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Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:23 pm
by eCat
its on the news now
hey, I'm glad no one got shot!
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:28 pm
by eCat
damn, reports are now this is very serious.
wow, this is bad.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:34 pm
by hedge
"didn't Henry Clay died 160 years ago? I doubt his defense is very stout these days"
Was Clay involved in the caning in the Senate?
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:45 pm
by AlabamAlum
Are you talking the Preston Brooks, Charles Sumner thing?
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:16 pm
by hedge
Was there another caning in the Senate?
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:27 pm
by AlabamAlum
In the Senate? Not that I am aware. A congressman attacked a representative with a cane in the House sometime around 1800. Their names escape me. It's where Brooks got the inspriation for what he did.
There have been a few fistfights, too. Someone's wig got knocked off in one. Don't remember....memory fades.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:29 pm
by crotch
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:31 pm
by AlabamAlum
Bruce Feldman‏@BFeldmanCBS4m
RT @AP: BREAKING: Intelligence official: 2 more explosive devices found at Boston Marathon; being dismantled
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:43 pm
by Owlman
2 people dead
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:45 pm
by AlabamAlum
The NY Post (albeit, a bit of a rag) is reporting 12 dead, 50 injured and a suspect in custody.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:48 pm
by AlabamAlum
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:52 pm
by AlabamAlum
Third event: Explosion at the JFK library.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:57 pm
by hedge
"Police confirmed a third explosion at JFK Library in Boston. It was unclear if the explosion was linked to the two earlier ones that took place at the Marathon."
Unclear? Right, I'm sure it was just a coincidence. Jeez...
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:59 pm
by AlabamAlum
This will probably be some Timothy McVeigh-type idiot.
Tax Day, Patriot Day, Boston... home of the orginal tea party...just sets up too much like something one of our own home-grown idiots would circle on the calendar.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:02 pm
by AlabamAlum
The NY Post (which might be apocryphal) reports the detainee is a Saudi National.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:05 pm
by Owlman
Just saw the police live on TV. No mention of a suspect at all.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:05 pm
by Owlman
Who owns the NY POST?
Maybe a scoop
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:09 pm
by aTm
I saw a tweet rom JFK Library that said there was an unrelated mechanical room fire.
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:10 pm
by Owlman
According to the live police, they think that the device found at JFK library is related
Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:12 pm
by AlabamAlum
According to the mayor, there was an explosion at JFK. Surely, he would know...