Today is Tax Day, Patriots Day (in Massachusetts) and Boston is most famous for what?

[moobu2]

The Boston Tea Party and the JFK Library. Hmmmm Is there any group that could have all those things in common? Just asking.

[NWmomma]

1. beans?

[postulater]

2. Billy Buckner?

[El Supremo]

11. + a bucket of clams!

[Honeycombe8]

3. The authorities have released a statement, I heard on CNN, that the JFK isn't related. nt

[bluestate10]

17. The statement is that the JFK appears to be unrelated. Authorities haven't ruled out a

connection.

[mucifer]

4. scratch the library thing. They are saying it was a fire not an explosion and that it's not

suspicious

[baldguy]

5. It was al Qaeda, obviously. They care about Tax Day. So that means we can bomb Iran now.

Right?

[brooklynite]

13. Well, Al Quaeda is Sunni and Iran is Shiite...

Good thing we don't understand the difference.

[GeorgeGist]

6. Beans

Beans

[Llewlladdwr]

7. So why bomb a marathon...

...rather than the local IRS office?

[moobu2]

8. Maximum number of victims?

[Llewlladdwr]

10. Then why not the Red Sox game earlier that day?

Or why not detonate the bombs as the winners crossed the finish line rather that waiting until 3 hours later when the crowd had thinned somewhat?

[moobu2]

15. Could have been that the actors saw an opportunity at the Boston Marathon

That they didn't see at the game because of security. The crowds moving around, everybody focused on the race, large numbers of potential victims at the Marathon may have just been a little more feasible to carry out.

[bluestate10]

18. Have you been near Yawkey Way before a Red Sox game, any Red Sox game?

A bomb going off in that area would kill many people, even if an amateur built that bomb.

[Llewlladdwr]

19. Or maybe this has absolutely nothing to do with tax day.

Maybe this is a strike on an American tradition in a city famous for being part of the American revolution.

Did you know that today is the 322nd anniversary of the birth of Suleiman II, Ottoman Sultan? Mabe it's related to that...

[Honeycombe8]

24. I assume you're screened getting into a ball game. As for timing...

it was plenty crowded, for one thing. 3 dead, over 140 injured. And as an expert on tv said, timers on IEDs aren't always exact. Finally, maybe that was the soonest the guy had an opportunity to plant the devices unseen. I don't think you plant them a long time ahead. Too much opportunity for them to be found or go off when not many around.

[Llewlladdwr]

26. No screening for workers at the stadium most likely.

Simple enough to place bombs the day before the game.

But this all just speculation.

[Honeycombe8]

31. I can't get into a stadium a day ahead of time. Plus, you don't plant bombs a day ahead...

according to expert on tv. You plant them somewhat near in time to the explosion, because they're unreliable as to when they'll go off, and they might be found.

I thought things you were carrying were searched going into stadiums. They're not? Well, that's pretty dangerous.

[chollybocker]

9. The incident at the Library was (allegedly) unrelated.

An electrical malfunction.

But it would be irresponsible not to speculate.

[TeeYiYi]

12. The library thing is curious to say the least...

What’s not yet being reported by the mainstream media is that a “controlled explosion” was under way on the same day as the marathon explosion.

As the Boston Globe tweeted today, “Officials: There will be a controlled explosion opposite the library within one minute as part of bomb squad activities.”

http://leaksource.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/was-boston-bomb-squad-running-controlled-explosion-on-same-day-as-marathon-blasts/

TYY

[chollybocker]

16. Right.

Of course! So logical! So helpful!


I guess the didn't work. Try this one.

[TeeYiYi]

22. Are you saying...

...that the Boston Globe is not a reputable source? I have no idea whether they are or aren't.

TYY

[Agschmid]

28. You do realize that what they are talking about could have been another device...

It's not like there was a controlled demolition before the bombs went off... timeline accuracy is a big deal.

[chollybocker]

32. Hey, thanks!

Be sure to read all my posts in "the next couple days."

[AsahinaKimi]

14. um...Boston is famous for..

[BlueCheese]

20. Clam chowder

Lobsters
Harvard and MIT
Red Sox and Celtics
Funny accent

[bluedigger]

21. It's also Patriot's Day in Maine.

They used to be part of Massachusetts. See Missouri Compromise.

[moobu2]

27. Wisconsin observes it to.

[bluedigger]

29. I did not know that.

Thanks!

[moobu2]

30. I didn't know it either until I read it on Wikipedia today.

Patriots' Day (officially Patriots' Day in Massachusetts[1] and Patriot's Day in Maine[2]) is a civic holiday commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. These were the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. It is observed on the third Monday in April in Massachusetts[3] and Maine[4] (once part of Massachusetts), and is a public school observance day in Wisconsin.[5] Observances and re-enactments of these first battles of the American Revolution occur annually at Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts, (around 6:00 am) and The Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, (around 9:00 am). In the morning, mounted re-enactors (National Lancers - Massachusetts) with state police escorts retrace the rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes, calling out warnings the whole way.

Since 1969, the holiday has been observed on the third Monday in April, providing a three-day long weekend, as well as being the first day of public school vacation week in Maine and Massachusetts. Previously, it had been designated as April 19 in observance of the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War.

It is also a school holiday for many local colleges and universities, both public and private. In addition, as Patriots' Day is considered a holiday in Maine and Massachusetts, when it falls on a day where United States federal income tax returns would otherwise be due for the remainder of the country, residents of those states are given until midnight of the next day (Tuesday) to submit their return.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots'_Day

[Morning Dew]

23. Rob Mariano !

And cream pie, of course.

[Tumbulu]

33. Exactly my first thoughts

These people are off their rocker and are insanely violent thanks to the endless incitement of violence blasting from rush and the other wrong wing well funded mouthpieces.

Despicable.