[RightWhale]

From the weight it appears to be of foreign manufacture. As such there could be any amount missing worldwide, but the ludicrously small amount missing from the construction site should empower the trillion dollar anti-terrorism industry for yet a few more days.

[LibWhacker]

I don't know anything about explosives. How much damage could 110lbs of Blastex do, anyhow?

[Junior]

I have a feeling many American explosives companies do their packaging in kilos, too. After all, they do sell to foreign markets.

The converse is not true, however. My wife buys many of her perfume-making supplies from foreign suppliers; she has to do all her purchasing in metric. Fortunately, most of that industry is converting to metric, so most of her "recipes" use grams and milliliters...

[knarf]

It just may be ... some patriots with real brass ones have a plan.

Just a guess ... I know in my neck o' th' woods there's a whole bunch of pissed of conservatives.