a talking milkshake, a box of fries and a meatball

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Well, the title of this post is taken from the greatest news coverage day ever, 1/31/07, when Boston was shut down because the Boston PD was too stupid to tell a Lite-Brite from a bomb, and the entire world learned how terrified America truly is of everything around them.  If ever anything was going to "embolden the enemy", it's news that they've got us by the nut hairs so deeply that we'll shut down a major city because of this:

These fucking pussies actually called in NORAD!  And look at the language throughout these articles:  "hoax", "electronic devices", "suspicious objects", "planted".  Like these little Lite-Brites were actually placed to scare people.  Honestly, what utter morons were taken in by this? 

So two dudes get arrested for putting funny lights up around Boston, but methinks they won't be charged with a crime for long.  Let me just say, the prosecutor pursuing these guys should be disbarred for what he's doing.  Check this quote:

“It’s clear the intent was to get attention by causing fear and unrest that there was a bomb in that location,” Assistant Attorney General John Grossman said at their arraignment.

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“The appearance of this device and its location are crucial,” Grossman said. “This device looks like a bomb.”

Some in the gallery snickered.

This was in response to the judge indicating that the law clearly requires proof that these two guys intended to cause fear and unrest, but Grossman had just indicated they placed the devices as part of an ad campaign.   Dumbass...

Let me just say, thank gods for the Seattle PD:

In the Seattle area, authorities thought the devices were “obviously not suspicious.”