“Unprecedented Fires” Scorch 3,000 Acres In Los Angeles Area, Forcing 49,000 To Evacuate
January 8th, 2025The Southern California disaster cycle is as follows:
* Years of drought and scorching temperatures.
* A bit of rain occurs and the vegetation grows like crazy.
* More years of drought and scorching temperatures, killing and drying out all that vegetation.
* Fires (current phase).
* Mudslides.
* Repeat
Wildcards: Earthquakes, riots.
Via: ZeroHedge:
The Los Angeles County Fire Department reported on X that nearly 3,000 acres—roughly 4.5 square miles—are ablaze, and the fire is 0% contained as of early Wednesday morning.
Zuckerberg Ends “Fact Checking” on Facebook
January 7th, 2025Mmm hmm.
Via: Fox:
In a new video, Meta’s CEO announced that the company would adopt X standards and restore free speech protections across Facebook, Instagram, and Meta platforms. Meta will also end its third-party fact-checking program, introduce a ‘community notes’ system, and focus on removing criminal and fraudulent material—the very guidelines proposed by some of us in prior years.
Teachers Will No Longer Need To Pass Basic Reading, Writing And Math Test For Certification In New Jersey
January 7th, 2025Via: Daily Caller:
A New Jersey law that removes a requirement for teachers to pass a reading, writing and mathematics test for certification will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025.
The law, Act 1669, was passed by Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy as part of the state’s 2025 budget in June in an effort to address a shortage of teachers in the state, according to the New Jersey Monitor. Individuals seeking an instructional certificate will no longer need to pass a “basic skills” test administered by the state’s Commissioner of Education.
“We need more teachers,” Democratic Sen. Jim Beach, who sponsored the bill, said according to the New Jersey Monitor. “This is the best way to get them.”
New Jersey is especially in need of math and science teachers, according to an annual report from the state’s education department.
Just months earlier, Murphy signed a similar bill into law that created an alternative pathway for teachers to sidestep the testing requirement. A powerful teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association, was a driving force behind the bill, calling the testing requirement “an unnecessary barrier to entering the profession.” Teachers in the state are paid an average of $81,102 annually, according to the National Education Association.
How To Interact With Someone Who Falls For It Again
January 7th, 2025— cryptogon (@cryptogon) January 7, 2025
Canada: Trudeau Resigning as Liberal Leader
January 6th, 2025He should have to share a prison cell with Jabcinda Ardern.
Via: CBC:
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he plans to step down once the Liberal Party has chosen a successor, bringing his time leading the country to a tumultuous end.
Trudeau, who became Liberal leader in 2013 and prime minister in the fall of 2015, announced his long-awaited decision outside his official residence, Rideau Cottage, on Monday morning.
Matthew Livelsberger: Las Vegas Cybertruck Blast Suspect Competed in TV Show
January 4th, 2025Via: Inside Edition:
Las Vegas Cybertruck blast suspect Matthew Livelsberger took part in a military TV reality competition on the History Channel. He was cast to appear on a show called “The Ultimate Soldier Challenge.” Livelsberger and his Green Beret partner took on two teams in a series of military challenges. He talked about his love of guns. At one point, Livelsberger had to stop production due to heat exhaustion.
The Alleged Matthew Livelsberger Email: East Coast Drones, “Operational Use of Gravitic Propulsion Systems” [???]
January 3rd, 2025What we have here is a couple of spooks discussing an alleged email from the alleged Cybertruck Trump Hotel bomber, Matthew Livelsberger, that mentions, among other things, “Gravitic Propulsion Systems.”
I used to read 4chan for stuff like this. X is like 4chan with blue checkmarks and studio lighting.
So, why post this?
Since 2017, countless intelligence personnel can’t seem to stop talking about UFOs. This means that some sort of expanded, intensified information operation is running on this topic. It’s fine to pay attention to it to try to unravel the goal of the operation as long as we understand that current and former intelligence personnel MUST NOT be trusted.
In other words, we’re trying to piece together what’s happening by observing a tapestry of nonsense woven by a bunch of professional liars.
Nobody said it was going to be easy.
(Look on the bright side: At least they’re not tasking Lou Elizondo with this one.)
Via: Shawn Ryan Show:
The Strange Case of Matthew Livelsberger and the Cybertruck Incident at Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas
January 2nd, 2025Nothing about the Matthew Livelsberger situation makes sense, but the most baffling aspect of the story is the amateurish nature of the improvised explosive.
Additionally, Livelsberger’s passport, military identification, iPhone and credit cards found in the vehicle. However:
Due to Livelsberger’s body being burnt beyond recognition and the gunshot wound, McMahill said it’s been hard to identify the body. He still does not have “100 percent confirmation” that he is the suspect.
Hmm.
More from Green Beret Nap Time:
There is still a lot we do not know about Matthew Livelsberger, the alleged Vegas bomber, but here is what we do know and there is a lot that does not add up:
He recently made the E8 list for MSG in 2023 in an 18Z slot, which means he was a Special Forces soldier and if he… pic.twitter.com/kq8H1WZPfb
— Green Beret Nap Time (@GBNT1952) January 2, 2025
Via: Independent:
“Matt was a very skilled warrior, and he would be able to make — if it was him, and if he did this — he would’ve been able to make a more sophisticated explosive than using propane tanks and camping fuel. He was what you might call a ‘supersoldier.’ If you ever read about the things he was awarded, and the experience he had, some of it doesn’t make sense, when he had the skills and ability to make something more, let’s say, ‘efficient.’ His skills were enormous from what he had been taught in the military.”
With Livelsberger’s skills, his uncle suggested, his nephew “could have fashioned a bomb that would have obliterated half of that hotel if he seriously wanted to hurt others.”
“Think of Oklahoma City,” he said. “McVeigh was just a normal soldier. Not a Tier 1 operator like Matt.”
“AI Friends Are Coming to Facebook and Instagram”
January 2nd, 2025Flashback to 2011: Army of Fake Social Media Friends to Promote Propaganda:
It’s recently been revealed that the U.S. government contracted HBGary Federal for the development of software which could create multiple fake social media profiles to manipulate and sway public opinion on controversial issues by promoting propaganda. It could also be used as surveillance to find public opinions with points of view the powers-that-be didn’t like. It could then potentially have their “fake” people run smear campaigns against those “real” people. As disturbing as this is, it’s not really new for U.S. intelligence or private intelligence firms to do the dirty work behind closed doors.
And now…
Via: New York Magazine:
Among Meta’s many resolutions for the new year… one stands out as plain weird: filling its social-media platforms with bots. According to the Financial Times:
The Silicon Valley group is rolling out a range of AI products, including one that helps users create AI characters on Instagram and Facebook, as it battles with rival tech groups to attract and retain a younger audience. “We expect these AIs to actually, over time, exist on our platforms, kind of in the same way that accounts do,” said Connor Hayes, vice-president of product for generative AI at Meta. “They’ll have bios and profile pictures and be able to generate and share content powered by AI on the platform?.?.?.?that’s where we see all of this going,” he added.
Also from 2011: Air Force Wants Troll Persona Management Software
Feds Probe Possible Military Link Between Suspects In Bourbon Street Massacre & Trump Hotel Cybertruck Blast
January 2nd, 2025Via: ZeroHedge:
Two law enforcement sources familiar with the New Orleans truck-terror-ramming attack and the Las Vegas incident told NBC News that federal investigative teams are probing a potential military connection between the two individuals involved in both attacks.
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Denver-based station ABC7 reported that Livelsberger once served at the same base as Shamsud-Din Jabbar. However, no evidence yet confirms whether they had direct links of any sort.
However, both vehicles used in New Orleans and Las Vegas were rented from San Francisco-based Turo.
