Well now this is creepy Jersey City

We're not gonna go into any kind of a panic but this makes you sit up and wonder. Jersey City resident Mykyta Panasenko was arrested the same day the losers attacked the Boston Marathon, for building and having bombs, one of which while unfinished he still took on an NJ Transit train. His laundry list of charges reads as follows:

Panasenko is charged with having “two destructive devices, specifically improvised explosive devices constructed from a cylinder containing Pyrodex (black powder)” on April 5, the criminal complaint says.

He is also charged with recklessly creating widespread risk of injury or damage to a building . . . by constructing the explosive devices, according to the charges filed after the investigation led by the Jersey City Police Department and NJ Transit Police Department.

Panasenko is also charged with having two improvised explosive devices on April 7 aboard an NJ Transit train leaving Hoboken and bound for Suffern, the complaint says.

Jersey City residents owe thanks for the heads up to the NYPD and the FBI who got a tip from someone who knows Panasenko. The JCPD's bomb squad handled the rest.

Now the authorities say he never intended to target public buildings or public transportation. Still, why do people build bombs? To store in a closet? To hold napkins? No they build them to watch them go boom. So going forward can we please keep an eye on this guy? Ankle monitoring won't be enough, those are increasingly being outwitted. We need a Lojack for people on this one. And please please please keep him away from Jerry Walker, Jersey City mayor-to-be.

No parking in front of Journal Square today

Police have decided in the wake of the Boston situation that cars will be ticketed for stopping or standing outside Journal Square. Yes, it's more than likely an overreaction, it's what Americans seem to be best at anymore but you still can't park or stand in front of Journal Square today and most likely until further notice.

We just hope the cabs will still come by and pick up commuters.

We'd like to spend a few minutes pointing out how BAD the New York Post is

It has long been said they tend to report now ask questions later. Normally these "errors" go unnoticed, unchallenged, or people simply don't care. This time it's beyond the pale, and we're challenging them.

The NY Post is still reporting twelve dead at the Boston Marathon bombing. Except as everyone who watches news knows that sadly three people died, not twelve. Are they sloppy again? Are they simply LYING to sell papers? Well tell you what, read this post by the Washington Post on the New York Post's dubious claims and see what you think:

One outlet that could shed light on the situation is the New York Post. Earlier today, the Erik Wemple Blog contacted the paper’s PR firm, Rubenstein Strategic Communications and Media Relations. At the same time, we tried getting someone in the paper’s newsroom to chat about the reporting. A call to an administrator got me bounced to a New York Post bureau; someone there gave me a cell-phone number for a reporter whose name was listed at the bottom of one of the paper’s 12-dead pieces. The reporter declined to answer questions about the death toll and referred me to a number where we could get some answers. When we asked for the name of an editor who could speak for the stories, the reporter declined. “The people who answer the phone, I believe, will direct you to the proper person,” said the reporter. The people who answered the phone referred me to the PR firm.

Wow, what a way to run a news business. Left hand meet right hand. So, like the Washington Post rightly points out:

If so, it has a stupendous law-enforcement source, one that knows far more than the FBI, the Massachusetts governor, the Boston mayor and everyone else who has gone on record about the tragic events of yesterday afternoon. And that source is sitting on information at odds with the consistent statements that public officials and medical officials have made across a number of news conferences since yesterday afternoon.

So for the sake of honesty, for the sake of real reporters reporting the actual news next time you're tempted to put coin in a NY Post box, think for a second and ask if you're about to buy it for the news or the sensationalism.