After the bombing
Boston bomber (I could say “alleged,” but I think it’s hardly in doubt that he’s the perp) Dzhokhar Tsarnaev blew up a bunch of people on Monday and went back to his college classes for the next couple of days … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Terrorism and terrorists
As the news dribbles out…
…here are some interesting tidbits (offered, of course, with the caveat that so much of the news about this story has been mistaken). Was this man the inspiration for the older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev? Note the boxing background which they … Continue reading →
Public Enemy #2 captured
Well, unless you were on a desert island yesterday, you probably already know that suspect #2 in the Boston Marathon bombing, Dzokhar (“Jahar”) Tsarnaev, was captured last night alive though wounded. You may have noticed that I was AWOL from … Continue reading →
Some puzzles
You might say the whole Boston bombing story is a puzzlement, the big question being “why?” It’s easy to speculate—and I’ve done so myself—but I hope we’ll be able to find out a lot more as the days go on. … Continue reading →
Looking into the eyes of evil
Here’s a piece about how one of the most badly wounded victims of Monday’s bombing, twenty-seven-year-old Jeff Bauman, looked into the eyes of perpetrator Tamerlan Tsarnaev as he placed a bomb at his feet. Bauman apparently was able to describe … Continue reading →
The Boston bomber chase
Anyone who’s been watching the news knows what’s been going down in Boston. I was up till very late trying to absorb it all, hoping against hope that bomber #2 would be caught. So far, nothing doing on that. Boston … Continue reading →
Breaking…
I’m still awake and watching the news because there’s been so much drama for the past couple of hours in Boston. I’m hoping against hope that the following story, which is being reported on Fox, is actually true: one of … Continue reading →
Suspect 1 and suspect 2
The photos have been released. One of the suspects, #2 (white cap), was spotted as a suspect quite some time ago by online websites and/or bloggers, although I can’t place where. Baseball caps, by the way, are very useful for … Continue reading →
Two possible suspects?
At this point I hesitate to report on “news” connected with the Boston bombings, because so much released by the MSM about the aftermath of this story has proven false. So take the following with more than a grain of … Continue reading →
Breaking news: suspect arrested
We’ve had false reports about this sort of thing before, but… A suspect has been arrested in the Boston bombings, identified by video. No doubt more will be coming on this, but that’s all there is as of now. UPDATE … Continue reading →
And then there’s ricin…
…apparently sent in letters to President Obama and Senator Roger Wicker (R). The incident not only reminds us of 9/11—after the WTC attacks, you may recall, there were a series of anthrax-letters to politicians—but these ricin-letters were intercepted as a … Continue reading →
More information on the Boston bombs
This might have some meaning as a clue, although a rather non-specific one: The explosives used to kill three people and injure 176 at the Boston Marathon on Monday were most likely some kind of “pressure-cooker” devices that sent sharp … Continue reading →