Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Terror update

Hey, just speculating (like Mayor Bloomberg), but it would be kind of interesting if the fertilizer used by this Faisal Shahzad schmuck turned out to have been non-explosive because it was Miracle-Gro liquid lawn feeder or something.

Stacy McCain has a couple of excellent roundups of reporting on the failed attempt to bomb Times Square, including this sweet Tweet from Andy Levy to Bloomberg.

Update - From Swampie in the comments: "If I were to detonate a fertilizer bomb made from products readily available at my place, there'd be a sheep shit cloud visible for miles. And the one made from duck droppings? You don't even wanna know."
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8 comments:

  1. SwampWomanMay 4, 2010 at 9:12 PM

    You...you mean I've been stockpiling Miracle-Gro liquid lawn feeder for nothin'?

    How 'bout hydrangea fertilizer? Surely there must be something lethal about hydrangea fertilizer. I want to be all fertilizered up when the revolution comes.

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  2. SwampWomanMay 4, 2010 at 9:15 PM

    If I were to detonate a fertilizer bomb made from products readily available at my place, there'd be a sheep shit cloud visible for miles. And the one made from duck droppings? You don't even wanna know.

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  3. MerilynMay 4, 2010 at 9:40 PM

    So it was a Pakistani-American? Well guess he was upset about all those people making "fun" of his ah religion on that show......
    By the way a whole heap of fertilzer went missing here in Australia not so long ago, wonder if he has been for a visit down here?

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  4. mojoMay 5, 2010 at 12:27 AM

    I'd like to think the fertilizer manufacturers quietly changed their formulations, perhaps using different mixtures, or less explosive sources of ammonia and nitrogen...

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  5. YojimboMay 5, 2010 at 12:46 AM

    Pssst! Try the citrus stuff. Pass it on, but quietly.


    *Secret Sauce*

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  6. richard mcenroeMay 5, 2010 at 12:56 AM

    Actually it was 99-Cent Store potting soil. Bomb-making skills B+, ESL skills C-

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  7. JPMay 5, 2010 at 2:42 AM

    Aww come on! Give the guy a break, between his mortgage foreclosure (CNN,MSNBC tales of woe) and the Urdu language and caricature's, the poor dude just got confused.

    Like urdu, urcan urgood. They just gave the chore to Urkel.

    Pashto? Well that's a whole nother kettle of fish.

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  8. JPMay 5, 2010 at 6:46 AM

    Ahh yes. The perfect defense. He didn't like Bush.

    I doubt Obama and his trusty partner Holder, will prosecute this insect.

    Uh, Mr. First Golfer, your Tee shot went left. Mr. First Golfer says, "they always do".

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