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May 16, 2013

Damn. Tea Party Members Caught Scouting Out Possible Domestic Terror Site
— LauraW

FBI Investigating

Let's not jump to conclusions here. This could have just been a group of friends, all out walking by the picturesque waterside.

After midnight. While trespassing.

The seven individuals currently live in Amherst, Cambridge, Sunderland, Northampton and New York City.

From miles away...ok, this looks bad.

But do try to keep an open mind.

Just try.

State Police say the five men and two women are from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore, and Â“cited their education and career interestsÂ” for being in the area. The men told police they were chemical engineers and recent college graduates.

Oh.
Never mind.
Yes, jihadi terror cells are here, and they are keen to find more places and ways to kill us. I believe that is the unstated subtext of that article, because if the folks were ordinary local MIT types out goofing around, we wouldn't be reading a list of their national origins.

Kudos to the police for their vigilance, and to the FBI, good hunting.

H/T BenK's morning link dump from yesterday.

Posted by: LauraW at 06:38 AM | Comments (197)
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1 I am not first.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 16, 2013 06:40 AM (n8LUb)

2 Wait. What?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 16, 2013 06:41 AM (n8LUb)

3 I believe that is the unstated subtext of that article, because if the folks were ordinary local MIT types out goofing around, we wouldn't be reading a list of their national origins

RACIST!!!

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/u][/s][/b] at May 16, 2013 06:41 AM (sbV1u)

4 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 06:41 AM (/PCJa)

5 When I got my degree in chemical engineering, Reservoir 450 was the flunk out class.

Posted by: Muad'dib at May 16, 2013 06:41 AM (KjlbF)

Love your hump LauraW.

Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2013 06:41 AM (39B+n)

7 Lets see their diplomas.

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 06:42 AM (GQ8sn)

8 Why is my tap water green?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 16, 2013 06:42 AM (+z4pE)

We finally found the Reservoir Dogs...

Wait. That IS racist.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 16, 2013 06:42 AM (n8LUb)

Oh, goody. Now they're looking at poisoning the water supply.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 06:43 AM (/PCJa)

11 Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2013 10:41 AM (39B+n)

You can tell by the snappy prose that she is feeling good about herself...and that means a freshly polished hump.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 16, 2013 06:43 AM (O6Tmi)

12 Eh, even muslim engineers do incomprehensibly nerdy things. If they really are studying, say, civil engineering it might really be that they wanted to look at a reservoir.

Posted by: joncelli, proprietor of Lord Rumpley's Shaggatorium at May 16, 2013 06:43 AM (RD7QR)

13 I know you need a State Issued Picture ID to be allowed on Watershed Property in NY.

Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2013 06:43 AM (39B+n)

14 I am a chemical engineer, and we don't normally spend a lot of time in the f-in woods near reservoirs to indulge our interests in chemical engineering.

But maybe that's just me.

Posted by: West at May 16, 2013 06:43 AM (1Rgee)

15 Don't understand why the entire terror cell felt it necessary to go on a two-man recon to check out after-hours security, but okay, thanks. I appreciate incompetence in an enemy.

Posted by: troyriser at May 16, 2013 06:43 AM (vtiE6)

16 I listen to Howie Carr so much I might as well live in Boston. On his show yesterday, he and Michelle McPhee said that they had no ID, except for mismatched U Mass IDs and had 2 *rental* cars, but were let go by the police instead of being detained. O_O So the authorities don't know who they are.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 06:43 AM (6zgse)

Education = "Chemical Engineer" = Chemical Weapons Expert

Career Interests = "Jihadi"

Yeah, this ends well.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 06:44 AM (/PCJa)

18 I am a chemical engineer, and we don't normally spend a lot of time in the f-in woods near reservoirs to indulge our interests in chemical engineering.

I started out college as a chemical engineer. Then I went to the first semester of class. I had only one thing to say: fuck this.

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 06:45 AM (GQ8sn)

Eh, even muslim engineers do incomprehensibly nerdy things. If they really are studying, say, civil engineering it might really be that they wanted to look at a reservoir.

But they're not studying civil enineering. They (at least 2 of them) are studying chemical engineering.

You'll excuse me if I'm a little bit skeptical.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 06:45 AM (/PCJa)

even muslim engineers do incomprehensibly nerdy things. If they really are studying, say, civil engineering it might really be that they wanted to look at a reservoir.

Because the night time is the right time...

to inspect reservoirs.

Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2013 06:45 AM (39B+n)

21 Why does my tap water smell so funny?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 16, 2013 06:45 AM (+z4pE)

22 I've been out trespassing late at night, but I never cited my education or career interests to explain it. Also, I was sot nober.

Posted by: lauraw at May 16, 2013 06:45 AM (Sp+rt)

23 Someone poisoned the waterhole!

Posted by: Woody at May 16, 2013 06:45 AM (n8LUb)

24 And to think, it could have been resolved right then and there and no one would have been the wiser.

Posted by: Up With People at May 16, 2013 06:46 AM (krveP)

>>>Oh, goody. Now they're looking at poisoning the water supply.

Chemically. Wonder how many biological scientists from KSA we've got here in the good ol' USA? I mean once you go here, where's next?

Posted by: Bigby's Rodeo Hands at May 16, 2013 06:46 AM (3ZtZW)

My first thought was actually "Fishing". There's a reservoir back home that was rumored to have massive bass in it. Fishing was illegal (along with any other contact with the water), so once in awhile we'd hear of people being arrested for breaking into the reservoir grounds.

But yeah, probably jihadis this time.

Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at May 16, 2013 06:46 AM (G1aEt)

27 Oh, chemical engineer. The plot thickens. Water is a chemical, but otherwise, rather strange.

Posted by: joncelli, proprietor of Lord Rumpley's Shaggatorium at May 16, 2013 06:46 AM (RD7QR)

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 10:43 AM (6zgse)

Top.Men.

Posted by: Country Singer at May 16, 2013 06:46 AM (L8r/r)

29 Chemical engineer by training here (BS, PhD). Like my fellow ChemE morons, neither I nor my classmates ever went near a reservoir to help us with class. Howie Carr said that one of the cars was wedged between a large rock and the gate or something like that, probably during an attempted forced entry.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 06:47 AM (6zgse)

We were going to go skinny dipping.

Posted by: Muslima at May 16, 2013 06:47 AM (39B+n)

31 Did they find the protest tea they were going to dump in the reservoir?

Posted by: Fritz at May 16, 2013 06:47 AM (UzPAd)

32 They were clearly planning to go skinny dipping.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 16, 2013 06:47 AM (qPCAa)

33 jinx

Posted by: elizabethe at May 16, 2013 06:48 AM (qPCAa)

Well, I went ahead and made some coffee with this green, funny smelling tap water.

Now my coffee is trying to climb out of the cup.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 16, 2013 06:49 AM (+z4pE)

35 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 10:45 AM (/PCJa) Yeah, was about to add that if they had claimed to be civil (or even mechanical) engineers, that would have been slightly more plausible. But only by a scintilla.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 06:49 AM (6zgse)

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 10:43 AM (6zgse)

This is exactly the kind of thing the Patriot Act was designed to cover. Unfortunately that well has been so poisoned (and it was none too clean to begin with), so they really don't have much choice.

It would have been nice if they'd detained them until they had verified identities, but I can understand why they wouldn't (see also: Bomber, Boston).

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 06:49 AM (/PCJa)

37 Oh, chemical engineer. The plot thickens. Water is a chemical, but otherwise, rather strange.

Posted by: joncelli, proprietor of Lord Rumpley's Shaggatorium at May 16, 2013 10:46 AM (RD7QR)

Chemical engineers do a lot with stuff flowing through pipes and shit. At least, that's what I learned in my first ~~semester~~, ~~month~~, ~~week~~, ~~day~~ of classes.

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 06:49 AM (GQ8sn)

38 How do I know that they're not ChemEs? Because any self-respecting ChemEs would do their "researching" around a brewery. Or a distillery. Or a winery. Throw the book at them and then deport their lying asses!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 16, 2013 06:49 AM (ic+2p)

39 Now my coffee is trying to climb out of the cup.

Grab some gas station coffee and pour it in. The green stuff will die screaming.

Posted by: joncelli, proprietor of Lord Rumpley's Shaggatorium at May 16, 2013 06:50 AM (RD7QR)

40 "except for mismatched U Mass IDs/b]"

Uh...oh.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 16, 2013 06:50 AM (X6akg)

41 Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2013 10:43 AM (39B+n)

Eh.

Two minutes off the road and I can get to streams that feed NYC reservoirs.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 16, 2013 06:50 AM (O6Tmi)

Civil engineers spend (relatively) little time on reservoirs. That tends to be a bit more focused on by hydrologists. Only two explanations possible:

1. Probing ... as in "Multicultural orgy"

2. Probing ... as in Terror Threat

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 16, 2013 06:50 AM (n8LUb)

Yeah, was about to add that if they had claimed to be civil (or even mechanical) engineers, that would have been slightly more plausible. But only by a scintilla.

And none of that would explain why they'd be there at midnight.

"It's probably just a local fisherman... out for a midnight swim... in eel infested waters..."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 06:50 AM (/PCJa)

Because any self-respecting ChemEs would do their "researching" around a brewery. Or a distillery. Or a winery.

Or an Ectasy lab.

Posted by: Country Singer at May 16, 2013 06:51 AM (L8r/r)

45 *raises hand* Professor, ooh, Professor, How many kilograms of oh, say a plutonium salt would it take to completely poison the water reservoir? I'm...uh....asking for my-y-y....cousin because he-e-e''s ....writing a book.......yeah. Oh, oh...and he also wants to know about botulinum toxin as well.

Posted by: Muslim Chemical Engineer at May 16, 2013 06:51 AM (vJ+mj)

Pakistanis, Saudis at a resevoir at midnight?

That IS suspicious. Because you know they weren't there to bathe.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 16, 2013 06:51 AM (CJjw5)

47 Phew....close tags in my name saved me from the barrel.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 16, 2013 06:51 AM (X6akg)

48 Also, I was sot nober.

Posted by: lauraw at May 16, 2013 10:45 AM (Sp+rt)

Or clothed.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 16, 2013 06:51 AM (O6Tmi)

1.Probing ... as in "Multicultural orgy"

In which case they're Moron approved, regardless of ethnicity.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 06:52 AM (/PCJa)

50 Interested in water, are you? Let me introduce you to our new adventure ride, we call it "The Water Board"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 16, 2013 06:52 AM (aDwsi)

51 Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at May 16, 2013 10:46 AM (G1aEt) No fishing equipment was found. And having 7 foreigners from those places so interested in fishing that they break into the reservoir area at night - yeah, not too likely.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 06:53 AM (6zgse)

That IS suspicious. Because you know they weren't there to bathe.

Maybe the one from Singapore was going to teach them how.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 06:53 AM (/PCJa)

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 16, 2013 10:50 AM (O6Tmi)

Yep. I know every one of them. Great fly fishing.

But you don't want to get caught in the No Trespassing zones on the Watershed Properties without your ID. They are not friendly about that shit...and I left NY in the early 90's.

Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2013 06:53 AM (39B+n)

This is not good.

Coffee now has ahold of the spoon and is heading towards the sugar bowl.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 16, 2013 06:54 AM (+z4pE)

55 So the authorities don't know who they are. Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 10:43 AM

In typical Massachusetts fashion, the "intruders" were each given a summons to appear in court on a future date.

That'll show the perps!

Can't really blame Devil Patrick for this...it's an old MA tradition to act like a bunch of clueless fuckwits.

Posted by: MrScribbler at May 16, 2013 06:54 AM (mHrip)

56 Water is a chemical

The atomic components of dihydrogen monoxide are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 16, 2013 06:55 AM (ZKzrr)

57 It says right in the Koran Sura 9, "...chemical engineering at the reservoir will bring the faithful closer to Allah."

Posted by: Fritz at May 16, 2013 06:56 AM (UzPAd)

58 I wonder if GWB is laughing or crying over Obama's multiple failures. I wonder why no one ever warned Obama that The Universe ALWAYS balances the books.

Posted by: Jmel at May 16, 2013 06:56 AM (t1oUn)

59 Coffee now has ahold of the spoon and is heading towards the sugar bowl.

Sugar? Not on my watch!

Posted by: Mrs SCOAMF at May 16, 2013 06:56 AM (ZKzrr)

60 If not for suspicion of being terrorist planners, then they should be deported for being retarded.

They're from Muslim countries with strong ties to terrorism, and they thought that trespassing after dark at a reservoir supplying drinking water was a good idea?

There are only two explanations:

1. They were scouting terror targets.
2. They are mouth breathing, snot dripping, hockey helmet wearing retards.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 16, 2013 06:56 AM (SY2Kh)

Fear not. Don't forget that Barack Obama is in charge. What is there to worry about?

If by some insane chance something DID happen, it would be workplace violence in response to an anti-muslim blog.

It's under control.

Posted by: RobM1981 at May 16, 2013 06:56 AM (lV1tZ)

62 Charlie don't surf and Abdul don't fish. Man am I glad I got out of Boston when I did.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2013 06:57 AM (g1DWB)

63 Chemical engineers do a lot with stuff flowing through pipes and shit. At least, that's what I learned in my first semester, month, week, day of classes.
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Many, if not most most Chemistry Departments have glass plumbing. For a while, I had a lab in the basement, where one could see sections of said plumbing. It wasn't always a pleasant sight...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 16, 2013 06:57 AM (aDwsi)

64 This headline demonstrates the reason Ace is my favorite blogger. Thanks Ace, for the fun in the midst of all the bad news lately.

Posted by: Beckster at May 16, 2013 06:57 AM (kj0P/)

65 Perhaps they do things like this to test us and to gum up the machinery of LE.

Posted by: Baldy at May 16, 2013 06:57 AM (tyDFN)

66 Joe Biden says they were probably going to poison it with Dihydrogen Monoxide.

It's too bad dihydrogen monoxide isn't water soluable!!!

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 06:57 AM (GQ8sn)

56 Water is a chemical

Huh? I always thought water came from a faucet.

Posted by: Eric Holder at May 16, 2013 06:58 AM (n8LUb)

68 1. They were scouting terror targets.
2. They are mouth breathing, snot dripping, hockey helmet wearing retards.

3. Their comrades are planning something different while we're all watching these ones who allowed themselves to get caught.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, ray of sunshine at May 16, 2013 06:58 AM (ZKzrr)

69 Maybe they were out there getting drunk and making out? Anybody consider that, wingnuts?

Posted by: lauraw at May 16, 2013 06:58 AM (Sp+rt)

70 That IS suspicious. Because you know they weren't there to bathe.

Maybe the one from Singapore was going to teach them how.
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That's one of those porkulus funded programs. That is paired with the African scrotum-washing training program.

ARRA - Section 69. Sub-Section G

Posted by: RioBravo at May 16, 2013 06:58 AM (eEfYn)

71 They were prolly just comical engineers with a heavy accent like Hadji.

I'm more worried about Jugears' half brother losing his sweet nonprofit gig.
That would be racism straight up.

Posted by: ontherocks at May 16, 2013 06:58 AM (kqIRW)

72 Anyone know if Carney has a WH press briefing today?

Posted by: USA at May 16, 2013 06:59 AM (VIaw0)

73 They merely were ChemEs on an unscheduled Unit Oops excursion.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 16, 2013 06:59 AM (ic+2p)

74 63 Joe Biden says they were probably going to poison it with .. Lots of Jell-O

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 16, 2013 06:59 AM (n8LUb)

75 I see obama is going to give another lie-fest, I mean news conference today. When is it? Not that I'll be watching but someone here will...

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 16, 2013 07:00 AM (9+ccr)

76 This headline demonstrates the reason Ace is my favorite blogger. Thanks Ace, for the fun in the midst of all the bad news lately. Posted by: Beckster at May 16, 2013 10:57 AM (kj0P/) Hey, this is LauraW's work. ~~Sexist~~ Humpist. Harumph.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 07:00 AM (6zgse)

77 73 Anyone know if Carney has a WH press briefing today?

Posted by: USA at May 16, 2013 10:59 AM (VIaw0)

Don't now about Carney but Obama (with the Turkish PM) does.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 16, 2013 07:00 AM (X6akg)

78 Must be Glenn Beck listeners. No doubt subscriber's to The Blaze. Or they read Steve Sailer and John Derbyshire. Clearly members of the Dissident Right.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 16, 2013 07:00 AM (ZPrif)

70 Maybe they were out there getting drunk and making out? Anybody consider that, wingnuts?

Correction: "Multicultural orgy"

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 16, 2013 07:00 AM (n8LUb)

80 May is a big month for domestic, teabagger terrorists because West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax in May, 1921.

Posted by: Gustaf III at May 16, 2013 07:01 AM (epWQP)

81 Maybe they read Stephen King's "Dreamcatcher" to get the idea of contaminating the Quabbin reservoir.

Posted by: Bob Dole mentions Bob Dole at May 16, 2013 07:01 AM (m0le6)

82 Â“cited their education and career interestsÂ” for being in the area. They're not lyin'. How's Professor Tsarnaev doing, by the way?

Posted by: t-bird at May 16, 2013 07:01 AM (FcR7P)

83 I have an avid interest in finance so I'll be conducting a completely innocent self-guided tour of the local bank vaults at midnight. That I have to pay 4 boys way through college has nothing to do with it. It's just an innocent little late night, when no one else is around, unsupervised tour. Any souvenirs I might collect are also innocuous...

Posted by: Ragamuffin at May 16, 2013 07:01 AM (fzFF6)

84 Great. Let's criminalize sightseeing now. /s

Posted by: rickl at May 16, 2013 07:02 AM (zoehZ)

85 Maybe they were out there getting drunk and making out? Anybody consider that, wingnuts?

Posted by: lauraw at May 16, 2013 10:58 AM (Sp+rt)

Did the cop smell their fingers?

Wait, I didn't see reports of a goat being present...

Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2013 07:02 AM (39B+n)

86 >>>Maybe they were out there getting drunk and making out? Anybody consider that, wingnuts?

5 men and 2 women? I'm not that open-minded, dearie.

Posted by: Fritz at May 16, 2013 07:02 AM (UzPAd)

Water's for floatin'.

Dickel's for drinkin'.

http://tinyurl.com/ck8pwyt

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 16, 2013 07:02 AM (CJjw5)

88 Maybe we should forward this article to the Boston FBI and let them know that the dastardly Tea Party, now freed of his tax status shackles, is on the move again!

If we bring up a tea party connection for each breach from now on, we might actually prevent some attacks!

Posted by: PJ at May 16, 2013 07:03 AM (ZWaLo)

89 70 Maybe they were out there getting drunk and making out? Anybody consider that, wingnuts? Posted by: lauraw at May 16, 2013 10:58 AM (Sp+rt) The report did not mentions goats, so... no.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 16, 2013 07:03 AM (ic+2p)

90 The important thing is that we continue full speed ahead with political correctness. Just because Islamic terrorists are trying to kill us all doesn't mean they are bad people. So don't jump to any conclusions you bunch of bigots.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 16, 2013 07:03 AM (ppPM+)

91 WH Press Release, 10:15 am ET: Â“Accepting its imminent demise as a result of a multitude of growing scandals, and under extreme pressure from the Democrat National Committee, the White House today announced the entire Obama Administration will change party affiliation to the Republican Party so that Democrats running in the 2014 midterms and the 2016 national elections may pin responsibility for these scandals on the GOP.Â”

Posted by: Douchebag of the Year at May 16, 2013 07:03 AM (e8kgV)

92 Maybe they were out there getting drunk and making out? Anybody consider that, wingnuts?

Good point.

Assuming there are a lot of rocks laying around, it would be a convenient site. They wouldn't have had to go anywhere to stone each other to death in the obligatory post-makeout honor killings.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 16, 2013 07:03 AM (SY2Kh)

93 Clearly they are just tentacles of the Kochtopus.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 16, 2013 07:03 AM (ZPrif)

94 I recuse myself from this investigation.

Posted by: Eric WitHolder at May 16, 2013 07:03 AM (jKWYf)

95 Eric"I can't get no respect" Holder....

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 16, 2013 07:04 AM (9+ccr)

96 Assuming there are a lot of rocks laying around, it would be a convenient site. They wouldn't have had to go anywhere to stone each other to death in the obligatory post-makeout honor killings. Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 16, 2013 11:03 AM (SY2Kh) And they wouldn't need many rocks. Only the chicks would have to die. The guys would get off scot-free.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 07:05 AM (6zgse)

97 If you have any doubt about whether Rand Paul wants to run for WH, watch the video at Gateway Pundit. His focus is entirely on Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: USA at May 16, 2013 07:05 AM (VIaw0)

98 The FBI got rid of them by threatening to make them bathe and use toilet paper if they were ever caught there again.
Clearly we have nothing to worry about now.

Yet another case cracked by the Feds.
We should be thanking them.

Posted by: ontherocks at May 16, 2013 07:05 AM (kqIRW)

Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts began on May 17, 2004

/just throwin' that out there

Posted by: Bigby's Rodeo Hands at May 16, 2013 07:05 AM (3ZtZW)

100 Remember, the most important thing in the world is Diversity. Without Diversity we are nothing. Look at all the poor, backward countries with no Diversity -- like Japan. Japan can never have advanced technology or long lifespans because they lack Diversity! True Fact!

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 16, 2013 07:05 AM (ZPrif)

101 Eric "I-recused-myself-but-forgot-to-tell-anyone" Holder. What a shameless joke.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 07:06 AM (6zgse)

102

David Axelrod: Â“When youÂ’re POTUS theres so much you donÂ’t know below you because the government is so vast.Â“

Yeah, and when you have a half-wit as President, he always thinks the government is half-vast.

Posted by: Jared Loughner at May 16, 2013 07:06 AM (e8kgV)

103 "As the 'Great Ammunition Shortage' continues, police departments across the country are struggling to supply their arsenals." caused by DHS hoards v. citizenry including local law enforcement agencies, aka municipal police departments.

Posted by: yep at May 16, 2013 07:06 AM (MhA4j)

104 I am no longer sure who the worse enemy is: muslims or liberals.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2013 07:06 AM (9Bj8R)

105 Time to reconsider Samuel Adams,,,

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 16, 2013 07:06 AM (aDwsi)

106 @56 Water is a chemical The atomic components of dihydrogen monoxide are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol. Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at May 16, 2013 10:55 AM (ZKzrr) Wha-a-a-a-a-at? Coffee get outta mah belly!!!

Posted by: Staff at May 16, 2013 07:06 AM (vJ+mj)

107 Singapore? He better hope he doesn't get sent back.

Posted by: lions at May 16, 2013 07:06 AM (5uPek)

108 >>>Maybe they were out there getting drunk and making out? Anybody consider that, wingnuts?

5 men and 2 women? I'm not that open-minded, dearie.

Posted by: Fritz at May 16, 2013 11:02 AM (UzPAd)

Ever hear of the position called, "The Scrum"?

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 07:07 AM (GQ8sn)

109 Maybe they were out there getting drunk and making out? Anybody consider that, wingnuts?

Posted by: lauraw at May 16, 2013 10:58 AM (Sp+rt)

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Did I consider a giant, sweaty sex pile of rug merchants that gives off a pungent miasma of filth reminiscent of a pile of sweaty gym socks being fistfucked by a curried goat leg?

Well, no. I haven't.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 16, 2013 07:07 AM (CJjw5)

110 Eric Witholder

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 16, 2013 07:07 AM (8sCoq)

111 Eric "never let the truth get in the way of a cover-up" Holder.

Posted by: yep at May 16, 2013 07:07 AM (MhA4j)

112 Hmmm...jihadis in the People's Republic? Whoda thunk it?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 16, 2013 07:07 AM (knoK7)

113 "If they really are studying, say, civil engineering it might really be that they wanted to look at a reservoir." -joncelli Trespassing? After Midnight? With no local person as a contact or guide and all of a recently-negatively spotlighted ethnic persuasion? That would require extra helpings of dumb. Oh. Engineers? Yeah, could just be poor judgment.

Posted by: mindful webworker and the razor of Occam at May 16, 2013 07:08 AM (0L1sw)

114 101 Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts began on May 17, 2004 /just throwin' that out there Posted by: Bigby's Rodeo Hands at May 16, 2013 11:05 AM (3ZtZW) Goats sleeping with goats!!!! Truly, these are the End Times...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 16, 2013 07:08 AM (ic+2p)

115 104
David Axelrod: Â“When youÂ’re POTUS theres so much you donÂ’t know below you because the government is so vast.Â“
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Well..., gosh David, perhaps that is why people think that it is wildly out of control, and ought to be smaller.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 16, 2013 07:08 AM (aDwsi)

116

Hey look here, coffee or whatever you are, give me back that spoon.

*Ow* Why you little...

*Bam* Shit, OK you've had it now...

Hey, put that knife down!

Somebody CALL 911!!!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 16, 2013 07:09 AM (+z4pE)

117 Now, now, let's not get our knickers in a twist. "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" is a critically acclaimed movie, and I'm confident they were just on a scouting trip.

Posted by: jakeman at May 16, 2013 07:09 AM (96M6e)

118 The media needs to cover this with a pillow, as Burge would say.

Posted by: eleven at May 16, 2013 07:09 AM (KXm42)

119 106 dumbfounding, the strong willed "yes we can" liberal is the authoritarian dhimmi, Muslim or whatever.

Posted by: yep at May 16, 2013 07:09 AM (MhA4j)

120 Mostly peaceful exchange student saboteurs of varying ethnic backgrounds and religions.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 16, 2013 07:09 AM (jvd3N)

121 Nah, just wondering what dates might provoke a bunch of fundamentalists whose home countries kill gays routinely might be inspired to do something terrible on.

Posted by: Bigby's Rodeo Hands at May 16, 2013 07:09 AM (3ZtZW)

122 Joe Biden says they were probably going to poison it with .. Lots of Jell-O

Saudi Lutherans?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, ray of sunshine at May 16, 2013 07:10 AM (ZKzrr)

123 I'll be taking over that FBI investigation.

Posted by: Eric Holder at May 16, 2013 07:10 AM (Zv1QB)

124 obama to hold presser soon? Get the shovels and bullshit remover out.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2013 07:10 AM (9Bj8R)

125 If these people are angry at Bush, they have to realize that Massachussets didn't even vote for him.

Posted by: Michael Moore at May 16, 2013 07:10 AM (epWQP)

126 "There are only two explanations:

1. They were scouting terror targets.
2. They are mouth breathing, snot dripping, hockey helmet wearing retards."

Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 16, 2013 10:56 AM (SY2Kh)
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3. They are mouth breathing, snot dripping, hockey helmet wearing retards who were scouting terror targets.

Posted by: Nighthawk at May 16, 2013 07:11 AM (OtQXp)

127 They had heard about water bombs while passing by a fraternity - and were checking out the possibility of building a big one to use against Boston.

The plan was to disguise it as a giant Tea Bag so as send the FBI after their most likely suspects.

This was to be phase two of the Kitchen Items attacks on the Infidels.

Posted by: An Observation at May 16, 2013 07:11 AM (ylhEn)

128 I think five men and two women is a legal marriage in Massachusetts.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 16, 2013 07:11 AM (xNsGR)

129 Obama presser. Shovel ready!

Posted by: USA at May 16, 2013 07:11 AM (VIaw0)

130 29 Howie Carr said that one of the cars was wedged between a large rock and the gate or something like that, probably during an attempted forced entry.

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Certainly hope they bought the loss/damage waiver when they rented the car.

Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at May 16, 2013 07:11 AM (U82Km)

131

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 16, 2013 11:09 AM (+z4pE)

Dude, just offer it a Krispy Kreme donut. It will do one of two things:

1) Fall on the donut like Hillary on Huma

2) Fall over retching from the sudden nausea at the thought of a Krispy Kreme donut.

In either case, you can club it over the head while it's otherwise distracted.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 07:11 AM (/PCJa)

132 18 I am a chemical engineer, and we don't normally spend a lot of time in
the f-in woods near reservoirs to indulge our interests in chemical
engineering.

I started out college as a chemical engineer. Then I went to the first semester of class. I had only one thing to say: fuck this.

Actually, EC, I did just the opposite. I started in pre-med, was pissed off at the lousy education I was getting, and switched to a program with some meat on it, with real math, chemistry and physics, instead of the Bill Nye versions that they teach to pre-med students. It seems doctors are not taught shit in school about actual science.

Posted by: West at May 16, 2013 07:12 AM (1Rgee)

133

From the comments at the article:

"How sporting! Catch and release."

Posted by: Darles Chickens at May 16, 2013 07:12 AM (z4vvZ)

134 Thanks to our pliant press, we're left with a big, unspoken question: what the fuck are they teaching at MIT? Columbia and Harvard, I can see, but MIT? MIT is supposed to be on our side.

Posted by: t-bird at May 16, 2013 07:12 AM (FcR7P)

135 Silly tourists, you can't fish at the reservoir with chemical weapons.

Posted by: Penfold at May 16, 2013 07:13 AM (Fbt5B)

136 Maybe they were out there getting drunk and making out? Anybody consider that, wingnuts?

Posted by: lauraw at May 16, 2013 10:58 AM (Sp+rt)

**

Wow...just had a flashback to my informative years.

**sigh**

Posted by: dananjcon at May 16, 2013 07:13 AM (jvd3N)

137 I remember the commenters' former response to this chemical sabotage of our water supply. "If they were going to do it, they would have by now." Yeah. Like the first World Trade Center bombing attack. If they'd wanted to use fuel laden jets, they would have done so the first round.

Posted by: yep at May 16, 2013 07:13 AM (MhA4j)

138 137 Thanks to our pliant press, we're left with a big, unspoken question: what the fuck are they teaching at MIT? Columbia and Harvard, I can see, but MIT? MIT is supposed to be on our side. Posted by: t-bird at May 16, 2013 11:12 AM (FcR7P) They used to be, not so much any more...

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 16, 2013 07:13 AM (9+ccr)

139 42 Civil engineers spend (relatively)little time on reservoirs. That tends to be a bit more focused on by hydrologists. Only two explanations possible:
1.Probing ... as in "Multicultural orgy"
2. Probing ... as in Terror Threat

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I wonder if their rental cars were Ford Probes.

Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at May 16, 2013 07:13 AM (U82Km)

140 12 Eh, even muslim engineers do incomprehensibly nerdy things. If they really are studying, say, civil engineering it might really be that they wanted to look at a reservoir. Posted by: joncelli, proprietor of Lord Rumpley's Shaggatorium at May 16, 2013 10:43 AM (RD7QR) Hoo boy.....chemical engineering. That comment has to be a goof.

Posted by: mare at May 16, 2013 07:13 AM (A98Xu)

141 70 Maybe they were out there getting drunk and making out? Anybody consider that, wingnuts?

Posted by: lauraw at May 16, 2013 10:58 AM (Sp+rt)

Infidel! Islam strictly forbids alcohol and sex with goats that are not your own. How dare you blaspheme the prophet, Mohammad. Fatwas will be issued.

Posted by: Ezra's Equal at May 16, 2013 07:14 AM (MUivq)

142

Morning, all!

My question about this continues to be: why are chemical engineers interested in a water reservoir? H2O is kind of basic, isn't it?

("Unless it's kind of acidic!" the chemists chime in, because they know I love puns.)

This is an honest question, btw. WOULD chemical engineers have any particular reason to be interested in a water reservoir?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 16, 2013 07:14 AM (4df7R)

143 wow who's the MILF in Wrath of Khan

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 16, 2013 07:14 AM (8sCoq)

144 Whole lotta teen angst in MA.

Posted by: NYT at May 16, 2013 07:15 AM (W7ffl)

145 Meh. It's only one of the top drinking supply reservoirs in the US.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 16, 2013 07:15 AM (XYSwB)

146 If purple is still looking, the app is free and its by lee-soft.com (to make windows 8 like windows 7)

Posted by: artemis at May 16, 2013 07:15 AM (2XMD1)

147 btw, mark steyn on dennis miller for the full hour http://tunein.com/radio/The-Dennis-Miller-Show-p123379/

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 16, 2013 07:16 AM (XYSwB)

148

This is an honest question, btw. WOULD chemical engineers have any particular reason to be interested in a water reservoir?

Well, if the water is either too acidic or too basic, it would kill off whatever biological agent you put into it before it could get into the drinking water.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 07:16 AM (/PCJa)

149 WOULD chemical engineers have any particular reason to be interested in a water reservoir?

And they broke in in the middle of the night instead of asking at the front office because ANTI-MUSLIM BACKLASH.

It's so crazy, the media will eat it up.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, ray of sunshine at May 16, 2013 07:17 AM (ZKzrr)

150 You know how those crazy middle eaterner's are -- partying at 12:30+ in the morning.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 16, 2013 07:17 AM (XYSwB)

151 This is an honest question, btw. WOULD chemical engineers have any particular reason to be interested in a water reservoir?
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After midnight...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 16, 2013 07:17 AM (aDwsi)

152 Just some low-level Muslims, nothing sinister.

Posted by: t-bird at May 16, 2013 07:17 AM (FcR7P)

153 This is an honest question, btw. WOULD chemical engineers have any particular reason to be interested in a water reservoir?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit at May 16, 2013 11:14 AM (4df7R)

Honestly? Because water flows through pipes and eventually gets purified with chemicals and whatnot. My brief experience being a chem eng major told me it was all about the science of how things flow, thermodynamics, heat exchanges, etc. A reservoir is built on these sciences. It does fit, but there's no good reason for these people to be there at night without permission.

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 07:17 AM (GQ8sn)

154 So these people are on a terror list now right?

Persons of interest at the very least?

Posted by: eleven at May 16, 2013 07:17 AM (KXm42)

155 Profiling and racism is all this is. What possible harm could these young people have done. I will give them some credit though, there were girls at the party! Girls! That has to be a first. I didn't hear if they also had any girl-substitutes along ... you know, goats?

Posted by: and irresolute at May 16, 2013 07:18 AM (DBH1h)

156 WOULD chemical engineers have any particular reason to be interested in a water reservoir? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit at May 16, 2013 11:14 AM (4df7R) You mean aside from illegal fishing or peeing in it for fun? Can't think of any. In my 9 - okay 8 years of ChemE (I did EE my first year in college and luckily escaped), I don't think water reservoirs ever crossed my mind. Even if I drove past one. (Yes, I'm absent-minded.)

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 07:18 AM (6zgse)

157 142 "Civil engineers spend (relatively) little time on reservoirs." Tell that to the City of Portland Dept./Engineering. Even their civil engineer interns are given permission and assigned tasks on the massive fresh water reservoir.

Posted by: yep at May 16, 2013 07:18 AM (MhA4j)

158 155 This is an honest question, btw. WOULD chemical engineers have any particular reason to be interested in a water reservoir?

Just Muslim ones. Funny, that.

Posted by: West at May 16, 2013 07:18 AM (1Rgee)

159 If you're a college student and that deep in the woods, your ass better be naked. Otherwise, I don't care where you are from, you are up to something

Posted by: Third News at May 16, 2013 07:19 AM (64QYq)

160

I have a gaping wound in my forearm now and scenes from the movie The Blob interspersed with The Thing are flashing in what's left of my consciousness...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 16, 2013 07:19 AM (+z4pE)

161 Now if you fine folks will just wait a minute for your cement shoes to set, we can complete your inspection of our reservoir.

After all, the bottom needs to be checked out too.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 16, 2013 07:19 AM (ccXZP)

162 ("Unless it's kind of acidic!" the chemists chime in, because they know I love puns.)
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Do you have pH D?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 16, 2013 07:19 AM (aDwsi)

163 They were probably tossing their pressure cookers away.

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Fear of IRS [/i] at May 16, 2013 07:20 AM (U2UQk)

164 This is an honest question, btw. WOULD chemical engineers have any particular reason to be interested in a water reservoir?
----------------

After midnight...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 16, 2013 11:17 AM (aDwsi)

http://youtu.be/rXyvhuyu4VE

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 07:20 AM (GQ8sn)

165

1) One more reason to be glad I'm on a well on my private property. Surrounded by private property wells.

2) I'm a Civil PE, and while there are relatively few Civils that work with reservoirs on a regular basis, the one's that do spend a lifetime at it.

3) If you want a tour of the damn (er... dam?) reservoir, just effin' call up the MWRA, and tell them you'd like a tour. In daylight. With a record and an escort. oh, wait.... does that interfere with your purpose? hmmmm.

4) Not for nothing, but the water supply to Boston is actually a bit more hardened of a target than the people hitting the panic button are letting on. But the Sturm and Drang is a good thing: a) encourages other stupid mistakes by terroridiots; b) keeps vigilance up.

Posted by: NewEnglandDevil at May 16, 2013 07:20 AM (73P68)

166 EC, I've never practiced as a ChemE, but it is highly unlikely that we would be doing anything with reservoirs, especially while still in school.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 16, 2013 07:21 AM (6zgse)

167 158 Most likely? persons of interest on the federal visa program for highly trained professionals seeking employment stateside. Just the sort of citizen America needs. Federally enabled treachery.

Posted by: yep at May 16, 2013 07:21 AM (MhA4j)

168 You know, at some point, it may make sense to just start putting these dogs down right where you catch them. Scouting mission - for sure. There is no other reasonable explanation.

Posted by: MWTexas at May 16, 2013 07:21 AM (N05oL)

169 "157 This is an honest question, btw. WOULD chemical engineers have any particular reason to be interested in a water reservoir?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit at May 16, 2013 11:14 AM (4df7R)

Honestly? Because water flows through pipes and eventually gets purified with chemicals and whatnot. My brief experience being a chem eng major told me it was all about the science of how things flow, thermodynamics, heat exchanges, etc. A reservoir is built on these sciences. It does fit, but there's no good reason for these people to be there at night without permission."

None of which you can figger out by looking at a reservoir at night.

Posted by: West at May 16, 2013 07:21 AM (1Rgee)

170 EC, I've never practiced as a ChemE, but it is highly unlikely that we would be doing anything with reservoirs, especially while still in school.

From what I saw, a reservoir would be a good example of the class material being put to use. Really, any industrial setting where liquids, gases, or semi-solids are flowing from one place to another can be of value to a student seeing things with their own eyes.

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 07:23 AM (GQ8sn)

171 164
I have a gaping wound in my forearm now and scenes from the movie The Blob interspersed with The Thing are flashing in what's left of my consciousness... Posted by: BackwardsBoy
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Just snip the power cord off of the toaster (probably better to unplug it first) and stick the snipped end into the cup, re-plug. Instant hot protein drink.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 16, 2013 07:23 AM (aDwsi)

172

My father-in-law (God rest his soul) was VP of a large chemical company that was running into trouble back in the 80's for alleged pollution of a creek that ran through company property.

One night I was kidding him, asking him about the two headed tadpoles I'd heard they were finding in the creek.

He took a drag on his unfiltered Lucky, stared at me totally deadpan, and said, "Son, right now we're glad to have tadpoles, period."

Posted by: RM at May 16, 2013 07:24 AM (/Frlf)

173 Really, any industrial setting where liquids, gases, or semi-solids are flowing from one place to another can be of value to a student seeing things with their own eyes.

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 11:23 AM (GQ8sn)

How much can you see at midnight?

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 16, 2013 07:24 AM (X6akg)

174 From what I saw, a reservoir would be a good example of the class material being put to use. Really, any industrial setting where liquids, gases, or semi-solids are flowing from one place to another can be of value to a student seeing things with their own eyes.
Posted by: EC
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Bring flashlights.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 16, 2013 07:24 AM (aDwsi)

175 None of which you can figger out by looking at a reservoir at night. -- West Try it in THEIR countries of origin. Triple dog dare.

Posted by: yep at May 16, 2013 07:24 AM (MhA4j)

176

If you want a tour of the damn (er... dam?) reservoir, just effin' call up the MWRA, and tell them you'd like a tour. In daylight. With a record and an escort. oh, wait.... does that interfere with your purpose? hmmmm.

Actually, it probably doesn't. Think about it, you go to the resevoir and take the tour. At some point you ask, innocently, "How much water does the reservoir hold?" No one will think twice- it's a perfectly innocent question (kids ask it all the time).

Then you go back to your ~~terror planning facility~~ dorm room, and do some Math!. You've already seen just about everything you need to see.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 07:24 AM (/PCJa)

177 146 Wow who's the MILF in "Wrath of Khan"
*
*
Bibi Besch as Dr. Carol Marcus. There are some Trek fans who think Carol could have been the "little blonde lab technician" Kirk admits he almost married when they were younger.

"Can I cook, or can't I?"

"Jim Kirk was many things, but he was never a Boy Scout."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 16, 2013 07:25 AM (BDU/a)

178 None of which you can figger out by looking at a reservoir at night.

Exactly. They were up to no good and the police are fucking idiots for not calling in the FBI for a closer look. If they were recent graduates, then they can produce their diplomas showing their Bachelor's or Master's or PhD in chem engineering. All the FBI agent has to ask them is, "What's the second law of thermodynamics?" and if they sit there like jelly on a bun, brace their fuckin' asses.

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 07:26 AM (GQ8sn)

179 ...and as a New England native, I would like to point out that it was about 45 degrees Fahrenheit here last night, raw and windy. Likely the same weather at Quabbin. Very few people remove their clothes at that temperature. So it's a safe guess that they were not there to make baby goat-centaurs. Or satyrs. Satyrs, right? Whatever, [Fill in appropriate cultural slander here as it may occur to you].

Posted by: lauraw at May 16, 2013 07:27 AM (Sp+rt)

180 Kirstie Alley ‏@kirstiealley 11 May I'm HORRIFIED to hear that American children will no longer learn CURSIVE!!!! AMERICAN children would not be able to read the CONSTITUTION

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 16, 2013 07:28 AM (8sCoq)

181 Pfffft - anyone who is anyone knows that the "Midnight Stroll by the Quabbin Reservoir" is the high point of the Grand Tour taken by all well-rounded Asian youths at the end of their college career.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at May 16, 2013 07:29 AM (ADnWI)

182 <i>Actually, it probably doesn't. Think about it, you go to the resevoir and take the tour. At some point you ask, innocently, "How much water does the reservoir hold?" No one will think twice- it's a perfectly innocent question (kids ask it all the time).

Then you go back to your terror planning facility dorm room, and do some Math!. You've already seen just about everything you need to see.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 16, 2013 11:24 AM (/PCJa)</i>

Except for the record part.... If you don't want any record of your involvement. As for the volume of the reservoir; while they don't have published Elv-Vol curves (that are easy to find - you can find the info if you know where to look) the gross volume of the reservoir is general public knowledge. Only other piece of information you'd really be interested in is where the headworks are located to handle discharge. Which may or may not be on the coast, or somewhere in the middle, of the reservoir.

Posted by: NewEnglandDevil at May 16, 2013 07:30 AM (73P68)

183

Very few people remove their clothes at that temperature. So it's a safe guess that they were not there to make baby goat-centaurs

Besides which, there were SEVEN of them. Now if my math and biology will serve ...

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 16, 2013 07:31 AM (IDSI7)

184 OT

Democrats want Judge Dredd's Lawgiver Mk II weapon technology.

http://tinyurl.com/cd37ejr

Stupid fuckers.

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 07:31 AM (GQ8sn)

185 You could dump a 55gal drum of sodium cyanide in something as large as that reservoir and nobody would notice. By the time it went through chlorination (which'll kill most of the cyanide's poisony properties) and gets to consumers, it'd be so dilute as to be useless as a poison.

A downstream attack pumping some shit into the treatment plant's output would be far more effective.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 16, 2013 07:31 AM (/gHaE)

186 "What's the second law of thermodynamics?"

I know that one! It's "You cant break even."

The first is " You can't win."
The third is "You can't get out of the game."

Posted by: West at May 16, 2013 07:35 AM (1Rgee)

187

Whew. Thanks, Mike Hammer, that did the trick.

I think I'll wait until it stops twitching and then throw it out the back door.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 16, 2013 07:37 AM (+z4pE)

188 The words "Amherst" and "Northampton" make it clear these are terrorists. They don't even have to be Muslim. Those two towns are so full of America-hate they make Pyongyang look like Disneyland on the Fourth of July.

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 16, 2013 07:38 AM (qrx8i)

189 191 "What's the second law of thermodynamics?"

I know that one! It's "You cant break even."

The first is " You can't win."
The third is "You can't get out of the game."
Posted by: West
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It is an irony that once one understands the Second Law, one is positioned to move to a state of less understanding.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 16, 2013 07:40 AM (aDwsi)

190 "and to the FBI, good hunting." They did so well stopping the Boston Maraton bombings. We're doomed for sure.

Posted by: I.C. Yurhini at May 16, 2013 07:49 AM (F0yGz)

191 That's because Entropy is always increasing, Mike.

F-in Entropy.

I hate Entropy, it's a pain. Except without it, we would not have friction. Friction is what makes sex feel good, so I guess I wouldn't vote it off the island.

Posted by: West at May 16, 2013 07:51 AM (1Rgee)

192 Friction is what makes sex feel good, so I guess I wouldn't vote it off the island.

Try more lube?

Posted by: EC at May 16, 2013 07:56 AM (GQ8sn)

193 A better excuse for them would have been, "we are environmental wackos studying the effects of fracking on the water supply".

Posted by: Bufalobob at May 16, 2013 08:00 AM (bxn1D)

194 198 A better excuse for them would have been, "we are environmental wackos studying the effects of fracking on the water supply".

I thought we already established that it was too cold out that night for fracking.

Posted by: West at May 16, 2013 08:05 AM (1Rgee)

195 I think we better get these "scientists" on some good old USA welfare so they won't bomb us.

Posted by: PJ at May 16, 2013 08:59 AM (ZWaLo)

196 Increasing the noise to signal ratio. Hide the real bad guys.

Posted by: Richard Aubrey at May 16, 2013 10:24 AM (dmbXR)

197 by the time you read this the Saudi national will have already been deported. They gots a deal, see? It's the Chicago way.

Posted by: Max Entropy at May 16, 2013 12:38 PM (wYcf1)

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