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    Hei rukkapojat, the members of this thread;

    in local Finglish, it goes as "ruggaboos" - roughly "tough guys" (may be "good, bad or in between"; but, uniformally of no bull$hit, with calluses on hands, and often feet).

    My only caveat is...
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    Carl,

    I'm told (by Tech's stats) that the male to female ratio in 1960 was 22:1 :); but has hovered at 3:1 since the 1980s :(. The latter would not be atypical for an engineering school. Tech does have a...
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    Jon,

    Think of Michigan Tech (a great basic sci and engineering school - nuts & bolts, etc. !); although it seems the choice is already made for the eldest. Maybe, the next one. ;)

    Regards

    Mike
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    Hei Carl, Stan and Jon,

    from an "anybody else". :D

    9/11 used your (Carl's) airliners as cruise missiles. Diabolically clever.

    I (as a chemist once upon a time, but long out of the game) look on bombs as ranging from...
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    One should be thankful ...

    that there were not a platoon of them, intent on a re-enactment of the Beslan School slaughter.

    Regards

    Mike
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    Breitbart's Timeline,

    from 0121 thru 0254 (currently), with video of shooting, is here.

    Good morning to Europe.

    Regards

    Mike
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    Turning Sheep into Wolves

    Good point.

    I'm not a fan of the entrapment defense: subjectively (Another successful sting); analytically in considering individual cases (Augustin Sting Operation Affirmed by 11th Circuit); and...
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    Presley:

    What are you trying to say here ?

    Regards

    Mike
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    Hi David:

    As Bob Hope (our expat Brit) used to sing - Thanks for the Memory ....

    We should remember context, of course ...

    From the START database (its history and methodology), we have four of the...
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    Judge directs verdicts of aquittal

    From AP-Time, Mich. 'Hutaree' Militia Members Acquitted (by ED WHITE; Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2012):



    Extended coverage:

    A New Name in American Paranoia: The Hutaree Militia

    The Hutaree Among...
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    Augustin Sting Operation Affirmed by 11th Circuit

    The Eleventh Circuit, United States v. Augustin, has affirmed the convictions of Burson Augustin, Stanley Grant Phanor, Patrick Abraham, Rotschild Augustine, and Narseal Batiste (collectively,...
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    Yup, as in ....

    "the case looks pretty straightforward."

    If the charges (physical evidence + defendant's admissions) are proved beyond a reasonable doubt, then it will also be an "open & shut" case. If the...
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    Vanilla ....

    plain ice cream.

    In this case, so far, the complaint and affidavits charge a single-person crime (no conspiracy); single set of "bad things" (all to be assembled by the "single person"); and no...
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    Abdo complaint, etc.

    are here. Vanilla Federal Court case - so far.

    Regards

    Mike
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    Khan indictment

    Here's the Khan indictment and the 27 overt acts.

    Yes, admittedly, “sensitivity training” (if that’s what one should call it), still has a way to go so far as enhancing the "sensitivity" of some...
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    It usually does fail

    From 2005 Michigan Law Review, Psychology, factfinding, and entrapment:



    Still, this "defense" is a favorite of the pro-defendant chattering class.

    Regards

    Mike
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    Bill, take a look at

    my comments in this post, Adding some balance ..., which presents a raw start to a methodology which addresses some of the issues presented in your two paragraphs.

    That approach gives very little...
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    Some tough and slippery questions ...

    contained in just two paragraphs:



    A valid answer to all of these (but certainly not one providing bright lines) is "it depends" - and that answer then expands multi-fold when you get into the...
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    Agreed on the "lone wolf" as a better possibility

    Kehoe of the 1927 Bath School Disaster (with a stictly personal grudge) proves how calculating (and seemingly "professional") a "lone wolf" can be.

    So, when someone says an IED has all the...
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    An unsolved bombing and a Michigan suicide bomber

    The 1920 Wall Street Bombing, centered on Morgan's 23 Wall, was never solved - speculation pointed to an "anarchist" group. It was the worst "man-made disaster" (:rolleyes:) in US history up to that...
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    Quite possibly a "lone wolf"; but,

    David, what evidence do you see (if any) that points to "the extreme nationalist fringe" - whatever "the extreme nationalist fringe" is ?

    Apparently, they investigated the local "neo-nazis"...
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    Another successful sting

    From the DoJ press release, in full at Lawfare, Another FBI Sting Nets Another Would-Be-Bomber:



    The criminal complaint is here.

    This is the second recruiting station incident (the other one...
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    Take such articles with a grain of salt ...

    and I'll take an APC for my headache. Briefly, Salisbury, Salon and TomDispatch (where the article first appeared) have an agenda - in very basic terms, everything the USG does in the "GWOT" (whether...
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    Let's be international ...

    and call it: Draughts. :) My uncle Ed's major claim to fame was being California state checker champion. So, I too would say "checker". And, uncle Ed if still breathing would say there is a hell of a...
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    Hutaree militia bond out

    From the NY Times, Militia Members Released Until Trial in Michigan Plot:



    Judge Roberts' official bio and Wiki.
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