Attacks On US Continued Reports

I'm still having problems getting news from most normal sites, and we are just barely holding up. Both world trade towers have collapsed after hijaacked planes crashed into them. New Yorkers are asked to give blood. Pentagon has collapsed after similiar crash. A pilot of another hijaacked plane crashed in a PA field rather then hitting another target in Pitt (unconfirmed). Military is at the highest alert. US Embassy in Oslo evacuated, all israeli embassies evacuated. 2 Flights to LAX lost radio contact. 3 other planes down. London evacuating. Camp David crash is false. Bin Laden threatened about 2 months ago. Many many many dead. Many other cities evacuating and shutting down.

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a meta slashdotting!

[Karmageddon]

Update We're having server problems. Sorry.

I think you're being slashdotted :)

New item on eBay

[TRS-80]

Motivated seller: "Two world Trade Centre buildings. No longer required. Some assemply may be required. Buy one or both, buy both and receive two free aircraft. ".

Only 3 hours before the first jokes appear ...

Re:over here

[OblongPlatypus]

But typing is ok, it seems? :)

Re:Military Alert

[The_Steel_General]

Please note that Threatcon Charlie is an indicator of expected terrorist activity, not military alert. Just working from memory here, but it indicates a significant threat of terrorist attack. Threatcon Delta is higher and suggests that an attack is imminent.

TSG

Re:Racism

[fnorgby]

YES YES YES.
People, remember that middle easterners were automatically blamed for the OK City federal building. This turned out to be one of our own.

RESERVE JUDGEMENT until the facts are in.

Re:say goodbye to civil liberties....

[glitch!]

wanna bet we get a suspension of our "inalienable" rights?????

I think the solution to this kind of attack is to short-circuit the kidnap/hijack attempt before it gets going. Some years ago, I have resolved to practice what I preach.

I am not in the practice of picking up hitchhikers, but if I did, and he threatened me, I have resolved to harm him permanently. Preferably with less harm to me, but if I have to hit a concrete overpass column at 80 mph, so be it.

While the danger of a hijacking is exceedingly small, I am a pilot, and would sooner crash into a hill or lake than allow someone to force me to harm even more people.

I have told my wife that if I am ever kidnapped, or held with threat of violence (same thing, I guess), she should assume I will not survive the incident, and concentrate on killing the kidnappers. Call in the snipers. And if I am not bound and gagged, I will be the loudest one there, shouting "KILL THEM! KILL THEM!".

Kidnappers, terrorists, and the like only succeed because of the miserable cowards negotiate with them, and allow them to use violence as if it were currency.

Hmmm

[zpengo]

It's times like this that make me glad we have a Republican and a Texan in the White House. If there's ass to be kicked, he'll see to it.

I would hate to see Al Gore's response to this.