NEWS FLASH - REPORTED 5 DAYS LATER.... Friday, Jan 13, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer
San Francisco authorities struggled to explain Thursday how they concluded that an object left in a Starbucks bathroom was a bomb, when tests
revealed it was nothing more than a flashlight with corroded batteries.
"This appeared, by itself, to be a bomb,'' said police spokesman Sgt. Neville Gittens, who was the first to relay word from bomb squad investigators Monday afternoon that the object was an "improvised explosive device." The news quickly went national, and at one point CNN was broadcasting developments.
Gittens would not specify what about the device was so convincing, other than to say that all the people who saw it described it as a "tube-shaped cylinder with a fuse.''
The original story below.... hahahahaha
SAN FRANCISCO - Police
defused an explosive device found in the bathroom of a Starbucks on Monday. No one was injured.
(thank goodness, those flashlights can be nasty somobitches)Authorities were called around 1:15 p.m., after an employee reported finding something suspicious in the store's bathroom. About 100 people were evacuated from the store and apartments above it, and the street was closed to traffic, said Sgt. Neville Gittens.
"This was a good device. If it had exploded, it would have caused injuries or damage," said Gittens, who would not describe its size.
Hahahahahahaha - it was a "good device" hahahahaha.And now, this just in....
Immediately following this potentially devestating event,
Californian lawmaker Diane Swienfien held a press conference to denounce the radical right which if not directly responsible, certainly fosters and enables such evil.
"We need a new Law", said Sweinfien, "that will make it illegal to enter a Starbucks with a destructive device" "Once we have a law, evil doers will realize that we are serious about this and they are really really
super really going to be in trouble. Only then will the public be safe from such wanton acts of violence".
The lawmaker was cheered on by scores of supporters including Gay Pride Marchers for peace, Womans right to Abort, the Anti Christmas league for a God-free country and the very Rev. Jessie Jackson. All cheered her words and proposal for new laws that will insure a safer San Franciso and a more enlightened Country.
Stay tuned for developments to follow...NEW DEVELOPMENT - THIS JUST IN!!D.S. has just Proposed Legislation to the Chairman of the California State Assembly. SAN FRANCISCO name must be changed to Francisco. In a shocking revelation from "Lupita" her
Mexican housekeeper, the lawmaker just learned that "SAN" is Spanish for "Saint" and that the Great City of S.F. was actually named after not only a SAINT but even worse, a CATHOLIC Saint at that! "This vile concoction of Religion and the City name cannot be tollerated or condoned in our enlightened society. This is a clear violation of the separation of Religion and Goverment. You just have to believe the radical right is behind this", said Sweinfien. "Our new city 'Fancisco' eliminates this unconstitutional city name and more fairly represents and unites all of our citizens".
The lawmaker was cheered on by scores of supporters including Gay Pride Marchers for peace, Womans right to Abort, the Anti Christmas league for a God-free country and the very Rev. Jessie Jackson. All cheered her words and proposal for new laws that will insure a united
Franciso and a more enlightened Country.
In other news, Katie Currie of NBC's Goodmorning show requests an explanation from the Republican majority leader as to why the Republican party hasn't taken notice of these issues and actively supported the democratic Senator of California. Clearly the Republican Party is bent on an agenda of dividing this country and their insensitivity to these important issues is hurting all of America implied Currie.