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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
George W. Bush: 'People are surprised I can even read'
Senator Murphy (D-CT): Obama paid too little in taxes
edited 15th Apr '13 10:38:58 AM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016If you want to see what a GOP President might look like, you might want to look at Stephen Harper, the current Canadian Prime Minister.
Random cuts to important programs, pushing the military, helping the companies, ignoring minorities, trying to create a prison-industrial complex and actively working against environmental programs, complete with a disturbingly good ability to make people think he's a good Prime Minister.
Yes, I know this is a tad off-topic, but his policies follow the GOP party line way too closely for comfort.
Yes, he almost sounds like George W. Bush. Or the elder Bush. Or Reagan.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
I like it. Of course, I'm one of those evil liberals.
Explosions hit Boston Marathon.
An unknown number of people have been injured in a pair of explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. No idea what caused them yet. Terrorists? Gas explosion? Apparently, there were "a lot of people down". No reports of fatalities, yet. Hopefully it will stay that way. Thoughts and prayers to everyone involved.
Gut feeling would be foul play - explosions sometimes happen by accident, but two? This is worrying indeed.
Schild und Schwert der Partei
There are people injured. "We've got enough bullshit to deal with" doesn't come over as a particularly sensitive response.
EDIT: Counter-terrorism police are deploying to NY landmarks.
Apparently the explosions were within seconds of each other - so it is not implausible that it may have been an accident. But we don't know enough to tell. Hopefully no-one has died.
edited 15th Apr '13 12:46:07 PM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der Partei@ Kostya:
Definitely — even though the Elite Athletes finished three hours before, "Fun Runners" will still be running into the dark...
I wonder if this will have any effect on the London Marathon this Sunday?
edited 15th Apr '13 12:44:33 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling OnThe BBC are already talking about "devices" - there may be another one in another hotel in Boston.
This isn't looking good. Four people are in the emergency room of Mass General Hospital.
EDIT: Prudential Tower evacuated, according to BBC.
edited 15th Apr '13 12:48:21 PM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der ParteiAchaemenid: I'm sorry if it came off that way. I did say that I hope they're okay if it helps.
Anyway I assumed that since this is the US politics thread it was brought up because it could be an attack of some sort. Another terrorist attack would be a very big problem given the political climate of this country.
Deadbeatloser 22, Greenmantle: Okay, that's not good...
I assume they had medical staff on hand in case a runner was injured but they're likely not prepared for the chaos this will cause.
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Devices? Did they say anything else about them?
edited 15th Apr '13 12:53:00 PM by Kostya
They are deploying counterterrorism and bomb squad forces as an automatic precaution. It doesn't mean there's hostile activity; it just means they are being prepared in case there is.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"@Kostya: Cool. Sorry if I overreacted.
Re: Devices
No, they didn't say anything more. As @Fighteer said, deploying the bomb squad and these precautions are automatic is automatic. Now, it could be that some guy just left his briefcase in the lobby and everyone's freaking out (justifiably) because of what's happened. But we don't know, and probably won't for at least a couple of hours. No reports of fatalities so far, which is good (insofar as no news is good news). But it's early doors. Here's hoping for no deaths.
edited 15th Apr '13 1:00:43 PM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der ParteiIf this is a terrorist incident, it's been awfully inefficient at killing people. Of course, that's not the primary objective of such things — it's called terrorism for a reason — but still.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
I doubt they meant to kill too many people. Given what was happening at the time and the location it occurred they probably just wanted to spook people. This is an event that people all over the world are paying attention to.
edit: BBC says they don't know how many were injured but there are some pretty severe injuries. One of them mentioned that a person had their limbs severed and a child had burns on their face.
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edited 15th Apr '13 1:05:44 PM by Kostya

@Tax returns: Wow... surprisingly simple. Biden is getting Social Security, but that is because it is required that he receive it at his age. Also of note is that Obama's self-employment book revenue will "hurt" his tax return next year. Quote from The Other Wiki about the Fiscal Cliff deal:
Biden will be hit by the 2nd one as well, but probably not as hard.
edited 14th Apr '13 7:13:32 PM by Belian
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