Enough with the 10- year-old glamour shots! Here's what the Oslo terrorist looks like now

[blogslut]

[undeterred]

1. Oh, he's a waiter.

[Schema Thing]

2. ftw

[FourScore]

12. What is "ftw"? n/t

[blogslut]

14. for the win

[undeterred]

17. Or maybe the wine steward.

[blogslut]

6. I don't know what the fancy suit and sashes are about

All I know is I'm tired of seeing reports using that guy's vanity photos from his twenties.

[rfranklin]

15. It looks like the apron that Masons wear...

Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 in Scotland and Ireland, over a quarter of a million under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England<1> and just under two million in the United States.<2>

The fraternity is administratively organised into independent Grand Lodges or sometimes Orients, each of which governs its own jurisdiction, which consists of subordinate (or constituent) Lodges. The various Grand Lodges recognise each other, or not, based upon adherence to landmarks (a Grand Lodge will usually deem other Grand Lodges who share common landmarks to be regular, and those that do not to be "irregular" or "clandestine").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry

[polmaven]

23. I did hear

on one of the news reports yesterday, from Norway, that he was, indeed, a Freemason. My grandfather was a Mason, and a Shriner (an "upper" echelon of Freemasons) and I am really hoping this guy doesn't start claiming that he did these horrendous things in the name of freemasonry, and sully the memory of my granddad!

[xmas74]

29. I've never had a problem with the Freemasons

and the Shriners always cheer me up in the parades, especially their hats. :)

There are good members and bad members, same as any other group. Everyone forgets about the good members who raise funds for children's hospitals and work children's ID fairs and they always remember the bad members.

[xmas74]

28. Freemason stuff.

It's a formal occasion.

[midnight]

11. That's what I thought when I saw this photo..

[Cherchez la Femme]

30. He's a Mason

[spanone]

3. dressed by his mom

[Marr]

4. He's a vampire?

[gater]

5. Is that Freemason wear?

[eShirl]

7. either that or he's hosting a formal backyard BBQ

:rofl:

[jberryhill]

25. Omg.

Must've got the outfit from skymall.

[marions ghost]

8. yes

Masonic formal wear

The apron comes from Medieval Masons leather aprons

http://www.amazon.com/The-Masonic-Exchange-RG101001-Master/dp/tags-on-product/B0036PXW92

"Master Mason,— The same, with sky-blue lining and edging, 1 1/2 inch deep, and an additional rosette on the fall or flap.-No other colour or ornament shall be allowed except to officers and past officers of the lodges, who, may have the emblems of their offices in silver or white in the centre of the apron.

[sarge43]

22. Before it was pulled, his Facebook entry said one of his interests was freemasonery. n/t

[marions ghost]

27. Fits...

I guess he was trying to find a sense of order, structure, connections, meaning. Which the Masons provide in large amounts if you buy it.

We do have a problem with young people not having a sense of belonging to something larger than themselves, but they usually turn to drugs or some other more self-destructive behavior before they snap enough to kill.

[Demonaut]

9. yeah, nt

[Historic NY]

10. Yup the whole regalia...

[Sheepshank]

13. That's what it looks like to me.

Ans...yhy are so many comparing him to a Muslim/Al Q type extemist? Why not consider him more of a Timothy McVeigh? Was he representing a group of extremists?

[damntexdem]

21. Well, in his case, Freemoron.

;-)

[MilesColtrane]

16. Freemason's apron?

That's gonna set off the conspiracy freaks.

[marions ghost]

24. It is kinda cultish

...so the conspiracy thoughts are not unfounded. But I don't think Freemasons have anything to do with this guy's actions.

George Washington was a Mason and the city of Washington DC was based on symbols and patterns associated with Freemasonry.

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[BeyondGeography]

19. So he took going bald extra hard

[lonestarnot]

20. Creepy

[ellie]

26. Creepy weirdo