Discussion: Pipe Bomb Explodes At Judge's Home Days After Bomb Near Police Station

system1 · March 18, 2016, 1:01pm

Discussion for article #247574

bgreenburg · March 18, 2016, 1:23pm

Signature suggests the work of the Taliban of Hoosierstan.

neal_anderthal · March 18, 2016, 1:35pm

Is this Sovereign Citizen territory? Indiana is not as crazy as Tennessee but they must have some.

misterneutron · March 18, 2016, 1:36pm

Clearly, ISIS has now penetrated the Heartland. We need a savior like Donald Trump more than ever.

steviedee111 · March 18, 2016, 1:37pm

Donald Trump approves these pipe bombs:

JAKE TAPPER (MODERATOR):…Today Hillary Clinton, your potential general election opponent clearly indicated see sees this as an issue for the campaign. She said “This kind of behavior is repugnant, we set the tone for our campaigns, we should encourage respect, not violence.” Do you believe that you’ve done anything to create a tone, where this kind of violence would be encouraged?

DONALD TRUMP: …when they see what’s going on in this country, they have anger that’s unbelievable. They have anger, they love this country. They don’t like seeing bad trade deals, they don’t like seeing higher taxes, they don’t like seeing a loss of their jobs, where our jobs have just been devastated. And I know – I mean, I see it. There is some anger. There’s also great love for the country. It’s a beautiful thing in many respects.

beattycat · March 18, 2016, 1:42pm

Hmmm … if by ‘savior,’ you mean a sacrifice to throw into the volcano, then yes, Donald Trump is the ‘savior.’ There’s always an active volcano somewhere on this earth.

ajm · March 18, 2016, 1:44pm

I was thinking high schoolers angling for a life sentence.

alliebean · March 18, 2016, 3:09pm

There was a situation in Texas a couple of years ago where an assistant DA and then the DA were gunned down within weeks of each other. Then the head of the prison system in another state was gunned down at his home. There was a big spin up because everyone thought law enforcement was being targeted and it was all connected.

Turned out the DA deaths and the death of the prison warden were not related. The DAs were killed by a former magistrate who they convicted of stealing office computers. The guy who killed the prison warden was killed in a high speed chase somewhere else.

So I guess I’m saying, it’s hard to know and it could be anything.

twowolves · March 18, 2016, 3:13pm

Didn’t have time to do a Texas shoot em up?

dickweed · March 18, 2016, 4:26pm

I blame Obama!

pmaroneyb · March 18, 2016, 4:32pm

Yes! Donald must have a brain cloud! Maybe this whole campaign is his Volcano: New movie title for you: Don & The Volcano.

quax · March 18, 2016, 4:46pm

If law enforcement finds a celtic cross or eighty-eight engraving on the casing of the bomb, they should know it really doesn’t mean anything but a sense of aesthetics on part of the bomb maker.

ottnott · March 18, 2016, 6:21pm

It would be irresponsible not to speculate.

The simplest explanation may be the best:
It is a false-flag operation carried out by Obama’s personal cadre of ISIS-trained refugees, attacking elements of law enforcement and criminal justice, to goad law enforcement into overreacting and cracking down on minorities, to catalyze an enormous expansion in the membership and activity of Black Lives Matter, to scare the readily frightened and racist segment of the white population, to get them to vote for crazier and crazier GOP candidates, who openly validate the fear and bigotry of that population and who share their conviction that the government is both unwilling and unable to protect them, so that the well-armed paranoids who think the government is out to get them will see a green light to fight back against the government, so there are attacks on the offices and homes of people in law enforcement and criminal justice, so Obama no longer has to rely on his cadre of ISIS-trained refugees.

davitydave · March 18, 2016, 6:39pm

You failed to mention Benghazi. I remain unconvinced.

ottnott · March 18, 2016, 6:47pm

I believe in simple explanations, but, to bring Benghazi into it makes it too reductionist for me. There is a point where further simplification sacrifices explanation.

Consider, for example, if your Benghzified version of the explanation was further simplified by working in the Obama time machine used to plant the Hawaiian birth announcement – it becomes a ridiculous oversimplification of the who and why behind the explosions in Madison, Indiana. And, no, I don’t think I am just making a slippery slope argument.

alliebean · March 18, 2016, 6:52pm

I’d only believe it if it were in ALL CAPS.

ottnott:

It is a false-flag operation carried out by Obama’s personal cadre of ISIS-trained refugees, attacking elements of law enforcement and criminal justice, to goad law enforcement into overreacting and cracking down on minorities, to catalyze an enormous expansion in the membership and activity of Black Lives Matter, to scare the readily frightened and racist segment of the white population, to get them to vote for crazier and crazier GOP candidates, who openly validate the fear and bigotry of that population and who share their conviction that the government is both unwilling and unable to protect them, so that the well-armed paranoids who think the government is out to get them will see a green light to fight back against the government, so there are attacks on the offices and homes of people in law enforcement and criminal justice, so Obama no longer has to rely on his cadre of ISIS-trained refugees.

And seriously. This was awesome.