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NY governor contradicts NY mayor, says Chelsea blast was terrorism, but says no evidence of international terrorism

Sep 18, 2016 1:28 pm By Robert Spencer

Cuomo may be implying that it was “right-wing extremism,” not jihad, but this really isn’t clear enough to go by. The only thing it establishes is that Cuomo is more realistic and honest than de Blasio. But this still doesn’t make it clear whether or not this was an act of jihad. If our leaders had been this cagey during World War II about who we were fighting, we would be marking the 70th anniversary of the German occupation of Washington.

Andrew Cuomo

“New York blast ‘obviously an act of terrorism,’ governor says,” by Mallory Simon, Tim Hume and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, September 18, 2016:

FBI investigators are still collecting evidence from the scene of a bombing Saturday in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood. “The evidence we’ve collected is being taken to our lab at Quantico for review, and we are following every available lead,” FBI Assistant Director in Charge William Sweeney Jr. said Sunday.

Investigators have not found any evidence that an explosion in New York Saturday was tied to an earlier blast in New Jersey, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday. St [sic]

“We do not have any specific evidence of a connection, but that will continue to be considered. We’re not taking any options off the table,” de Blasio said.

“We know there was a bombing. That much we do know. We know it was a very serious incident,” he said.

“But we have a lot more work to do to be able to say what kind of a motivation was behind this. Was it a political motivation? Was it a personal motivation? We do not know that yet.”

Hours after an explosion injured 29 people in a Manhattan neighborhood, police were scouring the area for evidence Sunday as they tried to pinpoint exactly what — and who — caused the blast.

“A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters Sunday, vowing that authorities will catch whoever is responsible.

The governor said there’s no evidence of an international terrorism link to Saturday’s blast, which shook New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood and sent panicked people scrambling for cover.

“A bomb going off is generically a terrorist activity. That’s how we’ll consider it. And that’s how we will prosecute it,” he said.

Cuomo cautioned that the investigation remains in its early stages and added that no terror group had taken responsibility for the explosion.

In light of the blast, he said 1,000 additional New York State Police officers and National Guard troops will be deployed to patrol bus terminals, airports and subway stations.

The stepped-up security is “just to err on the side of caution,” Cuomo said. “I want New Yorkers to be confident when they go back to work on Monday that New York is up and running and we’re doing everything that we need to do.”

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  1. pdxnag says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    Is Islam a home grown thing now?

    • August West says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 1:58 pm

      “The governor said there’s no evidence of an international terrorism link to Saturday’s blast, ”

      I don’t get this either. I don’t understand the difference between “international terrorism” and “domestic terrorism”. The implication seems to be that “domestic terrorism” is more benign somehow.

      One thing that is notable in this case, is that this could just as easily be a Black Lives Matter event as it could be an Islamic Jihad attack.

      Of course the lines between Black Lives Matter and Islamic Jihad are becoming increasing blurred.

      Anyway – the perpetrators are not “criminals” they are enemy combatants who are within the borders of the US and are conducting military operations. The response should be military, immediate and disproportionate.

      It won’t be.

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 19, 2016 at 11:52 pm

        The suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami, was apprehended in a shootout with police.

        Do you really believe he has nothing to do with Jihad?

    • john spielman says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 3:21 pm

      yep! as long as the Religion of Peace( islam) is present on US soil there will be violence from its adherents and the rest of society as the muslims terrorize us into submission (or death) to become followers of Satan (allah to muslims) or pay protection money -jizya tax

      • Shane says

        Sep 19, 2016 at 9:53 am

        Of course, it was a terrorist attack, the question is was it an Islam-inspired attack or not, and today it looks like that is the case. You can’t expect the liberal mayor of NYC to state it was terrorism because he wants muslim votes.

        • BC says

          Sep 19, 2016 at 11:17 am

          An ‘intentional bomb’ since when are there unintentional bombs? Maybe he got flustered and meant to say intentional ‘explosion’
          We should rename him Blastio.

    • Mong says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 4:05 pm

      Sure, if you believe your government, otherwise not at all. In fact, there’s not even such a thing as an Islamic country, there’s just countries that Islam has taken over. For example, Lebanon was Christian, Afghanistan was Buddhist, etc. So no, there’s no such thing as home grown terrorism, unless you’re talking about the IRA but we’re not in this case.

  2. tgusa says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 2:14 pm

    Weill that is a relief. It is domestic, not international. I feel so so relieved. Thank you governor!

    • خَليفة says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 3:37 pm

      In WWII There were American Nazi demonstrations in CONUS.

      I suppose, them being American nazis made them somehow less dangerous and better than the German nazis? I think not.

      The only thing governor and mayor should say to the public is, “based on the evidence it is too soon to speculate on the who and why of this incident, and for the public to be vigilant and report suspicious activity” – long time JW readers will see it has the hallmarks of jihad, this and the recent jihad activity in New Jersey, Minnesota. You never can tell if THIS was the planned event,,or whether it was a “test run” to gauge how authorities and people respond.

      I personally think that whenever an incident like this happens, if it is linked to any religion, say Islam, then all mosques in a 10km radius will be investigated and if found to have aided or were complicit ( did not report) that said mosques will be shut down permanently, having land and assets confiscated. This would apply to churches, synagogues and temples as well.

      It is odd that in Islam there is not supposed to be innovation, you are not supposed to celebrate new things, yet, Muslims create new days to celebrate by engaging in terrorism. Another example of the dualistic nature of Islam.

      • tgusa says

        Sep 18, 2016 at 5:15 pm

        Agreed.

        “You never can tell” Right, and that is why I inserted the “Say What?” link.

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 19, 2016 at 11:59 pm

        خَليفة wrote:

        In WWII There were American Nazi demonstrations in CONUS
        ……………………….

        This stopped by the time we formally joined the war. But there were Hitler Youth Camps here, a huge meeting of the German American Bund in Madison Square Garden in February of 1939–replete with swastika flags–and a parade in New York City as late as October of the year, when Hitler had already rolled into Poland.

    • Mockingjay says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 5:15 pm

      “Well that is a relief. It is domestic, not international. I feel so so relieved. Thank you governor!”

      – Yeah – I was thinking exactly the same thing.

      How “reassuring” that this terror might be coming from “the inside”.

      Finding out that the enemy is among you, should be the exact opposite of reassuring – it is, and should be presented as, a very, very, profoundly alarming fact.

  3. tgusa says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 2:24 pm

    Say what?

  4. Trico says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    Someone wanna tell Governor Cuomo the “International” Jihadists have been imported into the USA with a fringe benefit Welcome Mat?
    –
    “As Obama’s Syrian Muslim Refugees Pour Into U.S. Islamic Terror Attacks Popping Up All Over”
    goo.gl/nq5KiQ

    • Trico says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 10:35 pm

      Corrected:
      “As Obama’s Syrian Muslim Refugees Pour Into U.S. Islamic Terror Attacks Popping Up All Over”
      –
      http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/obama-syrian-muslim-refugees-pour-into-united-states-islamic-terror-attacks/

  5. BringBackTheCrusades says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 2:35 pm

    It’s domestic in the sense that 9-11 is domestic terrorism in that it took place on US soil…

  6. Angemon says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 3:06 pm

    Was it a political motivation? Was it a personal motivation? We do not know that yet.

    Yes, must have been a personal motivation – some individual dislikes another individual so he/she decides to set off a bomb in the middle of a crowded sidewalk instead of, for example, in the oher guy/girl’s car or house… /sarc. off

    • Mong says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 4:19 pm

      Stop being so rational, it’s not helpful to the Clinton campaign.

    • Greyhound Fancier says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 4:21 pm

      When Mayor DiB. stated that this was a “deliberate act”…well, obviously. Even a nincompoop would know better than to rewire a pressure cooker to a phone.

  7. memridotorg says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 3:23 pm

    the Koran is evidence of international terrorism

  8. Emilie Green says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 3:35 pm

    Like we don’t know that this was the work of Muslims.

  9. Norwegian says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 3:35 pm

    Yeah…that is the same crap media over here puked out too. I had to correct someone today for mentioning it after reading the news..

    Does it fucking matter? Like…if it is “international terrorism” or some stupid random Mohammed suddenly explodes out of the blue?!

    Nooo!

    It is still islam…still low IQ…made even worse by genes degenerated from cousinbreeding…

    • Greyhound Fancier says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 4:23 pm

      As soon as you find out that it was either Mohammed or Ahmed that did it, does it really matter if they saw how to do the bomb online, or if they were coached by someone in a foreign hellhole?

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 20, 2016 at 12:14 am

        GF, you must be psychic! The suspect is Ahmad Khan Rahami.

        But then, your guess was an educated one.

  10. Red Flowers says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 3:47 pm

    Both Cuomo and DeBlasio are left wing whack jobs trying to do the usual (protect our buddies, the Muslims” crap. We’ll see how they spin this one. If you let the left wing kooks run the government, you will have an open border fast. Look at Europe.

  11. davej says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 4:27 pm

    This is open warfare from an ideology that clearly states it’s intent in their “holy book” and teaches it to all their offspring.

    We do not need to tolerate or make excuses for this death cult. Ban the Koran and close the Mosques and Madrases that we foolishly allowed to be built on our own soil.

  12. Bezelel says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 4:28 pm

    The stepped-up security is “just to err on the side of caution,” Cuomo said. “I want New Yorkers to be confident when they go back to work on Monday that New York is up and running and we’re doing everything that we need to do.”
    Just to err on the side of caution, individuals need to arm themselves and be very aware of your surroundings and at all times. And if some kid brings a science project to school that looks like a bomb, call the police. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that I believe this had something to do with islam.

    • Bezelel says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 4:37 pm

      And another thing, are the “stepped up security” measures going to remain in place until the source of the problem has been removed? Or are we going to import hundreds of thousands more opportunities for progressively more and more destructive attacks?

    • Keith Jordan says

      Sep 19, 2016 at 12:04 pm

      I am still suspicious of that “science project”.

  13. John Boston says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 4:50 pm

    My wife, who was born Muslima in Uzbekistan, and who later escaped Islam by moving to Russia, says that nothing will change until the Muslims start knocking down our white picket fences and attacking our families. In other words, until we are not even safe in our own homes, there will be no concerted action.

    Well, I certainly hope she is wrong. Before the recent spate of bombings and the knife attack in the US, there was reported on Friday the gang rape of a 17 yo French girl near the Eiffel Tower by three Algerian men. I cry in my heart when I think of her. I grieve when I see these naive European women hugging Islamic migrants, even kissing them sometimes. They have no clue that they are “spoils of war”, to be enjoyed by the Army of Muhammad.

    Islam has been waging global war, including mass slaughter of captives, rape and sexual slavery, since at least 632. That year, Abu Bakr, the first caliph, sent an army to attack certain Arabian tribes who had apostatized from Islam after Muhammad’s death. The army made a bloodbath of the apostates, and the survivors reverted to Islam.

    Islam has ravaged, raped, and rampaged across 1400 years of history, from its origin in the early 7th century to the latest jihad attacks in the news. I wonder if the West will ever pull its head out of the politically-correct sand to see what is really going on. If we do not, and very soon, then the horrid black flag of ISIS will be flying over our Capitol.

    • Mazo says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 9:41 pm

      I call bullshit on “escape”.

      Uzbekistan was run by an ex Soviet Communist party boss, Islam Karimov who was an atheist sonce he was a Communist party chief. He ran Uzbekistan for the last 26 years before his death and he boiled Islamists alive and slaughtered Islamists. The ex Soviet Communist leaders in Central Asia put on a show of being “Cultural Muslims” while crushing all religious activity.

      The Uzbekistan government allows non-Muslim South Korean men to get Uzbek mail order brides and does not rule by Shariah. Non-muslim men are not required to convert by the Uzbekistan government.

      There is no need to “escape” from Islam in Uzbekistan when it is in fact run by anti religious forces.

      Islam Karimov supportted Uzbek warlord Dostum in Afghanistan. Dostum served in the Communist pro Soviet Afghan army against the mujahideen and Dostum was responsible for mass slaughtering Taliban prisoners stuffed into trucks.

      Islamists like Hizb ut Tahtir hate Karimov and the Uzbekistan government.

      It is the rampant corruption, failed economy and forced cotton picking which makes Uzbeks want to leave.

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 20, 2016 at 12:56 am

        The appalling Mazo wrote:

        I call bullshit on “escape”…
        …………………………

        What crap. While Uzbekistan is nominally secular, it is over 90% Muslim, and apostates are *not* safe there.

        “Persecution of Ex-Muslims (Uzbekistan)”

        http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Persecution_of_Ex-Muslims_(Uzbekistan)

        “Apostates are being refused access to drinking water, subjected to severe beatings, publicly humiliated and hounded out of their homes and jobs for converting to Christianity”

        They are also often jailed.

        “Christians are ‘prisoners of conscience’ in Uzbekistan”

        https://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/05/christians-are-prisoners-of-conscience-in-uzbekistan

        I don’t know if John’s wife is Christian or not; but I doubt very much that Atheists are treated any better.

        More:

        Non-muslim men are not required to convert by the Uzbekistan government.
        …………………………

        Apparently the repulsive Mazo considers anything short of forced conversion of Infidels to Islam to be “moderate”.

        And he wants us to believe that Muslims slaughtering each other is–somehow–proof of how “secular” and ‘moderate’ they are. *Ugh*.

        • Mazo says

          Sep 20, 2016 at 12:18 pm

          Cravenmirage, the Central Asian countriws like Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are run by anti religious ex Communist party bosses. They are against all religions. They eant to turn their citizens into “cultural Muslims” who celebrate Muslim holidays but are atheists in belief who don’t pray, rarely go to Mosque and don’t wear veils and beards in the same sense Richard Dawkins is a cultural Christian who celebrates Christmas.

          They don’t take kindly to western missionaries propagating religions unrelated to their culture.

          I said they were “crushing all religious activity”. Hristian proselytizing is a religious activity. Apparently cravenmirage cannot read. I explained this before about Tajikistan which forcibly shaved beards, restricted Hijab, and restricted Mosque going for children as well as destroying thousands of Mosques and cracked doeb on Christian missionaries but cravenmirage constantly lies. Cravenmirage apparently has an agenda for spreading Christianity.

        • Mazo says

          Sep 20, 2016 at 12:20 pm

          Cravenmirage knows full well I was talking about the South Korean men who go to get Uzbek brides. How stupid does cravenmirage think other readers are?

        • gravenimage says

          Sep 21, 2016 at 1:03 am

          More from the vile Mazo:

          Cravenmirage (sic), the Central Asian countriws (sic) like Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are run by anti religious ex Communist party bosses. They are against all religions. They eant (sic) to turn their citizens into “cultural Muslims” who celebrate Muslim holidays but are atheists in belief who don’t pray, rarely go to Mosque and don’t wear veils and beards in the same sense Richard Dawkins is a cultural Christian who celebrates Christmas.
          …………………………..

          What utter rot. Richard Dawkins is not persecuting Muslim apostates, nor is he advocating that they be persecuted.

          More:

          They don’t take kindly to western missionaries propagating religions unrelated to their culture.

          I said they were “crushing all religious activity”. Hristian (sic) proselytizing is a religious activity. Apparently cravenmirage (sic) cannot read.
          …………………………..

          Muslims consider so much as proclaiming oneself a Christian to be “proselytizing”.

          More:

          I explained this before about Tajikistan which forcibly shaved beards, restricted Hijab, and restricted Mosque going for children as well as destroying thousands of Mosques and cracked doeb (sic) on Christian missionaries but cravenmirage (sic) constantly lies. Cravenmirage (sic) apparently has an agenda for spreading Christianity.
          …………………………..

          Not at all. I am for freedom of conscience, and that includes leaving Islam for any other faith, or for none. I have a clear posting history here of defending *all* the victims of Islam, whatever their faith.

          More:

          Cravenmirage (sic) knows full well I was talking about the South Korean men who go to get Uzbek brides. How stupid does cravenmirage think other readers are?
          …………………………..

          It is orthodox Islam to prevent Muslim women from marrying Infidels, and Mazo believes the Kuffar should be grateful if that is not enforced in Uzbekistan.

          There is no love in Islam.

          Mazo also does not note that supposedly “atheist” Uzbek government funds Mosques, Islamic universities, and the Muftiate. They pay for Muslims to go on the Hadj. Islamic “holy days” are national holidays.

          They occasionally crack down on “extreme” Islam as a danger to the state, but they also designate the peaceful Jehovah’s Witnesses to be a “security threat”.

          There are certainly worse places for Muslim apostates than Uzbekistan in Dar-al-Islam, but this is damning with faint praise. I’m glad John’s wife got out.

        • Mazo says

          Sep 21, 2016 at 1:42 am

          Cravenmirage, the atheist government in China funds the construction of mosques, pays for Muslim government officials to go on official Hajj delegations, and Eid al Fitr and Eid al Adha are official holidays in the Hui Muslim region of Ningxia. The atheist government funds religious schools which train Imams in Ningxia.

          The Salar Muslim World War II war hero Han Youwen went on an official Hajj delegation in the 1990s and was funded by the Communist atheist government. Han Youwen was a government official in Xinjiang. Thousands of new Mosques have been built in Ningxia and Xinjiang, a big portion with government funding.

          Islam and Islamic holidays are regarded as the culture of ethnic minorities in China as western atheists regard Christmas as their culture.

          Religious actitivites for Muslims were funded by the Republic of China government in Taiwan.

          Even the Soviet Union funded muftiates like SADUM, DUMES, DUMZ, and DUMSK. The Soviets hired Islamic clerics to work as Arabic translator and doled out salaries to them on state money. The Soviets sent Muftis to the Middle East to work as Soviet agents and Soviet Hajj delegations were supervised by the KGB.

          The Uzbek government wants to turn Uzbeks into cultural Muslims, with people who celebrate festivites on Eid with feasts and candy but don’t pray daily, don’t go to Mosque on Fridays except on holiday and train clerics who toe the government line and don’t dare propagate religious behavior.

          The Tajik government supervises the contents of Mosque sermons and paya salaries of Imams exactly because it wants to control them.

          The anti religious Uzbek and Tajik governments see Christianity and all other foreign religions as part of western culture and not part of Central Asian identity. They want their citizens to be cultural Muslims who don’t believe in religion.

          Richard Dawkins sees Christianity and celebrating Christmas as part of his western British culture. He doesn’t beleive Jesus is god and values Christian traditions.

          Cravenmirage, if your lies were feces the world would be covered in ctap.

        • gravenimage says

          Sep 21, 2016 at 2:52 am

          Yet more from Mazo:

          Cravenmirage (sic), the atheist government in China funds the construction of mosques…
          …………………………….

          Contrary to what Mazo may believe, we don’t want to see any governments imposing Shari’ah norms–nominally “atheist” or not.

          More:

          Richard Dawkins sees Christianity and celebrating Christmas as part of his western British culture. He doesn’t beleive (sic) Jesus is god and values Christian traditions.
          …………………………….

          Many people celebrate Christmas as secular holiday. This in no way persecutes Muslim apostates. In fact, it harms no one, and no civilized person would have any problem with it.

          More:

          Cravenmirage (sic), if your lies were feces the world would be covered in ctap (sic).
          …………………………….

          Actually, Mazo has been incapable of refuting anything I said.

          And again, I ask him to condemn this bombing of New York City by his foul coreligionists.

          I won’t be holding my breath, though…

        • Mazo says

          Sep 21, 2016 at 1:06 pm

          Cravenmirage again deliberately lies.

          The equivalent would be Dawkins opposing Christians converting to Islam to protect the Christian character of Britain since Islam is not part of his culture. The equivalent would be Dawkins banning Eid while making Christmas a national holiday.

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 21, 2016 at 1:18 am

        And please note that Mazo has not a word of condemnation for this vicious coreligionists bombing New York City.

        And why would he? What is more Islamic than attempting to murder innocent Infidels?

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 20, 2016 at 12:42 am

      John, I’m glad your wife escaped Islam. Kudos to her for being brave and decent enough to do so.

  14. mortimer says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 5:44 pm

    Hey, Cuomo. Just say it! Say “ISLAMIC terrorism”. It’s the truth. “ISLAMIC terrorism.”

    • Champ says

      Sep 18, 2016 at 5:56 pm

      Vote 4 TRUTH!

  15. Waiting says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 6:31 pm

    Bin control, we must have urgent bin control….

  16. AformerMuslim says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 7:34 pm

    Jihad exceeds the boundaries of local and international terrorism.

    Qur’an 9:29—Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the Religion of Truth, from among the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.

    Qur’an 9:73—O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them.

    Qur’an 9:111—Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this, that they shall have the garden; they fight in Allah’s way, so they slay and are slain.

    A Former Muslim
    http://www.aformermuslim.com

  17. Georg says

    Sep 18, 2016 at 8:51 pm

    Nothing is terrorism as terror is Islamic and nobody is Muslim. Just ask IS, KSA, any Western Government or Iran.

  18. Mark Berlinger says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 2:19 am

    Welcome To Obama’s America

    He campaigns for Hillary by cracking #IslamicState and birther jokes. Meanwhile terrorists are actually bombing NY/NJ & a Muslim stabs 8 in Minnesota. In Canada: Machete attack on a cop

    If Hillary brings 250,000 more Muslims into this country next year, better get ready for a lot more Jihad terror. http://tinyurl.com/zdkavmp

  19. TH says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 2:25 am

    The first thing that came to my mind when I heard about this blast that it was Islamic terrorism. That is hat any sane person would think these days. Almost all terrorism in the world these days is Islamic. Wherever the followers of Mahommed are there is killing, maiming, suicide bombing and general mayhem, from the Philippines to Europe to America. They seem to be starting now in South America. Denial of this is a sign of a lack of sanity, in other word madness, which is characterized by denying reality or imagining that one is living a fantasy land. The West is being governed these days by mad people and their cohorts control the media.

    • Waiting says

      Sep 19, 2016 at 3:36 am

      TH,

      Possibly they are completely sane.

      But malign.

  20. Baucent says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 3:53 am

    ” Was it a political motivation? Was it a personal motivation? We do not know that yet.”

    That may be true, but what we do know is it WAS a terrorist attack. That the NY Governor could say “there is no link to international terrorism” before any suspect had been apprehended is unprofessional and simply incorrect. There could very well be a link, which investigations will eventually reveal.

  21. quota raven says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 5:25 am

    ” “The evidence we’ve collected is being taken to our lab at Quantico for review, and we are following every available lead,” FBI Assistant Director in Charge William Sweeney Jr. said Sunday.”

    Somehow my trust and faith in the FBI has greatly diminished after Comi’s atrocious conclusions in the so-called investigation of Hillary’s emails. Glad there are some other law enforcement agencies involved. Hope the FBI doesn’t lose hunks of evidence.

    Cheers!

    quota raven

    • quota raven says

      Sep 19, 2016 at 12:07 pm

      I’m not getting my “confirm follow” emails to receive notifications of follow-up comments from WordPress from this or any other article in today’s JW Digest. Went to WordPress; could not find solution. Anyone have any suggestions?

      Cheers;(

      quota raven

      • quota raven says

        Sep 19, 2016 at 12:13 pm

        Never mind. I won’t receive a notice of any help anyway if it’s a comment here. I DID NOTHING!! The “confirm follow” did not arrive, and followup comments have stopped coming. Go figure. qr..

      • Cecilia Ellis says

        Sep 19, 2016 at 12:30 pm

        Quota, you are not alone. I have not received new posts for two days. Likewise, I can not receive follow-up comments from WordPress or any other JW article. I, too, went to WordPress, having the same end result as did you. Marc is working on the problem.

        • quota raven says

          Sep 19, 2016 at 4:50 pm

          Thank you, Cecilia – In the end, I contacted Marc as well. He’s the Man!
          Hope WordPress gets it straightened out soon with Marc’s velvet glove.))) Cheers! qr

        • marc says

          Sep 20, 2016 at 10:50 pm

          Yes, all benign, some bug/conflict with them (wordpress.com) and NGINX, the server I use, took a while to figure out, first i thought i broke something, for a while it was possibly the lovers of freespeech at it reporting JW as they have been doing on social media recently, I can see lots of people have been nagging WordPress, so it’s not just here that it’s broken, won’t take long for wordpress to fix it.

  22. Nigel GFF says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 6:21 am

    By the look of him methinks he’s caught a whiff of something,
    an ‘odor of mendacity’, perhaps.

  23. Pigs be upon Him says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 6:44 am

    Arab man was seen with suitcase suspiciously walking around before a bomb. Wonder if nobody said anything to avoid islamophobe label. “See something and say something, you’re a racist”

  24. Lesley says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 7:18 am

    Pack provisions to hold you over for a while in case things get hairy, guys. Make a contingency plan with the people you trust in your neighborhood to band together to watch kids or keep watch if necessary. If your area allows for concealed carry, then get your permit and get armed (and get lots of practice so it is a tool you know how to use).

    If you or your loved ones need medicine, try to keep extra medicine around for them.

    We’re not at the point of needing the above yet, but if you start planning now around your daily lives with work and kids, then it will be easier if there are major disruptions.

  25. citycat says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 7:20 am

    International terrorism?
    To Islam the whole world is one nation.
    That is Islam’s extra weapon that the infidels don’t have within and between themselves.
    Infidels are being picked off like flies.
    The gluey islamic cancer is seeping though into every possible infidel unguarded areas, which are ridiculousty many.

  26. Andy Halmay says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 8:08 am

    Politicians like the mayor and the governor are becoming expert at shooting themselves in their feet to destroy their careers. Are they in the employ of Muslim countries or are they trying to follow the Muslim, Obama? Americans as well as people throughout the free world are waking up and losing their patience with the lunatics of the left. To win the war against Islam, we must first remove its apologists and protectors such as Obama, Hillary, Merkel, Trudeau, etc. Their stubborn ignorance can cost us our lives.

    • quota raven says

      Sep 19, 2016 at 5:04 pm

      To Andy Halmay, who sez ” Their stubborn ignorance can cost us our lives.”

      You got that right. I found Gov Cuomo’s remarks following these bombings absolutely infuriating. He ended his self-serving, ignorant speech by more or less saying “Get used to it. This is the way things are, now.”

      And Hillary’s remarks were equally disquieting, if not more so. After all, it was she and Obama who, while lying, baldfaced, to the American people, SET THE MID EAST AND AFRICA ON FIRE, and we are now reaping the benefits of that action, which CREATED.millions of displaced persons (who include current and potential terrorists) they are importing to the USA by the tens of thousands, while releasing the crims from Guantanamo to return to terrorist activities throughout the world.

      Who are these people who continue to support and vote for Hillary? She, like Obama, has blood on her hands for the terrorist attacks within our borders that she and he engineered and enabled and SUPPORTED..Our country has become madder than the world of Alice in Wonderland. But there is no room for humor. none at all.

      Go figure!

      quota raven

  27. Carolyne says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 12:31 pm

    I keep hearing on TV the advice that “If you see something, say something.” Remember the schoolteacher in Texas who did see something in her classroom? It was a timed device which the carrier had plugged into the wall and it sounded its alarm. So, as would be expected, she called the police And, as was the job of the police, they took the owner and his device to the police station.

    It turned out to be an old Radio Shack alarm clock which had been removed from its case and placed in a small container which resembled an attache’ case.

    As a result of seeing something and saying something, the teacher, the school district and the police are being investigated by the Department of Justice and sued for $10 million. The President of the United States called the perpetrator of the hoax, told him the device was “Cool,” and invited him to the White House. MIT offered him a scholarship and Google gave him thousands of dollars worth of high tech equipment. He was invited to speak at the United Nations, and did so. He subsequently was offered a scholarship in Kuwait and he and his family moved there. The last I heard of him, he wanted to come back to Texas. If he did, I am sure he was welcomed with open arms by the idiots who persecuted the people who “Saw something and said something.” No, thanks.

    I don’t want to be sued for $10 million nor do I wish to be persecuted and/or prosecuted by the Department of Justice. I would think twice and maybe more before I said something if I saw something.

    • quota raven says

      Sep 19, 2016 at 5:12 pm

      Carolyne – Thanks for reminding us all of this appalling situation. It is truly BAD here in the USA. Our pols are treacherous, and the citizens are targeted as the victims. I’m about at my wits’ end.

      And here we have Hillary about to be elected president. God help my children and grandchildren.

      Cheers!

      quota raven.

  28. Tony46 says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 1:03 pm

    Not International?
    Ok
    This is local then
    American terrorism created by the elite.
    Next step , Cuomo??

  29. UNCLE VLADDI says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 5:33 pm

    Note written in Arabic.

    Suspicious looking Arab near the scene.

    Arab calls it in, brags “there will be more blood soon!”

    ISIS supporters worldwide take credit for it, laugh at us.

    Therefore, has nothing to do with either Arabs or with islam!

    NOW THIS JUST IN:

    WELL, WELL.

    This just in, from Christopher Cantwell (Sure, he’s a self-proclaimed anti-Semite and racist liberarian “asshole,” but when he’s right, he’s right):

    https://christophercantwell.com/2016/09/19/radical-agenda-ep196-predictable/

    So it seems there were a series of coordinated bombings across New York and New Jersey the other day, but we were informed by Democrats that we should not jump to conclusions as to the motives, or religious or ethnic background of the perpetrator. So we all sat quietly of course, waiting for the government to inform us what their investigation discovered about the attacker. Perhaps it would be a white supremacist, perhaps it would be Pepe himself, whatever the case, surely Donald Trump was responsible in some way.

    Shockingly enough however, the bomber was none other than Ahmad Khan Rahami. Ahmad is a 28 year old naturalized US citizen. He migrated to America from that most wholesome of countries, Afghanistan, which has not at all been known to produce or harbor violent religious extremists. His brother and his father are both named Mohammed, you might like to know.

    Ahmad had previously discovered that he could take advantage of hypersensitive gullible white people when he cried racism in 2011. Ahmed and his family opened up a 24 hour fried chicken restaurant, but local ordinances said the restaurant had to be closed by 10:00pm. Ahmad and his family seemed to think enforcing local ordinances was only done to harass Muslims, and so he sued the police for discrimination.

    The lawsuit was later dismissed with prejudice.

    Ahmad was injured in a shootout with police when they tried to apprehend him. He doesn’t appear to be a very good shot. He reportedly hit one officer in the vest at close range, possibly injuring another in the face, but was “randomly discharging his handgun and one of the officers was able to get close enough to him and return fire” according to what Capt. James Sarnicki with Linden police told CBS2.

    There are a few things worth noting here. Ahmad is not a refugee. He came to America through the same old channels that have always been here, and became a US Citizen. I’m not sure how long he has been here, but it has likely been a considerable amount of time. Similarly to the Pulse Night Club shooter, who was the son of Afghan refugees.

    When refugees and immigrants, be they legal or illegal, come into our country, they pose a threat to our society. Especially those who come from backwards Muslim cultures that are presently at war with us. The waves of migrants pouring into Europe, the illegal immigration into the United States, the remarkably impractical refugee resettlement programs in the US, and all the other demographic suicide policies Western governments have adopted are only beginning to show the earliest symptoms of their true cost.

    This is not just about members of terrorist organizations infiltrating us. This is about second and third generation enemies carrying on blood feuds for generations to come. This is not just about border crossings, or murder. It’s about breeding.

    Each year, the United States permanently admits more than 100,000 immigrants from the Middle East. Hillary Clinton wants to increase this by 500%.

    If we do not stop this from happening, scenes like we saw from this weekend will be no more newsworthy in your neighborhood, than a drive by shooting is in Chicago.

  30. gravenimage says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    NY governor contradicts NY mayor, says Chelsea blast was terrorism, but says no evidence of international terrorism
    ………………………..

    This is either obfuscation–implying it is not Jihad terror–or hair-splitting, implying that it was not a plot specifically planned by ISIS.

    Is this better than saying it wasn’t terrorism at all? Is this our choice with so many of our “leaders” now?

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