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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 09:49 PM
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re: press conference: the nypd blew up a car to show what their suspect MIGHT do?
i'm not sure i've ever witnessed such a thing before.....




New York (CNN) -- Authorities have arrested a man they claim was plotting to detonate pipe bombs in and around New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday night.

The intended targets of Jose Pimentel, 27, were U.S. military personnel who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as U.S. postal facilities and police in New York and Bayonne, New Jersey, according to Bloomberg and New York
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.

The suspect was described by Bloomberg as an "al Qaeda sympathizer," though he is not believed to have ever worked with or received training from anyone in that terrorist organization.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/20/us/new-york-bloomberg-announcement/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:01 PM
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1. I missed the presser. Did they seriously preemptively blow up a car?
As in to show people who have never seen TV or a movie in their life what blowing up a car means?

:rofl:

Please tell me this is a joke!?
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:22 PM
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5. presser on MSNBC site.
It is painful to watch, tho.
Bloomberg is dressed in "alert orange"
Then he inserts as many terra terra terra buzzwords as he possibly can
calls the guy they arrested YESTERDAY both a "lone wolf" AND "al-kada" sympathizer,
mentions 9-11 more times that Gulliani on speed
then the Chief of Police steps forward to repeat all the buzzwords.and somewhere in there, they solemnly show a video of a newish car blowing up, after reporting the had the guy under surveillance for months, if not longer.
So he was no real danger to anyone.
Smoke and mirrors and distraction from OWS.
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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:43 PM
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10. Oh for the love of pete.
I couldn't even get to the 1:30 mark. Orange jumpsuit sweater? US troops and post offices? Here's what a car bomb looks like?

For fuck's sake, at least wag the dog had a plot. This was nothing but a bunch of CGI and sound bytes.

I'm embarrassed for them.
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:52 PM
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13. You missed the numerous references to "NYPD anti-terrorist" accomplishments
and how great "NYPD" is, glory and brave and etc.
They had it all: Mom,. Apple Pie, "good guys" "bad guys" and Bloomberg saving us all from death and destruction.

I choked up.
Then I threw up.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:31 PM
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7. no joke, they blew up a car to show what the effects of the bomb would be...i couldn't believe it
Edited on Sun Nov-20-11 10:34 PM by spanone
watch the press conference....scroll down the page and it's there....it's not far into it...they blow up a car on video

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/20/us/new-york-bloomberg-announcement/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:44 PM
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11. Just watched what I could on MSNBC
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the stupidity.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:04 PM
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2. wtf
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teddy51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:06 PM
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3. Sure hope Billion dollar man paid for that stunt? Oh yeah, that was tax payer money. n/t
Edited on Sun Nov-20-11 10:06 PM by teddy51
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:14 PM
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4. He wanted to put terror in the hearts of citizens
So they blew up a car and ran the tape prime time on Sunday, so all the kids can see it. Bloomberg deals in fear and cheap theatrics because he has nothing else, and he knows he is becoming one of the most hated men in America. A few months ago, people wanted him to run for President, now he's the definition of a craven toady.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:28 PM
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6. Nice to see the Federal Bureau of Invention
is keeping up its chops.
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-11 01:06 AM
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18. Apparently the FBI wasn't involved
:shrug:

Seems like ATF and FBI should have been in on it.


I liked the way that they announced where to find out how to make a viable bomb. The height of irresponsibility.

Seems to lay a foundation if some bombs start going off in NY as well.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-11 09:14 AM
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20. I sort of don't believe that.
This stupidity has FBI all over it.
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WildNovember Donating Member (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:31 PM
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8. Huh? What happened? Is Bloomberg trying to tar protesters as terrorists?
Edited on Sun Nov-20-11 10:32 PM by WildNovember
I've missed the whole story.

Who did they arrest?
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:33 PM
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9. press conference is at the link...just scroll down a bit
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/20/us/new-york-bloomberg-announcement/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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WildNovember Donating Member (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-11 12:57 AM
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17. Thanks.
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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:51 PM
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12. it's theater
the PR firms have run out of ideas and now we are in the land of ridiculous.
Bloomberg appears to really be into theater.
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NBachers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 11:05 PM
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14. But wait- did the bomb they used look like that rudimentary bomb in the picture, or was it bigger?
Looks like a 1 1/2" or 2" galvanized elbow with a plug in each end. What the hell did they fill it with to blow up a car?
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-11 01:07 AM
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19. Allegedly what ever is in make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom n/t
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 11:37 PM
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15. Bloomberg jumps the shark?
I can't bring myself to view it :scared:
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 11:57 PM
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16. They tried to bump OWS off the front pages. They failed.
:rofl:

Buncha maroons.
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