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In reply to the discussion: Note to Bomber: You don't need a $6.00 Wal-Mart clock on a mail bomb [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,126 posts)39. That's going to be really effective.
Decals have been placed on USPS collection boxes to indicate that deposit of stamped mail over 13 ounces is prohibited in collection boxes and any such mail will be returned to sender.
That's going to be really effective.
Darn, my bomb weighs too much. Can't mail drop it in the mailbox Oh, wait. If the package weighs too much it will be returned to sender. Wait! I'll make the "sender," my secondary target.
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Note to Bomber: You don't need a $6.00 Wal-Mart clock on a mail bomb [View all]
jberryhill
Oct 2018
OP
You're assuming that the bomb maker was as smart as an electrical engineer/lawyer. n/t
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#6
I can't read the person's mind. But maybe for purposes of terrorizing Democrats. n/t
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#9
Because they care about the people who work for them. Is that hard for you to imagine?
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#19
I didn't say Soros did. I said he and CNN care about their employees, who aren't the S.S.
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#24
So? It demonstrated that they could get a device like this through the mail or the courier service
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#26
The point of terrorism is to strike terror into people's hearts. Which I believe they did. nt
Hekate
Oct 2018
#12
perhaps meant to imply it's only a matter of time before they send an exploding bomb?
anarch
Oct 2018
#31
Case closed. I guess we don't even need the FBI to get involved? Give us a break, Mr. CSI.
PubliusEnigma
Oct 2018
#30
FBI bomb expert on TV just now said the timer was probably a safe-arm device, not
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2018
#41
Haven't a clue; I know only what the bomb expert said. He didn't get into detail
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2018
#45