The hatred and craziness out there is all over the place. I am hoping this is totally phony and no one gets hurt. Yes, a waste of time and money if a false phone threat...but better than people getting blown to hell and back.

Policy that doesn't create more terrorists.

My son would never graduate if they closed the school.

Hoax bomb threats as pranks happen frequently. Not a threat against nearly 1000 schools. This is new.

_JB

I will continue to be more concerned with the very real daily threat of crazy neighbors with guns. I will continue to live unafraid. I would also like my local news to cover an actual tragedy here right now. We have a school bus that was hit by a semi, and that is an all too common occurence here.

Probably getting close to the end of the semester before Christmas break.

I'm sure there are plenty of home school organizations huddled under their beds in fear that can help out.

I hope to hell I'm right, and that this "threat" is just another empty gesture.

I don't understand why they would be huddled under their beds. They're perfectly safe.

a threat being carried out in real life. Seems to only happen in the movies.

It makes no sense for a terrorist to warn his victims of an impending attack as it defies the intent, altogether, doesn't it?

However, if they have actual intelligence and information on a potential threat, that's different, but the wording of the warning doesn't make it sound like that.

But this sounds like a 'phoner'....

It really sucks, to cause such chaos at a time when fears are so high, or at any time for that matter. What in heck is wrong with people anyway?

to warn the targets ahead of time. Look at the furor that's erupted because of it. "This has never happened before" and stuff like that. Gets people talking.
And then when nothing is found and nothing happens, you get the whole 'boy that cried wolf' thing going on. Warnings aren't taken seriously. People let their guard down, and boom.

The threat was sent via email to a school board member Monday evening and was traced back to an IP address in Frankfurt, Germany, according to spokeswoman Ellen Morgan.

http://ktla.com/2015/12/15/lausd-has-received-credible-terror-threat-district-official-says/

People are afraid of the dark? Turn on the fucking lights.

I would say that it is best to check it out than to have a few dead children, teachers and staff.

JMHO

Let's hear it.

The actual threat.

1-2-3, GO!!!

EDIT: I'm not asking you to give me the actual threat. I know you don't have it. I want the "authorities" to release the actual threat.

I would rather be cautious than have dead bodies laying around.

...and they do not wish that to happen.

Are you listening to the news?

What I understood was that certain groups could be recognized and they were afraid of reprisals. Better to check it out and be sorry, IMO, than to ignore it.

I no longer have school age children, but I sure think that I would like to know of a bomb threat. Probably a hoax, but anymore, who knows!

for parents who work and now how to take the day off or make quick child-care arrangements.

Certainly better than dead children but still, no small matter at all.

I sure as hell see where that needs to be checked out.

But decided it's a hoax and didn't do anything today. It was sent to several large school districts last night.

Maybe it was sent to a lot of districts in order to hide in plain sight?

Only people who can't attack but want to disrupt things send out warnings.

I hope there was other intel we haven't heard about that made this a credible threat.

If it was simply an email, (with the word 'allah' not capitalized, according to the news),
this was simply foolish, disruptive paranoia.

My money is on a Trumpish Republican who sent out the email.

They did just have a terrorist attack 40 miles away.

in the LA schools. This is so sad.

Building up insecurity and fear since 9/11 and the Patriot Act, we may be approaching a complete meltdown.
What would it take to disrupt this country into anarchy?
We're on a tight-rope, IMO.

false pretenses without even the fig leaf of international law to provide cover? We go around raping, torturing and murdering other countries' citizens and we act surprised that there's retaliation and blowback?

Give me a friggin' break.

Yes, Charlemagne, We should think about what it is like to have your home, your family, your neighborhood, your city bombed to bits and the never ending sound of the drone overhead. 500,000 people are dead in the Middle East because of our meddling and supporting the PNAC agenda. This is an epic tragedy. They are angry with us for a reason. This violence will end someday. I spent 14 years in the Peace Movement and I proud of it and still active. We need to ramp up the Peace Movement.