# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/281 "2018-10-26T22:33:29Z")
Hmm, the guy’s not talking, and there is the possibility of more (ticking) bombs out there. Seems like a perfect excuse for some torture. How about it Republicans? Are you as eager to torture a Trumpist as a Middle Eastern maybe terrorist? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/282 "2018-10-26T22:36:13Z")
If you aren’t part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/283 "2018-10-26T22:39:05Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Anybody watching Fox? Rumor is that their coverage blurs out the images all over the MAGAbomber’s van. I’m not going to turn there and find out; however, if any of the posters have obscene words on them, that’s understandable, but AFAIK they do not. Anyway, I came here to say that I just heard on NBC News that in recent months, he worked as a DJ in a strip club. I bet the people who work there have some very interesting things to say about him. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/284 "2018-10-26T22:40:32Z")
according to a family friend, he’s not Native American , parents are Italian and Filipino. Seminole tribe says he has no connection to them. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/285 "2018-10-26T22:41:29Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Don’t they save them up, just in case? Or maybe there’s more than one bomber? Perhaps they think Sayoc is working with someone? And they have yet to catch that other person? > > Presumption of innocence applies, of course, and I hope his trial is fair and open. I would not be surprised if this guy had a low IQ and were borderline handicapped, so any possibility of a railroad or bullying a confession out of him must be excluded. When people are accused of multiple crimes, they usually aren’t charged with all of them, to avoid double jeopardy. I personally believe that this guy has at least average intelligence, or he would have been caught sooner. In addition, he’s smart enough to know not to send bombs that would go off easily, both now and in the past. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/286 "2018-10-26T22:42:58Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > according to a family friend, he’s not Native American , parents are Italian and Filipino. Seminole tribe says he has no connection to them. I had also heard he was of Filipino descent; the surname looks it, and he does too, or rather, half Caucasian and half Filipino. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/287 "2018-10-26T22:45:47Z")
and he was at Trump’s inauguration , for a guy with little money he got around. But I guess living in a van is dirt cheap. Wal Mart lets you park overnight in their parking lots so maybe that was his main place to park. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/288 "2018-10-26T22:46:08Z")
> [@AnthonyElite](#): > > There is nothing right in the head about that guy. > > What he did is undeniably wrong. > > 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. Are you talking about the MAGA Bomber or about Trump? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/289 "2018-10-26T22:48:03Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > DAMN, **AnthonyElite**! I don’t think I’ve ever seen **RTFirefly** quite this angry-sounding. Ya done fucked up, man. I’m not mad at **AnthonyElite**. I’m mad at the Republican Party for having gone from merely wrongheaded to totally vile and abominable, and I’m mad at the people who pretend that Trump isn’t preaching hate and fear, and I’m mad at the people who pretend that there’s daylight between Trump and his party. **AnthonyElite** , I guess you’re in one or more of those categories, but I’m not mad at you personally. The people I’m really mad at are the people who are in a position to take a public stand against what is happening, but who have chosen instead to kowtow to our demagogue of a President. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/290 "2018-10-26T22:53:53Z")
The MAGAbomber’s lawyer said he has struggled for years with “a lack of comprehension of reality.” In other words, he is a typical Trump supporter. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/291 "2018-10-26T23:02:52Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Are you talking about the MAGA Bomber or about Trump? Ive heard it both ways. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/292 "2018-10-26T23:09:40Z")
We’re at the point of the news cycle where the #MagaBomber is only a suspect and we haven’t actually seen the evidence against him, right? Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/293 "2018-10-26T23:15:05Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > We’re at the point of the news cycle where the #MagaBomber is only a suspect and we haven’t actually seen the evidence against him, right? Just saying. I suspect that the people who arrested him have seen evidence against him though. I mean, I _suppose_ it could all just be a Deep State Fake News False Flag arrest, but… naah. I will say though, I’m glad that it doesn’t look like the dude did it for the personal fame and attention, because by god is he getting it, and I’d hate for a crook to get what he wants. Presuming, of course, that he’s actually guilty. Actually fuck it, I still don’t want him to get what he wants even if he’s _not_ guilty. I don’t like his car and that’s enough for me not to be invested in his happiness. ---
**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, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/294 "2018-10-26T23:18:02Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > according to a family friend, he’s not Native American , parents are Italian and Filipino. Seminole tribe says he has no connection to them. Trump should start calling the Magabomber Tonto. That would teach him. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/295 "2018-10-26T23:18:53Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > We’re at the point of the news cycle where the #MagaBomber is only a suspect and we haven’t actually seen the evidence against him, right? Just saying. The FBI says they have matching fingerprints and DNA.Thats good enough for me. I suppose a defense attorney could challenge that in court, but I doubt it would succeed. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/296 "2018-10-26T23:33:51Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > The MAGAbomber’s lawyer said he has struggled for years with “a lack of comprehension of reality.” Ah, the insanity defence gambit. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/297 "2018-10-26T23:37:14Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Ah, the insanity defence gambit. I’m almost expecting him to use the “stand your ground” defence. ---
**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, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/298 "2018-10-26T23:37:46Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The FBI says they have matching fingerprints and DNA.Thats good enough for me. I suppose a defense attorney could challenge that in court, but I doubt it would succeed. Of course the defendant is entitled to a presumption of innocence and a vigorous defense against all charges. That said, no defense attorney is shocked when his/her client is convicted on the basis of strong evidence against him, presented in accordance with our laws. Defense attorneys are the vanguards against abuse of due process. They also know a slam dunk when they see one. I think most of us can see how this will go. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/299 "2018-10-26T23:48:59Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The FBI says they have matching fingerprints and DNA.Thats good enough for me. I suppose a defense attorney could challenge that in court, but I doubt it would succeed. And here’s the substantiation. One hour ago: [Cesar Sayoc: How federal agents caught bombing suspect](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/10/26/cesar-sayoc-how-federal-agents-caught-bombing-suspect/1778755002/) Two hours ago: [How they caught him: Fingerprint led authorities to mail bomb suspect](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/how-they-caught-him-fingerprint-led-authorities-mail-bomb-suspect-n924966) NYT still dragging its feet with these reports, as is typical. (I’m not complaining: they are still on a daily schedule.) So far we have 1 fingerprint and 2 pieces of DNA, both which match previous samples taken from the alleged MagaBomber, who has a criminal background. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454/300 "2018-10-26T23:56:02Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > according to a family friend, he’s not Native American , parents are Italian and Filipino. Seminole tribe says he has no connection to them. I’ve already seen some react to today’s news by trying to make an Elizabeth Warren joke (saying she has re-identified). :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-sending-bombs/823454.md?page=16)