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May 31, 2013

Man Arrested In Connection to Ricin Letter Sent to Michael Bloomberg
— Ace

The ricin turns out to be "of poor quality and is a low-level, crudely made poison," said FBI ricin reviewer Mr. Blackwell.

So it's probably not that dangerous but it's the thought that counts.

This story will get some play because the notes tainted with the ricin contained anti-gun-control messages. Obama got a similar one, but it's not confirmed yet that it contained ricin.

Posted by: Ace at 06:24 AM | Comments (133)
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1 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 06:25 AM (/PCJa)

2 I question the timing.

Posted by: stourma at May 31, 2013 06:25 AM (cqZXM)

3 No way! They arrested AG Holder?

Posted by: mugiwara at May 31, 2013 06:26 AM (hpYnL)

4 Would we have heard about it if they had been sent to the NRA with pro gun control messages?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 31, 2013 06:26 AM (RwHQb)

5 What a neat little squirrel.

Posted by: [/i]akula_51 at May 31, 2013 06:27 AM (YesJa)

6 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Okay. Now you're officially open for business.

Posted by: creeper at May 31, 2013 06:27 AM (vbzvs)

7 But is he an Elvis impersonater?

Posted by: rabidsquirrel at May 31, 2013 06:27 AM (IDH+x)

8 He should just say he's sorry and won't do it again. After all, that's good enought for Eric (with)-Holder, right?

Posted by: I'm the honey Badger, BITCH! at May 31, 2013 06:27 AM (Wy05x)

9 Would we have heard about it if they had been sent to the NRA with pro gun control messages? No. Nor if this had been some code-pink whacko. It's only "news" because liberal targets were chosen and (for the first time in my memory) the criminal really appears to be "on our side." Which sucks.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 06:28 AM (/PCJa)

10 Well, we know Ambassador Stevens didn't send them...

Posted by: t-bird at May 31, 2013 06:29 AM (FcR7P)

11 Well, good they got him if he did it. I had been assuming it was a psycho lefty doing a moby bit. Is it clear yet if this guy is a pyscho righty? Not surprised a copycat happened. High profile media cases seem to always spark a copycat.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 31, 2013 06:29 AM (ZPrif)

12 The way these things go I would be on the 60/40 side that this guy is actually on the gun control side and he attempted a false flage operation.

Posted by: buzzion at May 31, 2013 06:29 AM (LI48c)

13
No story here, we already shot him. He lunged at us.

Posted by: FBI at May 31, 2013 06:30 AM (jKWYf)

14 False. Flag.

Posted by: DocJ at May 31, 2013 06:30 AM (zrsn3)

15 And thus the MSM will run with it for months.

Posted by: joncelli at May 31, 2013 06:31 AM (RD7QR)

16 I've been thinking false flag. 24 hour rule?

Posted by: rickl at May 31, 2013 06:31 AM (zoehZ)

17 Come onnnnnn Tea Party!! TFG needs a new pair of poll numbers.

Posted by: RWC at May 31, 2013 06:31 AM (fWAjv)

18 The speed with which these two recent psychos were caught just makes the the 2001 case that much more disturbing. Or did we radically improve our mail tracking forensics ability since then? These guys are getting caught within hours and days it seems.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 31, 2013 06:32 AM (ZPrif)

19 Though I got to thinking about this. Let's suppose you really believed that someone was a Tyrant and wanted to impose his will on the people, removing all of their liberties (that matter). Let's further suppose that a) you cared about that (many don't) and b) you were in a position (or believed you were) to do something about it. We're not talking "Hitler when he was 20" but "Hitler as soon as he was elected Chancellor." If you truly believed that way, would you have a moral duty to act, or would you (even then) be morally restrained until actual Tyranny had come to pass?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 06:32 AM (/PCJa)

20 I question the timing. Also, did the letters use White House stationery?

Posted by: t-bird at May 31, 2013 06:32 AM (FcR7P)

21 Plant.

Posted by: EC at May 31, 2013 06:32 AM (GQ8sn)

22 Prediction: the MSM will run with this to block out any whiff of Scandalmania.

No mention will be made of the young Hispanic Canadian OWS guy who shot a window out of the White House last year.

Posted by: PJ at May 31, 2013 06:33 AM (ZWaLo)

23 You guys would know all this stuff if you'd been at the media strategy session the other day.

Posted by: Eric Holder at May 31, 2013 06:34 AM (FcR7P)

24 Who mails poison letters? Who?

Posted by: The Obsidian Owl at May 31, 2013 10:33 AM (tWmgi)

Woodsy Owl after some Jack Daniels and a letter from his bitch of an ex?

Posted by: joncelli at May 31, 2013 06:35 AM (RD7QR)

25 It'll be sold as the crime of the century.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 31, 2013 06:35 AM (X9npt)

26 MSNBC will be all over it. Has Andrew Sullivan demanded a swabbing of Gov. Palin's uterus yet?

Posted by: USA at May 31, 2013 06:35 AM (VIaw0)

27 Unfortunately all the news reports about how easy it was to make homemade crap seem to have inspired some psychos. This is one reason I'm always afraid to click on any of those links that explain how easy it is. I'm curious, but I don't want to end up on a list somewhere.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 31, 2013 06:35 AM (ZPrif)

28 *looks at clock* *looks at post* *double checks to make sure it actually says "ace"* The hell?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 31, 2013 06:36 AM (da5Wo)

29 Faaaaaake.

Posted by: Phinn at May 31, 2013 06:37 AM (oFH2D)

I'm holding tight, let's recall that in the last case the first guy they arrested was set up.

I'm claiming "cautiousness" is not a conspiracy theory when the feds have a recent record of screwing the pooch on this exact issue.

Posted by: tsrblke at May 31, 2013 06:37 AM (GaqMa)

31 The ricin turns out to be "of poor quality and is a low-level, crudely made poison,"

So he just mailed them the beans then?

Posted by: EC at May 31, 2013 06:37 AM (GQ8sn)

32 Anyone know the caloric content of ricin? I see potentially multiple crimes here.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 31, 2013 06:38 AM (Ec6wH)

33 >>> The hell? Must be that Rick Tempest guy.

Posted by: fluffy at May 31, 2013 06:39 AM (z9HTb)

34 So he just mailed them the beans then? Posted by: EC at May 31, 2013 10:37 AM (GQ8sn) He crushed them first.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 31, 2013 06:39 AM (da5Wo)

35 I'm a little disappointed with myself that my first thought is it is a set -up.

This is how it's become for me, I don't trust things are as they appear anymore.

hate it.

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 06:39 AM (nqBYe)

36 This is yet another case of a known annoying letter writer having his mail intercepted and slapped with some ground up castor beans. Sometimes the MFM needs a little help focusing on what's important.

Posted by: mugiwara at May 31, 2013 06:39 AM (hpYnL)

37 Apparently poor quality stuff is really easy to make. I Googled it yesterday. It should be OK, googling shit like that right? Nothing bad should happen from that.

Posted by: That Guy at May 31, 2013 06:40 AM (iPq1D)

38 Must be that Rick Tempest guy. Posted by: fluffy at May 31, 2013 10:39 AM (z9HTb) Boy, real Ace is gonna be pissed when he finds out that not only is that guy socking him in the comments, but that he's posting as him as well.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 31, 2013 06:40 AM (da5Wo)

39 Hunka hunka burnin' castor oil beans.

Posted by: Obigatory at May 31, 2013 06:41 AM (RD7QR)

40 This is one reason I'm always afraid to click on any of those links that explain how easy it is. I'm curious, but I don't want to end up on a list somewhere.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 31, 2013 10:35 AM (ZPrif)

Coffee Grinder. That's all they said for the last case.

To a certain extent this is kinda like putting cigarettes in a grinder, reducing it to a paste, then coating the letter in it and hoping the nicotine kills your target.

Posted by: tsrblke at May 31, 2013 06:41 AM (GaqMa)

41 Apparently poor quality stuff is really easy to make. I Googled it yesterday. It should be OK, googling shit like that right? Nothing bad should happen from that.

Posted by: That Guy at May 31, 2013 10:40 AM (iPq1D)

http://tinyurl.com/cbwyzko

Posted by: EC at May 31, 2013 06:41 AM (GQ8sn)

42 Patsy.

Posted by: Hunker down and L.I.B. at May 31, 2013 06:41 AM (Cs2tJ)

43 So I'm glad to see the FBI has gotten good at finding perps by following return addresses. How's that Benghazi investigation going?

Posted by: mugiwara at May 31, 2013 06:41 AM (hpYnL)

44 I mean how would anyone that supports personal/ gun ownership think this would be a good idea!

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 06:42 AM (nqBYe)

45 of poor quality and is a low-level, crudely made

Chinese ricin?

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at May 31, 2013 06:42 AM (2iU3x)

46 Boy, real Ace is gonna be pissed when he finds out that not only is that guy socking him in the comments, but that he's posting as him as well.

"Sir, we've traced the blog posts...they're coming from.........INSIDE YOUR HOME!"

Posted by: EC at May 31, 2013 06:43 AM (GQ8sn)

47 ***NEWS FLASH**
*MUST CREDIT PHINN**

The "anti-gun-control message" on the ricin letter has been found --

"Dear Mayor Bloomberg,

Here is some ricin for you. I am a straight white male Republican conservative gun owner. I am taxed enough already! I hate the blacks and the gays and illegal aliens most of all. Don't you dare try to take away my Bible or my guns, you filthy Jewish negro-loving homo. This never would have happened if Bush was still President.

Sincerely,
All white male gun owners everywhere"

Posted by: Phinn at May 31, 2013 06:43 AM (oFH2D)

48 Pro Tip>>>Investigations go a lot faster when you don't take time out to make up bullshit about YouTube videos.

Posted by: USA at May 31, 2013 06:43 AM (VIaw0)

49 See Ace has a poolboy too! Its totally reasonable.

Posted by: Glenn Greenwald at May 31, 2013 06:44 AM (LI48c)

50 Yeah, I'm inclined to believe this is a setup. Our government is left-wing and corrupt.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 31, 2013 06:44 AM (A4r1U)

51 It wasn't the AM / PM button!

Posted by: Jean-Paul at May 31, 2013 06:44 AM (1vp0P)

52 Refreshing Bitter Clinger Surprise: Next time you're in a jam, pull a couple of castor beans from a plant growing by the side of the road, grind them, dust onto a letter, mail to yourself, and ouila -- instant public sympathy. Optional garnish: open a .22 LR round and put a few flakes of propellant in the envelope to set off the explosive sensor as well.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at May 31, 2013 06:44 AM (LJ2uj)

53 50 Pro Tip>>>Investigations go a lot faster when you don't take time out to make up bullshit about YouTube videos. Posted by: USA at May 31, 2013 10:43 AM (VIaw0) Or try and make a fool of the person controlling access to the crime scene.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 31, 2013 06:44 AM (da5Wo)

54 anyway , glad no one was srsly injured.

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 06:44 AM (nqBYe)

55 If you truly believed that way, would you have a moral duty to act, or would you (even then) be morally restrained until actual Tyranny had come to pass? Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther)
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as a Lutheran pastor, contemplated the question at length as he considered an involvement with the assassination plot against Hitler. If you don't know his story, it is well worth reading. In the end, Bonhoeffer concluded that it was better to do evil, than to be evil. The latter being the consequence of being passively complicit with the Nazis. Bonhoeffer was eventually grabbed by the Gestapo. Three weeks prior to Germany's surrender, he was stripped naked, frog-marched to a gallows and hung, because Democratic Socialists, if you get my drift...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 31, 2013 06:44 AM (aDwsi)

56 38 Apparently poor quality stuff is really easy to make. I Googled it yesterday. It should be OK, googling shit like that right? Nothing bad should happen from that. Posted by: That Guy at May 31, 2013 10:40 AM (iPq1D) Nope, nothing at all. Why do you ask?

Posted by: Eric Holder at May 31, 2013 06:45 AM (Exyxi)

*yawn*

Someone threatened Nanny Bloomers? Sorry, let me just check...

*rifles around in Give-A-Shit carry bag*

Nope. All gone.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 31, 2013 06:45 AM (4df7R)

58 The left will, of course, have a field day with this.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 31, 2013 06:46 AM (Exyxi)

59 False flag would be convenient, as the last one was used in attempt to pump up sympathy for the Preciouses, but got completely lost among larger stories.

I keep hearing from neighbors these are recent transplants to the area and no one really knows them that well (wife and hubs)

There is no shortage of nuts in the world, and nuts sometimes move around when they wear out welcomes and employments.

But how squirrely am *I* getting when I begin to think it plausible if unlikely that someone in the government wanted some mileage out of a poison letter campaign.     THANKS OBAMA.

Posted by: Sarah at May 31, 2013 06:46 AM (LYwCh)

60 If you truly believed that way, would you have a moral duty to act, or would you (even then) be morally restrained until actual Tyranny had come to pass? Posted by: AllenG
..............
Only if you knew it for sure, like as a time traveler who knows the outcome. Otherwise, you simply don't know how other things will affect or thwart the tyrant.

Personally, if I had that time machine, I still wouldn't use it to alter history.. you never know if the alternative is worse than the current timeline's history.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 31, 2013 06:46 AM (f9c2L)

61 Texas. Its all Ted Cruz' fault.

Posted by: thunderb at May 31, 2013 06:46 AM (s2BKD)

62 Is this separate from the Ricin incidents a month or so ago? Because, IIRC, they arrested two people in connection with that and the ricin was of poor quality and mailed from the area the first guy who was arrested was living (he was released).

Posted by: Penfold at May 31, 2013 06:47 AM (Fbt5B)

63 Hey what happened to my double-u?

Posted by: SarahW at May 31, 2013 06:47 AM (LYwCh)

64 Is this separate from the Ricin incidents a month or so ago? Because, IIRC, they arrested two people in connection with that and the ricin was of poor quality and mailed from the area the first guy who was arrested was living (he was released).

Posted by: Penfold at May 31, 2013 10:47 AM (Fbt5B)

This is new. I think the letter was received just in the last week.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 31, 2013 06:48 AM (4df7R)

65 Are they calling in TERRAH? or Rightwing Extremism? just sayin..

Posted by: Barry O'Patton at May 31, 2013 06:48 AM (vBe2f)

66 I'm going to say this and I am actually sincere. Presuming they didn't get the wrong guy, I am glad the person was caught and I am glad no one got sick.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 31, 2013 06:48 AM (VtjlW)

67 It's a faaake!

Posted by: Vreenak at May 31, 2013 06:48 AM (MUZDl)

68 so will Bloomey, Big Gulp Banning, Bloomberg ban all mail service in NYC after this?

Posted by: Killerdog at May 31, 2013 06:48 AM (qAUap)

69 At Google we pride ourselves on your privacy and promise to do everything we can to elect liberal Democrats.

Posted by: Eric Schmidt at May 31, 2013 06:49 AM (ZPrif)

70 47 of poor quality and is a low-level, crudely made

Chinese ricin?
Posted by: LC LaWedgie
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Cracked me up..
I am now replacing *another* Chinese made de-humidifier. My old Kenmore lasted for 25 years. None of the Chink pieces have lasted two years. As far as I can tell, there are no U.S made pieces available.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 31, 2013 06:49 AM (aDwsi)

71 We need to aggressively enforce anti-samurai sword legislation.

Posted by: Eaton Cox at May 31, 2013 06:49 AM (QCc6B)

72 "Hey what happened to my double-u?Â " Lolz, sucka!

Posted by: Clinton's aids at May 31, 2013 06:49 AM (wsGWu)

73 Jeebus. Thanks, Drudge. *rage meter engaged*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 31, 2013 06:49 AM (lVPtV)

74 Hey what happened to my double-u?

Posted by: SarahW at May 31, 2013 10:47 AM (LYwCh)

That's weird. And your hash didn't change or anything!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 31, 2013 06:50 AM (4df7R)

75 Pro Tip>>>Investigations go a lot faster when you don't take time out to make up bullshit about YouTube videos.

Posted by: USA at May 31, 2013 10:43 AM (VIaw0)

Pro Tip: A line of questioning ends definitively with multiple head shots.

Posted by: Weimar Republican at May 31, 2013 06:50 AM (Cnqmv)

76 Was it Uncle Ben's Ricin-abox?

Posted by: Marcus at May 31, 2013 06:50 AM (GGCsk)

77 Read Stephen Fry's "Making History". Killing Hitler doesn't make 1919 Munich any nicer

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at May 31, 2013 06:50 AM (MUZDl)

78 He was impersonating an Elvis impersonator

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 31, 2013 06:50 AM (XvrTA)

79 At Google we pride ourselves on working with all legitimately elected Democrat officials.

Posted by: Eric Schmidt at May 31, 2013 06:50 AM (ZPrif)

80 You want to know how these ricin incidents are a setup? It's always 'poor quality, low-level' or in other words, ground up castor bean. Seriously, if someone was determined to kill someone by mailing a tainted letter, don't you think they'd put in slightly more effort in the making of the ricin as well as not put their return addresses on the envelope?

Posted by: mugiwara at May 31, 2013 06:50 AM (hpYnL)

81 68 I'm going to say this and I am actually sincere. Presuming they didn't get the wrong guy, I am glad the person was caught and I am glad no one got sick. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 31, 2013 10:48 AM (VtjlW) I saw a report yesterday that several cops that were first on the scene became ill. Is that not true?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 31, 2013 06:51 AM (da5Wo)

82 Army vet Pro gun Texas Front page everywhere

Posted by: thunderb at May 31, 2013 06:51 AM (s2BKD)

83 Sarah, yes I'm in the same place.

in my defense it's not like we haven't heard BS like they hate the Pres because Racist, (nothing to do with the reason of financial devastation coming our way ) guys in van killing people in DC blamed on anyone Not islam. etc.. Boston bombing they were doing their best to claim Tea Party.. or zimmerman White er hispanic , White hispanic.

Bitter clingers, being put on the terrorist list because we disagree with killing babies. etc..
so feeling set up ..

well it does seem a pretty open and consistently used tactic.

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 06:51 AM (nqBYe)

84 Can all "reasonable" people Now agree we ban the sale, use or display of ricin along with salt and a Big Gulp?

Posted by: Marcus at May 31, 2013 06:51 AM (GGCsk)

85 Was it Uncle Ben's Ricin-abox?
Posted by: Marcus
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Racist!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 31, 2013 06:52 AM (aDwsi)

86 27 MSNBC will be all over it.

I've got this.

Posted by: Joe Scarborough at May 31, 2013 06:52 AM (lVPtV)

87 I saw a report yesterday that several cops that were first on the scene became ill. Is that not true? Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 31, 2013 10:51 AM (da5Wo) Ahh, I phrased that poorly. Yes, people did develop symptoms but last I heard last evening everyone had recovered.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 31, 2013 06:52 AM (VtjlW)

88 At Google we have a strict zero tolerance policy for hate groups -- like the NRA, the Republican Party, and the Catholic Church. We support all legitimate usage of the First Amendment. But we do draw the line at hate speech.

Posted by: Eric Schmidt at May 31, 2013 06:52 AM (ZPrif)

89 Ahh, I phrased that poorly. Yes, people did develop symptoms but last I heard last evening everyone had recovered. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 31, 2013 10:52 AM (VtjlW) Ah, gotcha. Good deal.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 31, 2013 06:53 AM (da5Wo)

90 Coffee Grinder. That's all they said for the last case.To a certain extent this is kinda like putting cigarettes in a grinder, reducing it to a paste, then coating the letter in it and hoping the nicotine kills your target. Unless the person is completely insane (and I would say that means too insane to properly mail a letter) the purpose is to get it to trigger a ricin screen. If it's a false flag, the motive is obvious. If it's not, it's intended to scare the target.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 31, 2013 06:54 AM (z6CE9)

91 I saw a report yesterday that several cops that were first on the scene became ill. Is that not true? Supposedly, yes. Better question. Do you trust them to tell the truth?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 31, 2013 06:54 AM (pHivF)

92 alex, tea.

I do think police became ill. I do not know about mail carriers.

but no fatalities to my knowledge.

thank g-d.

and to the idiot sending poison penned letters, fk u.

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 06:55 AM (nqBYe)

93 > said FBI ricin reviewer Mr. Blackwell.<

Yes, when he not reviewing the latest fashions, Mr. Blackwell tests and rates various poisons.

Posted by: Marcus at May 31, 2013 06:55 AM (GGCsk)

94 Will Post Office call for National Mail Registry?

Posted by: USA at May 31, 2013 06:56 AM (VIaw0)

Posted by: AmishDude at May 31, 2013 10:54 AM (z6CE9)

Eh,

I'm not so sure of this. Every time one of these happens, the news networks pull out their "Ricin assassination!" story from the 80s/90s (whatever).

Then they talk about how "only a few grams can kill!" (but fail to point out that's "Grams of pure ricin" that are inhaled, injested or injected.)

Low Info people may not understand science (and often don't) so the ones that are already tilting crazy may think it's some crazy super poison you can get in your backyard.

Posted by: tsrblke at May 31, 2013 06:56 AM (GaqMa)

96 Coffee Grinder. That's all they said for the last case.To a certain extent this is kinda like putting cigarettes in a grinder, reducing it to a paste ...

More like the perfect treat for a little afternoon me-time, am I right?

Posted by: Phinn at May 31, 2013 06:56 AM (oFH2D)

97 He chopped up the castor beans with a samurai sword. Lutheran Separatist is written all over this guy.

Posted by: eman at May 31, 2013 06:57 AM (cQ4xo)

98 Why would anyone send Bloomberg a letter with ricin? If you really want to get that little turd in a snit sent him a letter loaded with salt

Posted by: Ma Bell at May 31, 2013 06:58 AM (RLdcX)

99 Honestly, what's next? Will Obama personally confirm there are aliens at Area 51?

Sooner or later they will run out of diversions.

Posted by: Marcus at May 31, 2013 06:58 AM (GGCsk)

100 I'm holding tight, let's recall that in the last case the first guy they arrested was set up.
I'm claiming "cautiousness" is not a conspiracy theory when the feds have a recent record of screwing the pooch on this exact issue.

Posted by: tsrblke at May 31, 2013 10:37 AM (GaqMa)

100% in agreement with you here. I reserve judgment until some actual real facts settle out of the cloud of speculation and recrimination.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Pirate Scum of Umbar at May 31, 2013 06:59 AM (hLRSq)

101 Sooner or later they will run out of diversions. 1: Sending a Ricin-laced letter to the POTUS (however much of a f*cking f*cker he is) is not a "diversion." If this guy really did this, I'm glad he got caught. 2: They know that. They're just hoping they have enough distractions to get them to 2016.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 07:00 AM (/PCJa)

102 100 Why would anyone send Bloomberg a letter with ricin? If you really want to get that little turd in a snit sent him a letter loaded with salt --- Why bother with a letter? Send him a 16.9 oz or 20 oz bottle of Coke.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 31, 2013 07:00 AM (zA7Zp)

103 Did they say if it was a powder or what? Would castor oil give the test a hit for ricin?

Posted by: RWC at May 31, 2013 07:00 AM (fWAjv)

104 idiot-I really want to make my case for responsible gun ownership.

so I'm gonna send a letter with ricin to make sure they know i'm a responsible gun owner that should be free to do my own thing.

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 07:00 AM (nqBYe)

105 Would castor oil give the test a hit for ricin? It might, but I think the Post office would have been suspicious when the letter was all drippy when it got dropped off.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 07:01 AM (/PCJa)

106 Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 31, 2013 10:49 AM

Yeah, and it seems that everything at Sears is foreign now, too.

Here's a switch:

http://tinyurl.com/l56fkr2

Motorola smartphones made in the U.S. by a management company in Singapore.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at May 31, 2013 07:02 AM (2iU3x)

107 ok, i'm still having a hard time believing this is real.

really ,write a poison letter , and claiming because of gun rights loss.

like that would be a benefit to you and your idea some how?

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 07:04 AM (nqBYe)

108 Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 11:00 AM (nqBYe) One of these scenarios is true: 1) The guy being blamed didn't do it. 2) He did it, but he's really a lefty. 3) He did it, and he's on the Right, but he's "just crazy." 4) He did it, and he's on the Right- no excuses. In cases 1 or 2, expect the story to get disappeared very quickly. In cases 3 or 4, I'm prepared to say, "I'll apologize for this guy when you apologize for Mao, Stalin, Castro, and Chavez." Or, if not looking for body-counts quite that high: "...when you apologize for the dude who shot Gabrielle Giffords (he was a lefty, remember) and the dude who flew his plane into an IRS building (also a lefty)."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 07:05 AM (/PCJa)

109 This shouldn't influence the gun debate at all. But at this point I think this is smoke and mirrors. The government desperately needs a right-wing terrorist to use as justification for Reeducation.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 31, 2013 07:05 AM (NersQ)

110 It might, but I think the Post office would have been suspicious when the letter was all drippy when it got dropped off. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 11:01 AM (/PCJa) Doesn't have to be drippy. Castor oil is used in reloading sometimes. If it's anything like Hoppes or CLP that shit gets on something and it's a pain to get off. Add the absorbency of paper as well. (just spitballin')

Posted by: RWC at May 31, 2013 07:06 AM (fWAjv)

111 like that would be a benefit to you and your idea some how? Don't look for a rational explanation for an irrational act.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 07:06 AM (/PCJa)

112 and sent from Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas? nothing like trying to put a mark on an already predisposed group

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 07:07 AM (nqBYe)

113 Just because it had antigun-control writing it's obviously Tea Party. Cause no leftywingnut anarchist would EVER , EVER think to be so clever as to send low-grade ricin to Bloomberg and the SCOAMF so they could cause panic and a refreshening of the victim status for both politicians....

I fear false flag ops from the leftards as they start to lose the grip on power that they have... and some of them will indeed do stuff and with the press and judicial system in check, portray Tea Partiers and conservatives as evil incarnate. .. it's only going to get worse I think..

Posted by: Yip at May 31, 2013 07:07 AM (/jHWN)

114 by predisposed i mean ' in Their minds.'

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 07:07 AM (nqBYe)

115 I wouldn't be surprised if a lefty sent this to incriminate a right-winger he didn't like. Historically that's far more likely.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 31, 2013 07:08 AM (NersQ)

116 Instead of one big bonfire at the Reichstag, how about lots of smaller Reichstag fires?

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 31, 2013 07:08 AM (XvrTA)

117 Just because it had antigun-control writing it's obviously Tea Party. Cause no leftywingnut anarchist would EVER , EVER think to be so clever as to send low-grade ricin to Bloomberg and the SCOAMF so they could cause panic and a refreshening of the victim status for both politicians.... I wouldn't be surprised at a false-flag operation, but I've heard excerpts from the letters, and it doesn't sound like the standard lefty caricature. We'll just have to wait to find out.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 07:09 AM (/PCJa)

118 119 Instead of one big bonfire at the Reichstag, how about lots of smaller Reichstag fires? --- Why not? Obama's already supported the use of portable BBQs throughout the nation thanks to pushing the Volt hard.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 31, 2013 07:10 AM (zA7Zp)

119 So, wait. This is all really a 9-dimensional chess match? Shit.

Posted by: [/i]akula_51 at May 31, 2013 07:11 AM (YesJa)

120 letters would have come out of Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas areas soon enough i guess we'll know if the bostonian traveled recently.

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 07:12 AM (nqBYe)

121 sorry ,Shreveport postmark

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 07:14 AM (nqBYe)

122 he is an Army Veteran who works at the Red River Army Depot.

damn it.

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 07:15 AM (nqBYe)

123 If you were sending a ricin letter, ( and you weren't a false flag op) would you not know that postmarks have lead to people for years and years, in books, movies, TV , so it's out there. Would you not then go out of your way... even waaayyyy out of your way to drop your letters off somewhere waaayyy far off from where you live? Hmmm.

Posted by: Yip at May 31, 2013 07:17 AM (/jHWN)

124 Wait, Willow, they know who it is?

Posted by: Yip at May 31, 2013 07:18 AM (/jHWN)

125 Gosh, I'd do the simple thing - hand it to a postman. They aren't equipping mail carriers with Go-Pro cameras yet are they? Since it'd be on the taxpayer dime, I'd guess it's coming from this Admin. They can't go directly to drone-based mail delivery...naturally there's a public sector union involved.

Posted by: [/i]akula_51 at May 31, 2013 07:21 AM (YesJa)

126 Yip at link.

Agents could be seen late Thursday night removing items from the South Maple Street home of a man identified by neighbors as Nathaniel Richardson. Neighbors told KSLA News 12′s Fred Gamble that he is an Army Veteran who works at the Red River Army Depot.

Both Richardson and his wife were questioned at their New Boston home, where they live with their five children.

Posted by: willow at May 31, 2013 07:24 AM (nqBYe)

127 nevermind... I didn't click on the story.. my bad

Posted by: Yip at May 31, 2013 07:24 AM (/jHWN)

128 Why would anyone send Bloomberg a letter with ricin? If you really want to get that little turd in a snit sent him a letter loaded with salt
Tea Partier Assaults Mayor Bloomberg!
Large amounts of NaCl found onsite; police investigate

Posted by: the MSM at May 31, 2013 07:30 AM (9+vDU)

129 Anyone else catch the little (rhymes with brick) stating on TV that he doesn't fear for his safety? This while his 7ft bodygoons scanned the crowd for any threats. The balls on this petty little man, the balls.

Posted by: But Hurdt at May 31, 2013 08:00 AM (9u2hL)

130 What we have here... *removes sunglasses* is a copycat castor bean attack. *scream/wailing guitar*

Posted by: Detective John Kelly, CSI Miami at May 31, 2013 08:34 AM (9eDbm)

131 Is the dude related to anyone at the IRS center in Cincy?

Posted by: PJ at May 31, 2013 10:23 AM (ZWaLo)

132

Memo to mailers of ricin filled letters: Bloomberg hasn't opened a piece of mail since the pony express existed.

Posted by: Puddin' Head at May 31, 2013 10:47 AM (ED/BE)

133 Does the perp enjoy cigars? Where should they be sent?

Posted by: Snapper Head55 at June 02, 2013 03:28 AM (E8ck9)

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