# Who is sending Bombs? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 24, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454 "2018-10-24T19:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/241 "2018-10-26T19:34:44Z")
It should be noted that in the hours since identifying this suspect, Trump has led chants of “Lock him up” about Soros and a chant of “CNN sucks”. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/242 "2018-10-26T19:37:45Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > A classic example of [stochastic terrorism](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stochastic_terrorism). Like [this guy](https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-accused-groping-woman-flight-trump-grab-women/story?id=58681265)? There was a time when we expected that at least the public behavior of the president didn’t encourage miscreants by example. You know, back in the halcyon days of 2016. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/243 "2018-10-26T19:40:16Z")
So if they charge this guy, what does anyone suppose the charges will be? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/244 "2018-10-26T19:43:26Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > \ > > No, he means that this is somehow Nancy Pelosi’s fault. Because…libtards, Deep State, Democratic operatives, Muslims, birth certificate, immigrants, ISIS, and Famke Jenssen. > > \ > > Stranger I spent a few minutes reading a small alt-right message board and learned they are already dismissing Sayoc as one of their own because he was raised in New York. Apparently that invalidates his cred as a Trump supporter in full. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/245 "2018-10-26T19:44:26Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > So if they charge this guy, what does anyone suppose the charges will be? [Federal authorities have charged 56-year-old Cesar Altieri Sayoc with five crimes including mailing explosives and threatening former U.S. presidents.](https://apnews.com/151f311056594102b23a68404f562b3d) ETA: I’m not sure how sending 12 mail bombs doesn’t result in at least 12 criminal charges. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/246 "2018-10-26T19:46:10Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > It should be noted that in the hours since identifying this suspect, Trump has led chants of “Lock him up” about Soros **and a chant of “CNN sucks”**. Yeah, [this guy](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dqcv0dlWwAALGn0.jpg) isn’t representative of Republicans _at all_… ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/247 "2018-10-26T19:47:48Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > So if they charge this guy, what does anyone suppose the charges will be? The FBI said five counts of sending explosives through the mail and threatening a former President. This is probably because so far they’ve only been able to trace a small number of the bombs to him. If they can link him to more bombs, then they will probably increase the number of charges. ---
**Author:** ![Modesty\_Blaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Modesty\_Blaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modesty_Blaise)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/248 "2018-10-26T19:54:13Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I keep being reminded of [this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKL_I4pJs84) more and more often these past two years… Holy Orwell, Batman. That is eerily…familiar. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/249 "2018-10-26T19:57:16Z")
Let’s see . . . [ul] [li]fraud[/li][li]larceny[/li][li]stupidity[/li][/ul]This guy is a man after Trump’s heart. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/250 "2018-10-26T19:57:35Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > It should be noted that in the hours since identifying this suspect, Trump has led chants of “Lock him up” about Soros and a chant of “CNN sucks”. Who are the crazy ones, again? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/251 "2018-10-26T19:58:51Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I spent a few minutes reading a small alt-right message board and learned they are already dismissing Sayoc as one of their own because he was raised in New York. Apparently that invalidates his cred as a Trump supporter in full. If those guys find out where Trump is from their tiny pinheads are going to explode in minuscule little puffs of smoke. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/252 "2018-10-26T19:59:24Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Federal authorities have charged 56-year-old Cesar Altieri Sayoc with five crimes including mailing explosives and threatening former U.S. presidents.](https://apnews.com/151f311056594102b23a68404f562b3d) > > ETA: I’m not sure how sending 12 mail bombs doesn’t result in at least 12 criminal charges. They probably don’t have evidence directly tying him to some of the bombs yet. Plenty of time to add charges later. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/253 "2018-10-26T20:00:36Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > If those guys find out where Trump is from their tiny pinheads are going to explode in minuscule little puffs of smoke. I know, right? The irony is so rich it makes me ill. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/254 "2018-10-26T20:03:30Z")
> [@AnthonyElite](#): > > He doesn’t represent Republicans in any way. > > You don’t get to pick who claims to be in your group but we don’t want him. If you don’t want him, you shouldn’t have picked a candidate and now a president who is a conniving simple-minded demagogue and does everything possible to attract _ **exactly** _ this sort of imbecile. From the looks of that van, this guy totally worshiped Trump. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/255 "2018-10-26T20:04:13Z")
> [@AnthonyElite](#): > > You don’t get to pick who claims to be in your group but we don’t want him. Seems like he’s learned a lot from Trump: fraud, larceny and stupidity. The three pillars of Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Modesty\_Blaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Modesty\_Blaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modesty_Blaise)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/256 "2018-10-26T20:07:13Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > If those guys find out where Trump is from their tiny pinheads are going to explode in minuscule little puffs of smoke. 😃 That would be fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Modesty\_Blaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Modesty\_Blaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modesty_Blaise)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/257 "2018-10-26T20:10:50Z")
And can we please, please, please officially nickname him The Magabomber? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/258 "2018-10-26T20:12:17Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I’d guess you could Photoshop a bunch of crap into one 24"x30" or larger sheet, head on down to the local Kinkos and they’ll run it for you on the large format printer. Attach to your window and done. Yeahbut he’s also got this [fancy shirt](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dqcv0dlWwAALGn0.jpg)! And also, serious question - I use actual Photoshop because I’ve been using it for like 20 years in my Web career. I’m still a total noob at it, though. And Photoshop itself isn’t cheap. What do actual non-professional idiots use to make these fancy graphics and stuff? People in general don’t seem to understand resolution or layers or anything, and most memes would confirm that. But then there’s nutjobs who put together decent-looking, high-res graphics like the shit on this “vanifesto” and I’m like “wow…” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/259 "2018-10-26T20:20:06Z")
Anybody watching Fox? Rumor is that their coverage blurs out the images all over the MAGAbomber’s van. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/260 "2018-10-26T20:21:45Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > What do actual non-professional idiots use to make these fancy graphics and stuff? People in general don’t seem to understand resolution or layers or anything, and most memes would confirm that. But then there’s nutjobs who put together decent-looking, high-res graphics like the shit on this “vanifesto” and I’m like “wow…” [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/) is a free alternative to Photoshop. But what he has mainly just looks like a lot of memes (or what passes as memes these days) slapped into one big image file, crop the edges into a proper rectangle and save. you could knock that out in Windows Paint if you wanted. You can send various companies an image and have it put on a t-shirt. You can even set the entire thing up online and have it mailed to you without talking to a soul. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454.md?page=14)