The Goat Pen

So we are still calling these things "pipe bombs" this morning at CNN, the Washington Post, New York Times, etc? I guess at least the NYTimes admits later on that "none of the devices went off, nor is it immediately clear they could have," ummm yeah actually it is pretty clear that at least the one we have pictures of is a fake bomb just by looking at it. Fox News still seems to be going with "Suspicious packages"

Are we actually on a path here where we are going to end up equating someones idea of a moronic and sick fucking joke with them actually wanting to blow people up?

Pretty nice that this happens and the caravan of people so near the mid-term elections. Shameful shit.

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Fake news about fake bombs. Perfect.

“Everything went as planned except for the early release,” said McCollum, as WTVD reported."

That ranks up there with "Other than that, how did you like the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"

yeah, that flight crew is having a really, really bad day today. Maybe DS can file a class action suit against them and the whole Air Force on behalf of the homeowners near where the humvee landed. There was probably a lot of pain and suffering involved to everybody withing a ten mile radius, and the years of therapy that will be required to help the victims overcome the trauma will be extremely expensive.

Now I hear that Robert DeNiro and Joe Biden got one as well.

All a little too perfect

Meanwhile, CNN's Jeff Zucker blames Trump for this happening.

It will be very interesting to find out who mailed those bombs. It's a good thing that Comey, Mccabe, and Strojk are no longer running the FBI; their bomb investigation would say Trump did it.

The Robert De Niro thing makes me think the source of this would be New York City. Do people across the country even think of De Niro as being associated with Clinton/Obama/Biden/etc? Its not like he's Alec Baldwin in terms of being the popular culture brand lefty. He gave a speech bashing Trump at an awards show I guess? One that nobody saw, since (again New York) it was the Tony awards.

it just makes me think its someone going out of their way to make a list of known Trump detractors and make sure everyone on the list got something.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Baldwin get something but while he's been attacking Trump, DeNiro is yelling Fuck You Trump into any open microphone he can find.

Yeah, there's no way a Trump supporter would do anything like this, they're all good solid folks. It's got to some liberal trying to make it look like a Trump supporter, gotta be...

Actually, I'm not saying it definitely is a Trumpster that did this, but the idea that it couldn't have been or even that it isn't even likely that one did is laughable...

Like most of your posts

hedge wrote:Actually, I'm not saying it definitely is a Trumpster that did this, but the idea that it couldn't have been or even that it isn't even likely that one did is laughable...

Correct, no one knows yet, so why is CNN/MSM already blaming Trump?

Trump says stuff like dems are evil, "really bad people". Uses Stalinist language when he calls the media "the enemy of the people." Says our FBI and DOJ are "like Nazi Germany in the 30s." Trump being Trump - it's just his way, right?

It's easy math. 330 million people...what percentage is batshit crazy? Half of one percent is still 1.65 million. And who's to say they have to be batshit to take action against perceived evil, against enemies of the state? An able lawyer could draw on a whole cache of Trump comments..."my client heard his president and did what he thought was just, right, and his patriotic duty."

So somebody sent fake bombs to democrats because Trump said they are evil? Horseshit analysis. These arent bombs, the amount of damage to the "enemies of the country" that they are capable of doing is next to zero. If its "rightists" that are responsible, then it falls in the category of sick joke, not crazy person rallying the troops against the evil team blue because trump said so.

I think it's more than a sick joke. If you rob a bank with an unloaded gun, it's still considered armed robbery...

bluetick wrote:Trump says stuff like dems are evil, "really bad people". Uses Stalinist language when he calls the media "the enemy of the people." Says our FBI and DOJ are "like Nazi Germany in the 30s." Trump being Trump - it's just his way, right?

ROFLMAO. For the past 2 years now, the Left has been doing this kind of thing nonstop:

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... not to mention all the "Trump is Hitler!" "Trump is a Klansman!" "Trump is destroying our Democracy!" "Trump is insane!" "Trump is diabolical" etc etc etc

.... and now these same people are mewling about TRUMP's rhetoric being dangerous?

Please. That's like listening to Bill Clinton preach against adultery.

no doubt there was a level of discourse when Obama was president


But it ratcheted up dramatically when Trump was elected president.

You didn't have people protesting in the streets against Obama with bike chains, you didn't have Mayors of cities telling the police to stand down

No doubt there is a segment of society that feels emboldened because of Trump being president, but that hasn't lead to mass violence on their part to date, in fact , to my knowledge, all its led to is them being attacked when they try to assemble in public.

The timing of this is too suspicious. There is only upside for Democrats and only downside for Republicans. That's why its so hard for anyone to believe its *not* a sympathizer with liberal ideology that is behind this.

hedge wrote:I think it's more than a sick joke. If you rob a bank with an unloaded gun, it's still considered armed robbery...

Duh. Obviously its still a crime. Its also still a threat and arguably a terrorist act. But obviously you can see that there is a difference between sending something that you want to blow up in someones face (ie attempted murder) vs sending someone something that is just gonna scare the shit out of them (a sick joke).

Megyn Kelly done at NBC

First, not a fan of Megyn Kelly

second, I didn't hear what she said so it could be worse than I am assuming but we now live in a world where someone saying that she's OK with people wearing blackface at halloween gets you fired from a $69m a year job

If you're wondering why people feel emboldened because of Trump, its because there are people out there that think this is a fireable offense. This politically correct, don't offend anyone is just out of control.

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bluetick wrote:Trump says stuff like dems are evil, "really bad people". Uses Stalinist language when he calls the media "the enemy of the people." Says our FBI and DOJ are "like Nazi Germany in the 30s." Trump being Trump - it's just his way, right?

ROFLMAO. For the past 2 years now, the Left has been doing this kind of thing nonstop:

I really don't see you rolling on the floor, old dude. Not sure why you equate Madonna with the presidential bully pulpit - unless you concede Donnie has dropped the standing of the American presidency several pegs. I will agree that Merkel is now the defacto Leader of the Free World.

Oh, and that particular clip of Hillary has her preaching civility...check it out.