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awoke_in_2003

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40. If I ever got the money...

Reply to kentuck (Reply #39)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 08:27 PM

Dec 2015

I would leave this place (the US) behind. We are becoming an insane country. Somewhere in Scandinavia, if I could swing it. Sure, it is cold, but there is some semblance of sanity there.

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Do you think the two terrorists were connected to a larger cell?? [View all] kentuck Dec 2015 OP

Yes. nt dumbcat Dec 2015 #1

I think so. How many is the question. nt B2G Dec 2015 #2

I think they were lone actors KT2000 Dec 2015 #3

Possibly MowCowWhoHow III Dec 2015 #4

He may not have been a police suspect from the get-go, but he sure as hell was on Twitter... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #5

Lone actors who jumped the gun trumad Dec 2015 #6

I think people do acts such as this out of desperation... kentuck Dec 2015 #13

I agree Glitterati Dec 2015 #43

I agree newblewtoo Dec 2015 #7

The could be self-radicalized outliers hifiguy Dec 2015 #8

nope. I think most likely they were acting on their own. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #9

No. elias49 Dec 2015 #10

Definitely Matrosov Dec 2015 #11

Yes. Dems to Win Dec 2015 #12

It definitely doesn't add up. kentuck Dec 2015 #14

That made no sense nt flamingdem Dec 2015 #16

I seriously doubt it. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #15

Also, does anyone expect the FBI and the government to tell everything they know...? kentuck Dec 2015 #17

Probably. Throd Dec 2015 #18

Which one? The NRA or Gun Owners of America? nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #19

They have likely associated with other people who think like they do n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #20

I am trying to put this in perspective Generic Other Dec 2015 #21

Hey! kentuck Dec 2015 #25

well there might be -some- connection...certainly captured in metadata HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #22

IMHO part of a larger group planning something big 1939 Dec 2015 #23

And his wife went along with him? kentuck Dec 2015 #24

Yes 1939 Dec 2015 #33

Could the John Samir Zawahri shootings and Faisal Mohammad stabbings in California be connected? 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #26

Your OP gives a good reason to think they acted alone. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #27

Yes. TeeYiYi Dec 2015 #28

They were planning on getting away with it. But they made a crucial mistake in that LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #29

+1000. 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #32

No. Lone wolfs just like the other mass murders from the USA. kydo Dec 2015 #30

To me, this looks more work related Politicalboi Dec 2015 #31

Then why all the pipe bombs? 1939 Dec 2015 #34

Excellent point! kentuck Dec 2015 #36

Let's say they are... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #35

Exactly! kentuck Dec 2015 #37

I had people blowing up about this awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #38

They forgot how Obama went to some political event... kentuck Dec 2015 #39

If I ever got the money... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #40

You mean this event? GeorgeGist Dec 2015 #48

Do you think the Columbine shooters were connected to a larger cell?? KamaAina Dec 2015 #41

Don't remember the pipe bombs from Columbine? kentuck Dec 2015 #42

Here you go. KamaAina Dec 2015 #44

Yes melman Dec 2015 #45

Yes. Something triggered 840high Dec 2015 #46

Likely. bigwillq Dec 2015 #47

Nope. I also think the whole story sounds screwy and suspect. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #49