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hiss  ·  4018 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Two explosions at Boston marathon finish line.

I read this while I was drinking and I was angry at you for some reason, I don't know why, but then it was clear you were right. One of the officials speaking at the press conference talked about heightened security in Boston tomorrow as if it were rote. "Just be patient and deal with it." It's not at all that it was planned or whatever batshit crazy ideas people are putting forth, it's more the boring facts of security that are so frightening to me. Everyone knows NOT A THING will happen tomorrow and yet everyone entering or exiting the city of Boston will have to get their backpacks pored through by police like it helps, like it'll catch anyone doing anything untoward on a day when the people of Boston will be on their absolute best behavior. It's so utterly misguided the only comparison I can draw is Joe Morgan arguing against sabermetrics.