Mark Tapscott has been incredibly busy on this one, and he has a handful of new posts on the hapless “suicide” of Joel Hinrichs, who blew himself up just outside of the stadium in Norman, OK a week ago Saturday, while 84,000 plus fans were watching the game.

OU Shrink: “This Was No Quiet Suicide” calls into question that premise:

This story quotes “local experts” but avoids addressing the most vital question – why would a college kid with no adult criminal record decide to kill himself with a bomb made of the same highly volatile chemical that is first choice of Middle Eastern terrorist bombers and do it in a spot that had he lived only a few more minutes would have put him during halftime in the midst of hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent people, many of whom would be maimed or killed in the subsequent explosion?

DEAR PRESIDENT BOREN: What Did You Know About Joel Henry Hinrichs and When Did You Know It? calls OU President David Boren to explain the timing of his first statement on the Heinrichs’ bombing:

I believe the single most striking fact about this tragic event is the short amount of time that elapsed between the detonation of the bomb that killed Hinrichs and your statement that he acted alone, was a troubled young man and intended only to kill himself.

In making that statement, you ask Oklahomans and indeed all Americans to assume that you relied upon concrete and persuasive evidence in reaching your announced conclusion. It seems remarkable that such evidence could be so quickly available to you.

And, in his most recent post, Bombs in Plastic Bottles Found at Georgia Tech, Mark brings to our attention that it appears something larger this way comes:

There were no details about the plastic bottles [found at G.T.] containing the explosives, but federal authorities investigating the Oct. 1 explosion that killed University of Oklahoma engineering student Joel Henry Hinrichs just outside Oklahoma Memorial Stadium during the Oct. 1 football game between OU and Kansas State found 13 plastic bottles in Hinrichs’ car. The bottles in Hinrichs car were first reported here on Tapscott’s Copy Desk.

Mark then links to this Michelle Malkin post with links to more info and analysis, plus a link to UCLA professor Steven Bainbridge’s link about an explosive devise found near the UCLA campus Friday AM.

Let’s hope it’s just an odd coincidence, but, when coupled with the recent University of Oklahoma bombing, one also hopes that there will be a complete investigation.

OK, let’s see. Georgia Tech (east coast — check), Oklahoma University (mid-west — check), U.C. Los Angleles (west coast — check)! Starting to look like a plan . . . (db)

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