Mark Anthony Conditt named as the 24 year old suspected Austin bomber

[PA Democrat]

http://www.businessinsider.com/everything-we-know-about-texas-bombing-suspect-2018-3

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. K&R nt

[Grins]

2. "Mark Anthony"? Worse. 'Mooselim'. Name. Ever! (N/M)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Well it's a good thing he's not a terrorist. nt

[NewJeffCT]

6. Troubled youth with a history

of mental issues, I'm guessing. That's normally the case when the person is white

[kentuck]

4. So soon after the Ides of March?

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As in Mark Antony?

[Pachamama]

49. Yeah, I saw that too and thought the same...

[bronxiteforever]

5. He was home schooled

Police have said that Conditt, who was home-schooled growing up, was 24, although some public records indicate he was 23.

https://www.statesman.com/news/crime--law/authorities-bombing-suspect-was-pflugerville-resident-mark-conditt/CQUCcXNJ9nb2iFs8sSq0pK/

[octoberlib]

20. I found his FB page. He only had 15 friends , no posts or they were deleted.

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Mother went to an evangelical Lutheran college,his sisters' FB page was post after post about lent, religious pictures. His mother had no posts about religion or politics. Most posts were about the daughter though , who's a gymnast. Only one post about Mark.

[FSogol]

30. Since when are Catholics part of the home school movement? n/t

[JHB]

35. Depends on what their beefs with the system were.

It's not just the evangelniks who home school. Sometimes it's ideological, sometimes quality issues, sometimes the schools not doing anything about bullying, sometimes special needs that the school can't adequately handle.

The ideological one isn't exclusively fundy either, although there were some amusing parallels. Way back (early 90s?) I heard fundy and lefty home-schoolers speak, about a week apart:

The fundies home-schooled because they thought the schools were turning kids into mindless drones for a gray oppressive Stalinist state.

Lefty home-schoolers did so because they thought the schools were turning kids into mindless cogs for a gray oppressive corporate machine.

[dembotoz]

53. non catholic but in our case public school incompetence

wife now with her masters in special ed couldn't sit back and watch the local public screw up her kid.
so she took a year off, brought him up to speed in reading etc.
alas most homeschooling not done by certified licensed teachers

we did look at the local lutheran school but the open house they had was very proud of their display of how science was wrong and dinosaurs never happened.....No fucking way i was gonna send my kid there......

so home school it was
actually felt sorry for my son after i saw what his mother put him thru.....

[octoberlib]

61. Oops Mother went to an evangelical Lutheran

college so maybe daughter just likes posting Catholic memes.

[ollie10]

52. So was his sister involved with the bombings?

Why are we even talking about her FB bosts?

I guess the spirit of gossip is alive and well....

[dalton99a]

77. "Conditt attended regular church services at the Austin Stone Community Church"

https://www.statesman.com/news/crime--law/the-suspect-family-mark-conditt-grieving-and-shock/CQUCcXNJ9nb2iFs8sSq0pK/

“It’s really sad to think that one of my friends succumbed to hatred of some sort,” Jeremiah Jensen, 24, who was homeschooled in the same Pflugerville community as Conditt, told the American-Statesman. “I have no idea what caused him to make those bombs. Whatever it was I wish he would have reached out to me and asked for help or something.”

Jensen was one of only about a dozen friends listed on Conditt’s Facebook page before it was removed on Wednesday morning.

The two were close in 2012 and 2013, said Jensen, who would often go to the Conditts’ home for lunch after Sunday church service and attended Bible study and other activities with him. Jensen said Conditt came from a good family, was athletic, enjoyed rock climbing and parkour and was a “deep thinker.”

Jensen said Conditt attended regular church services at the Austin Stone Community Church on St. John’s Avenue.

[PA Democrat]

7. Mark Anthony Conditt: Austin Bomber Identified As 24-Year-Old White Man, May Have Had Accomplices

Mark Anthony Conditt has been identified as the suspected Austin bomber, a 24-year-old white man who police say terrorized the area with a series of bombs sent in the mail before blowing himself up in the early morning hours on Wednesday.
As CNN reported, police in Austin area were able to identify the suspected bomber after receiving information in the last 24 to 36 hours that led them to a person of interest. They were then able to obtain surveillance images from a FedEx store in Austin and found a series of purchases that led them to identify the suspect’s car outside a Red Roof Inn in Round Rock, Texas. Conditt’s identity was first reported by NBC News.

As the report noted, after being identified, suspected Austin bomber Mark Anthony Conditt
drove a short distance and stopped by the side of the road. The man detonated an explosive device as SWAT teams approached the car, the report noted.

As CBS Dallas-Fort Worth reported, there are suspicions that Mark Anthony Conditt may not have worked alone in the Austin bombings. Hector Tarango, a retired agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, had told the news outlet before the suspect was identified that he believed the bomber would be between the ages of 20 and 30, well-educated, and a resident of the area.

https://www.inquisitr.com/4835197/mark-anthony-conditt-austin-bomber-identified-as-24-year-old-white-man-may-have-had-accomplices/

[dalton99a]

8. Pic - "We are all proud of Mark's accomplishments"

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. wow - he does not look like a bomber does he

[jberryhill]

17. What does a bomber look like?

[still_one]

32. ............................................................

[Henry Krinkle]

67. Like this I imagine.

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[jberryhill]

74. or this

[anneboleyn]

23. That picture is from his high school graduation six years ago. Also, what does a bomber look like?

Honestly I find that comment to be bizarre. The implications aren’t good.

[smirkymonkey]

59. He just looks like a nice, innocent kid.

There is not an angry, hateful look on his face like there was with the Parkland, FL shooter. I know you can't generalize, but this kid really doesn't look the least bit threatening.

[IronLionZion]

70. That makes it worse if you think about it

It could be any kid next door can grow up to be a 24 year old terrorist mass murderer. It's an unsettling thought.

[obamanut2012]

73. He looks exactly like the typical racist bomber

[Arazi]

10. Looks like a Charlottesville guy

[Marcuse]

14. Mission trip

[samnsara]

15. wow...hes a young white guy! surprise surprise

[Docreed2003]

31. How do you get "college credits" while homeschooling??

30hrs is damn near two full semesters of college work!

[dalton99a]

37. Probably through a dual credit program:

http://sites.austincc.edu/dual-credit/what-is-dual-credit/

[underpants]

39. Online or possibly they had a curriculum like a lot of high schools do

When my daughter gets to high school one option is to start taking college courses as well. She could basically knock out the first two years at a reduced rate while in high school. Her Spanish and I think art classes next year will be high school credits. Not bragging it's just the program the schools have.

[csziggy]

50. Yes, my little sister attended college during her last year of high school

Between CLEPping (College Level Examination Program) a lot of the basic courses and taking summer classes between eleventh and twelfth grades she received her AA degree at the same time she got her high school diploma. Then she went on to continue that same intensive study program and got her BA eighteen months later. Since she had started school at the age of five, she had just turned 19 when she completed college. She was offered a job in Georgia but their legal age of adulthood was 21 and she could not sign contracts so she stayed here in Florida.

Yes, that is a program that is widely available and students from regular public schools and homeschooled kids often take advantage of it.

[Docreed2003]

69. I understand that fully, I have a daughter in HS doing something similar

What I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around is a program like that for homeschoolers. I suppose my bias against homeschooling is showing but I just don't find "homeschooling college credit" credible. Perhaps though, they are using some online program which certified and manages the curriculum. No clue.

[Blue_true]

62. Some school systems.

Allow college courses in lieu of the same courses in high school, in principle, a person gets double credit. Homeschooling requires students adhere to an approved learning plan from the school district.

[Ilsa]

38. "...taking some time to figure out what he wants to do... maybe a mission trip."

Someone went off the rails pretty quickly.

[SoCalMusicLover]

79. Looks Like She Deleted Her Facebook Page

Where will she go to share her pride with her son?

[Johnny2X2X]

11. How was he radicalized?

Feds need to raid his church and start interrogating people there so we can find out what radicalized him...

Just kidding, but that's exactly what FOX would be saying if the suspect had been a Muslim.

[Generic Brad]

16. The usual suspects

Cambridge Analytica. Church. The Trump Organization. NRA. Briebert. InfoWars. Hannity.

[SweetieD]

18. It isn't funny. He was radicalized. Probably from his parents or online. Reading a bit a

About his background I am assuming how he may have been radicalized. I know more will come out today.

[atreides1]

36. He wasn't radicalized

He's white, he was suffering from a mental disorder!!!

Remember:

Brown=Terrorist
Black=Thug
White=Mental Disorder

[iluvtennis]

66. Exactly. If he was Russian, he would have been CONGRATULATED!...

Ed Krassenstein 💎@EdKrassen
2h2 hours ago

Austin Bomber Mark Anthony Conditt will be deemed "Mentally Ill"
If he was Mexican, he would have been a "bad hombre".
If he was Black, he would have been a "gangsta".
If he was Muslim, he would have been a "terrorist".
If he was Russian, he would have been CONGRATULATED!

Link to tweet

[Eliot Rosewater]

76. Finally, voice of reason. When will people remember this stuff, it is so easy, right!

Sarcasm aside, our depth of racism is stunning.

[OregonBlue]

12. One of the possibilites for things for him to do was "maybe a mission trip" so he

is one of those militant "Christians", Killers for Christ.

[anneboleyn]

26. Other Christians observe Lent. What indicates that they were catholic specifically?

[octoberlib]

33. Posts of the Virgin Mary, crown of thorns and a

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meme called "a good Catholic joke" about the Pope backhanding Hillary Clinton off a stage. I honestly thought Catholics were the only ones who celebrated Lent, so I learned something today.


She also posted a meme saying "I don't want to vote for any of these people" in 2016. Didn't see any pro-Trump posts. Mother attended an evangelical Lutheran college so maybe daughter just likes posting Catholic memes.

[SharonClark]

58. You keep making that assumption but

Lent is observed by the various Presbyterian, Methodist, Lutheran, and Anglican denominations, by Roman Catholics, and by Eastern Orthodox Churches.

[SharonClark]

60. One sister is all about having a good time, no religious posts at all

[anneboleyn]

27. He was home schooled also.

[ollie10]

54. or maybe he was mixed up....

it is premature to talk about "killers for Christ". Unless you have some evidence. Do you? Please share!

[MichMary]

13. Found his sister's FB page

She is really getting slammed. Feel sorry for her; we're not responsible for what our relatives do.

[beachbum bob]

19. we have responsibility to safe guard the public from what a relative may do....

no serial killer operates in a vacuum

[USALiberal]

41. Big ass assumptions there! Nt

[ollie10]

55. but...first and foremost...it is fun to gossip!!!!

[lostnfound]

56. Thats ridiculous.

Do you even know her age?? Wtf is she supposed to do?

Judgmentalism is quite the common disease these days.

[bdamomma]

22. when are police officials

going to impound his computer or phone to find out what his motive was??? So another young person has died, and no way of knowing what his issues were to carry out with these bombings, he had to have others working along side of him.

there is a sickness radiating through this country and it doesn't help having a sick a$$ shell of man squatting in the WH with his own mental issues.

[B2G]

24. They already have.

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It's being reported he left behind a 'treasure trove' of information. His 2 roommates are being questioned and are cooperating with authorities. They are not suspects at this time.

[bdamomma]

29. thanks for posting

nt

[USALiberal]

42. Better not be in custody if not arrested. Nt

[B2G]

44. True, will update. Thanks. nt

[dalton99a]

34. "Investigators found that he had been looking up other addresses in Austin and the surrounding area.

https://www.statesman.com/news/breaking-austin-bombing-suspect-dies-police-close-official-says/KZmUAGvKlNazDr31EzeUzI/

A law enforcement official told the American-Statesman that investigators accessing Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt's Google search history found that he had been looking up other addresses in Austin and the surrounding area.

Late Tuesday, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were dispatched to two homes in the Cedar Park area to check the front porch and to notify residents that they may be in danger.

The official said each of the bombs had "striking consistencies" in how they are manufactured.

Conditt, a Pflugerville resident, apparently killed himself early Wednesday as authorities closed in on him, local and federal law enforcement sources told the American-Statesman and KVUE-TV.

[PA Democrat]

45. All bombs used an "exotic" type of battery manufactured overseas and

available only by ordering online.

[dalton99a]

46. Sounds like they recovered a huge clue early on

7:43 AM PT -- It is now being reported that Conditt used an "exotic" and foreign battery in his explosives which allowed authorities to link the bombings together. Crux Manufacturing touts on its website that it specializes in handling "exotic materials."

7:00 AM PT -- Conditt graduated from Austin Community College. There might be a clue as to how he developed expertise in bomb making. He reportedly worked as a computer repair tech and also as a "purchasing agent/buyer/shipping and receiving" at Crux Manufacturing in Austin. The company is involved in robotics, mechanical repair ... it builds a variety of metal products.

[IronLionZion]

72. He could have left more bombs out there that they haven't found yet

computer and phone might have some evidence of that

[poboy2]

25. Alex Jones is going to go with 'staged' conspiracy. Not saying anything but the

obvious. Something like -

"It was staged by deep state operatives as a pretext to come down on freedom fighters everywhere.
They'll create a legend for this patsy...."

[anneboleyn]

28. Alex Jones is a nutter who will claim anything to drive his own self-serving narrative.

And remember to buy his new special power pills that will save you from the gay frogs.

[mainer]

63. That was already on Twitter early this morning

"It's a staged event." "It's deep state." "It's Antifa, and FBI is part of the conspiracy."

[poboy2]

64. Let him run with it. Hopefully this gets him kicked off U-Tube -nt

[octoberlib]

40. Condit was described as quiet, introverted and reserved.

KVUE has confirmed that Conditt had worked at a "turnkey manufacturing solutions company" called Crux Manufacturing, according to a staff member there. The staff member said Conditt was hired at the company when he was 19 and that he was let go last August due to the fact that he wasn't meeting expectations. Conditt worked in purchasing and sales at the company, the staff member said.

The staff member described Conditt as "quiet, introverted and reserved."

http://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/live-austin-bombing-suspect-killed-after-blowing-self-up-identified/269-530544047

[mainer]

43. "let go" from his job last August

May have been the stressor that turned him into a serial killer.

[dalton99a]

47. Wonder why he targeted the Mason and House families

- "prominent members of Austin’s African-American community" - in the first three bombings

[octoberlib]

48. Yep, combined with visiting dark places on the internet and Trump's rhetoric.

There were no racist, bigoted, anti immigrant posts on any of their FB pages but that doesn't mean he didn't hold those views.

[ollie10]

57. So what you are saying is there were no racist, bigoted and immigrant posts on their FB pages

The rest is speculation and idle gossip

[SharonClark]

68. Bingo

[GusBob]

71. Speculation at these times, its what we do

It can be informative, intriguing or infuriating depending on your point of view

But it is almost always titillating. Right now folks are pointing to some blog posts from 2012, when the guy was what 16/17 years old?

There are folks trying to paint him as an Obama voting democrat on other parts of the internet as we type

that always happens during these events too

[TheSmarterDog]

51. He's certainly ticking all the boxes.

Waiting for the pic with the MAGA hat

[uponit7771]

65. +1, he already described himself as conservative and anti gay link

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/austin-bombings-suspect-believed-neutralized-sources-n858576

[dreamland]

75. Why don't I see it on msm

Where are the words "home grown terrorist".

[SoCalMusicLover]

80. MSM Has Their Agenda

It does not include telling the facts.

[dalton99a]

81. Because his name is not Mohamed

[Mountain Mule]

78. K&R! nt