{"id":106687,"date":"2018-10-25T16:36:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T20:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=106687"},"modified":"2018-10-25T16:38:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T20:38:06","slug":"106687","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=106687","title":{"rendered":"Is this what the blue bombs look like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>4Chan Trolls Mock &#8216;False Flag&#8217; Bomb Scare By Making Parody &#8216;Bombs&#8217; Of Their Own<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->Chris Menahan<br \/>\nInformationLiberation<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"imgleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/YV2czak.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"1\" \/>You&#8217;ll no doubt be shocked to learn the &#8220;weaponized autists&#8221; at 4Chan are not buying the latest bomb scare targeting Democrats less than two weeks out from the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, CNN&#8217;s Jim Acosta shared images of one of the suspect devices he says was sent to CNN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photos of the bomb and package sent to CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nBq3ArtChJ\">pic.twitter.com\/nBq3ArtChJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Acosta (@Acosta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acosta\/status\/1055147149158219778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/DqSito3X4AAlVGg.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/DqSito8WsAA4uHj.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nThe New York Times reported Wednesday that bomb technicians who studied the device said it &#8220;had hallmarks&#8221; of a &#8220;fake explosive&#8221; of &#8220;the kind more typically depicted on television and in movies, rather than devices capable of detonating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Some bomb technicians who studied photos of the device [&#8230;] suggested that the bomb sent to CNN had hallmarks of fake explosives \u2014 the kind more typically depicted on television and in movies, rather than devices capable of detonating&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nJ97wDpvs9\">https:\/\/t.co\/nJ97wDpvs9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Ismay (@johnismay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnismay\/status\/1055253426471399424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the New York Times\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/24\/nyregion\/clinton-obama-explosive-device.html\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/johnismay\/status\/1055253426471399424\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"7\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><b>None of the devices harmed anyone, and it was not immediately clear whether any of them could have.<\/b>\u00a0One law enforcement official said investigators were examining the possibility that they were hoax devices that\u00a0<b>were constructed to look like bombs but would not have exploded.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<b>A digital clock was taped to the middle of the pipe, a feature that experts say is typically shown on fictional bombs in an attempt to ratchet up dramatic tension, but unnecessary in real life.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>In fact, bombmakers generally avoid attaching visible clocks to their devices to keep from tipping off their targets about when the bombs are set to explode.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>4Chan trolls responded\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/boards.4chan.org\/pol\/thread\/190701242\">by sharing<\/a>\u00a0parody &#8220;bombs&#8221; of their own using the &#8220;Autist Cookbook&#8221; which they shared along with comments such as, &#8220;Just got this in the mail, I&#8217;m scared!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540436803754.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540433452922.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540434762199.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/meme11540446085097.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540437106691.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540435683180.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540435945903.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540435684597.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540436615364.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540434738706.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540434946326.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540437265235.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540435887710.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540434441212.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540434066721.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/1540434379887.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, NBC News&#8217;s Ben Collins\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/nbc-news-reporter-blames-fox-news-suspect-mail-bomb-attacks\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0the alleged bomb plot was likely inspired by &#8220;talk radio and Fox News&#8221; rather than &#8220;fringe websites like 4chan and Qanon-adjacent communities on Reddit and Facebook,&#8221; so I&#8217;d say such parody is fair game.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=59252\">http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=59252<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4Chan Trolls Mock &#8216;False Flag&#8217; Bomb Scare By Making Parody &#8216;Bombs&#8217; Of Their Own<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}