Breaking: suspected car bomb explosion in downtown Nashville

[Jason]

16 minutes ago, Joe said:

 

In the US?

 

Trump is part Scottish. 

 

[CayceG]

Interstates ringing downtown are partially shut down. They're sealing off the downtown core. 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

This really does feel like a Theodore "Unabomber" Kaczynski scenario rather than a Timothy "right-wing militia" McVeigh one.

[Littleronin]

Some Proud Boy will get arrested and scream that "It was just a joke, it was a goof. You can't arrest me for a goof."

[Uaarkson]

1 hour ago, CayceG said:

So there was a PA announcement prior to the explosion:

 

 

I do not know the source of this PA--whether it was Police or if it was integral to the RV that exploded. 

 

This is like some shit from a Batman movie. Fucking crazy!

[Jason]

8 minutes ago, Uaarkson said:

This is like some shit from a Batman movie. Fucking crazy!

 

I'm binging Gotham right now and it would definitely fit in.

[Comet]

Seems like someone sending a message before their next action. Hope authorities figure it out quickly. 

[CayceG]

 

There's the RV. 

[Reputator]

25 minutes ago, Comet said:

Seems like someone sending a message before their next action. Hope authorities figure it out quickly. 

 

Yeah this doesn't feel like an isolated event to me. This seems way too plotted out. I'd expect more on the way.

[DarkStar189]

I'm only just hearing about this now. What a fucking weird situation. 

[CayceG]

 

 

 

Flights are shut down. On Christmas. 

 

Shit's fucked. 

[CayceG]

Big bada boom. 

 

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

If this was an infrastructure attack (which it very much appears to be), then this is what is rattling around in my mind:

- Did the perpetrator get "lucky" and really unintentionally cause this much disruption? or

- Did the perpetrator know that this attack would cause this level of disruption which means it's someone who has knowledge of the telecom system in the area?

[CayceG]

17 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

If this was an infrastructure attack (which it very much appears to be), then this is what is rattling around in my mind:

- Did the perpetrator get "lucky" and really unintentionally cause this much disruption? or

- Did the perpetrator know that this attack would cause this level of disruption which means it's someone who has knowledge of the telecom system in the area?

 

I had the same thought earlier. I think it's more likely that it's an accidental wide ranging effect because the knowledge of what taking out a central hub would do is a very small portion of the population. 

 

I also think that this is probably all it will be. When we say "this seems like the beginning of something bigger" because of the wide ranging communications effects, we're basing that off movies and books and what we THINK would happen in some massive terror attack. I hope I'm right in saying that most people that would do something like this really only have the resources to do just one thing. 

[CayceG]

 

 

No identification or indication of whether it might have been the perpetrator or a victim.

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

11 minutes ago, CayceG said:

 

 

No identification or indication of whether it might have been the perpetrator or a victim.

 

 

Please let it be the perpetrator.

[CayceG]

Curfew has been instituted by the mayor. 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm going to my Dad's in a bit to do Christmas there. Cross your fingers I don't get Covid. I'll keep an eye on this stuff later tonight. 

[DarkStar189]

Could be as simple as a disgruntled ex employee. 

[CitizenVectron]

 

[CayceG]

3 hours ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

 

I don't like this stuff because there's just really nothing at all to go on with these backgrounds. 

 

 

It could be that S Mc G is just the account that the security camera thing is associated with. And there's been no reason to post anything publicly from the camera until now. 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Those videos are...interesting.

 

Two of them contain footage from RTE, the Irish state broadcaster.

 

The warning before today's bombing is similar to those issued by the IRA before their bombings in the UK.

 

[chakoo]

 

I do hope they find the culprit soon but this keeps getting stranger. I felt certain it was simply a 5g nut.

[CayceG]

Also, the account with the other videos isn't the same account. I don't know how much S Mc G really narrows things down. 

 

 

For one, S McG is definitely Irish. And a few videos with clearly Irish content... isn't surprising. 

 

But that doesn't mean that S Mc G is the same person. There's a lot of Sxxx McGxxx's in the world. I'm not ready to give this one the full Pepe Silvia. 

[SuperSpreader]

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[Jason]

56 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Those videos are...interesting.

 

Two of them contain footage from RTE, the Irish state broadcaster.

 

The warning before today's bombing is similar to those issued by the IRA before their bombings in the UK.

 

 

Punishing us for our black and tan infatuation? 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Those videos are...interesting.

 

Two of them contain footage from RTE, the Irish state broadcaster.

 

The warning before today's bombing is similar to those issued by the IRA before their bombings in the UK.

 

A bit OT, but speaking of the IRA, the book my wife got me for Christmas this year is Say Nothing, looking forward to reading that one. 

[CastlevaniaNut18]

1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

A bit OT, but speaking of the IRA, the book my wife got me for Christmas this year is Say Nothing, looking forward to reading that one. 

I read that back in the Spring. It was excellent. I'd known very little about the IRA before.

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

14 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

I read that back in the Spring. It was excellent. I'd known very little about the IRA before.

Thanks. I don't know a whole lot about it so I'm really looking forward to it

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

11 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

A bit OT, but speaking of the IRA, the book my wife got me for Christmas this year is Say Nothing, looking forward to reading that one. 

 

11 hours ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

I read that back in the Spring. It was excellent. I'd known very little about the IRA before.

 

11 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Thanks. I don't know a whole lot about it so I'm really looking forward to it

 

I received Say Nothing for Christmas last year - it's an EXCELLENT book!

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

 

[Uaarkson]

Nice.

[CayceG]

Press conference in approximately 30 minutes. I'll see if anything winds up being revealed other than "We know who we're looking for in order to question them."

 

Hopefully we'll get more. 

 

 

Also, I'm curious as to how much this is penetrating the news elsewhere. Obviously it's all over my local news, but I have no impression for how far it's being covered nationally. 

[CayceG]

 

 

 

One of my deductions has proven true. 

[Littleronin]

So have they figured out the 5 McG connection yet?

[CayceG]

The authorities here didn't say anything about a person of interest in their press conference. 

 

 

But there is activity at a house south of town, where police are investigating. 

 

 

 

CBS is reporting that a person of interest has been named. 

 

 

 

 

And since I am a knower of things, I checked out the address they're at. It's on Google Maps... and this is in the yard:

 

 

 

 

Even better, the owner matches the name of the person of interest reported by CBS. 

 

And even stranger than that, I pulled the deed to the property. It was sold by the guy one month ago to some lady in LA for $0.00. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now... The person of interest could have been named just because some neighbor called in the RV tip to the Feds and they did what I did--looked his name up, found his address, and now they're at his place. 

I'm not familiar as to why the house would be sold for $0.00 to someone in LA literally one month ago... But I'm sure they'll be knocking on her door as well.