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enlightenment

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46. So why not just say that?
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 04:35 PM
Aug 2013

ProSense, you muddle up your posts so much that you do yourself a disservice.

I don't absolutely believe this story because no one has corroborated it - as far as I know. Obviously you have doubts about it as well.

Wouldn't it be easier to simply say that, instead of posting what amounts to a "here's the proof that things aren't the way she said they were" - especially when the image posted clearly has little to do with what the woman claimed?

Your OP wasn't posted as an opinion - you rarely post something that you state is your opinion. You post things as fact, and offer little by way of evidence beyond blue links back to your own posts and comment free links to articles that oft times don't even support the point you seem to want to make. What are people supposed to make of that kind of thing?

Seriously, PS, your pronouncements don't carry any more weight than any other pronouncement made on DU.

It's kind of sad, actually, because there have been occasions when I've seen you post your actual thoughts on things and those thoughts are pretty worthwhile.

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Those are cops? Funny, the look just like 11 bravos. Rex Aug 2013 #1
Clearly, the photo doesn't correspond with her account. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #8
Ya this is going to be a strange story of 'he said, she said'. Rex Aug 2013 #13
Why did Atlantic Wire put that picture with the story? Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #31
When are they claiming that these events occurred? JDPriestly Aug 2013 #85
Because it generates more clicks, especially when shared on Facebook n/t arcane1 Aug 2013 #86
Why not? What doesn't correspond? JDPriestly Aug 2013 #82
Because that's not her, or her home, in the photo, for one thing. arcane1 Aug 2013 #89
Thanks. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #92
If she wasn't even arrested treestar Aug 2013 #80
Many good questions. Rex Aug 2013 #84
She wasn't even home! And no one was arrested. They didn't even wake up the son. n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #111
That seems like an incredibly naive response. The Stranger Aug 2013 #118
Oh Good God. treestar Aug 2013 #119
Jesus. This has been posted 3 times here already. chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #2
Board nanny much? Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #45
Whine about other posters much? n-t Logical Aug 2013 #72
Superior "I'm above all that" comment much? jberryhill Aug 2013 #93
"Much" much? Dash87 Aug 2013 #98
As much as I can, thanks! jberryhill Aug 2013 #99
But does a much "much" much? That is the question. Dash87 Aug 2013 #100
There was a post sitting on the home page all day about how Catalano's story pnwmom Aug 2013 #112
I am a bit lost with this post Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #3
I believe the OP is suggesting enlightenment Aug 2013 #17
I believe the OP is suggesting that very thing!!! Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #20
I doubt Catelano's story because there has been no corroboration sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #23
Fair enough! Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #26
Maybe it happened some time ago, or maybe someone imagined it. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #88
When did you stop beating your wife? frazzled Aug 2013 #101
Someone pointed out that the picture used in the Atlanticwire story appeared in a story JDPriestly Aug 2013 #109
What about the Guardian story? ProSense Aug 2013 #22
The Guardian has a section called "comment is free", anyone sufrommich Aug 2013 #39
So why not just say that? enlightenment Aug 2013 #46
No, ProSense Aug 2013 #49
Whatever, PS. enlightenment Aug 2013 #53
No, I don't ProSense Aug 2013 #57
You are right! Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #59
No, you're ProSense Aug 2013 #63
What's "sad" is your psycho babble about ProSense. It says everything Cha Aug 2013 #110
Your defense of someone you have probably never met enlightenment Aug 2013 #113
You don't understand how Joint Terrorism Task Forces and Fusion Centers work, do you, ProSense? leveymg Aug 2013 #69
Well, I don't have to be condescending ProSense Aug 2013 #77
Turns out to have been something of a hoax. And you are owed something of an apology. leveymg Aug 2013 #107
Thanks. ProSense Aug 2013 #108
clearly some federal involvement, Nassau County doesn't have electronic eavesdropping geek tragedy Aug 2013 #4
Horrible, disgusting, incomprehensible. GlashFordan Aug 2013 #5
Because it's not a real picture of the incident. frazzled Aug 2013 #7
Doesn't matter, the picture is real. GlashFordan Aug 2013 #10
It may be real about something, somewhere, sometime ... frazzled Aug 2013 #14
You are ProSense Aug 2013 #19
Yes I see what you're saying. Just Saying Aug 2013 #70
It's from the search for the boston bomber according to tineye.com jberryhill Aug 2013 #94
So is this one frazzled Aug 2013 #62
That one is from unicorn and rainbow land. GlashFordan Aug 2013 #64
And yours is of the house-to-house search for the Boston bomber frazzled Aug 2013 #66
I guess it's impossible to do police work GlashFordan Aug 2013 #68
That picture is not attached to the AtlanticWire story at the link frazzled Aug 2013 #6
That picture is most certainly attached to the AtlanticWire story at the link. I just checked. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #29
Not when I press the link: it's a generic picture of yellow police tape frazzled Aug 2013 #34
That is the first link to the Guardian. Scroll down to the second link & you'll see, I promise. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #40
Fine--it's still just a stock photo that doesn't match the story in the least frazzled Aug 2013 #60
Sorry for the long URL, but here is the source of the image... tridim Aug 2013 #73
It's the picture that comes up for me. nt sufrommich Aug 2013 #50
Not for me. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #90
Normally that show of force is reserved for dying cancer grannies who are growing pot. Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #9
Wait. I thought this was the photo: Robb Aug 2013 #11
The headline says "casual clothes" the picture shows men in uniforms.. Bay Boy Aug 2013 #12
You missed nothing: the OP is misrepresenting frazzled Aug 2013 #15
No, the photo is attached to the story, and is being tweeted to represent this story. ProSense Aug 2013 #16
So, if I understand your position correctly, Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #18
You clearly ProSense Aug 2013 #21
"...don't under the point." Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #25
Oops, accidently deleted part of the word. ProSense Aug 2013 #27
I am not a mind reader and your post here is quite ambiguous. Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #48
No, it isn't, and ProSense Aug 2013 #51
Speaking of not seeing things... Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #56
No, nothing was "missed" ProSense Aug 2013 #61
To be fair, the use of such "cover images" is misleading journalism Scootaloo Aug 2013 #28
+1 leftstreet Aug 2013 #37
I agree completely! Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #47
I'd like to know if it is honest mistake or is the Atlantic doing someone a favor snagglepuss Aug 2013 #71
This is the second Jenoch Aug 2013 #24
"Photo: Massachusetts police search a home after the Boston bombings."... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #30
That caption is not at the AtlanticWire link. I just checked.It's in the comment section. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #33
That's where I copied it from. Check again. ..nt TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #36
AHA! You are correct! KittyWampus Aug 2013 #43
No, it's actually in the article. Very weird n/t leftstreet Aug 2013 #38
Yep, second link in the OP leads to a picture Rex Aug 2013 #42
Also posted at the ProSense Aug 2013 #35
OK, so my question on it all is this: Why did the cops (not feds) show up? How, The Straight Story Aug 2013 #32
I don't think they're sure yet just who showed up... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #41
The photo is from the boston bombing: The Straight Story Aug 2013 #44
Right--so why did the Atlantic put it there? nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #55
Stock police photo perhaps? Not saying they should have, but they did note that The Straight Story Aug 2013 #58
Everyone click this link PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #52
HA! Rex Aug 2013 #54
I googled the following all day..... Logical Aug 2013 #91
One of her twitter responses: BklnDem75 Aug 2013 #65
Whether true or not... Rainngirl Aug 2013 #67
Ding! Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #75
I'll buy you a top of the line pressure cooker if the feds show up after your search. tridim Aug 2013 #87
LOL!!!! JoePhilly Aug 2013 #115
That appears to be a Chinese Magnolia in the upper left of the photo... SunSeeker Aug 2013 #74
Nice observation. Whatever it is , not much flowers Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #76
And the family is dressed pretty warmly for a late July on Long Island. nt SunSeeker Aug 2013 #83
Agreed Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #97
How did you do it Mr. Holmes?!? jberryhill Aug 2013 #96
LOL. Elementary, my dear Watson. My neighbor has a beautiful Chinese Magnolia. SunSeeker Aug 2013 #106
Casual clothes? My, have standards fallen! Retrograde Aug 2013 #78
If she wasn't home, what is that photo of? treestar Aug 2013 #79
Read The Article (nt) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #95
Could you point out the contradictions please? JDPriestly Aug 2013 #81
The point of the thread and the OP is that there are real problems with this story. longship Aug 2013 #102
See the update. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #103
Yup! Meanwhile the thread has gone into near meltdown. longship Aug 2013 #104
Pics of explosives on her Facebook.... msanthrope Aug 2013 #105
Our Future. Get used to it. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #114
Yes, online liars are our future. Unfortunately. tridim Aug 2013 #117
Prosense is using TheGuardian as a source...? Earth_First Aug 2013 #116
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