It's hard to countenance this occurring on the same day as the charity marathon pipe bombing in NJ and there being no connection. But I guess it's possible.
In general the notion of 'bomb in Chelsea' makes one start imagining motives but then the specific locations of the bombs just seem pretty empty of significance. IDGI.
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 18 September 2016 15:05 (eight years ago) link
idiot israels on fb all "why are americans so slow to admit the truth" like i understand that in yr country you generally only have one source of terrorism but god bless the US we have so many sources of potential bomb making that we really cannot just jump to one conclusion immediately w/out evidence. it could be right-wing extremists. it could be left-wing extremists. it could be lone nuts. we have a long history of all kinds of groups trying to blow ppl up.
― Mordy, Sunday, 18 September 2016 15:10 (eight years ago) link
Cant remember the last time left wing extremists bombed anything in the US tbh
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 18 September 2016 15:30 (eight years ago) link
But yes i agree w yr overall pt
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 18 September 2016 15:33 (eight years ago) link
3 acts of terror, broadly speaking, in one day :/
St. Cloud MN stabber seems to be in the same bucket as Orlando dude ie disorganized sort of Islamist terror
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 18 September 2016 16:45 (eight years ago) link
Sort-of-islamist should have hyphenated for clarity
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 18 September 2016 16:46 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, thank god it's not worse than it might have been. But we're not in a stage where stuff is ordered from on high, this may have had a certain motive, but how do we react to this dispersed, autonomous ideology?
― two crickets sassing each other (dowd), Sunday, 18 September 2016 16:56 (eight years ago) link
http://gizmodo.com/explosion-reported-in-manhattan-cause-unknown-1786763151
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 18 September 2016 16:58 (eight years ago) link
I don't react. I keep moving, quickly.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 September 2016 17:02 (eight years ago) link
So they said definitely intentional, second unexploded bomb similar design to Boston marathon bomb (design can be found on internet), checking for links to NJ race pipe bomb but so far no link to (international) Islamic terror.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 September 2016 19:23 (eight years ago) link
It's remarkable that no one died, it was a really powerful bomb. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/nyregion/new-york-explosion-chelsea.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-ab-top-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Luke McConnell, who was visiting from Colorado, was headed toward a restaurant on West 27th Street when the blast occurred.“I felt it, like a concussive wave, heading towards me. Then there was a cloud of white smoke that came from the left side of 23rd Street near Sixth,” Mr. McConnell said. “There was no fire, just smoke.”Witnesses said they could feel the explosion from several blocks away. Daniel Yount, 34, said he was standing on the roof of a building at 25th Street and Avenue of the Americas with friends.“We felt the shock waves go through our bodies,” Mr. Yount said.
“I felt it, like a concussive wave, heading towards me. Then there was a cloud of white smoke that came from the left side of 23rd Street near Sixth,” Mr. McConnell said. “There was no fire, just smoke.”
Witnesses said they could feel the explosion from several blocks away. Daniel Yount, 34, said he was standing on the roof of a building at 25th Street and Avenue of the Americas with friends.
“We felt the shock waves go through our bodies,” Mr. Yount said.
Seems like ISIS loners. They really underperformed this time, thank god. nypost fwiw: http://nypost.com/2016/09/18/there-will-be-more-chilling-911-call-after-the-chelsea-explosion/
― flappy bird, Sunday, 18 September 2016 21:58 (eight years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunch_of_Guys
― Anacostia Aerodrome (El Tomboto), Sunday, 18 September 2016 22:01 (eight years ago) link
lol come on
― Nhex, Sunday, 18 September 2016 22:03 (eight years ago) link
5 people taken into custody
http://abc7ny.com/news/multiple-people-taken-into-custody-in-connection-with-chelsea-explosion/1517053/
― flappy bird, Monday, 19 September 2016 03:38 (eight years ago) link
another explosion in NJ: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-explosion-fbi-cops-investigate-vehicle-interest-n-y-new-n650306?cid=sm_tw
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Monday, 19 September 2016 05:28 (eight years ago) link
Shit.
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Monday, 19 September 2016 11:09 (eight years ago) link
Suspect named for the Chelsea bomb, 28 yo Afghanistan born naturalized us citizen of NJ.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/sep/19/us-authorities-investigating-new-jersey-explosive-devices-live-updates
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Monday, 19 September 2016 11:51 (eight years ago) link
home raided
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 September 2016 12:22 (eight years ago) link
iPhone extreme alert during Monday morning commute is one way to change the dialectic
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 19 September 2016 12:31 (eight years ago) link
I know this is 'letting the terrorists win' but I am strongly tempted to call out today
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Monday, 19 September 2016 13:00 (eight years ago) link
The NJ stuff is happening about 10 minutes' walk from my apartment.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 19 September 2016 13:00 (eight years ago) link
Hell, if them winning is you taking a personal day then fine, let them have this one.
― two crickets sassing each other (dowd), Monday, 19 September 2016 13:03 (eight years ago) link
Personally, I feel like the 'letting them win' thing is more applicable if bombs go off in NY and NJ and you decide to stay home with the curtains drawn even though you live in Wichita. But if there's danger of subsequent events in a place where shit has already gone down, it's only natural to be cautious.
― ALL TACOE'S 1/2 HALF "OFF" (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 September 2016 13:11 (eight years ago) link
Did it just now. My boss was cool about it.
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Monday, 19 September 2016 13:12 (eight years ago) link
Sounds like NY and NJ are handling this very professionally and thoroughly, but then, I don't have TV. Maybe TV is hysterical. Probably so.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 September 2016 13:15 (eight years ago) link
When is TV not hysterical.
― ALL TACOE'S 1/2 HALF "OFF" (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 September 2016 13:16 (eight years ago) link
Big Bang Theory?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 September 2016 13:17 (eight years ago) link
I don't have tv either. I think they'll handle this well but I'ma give them a day to find the rest of the cached fucking bombs.
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Monday, 19 September 2016 13:17 (eight years ago) link
Xpost Oh shit, multiple meanings not intentional.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 September 2016 13:18 (eight years ago) link
XD
― how's life, Monday, 19 September 2016 13:20 (eight years ago) link
Fp'd for microaggression
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Monday, 19 September 2016 13:28 (eight years ago) link
Now you're definitely letting the terrorists win.
― ALL TACOE'S 1/2 HALF "OFF" (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 September 2016 13:43 (eight years ago) link
making people's phones play a siren sound is not "handling it very professionally" imo but i guess it's not boston-level insanity
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 19 September 2016 13:54 (eight years ago) link
coming home from manhattan over the weekend while cops ran around in the subways yelling F IS CLOSED F IS CLOSED POLICE ACTIVITY GO HOME makes a fella nervous for sure
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 19 September 2016 14:54 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsuXx-LWIAAgyjw.jpg:small
lol
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 September 2016 14:59 (eight years ago) link
suspect captured in Linden NJ after firing at a cop
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 September 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
Nice
― Evan, Monday, 19 September 2016 15:49 (eight years ago) link
Just seen film of him being taken away on a stretcher.
― Bottlerockey (Tom D.), Monday, 19 September 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/ItsTonyNow/status/777892751757180928
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 19 September 2016 16:00 (eight years ago) link
tbf i imagine they're checking for weapons?
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 19 September 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
P sure that's a direct transcript.
― ALL TACOE'S 1/2 HALF "OFF" (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 September 2016 16:08 (eight years ago) link
They're checking for embedded cellphones.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fj1HFuaZrD0/ThJdI2QpQPI/AAAAAAAACgQ/esATtrnuZeo/s1600/PDVD_108.BMP
― Cumstaun (Phil D.), Monday, 19 September 2016 16:16 (eight years ago) link
Maybe, given their constraints, they are implementing thus far extra-legal tickle torture tactics to get him to talk. They are going to get some stubbly SWAT dude to blow raspberries on his tummy until he spills the beans.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 September 2016 16:37 (eight years ago) link
Disturbing new details in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
New filings claim there was a Plan B the militiamen had drawn up, that involved a takeover of the Michigan capitol building by 200 combatants who would stage a week-long series of televised executions of public officials.There was also a Plan C -- burning down the state house, leaving no survivors.
There was also a Plan C -- burning down the state house, leaving no survivors.
― Advanced Doomscroller (Sanpaku), Thursday, 19 November 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
"economic anxiety"
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 November 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
Look, an armed coup is totally a reasonable response to not being able to get a haircut.
― Nhex, Thursday, 19 November 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
give me wings, or give me death
― the colour out of space (is the place) (PBKR), Thursday, 19 November 2020 18:50 (three years ago) link
― Ape Hole Road (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
Also gotta love that their backup plans were just as outlandish. Plan D was to hijack the Space Shuttle and pilot it into the Mackinac Bridge.
― Ape Hole Road (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link
iirc that was actually Plan E, Plan D was to poison this year's crop of Traverse City cherries and hand deliver them to everyone at the statehouse.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link