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Man with strange watch arrested at Calif. airport, charged with having bomb-making materials
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Posted on 11/17/2012 7:00:43 AM PST by ConservativeMan55

A Southern California man was arrested at Oakland International Airport after security officers found him wearing an unusual watch they said could be used to make a timing device for a bomb, authorities said Friday.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 20121116; 20121117; bomb; mcgann; timer; tsa; watch
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To: woodenickel

Steampunk is sort of techno-Victorian and would have exposed gears, brass tubes and such, not electrical wires and fuses.


41 posted on 11/17/2012 7:35:11 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry; BenLurkin

Ping!


42 posted on 11/17/2012 7:36:46 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: RegulatorCountry

Ohhhhhhhhh


43 posted on 11/17/2012 7:37:56 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: ConservativeMan55

44 posted on 11/17/2012 7:40:29 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: bigheadfred

My God...I’m a bomb making terrorist!


45 posted on 11/17/2012 7:41:01 AM PST by EEGator
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To: ConservativeMan55

So, what watch or cell phone can’t be used as a trigger?


46 posted on 11/17/2012 7:41:12 AM PST by PilotDave (No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!!)
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To: ConservativeMan55

No photo at the posting link or the link at post 23?


47 posted on 11/17/2012 7:42:05 AM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Actually, exposed wiring and old fashioned fuses are very steampunk.


48 posted on 11/17/2012 7:42:13 AM PST by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: PilotDave

Exactly.


49 posted on 11/17/2012 7:47:12 AM PST by EEGator
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To: ConservativeMan55

I’m not sure I understand your reaction. The whole steampunk aesthetic got rolling close to a decade ago and to my knowlege peaked about 2010. It was a reaction to all the electronics, all the virtual this and virtual that, all the plastic. People loved the realness of it, substantial, moving parts, sort of industrial with a wacky appeal, it was/is reto and modern at the same time. Computers with a nice wooden and nickel or brass case and one of those wild magnifying glass monitors, that sort of thing. It extended into apparel which is how I became acquainted, we had a few west coast customers requesting designs with a steampunk look and feel, several years ago. It sold in certain locations and sold on specialized internet e-commerce sites but never really caught on broadly. People didn’t know how to take it.


50 posted on 11/17/2012 7:49:22 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: TruthWillWin

Nope!


51 posted on 11/17/2012 7:52:15 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: Dead Corpse

It doesn’t fit with my understanding of it, I was tasked with researching the movement and coming up with proposals in the apparel industry.

Sounds Dadist to me. DIY, found objects. Dada.


52 posted on 11/17/2012 7:52:15 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Hardraade

did you actually read the article?

If you did, are you lacking the ability to COMPREHEND?

The guy did not pass-by someone on the street with an umbrella, as in your RIDICULOUSLY STOOPID example.

He WENT THROUGH AIRPORT SECFURITY with items which could be clearly and easily considered as bomb making materials.

Get it? He had an obviously extravagently wired watch (art??) and boots too big with extra padding in them. HE WAS LOOKING FOR CONFRONTATION as clearly as if he had worn a sign saying “I am carrying stuff to make a bomb”

If he had stuffed that ‘artwork’ and odd extra padding inside a briefcase, and sent it through the scanner it would have been flagged too and sent people into panic mode.

How stupid is that?


53 posted on 11/17/2012 7:53:06 AM PST by Mr. K (some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
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To: Mr. K

And wearing a tourniquet


54 posted on 11/17/2012 7:53:48 AM PST by HollyB
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To: Dr. Sivana

Hey I remember that game!


55 posted on 11/17/2012 7:57:13 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: ConservativeMan55

And we are to believe TSA is making air travel safer ?


56 posted on 11/17/2012 8:00:17 AM PST by blastdad51 (Typical middle-aged white patriot.)
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To: EEGator

Your confession has been duly logged...


57 posted on 11/17/2012 8:11:16 AM PST by bigheadfred
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To: EEGator

did you read it?


58 posted on 11/17/2012 8:14:06 AM PST by Mr. K (some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
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To: Hardraade
hey- you've been here only since AFTER Obozo was elected- and I;ve been here since Clinton was molesting interns

You are the one who knee-jerked a reaction without comprehending the story.

This guy was obviously doing this for attention, which is not a wise thing to do when going through airport security.

59 posted on 11/17/2012 8:18:50 AM PST by Mr. K (some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
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To: KoRn
I hope he can get good lawyers and sue someone’s ass off over this. Probably can’t/won’t happen though....

He'll be lucky if he's ever allowed to board an airplane again, not to mention anyone else in America who now finds themselves unfortunate enough to share the name Geoffrey McGann.

60 posted on 11/17/2012 8:19:02 AM PST by Drew68
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