Nashville car bomb
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Yes police received a "Shots fired" call around 6 am. Responding officer noticed the RV and called Bomb Squad. RV exploded with Bomb Squad in route.
It would be a pretty big coincidence that they hit a network hub accidentally.
When you look at the damage, I'm floored how only 3 people got injured and no deaths.
It seems surgically designed to have caused as few casualties as possible. It would be almost impossible to ignite a bomb of that size in the middle of a congested metropolitan area without killing anyone. If you were going to do it, Christmas morning at 6:30 am local time with advance warning so police could evacuate the immediate area would be about the only way you could do it.
Methinks there is a lot more sophistication to this than meets the eye at first glance. When I first heard about it this morning, my immediate reaction was that it was likely going to be some lunatic right winger trying to do a false flag on Antifa/BLM but it looks more like it was an attack on the AT&T network. Hopefully it was a disgruntled AT&T employee who died in the bombing, imo. That's the least unsettling possibility that seems reasonable at this point.
If it was a dirty bomb that was intended to spread radiation rather than immediate casualties, that would be terrifying and might kill Nashville as a city for fifty years.
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Can you explain this a bit more? Is this a possible attack scenario by an individual or group absent some sort of military/government support? That's terrifying.
The whole thing is just layers of bizarre details. From the attack itself to the media and city officials' reaction to it. I've been trying to get new details, and it's like the 2nd or 3rd story in the coverage itinerary. Usually this would be the kind of story consuming all of the news outlet airtime, but it's just not.
To be clear, I do not see any evidence at all that this was a dirty bomb and I assume that the authorities immediately scan for radiation after any "intentional" explosion. This event is such an anomaly that it invites crazy speculation.
If some crazy person wanted to ruin downtown Nashville for whatever reason, packing an RV full of explosives and whatever radioactive material he/she/it could scrounge from medical equipment or whatever and detonating the whole mess on Christmas morning would do it. From my understanding, dirty bombs aren't even particularly that dangerous mathematically because they just slightly increase the long term rates of cancer (I am in no way an expert or know what I'm talking about, this is just based on google research and should be considered 100% ********).
But if COVID has taught us anything, fear is a better weapon than actual death and a dirty bomb at 2nd and Commerce in Nashville would shut that city down for a long *** time.
The mayor's response is bizarre. Why in the hell was he saying that it was a one-off event and there is nothing to worry about? That's insane. Why was he talking already about building 2nd Street back? Maybe he's just utterly incompetent (and that's probably the likeliest explanation).
I'm hoping it is a disgruntled employee who committed an elaborate suicide and knew of a weakpoint in the cellphone network and used that to draw attention to his/her grievance.
The use of a female voice that clearly was not on a loop is another really odd detail. It did not say the same thing over and over. It was the same message with different words and had multiple mistakes. It is also odd that it keeps being referred to as a "recording". Why does it have to be a recording? It could have just been a loudspeaker connected to a woman somewhere else reading a script under coercion.
Nothing here makes sense.
If some crazy person wanted to ruin downtown Nashville for whatever reason, packing an RV full of explosives and whatever radioactive material he/she/it could scrounge from medical equipment or whatever and detonating the whole mess on Christmas morning would do it. From my understanding, dirty bombs aren't even particularly that dangerous mathematically because they just slightly increase the long term rates of cancer (I am in no way an expert or know what I'm talking about, this is just based on google research and should be considered 100% ********).
But if COVID has taught us anything, fear is a better weapon than actual death and a dirty bomb at 2nd and Commerce in Nashville would shut that city down for a long *** time.
The mayor's response is bizarre. Why in the hell was he saying that it was a one-off event and there is nothing to worry about? That's insane. Why was he talking already about building 2nd Street back? Maybe he's just utterly incompetent (and that's probably the likeliest explanation).
I'm hoping it is a disgruntled employee who committed an elaborate suicide and knew of a weakpoint in the cellphone network and used that to draw attention to his/her grievance.
The use of a female voice that clearly was not on a loop is another really odd detail. It did not say the same thing over and over. It was the same message with different words and had multiple mistakes. It is also odd that it keeps being referred to as a "recording". Why does it have to be a recording? It could have just been a loudspeaker connected to a woman somewhere else reading a script under coercion.
Nothing here makes sense.
Hadn't seen this before. Probably unrelated but that's a pretty odd coincidence.
That mayoral interview was the worst interview I have ever seen from an elected official...and I work in politics and have seen thousands.
Giggled, seemed eerily confident that it was a "one off" event, "only saw lots of broken glass"...when it's obvious basically an entire city block was taken out, inspired zero confidence in leadership.
I think he's just a dumbass...but it was weird.
Giggled, seemed eerily confident that it was a "one off" event, "only saw lots of broken glass"...when it's obvious basically an entire city block was taken out, inspired zero confidence in leadership.
I think he's just a dumbass...but it was weird.
It would not shock me if he did it, tbh. I am in no way saying that he did but that reaction was so inappropriate that it would not make it out of the realm of possibility.
It wouldn't shock you that a mayor blew up an entire city block of the city he runs?
I mean, as insane as 2020 has been...that would still be shocking AF.
It is shocking that anyone did that. There is some odd combination of cunning and idiocy here that doesn't make sense. His comments were utterly incongruent with the terror that just happened in his city. That is as terrifying as it gets and he's acting like it was a cat stuck in a tree.
I did not say I think he did it. I affirmatively do not think he did it. But if I were an FBI agent, I'd make sure he (and any associates) was ruled out as a possibility.
A car bombing on Christmas morning and he's glib, seemingly knows the motives of the bomber and talks about the remarkability that no one was hurt, and has some odd assurance that this wouldn't happen again? A car bomb just went off in his city. I don't know anyone who would react like that.
EDIT: I do not in any way hope this becomes some sort of Richard Jewel situation where an innocent man was tarred with an accusation because he acted weird under pressure. That is not my intent at all.
I did not say I think he did it. I affirmatively do not think he did it. But if I were an FBI agent, I'd make sure he (and any associates) was ruled out as a possibility.
A car bombing on Christmas morning and he's glib, seemingly knows the motives of the bomber and talks about the remarkability that no one was hurt, and has some odd assurance that this wouldn't happen again? A car bomb just went off in his city. I don't know anyone who would react like that.
EDIT: I do not in any way hope this becomes some sort of Richard Jewel situation where an innocent man was tarred with an accusation because he acted weird under pressure. That is not my intent at all.
Hank, have you been on 4chan too long? Good grief
The media aftermath of this reminds me of the Las Vegas thing. I expect the Mayor of Nashville to be interviewed exclusively on Ellen, and then disappear.
Baltimore was hit, too.
FBI was aware of the Nashville threat. Probably Baltimore, too. We won’t ever know. This is above us peons.
Baltimore was hit, too.
FBI was aware of the Nashville threat. Probably Baltimore, too. We won’t ever know. This is above us peons.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the Baltimore explosion has nothing to do with Nashville and is likely caused by the construction work.
Yea, just your basic construction accident that shook the city block like an earthquake.
If it was a construction crew, you’d know exactly what happened.
Officials still don’t know what happened.
If it was a construction crew, you’d know exactly what happened.
Officials still don’t know what happened.
Suspects: Jesse Pinkman and Walter White
You are a loon if you discount that those are two odd coincidences. Extrapolating them into some nefarious cabal is lunacy but that is a very odd thing that takes effort. Now weird correlation doesn't mean anything -- look at the Lincoln / Kennedy coincidences for ******** correlation as an example.
But municipal infrastructure doesn't get affected by explosions all that often. Two in three days under unexplained circumstances is very, very unusual. Could be coincidence. Could be something sinister. Probably coincidence but this is very, very odd.
because there are no deaths. National news only cares about deaths.
Surprised the "russia does everything" crowd dont suspect them. A communication hub taken down.
Not antifa, all they do is **** in streets and complain about working while trashing the place.
Its similar to IRA attacks bc they warned before they detonated.
Not antifa, all they do is **** in streets and complain about working while trashing the place.
Its similar to IRA attacks bc they warned before they detonated.
The Paddock would explode if this was somehow tied to Bardstown.
Oh thank God! Now that QAnon's on the case, I'm sure we'll get to the REAL bottom of this ASAP! [roll]
Yea guys let’s just wait on the FBI to solve this!
No we’re definitely better off with kooks making things up and idiots taking it as truth.