Texas explosions: FBI investigating new blast at FedEx plant

[Mod1]

@TomSea Knock it off, please.  We have a lot of TX Briefers, a number of whom live near Austin.  We don't need to crank up the stress, M'kay?

[truth_seeker]

If the FBI cracks this case it will be dumb luck.

If I had to pick who could break the case, between the FBI or Zuckerberg, my money's on the college dropout Gazzilionaire

[TomSea]

@TomSea Knock it off, please.  We have a lot of TX Briefers, a number of whom live near Austin.  We don't need to crank up the stress, M'kay?

@Mod1

President Trump has been criticized for not responding to the killings of black people in these bombings, that is in that daily mail.

Again, I find the scolding unbelievably biased when it is in the news.

I was born in TX, may be going back if some things come through, so this is just hogwash, vilifying others. I didn't go as far as one member from Texas mentioning it looked like her mail box was bombed by the Klan.  Let's see you and Sanguine go after that person.

If these people donate money and that's why they can run over others, I have offered to donate but can not by credit card.

Why is it any less objectionable when people float the "antifa theories" that are not even to be found anywhere in the news, just blame others naively? Yeah, that theory was at a forum, who knows what kind of forum that was. Yeah, that (theory) was about starting a race war, real well-founded and that is acceptable?  Yet, by going after others and allowing this other, somewhat endorsed by these other two, this is acceptable or at least mentioned in a favorable way as possible? Yeah, right. And that is in the thread in the Texas section. Yeah, hare-braned conspiracy to blame AntiFa on this, totally acceptable.

Just like the someone accusing others of being after a messiah per how we vote, you mention things like being pro-life and have the book thrown at you.

I'm from New Mexico, we've watched people use our ski runs, be arrogant from a neighboring state, hey, maybe I should be given a safe space here per boastful remarks.

I really object to being told to knock it off, when I didn't do any wrong.

Or maybe I should go with the crowd and crow how this is an Anti-Fa conspiracy red flag operation to start a race war; oh, yeah, I'll be a great credit to the forum with those views! 

[Cyber Liberty]

If the FBI cracks this case it will be dumb luck.

It's three days late too late to get the Luck O' The Irish.

[INVAR]

Summary of the Austin TX Press conference this AM:

- Package at FedEx facility exploded on a conveyor. One employee had hearing problems and was released from the scene.

- Gratuitous multi-agency backslapping.

- FBI won't say were the package originated.

- ATF won't confirm package had nails and shrapnel.

- Won't confirm any details on last night's FedEx explosion but hastened to say there was no danger to the public from last night's incident.

- The FedEx building has been evacuated. No answer to what is happening to the packages. Considered a crime scene, will not discuss when the facility will be open again.

- One reporter breaks from the herd and grills ATF agent as to how he can say there is no current hazard to the public when over 500 LEO have been unable to stop the series of bombings.

- FBI agent won't answer any questions, walks away abruptly as the presser gets hostile.

- New ATF agent tries to salvage presser.

- Fox News breaks away

***

A SECOND unexploded device is confirmed to have been found at the Fed-Ex facility in Schertz. 

Sooooooo - upon perusing the news and discussions out there on this latest escalation and combining it with the reaction of the Alphabets I have these takeaways about the situation:

The number of agents on this case is either a PR Op.....to look like they're competent and trying OR - (insert sinister music here) .SOMETHING in this bomber(s)'s signature(s) has them SPOOKED. As in REALLY SPOOKED.   

SOMEONE on the forensics team recognizes SOMETHING in how these devices were put together...something potentially REALLY familiar because it is how the Alphabets teaches the skill.  As in it might be a former agent(s) or someone they trained overseas that ended up back here.  The reaction at the Presser kindof helped me along with this supposition.  They had the second unexploded device from earlier this morning before the Presser. 

The other possibility is it's a uniquely national-ish skill set signature and our political correctness prohibits the government from spelling it out.

[Sanguine]

Thanks, @INVAR.  Interesting information.

[Sanguine]

Another source:  https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/20/texas-package-explosion-fedex-austin-bombing/?utm_source=Texas+Tribune+Master&utm_campaign=e9f614a331-trib-newsletters-breaking-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d9a68d8efc-e9f614a331-101231773&mc_cid=e9f614a331&mc_eid=6276fc82d6

[Bigun]

SOMEONE on the forensics team recognizes SOMETHING in how these devices were put together...something potentially REALLY familiar because it is how the Alphabets teaches the skill.  As in it might be a former agent(s) or someone they trained overseas that ended up back here.  The reaction at the Presser kindof helped me along with this supposition.  They had the second unexploded device from earlier this morning before the Presser. 

The other possibility is it's a uniquely national-ish skill set signature and our political correctness prohibits the government from spelling it out.

@INVAR

Or maybe they just don't want to spend the next twenty years in Levanworth for violating the Espionage Act. 

The very same Espionage Act that is going to make it VERY difficult for any second special prosecutor to get to the bottom of the DOJ, FBI, CIA actions in the 2016 election cycle.

[Suppressed]

Yay! Doggies are the best!

Bless you, @Freya...you always put a smile on my face!   

[WingNot]

It's three days late too late to get the Luck O' The Irish.

They do have their Blarney Stone working fast and furious..

[Idiot]

Here is my guess on the culprit...

White male
Ex-military
20-50 yrs old
single- divorced or never married
lives alone

These are sophisticated bombs, so it almost has to be ex-military.  Any other yahoo would have likely blown themselves up by now. 

Anyone heard what kind of explosive they are using...black powder?

[RoosGirl]

@Mod1

President Trump has been criticized for not responding to the killings of black people in these bombings, that is in that daily mail.

Again, I find the scolding unbelievably biased when it is in the news.

I was born in TX, may be going back if some things come through, so this is just hogwash, vilifying others. I didn't go as far as one member from Texas mentioning it looked like her mail box was bombed by the Klan.  Let's see you and Sanguine go after that person.

If these people donate money and that's why they can run over others, I have offered to donate but can not by credit card.

Why is it any less objectionable when people float the "antifa theories" that are not even to be found anywhere in the news, just blame others naively? Yeah, that theory was at a forum, who knows what kind of forum that was. Yeah, that (theory) was about starting a race war, real well-founded and that is acceptable?  Yet, by going after others and allowing this other, somewhat endorsed by these other two, this is acceptable or at least mentioned in a favorable way as possible? Yeah, right. And that is in the thread in the Texas section. Yeah, hare-braned conspiracy to blame AntiFa on this, totally acceptable.

Just like the someone accusing others of being after a messiah per how we vote, you mention things like being pro-life and have the book thrown at you.

I'm from New Mexico, we've watched people use our ski runs, be arrogant from a neighboring state, hey, maybe I should be given a safe space here per boastful remarks.

I really object to being told to knock it off, when I didn't do any wrong.

Or maybe I should go with the crowd and crow how this is an Anti-Fa conspiracy red flag operation to start a race war; oh, yeah, I'll be a great credit to the forum with those views! 

 

[WingNot]

Here is my guess on the culprit...

White male
Ex-military
20-50 yrs old
single- divorced or never married
lives alone

These are sophisticated bombs, so it almost has to be ex-military.  Any other yahoo would have likely blown themselves up by now. 

Anyone heard what kind of explosive they are using...black powder?

Why hasn't NCIS been called in?

@txradioguy

[INVAR]

@INVAR

Or maybe they just don't want to spend the next twenty years in Levanworth for violating the Espionage Act. 

The very same Espionage Act that is going to make it VERY difficult for any second special prosecutor to get to the bottom of the DOJ, FBI, CIA actions in the 2016 election cycle.

Obviously the Alphabets in the Federal Beast are totally and completely useless in protecting the American people.

And they know that public confidence in them no longer exists unless you are a big government supporter - same as public confidence in the mainstream media no longer exists unless you are a Leftist.

The Alphabets have shown us that they are only good for harassing and targeting the American people and orchestrating coups in concert with the democrat party while imposing various forms of 'lawful' tyrannies and infringements on Rights on those they are directed.

But stopping terrorists, mad bombers, Jihadists, serial killers, mass murdering school shooters - nah.. they have demonstrated that their skill sets are good only for use upon lawful Americans.

[mountaineer]

FWIW, Antifa did declare war on FedEx after the company declined to follow the lead of Enterprise,  Delta, et el., in rejecting NRA member discounts.

[INVAR]

Here is my guess on the culprit...

White male
Ex-military
20-50 yrs old
single- divorced or never married
lives alone

These are sophisticated bombs, so it almost has to be ex-military.  Any other yahoo would have likely blown themselves up by now. 

Anyone heard what kind of explosive they are using...black powder?

We don't know if it is a single guy, or a group.

And the Alphabets aren't saying - so we are on our own to speculate.

I'm waiting for Pelosi and the MSM to blame this on Trump or someone in his administration.

[INVAR]

FWIW, Antifa did declare war on FedEx after the company declined to follow the lead of Enterprise,  Delta, et el., in rejecting NRA member discounts.

That they did, along with getting flushed with millions in cash from Soros and who knows who else.

Iran, North Korea and the Jihadists have to be watching all this with great interest.

[Idiot]

@Mod1

President Trump has been criticized for not responding to the killings of black people in these bombings, that is in that daily mail.

Again, I find the scolding unbelievably biased when it is in the news.

I was born in TX, may be going back if some things come through, so this is just hogwash, vilifying others. I didn't go as far as one member from Texas mentioning it looked like her mail box was bombed by the Klan.  Let's see you and Sanguine go after that person.

If these people donate money and that's why they can run over others, I have offered to donate but can not by credit card.

Why is it any less objectionable when people float the "antifa theories" that are not even to be found anywhere in the news, just blame others naively? Yeah, that theory was at a forum, who knows what kind of forum that was. Yeah, that (theory) was about starting a race war, real well-founded and that is acceptable?  Yet, by going after others and allowing this other, somewhat endorsed by these other two, this is acceptable or at least mentioned in a favorable way as possible? Yeah, right. And that is in the thread in the Texas section. Yeah, hare-braned conspiracy to blame AntiFa on this, totally acceptable.

Just like the someone accusing others of being after a messiah per how we vote, you mention things like being pro-life and have the book thrown at you.

I'm from New Mexico, we've watched people use our ski runs, be arrogant from a neighboring state, hey, maybe I should be given a safe space here per boastful remarks.

I really object to being told to knock it off, when I didn't do any wrong.

Or maybe I should go with the crowd and crow how this is an Anti-Fa conspiracy red flag operation to start a race war; oh, yeah, I'll be a great credit to the forum with those views! 

Easy on the Texans.  WE ARE THE ONES WHO KEEP YOUR SKI AREAS IN BUSINESS.

[TomSea]

FWIW, Antifa did declare war on FedEx after the company declined to follow the lead of Enterprise,  Delta, et el., in rejecting NRA member discounts.

I have here in my formerly nicotine stained fingers, that NRA also is boycotting Fedex: http://time.com/money/5176783/nra-boycott-fedex-amazon-apple-gun-control-youtube/

Well, obviously, this per Antifa is the theory we are suppose to accept, AntiFa kills blacks to try to start a race war has been cited by 2 members here and that is acceptable because I haven't seen these people scolded, really brings up the credibility of this forum to cite consipracies like this.

Should one have a counter-thought, then plan on being scolded for holding out other as a possibliity! 

[TomSea]

Easy on the Texans.  WE ARE THE ONES WHO KEEP YOUR SKI AREAS IN BUSINESS.

Doesn't have anything to do with talking about "safe spaces" though, if it is irrationally given to others, then, touche.

I don't care about that anyway, it's mainly in the North, not the South with Ski Apache, Sierra Blanca, I"m just saying those feelings do exist.  It's really even just Albuquerque I'd say, not a real problem, just fun joshing I'd say.

And this from someone who has said horrible things about Trump; but say one counter statement, poosh... nothing wrong with pointing out, Texas is minority-majority now, nothing wrong with pointing out some shortfailings of Cruz, if Trump is regularly trashed by the Cruz-ers.

Some angles basically have stood up for slavery per the civil war, haven't minded trashing others, other states, Lincoln, bogus history about slaves. This is why this happens and I won't back down.

[Cyber Liberty]

Obviously the Alphabets in the Federal Beast are totally and completely useless in protecting the American people.

And they know that public confidence in them no longer exists unless you are a big government supporter - same as public confidence in the mainstream media no longer exists unless you are a Leftist.

The Alphabets have shown us that they are only good for harassing and targeting the American people and orchestrating coups in concert with the democrat party while imposing various forms of 'lawful' tyrannies and infringements on Rights on those they are directed.

But stopping terrorists, mad bombers, Jihadists, serial killers, mass murdering school shooters - nah.. they have demonstrated that their skill sets are good only for use upon lawful Americans.

It's pretty easy to see why that is:  Terrorists, mad bombers, Jihadists, serial killers, mass murdering school shooters can and often do shoot back.  It should not surprise the Alphabets, as you call them, have all the bravery of a Scot Peterson.

[truth_seeker]

The fabulous FBI solved the Unibomber in just xx years, oh wait the bomber's brother solved it.

[INVAR]

Well, obviously, this per Antifa is the theory we are suppose to accept, AntiFa kills blacks to try to start a race war has been cited by 2 members here and that is acceptable because I haven't seen these people scolded, really brings up the credibility of this forum to cite consipracies like this.

Take your war against the moderating on this site to PM please, since you have already been asked by @Mod1 to knock it off.

[GrouchoTex]

@TomSea, I understand that you are really hoping it's a "right-wing" group because you think that's how things work in Texas, but unless you know something no one else knows, there is nothing to indicate that.  In fact, the only thing I've heard is a reference to Antifa, which is much more likely given the area where it is occurring.

Considering it was Austin, I figured it to be a left-wing group, also.

[LauraTXNM]

So does this latest discovery, make the trip wire bomb seem more like a different actor?

My thoughts and prayers are with all of you in Texas.  The last time I can remember a regional threat like this was the DC shooters?