Explosion at Boston Marathon II

If you've seen the uncropped image of the man in the wheelchair being aided by the guy in the cowboy hat == and it's the image that will be burned into my head for a long time -- this is a must-read:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/in-grisly-image-a-father-sees-his-son.html

 

Thank you for posting that.

Good reporting there. Hopefully this animal bought some of that stuff with a debit card.

 

Westboro at it again.

http://www.usnews.com/news/newsgram/articles/2013/04/16/boston-bombing-funerals-will-be-picketed-westboro-baptist-church-says

 

Thank you for posting that link. It's still early and still such an unfathomable and unspeakable event to come to grips with.
It is heartwarming and recuperative to read the amazing stories of fearless, selfless good samaritans like Carlos Arredondo. It somewhat restores your faith in humanity.

 

Of course they'll probably chicken out, but if they actually dare to show up I suspect this could be the final straw for them.

 

The story that everyone was talking about was that of eight year old Martin Richards who went to hug his father as he finished the marathon.

Today I read that his father did not run the marathon due to a bad back.

 

oh for god's sake.

 

According to Chris Berman, it was a back-back-back-back back.

 

Jesus talked about separating the wheat from the chaff. I wish we could wipe out the human debris that makes this place so unlike the type of world that the man in the cowboy hat represents.

 

Reportedly there is a lead on an apartment probe.
I think the doer of these acts should get a public execution - in the old style.
None of our courts and justice and civilization ... That has been waived by this point.
You kill an 8 year old with shrapnel, you deserve to be exterminated ... with extreme prejudice.

 

It was just a matter of time until they spouted off.