Ninja bomb…

That sounds a bit far-fetched,  so perhaps its other nickname,  the “flying Ginsu”,  is easier to understand.  Whatever  you call  it,  it is a small drone-fired missile,  but instead of explosives it has six big blades which shoot out the sides in the final seconds before impact,  shredding everything in its path.

Anything which kills bad guys is a keeper in my book,  and it appears this new weapon allows for an astounding amount of precision  —  just the thing when you don’t have a sniper in place.

 

Zuke confusion…

This German gentleman is no doubt somewhat embarrassed at having mistaken a  large zucchini  for a bomb,  but at least he didn’t make the opposite mistake with potentially deadly consequences.

 

 

Heroes in blue…

If someone tossed a bomb in your car,  would you simply drive off with it in order to protect others?   Most people would bail out and run like hell. A few might be willing to linger long enough to throw it in the trunk before taking off.   These  two cops  drove away to prevent the civilians in Times Square from becoming victims.   Fortunately,  the bomb turned out to be fake,  but the officers did not know that when they took decisive action.   Would you be that brace?

Sanders glow stick recipe…

There’s a recipe for a homemade glow stick circulating on social media for Bernie Sanders fans.   The problem is that it  actually produces  a chlorine bomb,  a quite dangerous thing,  as the video shows.   However, if you passed sixth grade science and can think rationally,  you should be smart enough to realize what the recipe will make.

Times Square bomb…

A T-shirt vendor  noticed the smoke first.  The  Pakistani Taliban are claiming credit for the bomb.    Stewart Baker wants to know where the cameras are (h/t K-Lo at The Corner) showing us the perpetrator getting out of the parked vehicle.    So far all we have is a suspicious looking man in an alley.

And K-Lo  checks in with Matt Mayer on Homeland Security.  If you haven’t read the book she mentions,  please do so —  it explains a lot about what’s wrong with DHS,  and do remember that DHS was the Democrats’ grand idea.   It should surprise no one that it is too big and bureaucratic to do a decent job of anything.

Will this be sufficient to convince His Oneness not to  try KSM in New York?    Don’t count on it.  We’re already getting the by now customary Obama Administration spin of single actor,  amateur, etc.   One hopes having His Oneness keep painting a new bull’s-eye on them will get New Yorkers back on the phones and in their Congress critters offices.

Spring in France…

Printemps is French for spring, and the name of a famous Paris department store. French police have removed explosives from  there news agency Agence France-Presse received a bomb-threat letter from a group calling itself the Afghan Revolutionary Front.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_explosives_defused

As no one has heard of the group, it’s likely a front for one of the usual suspects.  Their demand is for all French troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan.

What do you imagine will be the incentive for various groups if The One carries out his campaign pledge to close Gitmo?

Sen. Sam Brownback has already announced he will fight tooth and nail to keep detainees out of Fort Leavenworth in his home state because he doesn’t want to see his constituents schoolchildren held hostage and murdered on national tv.  Most of his colleagues don’t comprehend the likely consequences of a closure, having grown accustomed to being insulated from such inconvenient details.