Nashville Bombing

[Hashi Lebwohl]

A suspicious vehicle in Nashville blew up while parked outside the AT&T Building in downtown Nashville early this morning. Right now, FBI and BATFE are on the scene but there are no real details at this time, other than the extent of the damage.

No suspects or potential motives are being given at this time, but there is one odd fact that stands out: police received calls about the suspicous vehicle and response units were on the way before the explosion happened. Whoever is behind this wanted the police to be present when it exploded, which is why they called in a tip on their own vehicle. Who else would be out and about in downtown Nashville at 6am on Chiristmas morning?

This forces us to ask: what makes a vehicle "suspicious"? In a downtown area, being parked in front of an office building early in the morning on a major holiday is definitely suspicious--anyone working in that building would be parked in its adjoining garage on parking lot.

Anyway....right now all we have is idle speculation and no person or group is claiming credit for it. Probably domestic terrorism because cars do not randomly explode.
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[Hashi Lebwohl]

It was an RV, not a car or truck. Now for the really weird part: the RV was broadcasting a warning that the vehicle was going to explode playing for about 15 minutes before the RV actually exploded. That's right--whoever set it wanted people to know it was going to blow up.

Still no indication about motive or who might be responsible; we probably won't have those pieces of information for a week or so.
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"Now I have an excuse for martial law!"

[Savor Dam]

For Hashi and other Gap fans, a Nick quote:

"Kazes are such fun, don't you think?"

if you were to cast the role of Holt Fasner with a real person, surely by temperment and sheer Me-First attitude, Trump is a leading contender.

Definitely conspiracy-theory territory, but I wouldn't put what Nano suggests past him / his acolytes...
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[sgt.null]

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Eh, there's no way to be sure yet. I can make arguments for either side being responsible should I feel so inclined.

The fact of the warning message and the tips however points to domestic terrorism. That sort of thing suggests that the perpetrators did not actually want people to be harmed by the blast. Not a tactic radicals tend to go for.

Without some sort of statement however, it could as easily be left wing radicals as right wing ones.

--A
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[Brother ur-Nan]

It kind of reminds me of the McVeigh bombing.

[Hashi Lebwohl]

[sgt.null]

McVeigh left no warning.
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[Fist and Faith]

[Savor Dam]

That is a possible interpretation, Fist.

Watch for more kazes. Ward Suka Bator well.

Hashi, be ready to snatch Nathan Alt's credentials and prove what is going on.
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Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.
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[Hashi Lebwohl]

[Hashi Lebwohl]

Apparently human remains were found at the blast site inside the RV; these are also apparently the remains of the "person of interest" investigators were seeking. Domestic terror sucide bomber? That is exceedingly rare for the United States, but not impossible. Strangely, the RV was also broadcasting the song "Downtown" by Petula Clark before exploding. What a shame--that was a decent, uptempo song that I used to hear on AM radio a lot. (there was an AM oldies station in the town where I grew up)

The suspect in question--63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner--lived in a home in Antioch; the VIN recovered from the scene proved that the RV was registered to Warner and satellite photos of the property show an RV parked on it in different spots over time.

Another possible suspect is Michelle Swing, a music producer out of Los Angeles. Warner gave Ms. Swing one home valued at $160,000 in January 2019 via quit claim and another home, also via quit claim, valued at $250,000 only last month. Ms. Swing told reporters that she knew nothing about the homes....which is clearly a lie because a quit claim requires the recipient to accept it. Ancillary documentation: quitclaim deeds. Two things to note here:

[Obi-Wan Nihilo]

[wayfriend]

Why are people asking if Warner was "paranoid" about 5G?

[Brother ur-Nan]

My guess is he was either a Qtard or just someone with a hate boner for AT&T.

[Hashi Lebwohl]

[wayfriend]

He also retired from work just prior to the incident. It looks like he was "managing his affairs", o king of pushing any conspiracy theory that comes along.

Oh, and your logic about FOX news, was, as always, very very peccable.

[Hashi Lebwohl]

I remember back in the day when people were told that high-voltage transmissions lines could cause cancer. I also remember when we were told that cell phones would cause brain cancer. I don't buy into that stuff, regardless of what media source is saying it. I only pick up stores from their site; I don't watch talking head shows--those are nothing but baseless opinion.

But, yes, he was apparently divesting himself of his worldly goods before heading to his eternal rest. Fringe nuts are both fringe and nuts.
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