Police are investigating the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Police said a cybertruck pulled up in front of the hotel near a glass entrance, then smoke started coming from the vehicle and it exploded. The driver was killed and seven people were injured in the explosion, police said without naming any suspects.
WATCH: The moment a Tesla Cybertruck exploded this morning in front of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas
-- MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) January 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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There's also this ...
Car-sharing app Turo defends security standards after New Year's attacks
www.latimes.com
... Both the vehicles used in two New Year's Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas were rented through Turo, a car-sharing app.
The attacks thrust the San Francisco company that created the app, which relies on a model similar to Airbnb to enable users to rent cars directly from their owners, into the spotlight and raised questions about the ability of such peer-to-peer services to adequately vet users for possible safety issues.
In a statement, the company defended itself, saying it's committed to the "highest standards in risk management." ...
Why would a sane person rent out their personal car to a total stranger?
Cuz they have a ------ car?
Both the Las Vegas and New Orleans vets had worked at Fort Bragg (now called Fort Liberty), the expansive North Carolina military base which has become notorious for mysterious homicides, an epidemic of drug overdoses and rampant child sex abuse (Also: one such example.
Both had also participated in the US occupation of Afghanistan.
Don't let ANYONE tell you there isn't a correlation.
More on the above from Stars and Stripes.
Maybe certain right-wing military vets living in that beautiful and wholesome state of North Carolina (sic) will care to comment ...
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#31 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-04 08:02 PM
Maybe the Las Vegas bombing was a Timothy McVeigh attempt with miscalculated explosive power?
He was a Green Beret, he knew very well how much power needed to be inside "bulletproof" fortified Cybertruck (which is why it was chosen in the first place) to minimize the unintended casualties. Also, he would put a much higher load inside the truck bed instead of fireworks - it was designed to create a spectacle, to get enough media attention, not to harm people or property.
www.nbcnews.com - Soldier who died in Cybertruck left writing criticizing government :
"We are the United States of America, the best country ... to ever exist, but right now, we are terminally ill and headed towards collapse." "This was not a terrorist attack. It was a wake up call. Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives. ... I need to cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost, and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took."
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@#34
Found this ...
Welcome to Fort Bragg
https://www.soc.mil/NewComers/FortBragg.html
... Welcome to Fort Bragg, one of the U.S. Army's largest installations in the world.
The installation covers about 161,000 acres, or 251 square miles, stretching into six counties. More than 55,000 military service members and about 12,000 civilian personnel work at Fort Bragg, with about 25,000 family members living on post. ...
Woof. Six counties. 251 square miles.
That is not Fort Wadsworth.
Fort Wadsworth
https://www.nps.gov/gate/learn/historyculture/fort-wadsworth.htm
... Fort Wadsworth is one of the oldest military installations in the nation. The site occupies 226 acres on the northeastern shore of Staten Island, on the Narrows of New York Harbor. Rich in history and natural beauty, Fort Wadsworth affords you the opportunity to observe an important part of our nation's history, while offering magnificent views of New York Harbor. You can sit at the overlook and watch the harbor, ride your bike (click here for bike path map), run or walk through the fort.
Find a detailed history of Fort Wadsworth here.
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