Boston Marathon Tragedy Conspiracy Theories

After the Boston marathon blast, the online community started looking for possible terrorists/suspects based on still pictures/images of the event. A number of potential suspects were randomly profiled (identified) based either on their skin colors or the size of their bags. A middle age man in a blue robe who was carrying a decent size bag was immediately picked out. Reasons given as to why this is a suspect? “His bag seems quite heavy. He must be carrying those pressure cookers; His clothing style seems very out of place at the marathon event. He’s definitely a suspect.”

A few more people were identified; those who were not directly gazing at the runners or who seemed quite bored or who are focused on something else. It’s easy to see why the real suspects would be distracted. They would be more concern about the mission than watching a sporting event.

People with brown skin/coloring were the first to be picked out by the racists. Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper published pictures of a 17-year old Moroccan boy with a circle on his face; emphasizing that this could potentially be the suspect the authority are looking for.

Two men dressed in dark glasses, caps and military pants were identified as black-water operative or from a private security firm. Since most of us don’t know who they were and we didn’t know the Tsarnaev brothers, some people believed these men could quite possibly be the suspects. The conspirators didn’t waste much time in connecting the dot. They started selling Boston Marathon tragedy as an inside job by undercover government agents.

I found most of the conspiracy theories about the Boston Marathon Blast from reading users’ comments at online news sites. I guess the official version of the story is just not sexy enough for some people. They must have/seek an alternate explanation/narrative. Every high profile happenings (domestic and international) must be seen as an inside government job. Even seemingly natural events (like earthquakes and hurricanes) are not to be taken at face value.

I generally find most of the alternate theories quite silly. I also can’t imagine the government agencies (FBI or CIA) having that much time and resources at hand to stage ‘undercover operations’ in the United States at this day and age; operations that are immediately exposed by the likes of Alex Jones on his website.

But that’s not all. At the same time with the Boston tragedy, we also saw an explosion at a fertilizer plant/factory in Texas. Some people have rejected the official version of the story that the fire originated from the highly explosive chemical/material, twice the limit allowed by the regulation. They believed that the government fired rockets/missiles at the factory causing the explosion and starting the fire. The conspirators again accused the government of being at the center of mayhems and mischiefs.

Blasphemy Trial in Turkey

Turkish pianist Fazil Say was given a suspended jail sentence in Istanbul on Monday for insulting Islam on social-media website Twitter.

Mr. Say published a series of tweets in April 2012 mocking the call to prayer and comparing heaven to a brothel.

Lucky for him, apostasy is an offense that carry a 12-month jail sentence in Turkey. In Muslim countries/Islamic societies, apostasy is a very serious crime punishable to death.

This is what he had to say after the sentencing

“On behalf of my country, I’m sorry about the decision reached at the end of the trial. I’m disappointed in terms of free speech. That I have been punished despite an absence of guilt is disconcerting not so much for me, but for freedom of speech and belief in Turkey,”

 

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, called Monday for Turkey to “fully respect freedom of speech.”
Human-rights campaigners said the judgment spotlighted Turkey’s poor record on freedom of expression.

“He stays out of jail but he’s guilty; he basically got a black mark on him. Courts are simply wasting their time restricting even trivial tweets. The system in Turkey has a huge restriction on free speech, it’s a big problem,” said Emma Sinclair-Webb, senior Turkey researcher at Human Rights Watch, a New-York based campaigning group.

 
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-211648/

Margaret Thatcher

I remember watching her on TV when I was little. Back then, I wasn't sure who she was exactly. I was too young to form complete picture about her. All I know was that she was the Prime Minister of London and for some unknown reason, she was referred to as the Iron Lady.

I don't like politicians. I don't find many good things to say about them. Politicians mostly serve their own interest or the interests of their family, relatives and friends. They don't serve people. People are merely pawn to be used to fulfill their evil private agenda.

The newspapers coverage in the US treated Margaret Thatcher like a celebrity except with more accomplishments and less gossip. Right-leaning reporters gleefully took the opportunity to reconnect with their Cowboy idol Ronald Reagen. Apparently, Thatcher and Reagen shared a common dream. Unregulated Capitalism. All the benefits of Capitalism were highlighted and all the evil/negative aspect of socialism were presented. Just like comparing apples to oranges.

I'm having a hard time thinking of anything positive about Margaret Thatcher. I guess some of the positive things I can observe from her life is that she manage to get into a very difficult career that was dominated mostly by males. She was also able to overcome her normal middle class upbringing to gain acceptance among people in a country that insanely reveres/obsesses over the royalty, the wealthy, people with titles, people with connections and soccer. Lastly, I think or at least I hope her legacy would include some of the things she didn't privatize - like the socialized UK health care system.

The Junior Dictator from North Korea

This guy from my last post.

He seems to believe that his country is capable and ready to Nuke targets in the US. I don't think anyone here or elsewhere was taking him seriously. The politicians and the news medias didn't sensationalize the story.


Interestingly, ten years ago, we went to war in Iraq over imminent threat of Nuclear weapons which proved to be false later on. The dictator from North Korea claims he has all his nuclear missiles/warheads already pointed towards us. Lucky for us (or maybe him) his country doesn't have much oil.

Easter Sunday - Image collection

Easter Sunday is the most important day for Christians. The Christians believe that Jesus died on cross for everyone's sins (on Friday) and was resurrected/raised to heaven (on Sunday). They also think Jesus was God incarnate. I don't really believe man can become God or God can become man. And I also don't believe in a shape-changing God.


Most of the pictures are self-explanatory

The New Pope

The world has a new pope now. St Francis. He is a cardinal from Latin America. His parents were immigrants from Italy so technically he's still a white European descent.

But it makes perfect sense to have more diversity in your selection of people who can become the next pope, since nowadays, you can no longer associate Europe with Christianity. The Europeans seem to have abandon the pagan idea of mythical Godship of Jesus and moved to a number of ideologies that seem more rational, at least to them.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/14/us-pope-reaction-idUSBRE92D08J20130314