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You are here: Home / Politics / domestic terrorists / Bomber potentially in custody

Bomber potentially in custody

by David Anderson|  October 26, 201811:19 am| 110 Comments

This post is in: domestic terrorists, Election 2018, Not Normal

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BREAKING: Federal authorities have arrested a man in Florida in connection to the suspected explosive packages, according to multiple law enforcement sources.

— CNN’s Mark Morales, Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz, and Brynn Gingras report

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 26, 2018

Let’s see what happens this afternoon and I’ll defer to Adam on any interpretation/analysis.

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  1. 1.

    MisterForkbeard

    October 26, 2018 at 11:21 am

    This will be interesting. We’re going to find out REAL SOON whether or not this is an establishment Democratic plot, or a lone wolf with health issues.

    I’ve been told by my friends on the right that these are the only two possible choices.

  2. 2.

    Cheryl Rofer

    October 26, 2018 at 11:21 am

    Here’s his van. It’s hard to make out the stickers for sure, but I think they’re not for Andrew Gillum.

    Police are towing a white van covered with political stickers. pic.twitter.com/BG9640chhC

    — ?????? ???? (@justin_hart) October 26, 2018

  3. 3.

    Cheryl Rofer

    October 26, 2018 at 11:22 am

    DOJ says news conference at 2:30 Eastern Time. I’m going to walk the kitties.

  4. 4.

    A Ghost To Most

    October 26, 2018 at 11:23 am

    My guess is there will end up being 14 bombs (14 words)

  5. 5.

    Cheryl Rofer

    October 26, 2018 at 11:23 am

    Another angle.

    Look at the insignia on this van in Plantation, FL. FBI on scene. It's being loaded into a flatbed. pic.twitter.com/wtuC8S7cDm

    — nullcookies (@nullcookies) October 26, 2018

  6. 6.

    germy

    October 26, 2018 at 11:23 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: So if it turns out he’s not a liberal trying to make conservatives look bad, will all the fox news and talk radio and twitter RW’ers say “Gee, we were wrong…”

  7. 7.

    Cheryl Rofer

    October 26, 2018 at 11:24 am

    Moar

    The van that appears to be connected to the suspected bomber is covered in pro-Trump stickers, including the presidential seal, and what MSNBC says investigators referred to as other "right-wing paraphernalia." pic.twitter.com/gjIleeu3yb

    — Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) October 26, 2018

  8. 8.

    Cheryl Rofer

    October 26, 2018 at 11:25 am

    I would like to know more about the bombs themselves, but we probably won’t hear from the FBI until they’re confident of their analyses.

    NOW the kitties, who are pestering me to death.

  9. 9.

    rikyrah

    October 26, 2018 at 11:25 am

    ONE Person?

    phuck outta here.

    this was a CELL

  10. 10.

    rikyrah

    October 26, 2018 at 11:26 am

    Meet Vickie Lee Jones.

    She was shot & killed by a white supremacist YESTERDAY in the parking lot of a grocery store in Louisville.

    She was a kind, warm, giving soul. She just retired from the VA Hospital.

    Moved to her new neighborhood to be safe. Murdered by a bigot. pic.twitter.com/ZAS7cpQvzY

    — Shaun King (@shaunking) October 25, 2018

  11. 11.

    Ajabu

    October 26, 2018 at 11:28 am

    Second large window There’s a presidential seal w/Dolt 45 pic. I am shocked!

  12. 12.

    Gravenstone

    October 26, 2018 at 11:31 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: Well I see at least one Republican party symbol in the upper right of the rear side window…

  13. 13.

    Keith P

    October 26, 2018 at 11:31 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: My money was on it being Debbie Wasserman Schultz, using the Trumpian strategy of being so blatant so as to throw people off.

  14. 14.

    The Moar You Know

    October 26, 2018 at 11:32 am

    Wasn’t going to take long. People fortunately have no idea how closely shit like this is being looked for.

  15. 15.

    schrodingers_cat

    October 26, 2018 at 11:32 am

    @rikyrah: Random lone wolf will be the official line. But I agree with you FWIW.

  16. 16.

    trollhattan

    October 26, 2018 at 11:33 am

    With no windows how do you parallel park?

    There once was a man from Florida…

  17. 17.

    Gravenstone

    October 26, 2018 at 11:34 am

    @rikyrah: Possible this was the schmuck/patsy who did the parcel drops, as they likely have video or stills. Obviously we’ll learn more with time.

  18. 18.

    germy

    October 26, 2018 at 11:34 am

    @rikyrah:

    this was a CELL

    I hope they can get him talking in custody. Hope he gives them the names of his friends/helpers.

  19. 19.

    trollhattan

    October 26, 2018 at 11:34 am

    False flagvan!!!

  20. 20.

    The Dangerman

    October 26, 2018 at 11:35 am

    Luckily, this asshole didn’t do something really terrible like accost someone in a Restaurant.

  21. 21.

    Gin & Tonic

    October 26, 2018 at 11:35 am

    @rikyrah: I dunno. White guy in his 50’s, I’ll bet he’s on SSDI and has lots of free time.

  22. 22.

    The Moar You Know

    October 26, 2018 at 11:35 am

    Laughing my ass off looking at the pics of that van. Might as well have spray-painted on the side “I MAKE BOMBS FOR TRUMP”.

  23. 23.

    Duane

    October 26, 2018 at 11:37 am

    Florida Man!

  24. 24.

    germy

    October 26, 2018 at 11:38 am

    In Trump's third tweet since the announcement of an 11th and a 12th bomb, he finally mentions the bombs. But he only mentions them to complain that they have slowed his "momentum." Not to express concern. Not to even say that he is being briefed.— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 26, 2018

  25. 25.

    r€nato

    October 26, 2018 at 11:39 am

    I may just have to tune into Fox News Channel to see how they spin/not cover this. Who wants to take the other side of the bet that they avoid showing close-ups of the pro-Trump shit on his van?

  26. 26.

    Horse_dave

    October 26, 2018 at 11:39 am

    I think you’re correct. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was/is using mind control to make the haters look bad. It’s the only possible explanation.

  27. 27.

    schrodingers_cat

    October 26, 2018 at 11:40 am

    Has Ron DeSantis said anything, yet?

  28. 28.

    trollhattan

    October 26, 2018 at 11:40 am

    @germy:
    This is the perfect time to test Trump’s love of waterboarding. “Ticking bomb scenario!”

  29. 29.

    germy

    October 26, 2018 at 11:45 am

    @trollhattan: Ain’t gonna happen. No waterboarding.
    I wonder how many rallies this guy attended, holding up a sign right behind PEETUS.

    And I’m guessing Fox will pixelate or blur the van stickers.

  30. 30.

    Baud

    October 26, 2018 at 11:46 am

    Guy was probably on Obamacare.

  31. 31.

    MisterForkbeard

    October 26, 2018 at 11:50 am

    @Horse_dave: That’s “Debbie Wasserman Shulz”, man. Or didn’t you read the misspelled return label on the bomb?

  32. 32.

    MisterForkbeard

    October 26, 2018 at 11:51 am

    @rikyrah: My guess is that this guy was probably the only real terrorist, but he was egged on and directed towards bomb plans “as a joke” by various 4chan/The_Donald/Breitbart types who shocked, SHOCKED that he would actually do this.

  33. 33.

    Kay

    October 26, 2018 at 11:52 am

    I can’t believe he drove that van for the bomb drop offs.

  34. 34.

    r€nato

    October 26, 2018 at 11:52 am

    what’s the over-under on Trump tweeting that this guy is innocent until proven guilty?

    good people on both sides!

  35. 35.

    cain

    October 26, 2018 at 11:53 am

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    NOW the kitties, who are pestering me to death.

    These must be some extraordinary kitties if they are pestering you to go for a walk. :-)

  36. 36.

    Bruuuuce

    October 26, 2018 at 11:53 am

    CNN reports that in California, a possible thirteenth package has been found, addressed to Kamala Harris. Needs confirmation, but it would be no surprise at all.

  37. 37.

    eric

    October 26, 2018 at 11:54 am

    @r€nato: i am going with “youthful indiscretion.” It worked for Henry Hyde (sort of)

  38. 38.

    schrodingers_cat

    October 26, 2018 at 11:54 am

    TV news at elebenty : Lone wolf with a history of mental illness and then some hand wringing by panel members about civility and both-sides.

  39. 39.

    sherparick

    October 26, 2018 at 11:55 am

    @germy: To turn a phrase, Rush and Fox will say they are wrong when the papier-mache dog catches the asbestos cat in Hades, or in one word “No.”

    Finally, the NYT gives a face for the U.S. – Saudi Arabian Alliance. May we hang our heads in shame.

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/26/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-war-yemen.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

  40. 40.

    germy

    October 26, 2018 at 11:55 am

    FBI agents were seen seizing and towing a white can covered in stickers soon after he was taken into custody. Some of the decals appeared to include pictures of Trump, but agents covered the van with a tarp before removing it from the scene.

    https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/federal-authorities-arrest-bomb-suspect

  41. 41.

    r€nato

    October 26, 2018 at 11:56 am

    right now right-wing bloggers are frantically searching the web to find anything at all to tie this guy to the left. “He had a New Revised Standard Version of the Bible on his bookshelf, not King James Version! Obviously a liberal!”

  42. 42.

    dmsilev

    October 26, 2018 at 11:57 am

    @Kay:

    I can’t believe he drove that van for the bomb drop offs.

    I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that this guy was not exactly Professor Moriarty.

  43. 43.

    dmsilev

    October 26, 2018 at 11:58 am

    @r€nato: No no no. False Flag! Liberal Conspiracy to try to frame conservatives!

  44. 44.

    The Moar You Know

    October 26, 2018 at 11:59 am

    My guess is there will end up being 14 bombs (14 words)

    @A Ghost To Most: didn’t and probably wouldn’t have thought of this, but I’d lay down cash money on the chance of you being right.

  45. 45.

    Sloane Ranger

    October 26, 2018 at 11:59 am

    Slightly off topic but is it legal in the US to drive a vehicle with so much of the back and side windows covered?

  46. 46.

    Cheryl Rofer

    October 26, 2018 at 11:59 am

    Not a single Andrew Gillum sticker that I can see…

    Pics of the bomber’s van. Of course, the guy’s a soccer fan if anyone was wondering what his motives were. pic.twitter.com/UxGH0ELNCl

    — Mark Lancia (@mlancia) October 26, 2018

  47. 47.

    chris

    October 26, 2018 at 11:59 am

    Here’s yer false flag.//

    @CBSMiami I have some pictures of this van I saw him at a stoplight one day and thought is was very strange. pic.twitter.com/VWUwznJK8k— Mahmud mohamed (@thereal_mo01) 26 October 2018

  48. 48.

    JaySinWA

    October 26, 2018 at 12:00 pm

    @sherparick: There is always the FBI patsy entrapped by undercover agent story to play.

  49. 49.

    Cheryl Rofer

    October 26, 2018 at 12:01 pm

    NBC's Tom Winter reports suspect in package bomb case is Cesar Sayoc, Jr. He is a FL resident from NY. @MSNBC

    — Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) October 26, 2018

  50. 50.

    CliosFanboy

    October 26, 2018 at 12:01 pm

    @chris: LOL, was about to post same thing…

  51. 51.

    germy

    October 26, 2018 at 12:02 pm

    If that’s what his van looks like, can you imagine what the inside of his house must look like?

  52. 52.

    Steve in the ATL

    October 26, 2018 at 12:02 pm

    @Kay: trump supporter demonstrates poor judgment? Unheard of!

  53. 53.

    Captain C

    October 26, 2018 at 12:03 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: Someone should point out that “look what YOU lib-ruls made ME do” is abuser talk.

  54. 54.

    Baud

    October 26, 2018 at 12:03 pm

    @Sloane Ranger: I’ve seen vans with no side or back windows, so I assume it’s legal.

  55. 55.

    r€nato

    October 26, 2018 at 12:03 pm

    There is a photo out there that is a close-up of the side of the van. It is 100% right-wing pro-Trump anti-left memes. One of Michael Moore with a target on his face. I wish I could post a pic here, don’t want to bother with uploading to my server and posting the link that way.

  56. 56.

    stan

    October 26, 2018 at 12:04 pm

    Holy crap, there are rifle sight crosshairs on some of those photos.

    Yeah, fox news will yell at everyone to ‘stop politicizing mental illness’

  57. 57.

    dmsilev

    October 26, 2018 at 12:05 pm

    @germy: Probably contains a shrine to Trump fashioned out of mashed potatoes colored with cheetos.

  58. 58.

    germy

    October 26, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    @dmsilev: And he calls it “Devil’s Tower”

  59. 59.

    Bex

    October 26, 2018 at 12:08 pm

    @Bruuuuce: If the thirteenth package is for Kamala Harris, the fourteenth must be addressed to Nancy Pelosi. Hoping they stay safe.

  60. 60.

    Kay

    October 26, 2018 at 12:09 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    I’m always scolding criminals on poor practice. I see myself as a coach, really.

  61. 61.

    The Moar You Know

    October 26, 2018 at 12:09 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: Jesus. Well, they’re going to have to go with Plan #2: ignore this, because the “bomber is obviously a Dem” isn’t going to fly here.

  62. 62.

    NonyNony

    October 26, 2018 at 12:12 pm

    I mean, Cesar Sayoc doesn’t sound like a ‘mercan name, so maybe they’ll play up the “dangerous foreigner” angle?

    Naw – they’re going to go with “mentally ill individual” I’d bet. They’ll avoid discussing the politics around it at all – except maybe Shep Smith. He might get into it I suppose.

  63. 63.

    Baud

    October 26, 2018 at 12:13 pm

    @The Moar You Know: You underestimate them.

    But it’ll be interesting to see how they respond when the guy asks Trump for a pardon. And again when Trump gives it to him.

  64. 64.

    Bill Arnold

    October 26, 2018 at 12:13 pm

    @MisterForkbeard:

    My guess is that this guy was probably the only real terrorist, but he was egged on and directed towards bomb plans “as a joke” by various 4chan/The_Donald/Breitbart types who shocked, SHOCKED that he would actually do this.

    This is my guess as well (~50%). If we want to stick with the term stochastic terrorism (I like it, but I like stochastic algorithms in CS, and biology) then it needs to be updated to explicitly cover orchestrated (mass) micro-targeting of easily-influence-able individuals.

  65. 65.

    lgerard

    October 26, 2018 at 12:13 pm

    Funny how lowly rated CNN, and others, can criticize me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of Bombs and ridiculously comparing this to September 11th and the Oklahoma City bombing, yet when I criticize them they go wild and scream, “it’s just not Presidential!”— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 26, 2018

    Love how trump refers to the current spate of Bombs, as if this is a recurring phenomenon and part of the usual political process..

  66. 66.

    Cheryl Rofer

    October 26, 2018 at 12:13 pm

    A bunch of photos of the van are showing up on Twitter. Here’s one.

    OMG. My husband just called and said "Remember that picture I texted you of that crazy Trump van that delivered lunch to my office? THAT WAS THE GUY!" This is the picture he sent me of the van parked at his office on November 1, 2017. #FloridaMan @FBI pic.twitter.com/18BimNzNhi

    — Lesley Abravanel (@lesleyabravanel) October 26, 2018

  67. 67.

    germy

    October 26, 2018 at 12:14 pm

    I see from Sayoc’s resume that his last listed employment was Brett Kavanaugh’s life coach.

    (sarcasm tag)

  68. 68.

    Kay

    October 26, 2018 at 12:14 pm

    @The Moar You Know:

    “CNN sucks”. The van is like a rolling confession.

  69. 69.

    Cermet

    October 26, 2018 at 12:15 pm

    The fake news (aka fox) will spend ten seconds on it in their news program and every single other shit spewing talking head there will ignore it.

  70. 70.

    r€nato

    October 26, 2018 at 12:16 pm

    This is definitely a time when we should follow Dickhead Cheney’s 1% Principle. If there is even a 1% chance that a Trump supporter could be a terrorist, we must act and act decisively to neutralize the threat.

  71. 71.

    Steve in the ATL

    October 26, 2018 at 12:16 pm

    @Bill Arnold:

    stochastic

    Oh man—are we going to have this debate again?!

  72. 72.

    Gin & Tonic

    October 26, 2018 at 12:20 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Maybe?

  73. 73.

    r€nato

    October 26, 2018 at 12:22 pm

    well it’s already started… a FB page named “Indiana People for Arizona Immigration Law” is claiming the guy is a Democrat, therefore Democrats are behind this. Feel free to find that page and deluge them with insults and scorn.

  74. 74.

    Matt McIrvin

    October 26, 2018 at 12:25 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Call it “quantum” for even more fun!

  75. 75.

    germy

    October 26, 2018 at 12:25 pm

    This van looks like what Steve Bannon would turn into if he was a Transformer pic.twitter.com/09jB3pJi56— EL GLIKO (@ElGliko) October 26, 2018

  76. 76.

    Gravenstone

    October 26, 2018 at 12:25 pm

    @lgerard:

    as if this is a recurring phenomenon

    Or someone has given him reason to believe it will become one.

  77. 77.

    Baud

    October 26, 2018 at 12:26 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: I always read that as “scholastic” and I think, when did nerds get so violent?

  78. 78.

    Steve in the ATL

    October 26, 2018 at 12:28 pm

    @Baud: 1984.

    https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0088000/

  79. 79.

    schrodingers_cat

    October 26, 2018 at 12:29 pm

    @Matt McIrvin: Why not? Add chaotic to the mix. Chaotic quantum stochastic terrorism. How did I do?

  80. 80.

    Baud

    October 26, 2018 at 12:31 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Fucking Reagan.

  81. 81.

    debbie

    October 26, 2018 at 12:34 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    None of these photos show the large photo of Hillary in the crosshairs of some weapon.

  82. 82.

    JaySinWA

    October 26, 2018 at 12:35 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: It needs to match the meter of Kokomo for old times sake.

  83. 83.

    dmsilev

    October 26, 2018 at 12:35 pm

    @Baud: As the saying goes, academic politics is so vicious because the stakes are so small.

  84. 84.

    Baud

    October 26, 2018 at 12:37 pm

    @dmsilev: Also goes for blog comment sections.

  85. 85.

    dmsilev

    October 26, 2018 at 12:39 pm

    @Baud: Quite true.

  86. 86.

    Kay

    October 26, 2018 at 12:39 pm

    The bullseyes on the people he targeted are freaky, because they’re in specific places- Clinton is her face, some are on the heart, etc. He took so much care with the placement. Hillary Clinton clearly gets the brunt, BTW. They should up her security. It’s so odd how they still hate her so much because they won! She’s absolutely no threat to them. It’s like winning just made them angrier.

  87. 87.

    catclub

    October 26, 2018 at 12:40 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    White guy in his 50’s

    somebody called this ‘older’. How could it be if I am older than that, … and I am still young?

  88. 88.

    trnc

    October 26, 2018 at 12:40 pm

    @germy: “Hey, don’t most of these people work in the White House?”

  89. 89.

    catclub

    October 26, 2018 at 12:41 pm

    @Baud: no, that’s the school shootings, over in aisle three.

  90. 90.

    r€nato

    October 26, 2018 at 12:42 pm

    @Kay: As I keep saying… angry when their guy loses; even angrier when their guy wins.

    I am starting to think they are just miserable people, period.

  91. 91.

    catclub

    October 26, 2018 at 12:43 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: the mexican drug gangs are using quantum tunneling to get drugs across the border now.

  92. 92.

    r€nato

    October 26, 2018 at 12:44 pm

    you know, when Obama won, then won again, I was happy about it. Not angry AF at those who didn’t like him.

    There is truly something wrong with these people who are fanatical in their devotion to Dear Leader. Like their cult leader, they seem to have a bottomless pit inside of them that cannot be filled up, and knowing that at some conscious or unconscious level just feeds their anger and desire to lash out.

  93. 93.

    El Caganer

    October 26, 2018 at 12:46 pm

    @Kay: I think it’s because they believe in magic, and their lives didn’t magically get better when their team won. Couldn’t possibly be the fault of their White Savior, though, could it?

  94. 94.

    C Stars

    October 26, 2018 at 12:47 pm

    I just need a moment to take in the fact that in a week when a shooter gunned down two African-American senior citizens and then claimed “Whites don’t shoot whites,” and a guy driving this nutso Trump van seems to have sent 13 bombs through our postal service, one of the only discernible tenets of the modern GOP is decrying “identity politics”

    I know the hypocrisy has always been thick with these folks but jfc…

  95. 95.

    r€nato

    October 26, 2018 at 12:47 pm

    rage, like cocaine, is a helluva drug. They were filled with it on a daily basis for eight years and they just can’t kick the habit, even when they got everything they could have possibly wanted two years ago.

  96. 96.

    Kay

    October 26, 2018 at 12:48 pm

    @r€nato:

    @daveweigel
    28m28 minutes ago
    More
    New NPR/PBS/Marist poll has Ds up 10 on generic ballot. This was the poll, a few weeks ago, that sparked the “Kavanaugh backlash/enthusiasm gap” panic among Ds. A few weeks is a long time.

    They need constant infusions of fighting or they trail off and get depressed. They’re like drug addicts. It’ s why Trump gets more and more frantic- he has to keep them juiced up all the time and the hit has to be bigger each time.

  97. 97.

    T Jobe

    October 26, 2018 at 12:49 pm

    Call him the “MAGAbomber” right?

  98. 98.

    schrodingers_cat

    October 26, 2018 at 12:50 pm

    @Kay: He is going to be praising this bomber at one of his rallies before the election.

  99. 99.

    The Pale Scot

    October 26, 2018 at 12:51 pm

    @r€nato:

    we should follow Dickhead Cheney’s 1% Principle.

    If I had won that lottery thingy, that would have been a full page ad in every paper in the US for a next two years

  100. 100.

    Kay

    October 26, 2018 at 12:57 pm

    @schrodingers_cat:

    He has to keep ratcheting it up because really he’s a bore. He’s the loudmouth at a country club who everyone patiently endures. He uses those dumb words- “spectacular”, all those, because there’s no real energy or interest in what he’s saying.

    I can’t bear his voice. It has so much self-regard in it. Such a broad braggy sound. Ugh. It’s like nails on a chalkboard. My husband watches CSPAN and I have to leave the room. I can’t do it.

  101. 101.

    schrodingers_cat

    October 26, 2018 at 12:59 pm

    @Kay: I didn’t watch TV news for over a year, including the Snooze Hour. And even now I can take it in only in small doses.

  102. 102.

    Amir Khalid

    October 26, 2018 at 1:02 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer:
    Thank God, no Liverpool FC club badge.

  103. 103.

    efgoldman

    October 26, 2018 at 1:36 pm

    @MisterForkbeard: More jackals. Huzzah. Stil jackals hall

  104. 104.

    Miss Bianca

    October 26, 2018 at 1:40 pm

    @efgoldman: efg, huzzah you’re here! Been hoping to ‘see’ you again!

  105. 105.

    A Ghost To Most

    October 26, 2018 at 1:54 pm

    There has to be a Dallas Cowboys sticker on that van somewhere.

  106. 106.

    Ruckus

    October 26, 2018 at 3:54 pm

    @Kay:
    They won but there is still no magic happening. There are still blacks actually walking free. There are women running for office, far more than ever before. They won but things aren’t the better they thought they’d be. They know the truth, but they can not admit it, they are pretty useless as humans. They know it, we know it and they know we know. They are ratcheting up because they can’t understand how the rest of the world doesn’t see things in plain black and white like they do. They know only two sides of anything. And their side isn’t getting anywhere. They won, why isn’t everything better? My answer is of course that they are full of shit. They are so full of shit it’s coming out their ears, nose and throats and it’s all they can see, smell and taste.

  107. 107.

    John Fremont

    October 26, 2018 at 5:21 pm

    @stan: Doncha know , they were surveyors scopes!
    Sarah Palin can explain it to you.

  108. 108.

    John Fremont

    October 26, 2018 at 5:23 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: Yes, for his passion. Just like those supporters of his who mugged a homeless man.

  109. 109.

    Duane

    October 26, 2018 at 6:31 pm

    @efgoldman: Really late but HI EFG. How old are you?

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