Pressure cookers and trains

 

 

"All the ingredients are there for a Molotov cocktail on wheels..."

Now I am not one to be overly paranoid, but I do know how to do math. In other words, I know how to add things up. What has happened so far in this month of May has been unsettling. It all may be a coincidence. Or not.

Let us replay the bidding:

Texas cartoon contest - On Monday, two gunmen were killed in Garland, Texas after attempting a mass shooting at a cartoon contest. The two men who were killed, who were professed home grown Islamists, had ties to ISIL. This all by itself should send a chill up everyone's spine. In our country, even though home grown, we had ISIL motivated killers.

Both terrorists had automatic weapons and body armor. These Islamists were set to make more bloody terrorism history. However one cop, armed only with his service weapon, took both the terrorists down before they could kill anyone. The cop was a hero not to mention one hell of a shot.

And how did ISIL respond to this? ISIL said they have 71 soldiers in 15 states ready to carry out more Garland style attacks. In addition, they threatened to kill the cartoon contest organizer "right on her home soil".

North Dakota oil train derailment - Earlier this week yet another oil train derailed and caught fire. What makes this one particularly interesting is this was some of the "new" oil which has been treated to make it safer. Prior to treatment, the North Dakota Bakken Field oil had a very high gas content. So high, it was almost as volatile as gasoline. It was thought by taking more of the gas out of the oil, it would be less volatile. I guess not that much as 6 of the derailed cars still caught fire.

Pressure cooker by railroad bridge - One of the local television stations reported yesterday that a pressure cooker was found by a railroad bridge in St. Paul. Now most of us remember that after the Boston Marathon terror attack, it does not take a rocket scientist to make a bomb out of a pressure cooker. It is reported the recipe to do so is on the internet. The pressure cooker was empty, but the police still handled it like a bomb. Was it a dry run? A false flag for something more sinister? Or just a coincidence.

When I add things up, I really don't like the answer. The Twin Cities have turned out more than their fair share of Islamic terrorists. We have numerous oil trains rumbling through populated areas of the twin towns every day. I believe this area could be a target rich environment for someone with a nefarious heart.

We can only hope and pray that our FBI and law enforcement is on top of any developing threat. I don't like the way this summer is starting out. I am worried about the growing number of home grown terrorists. And I am really worried about the naïve nature of many of the Euphorians who live on the Twin Cities. We may not want to be at war with Islamic terrorists, but they sure want to be at war with us.