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I wonder what the point was. Was the bomber trying to assassinate someone in particular?

My guess is terror. My initial hope was that the explosion was an accident, but two bombs smacks of terror. I think if it was a targeted assassination there would have been only one explosion. Unless it is one of those murders made to look like something other than a targeted attack.

The guy was probably trying to call the cell phone to detonate the explosion earlier, but the system was busy and he couldn't get a connection.

Apparently two unexploded bombs have been found:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/US-official-2-more-explosives-found-at-marathon-4436006.php

The good news is that this makes it easier to find who made the bombs.

North Korea sending us a message maybe? If so, here is a good reply:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/phzRY0DdRXk

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/ny-post-saudi-national-suspect-in-the-boston-marathon-bombing-under-guard-in-boston-hospital/123

Don't think we'll nuke our oil jvolstad.

the religion of peace strikes again

I wonder what the point was.

This almost presupposes reason. There is never any point. All violence is a vote for the backward.

Imagine no religion.

thunderlips11 says

Imagine no religion.

Yeah, a society of brainwashed zombies with government controlled/monitored speech patterns is clearly preferable to self determination of religious views.

thunderlips11 says

Imagine no religion.

Tax day, Patriot's day, and in Boston(tea dumping party) I'm banking on the the tea party zealots, or right wing extremists. They may justify their cause with religion, but it was mostly for other reasons. There's too many examples of that in the last few years by someone in that group.

dodgerfanjohn says

Yeah, a society of brainwashed zombies with government controlled/monitored speech patterns is clearly preferable to self determination of religious views.

Religious people are far more likely to be brainwashed by their government as well, especially if their government is a theocracy or a republic that has been largely infiltrated by people who want a theocracy.

That said, there haven't been any news stories yet about who planted the bombs. We do not yet have any reason to believe it was a religious, nonetheless Islamic, group. There are many organizations that use terrorist tactics. Perhaps it's best we don't speculate and wait to see who is responsible.

upisdown says

thunderlips11 says

Imagine no religion.

Tax day, Patriot's day, and in Boston(tea dumping party) I'm banking on the the tea party zealots, or right wing extremists. They may justify their cause with religion, but it was mostly for other reasons. There's too many examples of that in the last few years by someone in that group.

Good point, and it may turn out to be true, but don't they already have a Saudi national in custody for the bombings?

Dan8267 says

That said, there haven't been any news stories yet about who planted the bombs. We do not yet have any reason to believe it was a religious, nonetheless Islamic, group.

Vicente says

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/ny-post-saudi-national-suspect-in-the-boston-marathon-bombing-under-guard-in-boston-hospital/123

Don't think we'll nuke our oil jvolstad.

leo707 says

Good point, and it may turn out to be true, but don't they already have a
Saudi national in custody for the bombings?

Another is the price of gold dropping and Glenn Beck harping that the apocalypse is on it's way, and it's ALL Obama's fault too.

upisdown says

Glenn Beck harping that the apocalypse is on it's way, and it's ALL Obama's fault too.

So, business as usual for Beck.

Was the bomber trying to assassinate someone in particular?

http://screwtapefiles.blogspot.com/2013/04/bombings-and-bombers.html

I had heard that the explosion was caused by one of Howard Stern's farts.

leo707 says

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/ny-post-saudi-national-suspect-in-the-boston-marathon-bombing-under-guard-in-boston-hospital/123

Don't think we'll nuke our oil jvolstad.

I stand corrected. But he's still just a suspect. Still too soon for conclusions. Unfortunately, the article doesn't say why he's a suspect.

WSJ reports:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323346304578424950102614148.html

Don't terrorist groups usually claim their bombings?

Vicente says

Don't terrorist groups usually claim their bombings?

Kind of pointless if they don't.

It's just such a weird target. Not really symbolic of anything as far as I can tell yet.

Maybe the tax-day Boston thing does implicate Tea Party types. Or maybe someone else wants to implicate them.

I think it's a demonstration of the awesome power of a North Korean ICBM.

It's just such a weird target. Not really symbolic of anything as far as I can tell yet.

I believe it is the oldest, and most prestigious, American marathon.

Yuchhh, the biggest propagandist named Tom brokaw is now trying to capitalize on the tradgedy, the cry-on-command war monger that hasn't met a fascist movement he hasn't endorsed. What a sorry sac-of-shit.

FYI Brokaw, Bohemian Grove called and they want Dick Cheney's dildo back.

leo707 says

It's just such a weird target. Not really symbolic of anything as far as I can tell yet.

I believe it is the oldest, and most prestigious, American marathon.

Patriot's Day also marks the beginning of the American revolution, which is why it's a state holiday for Massachusetts. The actual fighting had occurred in the towns/cities, northwest of Boston, from Concord to Cambridge on April 19th 1775.

Rin says

Patriot's Day also marks the beginning of the American revolution,

That's why I think that the tea party extremist nutjobs did that, because they love the symbolism of things and the dates of such.

upisdown says

That's why I think that the tea party extremist nutjobs did that, because they love the symbolism of things and the dates of such.

tea party love the symbolism of dates? Never heard that one before. The tea party wasn't formed yet during Tim McVeigh's time, and there has been no bombing or killing in the name of tea partiers. You are pulling that one out of your hind region.

For me an explosion was to turning attention of public and police to do something else.

Yes, absolutely terrible. My heart goes out to those affected and I hope that the perpetrators are brought to justice.

Oh, and Alex Jones is a shithead:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/35477/alex-jones-and-company-send-idiotic-tweets-after-boston-marathon-terrorist-attack

Vicente says

Don't terrorist groups usually claim their bombings?

are you expecting the IRA, Red Brigade, or Baader-Meinhof Gang to send you note ?

thomaswong.1986 says

are you expecting the IRA, Red Brigade, or Baader-Meinhof Gang to send you note ?

God, you really are Rip Van Winkle, waking up from 1986.

I don't know. It just seems like more often than not, there's a video dropped to media with a "see what you made us do!" message.

I hate terrorist,especially some of those that call themselves religious as in "God Bless America"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-125820/US-bomb-kills-30-Afghan-wedding.html

"There are no Taliban or al Qaeda or Arabs here. These people were all civilians, women and children."

Lots of violence in the world. Check out the Second Battle of Fallujah. Syria. Somalia. What is the point of any of it?

Blurtman says

Lots of violence in the world. Check out the Second Battle of Fallujah. Syria. Somalia. What is the point of any of it?

Sell weapons and possibly start a new war.

MsBennet says

tea party love the symbolism of dates? Never heard that one before. The tea
party wasn't formed yet during Tim McVeigh's time, and there has been no bombing
or killing in the name of tea partiers. You are pulling that one out of your
hind region.

Stop defending your fellow extremists. McVeigh used the date he did because of the significance of it and what had happened previously on that date. Waco, and Ruby Ridge, were also a bunch of right wing extremists that the government had to deal with lethally, and now they're a bunch of martyrs to the right wing extremists today.

Dan8267 says

I stand corrected. But he's still just a suspect. Still too soon for
conclusions. Unfortunately, the article doesn't say why he's a suspect.

Yes there was a Saudi national at the finish line that was questioned, but he was let go as a non-suspect. The right wing media sites are running the BS story that you refer to, and have now progressed on to a "dark skinned person in a black sweatshirt". Go figure, like we wouldn't of guessed that they would resort to their usual line of dogma, and obviously have made the link that this looks like the doings of a right wing extremist, and are trying to mislead/misdirect AS USUAL.

2 of 4 bombs went off, and the 2 that didn't were defused rather quickly leading people to believe that they were low-level in their sophistication, with apparently no booby traps or secondary fail-safe triggers. That and the type of and placement of the bombs that did detonate leads people to believe that it's not a sophisticated network or organized group, and more than likely radical, domestic extremists.

3 dead and 27 injured,,,,how is this such big news?

Just another Monday in philadelphia,,,,I don't ever seem to hear all the public outcry about these daily tragedys,,,but then again, its not like poor, politically disprivileged folk run marathons. Hell, there's weekends in Harrisburg with larger death tolls that never make the news, because people don't bother to report the events to the police

Vicente says

thomaswong.1986 says

are you expecting the IRA, Red Brigade, or Baader-Meinhof Gang to send you note ?

God, you really are Rip Van Winkle, waking up from 1986.

I don't know. It just seems like more often than not, there's a video dropped to media with a "see what you made us do!" message.

The RED BRIGADE! Wow Tom, you really know how to bring back one's childhood. Those guys were the talk of the town when I was a kid, kidnapping a NATO general and then, the army using a psychic to hone in on his location. They were the inspiration for 'The Men Who Stare At Goats' with Clooney & Bridges.

Now today after reporting all yesterday,
"There were no other bombs found."

Every network was reporting that they found unexploded bombs, now they say they did not. How does that mix up happen?
The same way they reported Bin Laden was dead after the bunker buster blast in a cave in Fallujah, just weeks after the start of the Afghan conflict.