By adamg on Wed., 11/2/2016 - 10:04 am
HBO's documentary on the Boston Marathon bombings (done with the Globe) premieres on Nov. 21.
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What's with the comments on the youtube page?
By downtown-anon
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 12:53pm
I am out of the loop, are Bostonian's the only ones who don't think it is a hoax?
Youtube commenters are
By ZachAndTired
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 11:12am
Youtube commenters are basically the worst people on Earth. I wouldn't put much stock in anything they write.
More to it than that - this is a deliberate smearing
By Jeff F
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 11:41am
There are always plenty of jackasses on youtube, but the concerted effort to spin the comments on this video are something different. It seems to be a somewhat-organized effort by an anti-semitic, anti-US group.
A bunch of the comments are by brand-new-used-just-once accounts, and the comment history of some of the longer-established ones shows that many are going to the same videos and making similar remarks. (They also seem really obsessed with contrails and weaponized weather and UN plots to have the Russians invade the US mainland).
So it's clearly a hijacking of the comment section intended to make it seem like this is some sort of common belief. Probably a whackadoodle web site with a link to the video, directing a constant stream of loonies to vent their spleen at it.
I hadn't actually looked at
By ZachAndTired
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 2:57pm
I hadn't actually looked at them until just now. Woof! My guess is InfoWars or some other tinfoil hat group probably shared that video on facebook and flooded the comments section.
Also
By anon²
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 5:02pm
Propaganda and PsyOps
[YouTube]https://youtu.be/OauLuWXD_RI/[/YouTube]
http://youtu.be/OauLuWXD_RI
Clearly a false flag
By Roman
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 8:37pm
Wake up sheeple! Obviously these are Hillary trolls trying to make the anti-Hillary vote look crazy.
Very Meta
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 9:23pm
A false flag alleging a false flag ... hmmm.
We live in an upside down
By anon
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 12:18pm
We live in an upside down world where too many people think the victims are liars and the perpetrators are victims. I was in an Uber with a driver who tried to convince me of this.
An Uber in Boston?
By adamg
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 1:34pm
An Uber in Boston?
Yes. I bit my tongue because
By anon
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 1:48pm
Yes. I bit my tongue because I felt very vulnerable in the backseat while a madman was behind the wheel.
He told me that the victims were crisis actors who were amputees and faked the injuries - again, had we not been in a moving vehicle, I probably would have brought up personal connections to the victims and friends of mine who worked at BMC and treated them. I honestly don't think it would have made a difference. He probably would have either thought I was in on it or was brainwashed.
It was both scary and offensive and in a city like Boston, how could he not have a connection, even in a tangential way to people who were affected. I swear everyone I know was a degree or two away from a victim, witness or responder.
Wow
By Ari O
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 12:35pm
Those comments are impressively bad. This picture looks relatively thoughtfully done.
Although they probably won't cover the chemtrails in the sky above the city that day. It's obvious if drop a ton of acid and think about it for a second.
You want to see one of these nutjobs actual videos?
By Pete Nice
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 1:37pm
Go to youtube and search "millis massachusetts".
You will find a video of the Millis police "hoax". The maker of the video Zachery Hubbard has a 13 minute video trying to explain how the cop in Millis who made up the shooting was a staged event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhWD701Kf-w
But it really is strange when you actually listen to him. He doesn't sound mentally ill, but he also doesn't sound like his is making it up.
I found it fascinating that people like this exist. These hoax people use numbers and Free Mason conspiracy stuff like you could never imagine.
It's a mindset where every
By anon
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 1:49pm
It's a mindset where every piece of evidence that proves them wrong only makes them believe more strongly. It's completely dogmatic.
Its the same
By cybah
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 6:16pm
Its the same with the 9/11 deniers. I read a fascinating article on cracked.com about them and how one changed his mind. It's fascinating how they really let this stuff go to their heads and they really do believe this crap. It pretty much absorbs them.
http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2278-i...
I know. it's Cracked.com, but it's a decent read into a mind into one of these folks.
Broadband Task Force. Minutes.
By theszak
Thu, 11/03/2016 - 2:27pm
Broadband Task Force -Regular Meeting
October 13, 2016
Ackermann Room, Cambridge City Hall
795 Massachusetts Avenue
Quorum of the Task Force Present at 6:43 pm
Members Present: Ben Compaine, Jerold Grochow, Ming-Tai Huh, Jason Liss, Ed Naef, Anne Schwieger, Saul Tannenbaum
City Staff Present: Kathy Watkins, Lee Gianetti, Mary Hart, and Steve Lenkauskas
Meeting Agenda:
• Opening/announcements
• Prepare presentation for October 18 meeting with the Neighborhood & Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts & Celebration Committee
• Adjournment
Discussion: (It was announced that the meeting would be recorded by a member of the public via audio device)
City Staff explained this meeting was a working session for the Task Force to prepare its presentation for the upcoming hearing with the City Council’s Neighborhood & Long Term Planning, Public Facilities, Arts & Celebration Committee on October 18, 2016. Staff reviewed with the Task Force the agenda for the meeting on October 18, and that the Task Force would have approximately 45 minutes on the agenda for presentations and questions.
Lee Gianetti will present 10-15 on the Broadband Task Forces process and the recommendation of Tilson; the Task Force will present their recommendations. The Task Force decided that Ming-Tai Huh will speak on behalf of the Task Force for the formal presentation and each member can participate freely in the discussion part of the meeting.
Discussion ensued on what information the Task Force wanted to include in their presentation and they settled on the following outline:
• Brief summary of the task forces recommendation letter to the City Manager
• Describe the 5 goals of the task force
• Describe why the task force narrowed the choice to wanting to study a phase II to study the feasibility of the full build option.
• Explain phase II will to take a deep dive on a full build option to gain information not examined in phase I
• List the key questions the task force wants a phase II to answer in Phase 2 Ming will work on putting together the PowerPoint for the Task Force’s presentation and will work with Lee Gianetti prior to the October 18th meeting to finalize the presentation.
Meeting adjourned at 7:23 pm.
Handouts: Final Task Force Recommendations to City Manager and Tilson Report were available for reference
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