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Wait Wut

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5. I like the Chicago Tribune's article better.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Mon May 6, 2013, 12:56 PM

May 2013

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-minnesota-terror-plot-20130506,0,1190089.story

Same content, for the most part, but they didn't put quotes around 'terror attack'. Small thing, but important. The quotes are chickenshit journalism, imo. Too afraid of possibly offending someone that thinks only brown people are terrorists.

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AQWM? Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #1

Didn't you know Cirque du So-What May 2013 #2

ie blueneck AQ PatrynXX May 2013 #4

Up here we're snowbillies NickB79 May 2013 #17

When will they be transporting him to Gitmo for advanced interrogation techniques? politicaljunkie41910 May 2013 #20

No doubt the planned terror attack was very narrow in focus. IveWornAHundredPants May 2013 #3

Funny! Buford - Ouch! malachi May 2013 #12

I like the Chicago Tribune's article better. Wait Wut May 2013 #5

Prior record for felony burglary record TexasTowelie May 2013 #6

The gubmint confiscated his guns!!!!! geek tragedy May 2013 #7

Well whaddayaknow? A felon in possession of a firearm. Who could have imagined. deminks May 2013 #8

Damn Mooslim terraists! We oughta... KamaAina May 2013 #9

I wonder if he's related to my neighbor up the road....... rdharma May 2013 #11

Or my neighbor, the soft-spoken guy IveWornAHundredPants May 2013 #14

... are they investigating his ancestors to see if there's an ethnic connection? Myrina May 2013 #10

The Czechs are all up on the Iron Range dflprincess May 2013 #35

"Buford Rogers" MissNostalgia May 2013 #13

Why doesn't the headline mention his religion? denverbill May 2013 #15

He can't be a terraist. He don't look muslin. kestrel91316 May 2013 #16

Just another Racist hick form Monti. Wellstone ruled May 2013 #18

If he's not some sort of Moooslim.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2013 #19

More info from Star-Trib, interesting about his racial superiority crap uppityperson May 2013 #21

Quelle surprise - an anti-government white supremacist gun nut. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #25

Random cheeks? dflprincess May 2013 #36

Armed and crazy crazy crazy. marble falls May 2013 #22

Kick n/t Tx4obama May 2013 #23

Sorry, I did look but didn't see this BainsBane May 2013 #24

another conspiracy theorist or rightwing extremist or thrillkill seeker of fame like they all are graham4anything May 2013 #26

That's it. This has gone on too long. rightsideout May 2013 #27

This isn't on the local news BainsBane May 2013 #28

This story Jenoch May 2013 #29

I saw it several times on local MSP TV news today/evening. pengillian101 May 2013 #30

I watched KSTP BainsBane May 2013 #31

Here ya go. pengillian101 May 2013 #32

thanks BainsBane May 2013 #33

Freeze? pengillian101 May 2013 #34