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I would guess it was originally intended to mean Parachute Uncoupling Device.

I would speculate the original meaning became a little unclear when BOC PUD's became part of the lexicon.

I'm reminded of a quote from the movie 'The Siege":

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What if what they really want is for us to herd our children into stadiums like we're doing? And put soldiers on the street and have Americans looking over their shoulders? Bend the law, shred the Constitution just a little bit? Because if we torture him, General, we do that and everything we have fought, and bled, and died for is over. And they've won. They've already won!

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The tactical reasons are easy: to maim and kill lots of folks, and use a big event and media attention to scare a lot of others.
What we want to know are the 'strategic reasons'. Anyone can speculate, and some guesses are more probable than others based on pressers and news coverage, but do you really think you know?

I don't presume to know the answer, no.

Does anyone really care what his reasons are?

I would think that all people really care about is finding out if the two brothers are part of a larger plot.

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Yep, in custody and alive is infinitely better than dead. Maybe, just maybe, he'll share why the heck they did what they did.

Wendy P.

Are the majority of people really scratching their heads about why they did this?

Obviously, it's an assumption, but I doubt the reason is psychoactive drugs or because he did not make it onto the school track team.

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If you kill innocent people with a home made bomb you are a terrorist.
If you kill innocent people with a hell fire missle shot from a drone you are defending freedom.

Makes sense? No it does not.

Makes total sense. People who engage in violence always try to justify their own and vilify the other. It's how people cope.

I'd call the boston bombers terrorists, but I'd also say the us govt uses terrorism.

I'd say the term is losing its meaning.

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>creating a bit of a strawman, here.

A handgun's primary purpos is to kill people. That's why people practice with human-shaped targets, and why things like "stopping power" are used as metrics. That makes them inherently different than something designed to cook food.

Anyone who does not understand the difference probably shouldn't own a gun.

Think you have a skewed perception of gun owners. I don't shoot at human silohette targets or zomies for that matter, personally, I find it distatefull.

That said, ill conceed that a handguns primary purpose, for most people, is to stop a threat. I believe leo refers to a force continuem.

If you can find a bulletproof way of setting up barriers to keep people who do feel a guns primary purpose is to kill people and yet not infringe on the rights of others, I'm all ears.

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>well, we can't really know unless we try both.

We have; that's what the study is about.

(Which, BTW, does not mean that "massive amounts of debt are just fine." It just means there aren't as many economic impacts to carrying a high debt ratios as first thought.)

That's common sense. To single this poorly constructed and biased study serves no purpose other than to identify the obvious...it's a poorly constructed and biased study. I would not conclude that there are not many economic impacts from high DTI's.

I read the article earlier this morning. I found it slightly annoying that "right wing" extremists were singled out. We have all kinds of extremists in the world and in this country. Believe it or not, there are "left-wing" extremists too. I take a pretty dim view of the sources we call news in the us, but I expect better from them.

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I'm still yet to understand how anyone pushing for austerity as a solution to the US economy is still taken seriously, given we have to two real world examples of the pros and cons - Australia opted for stimulus and skated through the GFC with barely a scratch, while Europe has bet everything on austerity and is currently imploding. Doesn't seem like rocket surgery to me....

It may not be rocket surgery, but it's a little more complicated then how you presented the two scenarios.

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I'm surprised there would be trash cans there as they can be used to harbor backpacks with explosives.

So can backpacks.

Around DC... No backpacks or coolers and purses are searched. We're heading to that for all major assemblies of people. More rights gone due to assholes.

That's the idea, right? Blow some shit up and we stumble all over ourselves to do something...spend billions of dollars and strip rights. I'm tired of the assholes "winning".

Fingers crossed it's the saudi kid and not "home grown".

I see the update, but I would imagine that AQ would used far more destructive bombs.

And what's up with bombing a mechanical room at the JFK library?

Me thinks this story is going to take some strange twists and turns before the official story gels.

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NY post is reporting suspect in custody.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/two_explosions_at_boston_marathon_iMR0LCkcwASg0RQfVsH1yI

My money is on it being a "white guy nutter".

current copy at that url:
Authorities have a identified a suspect, a Saudi national, who is currently being guarded in a Boston hospital with shrapnel wounds.

so at the moment, you're losing that bet, though it would have been my first guess as well with the date of April 15.

During the press conference they stated the fire at the JFK library is linked. This does not need like AQ MO....brown guy nutter.

NY post is reporting suspect in custody.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/two_explosions_at_boston_marathon_iMR0LCkcwASg0RQfVsH1yI

My money is on it being a "white guy nutter".

http://rt.com/op-edge/bitcoin-store-value-cotsikis-773/

I think this guy summed it up quite nicely.

Note how he shared his opinion that bitcoins are not a good store of value at this time, yet was not dismissive or condescending.

Joe six-pack is starting to wake up to the reality that we are in the middle of a currency war. Through the internet people are discovering some of darker implications of central banking. Should those people sell their houses and invest in bit coins? HELL NO. Should they explore alternatives to fiat currencies and pick a favorite such as bitcoin? It's not a bad start IMHO.

I think those that dismiss developing alternative currencies are just as shortsighted as those who are willing to plow in all of their assets into something like bitcoin.

The debate of if it's a good investment or not is just dumb. The interesting debate is will we start to see a move away from central banks and will a "crypto-currency" emerge as the predominant challenger to the existing hegemony.

I never claimed to be invested in botcoins. My interest is limited to the potential of a digital currency becoming an alternative store of vale for those with an innate distrust of central banks.

I may fund an account with a small amout, but if I do it will only be a token sign of support for the concept.

I have no reason to question your education in finance or experience in the funancial services industry. You might do well by exercising the same level of restraint before making assumptions where your only basis is a differing of opinion on a specific topic.

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I'm very curious to see treasuries response.

why would they?