards.
Has anyone heard from John Collinge. I believe he lives in Massachusetts, but maybe not Boston.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!
John lives in Lowell. It's unlikely he was in Boston today.
I was at work today near South Station. We didn't hear or notice anything and it was surprisingly easy to get home on the train at about 4:15. It will be interesting going in tomorrow, though, and probably for the next couple of weeks. Very surreal seeing places I know well like the Lenox Hotel, Lord & Taylor, etc. in that condition. I feel awful for the people who were killed or hurt, and their families.
Bill
The Saudi has not been labeled a suspect. He was injured and found blocks away with burns. He's being treated and questioned. Officially, there are no suspects.
Copy of ABC news headline here in NYC = A child is one of 3 people dead and at least 144 injured after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
There are NO good things about this mess.
"Henry Cow always wanted to push itself, so sometimes we would write music that we couldn't actually play – I found that very encouraging." - Lindsay Cooper, 1998
"I have nothing to do with Endless River. Phew! This is not rocket science people, get a grip." - Roger Waters, 2014
"I'm a collector. And I've always just seemed to collect personalities." - David Bowie, 1973
I think everyone understood what Dave meant.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!
The anti-bomb people will be out in droves at any minute, demanding stricter bomb-control laws. But seriously, I hope the sick, twisted person/people that did this get caught & punished ASAP.
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