Boston Marathon bombingFollow

With any big race, never mind the Boston Marathon, there's a huge crowd at the finish line by the time most of the runners have crossed it. Families, runners who finished and want to sign up to get a still shot of themselves crossing the line, press, general spectators. Security is there, but relaxed compared to the start of the race or the elites finishing. It's a smart time to slip through and drop a couple of duffel bags.

You know, if that's the sort of thing that gets you off.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of the runners themselves.

I would think if you were going to carry a bomb in a duffle bag you'd get one heavy duty enough not to show an obvious pot-shaped bulge.

"At the end of the race, I was so tired I couldn't feel my legs ..."

http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston

White hat and black hat, it's like Spy vs Spy. You can stop suspecting people walking on roofs and every black or brown guy, now redditors. As an old colleague of mine said yesterday "Remember that time amateurs did better analysis than professionals? I don't either."

No, the first one only looks dark cause of the shadow, look at the next image.
http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/image/suspect-1-semi-profile-view-high-res
http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/image/suspect-1-birds-eye-side-view-high-res

Not exactly dark.

Oklahoma City Bombing = Done by a white guy(s).
Unibomber = White guy.
Atlanta Olympic Bombing = White guy.
Person responsible for Boston = Probably a white guy.

See how the random pattern goes?

Edited, Apr 18th 2013 7:00pm by Shaowstrike

Limbaugh was absolutely joyous the other day when King on CNN said "dark skinned male". You could hear him practically bouncing around in his seat from glee. Poor guy is going to be crushed.

I still want to know what a freeper is...

Too pinkish, if you ask me. Look at the ears - melanin tends to pile up there in folks with any kind of pigmentation. They're pink. That's a fat twenty something white guy in shades.

Well, if he's not sucking Obama's **** he's obviously a DINO...

At least you're the first person to acknowledge that you can see a "pot shaped bulge" from outside the damn bag. It's like pulling teeth around here to get anyone to admit even the slightest and simplest things.

Obviously you can get a heavy duty bag, but you're still carrying around a large heavy solid object inside a bag. Being flexible sided is somewhat part of the definition of "bag", and I'm not sure how you get around that. Anything that would be defined as a bag with a pressure cooker bomb inside it is going to look like a bag with a pressure cooker sized/shaped object inside it. I mean, it's like people can't grasp that the outside shape of a bag tends to conform to whatever is inside it. Doubly so if the object inside is large and solid (as a pot tend to be).


Seriously. Go find every bag you own. Then get a 6 qt pot and put it inside each one, one at a time. Then carry it and look in a mirror. It'll be pretty obvious you're carrying around a pot shaped object in whatever bag you've got it in. If it's solid sided/bottomed enough to not conform to the shape of the pot, then I'm not sure it still qualifies as a "bag" anymore. The description was "duffle bag", not "giant bowling ball bag" or something I'd expect to be more solid. Honestly, a duffle bag with a pot in it will look exactly like a duffle bag with a pot in it. And no Smash. You don't need xray vision to noodle that out.

Edited, Apr 18th 2013 7:48pm by gbaji

I actually packed a bag this morning because I knew you would ask this. You're predictable.


What's in my bag, gbaji? What's in it? Also, 6qt Pressure Cookers weigh like 8lbs. Straightman contrarian, boredom.

Edited, Apr 18th 2013 10:54pm by lolgaxe