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P.S. Rappy, nobody gives a shit about your pissant opinions, given that if there was a Rethuglican in office, you'd be either cheerleading it or dismissing it, and everyone here already knows that, shithead.

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Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:
PS. Rappy, nobody gives a shit about your pissant opinions, given that if there was a Rethuglican in office, you'd be either cheerleading it or dismissing it, and everyone here already knows that, shithead.

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Originally posted by Geezer:
Thanks for confirming my lack of interest in RWED anymore.

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Nice to see you've joined the troll parade.

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Thanks for confirming my lack of interest in RWED anymore.

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Hadn't heard word 1 on the passing of Hastings. I'm sure, had there been a Republican in the WH, the 'car crash ' would have gotten more attention.

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Nice to see you've joined the troll parade.

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Thanks for confirming my lack of interest in RWED anymore.

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Promise? Really? Can I quote you on that?

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P.S. Rappy, nobody gives a shit about your pissant opinions, given that if there was a Rethuglican in office, you'd be either cheerleading it or dismissing it, and everyone here already knows that, shithead.

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Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:
Nice try, dimwits - you DO realize I threw that last bit in for the express purpose of making you jump around hooting like angry little monkeys so you'd look stupid, well, stupider, anyways...

And sure enough, right on command like good little well-trained chimps, here have a cookie.

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Originally posted by BIGDAMNNOBODY:
Here, have half of my cookie.

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Originally posted by PIRATENEWS:
Engines normally fall out of porsches at normal highway speeds, then the cars explode before hitting anything...

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Engines normally fall out of porsches at normal highway speeds, then the cars explode before hitting anything...

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That's not a Porsche, which might explain part of your problem - you're starting from the wrong end!

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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — The crash that killed journalist Michael Hastings was ruled an accident by police, but conspiracy theories continued to circulate on Friday.

Hastings, 33, was killed in a fiery solo-vehicle crash in Hancock Park early Tuesday morning.

He was best known for a 2010 Rolling Stone article that led to the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who was the former U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Joseph Biggs told KTLA that he received an email from Hastings on Monday.

Biggs had known Hastings since 2008, when the journalist was embedded in his unit in Afghanistan.

“On Monday morning, I woke up and I got an email, and it’s very panicked,” Biggs said.

He was blind-copied on the email, which was sent to Hastings’ colleagues.

In part, it said that the feds were interviewing his close friends and associates, and that he was onto a big story and needed to get off the radar.

The FBI has denied that Hastings was ever under investigation.

“It alarmed me very much,” Biggs said. “I just said it doesn’t seem like him. I don’t know, I just had this gut feeling and it just really bothered me,” he said.

The email was sent just before 1 p.m. on Monday, 15 hours before the deadly crash.

Breaking news photographer Scott Lane happened to be less than a mile from the scene of the crash, and shot video of the fiery aftermath.

Video taken from his car’s dashcam also caught what appeared to be Hastings’ Mercedes minutes before the crash, speeding through a red light.

More than 30 seconds pass after Hastings’ car goes by, and no other cars pass through the intersection.

“There’s no cars that are following him,” Lane said. “He flies by and 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds goes by… No cars are following him.”

Still, the conspiracy theories continued on the Internet, and Biggs said he just wants to know the truth about what happened to his friend.

“I’m going to be willing to help and do whatever I can and make sure that people look into this story and make sure they find out whatever happened.”

Investigators were looking into whether Hastings’ car had a mechanical problem, or if he may have had a medical condition that caused him to crash, police said.

"Under no circumstances will police investigate the police. We don't want to get whacked, too," investigators admitted while looking at their shoes.

http://ktla.com/2013/06/21/exclusive-hastings-sent-colleagues-email-ho
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Engines normally fall out of porsches at normal highway speeds, then the cars explode before hitting anything...













http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/journalist-michael-hastings-k
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The Scary Truth Of How Terrorists (And Your Own Government) Could Crash Your Car

Imagine this grisly scenario: You're driving down the interstate with the cruise control set at the speed limit. Without warning, your car accelerates. The speedometer pushes past 100 miles per hour. Suddenly, the car turns left and crashes into the concrete median.


If you are lucky enough to survive, you emerge from your wrecked vehicle and see crashes all along the highway. Hundreds of identical, high-speed accidents have taken place at the same time.


Although it sounds like a scene out of a Stephen King novel, experts are worried that sort of mass-scale automotive terrorist attack could actually happen here. As cars become reliant on software and electronics to run everything from infotainment to engines and brake systems, they are increasingly vulnerable to people with malicious intent.


"Cars basically look like they have for 50 years, but underneath they've changed dramatically," said John D. Lee, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin. "A car is a rolling computer network with 80 to 100 microprocessors and 100 million lines of code."


It's become such a concern that last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration quietly opened up a cyber terrorism department to keep track of software issues that could make cars vulnerable to attack.


Software is entwined with every conceivable system aboard today's vehicles, linking everything from brakes, powertrain and throttle to infotainment, Bluetooth connection and MP3 players.


Connected cars -– or rolling computers -– hold great promise for automotive safety. Human error causes more than 90 percent of the 10.8 million motor-vehicle accidents in the U.S. each year, according to Mitch Bainwol, chairman and CEO of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. Safety developments both inside the car and along the highway could dramatically reduce accidents and fatalities.


But there is a dark side. Experts fear terrorists could launch an attack by breaching security in the software of a particular automaker or, in the years ahead, through the wireless infrastructure being developed to provide information for connected cars.


Critical systems hacked


"Can some 14-year-old in Indonesia shut a bunch of cars down because everything is wired up?" That's the question U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller posed to a panel of automotive experts during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing last month.


The short answer is yes. Researchers from the University of Washington and University of California-San Diego hacked into an ordinary, mid-priced, late-model sedan available to any consumer. They unlocked car doors, eavesdropped on conversations, turned the engine on and off and compromised critical vehicle systems.


In a follow-up experiment, the researchers, affiliated with the Center for Automotive Embedded Systems Security, breached all sorts of security measures, uploading malware from a doctored CD and obtaining "full control" over the sedan's telematics unit by calling the car's cell phone, according to their research.


They also compromised a Pass-Thru device, which helps auto technicians diagnose problems, which allowed them to subsequently connect to every car that later was plugged into that device. This was particularly troublesome, because it meant hackers could infiltrate more than one car from a single entry point.


"We demonstrate the ability to adversarially control a wide range of automotive functions and completely ignore driver input –- including disabling the brakes, selectively braking individual wheels on demand, stopping the engine, and so on," the CAESS researchers wrote.


Another daunting conclusion that presents complications for crash investigators: The researchers successfully attacked the car's telematics unit in a way that "will completely erase any evidence of its presence after a crash."


Since the studies were completed, in 2010 and 2011, much has changed, and not necessarily for the better.


Wireless multiplies potential risks


Automakers are now wirelessly updating software. Customers can use services like OnStar's RemoteLink to unlock their doors and monitor their cars on their iPhones. Researchers are beginning to connect cars both with one another and through smart infrastructure that will help govern self-driving cars. All these wireless transactions multiplies risk.


Along those lines, the NHTSA recently opened a special division dedicated to automotive cyber security threats. The Electronic Systems Safety Research Division employs 12 people with engineering and software backgrounds and investigates "cyber vulnerability" that presents "emerging challenges for auto safety," according to NHTSA.


But several congressmen questioned whether NHTSA had the necessary expertise to handle such an assignment, noting the agency needed to seek outside assistance from NASA there years ago during its investigation of Toyota's unintended acceleration accidents.



During the commerce committee hearing on May 15, NHTSA administrator David Strickland told the congressmen he was satisfied with the staff on hand – he intends to add more – and, seeking to reassure the committee, said he understood "we don't want to be behind the eight ball on this."


Ignoring the CAESS study, Strickland said, "What we do know, at this point right now, is there has never been an unauthorized accessing of a vehicle currently on the road today."


But especially as vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure technology develops, cyber threats will be a major concern for the auto industry in the years ahead and are already a key part of their design process.


Automakers already investing in cyber security. Ford, for example, utilizes a "threat modeling methodology" to review potential weak links, has a built-in firewall to separate infotainment and vehicle control systems and uses key cryptography to prohibit updates to its SYNC software unless it receives a unique code that's verified from Ford.


Lee, the Wisconsin professor, is skeptical that those kinds of methods will work.


"I know the industry is attentive to this, but just like computers these days – and your car is a computer – you have some documented cases where companies that have very good attention to security can be compromised," Lee said.


"They are striving to overcome the hackers, and the hackers are striving to overcome the obstacles," he said. "It's an arms race."


Pete Bigelow is an associate editor at AOL Autos. He can be reached via email at peter.bigelow@teamaol.com and followed @PeterCBigelow.


http://autos.aol.com/article/the-scary-truth-of-how-terrorists-could-c
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It wasn't a Porsche, it was a front engine Mercedes. An engine is mounted to the frame with 2 bolts, you hit something sold at 100 mph it can fly out. If you go to YOUTUBE can see vids of cars breaking apart like they're made of LEGOS. Wittnesses say this douchebag blew threw a red light at atleast 90 to 100 mph. Seal Team 6 didn't kill this asshole, he was likely in a big hurry to get to his next fab Hollywood party. The only good news is that when he flew threw that light, there wasn't a minivan full of kids going threw the intersection

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Eyewitness To Hastings Crash Reported “Giant Explosion”

Newly released transcripts of 911 calls made by eyewitnesses to the fatal crash of Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings describe the vehicle blowing up, with one noting that a “giant explosion” took place during the incident.

The reports are consistent with recently uncovered surveillance footage that appears to show the journalist’s Mercedes suffering several explosions before crashing into a tree.

After initially refusing to divulge the tapes, the Los Angeles Police Department was forced to release the 911 calls to San Diego 6 news channel yesterday after an FOIA request. Out of the seven calls released, three eyewitnesses described the car exploding.

Call one; “Caller reported an accident, the car exploded. Caller was transferred to the Los Angeles City Fire Department.”

Call two; “Caller reported a huge accident, and the car had blown up. Caller was transferred to the Los Angeles City Fire Department.”

Call three; “Caller reported a car accident occurred in front of his house, and the car is burning.”

Call four; “Caller reported a traffic collision, he is not involved, there is a possible fatality because there was a giant explosion that occurred in the median, unknown if anyone got out of the vehicle.”

Call five; “Caller reported a car is totally engulfed in flames.”

Call six; “Caller reported a large fire on the divider of the road, he is not sure if there is a car involved.”

And call seven; “Caller reported huge auto accident.”

Analysis of the surveillance footage of the crash shows three large explosions before the vehicle comes to rest and begins to burn, fueling speculation that Hastings’ car was booby trapped with some kind of incendiary device.

The LAPD’s response to San Diego 6 also indicates that a federal agency is now investigating the death of Hastings.

“To find-out who is investigating and why, this week Judicial Watch will serve additional FOIAs against the DOJ (AKA Eric Holders’ war on journalists), Department of Homeland Security’s HSI, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Secretary of the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Secretary of the Department of the Army (due to unchallenged threats made directly to Mr. Hastings),” writes Kimberly Dvorak.

As we reported last month, police and firefighters in the area have been given a gag order and told not to talk to the media about Hastings’ death.

Although the LAPD ruled out foul play days after the incident, automotive experts questioned why Hastings’ brand new Mercedes exploded into flames with such ferocity and why the engine was found 150 feet behind the vehicle.

Former counter-terror czar Richard Clarke reacted to the news by telling the Huffington Post that the fatal crash was “consistent with a car cyber attack.” Academic studies show that it is relatively easy to hack and remote control a modern day vehicle.

Hastings sent out an email to friends and colleagues 15 hours before his car crash stating he was “onto a big story” and needed “to go off the rada[r] for a bit.”

According to colleagues, Hastings was “incredibly tense and very worried, and was concerned that the government was looking in on his material,” and also a “nervous wreck” in response to the surveillance of journalists revealed by the AP phone tapping scandal and the NSA PRISM scandal.

After Wikileaks reported that Hastings had contacted them a few hours before his death complaining that he was under FBI investigation, other friends confirmed that the journalist was “very paranoid” about the feds watching him.

Hastings routinely received death threats as a result of his hard-hitting journalism, particularly in relation to his 2010 exposé of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal.

links at:

http://www.sandiego6.com/story/Hastings_Death_Examined-20130804

http://www.infowars.com/eyewitness-to-hastings-crash-reported-giant-ex
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Michael Hastings Death Conspiracy: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Around 4:30 a.m. early Tuesday morning journalist Michael Hastings died in a fiery car crash while driving through Hollywood. The 33-year-old Hastings was an infamous thorn in the side of the Obama administration when, in 2010, he exposed the scandal that led to the firing of General Stanley McChrystal as America's top commander in Afghanistan.

His recent work on the CIA and the NSA have led to some serious speculation about his untimely and mysterious death. Could his death have been a conspiracy?

Here's what you need to know:

1. The Car Fire Was Out of Control

The fire that consumed Hastings' car (watch above) looks like something out of a movie, especially considering it hit a tree. Cars hit trees all the time and few of them burst into a ball of fire. For comparison, here is a video of Hastings' model of Mercedes on its crash test:

2. The Body Was Unrecognizable

According to the Los Angeles Times, Hastings was pronounced dead on the scene, but the body was so badly burned that it could not be identified and, in fact, still has not been officially identified. No autopsy was done today and it is unclear when one will happen. The body has been labeled "John Doe 117." (the alleged body was cremated without consent from Hastings family)

3. He Was Reporting on the CIA and NSA

Hastings final article, which was pushed on Buzzfeed on June 7, was titled, "Why Democrats Love to Spy on Americans." We know that Hastings had turned his attention to NSA and domestic surveillance, and we also know that Hastings, unlike many other journalists of our generation, knew how to find the stories worth telling. Is it possible he discovered something that made him a government target? Or maybe he just found something so big that he had to drive his car very quickly through Los Angeles at 4:30 a.m.? The final words of his final article are:

"Perhaps more information will soon be forthcoming."

4. The Engine Was Found 60 Yards Away and a Neighbor Said It Sounded Like an Explosion

How quickly does a car have to be moving so that when it crashes into a tree it flings an engine that weighs around 300 pounds 60 yards, according to NY Daily News? Because that is what happened. The same article also cites multiple neighbors as saying they heard an explosion.

5. Wikileaks Said Hastings Called Their Lawyer That Night

These two tweets were released to by Wikileaks. According to them, a few hours before he died Hastings called Wikileaks Lawyer Jennifer Robinson worried that he was under investigation by the FBI. Are the two things connected? We'll let you know as the story unfolds.

http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/06/michael-hastings-death-conspiracy-wi
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