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> Police found pickup truck full of bombs and guns near Capitol The media is just shameless with their lying. They were bottles full of fuel. Commonly called M

> Police found pickup truck full of bombs and guns near Capitol The media is just shameless with their lying. They were bottles full of fuel. Commonly called Molotov Cocktails by anyone who's watched an action movie. BLM also used Molotov Cocktails, can't remember them being called bombs, because that would be a lie I guess. Alabama Man Charged With Possession of Eleven Molotov Cocktails Found Near Protest at U.S. Capitol https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/alabama-man-charged-possession-eleven-molotov-cocktails-found-near-protest-us-capitol https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/alabama-man-charged-posse...

chrononaut 6y ago
> Coffman, 70, told police he had mason jars filled with "melted Styrofoam and gasoline." Federal investigators believe that combination, if exploded, would have the effect of napalm "insofar as it causes the flammable liquid to better stick to objects that it hits upon detonation," according to the court record. > Police also found cloth rags and lighters. The court documents said that those items and the explosive-filled mason jars "in close proximity to one another constitute a combination of parts" that could be used as a "destructive device." I don't think the article is disagreeing with you. Also, a Molotov cocktail is commonly referred to as a type of bomb: > A Molotov cocktail, also known as a petrol bomb, gasoline bomb, bottle bomb, poor man's grenade, fire bomb (not to be confused with an actual fire bomb), fire bottle or just Molotov, sometimes shortened as Molly, is a generic name used for a variety of bottle-based improvised incendiary weapons. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail
- stefanwlb 6y ago
  I don't think the question is about semantics, but about the hypocrisy of the media which led to our current situation in the first place.
  - detaro 6y ago
    Plenty headlines about "firebombing" at least from summer.
- mcphage 6y ago
  > told police he had mason jars filled with "melted Styrofoam and gasoline." Federal investigators believe that combination, if exploded, would have the effect of napalm "insofar as it causes the flammable liquid to better stick to objects that it hits upon detonation," according to the court record. That’s the recipe for napalm in the old Anarchist’s Handbook. I don’t recall it working very well.
  - grecy 6y ago
    > That’s the recipe for napalm in the old Anarchist’s Handbook. I don’t recall it working very well. I messed around with it as a stupid teenager. In my experience, it works very well.
    - mcphage 6y ago
      Me too... you must have had better luck, then. Maybe I had the ratios wrong?
bsanr2 6y ago
BLM did not use Molotov cocktails. BLM is largely-non-violent. BLM was not the only faction involved in this summer's protests, and even in the cases of major property damage that did occur, were not the perpetrators.
rocketpastsix 6y ago
>BLM also used Molotov Cocktails, can't remember them being called bombs, because that would be a lie I guess. Lets see some proof of this.
- therealdrag0 6y ago
  Lmgtfy: - https://nypost.com/2020/07/04/alleged-molotov-cocktail-tosser-blamed-attack-on-black-people/ https://nypost.com/2020/07/04/alleged-molotov-cocktail-tosse... - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12596828/portland-protester-set-ablaze-molotov-cocktail-rochester-los-angeles/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12596828/portland-protester-se...
  - rocketpastsix 6y ago
    lol the post and the sun are hardly paragons of journalism.
    - therealdrag0 6y ago
      Okay let me open the first link and copy the name and google it for other sources: - https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2-lawyers-upstate-woman-with-criminal-history-indicted-in-nypd-firebombings/2459755/ https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2-lawyers-upstate-woma... - https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-molotov-cocktail-suspect-samantha-shader-pleads-not-guilty-report https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-molotov-cocktail-suspect-sama... Interestingly these do use the term bomb and explosive which contradict the comment you originally replied to. But it is true they are mere footnote stories.

chrononaut 6y ago

> Coffman, 70, told police he had mason jars filled with "melted Styrofoam and gasoline." Federal investigators believe that combination, if exploded, would have the effect of napalm "insofar as it causes the flammable liquid to better stick to objects that it hits upon detonation," according to the court record. > Police also found cloth rags and lighters. The court documents said that those items and the explosive-filled mason jars "in close proximity to one another constitute a combination of parts" that could be used as a "destructive device." I don't think the article is disagreeing with you. Also, a Molotov cocktail is commonly referred to as a type of bomb: > A Molotov cocktail, also known as a petrol bomb, gasoline bomb, bottle bomb, poor man's grenade, fire bomb (not to be confused with an actual fire bomb), fire bottle or just Molotov, sometimes shortened as Molly, is a generic name used for a variety of bottle-based improvised incendiary weapons. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail

stefanwlb 6y ago
I don't think the question is about semantics, but about the hypocrisy of the media which led to our current situation in the first place.
- detaro 6y ago
  Plenty headlines about "firebombing" at least from summer.
mcphage 6y ago
> told police he had mason jars filled with "melted Styrofoam and gasoline." Federal investigators believe that combination, if exploded, would have the effect of napalm "insofar as it causes the flammable liquid to better stick to objects that it hits upon detonation," according to the court record. That’s the recipe for napalm in the old Anarchist’s Handbook. I don’t recall it working very well.
- grecy 6y ago
  > That’s the recipe for napalm in the old Anarchist’s Handbook. I don’t recall it working very well. I messed around with it as a stupid teenager. In my experience, it works very well.
  - mcphage 6y ago
    Me too... you must have had better luck, then. Maybe I had the ratios wrong?

bsanr2 6y ago

BLM did not use Molotov cocktails. BLM is largely-non-violent. BLM was not the only faction involved in this summer's protests, and even in the cases of major property damage that did occur, were not the perpetrators.

rocketpastsix 6y ago

>BLM also used Molotov Cocktails, can't remember them being called bombs, because that would be a lie I guess. Lets see some proof of this.

therealdrag0 6y ago
Lmgtfy: - https://nypost.com/2020/07/04/alleged-molotov-cocktail-tosser-blamed-attack-on-black-people/ https://nypost.com/2020/07/04/alleged-molotov-cocktail-tosse... - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12596828/portland-protester-set-ablaze-molotov-cocktail-rochester-los-angeles/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12596828/portland-protester-se...
- rocketpastsix 6y ago
  lol the post and the sun are hardly paragons of journalism.
  - therealdrag0 6y ago
    Okay let me open the first link and copy the name and google it for other sources: - https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2-lawyers-upstate-woman-with-criminal-history-indicted-in-nypd-firebombings/2459755/ https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2-lawyers-upstate-woma... - https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-molotov-cocktail-suspect-samantha-shader-pleads-not-guilty-report https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-molotov-cocktail-suspect-sama... Interestingly these do use the term bomb and explosive which contradict the comment you originally replied to. But it is true they are mere footnote stories.