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BadtotheboneBob

(413 posts)
37. Have to agree with you...
Tue May 1, 2012, 02:11 PM
May 2012

... after looking at the pictures of the accused. All five have that moronic look in their eyes. Plus, provocateurs usually make good their escape. These guys are going down hard.

More agents provocateurs? slackmaster May 2012 #1
Very possible independentpiney May 2012 #4
Well if (huge IF rofl) they are, they REALLY got the look down snooper2 May 2012 #41
Yikes! Those are some 'dos nt independentpiney May 2012 #43
those guys look like they couldn't form a plot more complex than carpooling to their meth dealer yurbud May 2012 #72
They said they were employee's of OWS in Cleveland.... so, wonder how much that pays, may3rd May 2012 #75
Anytime a report about anarchists is released on May Day and says 'infiltrated' HereSince1628 May 2012 #11
Given that the anarchist movement has zero traction in the US Telly Savalas May 2012 #58
this does target them by tainting the brand and while the NAME doesn't get any traction, some of the yurbud May 2012 #73
I've seen agents provocateurs in action Lydia Leftcoast May 2012 #16
nah, im thinking just morons. iamthebandfanman May 2012 #33
Have to agree with you... BadtotheboneBob May 2012 #37
They have a defiant look about them... WCGreen May 2012 #55
Agents idiotiques strikes me as more likely. (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #46
Yes, they were under surveillance for a "long time." joshcryer May 2012 #50
Bomb plot suspect leases Occupy warehouse in Ohio may3rd May 2012 #80
Link only goes to a photo liberal N proud May 2012 #2
I'm seeing the story as well IDemo May 2012 #3
Sounds like right wing militia types. Ganja Ninja May 2012 #5
They must be white or they would have called them terrorists. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #9
Stuff your racist bullshit. xtraxritical May 2012 #21
I'm watching you. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #30
Is this your theme song? snooper2 May 2012 #42
LOL! Baitball Blogger May 2012 #48
The article said they were "self described anarchists." It goes w/o saying they're also terrorists. Honeycombe8 May 2012 #47
Hutaree Redux? Ford_Prefect May 2012 #6
Updated with a less Fox-y source /nt IDemo May 2012 #7
At least a couple of these names/ages are associated with Occupy Cleveland. mn9driver May 2012 #8
They are? Who? And how do you know? Common Sense Party May 2012 #13
Google. Example: mn9driver May 2012 #28
They likely got them talking crazy talk and then at least one of them... joshcryer May 2012 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author Renew Deal May 2012 #10
Bullshit plot. Fuddnik May 2012 #12
Oh, heck, just give it time! SnowCritter May 2012 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author FedUpWithIt All May 2012 #15
An "FBI Sting?" So actually, the idea was the FBI's plant, who probably pushed the others villager May 2012 #17
I agree: this was all about discrediting May Day. tcaudilllg May 2012 #19
This seems to be a common FBI pattern. WHEN CRABS ROAR May 2012 #45
Exactly. Green Scare 101. joshcryer May 2012 #53
Meet the FBI's Informant in the Bridge Bombing Case; Shaquille Azir may3rd May 2012 #70
One imagines the MSM will somehow emphasize this less than the arrests... villager May 2012 #76
Whose idea was it to blow up the bridge at first? Marzupialis May 2012 #18
Apparently the FBI put them up to it. tcaudilllg May 2012 #20
I've seen this type of "plot" very often recently Marzupialis May 2012 #22
There is someone in there who is playing with a KGB-style deck. tcaudilllg May 2012 #24
RWers have figured out that the men were part of Occupy Cleveland Kolesar May 2012 #23
typical FBI-run bullshit false flag op stockholmer May 2012 #25
A person has to be a true fool to listen to some stranger who says, Common Sense Party May 2012 #44
"Hey! I'll give you some explosives if you go blow something up!" may3rd May 2012 #69
Idjits. nt msanthrope May 2012 #26
Reminds me of something I read on DU a while back. redqueen May 2012 #27
"Sting Operation" = Entrapment. Odin2005 May 2012 #29
No tangible details in the article, whatsoever. onehandle May 2012 #31
Get to Know Your Cleveland Anarchist Wannabe Bridge Bombers Kolesar May 2012 #32
yikes. too me, this looks like the act iamthebandfanman May 2012 #34
No matter how much I was poked or proded, I would *never* go along with such a plan nobodyspecial May 2012 #40
The FBI couldn't have run such a long operation without a plant. joshcryer May 2012 #54
On Brandon Baxter's (alleged) Face book profile, he lists his political views as "anarcho-communist," may3rd May 2012 #67
Who WASN'T a self-proclaimed anarchist in their early 20s? flamingdem May 2012 #35
My question is how stupid are these people to fall for a sting. iandhr May 2012 #36
The FBI used one of them to sell out the others may3rd May 2012 #68
Breitbart Turbineguy May 2012 #38
3 of them said they "worked at #OccupyCleveland" on their FB pages. Psephos May 2012 #59
#OccupyCleveland praises Bradon Baxtor on their front page... rayofreason May 2012 #71
That's the funny thing about FB may3rd May 2012 #74
This loser is antimatter to all that OWS represents. Psephos May 2012 #77
Holy crap those haircuts chrisa May 2012 #39
Sounds like Nixon and Viet Nam in his first year. marble falls May 2012 #49
Makes me think of the Anarchist in the Big Lebowski. sarcasmo May 2012 #51
YM Nihilists, people who care about nothing slackmaster May 2012 #60
That's right, Nihlists, Thanks. It's been a few since I watched that great movie. sarcasmo May 2012 #65
Ok, just a clue for really really stupid people? truthisfreedom May 2012 #56
They look hideous! Shower anyone?! Zax2me May 2012 #57
To be fair, they WERE revolting slackmaster May 2012 #61
They ARE revolting. To those of us who shower. Zax2me May 2012 #63
Haaa! Nine May 2012 #64
I would bet they are meth abusers Quantess May 2012 #83
there are two agonizingly stupid groups of people that are invariably caught grantcart May 2012 #62
Beavis and Butthead meet Homeland Security Undercover Agents... lib2DaBone May 2012 #66
Or "Beavis and Butthead Meet their Evil Twins" marble falls May 2012 #78
Bridge bomb suspects plead not guilty; Occupy Cleveland members show up to support suspects may3rd May 2012 #79
Total entrapment. joshcryer May 2012 #82
Hmmm...and on the same day as CIA catches an underwear would-be bomber. BadgerKid May 2012 #81
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