2016 Postmortem
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A suspicious package sent to the Bernie Sanders Headquarters in Des Moines turned out to be a supporter sending envelopes to the office.
The Bernie Sanders headquarters in Des Moines reported receiving a suspicious FedEx package to police Friday morning.
The package arrived at 3420 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in Des Moines around 10 a.m. After examining the packaging and its content, campaign staff for the Democratic presidential candidate called the police, said Rania Batrice, spokesperson for the Iowa campaign.
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A hazmat team was brought to the office soon after the report. Police were on the scene for an hour, Batrice said. Ted Jefferson, fire prevention inspector and public information officer for the Des Moines Fire Department said there was an envelope inside of the package that held shredded paper, similar to confetti. He said one campaign staffer reported getting powder on her hands.
After giving a call to the return address, Jefferson said it was determined that a Sanders supporter sent the package to the office. Inside of the box was a large envelope which contained baby powder and confetti-like paper to protect mailing envelopes inside that had information regarding Sanders. The supporter put baby powder in the envelope because the confetti-like paper smelled badly.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/01/22/sanders-headquarters-receives-suspicious-package/79178452/
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)To Hillary headquarters? I guess they would just open the thing knowing that it's baby powder and no big deal.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)Because no one has ever put a fake address on an envelope.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)The article says nothing like that.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)my computer must be acting up.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Is there something about this sentence that doesn't make sense to you?
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)because everybody luvs her.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)and thus is not unusual at all.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Nothing unusual at all about that.
senz
(11,945 posts)And before answering me, try to remember that "wiggling" is not the best exercise.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)more than baby powder.
It's a standard copy/paste news article.
I didn't know DUers were required to provide justification when posting any news article.
Thank you for letting me know this.
Where would we be without board nannies?
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)and the link provided.
DUers can go directly to the website if they so choose.
Does it make you mad?
I'm so sorry.
Please accept my sincere apology for not checking with you first before posting the story. I'm the first person in the history of DU to provide my own title when posting a news story.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)You're not fooling anyone, btw.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)Love watching some people duck all over the place.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)I'd know him anywhere.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)This makes you happy somehow?
Is your implication that this was some kind of false alarm?
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Why does the op think that a package with powder in it wouldn't worry his staff?
I smell desperation.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)eyes closed; hoping they hit something.
I've seen plenty of people do that in dozens of different situations.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Spraying shit everywhere hoping some of it sticks.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:57 PM - Edit history (1)
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)It's like watching really bad street theater.
senz
(11,945 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)OP'er literally just copied/pasted a news story.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Pick up the machine gun, pull the trigger with eyes closed, and wave the gun in the hopes something gets in the way.
That's Cali's MO.
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)is careful, after all they don't have the Secret Service
at their disposal.
Happy that it turned out well.
I am still angry how little is being done to stop
the idiots in Oregon, and those kind of mental
cases might just get these dangerous ideas in
their heads.
And btw Dashle did not even run
for the first job in the country.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)I've lost count.