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EMAIL SENT BY MICHAEL HASTINGS HOURS BEFORE HIS DEATH MENTIONS ‘BIG STORY’...
The Blaze ^ | Jun. 21, 2013 | Jason Howerton

Posted on 06/22/2013 11:29:37 AM PDT by barmag25

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To: barmag25

That would have been his first mistake.

Unless you can give the message personally, you don’t send a message to anybody.


21 posted on 06/22/2013 12:05:45 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: libstripper
Here, even though the vehicle was a Mercedes, one of the world's safest automobiles, there was a massive conflagration on impact.

There was a post on FR (can't remember the specific article) that said the engine was ejected from the vehicle. At that point, all bets are off, as you have hot parts coming into contact with fuel being released from severed lines at high pressures.

22 posted on 06/22/2013 12:06:46 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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To: ncfool

Exactly earlier in the week I read that a witness to the wreck said it sounded like a bomb going off just before he hit the tree at around 100 mph. Body burned beyond recognition well above the threshold of a normal car fire much hotter—this had to be a hit.


23 posted on 06/22/2013 12:06:59 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: centurion316
Most likely he was driving too fast, lost control, smashed into a tree. But a simple and logical explanation wont’ feed the conspiracy beast.

Here are a few to feed the beast:

1. Someone cut his power brake and power steering lines, causing him to lose control.

2. Someone hacked into his car's control computers and forced his car to accelerate and swerve into a tree.

Bear in mind that #2 isn't so far-fetched, as we now have cars that can parallel park themselves while you pedal the gas. If the car can turn the steering wheel by itself, so can someone else via remote control.

Also, weren't there stories in past years about the ability of police to remotely cut the engines of cars that are fleeing? How about how On-Star can remotely unlock your car from their central sites?

I wonder what trim options he had on his Mercedes C250 coupe. I'd think he had all the driver assist features, such as GPS navigation, collision avoidance, parking assist, etc.

Hackable? How about the NSA spying? If the car is connected to his cell phone, then it would have been tracked just like any other cell phone. Could someone have used the same type of hacking that was found on Sharyl Attkisson's computer to take over control of the car's computers?

-PJ

24 posted on 06/22/2013 12:09:24 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: libstripper

Someone on an earlier thread commented that the Mercedes had rubber motor mounts and that’s why the engine/drive train flew out of the car. But didn’t explain the supposed hard turn it made into the tree. Lots going on here.This needs to be investigated by somebody really good.


25 posted on 06/22/2013 12:09:44 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: Jonty30

Yeah lots of “coincidences” including the most brutal regime right out of chicago thugocracy in charge as well.


26 posted on 06/22/2013 12:11:14 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: Political Junkie Too

#2 could explain a lot...


27 posted on 06/22/2013 12:14:06 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: a fool in paradise

You didn’t hear what happenened to Glen?


28 posted on 06/22/2013 12:16:59 PM PDT by ncfool (Obama's aMeriKa 2012 The land of entitlement for the 51% crowd.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Did Glen Beck promise to have a big story last week? Whatever became of it?

Now there is question you can post just about any week of the year..

29 posted on 06/22/2013 12:20:03 PM PDT by Pilsner
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To: IYAS9YAS; LucyT

Engine emerged at a 90 degree angle. Law of physics / would not happen that way.
Poster on earlier thread said the car would have had a black box
Making finding of autopsy and black box public would help eliminate a lot of doubt.


30 posted on 06/22/2013 12:32:05 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then!)
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To: centurion316
Most likely he was driving too fast, lost control, smashed into a tree.

The questions is... why would a mature intelligent young employed man be driving at 100mph on a SIDE STREET at 3am, and not under police pursuit ?

31 posted on 06/22/2013 12:36:05 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: IYAS9YAS; libstripper

This post on a yesterday thread, made the most sense:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3033987/posts?page=69#69


32 posted on 06/22/2013 12:36:23 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk & spoons make you fat.)
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To: barmag25

It is pointless to say this, since the GOP Members of Congress are not going to do anything, but

The big enchilada in this matter is the use of NSA data to fuel IRS, EPA, OSHA, and other illegal harassment.

The connection is there, somewhere. If this was a Republican President, the Democrats in Congress would already have a proper investigation underway.

Also, if your aunt had ba**s, she’d be your uncle.


33 posted on 06/22/2013 12:37:03 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: hoosiermama

Yep you can bet the Black box was burnt to a crisp in the fire. No evidence there.


34 posted on 06/22/2013 12:37:37 PM PDT by ncfool (Obama's aMeriKa 2012 The land of entitlement for the 51% crowd.)
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To: tsowellfan

A college grad that worked for me began wearing a Che T-shirt and shortly thereafter got a job at Apple, writing security software. I wasn’t surprised.

HF


35 posted on 06/22/2013 12:38:58 PM PDT by holden (Alter or abolish it yet?)
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To: hoosiermama

He was also working on a story related to a suit by Jill Kelly.She was suing the NSA over the release of her e-mails. He had told friends that he was being followed and also told other reporters. A fireman was quoted just after the crash, he stated he had never witnessed a fire like this at an auto accident.


36 posted on 06/22/2013 12:41:12 PM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: IYAS9YAS
There was a post on FR (can't remember the specific article) that said the engine was ejected from the vehicle. At that point, all bets are off, as you have hot parts coming into contact with fuel being released from severed lines at high pressures.

Was this Mercedes Benz a DIESEL ?

I saw a car that was in the exact same type of accident. It hit a telephone pole. Chopped the car in half, the engine was down the street. No fire, and the occupants got out and ran away (they were being pursued by police, which is why they were going so fast on a side street). That car had a Gasoline engine and we know how flammable gasoline is. Diesel fuel is very hard to ignite.

37 posted on 06/22/2013 12:43:30 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: barmag25

video why did it take so long for fire-rescue to show up?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LSY3wVuASg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gNhqKRugk8Q#at=14

now this is what a busted fire hydrant usually looks like video above looks more like sprinkler or water meter busted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJuJkwrPcwY


38 posted on 06/22/2013 12:43:50 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: UCANSEE2

It used gasoline


39 posted on 06/22/2013 12:46:55 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then!)
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To: libstripper
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40 posted on 06/22/2013 12:47:00 PM PDT by barmag25
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