Can we put a kibosh of the fake bomb canard ?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Can we put a kibosh of the fake bomb canard like it was some kind of party favorite that confetti or a flag comes out when it's triggered.



From FOX's Catherine Herridge

- While rudimentary in nature some of the bombs had to be destroyed because they were unstable.

[C_U_L8R]

1. This was attempted murder and assasination

Makes no difference that he failed.

[jberryhill]

2. I don't know why people think there is a difference, at least in terms of legal consequences, anyway

I don't think the guy was smart enough to know how to build a bomb and, with a doctorate in electrical engineering and a lifetime of tinkering experience, I can see some obvious problems with the photographs and x-rays that have been published. I am also entitled to think for myself and don't need to follow the directives of persons with neither my particular educational or experience background.

But, that said, why do people have an emotional attachment to the notion of whether they were functional or not? It's not as if it makes a single IOTA of difference in terms of what the guy can and will be charged with, nor does it make an IOTA of difference in terms of the intended effect of mailing these things to people for the purpose of causing apprehension and fear.

These "dictates of what people are allowed to believe" are tiresome on a discussion forum.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

5. That's a fact.

Well said.

[jberryhill]

6. These people probably think you can buck a drug charge by selling oregano

It doesn't matter if it is marijuana or oregano. If you try to sell it under circumstances in which selling marijuana is illegal, then you are going to get just as busted even if it IS oregano.

I think the anxiety around telling other people what they may or may not permissibly believe or say about these devices, comes from a flawed understanding of the relevant laws.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

7. Or buying oregano.

If you THINK you're buying some "greens', that's all that matters.

[jberryhill]

11. Ah, good point

[SaintLouisBlues]

3. Well, AP radio news is still calling them "suspicious packages sent to Trumps's critics."

Every hour on the hour.

At the last top of the hour report, AP was unable to see what the stickers on the van read. Can't be made out.

Fuck AP!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. It doesn't matter. Whether or not they were operational, sending them was terrorism.

Maybe he didn't intend them to work; or maybe he did but he's an incompetent bomb-maker. That's not important except for the fact that, fortunately, none of them did detonate so he can't be charged with murder. He can and probably will be charged with a whole shitload of other crimes, though, and chances are that he'll never see the light of day again.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

8. Fed offense to use the mail to do lots of stuff..

this being a big one.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. There are possible state charges as well.

This guy is in a whole lot of trouble.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

10. Probation violation?

And a raft of state charges. Including just having the bomb making materials in your home. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

12. There should be at least 14-15 STATE charges

one for every person and state he sent one to. The jurisdiction for each being where the Democrat was when they got them in the mail. That's a whole lot of state charges. We cannot let kavanaugh and gorsuch preside over the 'gamble' case. It would extend pardons to state crimes.
Im thinking a jury in Maxine Waters district would love love love to hang him high if he's guilty.
CANNOT believe he sent them to all of our American Heroes. Really, really steams my shorts.