Three College Students Arrested for Helping Tsarnaev Brothers

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From left, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, from Kazakhstan, with bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in New York

In the Boston bombing investigation, three college students have been arrested and will be charged with helping the Tsarnaev brothers cover their tracks after the attack.

The US Attorney’s office confirmed that three men arrested in connection with the attacks face charges of conspiring to obstruct justice and making false statements.

Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both 19 and originally from Kazakhstan, will be charged conspiring to obstruct justice and making false statements.

The third suspect, Robel Phillipos, 19, of Cambridge, faces charges of making false statements.

According to the criminal complaints, Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev helped the Tsarnaev brothers after the bombings by throwing away possible evidence, including a laptop and a backpack full of fireworks that was in the UMass Dartmouth dorm room of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Here are the complaints against Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev (PDF).

UPDATE at 5/1/13 1:19:53 pm

Azamat and Dias, by the way, are the ones who were questioned earlier by police — the Daily Fail wrongly reported at the time that they had been arrested, and tried to make a big deal out of their “Terrorista #1” novelty license plate. (Which was based on a line in “Harlem Shake,” and wasn’t a sekrit confession.)

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119 comments
1 Bert's House of Beef and Obdicuts  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:32:20pm

Dumb or evil fools.

2 Targetpractice  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:32:59pm

Your buddy has just been identified as one of the most wanted men in America…and you think the smartest thing you can do is try to get rid of the evidence.

I’m pretty sure that qualifies for some sort of award for sheer stupidity.

3 erik_t  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:33:27pm

I sort of get trying to help a friend who you think might be falsely accused, but when he’s accused of blowing up a bomb and you find a bunch of explosives, you’re not being terribly observant or clever.

Enjoy your trials, folks.

4 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:35:19pm

This is what happens when you mix wannabe terrorism with Beer Pong.

5 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:36:15pm

re: #2 Targetpractice

Your buddy has just been identified as one of the most wanted men in America…and you think the smartest thing you can do is try to get rid of the evidence.

I’m pretty sure that qualifies for some sort of award for sheer stupidity.

seems to describe the entire plan all the way from the beginning.

6 erik_t  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:37:05pm

re: #4 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

This is what happens when you mix wannabe terrorism with Beer Pong.

As we look back, I’m pretty sure their wannabe terrorism was planned, so to speak, only after several games.

7 Kragar  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:37:24pm

Dumbasses

8 Decatur Deb  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:37:27pm

Double secret Gitmo.

9 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:37:30pm

re: #3 erik_t

I sort of get trying to help a friend who you think might be falsely accused, but when he’s accused of blowing up a bomb and you find a bunch of explosives, you’re not being terribly observant or clever.

Enjoy your trials, folks.

But..but..but…they thought it was just illegal fireworks!!!!

//

10 aagcobb  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:39:33pm

re: #2 Targetpractice

Your buddy has just been identified as one of the most wanted men in America…and you think the smartest thing you can do is try to get rid of the evidence.

I’m pretty sure that qualifies for some sort of award for sheer stupidity.

They will have many years, if not decades, to contemplate the stupidity of their actions while rotting in a federal prison, unless they can get the feds to cut them a deal for testimony against Dzhokhar.

11 dragonath  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:39:47pm

Worst use of a scholarship ever.

12 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:41:06pm
13 FemNaziBitch  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:42:48pm

So, how is it today?

14 erik_t  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:42:57pm

Wait. How in God’s green (or for the poor midwest, white again) Earth was Tsarnaev mind-bogglingly stupid enough to keep evidence around after the fact?

UM-Lowell needs to look into their admissions standards.

15 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:43:52pm

re: #13 FemNaziBitch

So, how is it today?

I haz kittens!
highlight of my month, even tho I haven’t seen them yet…but I can hear them!

16 Kragar  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:44:02pm

Lets just see, potential reward money for turning in the Boston Bombers or years in jail for aiding a terrorist? Which to choose? Its quite a puzzler.

17 FemNaziBitch  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:44:56pm

re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth

I haz kittens!
highlight of my month, even tho I haven’t sen them yet…but I can hear them!

awwwwww!

better kittens than stupid friends.

18 erik_t  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:46:27pm

re: #16 Kragar

Lets just see, potential reward money for turning in the Boston Bombers or years in jail for aiding a terrorist? Which to choose? Its quite a puzzler.

One wonders if they were themselves involved to some extent, and were acting out of self-interest.

The charges don’t reflect that, but more could be levied later.

19 engineer cat  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:46:47pm

re: #17 FemNaziBitch

awwwwww!

better kittens than stupid friends.

unless throwing the dead mole lovingly deposited on my doormat back into the woods constitutes concealing evidence of a crime

20 Jack Burton  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:46:54pm

re: #14 erik_t

Wait. How in God’s green (or for the poor midwest, white again) Earth was Tsarnaev mind-bogglingly stupid enough to keep evidence around after the fact?

Something about a “box of rocks” comes to mind.

21 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:47:42pm

Enemy combatants!

22 darthstar  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:47:52pm

Hey guys…I know your defense will consist of “We never thought he’d seriously do it! We were just joking around and we’re only kids!” but here’s the reality of the situation. You aided and abetted a felon in the act of murder and terror. That makes you an accomplice. But hey, your family now gets to be on TV! WINNING!

Fucking Tardashians.

23 Political Atheist  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:48:53pm

This is beyond mere stupidity. I think they knew what was up and acted accordingly. Accessories to murder mayhem and terror. I hope none of then get a deal.

24 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:49:53pm

These kids may not survive prison if they don’t get solitary.

25 Kragar  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:50:01pm

Beck: God Must Destroy Us Because We Are Becoming an Affront to Him in Every Way

On today’s radio broadcast, Glenn Beck got pretty worked up about the fact that the jury in the trial of Kermit Gosnell has now entered the second day of deliberations, since Beck thinks it is an open and shut case and it should only have taken them seconds to find Gosnell guilty.

That eventually prompted Beck to declare that this nation has become so evil that God “has got to destroy us; we are becoming an affront to him in every step of the way. We are denying his existence. We are denying his power. We are slapping him in the face. We are killing his children” before he broke down weeping, tearfully begging God to forgive us and remember that there are still millions of people here who are good:

26 klys  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:50:17pm

In some ways, I am not at all surprised by the stupidity on display here.

These were college freshmen males. The intersection between that group and intelligence/critical thinking is generally not large.

Half /.

27 Feline Overlord  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:50:43pm

I find it incredibly sad that the likely “mastermind” of this whole affair ended up dead while a bunch of kids are going to take the fall.

28 Jack Burton  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:51:32pm

re: #25 Kragar

So he’s barely one step from being the Westboro Baptist Church now.

29 klys  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:51:35pm

re: #25 Kragar

Beck: God Must Destroy Us Because We Are Becoming an Affront to Him in Every Way

…Clearly, we are talking about a merciful God here.

30 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:51:57pm

re: #25 Kragar

grrrr

31 prairiefire  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:52:37pm

More young men with their future ahead of them, they’re handsome, too! Didn’t they know that fortune favors good looking people? I mean, really, what was going so awfully bad for them?
Corrupted souls.

32 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:52:48pm

re: #27 Feline Overlord

Was he alive when his brother backed over him?

33 engineer cat  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:53:05pm

re: #25 Kragar

Beck: God Must Destroy Us Because We Are Becoming an Affront to Him in Every Way

remember, glen beck is only on tv because his psychiatrist recommended that he be placed under constant observation

34 Kragar  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:53:12pm

Man angry over Boston bombings breaks jaw of ‘f*cking Muslim’ Iraq war veteran

A 39-year-old Muslim cab driver who served in the Iraq war says that an executive from an aviation company accused him of being a jihadist and broke his jaw in what activists are calling a hate crime.

Mohamed A. Salim told The Washington Post that Emerald Aviation President Ed Dahlberg attacked him after he picked him up at Country Club of Fairfax in Northern Virginia at around 2 a.m. on Friday. Dahlberg had been drinking and was told that he would have to finish his open beer before getting into the cab.

Salim recorded audio of the encounter on his cell phone.

Dahlberg can be heard asking Salim, who emigrated from Somalia, to define “jihad” and then lumping him in with “radical fucking Muslims blowing people up all over the world.”

“Denounce those motherfuckers now!” Dahlberg demands. “If you’re a fucking Muslim flying jets into the fucking World Trade Center then fuck you. I will slice your fucking throat right now.”

After Salim threatens to call 911, Dahlberg can be seen grabbing for the cell phone.

Salim said that Dahlberg left the cab, but then returned and broke his jaw before running into the woods.

35 FemNaziBitch  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:53:16pm

re: #25 Kragar

Beck: God Must Destroy Us Because We Are Becoming an Affront to Him in Every Way

Back to the Whacko “We are going to enforce God’s judgement on Earth” meme.

I’m so freakin’ tired of it.

Same arrogance we’ve seen for centuries.

36 prairiefire  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:53:44pm

re: #27 Feline Overlord

I find it incredibly sad that the likely “mastermind” of this whole affair ended up dead while a bunch of kids are going to take the fall.

I still think there are more people involved.

37 FemNaziBitch  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:54:13pm

re: #27 Feline Overlord

I find it incredibly sad that the likely “mastermind” of this whole affair ended up dead while a bunch of kids are going to take the fall.

I know. I want to sum it all up to “stupid kids” but the results are far too horrific.

38 Feline Overlord  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:55:08pm

re: #32 stabby

Probably, but his few seconds of suffering are nothing against the 60+ years in a federal prison these idiots are going to face.

39 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:55:31pm

re: #35 FemNaziBitch

Back to the Whacko “We are going to enforce God’s judgement on Earth” meme.

I’m so freakin’ tired of it.

Same arrogance we’ve seen for centuries.

You know I used to think it was bad for us that our enemy was the Soviet Union, a bunch of atheists. It encouraged religious nuts here. Now that we have religious nutbar enemies, perhaps in a generation or two we’ll class the Glen Becks with Osama Bin Laudins.

40 GunstarGreen  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:55:36pm

re: #25 Kragar

Beck: God Must Destroy Us Because We Are Becoming an Affront to Him in Every Way

Life Tip: If you feel the need to beg your God not to destroy millions of innocent lives to punish an equal-or-lesser number of evildoers, you need to reevaluate your belief that your God is worth worshiping.

41 aagcobb  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:56:18pm

re: #24 stabby

These kids may not survive prison if they don’t get solitary.

With the sentences they could receive, they may not survive prison anyway, regardless of how long they live.

42 darthstar  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:56:35pm

re: #37 FemNaziBitch

I know. I want to sum it all up to “stupid kids” but the results are far too horrific.

“Stupid kids” over 18 years old are stupid adults. If we want to stop other “kids” from trying shit like this, a very public trial with a very severe sentence (if they’re found guilty) will help.

43 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:57:03pm

re: #38 Feline Overlord

The suffering I worry about is not these fools who deserve what they’re gonna get, but the families of the slain and the injured.

Fuck these guys. Seriously.

44 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:57:30pm

re: #19 engineer cat

unless throwing the dead mole lovingly deposited on my doormat back into the woods constitutes concealing evidence of a crime

kitteh gifts:
Image: 249050_458312357577661_1057999810_n.jpg

45 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:57:46pm

re: #33 engineer cat

remember, glen beck is only on tv because his psychiatrist recommended that he be placed under constant observation

Isn’t he going to build his own town?

46 Kragar  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:58:06pm

God loves you, but will kill you and your whole family, casting you all into fiery torment for all eternity, if you don’t love him back and do everything according to what his self appointed representatives on Earth decree.

Wow, what a great deal.

47 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:58:27pm

re: #25 Kragar

Beck: God Must Destroy Us Because We Are Becoming an Affront to Him in Every Way

pimping his gated community again, is he?

48 erik_t  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:58:45pm

re: #43 stabby

The suffering I worry about is not these fools who deserve what they’re gonna get, but the families of the slain and the injured.

Fuck these guys. Seriously.

…after they’re found guilty by a US court of law.

49 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 12:59:31pm

re: #48 erik_t

undies in a bunch?

50 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:00:02pm
51 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:01:45pm

re: #46 Kragar

God loves you, but will kill you and your whole family, casting you all into fiery torment for all eternity, if you don’t love him back and do everything according to what his self appointed representatives on Earth decree.

Wow, what a great deal.

I know right? I wish all those Christian sycophants would get raptured already so they’ll leave the rest of us the fuck alone.

52 klys  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:02:13pm

re: #49 stabby

It’s not like this case has featured innuendo, misidentified suspects, and shoddy reporting or anything.

53 engineer cat  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:02:49pm

re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth

kitteh gifts:
Image: 249050_458312357577661_1057999810_n.jpg

actual photos of ignatz w mouse

54 Kragar  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:03:52pm

re: #51 stabby

I know right? I wish all those Christian sycophants would get raptured already so they’ll leave the rest of us the fuck alone.

The best thing about the Rapture would be the sheer comedy of seeing so many self-righteous bastards wondering why they are still here.

55 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:03:57pm

re: #52 klys

Thank God for investigative journalists who have higher standards than the New York Post, such as 4chan.

56 GunstarGreen  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:05:08pm

re: #49 stabby

undies in a bunch?

Expressing an interest in the Rule of Law, in a case that has been as frought with bullshit and misinformation as this one, does not warrant a response as flippant and juvenile as “undies in a bunch”.

In the United States of America, you are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, before a jury of your peers, beyond a reasonable shadow of a doubt.

57 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:06:09pm
58 wrenchwench  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:06:33pm

re: #27 Feline Overlord

Welcome, hatchling.

59 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:07:16pm

re: #56 GunstarGreen

I know one Elvis who is very greatful of that. I think he said he’s been in jail over 20 times but never convicted of anything. I wonder how he managed so many arrests.

60 wrenchwench  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:08:33pm

re: #34 Kragar

Man angry over Boston bombings breaks jaw of ‘f*cking Muslim’ Iraq war veteran

All such stories should end with

…before running into the woods.

Well, that would be the penultimate line. The ending would be, ‘He was apprehended, prosecuted, and convicted.’

61 FemNaziBitch  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:10:24pm

re: #58 wrenchwench

Welcome, hatchling.

Wow, How did I miss that.

Yes, Welcome!

62 Kragar  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:10:25pm

Tennessee Commissioner Refuses To Apologize For Anti-Muslim Picture On Facebook

A Tennessee County Commissioner doesn’t see anything wrong with a Facebook post he put up that led to Muslims feeling threatened.

The photo was posted to Coffee County commissioner Barry West‘s Facebook page, drawing consternation from Muslim groups who came across the image. In the photo, seen at the right, a double-barreled shotgun is pointed at the viewer with the caption “HOW TO WINK AT A MUSLIM.” The image soon went viral, causing West to take down the original post from his page.

63 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:11:06pm

You know one thing that counties like Malasia DON’T do, is put Islamist terrorists in prison for long periods of time.

Remember the Bali Bombing? The hate preacher who was convicted of being involved in it:
1) was given only 3 years for treason
2) it was reduced to 1
3) the prison warden and politicians wanted to be photographed respectfuly hugging him before he was put away…

Islam before country you know.

64 Bubblehead II  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:12:10pm

re: #61 FemNaziBitch

Wow, How did I miss that.

Yes, Welcome!

Missed it as well. Welcome hatchling.

65 FemNaziBitch  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:12:15pm

re: #62 Kragar

Tennessee Commissioner Refuses To Apologize For Anti-Muslim Picture On Facebook

Yeah, a great ambassador for the firearm community.

FUCK!

66 Ace-o-aces  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:12:59pm

re: #25 Kragar

And, of course, the surest way to obtain His forgiveness is to buy overpriced gold coins….

67 engineer cat  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:13:27pm

re: #27 Feline Overlord

welcome, furry hatchling

you will find some complementary catnip in the lounge area

68 engineer cat  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:14:03pm

re: #66 Ace-o-aces

And, of course, the surest way to obtain His forgiveness is to buy overpriced gold coins….

you can use them to get your dead ancestors out of purgatory

69 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:14:23pm

re: #67 engineer cat

welcome, furry hatchling

you will find some complementary catnip in the lounge area

And the mop, broom and dustpan in the closet.

70 Feline Overlord  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:14:45pm

Thank you for the welcomes. Been here a long time, but decided to finally use my account today.

71 Charles Johnson  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:15:06pm

Azamat and Dias, by the way, are the ones who were questioned earlier by police — the Daily Fail wrongly reported at the time that they had been arrested, and tried to make a big deal out of their “Terrorista #1” novelty license plate. (Which was based on a line in “Harlem Shake,” and wasn’t a sekrit confession.)

72 FemNaziBitch  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:15:37pm

re: #66 Ace-o-aces

And, of course, the surest way to obtain His forgiveness is to buy overpriced gold coins….

Because the world cannot maintain it’s current monetary course. We will have to, eventually, revert to the gold standard. History shows that’s what always happens.

I guess that will happen after the rapture —oh wait, Beck won’t be here then—???

but then, why will he need the gold?

I am sooo confused.

73 wrenchwench  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:15:40pm

re: #61 FemNaziBitch

Wow, How did I miss that.

Yes, Welcome!

I thought it was Oaktree in a new disguise at first.

74 FemNaziBitch  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:16:39pm

re: #73 wrenchwench

I thought it was Oaktree in a new disguise at first.

Yeah, someone has that alias, or something close.

75 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:17:21pm

re: #73 wrenchwench

I thought it was Oaktree in a new disguise at first.

Hey Wrench, how do I tell which alloy my bike frame is made from?

76 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:17:40pm

re: #74 FemNaziBitch

Yeah, someone has that alias, or something close.

Something like Feline Overlord of the Conservative Waste I think.

77 FemNaziBitch  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:18:35pm

re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg

Something like Feline Overlord of the Conservative Waste I think.

Feline Overlord is common enough around here. Obviously, the hatchling knows us well… .

78 Kragar  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:19:27pm

Poll: 29% Think Armed Rebellion Might Soon Be Necessary

Three in 10 registered American voters believe an armed rebellion might be necessary in the next few years, according to the results of a staggering poll released Wednesday by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind.

The survey, aimed at measuring public attitudes toward gun issues, found that 29 percent of Americans agree with the statement, “In the next few years, an armed revolution might be necessary in order to protect our liberties.” An additional five percent were unsure.

Eighteen percent of Democrats said an armed revolt “might be necessary,” as compared to 27 percent of independents and 44 percent of Republicans. Support levels were similar among males and females but higher among less educated voters.

79 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:20:42pm

re: #78 Kragar

Poll: 29% Think Armed Rebellion Might Soon Be Necessary

44% of Republicans.

Moving to a saner country might be necessary soon.

Also you can just let the south secceed now. Good riddance.

80 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:20:52pm

re: #53 engineer cat


Doorframe (another cat here) with one of his daily vole presents:

yummy!

81 GeneJockey  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:22:13pm

re: #75 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Hey Wrench, how do I tell which alloy my bike frame is made from?

Ride it consistently on bumpy roads for a few years, and if it breaks suddenly without warning, it’s Aluminum.

//

82 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:22:34pm

re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth

Doorframe (another cat here) with one of his daily vole presents:

yummy!yummy!

Is that 3D with one image per eye?

83 klys  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:22:45pm

Having read through the affidavit, it sounds like some fantastically bad judgement and acting on impulse on the part of some 19 year old males.

Color me surprised.

84 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:23:10pm

re: #62 Kragar

Tennessee Commissioner Refuses To Apologize For Anti-Muslim Picture On Facebook

They really have stopped pretending…

85 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:23:22pm

re: #81 GeneJockey

Ride it consistently on bumpy roads for a few years, and if it breaks suddenly without warning, it’s Aluminum.

//

It’s already old. no breaky.

86 klys  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:23:23pm

re: #81 GeneJockey

Ride it consistently on bumpy roads for a few years, and if it breaks suddenly without warning, it’s Aluminum.

//

If you heat it up to 600 degrees Celsius and it looks just the same, it’s aluminum!

87 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:23:33pm

re: #83 klys

As if they would tell the police that they knew what they were doing.

88 Political Atheist  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:23:40pm

re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth

I haz kittens!
highlight of my month, even tho I haven’t seen them yet…but I can hear them!

Kittens are so great to have around. I got to raise two litters in my life. Unforgettable.

And you just now hit 1000 Karma points.

89 Bulworth  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:24:14pm

re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth

Ssssshhhhhh.

Keep it quiet or everybody will want some. /

90 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:24:24pm

re: #88 Political Atheist

Kittens are so great to have around. I got to raise two litters in my life. Unforgettable.

And you just now hit 1000 Karma points.

They taste better when they’re young.

91 GeneJockey  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:24:40pm

re: #78 Kragar

Poll: 29% Think Armed Rebellion Might Soon Be Necessary

Every two years, we get to elect a new Congress, and 1/3 of the Senate. Every four years, we get to elect a new President.

What’s the justification for armed rebellion in a Republic? The wrong people voted?

92 Eclectic Cyborg  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:25:17pm

OT, anyone planning to check out this new movie The Purge?

Here’s the synopsis:

The year is 2022. The United States is a nation reborn; unemployment rates are at 1% and crime is at an all-time low. This was accomplished by the U.S. government sanctioning an annual 12-hour period from the evening of June 7 to the morning of June 8 in which all criminal activity — up to and including murder — becomes legal.[3] The police can’t be called. Hospitals suspend help. This annual event, known as The Purge, serves as a catharsis for the American people, giving them a chance to vent the negative emotions they keep inside of them with the ultimate goal of keeping unemployment and crime at extremely low levels for the rest of the year. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When a stranger screaming for help is let into James Sandin’s protected house during the yearly lockdown, a sequence of events begin that puts the family’s chances of survival in danger. Now, it is up to James, his wife, Mary, and their kids, Zoey and Charlie, to make it through the night without turning into the monsters from whom they hide.

Sounds intriguing.

93 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:25:28pm

re: #82 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Is that 3D with one image per eye?

wonky mouse here…too bad it’s the computer kind.
OTOH, the cats could probably fix that as well..

94 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:26:12pm

re: #88 Political Atheist

Kittens are so great to have around. I got to raise two litters in my life. Unforgettable.

And you just now hit 1000 Karma points.

I did???? Do I get a prize?
Oh, wait…prolly best I don’t know…

95 Bulworth  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:26:18pm

re: #25 Kragar

Who is this “we” of which he speaks?

96 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:26:50pm

re: #91 GeneJockey

Every two years, we get to elect a new Congress, and 1/3 of the Senate. Every four years, we get to elect a new President.

What’s the justification for armed rebellion in a Republic? The wrong people voted?

The wrong person was elected president or more accurately the person they disliked the most on the ballot was elected president.

97 klys  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:27:40pm

re: #87 stabby

I think I find it much more believable that 19 year old males can have poor judgement and make impulsive decisions than that they are competent enough to have concealed that their friend was plotting beforehand but utterly incompetent in everything afterwards.

98 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:27:57pm

re: #96 HappyWarrior

Naw, the problem is “my tax $$ going to lazy n*****s and spics!”

99 Stanghazi  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:28:49pm

re: #63 stabby

You know one thing that counties like Malasia DON’T do, is put Islamist terrorists in prison for long periods of time.

Remember the Bali Bombing? The hate preacher who was convicted of being involved in it:
1) was given only 3 years for treason
2) it was reduced to 1
3) the prison warden and politicians wanted to be photographed respectfuly hugging him before he was put away…

Islam before country you know.

Do you live in the US? If so, that’s your concern.

100 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:29:38pm

re: #98 stabby

Naw, the problem is “my tax $$ going to lazy n*****s and spics!”

That too but you’ve got to admit that right wing hostility towards the government has gone up since Obama became president. Sure there was hostility towards the government when Bush was president but I highly doubt 44% of Republicans would support an armed uprising if McCain or Romney were residing at 1600 Pa Avenue today.

101 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:29:44pm

re: #97 klys

I find it easy to believe that 19 year olds are confused enough to support slaughting innocents because they’re Americans and Americans are evil. I’m not saying they planned it, I’m saying they didn’t mind it.

102 klys  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:30:51pm

re: #101 stabby

I find it easy to believe that 19 year olds are confused enough to support slaughting innocents because they’re Americans and Americans are evil. I’m not saying they planned it, I’m saying they didn’t mind it.

I learn something new about being an American every day!

103 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:31:41pm

re: #34 Kragar

Man angry over Boston bombings breaks jaw of ‘f*cking Muslim’ Iraq war veteran

Emerald Aviation has closed their website for maintenance, for 4 days no less. Since the drunken asshole was president of the company, they are OUT OF BUSINESS.

104 stabby  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:32:42pm

re: #102 klys

I meant they’re not originally from here, it’s easy for them to believe that Americans are evil. Young men can be STUPID

105 GunstarGreen  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:33:48pm

re: #78 Kragar

Eighteen percent of Democrats said an armed revolt “might be necessary,” as compared to 27 percent of independents and 44 percent of Republicans. Support levels were similar among males and females but higher among less educated voters.

Important part bolded.

The morons that think armed revolt is even an option in this day and age are, well, morons.

106 GeneJockey  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:34:16pm

re: #104 stabby

I meant they’re not originally from here, it’s easy for them to believe that Americans are evil. Young men can be STUPID

Hell, GLENN BECK says we’re evil, and he’d from here!

107 Feline Fearless Leader  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:34:23pm

re: #58 wrenchwench

Welcome, hatchling.

I foresee future confusion.

108 wrenchwench  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:35:03pm

re: #75 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Hey Wrench, how do I tell which alloy my bike frame is made from?

Read the sticker?

109 GeneJockey  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:35:30pm

re: #105 GunstarGreen

The morons that think armed revolt is even an option in this day and age are, well, morons.

WOLVERINES!!!1!!!1!

110 chadu  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:36:17pm

re: #92 Eclectic Cyborg

Sounds like the Star Trek episode “The Return of the Archons.”

111 A Mom Anon  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:36:42pm

re: #79 stabby

I am so sick of hearing people say “fuck the south, let ‘em secede”. You know what? There are A LOT of liberals down here. What happens to us then? Got a contingency plan for that or is it just Fuck You, too bad you were too stupid to be born or move here? We’re the UNITED States, and I don’t give a fuck what secessionists preach, they’re a teeny minority of idiots who aren’t going to do anything but shit their pants every morning when they wake up because their lives suck so hard and they know they have no chance in hell of escaping the shitty lives they created for themselves. Let ‘em secede? Then we might as well break up into 50 separate countries.

Must be nice to sit on your tuffet and proclaim the only liberals worth anything are in the blue states.

112 klys  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:36:43pm

re: #104 stabby

One of the 3 arrested is an American citizen.

Also, the timeline fits much more with a group of friends panicking, making an impulsive decision with some really bad judgement involved, and getting caught. Your mileage may vary, of course.

113 FemNaziBitch  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:45:49pm

re: #78 Kragar

Poll: 29% Think Armed Rebellion Might Soon Be Necessary

REBEL against What OR Whom exactly?

114 allegro  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:47:20pm

re: #111 A Mom Anon

I am so sick of hearing people say “fuck the south, let ‘em secede”. You know what? There are A LOT of liberals down here. What happens to us then? Got a contingency plan for that or is it just Fuck You, too bad you were too stupid to be born or move here? We’re the UNITED States, and I don’t give a fuck what secessionists preach, they’re a teeny minority of idiots who aren’t going to do anything but shit their pants every morning when they wake up because their lives suck so hard and they know they have no chance in hell of escaping the shitty lives they created for themselves. Let ‘em secede? Then we might as well break up into 50 separate countries.

Must be nice to sit on your tuffet and proclaim the only liberals worth anything are in the blue states.

Thank you.

115 darthstar  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:48:47pm

re: #57 NJDhockeyfan

Masturbating in zero gravity…not recommended.

116 GeneJockey  Wed, May 1, 2013 1:50:58pm

re: #111 A Mom Anon

“But Mom (anon)! They started it!”

//

117 elizajane  Wed, May 1, 2013 3:39:48pm

re: #26 klys

In some ways, I am not at all surprised by the stupidity on display here.

These were college freshmen males. The intersection between that group and intelligence/critical thinking is generally not large.

Half /.

They were college freshman males from a former Soviet country where the police are, in general, terrifying, corrupt, and your enemies. I have been to Kazakhstan and have been terrorized by the police there, and my reaction to the proximity of a possible crime/criminal in Kazakhstan would NOT be the same as my reaction here. I would NEVER cooperate with the Kazakh police. I would, however, bar the door and call my bodyguard.

On the other hand, what the heck were they doing driving a black BMW, whatever its license plates? Anybody from Kazakhstan with that much money is probably related to the police.

118 AlexRogan  Wed, May 1, 2013 3:39:55pm

re: #79 stabby

44% of Republicans.

Moving to a saner country might be necessary soon.

Also you can just let the south secceed now. Good riddance.

As a Tennnesean, fuck you.

The Civil War settled that issue, whether the neo-Rebs want to believe it or not.

119 MonkeyOne  Wed, May 1, 2013 7:40:56pm

re: #63 stabby

You know one thing that counties like Malasia DON’T do, is put Islamist terrorists in prison for long periods of time.

Remember the Bali Bombing? The hate preacher who was convicted of being involved in it:
1) was given only 3 years for treason
2) it was reduced to 1
3) the prison warden and politicians wanted to be photographed respectfuly hugging him before he was put away…

Islam before country you know.

There is a lot wrong with this post.

It was Indonesia, not Malaysia.

Abu Bakar Bashir was found not guilty of treason, but guilty of immigration offences. Indonesia traditionally gradually reduces sentences for good behaviour in prison rather than grant parole. This reduced his 36 month sentence to 20 months.

He was subsequently tried and convicted for inciting others to commit terrorism and is serving a 15 year sentence.


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