Per The Austin Statesman:
9:30 p.m. update: Two men in their 20s have been hospitalized with serious injuries following an explosion in the 4800 block of Dawn Song Drive in Southwest Austin. Officials said their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
What the hell is going on?
ETA: From NY Mag:
Three package bombs have gone off in Austin, Texas, in the past two weeks, and they appear to have targeted members of prominent black families, the president of the local NAACP told NBC News Wednesday.
No indications yet if this latest explosion is related. If it is, hopefully Trump can stop attacking the FBI long enough for them to address these domestic terrorism incidents.
Patricia Kayden
Wow. Just awful.
Amir Khalid
My first thought was “Yet another industrial disaster in Texas”, but that looks like a residential street.
Washburn
What’s going on? A NRA affiliated false flag operation to turn national conversation away from gun control and also kill some minorities and LGBTQA people and allies.
Mike J
@Amir Khalid: Three bombs have killed African Americans or Hispanics at their homes in the past week or two. This looks like the fourth attack.
Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et Al.)
I only hope it’s white people doing this shit.
Barbara
@Mike J: Based on what I have read the FBI will be able to confirm if they are related by examining the explosives. These are apparently somewhat sophisticated devices.
Jay S
My guess would be white boys playing with pipe bombs blow themselves up. May or not be related to the other bombs.
oatler.
Just another day on the Gaza Strip, when we’re all sniping and slaughtering each other while The Corporation profits.
Mike in NC
O/T: Underdog Vladimir Putin reelected with 75% of the vote.
Mike J
Looks like he contacted them.
Washburn
@oatler.:
Ayep.
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
@Mike in NC:
Is 75% of the vote an even plausible percentage in a modern democracy? Yes, I know it was rigged, but is it in a high office like the presidency (of any nation)?
Wag
@Washburn:
Irresponsible to speculate? I say irresponsible not to.
Major Major Major Major
@Mike in NC: reminds me of a Futurama quote. “Richard Nixon, running unopposed, has been re-elected in a narrow landslide.”
Omnes Omnibus
@Washburn: When are you going to try to sell your thing? Just asking.
tracy ratclif
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: Lyndon Johnson (1964), FDR (1936) and Richard Nixon (1972) were all at 61%, the highest in US history. So Putin calculated to make his win big but not obviously fraudulent.
randy khan
Now, nobody should jump to conclusions about the targeting of prominent black families. Remember, there are good people on both sides.
chuckInAustin
I rarely comment, but I read the blog almost daily.
I’m about 2 miles from the latest explosion. I’m fking pissed off about all this. My gut feeling is this is NOT related to the other explosions. This is just based on news reports. They always characterized the previous explosions as being very sophisticated. But I heard someone on the news mention that one of the injured was hurt by a nail from the explosion. That doesn’t fit with what I’ve heard from the other explosions. (I have no inside info.)
Washburn
@Wag:
It’s the best approach in a Trump world: imagine the most outlandish and disgusting thing imaginable and you’re probably only scratching the surface of the actual depravity …
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
@tracy ratclif:
Regardless, I would still consider 70%+ suspicious.
Peale
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: it’s what would happen I guess if one of our major parties was so nuts that they forgot to file the paperwork to be on the ballot.
andy
the primal scream of white boys: “all lives matter,” except those others.
efgoldman
Corner Stone has been a busy, busy boy.
Major Major Major Major
@Peale: A man can dream…
Betty Cracker
@chuckInAustin: Stay safe!
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
Via The Hill: Trump Presses GOP to Change Senate Rules
Bolding mine. That better be bullshit. They want to ram through as many RWNJ judges as possible. Fascist fucks.
Amir Khalid
@tracy ratclif:
I understand that in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, the incumbent always wins the presidential election by a unanimous vote. This Vladimir Vladimirovich guy is a piker.
Major Major Major Major
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: Ugh.
ETA also you shouldn’t post excerpts that long
efgoldman
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
No quarter. What goes around….
Whistling past the graveyard?
Fuckem!
Mnemosyne
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
Welcome to your wired-for-Republicans media. Republicans blocking a Democratic president’s appointments by refusing to hold hearings is Natural and Right. Democrats refusing to allow a Republican president’s nominees to have a hearing is Bad and Wrong.
Calouste
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: Jacques Chirac got 82% in a runoff against Le Pen.
Mary G
@efgoldman: Prove it in November, asshole. Merrick Garland sends his regards.
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
@Major Major Major Major:
I’ll try not to in the future.
Corner Stone
@efgoldman: Troll.
(((CassandraLeo)))
@Mary G: Red Wedding reference? Formulating a response to the colour symbolism of this metaphor is giving me a headache.
eric U.
weird, I had John Cole muted on twitter somehow. I was wondering why I didn’t see any tweets from him.
sukabi
Betty, do you or can you get the Palm Beach Daily News? Apparently they are running a full page ad that’s awesome
NotMax
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
My journalism prof would have blue pencilled that along with the notation “Too precious. Don’t pussyfoot!”
rikyrah
Domestic terrorism in Austin
TS
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
Well they learned about not allowing votes for the judicial branch from the turtle. The pot and kettle are strong with this b.s. And the media conveniently forgets who should be the newest member of the SCOTUS
Gretchen
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: Infuriating! How dare they complain about obstruction after they stole a seat on the Supreme Court! They may experience unintended consequences if the Senate goes Democratic and they don’t get a single person confirmed for the next 2 years, and then get no say under the next Democratic administration. Hahahahahaha.
Arclite
Really? Trying to kill blacks with bombs? In 2018??? WTF
Arclite
@rikyrah:
Oh, no no. We can’t call it “terrorism”, because blacks are being targeted. We must use the proper term: “anti-black intimidation tactics.”
joel hanes
@sukabi:
full page ad
brutal.
A quibble: the accursed one is depicted attempting to penetrate the Kalahari.
Should be Washington DC.
Mike J
Thank god the hipsters are ok!
Jay
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
3 Paragraph’s are the standard for reposting with out the Author’s permission.
seaboogie
I am glad to have this place where I can safely say that tonight – I just want to shout and yell and break things.
SectionH
@chuckInAustin: Copy cat assholes? I’m pretty fond of Austin* myself, and hope so hard that the asshole/s get caught asap.
*It was driving through a lot of the rest of Texas I wasn’t fond of. Although, tbh, I can say honestly nice things about other places in TX too. Mostly cities of course.
Major Major Major Major
@seaboogie: I feel you.
Doug R
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
Even Alan Keyes running against Barrack Hussein Obama for Senate in Illinois got 27% which we figured was the Keynes threshold, being Cheney’s popularity rating at the tail end of the W Bush presidency. Putin’s pushed it past that. I know it’s not as extreme as Stalin’s 99 per cent votes, but come on…..
TOP123
@chuckInAustin: I drove by that area twice today, coming right back by there (on the cuthrough from 71, Sw pkwy) only a couple of hours before. It does worry me, too, about copycat attacks; I remember seeing a smashed in windshield on Keonig with police and ambulance and officers interviewing witnesses after the rock thrower on 35 was caught. I still don’t know what happened there, but the image sticks with me.
WTF is happening here?
eta to simplify ? @ end
sukabi
@joel hanes: come on. Do you really think drumpf can find DC on the globe?….
Arclite
@Mike J:
Hey man. Hipster lives matter.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@sukabi: Trump knows where DC is, he’s got a hotel there.
sukabi
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I know that, but can he find it on an unmarked globe?
Anyway, I love the ad linked above and was just being a smartass.
Amir Khalid
@sukabi:
I doubt Trump could find DC on a marked globe.
TenguPhule
Trump’s base is getting more and more violent.
TenguPhule
@efgoldman:
Red Flag. Out of bounds. 10 Onion penalty.
Patricia Kayden
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: I enjoyed reading the entire thing. It’s amazing how Jesus’ adage: “Do unto others as you would like done to yourself” is completely ignored by Republicans.
Patricia Kayden
@TenguPhule: Getting? They were attacking protesters during his campaign rallies. This is just a continuation of those rallies and Charlottesville where they killed a protester and beat up others. Such “good people”.
R. Bailey
Writing from San Antonio. It is my understanding that the latest Austin explosion involved a trip wire that was set off by two bicyclists. Black families do appear to be being targeted.
G-d (or all the gods at once, if you prefer) help us. Definitely entering into The Crazy Years.