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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#258876: Oct 26th 2018 at 8:39:25 AM

Some will be less willing to put out the effort to vote; some will be more motivated since now they have proof that Trump is having Mexicans* shot at the border.
Wait... what?

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#258877: Oct 26th 2018 at 8:42:03 AM

[up]Dude, he was being sarcastic. He even hyperlinked 'proof' with Sarcasm Mode.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#258879: Oct 26th 2018 at 8:46:53 AM

A bit more info on the apprehended bomb suspect

"Suspect in custody in Florida in wave of parcel bombs" - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-packages/suspect-in-custody-in-florida-in-wave-of-parcel-bombs-idUSKCN1MZ1CP

There's an official news conference planned later in the day

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#258880: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:05:50 AM

Is it bad if I'm really hoping he goes on a Motive Rant that erases any plausible deniability about him being a devout Trumpist?

Edited by TobiasDrake on Oct 26th 2018 at 10:06:07 AM

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#258881: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:06:55 AM

[up]I've had similar hopes, base case scenario is a Brevik style "manifesto".

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
StarOutlaw Since: Nov, 2010
#258882: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:07:17 AM

What are the odds Trump pardons him, if he can do that?

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#258883: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:09:37 AM

[up]Next to none, he'll just downplay the entire thing and keep deflecting.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#258884: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:10:58 AM

Is it bad if I'm really hoping he goes on a Motive Rant that erases any plausible deniability about him being a devout Trumpist?
I hope, and half expect, that such a rant will happen. What I wonder is if we'll ever hear about it.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#258885: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:24:16 AM

So can I say "I Knew It!" yet? I called the whole "DWS was the Return address because she was the local Democrat", and, sure enough, she's the Congresswoman for Broward and parts of Miami-Dade, where this guy (allegedly) resides.

[down]

In fairness, I think that claim would fall more under Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic rather than an Insult Misfire.

Edited by ironballs16 on Oct 26th 2018 at 12:27:29 PM

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
PresidentStalkeyes Eats moldy bread and flies into windows from United Kingdom of England-land Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: Do you like me? (Yes ⎕ Definitely ⎕ Absolutely!!! ⎕)
Eats moldy bread and flies into windows
#258886: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:26:14 AM

Even if he does, False Flag-ists will probably still say that it was 'too coherent' or 'too scripted' to have been a real Motive Rant - and unintentionally imply that a real Trumpeter couldn't be coherent or eloquent enough to come up with something that good. ...Okay, so if he does, there's basically no drawback at all. :V

Those sell-by-dates won't stop me because I can't read!
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#258887: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:32:25 AM

We've got a name, Cesar Sayoc. He has a criminal history and ties to New York. Nothing more yet.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/26/politics/cory-booker-package/index.html

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#258888: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:36:00 AM

Also his van was covered in pro Trump stickers,they got their man

evidence

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#258890: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:38:53 AM

I don't know, guys. It could still be a false flag!!!!!!!

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#258891: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:39:24 AM

He's more or less exactly what I imagined. The only thing missing is the MAGA hat.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Cris_Meyers reluctant author, willing misanthrope from Chicagoland (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
reluctant author, willing misanthrope
#258892: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:44:59 AM

"His van looks like if Steve Bannon were a Transformer." - tweet response

I...wow. I mean, I'm not surprised, but still.

Though I'm really puzzled about the Top Youth Soccer Recruits for Trump sticker. That's oddly specific.

edit: MAGA Bomber. God above I hope that sticks.

Edited by Cris_Meyers on Oct 26th 2018 at 11:46:28 AM

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#258893: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:45:06 AM

[up][up] you just know he has one somewhere.

Edited by megaeliz on Oct 26th 2018 at 12:45:48 PM

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#258894: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:51:18 AM

Holy fuck, that van. It looks like parody of a Trump supporter's vehicle. You wrote that into fiction a few years ago, you'd get called out for poor writing and creating an "unrealistic strawman."

Can't wait for the right to start saying that he's too obvious and is clearly just that work of a leftist. For fuck's sake, even Green party nutters aren't stupid enough to pull something so obvious.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#258896: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:57:44 AM

So...he will now be the MAGA bomber for sure, right?

Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#258897: Oct 26th 2018 at 9:59:55 AM

Yeah, I think it's safe to say this is what we thought it was, with the caveat he might not be a white guy.

But it is Florida Man with a MAGA Van.

Edited by Lightysnake on Oct 26th 2018 at 10:02:39 AM

Reflextion from a post-sanity world (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#258900: Oct 26th 2018 at 10:11:42 AM

We were already doing that given it's links with nationalism

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