"suspicious package" sent to Bernie's Des Moines headquarters turns out to be a box of envelopes

[Cali_Democrat]

A suspicious package sent to the Bernie Sanders Headquarters in Des Moines turned out to be a supporter sending envelopes to the office.

The Bernie Sanders headquarters in Des Moines reported receiving a suspicious FedEx package to police Friday morning.

The package arrived at 3420 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in Des Moines around 10 a.m. After examining the packaging and its content, campaign staff for the Democratic presidential candidate called the police, said Rania Batrice, spokesperson for the Iowa campaign.

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A hazmat team was brought to the office soon after the report. Police were on the scene for an hour, Batrice said. Ted Jefferson, fire prevention inspector and public information officer for the Des Moines Fire Department said there was an envelope inside of the package that held shredded paper, similar to confetti. He said one campaign staffer reported getting powder on her hands.

After giving a call to the return address, Jefferson said it was determined that a Sanders supporter sent the package to the office. Inside of the box was a large envelope which contained baby powder and confetti-like paper to protect mailing envelopes inside that had information regarding Sanders. The supporter put baby powder in the envelope because the confetti-like paper smelled badly.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/01/22/sanders-headquarters-receives-suspicious-package/79178452/

[Kalidurga]

1. I wonder what would happen if a Hillary supporter sent an envelope with baby powder in it

To Hillary headquarters? I guess they would just open the thing knowing that it's baby powder and no big deal.

[sufrommich]

2. Did you read the article? It was a box with a return address.nt

[Kalidurga]

3. Oh thank god

Because no one has ever put a fake address on an envelope.

[sufrommich]

4. Why are you comparing it to a letter with powder in it?

The article says nothing like that.

[Kalidurga]

7. Inside of the box was a large envelope which contained baby powder

my computer must be acting up.

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. "Inside of the box was a large envelope which contained baby powder"

Is there something about this sentence that doesn't make sense to you?

[Starry Messenger]

5. Always good to have more envelopes to lick!

[senz]

6. But of course Hillary has no need for security

because everybody luvs her.

[Cali_Democrat]

8. What does this story have to do with Hillary? nt

[senz]

11. Bernie's level of security is on a par with Hillary's

and thus is not unusual at all.

[Cali_Democrat]

20. I'm sure they both have tight security.

Nothing unusual at all about that.

[senz]

21. So what's the point of your OP?

And before answering me, try to remember that "wiggling" is not the best exercise.

[Cali_Democrat]

24. To let people know that everyone is safe and it turned out to be nothing

more than baby powder.

It's a standard copy/paste news article.

I didn't know DUers were required to provide justification when posting any news article.

Thank you for letting me know this.

Where would we be without board nannies?

[beam me up scottie]

26. Standard copy/paste? Then why did you change the title and use scare quotes?

[Cali_Democrat]

27. LOL.....you're getting bent out of shape over my title? The entire article was posted.

and the link provided.

DUers can go directly to the website if they so choose.

Does it make you mad?

I'm so sorry.

Please accept my sincere apology for not checking with you first before posting the story. I'm the first person in the history of DU to provide my own title when posting a news story.

[beam me up scottie]

28. Who's mad? I'm just wondering why you claim it was a standard copy/paste when it clearly wasn't.

You're not fooling anyone, btw.

[Skwmom]

25. If you think about it, I think it will come to you. n/t

[senz]

30. lol, ya think?

Love watching some people duck all over the place.

[beam me up scottie]

31. Wiggle wiggle!

[senz]

34. That's him!

I'd know him anywhere.

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. Send me an envelope with ANY kind of powder in it and I'm calling 911.

This makes you happy somehow?

Is your implication that this was some kind of false alarm?

[beam me up scottie]

12. Someone shot at his campaign headquarters in Las Vegas, why wouldn't they be suspicious?

Why does the op think that a package with powder in it wouldn't worry his staff?

I smell desperation.

[KittyWampus]

14. Again, where does the OP imply the package wouldn't worry his staff?

[beam me up scottie]

15. The creative editing of the title including scare quotes around the words "suspicious package".

[cherokeeprogressive]

16. This poster's a Machine Gunner. Pull the trigger and wave the gun...

eyes closed; hoping they hit something.

I've seen plenty of people do that in dozens of different situations.

[beam me up scottie]

17. The threads in this forum today remind me of manure spreaders.

Spraying shit everywhere hoping some of it sticks.

[cherokeeprogressive]

19. The frantic nature of ____'s posts lately is a sight to see... a sad sight at that.

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[beam me up scottie]

29. Indeed.

It's like watching really bad street theater.

[senz]

32. I'm enjoying it.

[senz]

33. Much like their candidate.

[KittyWampus]

13. curious, what in the OP makes you think the OP'er is "happy"?

OP'er literally just copied/pasted a news story.

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. What in the OP? How about THE op.

Pick up the machine gun, pull the trigger with eyes closed, and wave the gun in the hopes something gets in the way.

That's Cali's MO.

[sadoldgirl]

22. Very glad to see that the campaign

is careful, after all they don't have the Secret Service
at their disposal.

Happy that it turned out well.

I am still angry how little is being done to stop
the idiots in Oregon, and those kind of mental
cases might just get these dangerous ideas in
their heads.
And btw Dashle did not even run
for the first job in the country.

[Skwmom]

23. How many ways have they tried to put a certain idea out there...

I've lost count.