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Tripwire may have triggered latest explosion in Austin that injured 2 men: Officials
kxan ^ | 03/19/2018 | Wil Cruz, M.L. Nestel, Karma Allen,Bill Hutchinson

Posted on 03/19/2018 6:24:38 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: ping jockey

I fit a lot of that description.


21 posted on 03/19/2018 6:51:00 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: BenLurkin

It was thought yesterday that the bomb went off in a house, and the the two twenty year olds may have been the bomb makers. It looks like that is no longer the case?


22 posted on 03/19/2018 6:53:15 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: ping jockey

“Oh wait, I just described 55% of America...”

No you did not.

Your number is way off.


23 posted on 03/19/2018 6:53:45 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: BenLurkin
"Hey! Knock it off with the Boom Booms ova dey! Ya Sicko!"


24 posted on 03/19/2018 6:54:22 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: bgill
I'm guessing the perp did some pre-hit surveillance....maybe up to two weeks earlier. But something was different the day he planted this one......like a car in the driveway. (18th was a Sunday).

I'm not thinking trip wire as much as half on/half off the gutter/curb. That would suggest a van or car with a side door to move the bomb outside the vehicle and scoot away.

But I have to go back and see if I have any of this story right.

25 posted on 03/19/2018 6:55:26 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: BenLurkin

Was it a fully-automatic, military-style, assault tripwire?


26 posted on 03/19/2018 6:56:21 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: bgill
If there was a message, it’s for the NAACP prez to shut the heck up with all his race conspiracies. Not everything revolves around skin color.

Follow the money.

“There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.” ― Booker T. Washington

27 posted on 03/19/2018 6:59:35 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Sans-Culotte
The pattern is basically the same as the DC Sniper.

My guess, he's black, Muslim in his early 20s, lives in the area, WAS a member of the local mosque until recently. He does have a job. Owns a van type vehicle with a side exit where he could get out of the vehicle and walk to the doorstep, blocking the view from across the street.

In fact, I'm looking at the possibility of a team of two.....just like the DC sniper.

28 posted on 03/19/2018 7:05:08 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: gibsonguy

And why not? Austin IS a Sanctuary Sh*thole that is under control of Liberals. These bombings are the work of the Mexican Drug Cartels. Put that in the bank and draw interest on it.


29 posted on 03/19/2018 7:08:41 AM PDT by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: Howie66

"...Mexican Drug Cartels..."


What is your theory on why the bombings are potentially caused by sellers of illegal drugs?
To make users (or potential users) feel exasperated, fearful, and more likely to turn to drugs to feel good?


30 posted on 03/19/2018 7:21:24 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: BenLurkin

Who are the targets, or is it random?


31 posted on 03/19/2018 7:38:16 AM PDT by theoilpainter
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To: Blue Jays

Try thinning out the competition. You know, turf war.


32 posted on 03/19/2018 7:45:38 AM PDT by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: BenLurkin

I think police are now warning people to avoid ANYTHING - not just packages - that they find in their yard, that they did not put there themselves.


33 posted on 03/19/2018 7:52:42 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: WayneS

They are making a big issue of this tripwire thing.
Just Heard an ATF guy yammering about the sophistication of using a tripwire.

Umm any bozo can buy sophisticated switches.. for a million mundane purposes.

The way I see it is we have one lone wolf nut out there, possibly ex military, and he just shifted his MO.

Most of the reporting will probably be an effort to foul him up on what the Authorities know.

Be cautious Austin, you have a nut on the loose


34 posted on 03/19/2018 8:18:44 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Howie66

Weren’t some of these people connected as belonging to a group trying to clean up crime in Austin. Cartel messaging might well be the case. They can use multiple operatives to make apprehension more difficult.


35 posted on 03/19/2018 8:25:03 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Steve_Seattle
I think police are now warning people to avoid ANYTHING - not just packages - that they find in their yard, that they did not put there themselves.

"Dog owners hit hardest..."

36 posted on 03/19/2018 8:25:24 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: WayneS

LOL!


37 posted on 03/19/2018 8:29:21 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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News just reported a “possible serial bomber” Gee... ya think?


38 posted on 03/19/2018 8:31:41 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: ping jockey
Oh wait, I You just described 55% of America, of our younger male relatives. Never mind.
39 posted on 03/19/2018 8:51:46 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Dems are having trouble with their MAMA campaign (Make America Mexico Again) versus MAGA!)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Different bomber?


Or the same bomber with military experience.


40 posted on 03/19/2018 8:55:15 AM PDT by lodi90
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