A Russian mixed-martial arts fighter, being questioned by FBI agents in Orlando, Florida regarding his association with the Boston bombers, allegedly became suddenly violent; injuring an agent before being fatally shot.
"The agent, two Massachusetts State Police troopers, and other law enforcement personnel were interviewing an individual in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation when a violent confrontation was initiated by the individual. During the confrontation, the individual was killed and the agent sustained non-life threatening injuries. As this incident is under review, we have no further details at this time," the FBI office in Boston stated today.
And it turns out that the guy was previously arrested in 2010 in Boston for instigating a road-rage incident, again May 4 of this year for aggravated battery in Orlando, and was also a suspect in a triple homicide. All in all, it appears that the cops just cleaned up the gene pool a bit.
Illegal Immigrant rights protest in the US/Mexico border in Tijuana
According to a recent Rasmussen poll, 81% of Americans think that legal immigrants should be welcomed, but that those from countries with links to terrorism (Islam) should be more carefully scrutinized than others. We're not talking illegal aliens, here - why welcome lawbreakers? But those who go through the process and enter our country legally, heck yeah; welcome home, buddies! Now get to work.
Most Americans think the United States should welcome legal immigrants from around the world but believe those from countries with terrorist ties should be eyed more closely. They also think the United States should give preference to immigrants who are good for the economy.
That's got to really annoy the folks who blather on about "rights" for illegal aliens, and who often claim that anybody who disagrees is a racist. As the photo shows, they're not "undocumented immigrants", they're foreign nationals. Those aren't, after all, American flags that they're proudly waving.
In another example of the way Democratics twist things to suit their equally twisted mind-set, Rep. Cummings of Maryland lambasted Republicans in general and Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), for what he believes was the congressman using the Benghazi attack for his own political gain.
As is so often the case, Mediaite gets it wrong: Cummings doesn't believe it; he merely claims it. There's a difference, and it's a particularly ironic one in view of the fact that Barky and his administration deliberately lied to the American people for personal political gain.
Boston amputee Celeste Corcoran may have lost her legs due to the attack, but her sense of humor's intact - and it's certainly needed, as humor is an invaluable tool when recuperating from life-threatening injuries (or disease).
When injured Marines who were visiting Boston Marathon bombing victim Celeste Corcoran told her about the Paralympics Sunday at Boston Medical Center, she told them she'd never been a runner because she used to get "the most horrible shin splints."
"So I was like, 'Hey, I don't have shins anymore,'" Corcoran, a 47-year-old hair stylist from Lowell, Mass., is heard saying in a YouTube Video of the encounter. "'I won't be getting shin splints. I can do this.'"
Assuming that the intent of the bomber brothers was to demoralize, they failed.
That's what Katherine Russel Tsarnaev claims through her mouthpiece, at this point. She says that Suspect #1, her husband, was supposed to be watching their toddler daughter when he was out planting bombs. It appears that she works; he did not.
Well, what's the point of watching a daughter, anyway? She'll just grow up to become a worthless woman, after all....
The guy who was carjacked by the Boston Muslims says they told him that they wouldn't kill him because he's not an American. So, there's that. Such good Muslim boys.
And the idiots have begun
crawling out from behind the molding, claiming that the surviving Muzzie, "Jahar", is innocent. There are several active sites, but the highest concentration appears to be on a site called "Twitter". The drool and slobber is thick, there, replete with illustrations of the superior intellect of the participants.
Amusingly, the Twitter hashtags are already getting trolled; it appears that a number of folks are in disagreement with the whole innocence meme being promulgated.
Meanwhile, much to the relief of supporters, Jarha has been Mirandized. He apparently gets a public defender, which seems a little odd: after all, the lads had enough cash to send the older one back home for six months; that can't have been cheap. And they had cash for guns, ammunition, and pressure-cookers. Since there's one brother who doesn't need defense representation due to the fact that he's assumed ambient temperature, you might imagine that Jarha and his family could scrape together enough cash to pay for one.
Periodically, Twitter sends out a few items via email - presumably because this site sends them a feed. Hard to say, as it's not something that appears on the screen here with great regularity. But this one was interesting, short and sweet:
I'm Fairly Certain that "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev” Is Chechnyan for “Bill Ayers”
He's probably right. Haven't looked up a translation as yet.
With the revelation that the Boston bombers lacked gun permits, the folks over at The Hill see a solution to the problem:
The news that the suspects were not authorized to own firearms will likely add fuel to calls for tougher gun laws – an issue that was put on the back-burner last week after the Senate blocked the central elements of a gun-control package backed by President Obama.
Yessir, "tougher gun laws" - that'll stop 'em. Apparently, we also need tougher pressure-cooker laws, as well. Backpack laws, anyone? How about tougher Islam laws?
As the hunt for those responsible for the Boston bombings was underway, many in the media - particularly in the so-called "progressive" media, made clear their hope that the perp or perps would be angry white male conservatives. Their worst fear was that the perps would turn out to be exactly who they were: Muslims.
As the chairman of the House subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence calls for increased surveillance of Muzzies, and as four Congresscritters - including, of all people, John McCain - call for Obummer to treat the surviving guy as an enemy combatant rather than as a common criminal, the media spin cycle has already begun:
The Brothers Tsarnaev grew up in an environment of conflict and bloody violence, and are, therefore, victims. They are traumatized, not terrorists -- at least, not terrorists who are motivated by their Muslim faith, even if that seems apparent. Even if it's proven that they have links to Middle Eastern or other Muslim terrorist groups.
As a blogger at American Thinker predicted, that's exactly the line peddled by The New York Times.
Meanwhile, after taking credit for the capture of the survivor, president Barky urged us all not to rush to judgement against groups of people. Of course, that was last night. Two days previously, it was a different matter entirely, as Barky was not only calling people liars for daring to kill his gun control bill, he was encouraging Americans to rush to judgement against a group of people. Different day, different spin.
One thing seems abundantly clear, however: despite sympathetic portrayals in the media, these two perps - as the four Congresscritters note - much more than mere criminals; they weren't out for financial gain, and they didn't use their bombs to try to blow up a bank vault. They set out to kill and maim Americans, and they had acquired the skill-sets necessary to construct not only shrapnel-filled bombs, but even grenades - which they lobbed at police during a chase which ensued following their decision to murder a seated officer in cold blood. These aren't the acts of common criminals, and the survivor should not be treated as such.
It's unfortunate that the survivor was actually caught; it seems that had he been left alone for a few more hours, he might have assumed ambient temperature, thereby saving taxpayers from any further expenditure of resources:
In a photo of authorities apprehending Dzhokhar released Friday, a SWAT team medic can be seen administering an "ambu" resuscitation bag to assist him in his breathing. Another photo shows Dzhokhar climbing out of the boat under his own power, following the commands of the HRT (Hostage Rescue Team), and Miller said it is clear from the images that, "this is a guy who was very weak at this point and probably -- had he not been discovered -- he might not have lived."
On the one hand, taking him alive gave Boston residents reason to let off steam in celebration, and it gave Barky another opportunity to claim credit for himself. But on the other, we have to pay for his treatment and subsequent trial, which seems a needless additional burden. Especially in view of the fact that it costs next to nothing to dig a hole in the ground.
All views are welcome here, but there are a few rules that most understand intuitively. If you're stupid, you need them spelled out. So this note's for you:
1) You don't get to call people names (referred to in general parlance as an "ad-hominem attack").
2) You don't get to hijack discussion threads. This means that you confine your comments to the the post, and/or to comments related to the post.
3) You don't get to spit, drool, crap on the carpets, nor employ expletives - even if you believe that doing so showcases your vast intellectual capabilities.
4) If you happen to be stupid enough to be unable to comply with the above rules, you will receive one (1) warning - after which your subsequent comments may be removed, and your comment privileges revoked.
