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Warpy

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43. I considered that, but the target would be more specific
Sun May 18, 2025, 12:21 AM
14 hrs ago

and one of those "I'll fis YOU' things involving a gun or smaller IED. This was meant to flatten the whole building, but used the wrong type of explosive (I was a teenager from hell). Most of the force went up and the damage from the blast wave looked pretty limited, most of the clinic looked like a mess but structurally intact. Nobody's posted pictures of the interior, but generally if the roof looks good, it's sheetrock and cosmetics. Damage in the area was largely limited to glass, unless the othertruck axle fell on top of something.

Bet it scared the poop out of everybody in Palm Springs.

Still, this was aimed at a specific whole building and everybody in it, not specific targets. For that reason, I just cited the two possibilities I did.

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Glass broke at a liquor store around the corner. applegrove 21 hrs ago #1
Here's the center's website GJGCA 21 hrs ago #2
Is it reasonable to consider the possibility that a Christian extremist is responsible? John1956PA 21 hrs ago #3
So-called "abortion abolitionists" are also against IVF for precisely that reason. WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #6
And, last I remember, MarineCombatEngineer 20 hrs ago #7
The city itself no; the area round about, yep GJGCA 19 hrs ago #17
Yeah, I probably should have stressed that, MarineCombatEngineer 19 hrs ago #20
I looked at the center's website, and one thing it listed was they're happy with LGBTQ clients muriel_volestrangler 19 hrs ago #24
Hegseth will awaken khristian Nationalists magicarpet 18 hrs ago #27
I immediately had similar thoughts. ShazzieB 19 hrs ago #23
Most likely 1) Angry customer, 2) Jilted partner, 3) maga thought "abortion clinic", 4) anti-IVF christian absolutist Bernardo de La Paz 16 hrs ago #34
I will never give that word a capital letter again wolfie001 15 hrs ago #39
So it looks like the vehicle was in the parking lot in the back MarineCombatEngineer 21 hrs ago #4
Watching the news now. sheshe2 20 hrs ago #8
Looking closer at the video, MarineCombatEngineer 20 hrs ago #9
I will put my money on that one. sheshe2 20 hrs ago #13
I can think of two main possibilities Warpy 18 hrs ago #29
I think you hit the nail on the head. MarineCombatEngineer 18 hrs ago #30
Workplace violence is always a possibility though the ones you mentioned seem more likely. Liberty Belle 15 hrs ago #37
I considered that, but the target would be more specific Warpy 14 hrs ago #43
Looks like the person pulled right up to the door of the building in the parking lot and detonated the bomb. LiberalArkie 6 hrs ago #49
They said the explosion caused damage to 5 blocks! sheshe2 14 hrs ago #44
That's the case 99.99% of the time. Bengus81 5 hrs ago #52
My first thought was it was a Tesla Deplorean exploding. AZ8theist 19 hrs ago #19
I confess that my first thought was it's a cybertruck. MarineCombatEngineer 19 hrs ago #21
Looks like pro job: shaped charge into clinic, engine blown all the way to garbage bins at back, no sideways force. nt Bernardo de La Paz 16 hrs ago #35
Wow that definitely was a massive explosion Historic NY 6 hrs ago #50
Thats OKC level n/t gay texan 5 hrs ago #54
Sounds planned to me Jilly_in_VA 20 hrs ago #5
That seems quite likely - this report says all staff were safe and accounted for, and there were no patients muriel_volestrangler 20 hrs ago #12
Looks like the deceased was a passerby on the street. SunSeeker 19 hrs ago #18
Damn - sorry to hear that. I've also seen "several injured" in another report muriel_volestrangler 19 hrs ago #22
Maybe a body, but seems too small in relation to curb. Not sure it was necessary to post that, esp w advertising Bernardo de La Paz 16 hrs ago #33
Now they're saying that was a pody part, not a full body. SunSeeker 15 hrs ago #40
Yes, looks like the bomber was the person killed. SunSeeker 14 hrs ago #42
Apparently this is a IVF clinic. It has nothing to do with abortions. Jacson6 20 hrs ago #10
"Abortion abolitionists" have been targeting IVF clinics here and there with protests and harassment in recent months. WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #11
But if they are bombing IVF clinics they are destroying embryos or in their twisted mind human beings. Jacson6 20 hrs ago #14
Fortunately, no embryos were lost. SunSeeker 19 hrs ago #15
Also the gays Kali 18 hrs ago #26
I remember an episode to that effect. John1956PA 19 hrs ago #16
With all those different teams and agencies involved dickthegrouch 19 hrs ago #25
People who employ bombs are among the top tier of the worst human beings on earth. colorado_ufo 18 hrs ago #28
Almost as bad as arsonists. Arson is often uncontrolled and more than the target gets destroyed Bernardo de La Paz 16 hrs ago #32
Yea that's so true!! bluestarone 4 hrs ago #55
Ok, I'm caught up now. BootinUp 17 hrs ago #31
While a right-wing attacker seems plausible, we don't know that yet. Liberty Belle 15 hrs ago #36
Sounds like the dead person was probably the shooter: Liberty Belle 15 hrs ago #38
"shooter"? Where do you get that? Bernardo de La Paz 15 hrs ago #41
In fairness, it's about as accurate as the rest of the thread. TheProle 1 hr ago #56
Where is the Puppy Perforator? Old Crank 10 hrs ago #45
It is looking like the perpetrator was killed Old Crank 9 hrs ago #46
The FBI is investigating the explosion at a California fertility clinic as an act of terrorism Eugene 9 hrs ago #47
"the writings left behind, in which the suspect communicated a belief that the world should not be populated" SunSeeker 9 hrs ago #48
There are probably "better" targets, but not easier ones. Renew Deal 6 hrs ago #51
supposedly promortalism.com is his website ClaudetteCC 1 hr ago #57
Sometimes the real world hits too close to home. LastLiberal in PalmSprings 5 hrs ago #53
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