Barry Jive wrote:me? so what

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

traderdave wrote:Right, RD. I guess the only appropriate picture for some would have shown Tsarnaev at a terrorist training camp with his head wrapped in a towel, a two-foot long beard and AKs in both hands. I wonder what the reaction would have been if the cover was a photo of him lying in the boat all shot up and bloodied? I am beginning to think that everybody should be required to take at least one Prozac per day and chill the #$!&@ out.

Yeah, because objecting to a magazine (that is a pop culture icon) making the guy look like a rock star is so incredibly outlandish and reactionary.

The programme discovered that Tamerlan Tsarnaev possessed articles which argued that both 9/11 and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing were government conspiracies.

Another in his possession was about "the rape of our gun rights".

Reading material he had about white supremacy commented that "Hitler had a point".

Tamerlan Tsarnaev also had literature which explored what motivated mass killings and noted how the perpetrators murdered and maimed calmly.

There was also material about US drones killing civilians, and about the plight of those still imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay.

'A Muslim of convenience'

The Tsarnaev brothers, ethnic Chechens, spent their early years moving around a troubled region of Russia torn by a violent Islamic insurgency.

But for the last decade they lived in Cambridge, near Boston.

The brothers' friends told us Tamerlan turned against the country and became passionate about Islam after becoming frustrated when his boxing career faltered because he did not have American citizenship.

Their friends wouldn't all speak openly because they were afraid of being wrongly viewed as associated with terrorism.

'Mike' spent a lot of time in the brothers' flat.

"He (Tamerlan) just didn't like America. He felt like America was just basically attacking all Middle Eastern countries…you know trying to take their oil."

He (Tamerlan) just didn't like America. He felt like America was just basically attacking all Middle Eastern countries.”

'Mike'
Former friend
A spokesperson for Tamerlan's mosque in Cambridge, Nicole Mossalam, said Tamerlan only prayed there occasionally. She portrayed him as an angry young man who latched onto Islam.

"As far connecting with the Islamic community here, to actually praying, being involved, doing acts of charity….all of those were pretty much lacking.

"I would say he was just a Muslim of convenience," she said.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan's younger brother who has been charged with the bombings, scrawled a note shortly before his capture stating "We Muslims are one body. You hurt one you hurt us all."

The brothers had been reading militant Islamic websites before the bombings.

Friends say the younger brother smoked copious amounts of pot and rarely prayed.

'Tito' told us Dzhokhar's older brother dominated him and didn't approve of his "party lifestyle".

"He (Dzhokhar) was intimidated, that would probably be the best word. He took him very seriously. He was an authority."

pacino wrote:holy fuck, some guy from boston wants to burn the cover. im not a fan of the pic they used, but there's very little wrong with putting him on the cover. burning it means you cant handle shit.

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So we've officially proven all that security is meaningless. I'd like to shake that guy's hand for pointing out government incompetence and shining a giant ****ing spotlight on it.
A handshake? I'd give him a friggin' medal!

This is sooooo classic Kayvon Edson.

He soooooo would do this.

swishnicholson wrote:Police had to detonate two backpacks left near the Boston Marathon finish line

An innocent misunderstanding and perhaps overreaction by a justifiably nervous and vigilant police force? Nope. One backpack was filled with a rice cooker and confetti, apparently as a "joke" or "performance art" piece.

The person who left them has been identified as Kayvon Edson.