Jay wrote:
anymore
First world problems, or fuck white peopleeleven bravo wrote:
i dont remember. i remember saying fwp in the 4th grade though
it's usual for there to be cops on every other block, train station and huge public area in manhattan. today it was every single block, hotel, skyscraper, train station, government office, park, etc.
i had this pasty looking person with me so i didn't get stopped in the train station. some guy with a turban had his bag searched.
i had this pasty looking person with me so i didn't get stopped in the train station. some guy with a turban had his bag searched.
Last edited by 13/f/taiwan (2013-04-16 17:20:12)
police state.
i think it's safe to say they'll catch the guy before the month is over.
i think it's safe to say they'll catch the guy before the month is over.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/r … ml?hp=t3_3
who writes letters anymore?An envelope sent to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) included a substance that has tested positive for Ricin, two sources said.
It was not immediately clear when the envelope was received, but senators said it was identified on Tuesday morning as containing Ricin. It arrived at a Senate mail facility, which has now been closed for more testing — all mail bound for Capitol Hill is now being directed through a U.S. House facility.
Ricin-laden letter sent to Senator
The letter was postmarked Memphis, Tenn., and had no return address, according to a message sent to staffers by the Senate Sergeant at Arms.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said members were briefed that the substance had been found in a letter and that a suspect has been identified.
McCaskill said the letter came from an individual who frequently writes to lawmakers. She wouldn’t identify the person but confirmed officials had identified someone.
McCaskill said state offices have been told what to look for if there are more letters containing the toxic substance.
The Senate went into recess shortly after 6 p.m. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and FBI Director Robert Mueller began briefing senators shortly afterward. A Homeland Security official said that the briefing was intended to address cybersecurity but that the subject pivoted after the Ricin substance was discovered.
All congressional mail is screened ever since Capitol Hill-bound letters laced with anthrax were discovered in October 2001, which contributed to the death of five people and infected 17 more.
The incident comes one day after three people were killed and 176 were injured as two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon. Lawmakers speculated on the unfortunate timing. The FBI is investigating the Boston bombings as an “act of terrorism,” though whether domestic or international is unclear. President Barack Obama will travel to Boston on Wednesday.
“I don’t know if that’s coincidence,” said Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said of the timing. “It’s too early to tell. We don’t know enough about Boston to even speculate.”
Napolitano ignored questions from reporters as she left the briefing. The FBI had no comment on the matter, and the Secret Service said it’s not involved in any investigation.
“I think they’ve taken real good precautions to notify everybody as to what happened. So what happened is far enough away and was caught in a way that did no damage that I’m not excessively concerned about it,” said Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.). “I think they’ve taken strong steps to avoid any problem.”
Levin said he didn’t think other senators were targets.
“Not that they gave us. I’m not sure [Wicker] was a target. You’re assuming he was a target — and I don’t know that. It wasn’t stated in that meeting.”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) confirmed the letter was sent to Wicker’s office and said that at that point, the incident appeared to be a solitary one.
Wicker, a former House member, referred all comments to the U.S. Capitol Police.
Ricin is a toxic substance made from castor beans. Ricin poisoning could cause symptoms such as respiratory distress, fever, cough, nausea, and tightness in the chest, as well as heavy sweating and chest tightness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There is no known antidote.
took them 7 years to catch Eric Rudolph.
its fucking heisenberg13/f/taiwan wrote:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/roger-wicker-letter-ricin-90171.html?hp=t3_3who writes letters anymore?An envelope sent to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) included a substance that has tested positive for Ricin, two sources said.
It was not immediately clear when the envelope was received, but senators said it was identified on Tuesday morning as containing Ricin. It arrived at a Senate mail facility, which has now been closed for more testing — all mail bound for Capitol Hill is now being directed through a U.S. House facility.
Ricin-laden letter sent to Senator
The letter was postmarked Memphis, Tenn., and had no return address, according to a message sent to staffers by the Senate Sergeant at Arms.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said members were briefed that the substance had been found in a letter and that a suspect has been identified.
McCaskill said the letter came from an individual who frequently writes to lawmakers. She wouldn’t identify the person but confirmed officials had identified someone.
McCaskill said state offices have been told what to look for if there are more letters containing the toxic substance.
The Senate went into recess shortly after 6 p.m. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and FBI Director Robert Mueller began briefing senators shortly afterward. A Homeland Security official said that the briefing was intended to address cybersecurity but that the subject pivoted after the Ricin substance was discovered.
All congressional mail is screened ever since Capitol Hill-bound letters laced with anthrax were discovered in October 2001, which contributed to the death of five people and infected 17 more.
The incident comes one day after three people were killed and 176 were injured as two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon. Lawmakers speculated on the unfortunate timing. The FBI is investigating the Boston bombings as an “act of terrorism,” though whether domestic or international is unclear. President Barack Obama will travel to Boston on Wednesday.
“I don’t know if that’s coincidence,” said Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said of the timing. “It’s too early to tell. We don’t know enough about Boston to even speculate.”
Napolitano ignored questions from reporters as she left the briefing. The FBI had no comment on the matter, and the Secret Service said it’s not involved in any investigation.
“I think they’ve taken real good precautions to notify everybody as to what happened. So what happened is far enough away and was caught in a way that did no damage that I’m not excessively concerned about it,” said Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.). “I think they’ve taken strong steps to avoid any problem.”
Levin said he didn’t think other senators were targets.
“Not that they gave us. I’m not sure [Wicker] was a target. You’re assuming he was a target — and I don’t know that. It wasn’t stated in that meeting.”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) confirmed the letter was sent to Wicker’s office and said that at that point, the incident appeared to be a solitary one.
Wicker, a former House member, referred all comments to the U.S. Capitol Police.
Ricin is a toxic substance made from castor beans. Ricin poisoning could cause symptoms such as respiratory distress, fever, cough, nausea, and tightness in the chest, as well as heavy sweating and chest tightness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There is no known antidote.
Tu Stultus Es
someone showed me the opening sketch of the simpsons from sunday. guess what they parodied...
Last edited by 13/f/taiwan (2013-04-16 18:12:25)
mad men
I don't get it. I know what breaking bad is but I don't get what point you are trying to make.13/f/taiwan wrote:
someone showed me the opening sketch of the simpsons from sunday. guess what they parodied...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKePrVPGK3g
Heisenberg was Walter White's alter ego in Breaking Bad. He makes Ricin and it (ricin) plays a part in a few storylines. Ricin letters -> Heisenberg -> BB -> Simpsons did it.
also makes IEDs
Tu Stultus Es
Sean Hannity is still going on about that Saudi guy even though the FBI said the guy is a victim after they searched his apartment.
I can't wait to see my Pakistani lady friend tomorrow. She is doing a thesis on homeland security and counterterrorism methods of the U.S. vs the U.K. Poor girl is going to be heart broken. I will fix that heart.
So many pictures and videos. Imagine if we had cellphone cameras 12 years ago or during the world wars.
Land of the free.13/f/taiwan wrote:
it's usual for there to be cops on every other block, train station and huge public area in manhattan. today it was every single block, hotel, skyscraper, train station, government office, park, etc.
i had this pasty looking person with me so i didn't get stopped in the train station. some guy with a turban had his bag searched.
Try comprehending what I said. I said 'typical American overreaction' ie. how Americans typically overreact. I didn't say all or even the majorityJay wrote:
Yep. Typical. We've changed our daily greetings from 'How are you?' and 'Good morning' to 'Droned a few more towelheads today, fuck yeah!'. I swear you don't even try to write anything intelligent anymore.
us aussies aren't better. When there was that sexual assault thingo at macquarie uni everyone jumped on their nuts going "OMG MUST BE ASYLUM SEEKERS LIVING IN THE AREA" when the media found out DFAT housed them there.
Totally. I'd say the vocal minority vs. silent majority is something that is overlooked a lot of the time.
Well yes.Uzique The Lesser wrote:
oh, okay. "genuine terrorism", i.e. terrorism done by darkies. your habitual disliking of muslims comes through in your dumb categorization of terrorism being "genuine" only when it involves arabs or islam. again: the vast majority of terrorism incidents in america have been domestic, i.e. perpetrated by a national. but then i guess only the small minority were "genuine" attacks, right. it's not authentic if it doesn't cross a race or culture barrier.
If a white 'merican kills dozens of his fellow patriots thats the acceptable price of freedom.
If its a brown-skinned muslim then its terrorism.
My god the jews have you by the balls.
Fuck Israel
Fb comments at the bottom are a decent readSources told FOX 25 there was an American Airlines flight that was headed to Chicago. There were two men on that plane – not sitting next to each other – and speaking Arabic.
There were some concerned marathoners on the flight so the plane was brought back to the gate and the two men were escorted off the plane.
No other details were immediately available.
Read more: http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/219889 … z2QiESjQQJ
uuuh if 'typical' doesn't denote "something representing the majority", how is it typical? then it becomes atypical. untypical. non-typical.Jaekus wrote:
Try comprehending what I said. I said 'typical American overreaction' ie. how Americans typically overreact. I didn't say all or even the majorityJay wrote:
Yep. Typical. We've changed our daily greetings from 'How are you?' and 'Good morning' to 'Droned a few more towelheads today, fuck yeah!'. I swear you don't even try to write anything intelligent anymore.
typical derives from 'type', etymol. latin, meaning 'figure' or 'symbol'. symbols normally operate on a basic rhetorical substitution of the part for the whole; they rely on that sort of synecdochic or metonymic substitution/displacement. if you said "typical" american, but you didn't mean the "ordinary" american and hence the american that constitutes some sort of demographic-cultural 'majority', then you didn't mean "typical".
it would be like saying an AQ extremist is a "typical" pakistani, whilst conceding that the vast majority of normal pakistani citizens are peaceful, god-fearing people. you are contradicting yourself.
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Typical for those who overreact to say "let's nuke Iran". Not saying Americans typically overreact.
Last edited by Jaekus (2013-04-17 02:58:36)
so you mean "typical far-right nutty american response", not "typical american ". one statement is a nuanced bit of fun-poking at a certain american attitude; the other is tarring a nation of hundreds of millions with the views espoused by a crackpot minority. no wonder jay called you out. it came across as the worst sort of internet anti-americanism.
It was something I wrote heading out the door on the way to work. It certainly seems more important to you guys than it did me at the time. Yeah I worded it badly, now I've corrected myself.
Last edited by Jaekus (2013-04-17 02:59:55)