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At 1:30 in the morning on Tuesday, a ship collided with a pylon of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore harbor, and within seconds, the entire bridge had collapsed. This will put the port of Baltimore, one of the busiest ports in the United States, out of action for months and maybe even years, which will inevitably have a massive negative effect on the local and national economy. The official story is that this was an accident, and if we had honest and trustworthy governing officials, that would be the end of the matter. But we don’t. And so questions are multiplying.
Old Joe Biden quickly stated: “Everything so far indicates that this was a terrible accident. At this time, we have no other indication. No other reason to believe there’s any intentional act here.” Since Biden has a record for lying that is unmatched even among the corruptocrats who currently occupy our nation’s highest positions of trust and responsibility, this statement in itself constitutes reasons to suspect that the destruction of the Key Bridge may have been quite intentional after all. And there are plenty more.
Steve Bannon noted Tuesday that the official explanation of what happened “doesn’t make sense.” He asked “how the ship turned directly into that [pylon] and the pilot didn’t drop the anchor? Dropping the anchor might’ve ripped the front of the ship apart, but it wouldn’t have taken out the bridge.”
All right, that’s a telling point, but there is no need to rush headlong down the rabbit hole. Maybe the pilot panicked. Maybe he had a terrible lapse in judgment. There is, however, much more. The courageous investigative journalist Lara Logan revealed that according to “multiple intel sources,” the destruction of the bridge was an “‘absolutely brilliant strategic attack’ on US critical infrastructure – most likely cyber – & our intel agencies know it.”
Logan listed some of the ways in which the collapse of the bridge would hurt the nation, and thus aid our enemies: “Second busiest strategic roadway in the nation for hazardous material now down for 4-5 years – which is how long they say it will take to recover. Bridge was built specifically to move hazardous material – fuel, diesel, propane gas, nitrogen, highly flammable materials, chemicals and oversized cargo that cannot fit in the tunnels – that supply chain now crippled.” She also pointed out that the ship hit one of “two load-bearing pylons on each end” of the bridge; these are “the anchor points,” and Logan said that the attackers “knew that hitting either one one of them would be a fatal wound to the integrity of the bridge.” The attack, she added, was “perfectly targeted.”
Not only that, but “when you choke off Baltimore you have cut the main north-south hazardous corridor (I95) in half. Now has to go around the city – or go somewhere else. To move some of that cargo through the tunnel you may be able to get a permit but those are slow to get and require an escort system that is expensive and has to be done at night. For every $100 dollars that goes into the city, $12 comes from shipping. Believe this will cripple the city of Baltimore at a time when they do not have the resources to recover.”
General Michael Flynn seemed to agree with Logan that the takedown of the bridge was intentional, or at very least was the result of incompetence in key positions. Flynn said: “This is a BLACK SWAN event. Black swans normally come out of the world of finance (not military). The standard operating procedures for all U.S. ports, harbors, and bays that transit commerce and military activities are supposed to maintain an incredible level of discipline, rigor and awareness for these very type events to not occur (ever!), yet here we are. There are harbor masters for every single one of these transit points in America that are in charge of assuring the safety of navigation…start there.” A black swan event is an unforeseen incident that has massive repercussions.
Counterterror analyst and former FBI agent John Guandolo, meanwhile, also agreed that the collapse of the bridge was likely intentional, and explained: “I worked several AQ [al-Qaeda]/Hamas cases while in the FBI & since and found – verified by state intel agencies – AQ/Hamas targeted key bridges to shut down exfil abilities so they could conduct significant level follow on attacks. This may be that or this may be an accident. I lean strongly towards NOT AN ACCIDENT. The fact FBI/DHS say it is NOT terrorism is a key indicator it is. FBI/DHS have been wrong 100% of the time they initially say its NOT terrorism (Ft Hood, Orlando, Ft Lauderdale, Lakewood TX..,)”
Yes, it has come to this: our government, intelligence and law enforcement officials are so untrustworthy that if they say an incident is not terrorism, it very likely is. The collision of the ship with the Francis Scott Key Bridge could end up being a testimony to the fecklessness and incompetence of local officials and the others involved, which is born of far too much time and money being squandered on Critical Race Theory, gender madness and the like, instead of on training competent personnel. Whether or not the destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge really was a terror attack, it will certainly weaken the nation, and in that it benefits the enemies of the United States. And whether or not this was a terror attack, the numerous and growing list of unanswered questions demonstrates how little confidence thoughtful people have today in the honesty and veracity of those who bear the responsibility to protect and defend this nation.
Why does so much depend on one bridge, one highway, one port, one city, one system . . . ?
I guess we’re fortunate it wasn’t our electric grid taken out, or a more virulent virus unleashed,
or some other catastrophic 9-11 type attack. Little by little, arson by arson, crash by crash,
disaster by disaster, we crumble to our knees. God help us.
America doesn’t rely on the Baltimore port, which is only the 20th largest in America. It’s puny in size, vessels handled and annual cargo tonnage to the truly big ports such as LA, Long Beach and New York/New Jersey. On the East Coast, the Georgia, South Carolina and Georgia ports are all much busier than Baltimore’s was. They could easily transport the vehicles, passengers and hazardous materials the Baltimore port used to, even though it was the largest facility for vehicles and passengers in the country.
Don’t forget the port of Philadelphia…
I didn’t but the New York/New Jersey, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia ports are all in the top ten.
So what? If a terrorist attack and a trial run. They now see it can be done and our response.. The government comes to a quick conclusion and Americans are immediately skeptical. Watching the video of that ship moving like it targeted that bridge doesn’t make you wonder.? Makes me wonder. Particularly with our current leadership. What next?
This looks a little 9/11-ish
How come this massive cargo ship was not being guided by tugboats ?
I want the entire ship’s crew to be identified … name, nationality, religion, age, sex, education/training, employment background, etc.etc.etc
This is definitely Islamic terrorism or total incompetence on many levels.
Also, I hear that Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, has just left for his 2 month spring vacation with his boyfriend.
Tugs are mainly used in close quarters maneouvering. Not this situation. but the pilot IS responsible no matter what. It is ALL HIS once he steps up to the conn. This will be a carrer ender for him, but maybe that was taken into account when he accepted the “job”.
What I wonder is WHO ELSE was on the bridge during this ransit? That port s quite sheltered, so there is no issue with ubforseen currents, etc. There are extremely accurate tables whereby one can select a date and ime, say 21 May at 1735 hrs, and calculate the exact strength, speed, and direction of the normal currents at that bridge. Unless there was a sudden =unforseen catastrophic mechanical failure with the steering system on that ship. the pilot simply want haywire and PUT that ship into the bridge.
I’d like to see that pilot along with everyone else on that bridge during any segment of this transit be microscopically examined by multiple panels of experts in various aspects of such things. History background training, experience of the pilot and other critcal personnel needs to be exhaustively examined. find any under-the-radar relationships, connexions, financials, links to organisations and factions, educaion, etc. sort of along the lines of the post-incident examination of Lee Harvey Oswald afer Kennedy got shot. He was an unknown nobody before, but the tangled web of unsavoury connexions this man had (admittedly many of them through or because of our own CIA) I’d also closely examine this pilot’s financials…. now and going forward.
Any bets the Feds will be all over this thing.. not to solve it but to cover it up and make it appear to be what is is not??
The GPS system to be examined for malfunction because the Pilot and Captain both attested that it did. If it functions properly, that means it was hacked. The ship swerved visibly to hit one of the bridge supports.
I saw on the Grant Stinchfield show on Real America’s Voice 45 minutes ago that the ship’s black box stopped recording for about a minute and a half and when it came back on the rudder was being controlled, We all saw what happened next on the video. The ship’ lights blinked off and on twice and it swerved into one of the bridge’s main support pillars located on one side of the ship lane underneath the bridge.
The CCP can reportedly hack into any open system America has and has a weapon called “remote towing” that can take control of ships and planes. It can even be done through a cell phone of a crew member or passenger.
Remote towing was used on a yacht through a Chinese guy’s phone to make it crash in some river and he was on the show to talk about it. Apparently the phone has to be on, if I remember correctly.
That means a crew member of the Dali was probably used by the CCP to sabotage the Francis Scott Key bridge.
Every crewman’s phone should be examined and any crewman who suddenly quits needs to be hunted down. And all their bank accounts need to be examined. If one of them takes off to China….well……
Oh, and the ship was carrying 764 TONS of toxic waste, and some of it is definitely in the water.
China looks guilty as FUCK. No jihad group has taken credit and they always boast of their terrorist attacks.
and is chest feeding …..whatever that really means
Sounds like something Pete Buttgig’s husband would do to their infant.
good point – where is the crew for this ship? how come the crew has not been interviewed on tv to tell us how this happened? if we don’t hear from the crew soon, then we know that the gov’t is covering something up and then the gov’t can make up any story they want to explain this disaster.
I agree that this is one of the strong indications that the authorities are hiding something. The pilot, captain, and certain crew should have been interviewed immediately, before being instructed what to say.
The Jihad Joe Beijing Biden administration was especially quick to dismiss this as an accident.
Most of the crew were asleep when it happened and aren’t part of the ship’s bridge crew anyway. Most of the crew were reportedly Filipinos, which makes sense because there are lots of them on cargo ships, but I wonder if any of them are moslems.
However, it was the Pilot and Captain who had control of the bridge.
the distinct stench of this “incident” puts it right in there alongsde the WC collapse attacks. While it did not bring a massive direct toll in human life, its consequences are every bit as dire. To shut down a major port in two minutes is an YUUUUGE event. It does smell to me like a carefully choreographed event.
Could it be payback for our assiatsnce/permission regarding a certain critical bridge linking parts of the Crimea with Russie, that bridge that has twice been attacked but not seriously damaged? No wquetion our operatives were at least involved/aware of those attacks.
I won’t mention any critical pipelines in Europe, either……
You can name many other bridges whose demise would cripple major cities’ sea traffic.
Yes, much more so and ports can be damaged or blocked in other ways. They can even be sabotaged by government stupidity and incompetence, as when the LA and Long Beach ports, which are the biggest and busiest in America, had miles of trucks lined up in traffic jams nearby because Bidenflation caused Biden shortages and Biden delays in every aspect of distribution.
Francis Scott Keys? Who could that be? Oh yeah!” The writer and composer of the National Anthem,” now it all makes sense? Oh it was terrorism.!” Bet the towel wrapped around the pilot’s head.!
It’s Ramadan. The FBI/DHS’s assertion that this was not terrorism rings hollow. In all probability, it was an act of cyberjihad. Bet on it.
You’re probably right.
They just reported on Real America’s voice that the ships’ GPS WAS hijacked and showed the ship was on course but the Harbor Pilot noticed that what he saw outside didn’t match the GPS info. It was 1:30 am Eastern time so it was too dark to notice in time and by the time he did notice it was too late to turn. Reportedly the pilot and Captain tried to halt the ship by dropping the port side anchor and putting the ship in reverse but it didn’t work.
I don’t know why the ship’s lights went off, back on, then back off. I speculate that the generators went out from the attempt to throw it in reverse while it was moving forward, and then the backup generators went out too, but I don’t know.
This is all new to me.
No way could the business with the lights be caused by the attemt to referse engines to stop the vessel. These systems are VERY robust and fully independent of the ship’s otion. sops are designed to be able to go into full power reverse whilst making way ahead a speed. Remember this is onl water the ship is flowing on and moving through.
I had ot read about the lights going off and on. As to the pilot, he SHOULD have been operating by instruments AND visual. On watch means on WATCH. HE is the eyes and ears for that ship. No way he should not have been topside where he could have full visual on the ship’s progress and direction. Serious lapse in his assigned responsibility. GPS are helpful tools but must not be implicitly relied upon, particularly in a close passage such as this.
This stinks of an inside job by outside forces.
Yes, I realized that the engines and generators are separate systems after I wrote that. I wonder how the generators were manipulated? Too much research for me to bother with.
However, until the sea lane under the bridge was in sight, the pilot had no visual frame of reference to see the ship was off course, and it can clearly be seen swerving towards one of the bridge supports next to the lane. Reportedly, the ship’s bridge called in and said they had lost control of its engines two minutes before the collision. That’s not a whole Hell of a lot of time to avert disaster.
The Port of Oakland is the seventh largest and busiest in America and ships have to pass beneath the Golden Gate Bridge and Oakland Bay Bridge to reach it, which makes me wonder if China is behind this. The Port of Oakland is much too lucrative for China for those CCP goons to sabotage it.
Who knows? Speculation is rampant about why and how the Francis Scott Key bridge was partially destroyed in what was probably done to block of the Port of Baltimore.
I’m waiting for more to surface.
However, when leftist shitheads rush out to assure us it wasn’t islam (move along; nothing to see here), it almost always turns out to have been an islamic attack.
An example:
islamic pricks most certainly burned down Notre Dame.
A hijab chick parked a car bomb in front the day before the fire, but it failed to detonate.
The authorities IMMEDIATE response was to rush blame on the construction workers with ZERO investigation.
Reportedly the Port Pilot and Captain dropped the port side anchor but it didn’t turn or even slow the Dali, which was obviously a ship in very poor condition, and I bet it had a crappy crew, too. Most cargo ships do. Motley crews, in fact. Also reportedly, the screws didn’t function in reverse and the back up generators kicked out, which is why the lights can be seen going out, back on and then out again. Also reportedly, the Dali was only traveling 12 miles per hour when it hit but cargo ships are enormously heavy and the Francis Scott Key bridge was a poorly constructed piece of shit.
A quick way to find out if the crash was likely an act of sabotage would be to check how many of the crew were moslems or Chinese, but I don’t expect that to happen under the Jihad Joe Beijing Biden administration, not that the top government counter terrorism “experts” and FBI are worth a shit with Hoka Joe’s handler’s running things.
The problem with the bridge was that there was no riprap surrounding the supports. They should have been added after a similar collision in Tampa Bay in 1980 (the replacement there did get the riprap). People in MD had 44 years to get their act together. It wouldn’t cost a lot of money, maybe a hundredth of the cost of a new bridge. There is a lot of blame for a lot of people in those 44 years.
Yeah, that’s what I saw reported on Real America’s Voice and Newsmax. It reminds me of the Dirtbagocrat refusal to improve the dikes in New Orleans as the Army Corps of Engineers told them was necessary LONG before hurricane Katrina hit.
funding illegal aliens is more important to commie woke governments than funding critical infrastructure.
Yeah, the recent infrastructure will probably be spent on illegal invaders. It sure won’t be spent on infrastructure, just like Obama’s wasn’t.
That would be “infrastructure bill.”
China employs armys of industrial strength hackers that spend their days searching for ways to comprimise anything digital. That includes GPS. Of course I have suspicions about just how much of an “accident” this was. Particularly when you consider the long-term effects on shipping and industry. Brilliant chess move…
If that was an accident, I’m the Red Emperor and mahdi wrapped in one.
Actually I think it’s unfair to blame the bridge design, Jeff.
This sort of design is extremely solid, and can be expected to last as long as the metals involved do not turn to rust …
… barring an earthquake … or a 100,000 ton freighter at 7.5 knots.
The designers could also not have contemplated the size of such a ship in 1977.
Actually, the bridge was poorly designed and the state and city had refused to make the necessary safety improvements ever since it was built. Take the Brooklyn Bridge, for example. If the Dali had crashed into that it would’ve bounced off. The supports on the Francis Scott Key bridge were much too flimsy but Dirtbagocrat states and cities don’t care about infrastructure until it fails.
No insult meant, Dan.
I didn’t think for a minute that it was deliberate, until I saw biden’s words.
Biden coming out with his non-sensical statement, devoid of facts about anything, and then our intelligence agencies saying it probably wasn’t terrorism with their past success rate of prognostication at 0% tells me something is amiss. Then with the importance of the bridge and hazardous materials? Oh, but this is the same bridge that Biden took the train across the harbor
Reportedly, hazardous materials are leaking from the Dali.
The Delaware Ding-a-ling crossed that bridge many times. He led a civil rights march over that bridge on his way to Selma before he was arrested in South Africa with Nelson Mandela.
Was that before or after he dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and marched with Genghis Khan?
With thousands of terrorists entering our country thanks to the democrats.
This is the first in many attacks we unfortunately must deal with as long as the feckless
Democrats are running America.
Voting Democrat will destroy America and half of the voting population it seems wants that to happen..
And yet, a predictable way to “Grow the Government.”
I’m sure my comment will come off as if by one who wears a tinfoil hat, but the more one studies this, the more deliberate it looks. Setting aside the cyber elements of this for just a minute, I can tell you from past shipboard experience that an emergency drop of the port side anchor does NOT cause a ship to heave starboard.
I agree with your opinion, sir.
Watching the video yesterday, the diesel smoke coming out the exhaust stack was huge indicating the engine was operating at near max thrust. This does not resonate with the early claim that they lost power. If that were true, how come those exhausts were billowing out so much smoke. It was huge smoke coming out. As if they turned onto a track and then gunned the throttle.
And it was just reported on Real America’s Voice that the ship’s GPS was hacked, which would mean you’re right.
I saw that too, so I guess it was the electrical power which went out but don’t ask me why. I know next to nothing about ship’s engines and generators.
Likely the backup generator kicking in!
Yeah, I noticed that too and I’ve never been a sailor. The reporting about the anchor must’ve been wrong. Aerial views of the ship tangled in the bridge wreckage also clearly show it’s not jammed in straight on but to the starboard.
Unless the port anchor were dropped after the ship heaved right, which would be extremely quick thinking and action. You can see in the video how close the ship was when it heaved right.
true that…… it would tend to force the bow to port, thus the entire ship. Unless they had not let out enough scope to hit the bottom, or the bottom was mud thus did ot provide solid bite for the hook. The more details I see the more solid my conviction this is an inside job by outside forces. At this poiint I can imagine any of about half a dozen possible driving forces.
I have not seen a description of which part of the vessel actually struck the bridge pylon. I suppose of the porside anchor was cast it possibly could have caused the vessel to heave to port and pissibly swing the stern to starboard, thus the starboard quarter could have swept the pylon. Not enough info to figure it out.
Watch the video. The ship hit bow first head on. And ask NAVY ET1 if an anchor could stop a moving ship. He would know but that sure seems impossible to me.
It was definitely caused by an outside force because the ship’s GPS was hacked.
We are advised this afternoon that the company that owns this cargo ship had given notice some time ago they were going DEI. It will be interesting to learn what the Black Box reports if anything. I am still puzzled how so much exhaust fumes could have been blowing out if the engines were really out. That was a lot of diesel fumes. It must have been pedal to the metal.
Yes, those are all good points.
Newsmax and Real America’s Voice played a video produced by that company with smiling “minorities” and a narrator bragging about choosing DEI over qualifications and competence. It was nauseating. That wouldn’t affect that ship, though.
The fumes really do contradict reports that the engines were out. Maybe the ship called in that it had lost control or something but all we can do for now is speculate and “rely” on news reports. Even reputable news agencies have to rely on secondhand reports, at best.
At this point, there’s no clear, convincing evidence that this incident was an act of terrorism. But there’s also no clear, convincing evidence that it was NOT an act of terrorism.
But two things are abundantly clear:
One, when we focus on D-I-E over merit, competence, and safety, and have less qualified people in important positions, we can expect more incidents like this—more ship, bus, truck, train, and plane accidents, more medical mistakes, less reliable appliances, cars, and computers—and worse goods and services overall.
Two, the FBI and other federal agencies were so busy going after J-6 people and Catholics who go to Latin Mass that they may have ignored a threat right under their nose.
It was just reported that the ship’s GPS system was hacked to show it was on course when it wasn’t. No report about how the GPS was able to put it off course but I don’t know shit about GPS except for my cellphone and even there, all I know is what the phone shows, not how it works.
GPS can be hacked to show whatever the hacker wants it to show. It can also be hacked to steer the ship to some other course.
But COIME NNNN.. there was a supoosedly qualified pilt aboard, where were HIS eyeballs? In csme girly mag? That harbour is pretty big, the bridge frm the picure we all saw, is NOT missable to anyone with even one eyeball half open and the other wne piked out. HOW could the pilot be on watch and NO able to see that miles long high well lit monster of a bridge?
How many others observed that the GPS was showing the desired course when the vessel was on collision course with the bridge? How many others were even on the bridge as this happened? Do we have just the pilot’s word the GPS showed the desired course even as the ship was following another course? Does the GPS record the data as it changes? IN other words, is there a stored plot of the ship’s intended/plotted course AND the ship’s actual course? WHO programmed the GPS course that night? WHo else had access to the inputs of that device that night?
Bottom line, the PILOT was NOT doing his job, which is to set the ship’s course then make good that course. Instruments are helpful tools, but the one tool that was NOT engaged was the pilot’s eyes and brain. HIS and HIS alone. HAD he been in the bridge and atentive, he SURELY would have observed that the ship
s course was NOT as intended nor was it safe. HIS WORK and his alone.
this reminds me of an Alaskan oil tanker a couple decades back which went aground in some fairly close waters. Captain, the “supreme authority aboard any ship” , had tendered the vessel to the First Officer and was in his berth, drunk, as the ship hit the rocks. It was ALL HIS FAULT. Regs have it that in that tricky stretch of water it is the CAPTAIN who must be on watch until the danger is passed. His First Officer was skilled and seasoned, but not qualified. Even drunk and in his berth the Captain was found fully responsible. He will never operate anything that floats that is larger than a private runabout. I believe he also drew prison time for his gross negligence and dereliction of duty. Lost his job and pension. That bottle of rum was mighty dear…… Yes he was made an example to all other officers aboard ships. Rightly so. Fool Around Find Out. He did, and he did. I rather expect this pilot to find himself in a similar situation. Rightly so.
It was reported that the Captain saw the GPS too and that it was too dark to notice the ship was off course by eyesight right away. The Port Pilot also said it’s SOP to keep a close watch on the GPS but I wasn’t there. I’m just writing what’s been reported. The ship wasn’t off course by much, just enough to ram the support it hit instead of pass to its left, and we all saw it turn to starboard.
I will withhold judgement on the intentionality of this action. As should every rational person.
One thing for sure, though. The metaphor that comes to mind is almost inescapable. The Francis Scott Key bridge, named of course after the author of America’s national anthem, has collapsed. How fitting, in this age when the foundations and pillars of America are under attack from Biden, his handlers and his radical left-wing, America-hating enablers.
Rump Ranger Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, is right on the job – his first order of business is to pick a new name for the new bridge to be built – his list so far:
– Rachel Maddow Bridge painted in the rainbow flag colors.
– the Chairman Xi Bridge painted in commie red w/ gold stars.
– the Caitlyn Jenner Bridge (aka Bruce Jenner) painted in pink.
Once rebuilt. Call it the “Freddie Gray.” “
Theres much more to this than the power going off on the ship. This is an economic attack on the United States and another blow to the supplly chain condition,
Could be. China doesn’t need the ports on America’s east and south coasts, where six of our largest and busiest ports are located.
Up above on this thread commonsense mentioned that it’s Ramadan right now, so there’s that angle. Plenty of the scum of the Earth hate America.
If the power was out, why was the exhaust billowing out so much smoke. It was as if, once pointed to a target, the driver gunned the throttle. Just check out that video and watch the exhaust come out. Huge.
I noticed that too. It seems that only the electrical power went out but time will tell. I know next to nothing about ship engines and generators. All that smoke does back up the reports that the ship attempted to go into reverse.
ship’s elecrical power system might have gone out, but that is NO connected t the ships propulsion systems. No connexion whatever. The huge exhaust plume is likely from the attempt to reverse the ship’s engines and thus slow her down. that would require heavy hrottle application once having gone into reverse gear. so they both make sense given what we’ve been told… which may or may not reflect what was ACTUALLY occurring. Sorry but in my eye this whole thing stinks of careful planning and execution. Cause, and culprits, I am not prepared to address. there are too many independent fail-safe systems aboard a vessel of this size to have it all go haywire by “coincidence”.
Good thing Biden didn’t shoot down that Chinese spy ballon before it reached our country – otherwise the Chinese would not have known which port to attack.
“Steve Bannon noted Tuesday that the official explanation of what happened “doesn’t make sense.” He asked “how the ship turned directly into that [pylon] and the pilot didn’t drop the anchor? Dropping the anchor might’ve ripped the front of the ship apart, but it wouldn’t have taken out the bridge.” This is precisely the type of “immediately publicized” conspiracy theories & and uninformed speculation that spring up around these types of catastrophes that has eroded the American confidence in all media platforms. That ship pilot did drop anchor, and he did immediately notify authorities that the ship had just lost power and may strike that bridge. This video explain exactly what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbUXewlQDk
WATCH THE VIDEO…. it turns into the bridge. Notice that in the main video being shown, you can see the entire ship, front to back. THEN THE BACK starts to disappear like IT’S TURNING. THEN you only see the front of the ship, BOOM!
THIS WAS INTENTIONAL! The power goes out because they shut it off to use that as an excuse. Power restored to AIM the ship better. One report said they did drop the anchor.
Indonesian registered.
FOUR TO FIVE YEARS TO REBUILD???? I’m not bragging about China and how they build bridges over gigantic canyons IN MONTHS, but some lessons can be learned here.
BIDEN PANDERS AGAIN…. he rode the train on that bridge? And I thought Obama was the Master at Bullshitting!
I heard the ship was Singapore registered but not all initial reports can be trusted.
Four or five years? That’l be long enough for the Dirtbagocrats, bureaucrats and corrupt companies on the project to go over budget about ten times and maybe build ten feet of bridge.
Design will probably take a year but worse is the environment impact reports that will be required unless Prez T cuts that red tape next January. Current Prez dufus will probably add more environmental impacts reqs.
The ship could have had one or more vital functions that the right outside electronic signal(s) could disrupt.
A single crew member could conceivably sabotage a cargo ship like the Dali.
It’s been reported that the ship’s GPS had been hacked, so it seems you’re right.
Finger pointing at conspiracy “nuts” has already begun. Too many dots to connect to call this an accident, though. Buy hey, no worries!, says Biden, this is America!
What, him worry?
You mean B^a^s^t^a*r*d Biden????
aka, prez dufus.
How many cars and trucks went into the water, and how many people were in the cars and trucks? Why are they only talking about the construction workers?
Because they don’t know and don’t care about human life.
Plus they were probably illegal aliens. Reports say from Mexico and Guatemala. Highly probable they were illegal and being paid minimum wage or less.
Yeah, I saw that too. That would explain the fake news media concern. What bugs me is that reliable news outlets keep ignoring the people in the cars. There could’ve been babies in some of them.
At the very least we should retaliate 10 times harder against islamic terrorists, just to send a message.
I don’t believe it was deliberate. There would have had to be too much coordination between conspirators on the ships bridge and engine room. Those container ships have a diverse multinational crew. The harbor will be reopened within a week because all that is needed is to remove the bridge wreckage in the main ship channel, not the whole width of the bay. However, it will be year or more before vehicle travel is able to resume.
Reports say the ship’s GPS was hacked. You people on this thread make better deductions than the so called experts do, as usual.
I have seen those speculations on the GPS. There wouldn’t be any need to use GPS on a transit out of the harbor on a clear night. Harbor pilots have a long apprenticeship and know their home waters like they know the inside of their house. On a ship GPS gets most of its use once out onto the open sea.
You’re wrong. It isn’t speculation, it’s the Harbor Pilot’s direct testimony. Harbor Pilots are required to monitor the GPS by law and it wasn’t a clear night, it was a dark night. The ship swerved visibly just enough to miss the passage and hit the support. He did notice the GPS was off but by then it was too late and it caused the ship to swerve.
The GPS was hacked. The Captain saw it, too, and he wouldn’t have swerved into the support. That’s an asinine assumption.
And ships with multinational crews are not towers of Babel, they all speak a common language, usually English.
Not really. If the ship could be controlled by GPS and a computer-based piloting program, then a false set of course directions could have been loaded onto the computer.
Come on man, haven’t you ever seen the Bond movie, Sky Fall?
Exactly. Maybe he thinks GPS piloting programs don’t guide ships. He obviously thinks they can’t be hacked, even though ANY computer program can be.
Personally, I think he’s trying to cover for the islamopithecines or Chinks or whoever is responsible.
“A black swan event is an unforeseen incident that has massive repercussions.”
A black swan event is a three standard deviation event.
” Since Biden has a record for lying…”
And when he’s not lying, he’s repeating what he’s been told. “Twenty top economists say… And of course, “Fifty-one intelligence officers say…”
We all know presidents need advisors, but we like them to take that advice and then apply their own brain to what they’ve been told.
Not a fan of conspiracy theories, but the purposeful take down of the bridge needs to be fully investigated. The problem is, by whom? It isn’t clear that either the FBI nor the CIA can be trusted with the security of the USA, nor honesty in their dealings. The question needs to be asked, in light of the HUNDREDS of take downs of our food and other manufacturing facilities over the last three years, is it possible this is yet another way to cripple the US, on an ever grander and more apocalyptic scale? Is there more to come?
I figure the sabotage will get progressively worse.
for example, the closer we get to the Nov. election = the dems will have to do something to stop the Trump avalanche of voters – since the dems can’t win in a fair election.
The authorities decided in five minutes that this was not a terrorist attack. It is obvious that they are not serious about an investigation, but they are serious about a cover up.
Will some ship pilots, and ship designers and engineers have the courage to explain how there are or are not back up systems for emergencies?
Just wait, bumbling mumbling crooked dementia Joe Briben will blame President Trump and or MAGA Americans.
Could this be used to prevent a response to a planned major terrorist attack, by preventing materiel from getting to DC or other areas?
The Virginia port is much bigger than the Baltimore port and much closer to DC. It seems a safe bet that whoever did this wanted to disrupt traffic on the 195 or whatever that highway is.
It reminded me of 9/11…. Planes hit the upper area of the towers and the towers collapsed…
The ship hit a pylon and an area further away from the contact point collapsed.
And there didn’t seem to be a jolt to the ship which I would expect if they hit it hard enough to cause a collapse…. And they didn’t show the damage to the ship…. Maybe that’s changed/been updated…. To do that much damage there would need to be significant damage to the ship.
The enemies within are burning millions of acres of farm land, killing millions of farm animals, setting up a starvation situation – while getting small responsible farmers out of the way/out of business…
Now a major port is interrupted that food supplies won’t be coming into.
Wouldn’t be surprised to see many more accidents impacting ports as we close in in the election in November.
The person who promises to resolve hunger will get the most votes…. Even if they have no intention of easing true situation…
UN Agenda 21.
again and again if you were there and saw the planes hit the buildings you might not repeat that the hit wasn’t enough to take down a building. It was a massive assault on the building by planes. Huge.
IDK who in gov or gov agencies knew what or planned what. I do know that if two giant fast moving jets fly into buildings, they will not continue to stand. Because I watched that with my own eyes and not just on TV.
Next distracting theory…..
I’m trying to imagine what it must be like to actually want the bridge collapse to have been a terrorist attack. To yearn for that explanation. It seems like the pure desire for bad news of all kinds is hijacking logic here, but that’s pretty standard fare. I’m also not sure if you guys remember how terrorist attacks usually work, but terror groups typically like to admire their handiwork and let their target country know about it. Hamas or Isis or Al-Qaeda or whoever would’ve been happy to tell us if they were behind it.
Anyway, there’s really no point in even discussing the bridge if everyone agrees that Occam’s razor never exists in any scenario. Peter Chucklehead who’s afraid of DEI will find a way to blame DEI, Nicky Nubnuts who’s been hoping for a terror attack to vindicate his theories will decide that it was Hamas, and Drunk Jane who’s worried about people “grooming” her grandchildren will decide that the crew was too busy watching “Rupaul’s Drag Race” to pay attention to the controls. Meanwhile Robert Spencer has gotten all ahead of himself and moved on to a new thing without even solving the mystery of Senator Fetterman’s “body double.” One thing at a time, fellas…
Would China want to take credit? Would any foreign government? No, not even Iran, which is why it uses proxies for its jihad.
The ships’ GPS was hacked.
Stop defending the Jihad Joe Beijing Biden administration, Samuel Poop. The public statement his handlers had him mumble through was idiotic, not that anybody listened to it. Nobody listens to that retard except for sound bites to mock and laugh at. As if ANYBODY looks to him for reassurance or inspiration. QUITE THE OPPOSITE.
One of the comments was that this port has only about 5% of the activity that our larger ports have (eg in NY or LA).
What scares me-and is I think likely- is that this was indeed an act of terrorism-but only a trial balloon. that is, the terrorist (whether from China or Iran or elsewhere) just wanted to see how we would react..
Biden incompetence and pusillanimity, and Blinken, our “Intelligence” services, and the officials in Baltimore, I’m pretty sure, didn’t disappoint the planners of this terrorism.
This is one more reason why I’m voting for Trump-and hope he puts Pompeo (and Pompeo accepts) in as Secretary of Defense or State or head of our “intelligence” structure . He was a great one.
The ones we have now (esp. those in “intelligence”, who deserve to have quotes around their title, since that community has been wrong so many times-perhaps spending too many of their resources going after lawful Christian anti-abortion groups. This community has been wrong more often then they’ve been right.
In my opinion, we could save a lot of taxpayer money by depending on probability rather than our current “intelligence” community!
Does anyone really feel safe having Blinken as Sec. of State or Austin as Sec. of Defense?
I hope God saves us. But I don’t know if the Lord will think us worthy anymore of being saved. I believe we are not only unlucky, but due to our repeated voting in the inane, incompetent and corrupt (eg Fanni Willis) we are, in effect, I believe, committing suicide.
Could be.
It’s weird. Any ship approaching from sea would have to pass under the Governor Harry D. Nice Memorial Bridge before reaching the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which is the first bridge any ship from the Port of Baltimore would have to pass under.
Why would an enemy of America want to disrupt commerce or passenger ships from the Port of Baltimore temporarily? The Dirtbagocrat scum who run Maryland and Baltimore already have their hands out to the federal government to clear the bridge debris and haven’t started to do it themselves but it will get done. The project obviously won’t begin until they can get their hands on the taxpayer dollars from people and businesses from the 49 other states and people in Maryland who don’t need the FSK Bridge.
Your trial run hypothosis seems sound to me.
Government: lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, … oh, that’s not an accident …
Ordinary Americans: Must be a False Flag for their next Psyop and disgusting, wicked crime against G-d, Man, and America …
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Face palm.
It’s an accident. How do I know? …
… Because it’s too obvious. Too convenient.
Oh, and the ship’s history has already been researched by the shipping geeks. This ship was an accident waiting to happen.
If you’re really looking for a conspiracy … I suggest the spirit realm.
… And we should expect more to come.
The Dali is a piece of crap but many container ships are.
It’s weird. The ship can be seen swerving right/starboard very close to the bridge and the Port Pilot both testified that the GPS course information was wrong. I suppose the GPS could’ve malfunctioned, which would make it an accident. The GPS needs to be examined for defects. If there aren’t any, that would mean it was hacked.
I’m sure Trans Secretary Pete Buttgig will get on that right away. Right away after his latest vacation. We all can rest easy knowing he’s on the job.
Not to worry… Pete Buttplugg is on the job.
The right “man” for the right time.
We can rest easy as he will get to the “bottom” of this.
You beat me to it! Yeah, we can all count on our Trans Secretary to get to the bottom (butt.)
If he can break away from chestfeeding…. it’s a tall ask.
I am not ‘on top’ of this issue as of yet as some of the comments made by others but I was ‘amazed’ at Bido coming out and saying and I’m paraphrasing, not to worry the Feds. us, would spare no expense getting it rebuilt. Is one to understand that this demented liar is going to use taxpayers monies to do that? Hows that? This enormous shipping company has to be insured no? So why is he committing US Taxpayers to get that done or did I miss something?
And speaking of this captain and crew just how many trips have they made going through this location? I would think for this company and crew this is a walk in the park something that they have been doing for years but somehow they ‘missed’ this time?
I would imagine if this was an oil spill the local and federal officials would have already identified the responsible parties and paraded them all over social media and every news agency to the public.
With no trust in government anymore the public has to sit and wait till the approved ‘story’ is revealed and the loss of lives of innocents once again may be just collateral damage followed by the usual token sorry for your loss comments.
Joe Bidenflation read that the feral government would cover all costs to rebuild the bridge. Just another idiotic campaign promise that his handlers won’t follow up on. It’s a dumb one too, because most of us taxpayers across the country don’t want to pay for it.
San Francisco Bay uses bar pilots (who board freighters outside the bay to navigate ships to the unloading docks).In addition, tug boats escorts the ships to the docks.
This is the only thing I can think of that SF does right. Implemented long before the Left took over. Common sense.
far too much time and money being squandered on Critical Race Theory, gender madness and the like. Bet someone involved was a DEI INCOMPETENT…
The explanation that the ship lost power, and could not be steered is not plausible. We need some experts in this area to explain what procedures and systems are in place to handle an emergency.
It is possible that the ship lost power at exactly the right moment to cause the ship to go off course, but I cannot fathom how it would be possible for the ship to veer to the right if the steering failed. It is possible that the ship lost power, and the back up steering system failed at precisely the crucial moment.. but it is not the most probable explanation.
Biden said that the federal government would be paying all costs associated with this. Of course, that would be us, the US taxpayers.
Why should we be paying anything for this? What about Baltimore’s and the shipping company’s insurance? They should be the ones covering the costs.