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A few observations from a former bomb disposal officer...
ThreadReader ^ | 10/24/2018 | Tom Sauer

Posted on 10/24/2018 12:11:22 PM PDT by bkopto

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To: IamConservative

Whoever opened it sent it, or knows who did.

Why would anyone open a ‘suspicious package’ not addressed to them, set it out like this and take a picture unless they knew it wasn’t a real bomb?

my $.02,
O2


61 posted on 10/24/2018 12:44:46 PM PDT by omegatoo (You know you'll get your money's worth...become a monthly donor!)
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To: bkopto

The ‘Fake Bombs’ have all the style, earmarks, and fingerprints of a ‘Social Justice Warrior’... not of a real technical bomber.

CASE CLOSED!


62 posted on 10/24/2018 12:45:38 PM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: bkopto

Pipe bombs require a detonator. Both wires go to detonator, which is planted inside explosive. Both wires go through the same hole, unless you are really, really stupid. And the detonator wires are best no spliced near the detonator itself. So the leads that came with the detonator ARE the wires. And they are tiny, and not a giant red wire.

Also, why a timer sent through the mail? The US mail is not exactly reliable. What, set it for 2 weeks? And hope nobody opens it before it time’s out?

Any effective explosive device sent through the mail would be rigged with a spring loaded switch to make contact when opened. Timer is absolutely worthless, and an obvious hoax.

Whole thing is a big hoax.


63 posted on 10/24/2018 12:46:53 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Benedict Sessions.)
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To: bkopto

Where’s ClockMed the school bomb hoaxer?


64 posted on 10/24/2018 12:47:17 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: RevelationDavid

Lower left’s a different size too.


65 posted on 10/24/2018 12:47:21 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (So Long Obie)
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To: caww

The Texas Clock Boy was a foreigner.


66 posted on 10/24/2018 12:47:58 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: bkopto

Lefty bozos doing this don’t even know that no one one the list has brought in the mail on decades, if ever.
OBama never had to put the butter away after meals.


67 posted on 10/24/2018 12:48:17 PM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: bkopto

Qui Bono? I’m just sayin’


68 posted on 10/24/2018 12:48:49 PM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: bkopto

I’d get the DNA from the genius who “licked the stamps” :)


69 posted on 10/24/2018 12:49:29 PM PDT by YouPosting2Me
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To: bkopto

I shouldn’t jump to conclusions 4 hours after the event, but the perp is highly unlikely to be a “right wing nut”. The fact that the person can’t spell John Brennan’s name right shows they don’t watch political TV stations. If they don’t watch the news, they would not know who their opponents are, to target them.

And right-of-center Americans (Tea Party types, MAGA Republicans, regular Republicans and Independents) do not do messy things. We pick up after ourselves at rallies, do not deface posters by opponents, and behave cordially to those we don’t agree with.

This would not have been done by any sane person on the Right. And virtually all insane people are on the Left.


70 posted on 10/24/2018 12:49:50 PM PDT by bigred44
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To: fella

re: “Delivery: Through the U.S. mail?”

Package/stamps do not appear to have been “canceled”.


71 posted on 10/24/2018 12:50:57 PM PDT by _Jim (democrats create mobs. Republicans create jobs.)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

Motive = sympathy for those whom Americans loathe.


72 posted on 10/24/2018 12:51:32 PM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: bkopto

Three dollars worth of stamps to send a pipe bomb!? The stamps are not even canceled. 13 ounces is the limit for first class mail.


73 posted on 10/24/2018 12:52:19 PM PDT by 4yearlurker ("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
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To: kenmcg
Wasserman

She was the return address on the Holder package. Not sent to her, just returned to her.

74 posted on 10/24/2018 12:53:00 PM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: bkopto

He certainly was no unabomber.


75 posted on 10/24/2018 12:53:18 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables
Whole thing is a big hoax.

Yes, they are hoax bombs. But the news story (for the next two weeks) will be intimidation. That will be the main buzzword. And "Trump's fault".

76 posted on 10/24/2018 12:54:50 PM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: BlueLancer

The three actually started arriving yesterday, reporting didn’t come ‘til today.


77 posted on 10/24/2018 12:55:04 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (So Long Obie)
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To: omegatoo
re: "Whoever opened it sent it, or knows who did.

Why would anyone open a ‘suspicious package’ not addressed to them, set it out like this and take a picture unless they knew it wasn’t a real bomb? ..."

Damn good question ...

78 posted on 10/24/2018 12:55:19 PM PDT by _Jim (democrats create mobs. Republicans create jobs.)
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To: Reno89519

Yes.....he and his parents $$$ raped us then returned to their own country to carry out bashing the USA.


79 posted on 10/24/2018 12:56:18 PM PDT by caww
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To: _Jim
Package/stamps do not appear to have been "canceled".

Lots of odd sized mail is not canceled. The only mail that is routinely canceled is the mail handed to a clerk (this was obviously not) or mail that can be sent through a sorting machine (not possible in this case).

80 posted on 10/24/2018 12:56:43 PM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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