Freedom Caucus currently has 37 members (not including this ridiculous Freedom Force which just... repeats the same thing the Freedom Caucus is already doing, but with a dumber name).

“the Squad is big”—and lucky for us it just got bigger.”

Not only is Busy’s attitude the correct one, from my experience as a parent, it’s also the one that involves the least amount of effort, and I can’t imagine why anyone would take a different approach. Trying to change your kid’s behavior and expressed preferences is really difficult. Anytime I can respond to whatever…

Good stuff, Busy. As the dad of a 14 year-old lesbian, I tip my hat.

The news did. CBS has determined within the first 3 hours of his name being identified that he had an Explosive user permit handler license from NOvember 2013 which expired in November of 2016. Right there.

People are referring to the fact that the RV was playing an audio warning/countdown and telling people to stay away, so it seemed the bomber didn’t intend to kill anyone. Whether a rational person would consider that sufficient to ensure no one got killed is another story.

The cops could have easily checked the Tennessee Dept of Natural resources for a storage and use permit of explosives.

If I found out my spouse was making bombs in the back yard, I would be having a mental health crisis as well...

you forgot to mention that said alleged bomb maker, also previously had a permit as a demolitions/bomb making... guy ...(no idea you can get a permit to deal with explosives as a civilian without working at a rock quarry or other line of work that uses those things.)

Guy who is known to have the skillset to make bombs,…

He used the IRA playbook from the 1980s, basically; car bomb, near a public building but at a time of day when it would be deserted, recorded warnings to evacuate. That was their MO for garnering attention without racheting up the body count at the time.

But if you wanted to take out a massive amount of people this was not the place. He was clearly mentally ill, for all we know he thought something was there that he had to destroy. I did targeting intel in the military, I am not a mental health expert. I would assume if they wanted human casualties they would hit…

Well, he did blare a 15 minute warning that there was a bomb about to go off...

Too bad it’s fucking annoying for you to read that shit. Because if you actually read some articles about this you might have known that the RV was blaring out a warning that a bomb was going to explode in 15 min. Kind of an indicator he didn’t want casualties.

I think folks’ interpretation of intent comes from the fact that the trailer was loudly broadcasting audio warning people that a bomb was going off, complete with a countdown.

They had a lot of options short of bashing in his door. For example, actually interviewing him.

Exhibit A: Amber Guyger.

Won’t solve it. The culture is rotten and internalized misogyny is only going to metastasize in that environment. Like all others who enter the force with the best intentions, the ones with scruples will get drummed out or corrupted and only the cool-girl/pick me-types will survive.

Yeah, but he had his property surrounded by fences, surveillance cameras, and possible trip-wires. Things that totally innocent people do all the time.

Damn straight - so many people could have been killed by a bomb of that size. I know I’m taking liberties in speculating, but....I can just picture these cops chuckling about the vindictive “crazy lady” trying to make her poor man’s life difficult as they call for the ambulance so she can get her head examined. “Unbeli…

This is absolutely disgraceful. The Nashville PD should be counting its lucky stars that all he wanted to do was destroy property, not kill people.