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Robel Phillipos August 30, 2011 at 10:57 pm Blink is a perfect blend of common sense and examples with a hint of personal experiences. It explains the small decisions we make on the spot with simple vocabulary which allows readers to focus on the idea the book exudes instead of trying to understand what the vocabulary mean. The overall idea can be compared to any type of lifestyle and can be read anytime. Blink also questions our everyday lives and shows how these small surges of knowledge powered through these blink of an eye decisions make just as important of an impact as our more thought out ideas. Log in to Reply
Robel Phillipos August 30, 2011 at 11:04 pm Gladwell is an unbiased author but he still unwillingly exudes the same cliché fairytales that whites are superior to blacks. It seems that even though the idea of equality is spread it doesn’t reach our inner most thoughts. Maybe when our idea of equality grows from the teenage years to adulthood then maybe we will not be slaves to our subconscious.Gladwell shoes that even the nicest of all people has a dark side in their subconscious; it’s just a matter of how much control we have over this “dark side”. This could instead mean that our subconscious is the most honest part of our minds. Most people have prejudices but do not speak of them because it morally wrong. But to have them in your mind means that there will always be a possibility that those ideas that are trapped in the labyrinth that is the human brain could escape to the outside world and those ideas could be perceived as disturbing. Log in to Reply
Originally posted by SpaDe_
Wish they would make up their minds. First there was a cell, then there was no cell, now there is a cell again. Then they received help, then they did it on their own, now it looks like they had help again. Then the bombs were sophisticated, then they were simple, now they are sophisticated again. Geesh this story is enough to make your head spin the way it keeps changing.
Here is an idea for reporters and analysts, report the story when you have the facts straight.
Originally posted by Krakatoa
Originally posted by thegrayman123
Confused by this article. Specifically:
"On April 26, federal investigators found Tzarnaev's backpack at a nearby landfill, according to court documents. It's unclear if his laptop has been recovered."
Laptop? No laptop?
I guess you missed the part about "unclear" in that sentence from a Yahoo! News Blog. Also what "court documents"? It doesn't mention them either does it? The court document that I linked to, here in this thread, are the charges against them and has all the information.
I decided to make it a bit easier for folks here to fin and read this document, so here's the link again:
Complaint against Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev
edit on 1-5-2013 by Krakatoa because: Added link to source
Originally posted by pennylemon
Originally posted by Destinyone
reply to post by butcherguy
If they are involved...what a dumb license plate to buy for his buddy.....
The Kazakh Foreign Ministry said Monday night that U.S. authorities came across the two while searching for "possible links and contacts" to Tsarnaev, a sophomore at the university. U.S. immigration officials have declined to discuss the reasons why the men were detained.
John Hoey, an assistant chancellor at UMass Dartmouth, said Kadyrbayev is no longer enrolled; he was last a student in the fall. Tazhayakov is enrolled.
The pair had lived at an off-campus apartment in New Bedford, about 60 miles south of Boston, and got around in a car registered to Kadyrbayev with a souvenir plate that says "Terrorista (hash)1." The car was pictured on Tsarnaev's Twitter feed in March.
That plate was just a joke gift from some of Kadyrbayev's friends, meant to invoke his penchant for late-night partying rather than his political sentiments, Stahl said.
www.huffingtonpost.com...
Des
Des,
I am compelled again to point out that this licence plate has nothing whatsoever to do with "terrorism". I can just imagine these kids explaining it to their lawyer the way kids might try to explain something like this to their grandparents i.e. "it's just a joke grandma". It is genuinely a reference to a club remix that has become very popular in the club dance scene called "Harlem Shake".
Penny
It can now be reported that it was the TREASONOUS Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that ordered Katherine Russell, the wife of the late Boston bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, to destroy the laptop computer that is now in question in regards to the three Facebook students from the nation of Pakistan that were arrested today and charged with obstruction of justice.
Note: These three students did nothing except to have a friendship with the Tsarnaev brothers and put nothing of substance concerning this case in their trash. The laptop computer contained phone numbers and emails of DHS contacts and Russian FSB colleagues and Israeli Mossad assets in the nations of Chechnya and the Republic of Georgia.
We can now divulge that Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, as well as her late husband, and the younger brother of Tamerlan Tsarnaev were all Russian FSB Intelligence agents and employees of the Department of Homeland Security. The phone call made by Katherine Russell Tsarnaev was actually made to the highest level of the Department of Homeland Security who then gave her her marching orders to destroy the computer.
Originally posted by AGWskeptic
Originally posted by Krakatoa
Originally posted by thegrayman123
Confused by this article. Specifically:
"On April 26, federal investigators found Tzarnaev's backpack at a nearby landfill, according to court documents. It's unclear if his laptop has been recovered."
Laptop? No laptop?
I guess you missed the part about "unclear" in that sentence from a Yahoo! News Blog. Also what "court documents"? It doesn't mention them either does it? The court document that I linked to, here in this thread, are the charges against them and has all the information.
I decided to make it a bit easier for folks here to fin and read this document, so here's the link again:
Complaint against Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev
edit on 1-5-2013 by Krakatoa because: Added link to source
Says they have been in custody since 4/20.
So there is a lot more to this story coming.
These must be the 3 that were arrested in that house search where there was talk of tunnels and more explosives at first, then nothing.
Of course those early reports could be wrong.
in regards to the three Facebook students from the nation of Pakistan that were arrested today and charged with obstruction of justice.
Originally posted by butcherguy
reply to post by DiscreteParticle
From your link:
in regards to the three Facebook students from the nation of Pakistan that were arrested today and charged with obstruction of justice.
What is a Facebook student?
I have looked at Facebook. Does that make me a 'Facebook student'?
The dude at the blog needs to show me some evidence. The story could be true, with our govt, but I need evidence.
Originally posted by DiscreteParticle
This story is so confusing. I just read this from Tom Heneghan:
Checkmate!
It can now be reported that it was the TREASONOUS Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that ordered Katherine Russell, the wife of the late Boston bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, to destroy the laptop computer that is now in question in regards to the three Facebook students from the nation of Pakistan that were arrested today and charged with obstruction of justice.
Note: These three students did nothing except to have a friendship with the Tsarnaev brothers and put nothing of substance concerning this case in their trash. The laptop computer contained phone numbers and emails of DHS contacts and Russian FSB colleagues and Israeli Mossad assets in the nations of Chechnya and the Republic of Georgia.
We can now divulge that Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, as well as her late husband, and the younger brother of Tamerlan Tsarnaev were all Russian FSB Intelligence agents and employees of the Department of Homeland Security. The phone call made by Katherine Russell Tsarnaev was actually made to the highest level of the Department of Homeland Security who then gave her her marching orders to destroy the computer.
The blog goes on to say that CBS News says that Katherine Russell Tsarnaev turned over the computer to U.S. Marshals and that Senator Lindsey Graham, R SCarolina, is in possession of the evidence! I could not find any corroborating info on Google.
Originally posted by DiscreteParticle
This story is so confusing. I just read this from Tom Heneghan:
Checkmate!
It can now be reported that it was the TREASONOUS Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that ordered Katherine Russell, the wife of the late Boston bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, to destroy the laptop computer that is now in question in regards to the three Facebook students from the nation of Pakistan that were arrested today and charged with obstruction of justice.
Note: These three students did nothing except to have a friendship with the Tsarnaev brothers and put nothing of substance concerning this case in their trash. The laptop computer contained phone numbers and emails of DHS contacts and Russian FSB colleagues and Israeli Mossad assets in the nations of Chechnya and the Republic of Georgia.
We can now divulge that Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, as well as her late husband, and the younger brother of Tamerlan Tsarnaev were all Russian FSB Intelligence agents and employees of the Department of Homeland Security. The phone call made by Katherine Russell Tsarnaev was actually made to the highest level of the Department of Homeland Security who then gave her her marching orders to destroy the computer.
The blog goes on to say that CBS News says that Katherine Russell Tsarnaev turned over the computer to U.S. Marshals and that Senator Lindsey Graham, R SCarolina, is in possession of the evidence! I could not find any corroborating info on Google.
Originally posted by Ender58
reply to post by SpaDe_
They are saying that the roommates interfered with the investigation, not helped them to construct bombs. Lets not make this into something that its not.