Six Bomb Blasts Around Central London 3468
M3rk1n_Muffl3y writes "There were six explosions around London this morning. Information is still emerging, but looks like there were bombs detonated on a bus near Russel Square and several others on the Underground around the City and King's Cross. It's been difficult to reach people on their mobiles."
Why? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:News just in.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The real bugger is... (Score:3, Funny)
the french, upset at not getting the olympics?
all condolences to our British friends; we're thinking of you this morning.
(I'm praying; to each his own.)
Re:Terrible. (Score:5, Funny)
Sweet Jesus, does Dubya know about this?
Re:Responsibility (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Get the latest from BBC (Score:2, Funny)
I hope everyone here understands... (Score:0, Funny)
Re:People in the UK are used to it. (Score:5, Funny)
FFS man, have you been asleep??
The IRA are noble freedom fighters who are combating oppression by striking at the heart of their oppressors, and that's why the USA has generously aided their noble cause.
Al-Qaeda are evil terrorists who are spreading misery by targeting civilians and landmarks, and that's why the USA has nobly opposed their evil agenda.
Could the difference BE more obvious? They don't even wear the same headgear; the IRA typically wear balaclavas because they are a perfectly sensible measure to avoid vicious British retaliation, and Al-Qaeda typically wear scarfy things because they are sinister and menacing symbols of terror.
They aren't funded the same way either. The IRA are funded partly by contributions and partly by the drug trade, which they are forced to get involved with brutal oppression leaves them no choice. Al-Qaede are funded partly by contributions and partly by the drug trade, which they are involved with because it suits their naturally evil state of mind.
If the difference still isn't clear, hang out with some Americans until it is.
Re:Al Qaeda group claims responsibility (Score:5, Funny)
What fascinatingly reckless and uninformed speculation. Why not just say "I am completely ignorant of any facts in this matter." It is easier to type and gets your point across a lot quicker.
Re:Watch the Law (Score:1, Funny)
BLUNKETT: They'll have biometrics. These biometrics will all be stored in the super new reliable unpolluted secure and reliable biometric database (which will be very reliable and secure). So if someone tries to set off a bomb in a tube train he won't be able to because, erm, a biometric will jump up and hit him on the head, which wouldn't happen if we don't have these biometrics. So the thing is that with these secure biometrics and the clean secure database we'll be much safer and if anyone says otherwise they're obviously either a luddite or a paedophile. Or maybe a luddite paedophile. Have I mentioned biometrics enough? I love biometrics because biometric technology is shiny and perfect and will also stop us from being eaten by giant alien ninja attack squirrels. Can I have my medicine now?
INTERVIEWER: What are you talking about?
BLUNKETT: If you've got nothing to fear you've got nothing to hide.
Re:Maybe 4 bombs (Score:2, Funny)
Empty White House (Score:1, Funny)
And once that's done, convert the now-empty White House into a wine bar?
Boom (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wow. (Score:3, Funny)
My sister moved to Brooklyn on the night of Sept. 10. On the morning of the 11th, she and her best friend coped the best way they knew how: They climbed to their roof with a bottle of tequila, watched the towers burn, and toasted the day with a black-humor contest. Whoever could think of the grimmest, ugliest, most horrifying joke would win.
My sister called out, "To an unobstructed view of lower Manhattan!" and tossed off her tequila. The winning toast turned out to be, "To employment opportunities in the New York Fire Department!"
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I frantically called a friend's cellphone in lower Manhattan. An elementary school teacher, he was evacuating students when I rang. He was in sight of the just fallen towers. He said, "When the radio played 'It's Raining Men' this morning, I didn't realize they were serious." When I reminded him of this charming comment some months later, he didn't remember making it.
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During the whole awful day, I was kind of excited that something had finally happened for MY generation so I didn't have to listen to my grandparents bitch about Pearl Harbor endlessly and ask why doesn't my generation get some direction.
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I'm a college debater and the topic last year (decided in August) was international terrorism. What I kept thinking all day was, Damn, my research is completely useless. Those assholes!
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Within 12 hours of the tragedy, it occurred to me that they'll never, ever show that great episode of the "The Simpsons" where the family goes to New York and Homer has to take a whiz in the World Trade Center.
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Sept. 12 I heard some people talking about the different state quarters. Shuffling through their pockets they pulled out a few and noted that the New York quarter had a picture of the Statue of Liberty on it. "Heh, heh, lucky they didn't put a picture of the twin towers on it," one said.
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Q: What's Osama bin Laden's favorite football team?
A: The New York Jets.
-- Terry Forte, who says the joke was conceived on Sept. 12
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Also, in thinking about the possible end of the world, one of the thoughts I was most upset by went something like this: "FUCK. If we're all barricaded in bunkers we won't be able to go to the movies anymore."
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"Well, I guess Gary Condit's relieved."
--overheard by Josh Anderson, 30, Arlington, Va., during the week of 9/11
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2001 was a great year for me; I hated the twin towers and I hated the Taliban and now they're both gone!
-- Lesbian feminist from Greenwich Village
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I knew a guy who narrowly escaped getting hit by a falling body. The first e-mail he sent out, two hours later, was, "Hey, how do we get ahold of all the new 212 cell numbers that'll be available?"
I had another friend who watched the towers go down from Brooklyn, didn't know what to do to get out his sudden rage against Arabs, so he opened his refrigerator and started throwing out all his Middle Eastern food, yelling as he tossed items one by one into the garbage: "Fuck this baba ghanoush! We don't need their fucking pita bread!" I won't even tell you what he did to the hummus.
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My husband and I were playing Jenga afterward. When the Jenga collapsed, I shouted "North Tower." Then the second round of the game, we shouted, "South Tower." Now we don't call it Jenga anymore. We call it North Tower.
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When I heard there was a terror attack downtown, I hoped the situation would degenerate into urban guerrilla warfare. I was really psyched to go out and kick some Islamist ass.
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I worked at a prominent chain of sex stores. On Sept. 11, I worked there all day, and as weirdo after weirdo came in, oblivious to the fact that hijacked airplanes had just crashed into and destroyed American landmarks and killed thousands of people (at that time, people were guessing up to 50,000 plus), I thought, Godammit. Of all the times to be on commission at a fucking sex store
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WHAT HAPPEN (Score:2, Funny)
Re:NO , its NOT funny , Asshole (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Then what? (Score:3, Funny)
*raises hand*
Re:You're an embarrassment to your country. (Score:2, Funny)
The French have it bad enough without people like you masking knee-jerk nationalism with thinly veiled moral 'highhorsing'.
I enjoy a good "France are a bunch of cowards" joke as much as the next guy, but I feel compelled to state the guy you responded to isn't France-french. He's even worse! You see, although the entire world has at least *some* contempt for France, they - yes even France - holds Quebec Frenchies in disdain. How bad is when even the laughing stock of the world thinks you're a bunch of ninnies.
Unfortunately, my country has to put up with an entire province full of people like this. My sincerist apologies to the world for the likes of this guy, Celine Dion, and a whole list of others whom we couldn't keep within the borders of their fascist province.
Re:You're an embarrassment to your country. (Score:2, Funny)
Wow! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:You're an embarrassment to your country. (Score:2, Funny)
As a member.... (Score:3, Funny)
I can state unequivocally that 9-11 was not the work of our pawns.
However, our control of the Australian/South African/Polish Shadow Government has always been tenuous at best, and of course they have always had the motivation and resources for these sorts of things.
The rest of the world's Shadow Governments have generally been spending the last few decades implementing our labor reform acts and performing corporate audits, so of course they are beyond suspicion.
We in the Globalized Corporate Oligarchy seek to implement our vision statement across all of our puppets (shadow governments and media machines alike) in order to bring new exciting products that add value for all our stakeholders and customers. We apologize for the inconvenience of this attack.
Re:Why? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Before I read anything, I'd like to say (Score:4, Funny)
Great point. From that statement onwards, he should lose all rights to complain if they comply.
Re:Bound to happen, unfortunately (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Stick to what you know boys and girls (Score:1, Funny)
But you're right about one thing: I have no combat experience whatsoever. (Never even took a bunch of fives in a dustup at the boozer.) So I'll have to leave it to you to explain the fine points of martial discipline and the warrior's code required to take a squad of your armed-to-the-teeth buddies, kick in the door of some Arab farmer's shack at midnight, scream unintelligble commands for the hysterical grandmothers and children inside to get face down on the floor, and drag some bewildered and unprotesting man who vaguely fits the description of someone you were assigned to look for [they all look alike, anyway] off to one of our expanding fleet of military prisons for an invigorating round of torture. [In any way short of organ failure, of course - we're proud white people, not one of these swarthy barbarians.]
Or here's an idea: defend your own borders rather than rolling your tanks over someone else's. It might chill those high-strung Middle Eastern types right the fuck out.
Re:WHAT HAPPEN (Score:2, Funny)
The bus exploded outside the window of where she works.
Looking on the bright side, at least she gets tommorow off work.
Random searches in airports (Score:3, Funny)
I don't think that change is needed. My Middle Eastern friend told that since 9/11 me he gets randomly search before every flight.
Re:As usual (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Someone from the UK (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Police request preservation of digital comms (Score:2, Funny)
I'd just edit the logs and say the message was lost due to high network volume :)
Re:I Upset the racist club ... (Score:1, Funny)
Put a sock in it. You are emberassing the rest of us.