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Saudi held in Boston terror bombing "smelled of gunpowder": “I thought there would be a second bomb”
Atlas Shrugs ^
| Arpil 16, 2013
| Pamela Geller
Posted on 04/16/2013 9:47:39 AM PDT by Perseverando
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To: rickomatic
Gunpowder (smokeless powder which is used in modern reloading)does not make a good bomb. It is not classified by the BATFE as an explosive. I'll tell you as both a reloader who deals with smokeless powder, and a civil war re-enactor who deals with black powder, "gunpowder" can be either black powder or smokeless powder.
Smokeless powder is more powerful by weight, but burns slower. That would be the point of putting it in the pressure cooker, the powder would have time to burn before the force was released.
The same thing happens if you shoot a shotgun with an obstruction in the barrel - if the force builds and the outlet is impared, you'll blow out your barrel. Go visit your local gunsmith, he may have a few blown barrels on hand, and stories to go with them.
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04/17/2013 6:19:23 AM PDT
by
Fido969
To: Prospero
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posted on
04/22/2013 7:46:52 AM PDT
by
crosslink
(Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
To: Fido969
Burned hands? That doesnt make sense. If he was holding the bomb, his arms would have been blown off. Secondly, the bombs were probably on a timers. Describe the scenaio where the bomer ends up with burned hands. Explosives which get ignited rather than properly detonated, burn with an intense heat.
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posted on
04/22/2013 7:50:51 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: freepersup
LEO in the center is carrying a spool of wire and a backpack/duffel bag of sorts.What the .....???
What is a Saudi student supposedly studying English doing with a spool of wire -- ????
To: Uncle Chip
What is a Saudi student supposedly studying English doing with a spool of wire -- ???? It looks like a 1000ft spool of ethernet cable.
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:16:00 AM PDT
by
Sparticus
(Tar and feathers for the next dumb@ss Republican that uses the word bipartisanship.)
To: Uncle Chip
Wire could be network cable, but usually when you buy network cable it already has the ends on it...
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:22:05 AM PDT
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GraceG
To: Sparticus
It’s too thin for Cat5 ethernet. It looks more like SM fiber. No idea why they’d need that for an apt. network.
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posted on
04/22/2013 8:53:40 AM PDT
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Justa
To: Perseverando
What was this person of interest doing that caused him to be tackled by citizens? Any interview of the tacklers?
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posted on
04/22/2013 9:02:18 AM PDT
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mom.mom
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