10 Killed in NOLA

[jon-nyc]

What app is that?

[Mik]

I suspect it was Turo . Airbnb for cars.

[89th]

Yeah it was Turo. I used it a few years ago when it was impossible to get rental cars. It met the need but I haven't used it since because rental cars are accessible again.

[Jolly]

[Mik]

The presser was pretty much a disaster. Lots of platitudes, grandstanding and posturing, no real information. Kennedy was the only person that made much sense.

[89th]

Ah yes the FBI. It's a lawfare just-us organization that needs to be cut while also come on FBI why didn't you stop this?

Also, lost in the headlines, this happened yesterday too: https://apnews.com/article/homemade-bombs-seized-virginia-firearms-c68488480ef8bd3de7b432272399aa28

No, I don't work for the FBI. But I have friends that do, and you would (or wouldn't?) be surprised with how much they thwart beforehand.

[89th]

The terrorist:

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1hrjjk9/corporate_video_of_nola_terrorist_introducing/

[Doctor Phibes]

@89th said in 10 Killed in NOLA:

The terrorist:

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1hrjjk9/corporate_video_of_nola_terrorist_introducing/

Not really what I was expecting. I wonder how much of this was mental health as opposed to religious fanaticism.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in 10 Killed in NOLA:

I wonder how much of this was mental health as opposed to religious fanaticism.

He became radicalized in the last two years. His ex-wife's husband said that it drove her crazy.

[Mik]

He looked more black than Middle Eastern.

[George K]

[LuFins Dad]

Weird.

[Renauda]

@Doctor-Phibes

I wonder how much of this was mental health as opposed to religious fanaticism.

Probably quite a lot. Authorities are now stating they believe he acted alone and no one else was involved as previously thought. Moreover no links are showing up with the Tesla bomb in Vegas.

A rabid lone wolf nutter.

[Jolly]

@89th said in 10 Killed in NOLA:

Ah yes the FBI. It's a lawfare just-us organization that needs to be cut while also come on FBI why didn't you stop this?

Also, lost in the headlines, this happened yesterday too: https://apnews.com/article/homemade-bombs-seized-virginia-firearms-c68488480ef8bd3de7b432272399aa28

No, I don't work for the FBI. But I have friends that do, and you would (or wouldn't?) be surprised with how much they thwart beforehand.

Again, resources are not unlimited.

What are your priorities?

People's lives?

Or an exhibition of power?

[Horace]

I don't know anything about this one. On the list of probabilities, I don't put border issues near the top. Maybe we'll get a manifesto. If there were two of them, linking the Las Vegas guy to the NOLA guy, I would hope we get a manifesto, I mean if we're all in agreement that such a document is of public value.

[89th]

@Jolly said in 10 Killed in NOLA:

@89th said in 10 Killed in NOLA:

Ah yes the FBI. It's a lawfare just-us organization that needs to be cut while also come on FBI why didn't you stop this?

Also, lost in the headlines, this happened yesterday too: https://apnews.com/article/homemade-bombs-seized-virginia-firearms-c68488480ef8bd3de7b432272399aa28

No, I don't work for the FBI. But I have friends that do, and you would (or wouldn't?) be surprised with how much they thwart beforehand.

Again, resources are not unlimited.

What are your priorities?

People's lives?

Or an exhibition of power?

Or an investigation (the I in FBI) into the abuse of power, too. I'm cool with it all. Justice.

[Jolly]

@89th said in 10 Killed in NOLA:

@Jolly said in 10 Killed in NOLA:

@89th said in 10 Killed in NOLA:

Ah yes the FBI. It's a lawfare just-us organization that needs to be cut while also come on FBI why didn't you stop this?

Also, lost in the headlines, this happened yesterday too: https://apnews.com/article/homemade-bombs-seized-virginia-firearms-c68488480ef8bd3de7b432272399aa28

No, I don't work for the FBI. But I have friends that do, and you would (or wouldn't?) be surprised with how much they thwart beforehand.

Again, resources are not unlimited.

What are your priorities?

People's lives?

Or an exhibition of power?

Or an investigation (the I in FBI) into the abuse of power, too. I'm cool with it all. Justice.

Again, Mr. Nail-Jello-To-The-Wall...With finite resources - and that's what you have - what is more important? People's lives or an exhibition of power?

Pick one.

[89th]

You see it as an exhibition. I see it as the judicial process regardless if it’s an elected official.

[Jolly]

@89th said in 10 Killed in NOLA:

You see it as an exhibition. I see it as the judicial process regardless if it’s an elected official.

No, I've got some wisdom and common sense. I know that resources are finite. I also know murder is a more serious crime than trespassing or even assaulting a police officer.

With all the cameras in the Capitol building and the abundance of evidence, Federal law enforcement should have had J6 sorted out in a couple of months worth of investigation. But no, they're still working cases almost four years down the line, for what?

Some unknown idiot who put his feet on Pelosi's desk?

I want you to drop by one of the multiple funerals from the murders in New Orleans and explain to me why you had one fucking junior G-man chasing trespassers from an event four years previous and you can't keep the damn country safe from radicalized Muslim terrorists?

You can't prevent two assassination attempts on a major party POTUS nominee?

You can't stop illegal aliens from entering the country and murdering U.S. citizens?

Remind me again how important the FBI is again...

[jon-nyc]

I wonder in how many of the last, say, 40 years would you have used such logic - ‘but crimes were still committed’ - to define failure in the FBI or any other law enforcement body.

Though I admit when I get a ticket I’m tempted to say the same thing to a cop ‘why are you ticketing me instead of….’ But I know better than to say it.