So what's with all the parcel bombs in Texas?

[C-Mag]

One might call his end straight-up Shakespearean.

Shakespeare's phrase, "hoist with his own petard," is an idiom that means "to be harmed by one's own plan to harm someone else" or "to fall into one's own trap", implying that one could be lifted (blown) upward by one's own bomb, or in other words, be foiled by one's own plan.

Yeah, I'm not understanding all that hoisting on the petard stuff............... do you think you could explain it in a little more detail........ use smaller words.

[C-Mag]

I hope traffic's cleared up by the time I drive through.

Fuck, I coulda seen it go boom.

I take it you pass by that area to go to school ?

[C-Mag]

One might call his end straight-up Shakespearean.

Shakespeare's phrase, "hoist with his own petard," is an idiom that means "to be harmed by one's own plan to harm someone else" or "to fall into one's own trap", implying that one could be lifted (blown) upward by one's own bomb, or in other words, be foiled by one's own plan.

It wasn't an accident. They had him surrounded and he detonated the bomb instead of get caught.

Thanks. I saw an initial report that said it was accidental. Now, sounds like there were even shots fired.

[Okeefenokee]

I hope traffic's cleared up by the time I drive through.

Fuck, I coulda seen it go boom.

I take it you pass by that area to go to school ?

Yeah, it's a straight shot from here down to Austin on 35. Georgetown and Roundrock are along the way. I got an exam today, so no morning class, otherwise I coulda seen that shit.

[Hastur]

Karmic ending.

Yeah.
The guy worked in the tech industry. So, ya know, basically a loon.

If AJ was the target he's probably a Californian immigrant that couldn't handle all the liberty in Texas.

EDIT: Nope, homegrown, homeschooled Texan.

http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/21/austin-bo ... w-7404387/

[C-Mag]

Karmic ending.

Yeah.
The guy worked in the tech industry. So, ya know, basically a loon.

If AJ was the target he's probably a Californian immigrant that couldn't handle all the liberty in Texas.

EDIT: Nope, homegrown, homeschooled Texan.

http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/21/austin-bo ... w-7404387/

If he was a Redditer, that would be interesting. If he's not, someone going to have some plaining to do for claiming he was on Reddit.

[Zero]

Oh wow. This dude lived a mile down the road from where I taught when I lived in Pflugerville.

[Zlaxer]

Everyone knows the dude was crazy from all the chemicals in the water supply due to fracking....sheeeshhhhhh...

[Zlaxer]

http://www.market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=233169

So apparently they're "reasonably sure" there was one mad bomber in Austin, and he's dead since he blew himself up after being chased by the cops.

Note carefully folks:

Law enforcement identified Conditt as a suspect after using surveillance footage from a FedEx store in south Austin. They then tracked down the suspect's online browsing history, which showed searches on various shipping facilities, and eventually located his vehicle, the BBC reported.

How did they get his browsing history?

They had to be able to link a specific device to him via nothing more than a timestamp on a surveillance tape. Apparently the surveillance tape didn't get his vehicle tag and I assume he didn't pay with a credit card at the shipping location.

Not really surprised....but still bugs me when seeing this shit in the "news".....

Basically they pulled the cell records from all providers to track the phone down to a matter of square feet at one point in time....then they pulled all information from the identified device....

Granted there was arguably justifiable cause....and the search was extremely limited...but still.....someone should FOIA that shit just to make sure....

[Edit] what really bugs me is they even have that information to begin with....in other words...that article is evidence that we're being tracked everywhere we go and that all of our devices are accessible by the government at any time....

[Speaker to Animals]

A judge will grant them a warrant to get the identification of every mobile device in that building during the time of the video footage. That's not really something I worry about. That's not even FISA either. Any judge will do that.

Once they narrow down the identity of the suspect, they can get warrants for everything else.

And the other side of this coin is that, if you are ever falsely accused, those kinds of records can save your ass from an otherwise apathetic and broken justice system.