just because I have a nasty, cynical and suspicious mind, my first thought about the incidents on

[niyad]

saturday was that der drumpfenfuhrer was behind all three. figured it was just the sort of nasty, ugly thing he would do.

[calguy]

1. I have to admit

So did I

[madokie]

12. Same here

[librarylu]

2. I didn't

but it looks like they're not the result of some well organized attack on the country.

I think my chances of getting struck by lightning are better than my chances of being struck by a terrorist.

[6chars]

3. don't feel bad

pretty much everyone figured that.

[virgogal]

4. Yikes---that's the way the minds work at Freeperville--everything

is a conspiracy.

[AmBlue]

5. I said exactly the same earlier today.

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512427017

Sad. Very sad.

[niyad]

15. your OP expressed it far better than mine.

what a depressing commentary on just how bizarre this election cycle is, with the worst candidate that we have ever seen, vain, ignorant, hate-filled, hate-mongering. . . . it is no wonder that this was the first thought in many minds.

[Nye Bevan]

6. That was a ludicrously improbable theory.

I'm no fan of Trump but there is zero chance that he would risk (1) the end of his candidacy, and (2) the chance of going to prison for life, by pulling a stunt that would require many co-conspirators and wouldn't even necessarily increase his support by that much. In the light of many recent events, Jihadism is by far the most likely explanation for this kind of thing.

[Abouttime]

13. In a way trump, the bushes neocons are responsible

These kids grew up as Muslims in a post 9/11 America.
These are mentally ill young men, this all should have been prevented, by us.

[Warpy]

7. Just because I have a cynical and suspicious mind

I have to wonder about those 5 other bozos they hauled in. Apparently the only similarity among the different bombs in NJ to the two in NYC were the cell phone triggers.

Then again, we're all sill mushrooms out here, kept in the dark and fed a steady diet of bullshit.

[tinrobot]

8. He claims to have called it before it happened

Perhaps there's a reason he knew...

[dflprincess]

9. I can't deny that the thought crossed my mind

at least about NYC.

I think the guy in St. Cloud is probably more apt to be mentally ill and acting on his own.

[Skittles]

10. I have no doubt terrrorists would welcome a prez trump

they know his xenophobia would drive up recruitment

[smirkymonkey]

11. That occurred to me as well.

Especially because there was no body count. Bad enough to beat the anti-immigrant terror drum, but not bad enough to actually kill anybody.

[malaise]

16. Get in line