And yeah, @Atkins this is very odd.

Anyway. I get the feeling as if this election hype.

To at least 70%.

Whomever built this didn't do a good job.

oh yeah, terrible job

Whoever built this wasn't even trying.

Was there even any explosive material?

they should at the very least have used steel instead of PVC

We will never hear about the followup.

What's with the detonator wires looping back over to each other?

That's just weird.

it's not a detonator

it's a solenoid

That is their strategy these days: Make a big deal about breaking a story and then cut it off if the story doesn't fit your narrative anymore.

They have been doing this like clockwork.

OK. Solenoid that's supposed to act as a detonator.

@Undead Mockingbird that's been the strategy since I was born.

They've only been getting more brazen with it.

They splashed the story all over because it supports the narrative:

Orange man bad!
Whammen and Democrats in danger!
We good! Vote us!

detonators are extremely uniform

I have to admit, I'm not super experienced in professional explosives.

Then, when sobriety sets in and the initial emotional shock value wears off, the story suddenly rotates out of the news cycle.

But this thing is just...I don't know. It's not how I'd build it.

*IF* there was a large battery attached to this, it could conceivably be a fire hazard

but that is not going to explode as is.

Like, I'm the kind that would probably use a solenoid

Especially if no white man can be found wearing a MAGA hat and playing video games, the story is killed at that point.

But this thing just isn't going to be very effective.

Like, PVC? No nails?

The Unabomber lived in the woods and never studied anything practical and did better than this.

The same shit they do whenever a black man gets shot:

HE A GOOD BOY!
HE DINDU NUFFIN!

> Facebook posts and prior criminal convictions emerge.

SHUT IT DOWN!

It's all the same MO. The same tired shit.

Again, I'm not going to just buy into the false flag narrative without some proof. But I agree @Atkins this thing's...just not right somehow.

A story gets reported only so long as it fits the narrative and has enough emotional impact.

Do you remember Bush?

Yes, same MO.

Yeah, this has been going on for decades.

ANd I never said it's exclusive to any side.

This is propaganda.

Funny story. Most news through American history was propaganda.

That's why there are still small town papers with "democrat" or "republican" in the name.