Apparently a journalist was "Wellstoned"

[Airwolf]

Good riddance.

Another successful wellstoning.
 
I hope coach's fat bald cousin takes note.

Her explosive expose of how the government watches us through little cameras embedded in our TVs puts her at risk.

Combine that with her reporting on deadly windmill blades being hurled over a mile, and you have a prime candidate for a wellstoning.

She's just lucky that up to now the NSA has overlooked crazy Miriam's San Diego pennysaver.

All you would need is your own fleet of drones and some AGM-119 Hellfires

[Ralph Wiggum]

New thread on the same subject with a sort of "Nadinism".

LINK

reformist2 (4,456 posts)

Most people with common sense are deeply suspicious of Michael Hastings' death.

Not only do I believe this to be true, I suspect most of you are in this boat as well.

May as well say so, and have discussion thread titles that reflect this, instead of letting others frame the debate.

nadinbrzezinski (121,829 posts)
24. I will put it to you this way

being suspicious is important in this case... that said, it could have been an accident.

I will add this though, if it was not... I doubt we will know.

Certain things that raise my hackles.

Where the trannie was found, how far the engine flew (granted two of the suports were sheared in the crash at least), and how fiery this was.

If this was purely mechanical failure we need to know as well, new vehicle... failures do happen... and a recall might be in order.

So there are many reasons to WANT a real investigation... but if this was who he feared... you will never hear about it. And yes, shit like this happens in other places around the world. Some of the tactcis we taught them.

Suffice it to say, he did write that he had been warned in the past... so there is that.

As to most people... in reality most people know about the NBA games, and the latest on the tv, and sports. Most people have a hard time with actual news. The comentary from Jon Oliver yesterday with the Paula Dean \ Treasury bit was just damn on point, and true.

Most people will know of the flap with Paula Dean... this... who is Hastings will be the first question.

Hmmm...hackles?   

raise (somebody's) hackles  also make (somebody's) hackles rise
to annoy someone
Usage notes: Hackles are the hairs on the back of a dog's neck which stand up when it is angry.

[Big Dog]

Did Ben Franklin have hackles?

[DLR Pyro]

hastings blew thru a red light shortly before his accident at a high rate of speed
[youtube=425,350]http://youtu.be/gNhqKRugk8Q[/youtube]

The car burned like a son of a bitch, probally because the gas tank ruptured and sprayed gas when it hit the center medium at that high speed
[youtube=425,350]http://youtu.be/3LSY3wVuASg[/youtube]

wellstoned?  nah

bad driving by hastings?  yep

[obumazombie]

Has anyone quantum tested the accident vehicle ? What ever happened to Vince Foster ?

edit case

[Bad Dog]

Has anyone quantum tested the accident vehicle ? What ever happened to vince Foster ?

I only have one hackle but, I assure you it is fully erect.

[zeitgeist]

Hum, maybe he was trying to do this and failed?

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epqSuvrBWQs[/youtube]

Mercedes (what I thought I heard he was driving) usually come in fast, wicked fast, and PYP fast versions. I had an older six cylinder roadster who's acceleration was nothing short of amazing to say nothing of its top end.   If it was a newer model  he was driving it was probably a 'fly by wire' car for both steering and throttle. Not that there is anything wrong with that.   

[Chris_]

Hum, maybe he was trying to do this and failed?

Mercedes (what I thought I heard he was driving) usually come in fast, wicked fast, and PYP fast versions. I had an older six cylinder roadster who's acceleration was nothing short of amazing to say nothing of its top end.   If it was a newer model  he was driving it was probably a 'fly by wire' car for both steering and throttle. Not that there is anything wrong with that.   

He was driving a C250 turbo coupe (the four-cylinder model).

[GOBUCKS]

Certain things that raise my hackles.

Where the trannie was found

Here comes nutcase nadin with another big scoop!

No one else has reported a queer being in the car with him!

[Chris_]

Certain things that raise my hackles.

Where the trannie was found

Didn't the DUmp get into an argument about this word?

You gotta laugh.

[zeitgeist]

He was driving a C250 turbo coupe (the four-cylinder model).

Pumping 201hp at 5000 rpm with a 0-60 of 7.1 seconds according to MB ( http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehicles/model/class-C/model-C250C#specifications ).  Not exactly a slouch off the line.  [NHRA sanctioned drags this weekend up here at the New England Speedway BTW]  

Lets say a drunk has a leg spasm mashes the pedal and jerks the wheel. Ka boom rapid acceleration followed by char broiled driver.  

Or as DUmmies suspect, Agent Mike followed the driver from the bar after putting a bit of Rohypnol or such in his cocktail then manipulated the 'fly by wire' vehicle with a RC joystick from his chase vehicle when he started to nod.

And about that trannie

[obumazombie]

Transmission ? Transaxle ? Transfer Case ? Transmitter ? Transom ?

[BlueStateSaint]

Transmission ? Transaxle ? Transfer Case ? Transmitter ? Transom ?

Naaah . . .

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwUjJXxoGy4[/youtube]

[ColonelCarrots]

Never seen that movie.

[GOBUCKS]

One thing is certain.

Any time DUmp democrats claim someone was "wellstoned", you can be sure it was a death that made the world a better place.

[DLR Pyro]

One thing is certain.

Any time DUmp democrats claim someone was "wellstoned", you can be sure it was a death that made the world a better place.

without a doubt.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Bennyboy (9,445 posts)

Exclusive: Who Killed Michael Hastings?



Exclusive: Who Killed Michael Hastings?
Thu, 10/24/2013 - by Carl Gibson
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Early in the morning on June 18, a brand new Mercedes C250 coupe was driving through the Melrose intersection on Highland Avenue in Hollywood when suddenly, out of nowhere, it sped up. According to an eye-witness, the car accelerated rapidly, bounced several times then fishtailed out of control before it slammed into a palm tree and burst into flames, ejecting its engine some 200 feet away.

A witness, Jose Rubalcalva, whose house stood adjacent to the crash, told Ana Kasparian of the The Young Turks news network that no one could approach the burning car because it kept exploding. In a simulated full-frontal crash of a 2013 C250 coupe, the car doesn’t explode on impact nor does it launch its engine 200 feet.

In fact, said Nael Issa, a Mercedes Benz dealer in Long Beach, “The car has a crumble zone, so when it crashes it goes in like an accordion. And in some cases the engine drops down, so it doesn’t go into you.”

The driver in the fatal crash was Michael Hastings, a 33-year-old crack investigative reporter for Rolling Stone magazine, whose June 2010 article, “The Runaway General,” exposed the behind-the-scenes failure of top U.S. General Stanley McChrystal’s counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan—and, even more damagingly, revealed McChrystal's mocking attitude toward the Obama administration, which ultimately led to the general’s resignation.


- See more at: http://www.occupy.com/article/exclusive-who-killed-michael-hastings#sthash.GwoP46Ha.dpuf

Who wrote this, Nadin? 

[GOBUCKS]

The driver in the fatal crash was Michael Hastings, a 33-year-old crack investigative reporter for Rolling Stone magazine

Clearly, this wellstoning was meant as a warning to a certain award-wining journo to stop investigating the dangers of windmills.

No one survives running afoul of Big Wind.

[njpines]

Clearly, this wellstoning was meant as a warning to a certain award-wining journo to stop investigating the dangers of windmills.

No one survives running afoul of Big Wind.

 

[zeitgeist]

The driver in the fatal crash was Michael Hastings, a 33-year-old crack investigative reporter for Rolling Stone magazine

Clearly, this wellstoning was meant as a warning to a certain award-wining journo to stop investigating the dangers of windmills.

No one survives running afoul of Big Wind.

And for a crack investigator it may indeed be an ill wind which blows foul!  

[lastparker]

Michael Hastings was not murdered. Nor was his death an accident.

He died at 33 on the 33rd (more or less) parallel

His first name refers to the Archangel Michael who is sort of an avenging angel and his last name, Hastings, means "son of the austere (or stern or disciplined) man"

Therefore his death was some sort of ritual sacrifice. Probably the Masons but maybe some other group that uses Masonic symbolism. And he probably, in some way, volunteered for it.

There you go DUmmies, I've ratified your madness, I think you can take it from here. Nadin, get on this. Follow the trends across the Rubicon and you may just discover Oz.

You're welcome!

 

[Big Dog]

Clearly, this wellstoning was meant as a warning to a certain award-wining journo to stop investigating the dangers of windmills.

No one survives running afoul of Big Wind.



And for a crack investigator it may indeed be an ill wind which blows foul!  

Well played!

[miskie]

franksolich - the head of the VRWC's 'cleanup crew' - might know a few things about that fateful day..   

[JohnnyReb]

Next week DUmmies will gather in Washington to BREAK WIND.

[Ralph Wiggum]

UPDATE!!!

pnwmom (48,203 posts)

Michael Hastings's brother rules out foul play in death; says media sensationalized


Last edited Tue Nov 5, 2013, 04:10 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)

his brother's death; and says he saw him the day before and he was in the midst of a manic episode.

This should put the rumors to an end, but of course it won't.

http://www.salon.com/2013/11/05/michael_hastings_life_and_death_a_brothers_reflections/

As I told the police out in L.A., a few days before he died, Mike called me and I got the impression that he was having a manic episode, similar to one he had had 15 years ago, which he had referred to in his writing. At that time, drugs had been involved, and I suspected that might be the case again. I immediately booked a flight to L.A. for the next day, with the thought that maybe I could convince him to come back to Vermont to dry out or (less likely) get him to go to detox/rehab there in L.A. When I got to L.A. and saw him, I immediately realized that he was not going to go willingly. I started to make arrangements with our other brother to fly out and help me possibly force Mike into checking himself into a hospital or detox center. I’d thought that I had at least convinced Mike to just stay in his apartment and chill out for the next few days, but he snuck out on me when I was sleeping. He crashed his car before anyone could do anything to help him … I ended up telling this all to the police on Tuesday morning, as I was one of the last people to see him alive and I was one of the few people who could really put his behavior on that day in context.

How good a job do you feel the cops have done looking into the crash?

I feel that the investigation was pretty thorough. The LAPD was very easy to work with, and I think they did a good job. I certainly have no real complaints about them or the coroner’s office, and I think everyone in my family is satisfied with the report. For the most part, it didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know or strongly suspect.

SNIP

How have you reacted to the way the press has covered the report?

If I have any problems, it’s with how the report was written about in the press. There were a lot of journalists-in-quotes who didn’t seem to have read it very carefully or were, irresponsibly I think, taking things out of context. I guess that’s understandable — I mean, of course the press is going to sensationalize things and play up the juicy stuff. But just because it was understandable didn’t mean I liked it.

SNIP

What are your own thoughts about the cause of death? Do you have any feelings at all that foul play might have been involved?

I really rule out foul play entirely.

SNIP