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Times Square Terror! 4 a.m. I.E.D. Blows Army Office

NeverEnough — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:08:06 EST

@Goober_Pea: THAT'S why the brave, heroic soldier was tossing a puppy off of the cliff... they are furry agents of terror. For the love of god, chuck your dog before it's too late!

NeverEnough

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Goober_Pea — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:59:18 EST

@NeverEnough: I was wondering why my dog was spending all night locked in the basement. I thought she was just punishing herself for peeing somewhere I haven't noticed yet.

I am going to petition for all dogs and paperboys be rounded up and sent to Gitmo.

Goober_Pea

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Dusty in the Wind — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:46:36 EST

Nice, but next time please hit the MTV store and Bubba Gump Shrimp while you're at it...

Dusty in the Wind

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shanghaibaby — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:39:16 EST

Gotta love NY: you can get anything delivered, any time, day or night.

shanghaibaby

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MartyPants — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:17:20 EST

...some people heard a very loud bang. Some even felt the explosion.

Wow. Poor news anchor. The reporter "on the scene" also sounded bummed to have to say there are no injuries to report.

MartyPants

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Ummwhat — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:59:02 EST

@In Other News...: I'd rather stick my head in the oven while chewing tin foil and listening to Paris Hilton sing You Light Up My Life in French.

Ummwhat

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Cheap Shot — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:43:04 EST

@BettyCrocker: hilarious!

Cheap Shot

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BettyCrocker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:34:55 EST

@Cheap Shot: I wouldn't mind dying on the subway if I was sandwiched between Anderson Cooper, Josh Hartnett, and Mario Lopez and the blast blew all of our pants off, but not just yet.

BettyCrocker

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famousauthor — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:33:35 EST

If hoodies were outlawed, then only outlaws would wear hoodies.

famousauthor

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Cheap Shot — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:27:50 EST

You guys know that we will surely be attacked during the elections right? What better time would it be to do something as the power changes.
I just wish us hard working people weren't the victims. I do not want to die on the subway!!!

Cheap Shot

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BettyCrocker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:25:03 EST

@SarahHeartburn: bOoM! Halp!

BettyCrocker

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GeorgeBabbitt — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:24:52 EST

@SarahHeartburn: You're one of my favorite commenters, so I wouldn't want you to take this the wrong way, but you mention going to the gym a lot. Are you really that healthy, or are you just trying to make the rest of us feel slothful? 'Cause I'm feeling pretty slothful here.

GeorgeBabbitt

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SarahHeartburn — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:07:07 EST

@BettyCrocker: Ceiling kat drops invizibul bomb!

SarahHeartburn

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NeverEnough — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:04:46 EST

This disturbing note was found at the scene of the crime:

"Throw one more puppy off of a cliff and the ankles of all Americans will not be safe from biting! Your favorite shoes? Ruthlessly chewed! Alu Iams!

--al-Aqsa Puppy Martyrs Brigade"

NeverEnough

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BettyCrocker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:57:36 EST

@scroll_lock: Get bukkit for kleenup, kthnxbai.

BettyCrocker

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VirusWithShoes — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:40:34 EST

@NeverEnough: Ha! Subject was reported seen running away from the scene while barking and marking his territory every 20 feet.

VirusWithShoes

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scroll_lock — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:39:54 EST

@BettyCrocker: Mai bombz, let me show u them.

scroll_lock

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Michael Jahn — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:38:48 EST

The first thing greeting me in my email inbox this morning was from a friend, asking my whereabouts and did I have an alibi.

Michael Jahn

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Spirit Fingers — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:36:58 EST

As we speak, FBI agents are scouring the internets in search of Jolt cola and Pop Rocks...all possible ingredients for the "mini boom boom".

Spirit Fingers

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NeverEnough — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:35:48 EST

Outside of a recruiting office? This is clearly the work of the PLF (Puppy Liberation Front).

NeverEnough

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BettyCrocker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:33:59 EST

@scroll_lock: Cool caption contest idea! LOLBombz!

Oh hai. I maded you a bombz, but I detonateded it.

BettyCrocker

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scroll_lock — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:31:42 EST

@raincoaster: Apparently that was retired along with the drills where you hide under your school desk in case of nookyular attack.

scroll_lock

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raincoaster — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:26:52 EST

Is calling it a "bomb" hopelessly passe now?

raincoaster

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scroll_lock — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:26:35 EST

What do we win if we run down and take our picture in front of the Uncle Sam poster and post it in a comment? A copy of the Gawker book, or can we get hauled in for questioning downtown?

scroll_lock

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In Other News... — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:23:08 EST

@Ummwhat: Tune to Fox News and find out.

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In Other News... — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:22:34 EST

@IndianSlipper: Saying, "Blimey, now look at this kerfuffle I've wrought."

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Ummwhat — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:22:00 EST

What color are we on? Orange? Wait, we don't do that anymore? How will I know when to soil myself?

Ummwhat

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relunctant entity — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:14:17 EST

NO WAY. That's really weird. He had a backpack and a hood? And a bike? He's going to be really easy to find.

relunctant entity

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IndianSlipper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:11:46 EST

At least he is environmentally aware, and rode his bike instead of driving a gas guzzling SUV! He's probably sipping an espresso in a Williamsburg Starbucks right now, while reading the news on his MacAir.

IndianSlipper

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In Other News... — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:11:14 EST

@Theda_Bara: He had the Postal Service do his dirty deeds for him.

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PandoraSpocks — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:11:07 EST

@PandoraSpocks: Also, they've just arrested some kid at UC Davis with a pipe bomb in his dorm room. "I'll take Lame Post 9/11 Campus Radicalism for a thousand dollars, Alex."

PandoraSpocks

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PandoraSpocks — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:06:38 EST

@TheHonJudgeSmails: I know...and you all do it so well.

PandoraSpocks

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Calitri — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:05:36 EST

@Sarcastro: Forgotten!? I live my life by those words.

Calitri

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Theda_Bara — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:02:51 EST

Wearing a hoodie? Has anyone checked Kaczynski's cell?

Theda_Bara

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SarahHeartburn — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:00:27 EST

Of course, outside the US, this was OGODGODOGOD TERROR IN NY!!. I read the NY Times this morning on the web soon after this happened, saw nothing, then went to the gym and saw on the tv there, on Spanish CNN-Canal+ "New York awakens to terror!!. The fucking Times Square Army recruitment station has been hit before, I think. BFD.

SarahHeartburn

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mitchel_stevens — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:00:22 EST

It was Nader. Clearly he hadn't done enough testing on bringing us the bomb.

mitchel_stevens

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meerkat — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:56:03 EST

@magneticfields:
It did look a little other-worldly. First I thought, "I only had 2 glasses of wine!" Then I thought, "Um, can they see me?"

And then I went back inside...

meerkat

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Sarcastro — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:55:04 EST

BOOM! Shake, shake, shake the room.

And thus ends today's installment of mostly forgotten Will Smith songs.

Sarcastro

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PeenScene — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:54:33 EST

This was definitely terroristic. When I was wakened by the sound of helicopters this morning, I was filled with terror at the thought I was now living in L.A.

PeenScene

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In Other News... — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:52:21 EST

@PandoraSpocks: Explosive device at a military recruitment station? I think the point was rather specific.

In Other News...

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BalknChain — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:51:52 EST

Must have been riding on one of Bush's long sought after Axels of Evil

BalknChain

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TheHonJudgeSmails — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:50:17 EST

@PandoraSpocks: That's why it's OK to poke fun at it.

TheHonJudgeSmails

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magneticfields — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:49:18 EST

@meerkat: Those were actually aliens, leaving after a wild night out in the meatpacking district. The helicopters came a little later.

magneticfields

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VirusWithShoes — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:47:58 EST

Lou Dobbs has just described the bomber as Hispanic and both the hoody and backpack as of "Chinese origin". He's not on TV - he's still in the shower at home.

VirusWithShoes

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PandoraSpocks — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:46:43 EST

@meerkat: Seems like an odd event, sort of disjointed and pointless.
At least whoever it was didn't blow anyone else (or themselves) up.

[www.boston.com]

PandoraSpocks

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ClockOnTheStove — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:45:03 EST

@TheHonJudgeSmails: @ThisIsWhy: @BettyCrocker: Territo. Roll your R's and it sounds delicious.

ClockOnTheStove

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In Other News... — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:44:28 EST

@moff: Hope it doesn't give you explosive diarrhea. See what we did there?

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In Other News... — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:43:59 EST

@fiveinchtaint: @TheHonJudgeSmails: Su terror es muy pequeno!

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Calitri — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:43:17 EST

These only one explanation - JFP. That dude's always dropping bombs.

Calitri

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ThisIsWhy... — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:42:01 EST

People shouldn't fear their government, government should fear the people. Go V!

ThisIsWhy...

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Moff — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:40:58 EST

Based on the description, the suspect delivered my breakfast about fifteen minutes ago.

Moff

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In Other News... — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:40:55 EST

@The Cooler: No no, there's no voicemail at that phone. Because it rang, like, six times at least before she picked it up!

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YourGoldKeith — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:38:05 EST

OK - guy with hood, backpack and bike; smells like gunpowder.
Got it.

Must.
Stop.
Tehrr.

YourGoldKeith

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CaptainFantastic — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:37:26 EST

"startled awake" Gah!

CaptainFantastic

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BettyCrocker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:36:51 EST

@fiveinchtaint: Terror 'tinis for one and all!

BettyCrocker

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CaptainFantastic — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:36:34 EST

Obama reportedly was startled wake at 3:45am, but the phone didn't ring, so he took a leak and went back to bed.

CaptainFantastic

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TheHonJudgeSmails — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:36:07 EST

@BettyCrocker: @fiveinchtaint: Un petit terror.

TheHonJudgeSmails

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fiveinchtaint — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:34:40 EST

@BettyCrocker: Terroroncini

fiveinchtaint

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meerkat — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:34:27 EST

This explains the strange lights I saw over that part of midtown early this morning. While it was still dark, I couldn't tell what the hell if was... a big circle of blinking lights in the sky. When the sun came up I could see they were helicopters hovering over the area.

meerkat

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BettyCrocker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:33:48 EST

@fiveinchtaint: Terroritti?

BettyCrocker

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fiveinchtaint — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:32:43 EST

@BettyCrocker: Diet Terror(tm). There must be approximately 700 different videos of the event, right?

fiveinchtaint

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Ed — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:32:06 EST

@The Cooler:

Dammit. You scooped me.

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Ed — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:31:47 EST

Did Hillary Clinton get that call?

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BettyCrocker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:31:08 EST

That's not terror. That's terrorette.

BettyCrocker

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The Cooler — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:30:49 EST

If it had been 40 minutes earlier, Hillary would have answered the call, but unfortunately she fell asleep and it went to voicemail.

The Cooler

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TheHonJudgeSmails — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:29:37 EST

Glad mayor Mike's right on top of things.

TheHonJudgeSmails