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Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist, ass... - 6/18/2013 8:49:07 PM   
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the vehicle crossed the median, slammed into a tree and burst into flames; the driver was pronounced dead at the scene


He may have made some formidable enemies, and who knows what he was up to that some people would like to prevent the publication off.

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explosive 2010 Rolling Stone profile of U.S. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal ("The Runaway General") led to McChrystal's resignation


Why would his vehicle cross the median?



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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/18/2013 9:33:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		A tire could have blown or he could have fallen asleep at the wheel, or maybe he was sexting while driving.

People die in accidents every day and no nefarious plot is involved.

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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/18/2013 9:41:09 PM   
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ORIGINAL: angelikaJ
A tire could have blown

That would indicate assassination.

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People die in accidents every day and no nefarious plot is involved.

So nobody would suspect that the victim was assassinated.

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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/18/2013 9:42:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, that sucks. I enjoyed reading his stuff.

As for a single car crash, at 4:25 a.m., my default assumption is that the driver was either drunk/drugged, or fell asleep at the wheel, depending on the individual.



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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/18/2013 9:50:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		When I was 10 we were on our way to my mother's aunt and uncle's.
One of the tires blew and we hit a concrete barrier.

I am reasonably certain that no one was trying to assassinate my mother or me.

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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/18/2013 9:55:54 PM   
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As for a single car crash, at 4:25 a.m., my default assumption is that the driver was either drunk/drugged, or fell asleep at the wheel, depending on the individual.

We do not know what actually happened, do we?


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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/18/2013 9:57:57 PM   
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When I was 10 we were on our way to my mother's aunt and uncle's.
One of the tires blew and we hit a concrete barrier.

I am reasonably certain that no one was trying to assassinate my mother or me.

Do you think that it is legitimate to extrapolate from your experience to all car crashes? Or could some car crashes have been the result of an assassination?

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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/18/2013 10:06:48 PM   
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So nobody would suspect that the victim was assassinated.



That's a lousy, unreliable, and overcomplicated, way to do the job, Rule, if that was what someone wanted to do. He was travelling at extremely high speed, and lost control. A loose nut behind the wheel, as some will describe the cause of such accidents. He hit with such force that the engine and transmission left the car, and wound up down the street.

Believe what you will, but he's dead because he was a better writer than driver.



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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/18/2013 10:13:38 PM   
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That's a lousy, unreliable, and overcomplicated, way to do the job, Rule,

On the contrary: it is extremely efficient. Of the handful that I am aware of they were all successful and nobody - except me - knows that they were assassinations.

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He was travelling at extremely high speed, and lost control.

That is characteristic of such assassinations.

If it is determined that his tyre exploded, that would just about clinch it.

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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/18/2013 10:35:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		What foundation of experience do you have with drivers on the road in Los Angeles at that time of the morning, Rule? How many high speed crashes have you witnessed (race events excluded)?

I couldn't tell the make and model of the car from the restricted views in the news report I watched (they had a sheet over the front half), but it was obviously a high performance coupe, possibly a BMW, or an Infiniti. He was driving stupid, and he died stupid. I've seen it happen right in front of me. I hope the impact killed him instantly, rather than more slowly in the fire.

Enjoy your hypothesis, but I'm calling it a night.

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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/18/2013 11:09:56 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Rule

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
As for a single car crash, at 4:25 a.m., my default assumption is that the driver was either drunk/drugged, or fell asleep at the wheel, depending on the individual.

We do not know what actually happened, do we?



No we do not. Unless we were there and saw and heard EVERYTHING, we have no way of knowing.

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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/19/2013 4:00:55 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Rule

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
That's a lousy, unreliable, and overcomplicated, way to do the job, Rule,

On the contrary: it is extremely efficient. Of the handful that I am aware of they were all successful and nobody - except me - knows that they were assassinations.

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
He was travelling at extremely high speed, and lost control.

That is characteristic of such assassinations.

If it is determined that his tyre exploded, that would just about clinch it.



So what you are saying is you were aware of murders and yet did nothing about it. And now you are bragging about it online. Interesting. So is this supposed to make me think you are mysterious and dangerous, cause that's not what's happening

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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/19/2013 4:16:07 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Rule

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ORIGINAL: angelikaJ
When I was 10 we were on our way to my mother's aunt and uncle's.
One of the tires blew and we hit a concrete barrier.

I am reasonably certain that no one was trying to assassinate my mother or me.

Do you think that it is legitimate to extrapolate from your experience to all car crashes? Or could some car crashes have been the result of an assassination?


They also could have been caused by terrorist activity in the rubber factory , targeting Americans who drive, or they could have been caused by angels with spears, or they could have been caused by running over a porcupine and the quills causing a blow out, or they could have been caused by ..............(fill in blank here)

There is a saying in the medical field - if it looks like a horse and acts like a horse, then chances are its a horse - not a zebra. And it seems to me that as an assassination attempt, blowing out a tire is a very unsure way of killing someone.

and for that matter, how many assassination attempts is the OP aware of utilizing a tire blow out? And why would he extrapolate that number to mean that a tire blow out is an assassination attempt? I think the OP is looking at a horse, and seeing a zebra stripped unicorn with three horns and a wand.

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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/19/2013 10:33:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		4:30 AM? I bet his blood alcohol was way above the legal limit.

10:00 AM maybe there would be reason to speculate although no reason here has been given except the op's feelings of powerlessness causing him to suspect conspiracies everywhere. But at that hour, alcohol is the number one cause.

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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/19/2013 10:52:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		I dont know much about him- but being the AP had its phones bugged- who ever bugged his phones would know where he was going to go- and could have laid and wait.


Reporters and wistleblowers are terrorists- you know. One congressman was calling it treason on snowden and the reporter.


I think that if you question the status quo- like he did - there is a 60% chance he was suicided off.

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RE: Was Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist,... - 6/19/2013 12:04:44 PM   
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ORIGINAL: DesFIP
except the op's feelings of powerlessness





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