Comments on: terrorist yard sale

By: euqsam

euqsam — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:14:20 +0000

In this age of terror, we in North America fear no bombs. We fear no knives. We DO fear small caliber pistols (Canada only), cell phones, and having to repair small electronic devices.

CNN knows this.

By: wohali

wohali — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:33:59 +0000

goodness. Good thing they didn’t come to my bedroom, which is filled with far more obscure ICs, many more mixed battery brands, flashlights, hoards of LEDs and such….no fertilizer though…

By: gcrumb

gcrumb — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:50:57 +0000

And of course, no story is completely Canadian without a Tim Horton's reference:

"Members of the group, according to that account, often visited a popular Canadian chain of doughnut shops to wash up following their training sessions."

By: gcrumb

gcrumb — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:25:34 +0000

“U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff spoke by telephone with his counterpart, Canadian Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day, on Saturday morning to discuss the latest events north of the border.“

Michael Chertoff and Stockwell Day?!? Christ, we’re all doomed!

By: fweebles

fweebles — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:27:08 +0000

Not that I make a habit of defending CNN, but every news outlet I've read (the Star, CBC, G&M, BBC), all said that the "officials" said that the suspects were al-Qaeda-inspired or supporters of al-Qaeda. Who "officials" are, I don't know. RCMP? CSIS? Anyhow, I don't think CNN made those words up. Still, Substitute++.

By: pisceandreamer

pisceandreamer — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:32:54 +0000

And now they’re using the same two graphics on the national news.

By: brianenigma

brianenigma — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:30:45 +0000

Holy crap! I own every piece of pictured equipment they seized!

Well, except my multimeter is better and my soldering iron has a variable temperature control.

And maybe I don’t own a blue Ikea duffel bag, but I do have several similar duffel bags with the logos of long-dead dot-coms on them.

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:17:55 +0000

alternate cooking source

You use the duct tape to stick all of the flashlights under the grill. Then you put your steak on top and turn them all on and wait. You can see the handle of the steak knife at the bottom left.

By: pisceandreamer

pisceandreamer — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:10:46 +0000

That second graphic looks like something they recycled from the “OMG, panic, hurricane season is here!” stories. “OK, kids, make sure you’ve got your flashlights, radios, alternate cooking source and duct tape for when the storms hit!”