[llama66]

The US Soccer sticker is the worst. I mean what self-respecting soccer fan cheers for team USA? I hear even Michael Bradley (Team USA Captain) is a Brazil fan*.















*Statement probably not true

[Thanos]

Updates: arsehole was caught off of a fingerprint on one of the packages, FBI says they aren't "hoax" devices - they were poorly made but more than capable of killing or injuring someone if they detonated in a person's hands. Even if someone hates the targets that were on the addresses would you give a damn at all if one had blown up and killed some poor schlub of a UPS driver or Post Office worker who handled it?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pipe-bombs-mail-1.4879241

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U.S. authorities say a fingerprint on an envelope was key to tracking down Cesar Sayoc, the 56-year-old who was detained in Florida on Friday in connection with the mailing of more than a dozen suspicious parcels containing explosive devices.

Sayoc, of Aventure, Fla., was arrested at an auto-parts store in Plantation just hours after two more suspicious packages were found. Earlier, investigators had homed in on a postal facility in Opa-locka where they believe some of the packages containing home-made bombs originated.

Court records show Sayoc, who is now in FBI custody, has a history of arrests.
He's now facing five federal charges, ranging from interstate transportation of an explosive to making threats against former presidents and others. He could face up to 58 years in prison, and the charges could change or expand as the investigation continues, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday afternoon.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said the explosives are still being examined to determine if they were functional, but he told reporters they are not considered "hoax" devices. Each of the pipe bombs contained materials that could react and cause a potential explosion, he said.

Wray said as the investigation unfolded, technicians uncovered a latent fingerprint on one of the envelopes addressed to long-serving House Democrat, Maxine Waters.

"There's a reason why the FBI's lab is known as one of the very best I
n the world," he said. "Once I knew that they had a print, I was pretty confident that we'd be able to find the right person."

Cue up the rush to make money off of the inevitable "Cesar Sayoc - 'Murkin Patriot" type of t-shirts that will inevitably sold outside of Trump's non-stop freak show circuit of MAGA/Nuremburg rallies.

[llama66]

$1:

Nuremburg rallies.

I have often seen these rallys as akin to the ole nazi pep rally. (Not calling anyone a nazi, just sayin')

[Thanos]

The main difference between the old Nuremburg rallies and the new modern ones is that back in the old days when Hitler spoke at a podium he was at least coherent and used full sentences - a tad whacky, so to speak, but at least it came across like a speech an adult would give instead of a duller than usual six year-old. Can't say that much about the way today's Dear Leader presents himself in public.

Apparently Cesar's criminal record includes beating up his own grandmother and threatening to bomb the local electrical utility. Being an obsessive soccer fan in merely icing on the cake.

[xerxes]

Yeah he sounds like he’d fit in perfectly in some old firm starting a riot.

[BartSimpson]

Thanos Thanos:

Cue up the rush to make money off of the inevitable "Cesar Sayoc - 'Murkin Patriot" type of t-shirts that will inevitably sold outside of Trump's non-stop freak show circuit of MAGA/Nuremburg rallies.

That's right: Pour on the hate, Thanos.

That's the way to show this guy who's got the moral high ground!

[PluggyRug]

xerxes xerxes:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Hmmm...possibly they had DNA on file from the previous arrest...but no way in hell did they process the crime scene DNA so fast.

That’s what I would think. From what I’ve seen he’s got a long rap sheet. It’s more than likely his prints are in a national database, especially for a bomb conviction.

Well xerxes you was right, I was wrong, for that I offer my apologies.

[xerxes]

PluggyRug PluggyRug:

xerxes xerxes:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Hmmm...possibly they had DNA on file from the previous arrest...but no way in hell did they process the crime scene DNA so fast.

That’s what I would think. From what I’ve seen he’s got a long rap sheet. It’s more than likely his prints are in a national database, especially for a bomb conviction.

Well xerxes you was right, I was wrong, for that I offer my apologies.

[BartSimpson]

This is curious because the association of this guy with the Republicans is concurrent with this showing him being registered to the Green Party and working as a mail room clerk for the Democrat Party.

[BartSimpson]

Aliases for the perp:

Cesar Altieri Sayoc

Cesar Altieri Randazzo

[N_Fiddledog]

Why are fake bombs sent to Democrats more shocking than real ricin packages to Republicans?

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Remember that time American media was consumed with news that the deadly poison ricin – contact with the skin can be deadly – was sent to President Trump, Republican Senator Ted Cruz, Defense Secretary James Mattis, and the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson? Remember all of the introspective opinion pieces wondering if attacks on the president had gone too far? Or if claiming that Republican policies kill people, might not be an incitement to violence?

Me either. But who can remember all the way back to October 2?

There are a few other differences between then and now. The target then was the president, his Secretary of Defense, a senior naval officer, and a Republican Senator. And then, wasn’t there more than an implication that Republicans have it coming? After all, Democrats routinely claim that Republicans are not just cruel but that, as Nancy Pelosi said ‘millions, hundreds of thousands will die’ if Republicans get their way. What stronger language is there than that? And if you believe it, then violence against Republicans becomes a justifiable – perhaps even heroic — act of self-defense.

That was certainly the case when James Hodgkinson attempted the mass murder of Republican Congressmen and staffers playing softball last year sending Rep Steve Scalise and four others to the hospital. Hodgkinson was a volunteer for socialist Bernie Sanders who declared ‘It’s time to destroy Trump & Co.’ in one of many anti-Republicans social media posts. And CNN claimed in a laudatory profile that the violent left-wing paramilitary group Antifa ‘seeks peace through violence’ while its anchors Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon have both defended the group’s violent streak because, as Cuomo said, ‘fighting against hate matters.’ But such action is wrong not just for the obvious reasons, but because it is an attempt to appropriate more than one’s legitimate share of political influence. Every vote is supposed to count the same, but by physically imposing on an elected representative, agitators are trying increase their own power at the expense of their fellow citizens using fear rather than reason.

The other difference between this spate of packages and the attack on Trump, Cruz, Mattis, and Richardson it that the ricin attack was real and it was potentially deadly. The letters really contained ricin. Whereas, the packages sent to Democrat grandees including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, George Soros, Maxine Waters, and Joe Biden were apparently inert and were made just to look dangerous according to recent reporting.

Since none of the packages detonated, and possibly were not able to detonate, Occam’s Razor demands that we confront the most likely choices: Either the sender intended harm but was grossly incompetent or the sender never intended harm and meant the packages to be a form of agitprop.

The notes that accompanied the packages read like parodies of how committed progressives think Republicans speak. They are laughably hyperbolic attempts to mimic redneck sensibilities and hillbilly patois including, ‘Git r done’, a dated homage to the Blue Collar Comedy Tour’s Larry The Cable Guy character. The notes play to every Democrat stereotype of the American deplorables who support Donald Trump. In case you didn’t know, both the Left and establishment Right, known affectionately as Conservatism, Inc., are sure that everyone who voted for Trump is married to a sibling – or wants to be – chews tobacco, and handles snakes during Sunday worship services. And these notes play off those caricatures.

I’m inclined to issue the standard disclaimer abhorring violence in politics. I do. Nonetheless there is something absurd about it. Why must I engage in this ritual cleansing? I have never encouraged or condoned political violence. Nor has anyone I know. So to be forced to disclaim it brings a whiff of guilt, as though conservatives are known for supporting violence so I better let everyone know I’m not one of those conservatives. It’s a slander and an insult up with which we should not put. After all, it was Eric Holder, not Jeff Sessions, who told the faithful, ‘when they go low we kick ‘em’ and it was Obama telling his adoring fans to find people who disagree with them and ‘get in their face.’ And let’s not forget the Justice Editor of the hard left group Think Progress who advocated harassing Republicans ‘where they eat, where they sleep, and where they work’ less than 30 days ago.

Yet, on the day the first packages were delivered CNN ran an on-air headline saying that there was a ‘manhunt for serial bomber going after Trump’s targets.’ Get it? Democrats have a history of rhetoric that glorifies and encourages political violence, of winking at it when it comes from groups like Antifa, and then of claiming the unknown sender of the suspicious packages was doing Trump’s bidding.

Perhaps the people whose sense of their own moral superiority allows them to think that harassment, intimidation, and physical assault are justified by the higher calling of their own side should take some responsibility. But I supposed they would claim that was blaming the victim.

On the other hand, a cynic might wonder if these packages didn’t earn their recipients a certain amount of social standing or street cred within the Progressive universe. And if so, one would be forced to wonder if, given that the packages weren’t, in fact, dangerous, if they didn’t engender a certain amount of jealousy from Democrats who didn’t make the cut. After all, some presidential contenders like Bernie Sanders were snubbed – but maybe the prankster didn’t know which of the socialist senators three homes he should send it to.

https://spectator.us/ricin-trump-fake-bombs-cnn/

[rickc]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

This is curious because the association of this guy with the Republicans is concurrent with this showing him being registered to the Green Party and working as a mail room clerk for the Democrat Party.

I would like to know how this guy is registered with any political party seeing as how convicted felons are permanently barred from voting in the state of Florida.

[BartSimpson]

A lot of chatter about the devices during the Department of Justice news briefing today.

No one called these things bombs. Not once. Not ever.

No one said they had detonators. Not once. Not ever.

A lot of chatter indicates the devices were just pipes stuffed with material from highway safety flares. That seems consistent with the vague descriptions offered by the DOJ today.

[BartSimpson]

rickc rickc:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

This is curious because the association of this guy with the Republicans is concurrent with this showing him being registered to the Green Party and working as a mail room clerk for the Democrat Party.

I would like to know how this guy is registered with any political party seeing as how convicted felons are permanently barred from voting in the state of Florida.

While felons are barred from voting in many jurisdictions the Democrats have vociferously opposed any stringent scrutiny of voter registrations which would remove these people from the rolls.

[BartSimpson]

Twitter is discussing the stickers on the van. Interesting is the observation that they're all new and the way they cover the windows is illegal in Florida and would rate an immediate ticket from law enforcement.

https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status ... 8616860672