Cybertruck Terrorism?

 

On Wednesday, January 1st Mathew Livelsberger died when he blew up a cybertruck in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

The Independent looks into the life of Livelsberger in the article Who was Mathew Livelsberger, the US Army Veteran named as a suspect in the Cybertruck explosion?

Livelsberger spent 18 of his 19-year Army career with the Special Forces, according to his Linkedin profile. He is believed to have joined the Green Beret’s as a commmunicaton’s specialist in January 2006, before becoming a operations manager and team sergeant in February 2023.

The profile picture on the account shows a man sporting winter gear armed with an assault rifle, standing atop of a snowmobile in mountainous terrain.

His most recent role, from November 2024, was listed as a Remote and Autonomous Systems Manager for the Army.

He graduated summa cum laude from Norwich University and majored in Strategic Studies and Defense Analysis.

The explosion was hours after another veteran used a truck was used to attack a crowd of New Year partiers in New Orleans. Both men were stationed in Fort Bragg the Independent reports.

President Biden said that the incidents are being looked into to see if the attacks were coordinated.

Elon Musk went on X (formerly Twitter) and stated, "was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself."

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Elon Musk Wants To Drop Nuclear Bombs Onto Mars

At first, the mere idea of Elon Musk wanting to drop nuclear weapons on Mars for any reason appears to be satirical. After all, why would anyone want to drop such weapons of mass destruction on the Red Planet?

The billionaire has stated on more than one occasion a way to make Mars more Earth-like and thus easier to support permanent human colonies is to melt the planet's icecaps with nuclear weapons.

How many nukes would it take to hypothetically melt the ice caps and warm up the planet?

10,000 missiles.

Popular Mechanics told the tale with the article, Elon Musk Needs +10,000 Missiles to Nuke Mars, 'No Problem,' He Says.

Musk was prompted by a Twitter user who shared a Russian News Agency TASS article where a Russian space official called SpaceX’s Mars terraforming plans into question.

“For example, for a thermonuclear explosion on Mars’ pole, one of the plans of SpaceX, to have tangible results, more than 10,000 launches of missiles that can carry the largest payloads and are being developed now are needed,” that official said in an interview.

There are ways of making Mars more like Earth. Using life to create an atmosphere was mentioned by the author of Cosmos, the late Carl Sagan.

Genetically engineered microbes could be a way to produce a breathable atmosphere on Mars via the microbes’ photosynthesis. They would face harsh living conditions, but the recent Israeli mission to our moon is testament to how hardy microbes are. An unknown number of tardigrades were on board the craft and they might still be alive (and if so, they’re probably wondering what just happened to them). 

With Musk being so close to President Trump is it out of the question that Musk floats a nuclear strike on Mars?

Only time will tell.

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Elon Musk Targets Everyday Americans

While Elon Musk may not be the official President of the United States he plans to act in an imperial way. He has a history of making bold proclamations - which may not be based in fact -- as well as bold actions -- which later turn out to be not that wise. Exactly what are his plans when he is in charge of the new Department of Government Efficiency? 

It turns out he's going to focus on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Musk states the agency creates too much red tape for businesses. What he is not stating is that the CFPB has placed cash in voters' pockets.

The Hill explores the issue in the opinion piece Elon Musk wants to 'delete' many Americans financial lifeline. 

Since its founding, the agency has returned more than $19 billion in cash to people who have been scammed by financial institutions, including predatory payday lenders and even some of the largest banks in the country. It has done so under Republican and Democratic presidents, including major actions against Wells Fargo and Equifax during President Trump’s first term in office, which, combined, returned $425 million to consumers. (Those actions both began under the Obama administration, but Trump’s CFPB directors oversaw the execution of those fines.)

The CFPB enjoys bipartisan support. Why would an organization that protects Americans from fraudulent credit repair companies and loan scams be targeted?

Unsurprisingly, the people who run financial scams have powerful friends.

Musk’s post on X, for example, seems to have been prompted by complaints from Marc Andreessen, a venture capitalist whose companies have been sanctioned (and, in the case of LendUp Loans, shuttered) because of CFPB investigations and actions. Andreessen accused the agency of “terrorizing financial institutions,” and was clearly infuriated when the CFPB found that LendUp had misled customers about high-interest loans and overcharged U.S. service personnel.

 How do you feel about Elon Musk potentially gutting the CFPB?

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A Pregnant Woman In Labor Fined For Being Homeless

A pregnant woman in Kentucky was fined for street camping while she was in labor. 

The Guardian reports:

Body camera footage obtained by Kentucky Public Radio from the city police force showed Lt Caleb Stewart walking up to a pregnant woman under an overpass in the city’s downtown area.

The visibly pregnant woman, whom the radio station is not naming, told the officer that her water had broken. “I might be going into labor, is that OK?”

“I’m leaking out,” she added.

She was walking to meet an ambulance. Ignoring the woman's medical condition the officer, Lt Caleb Stewart, made her walk to his vehicle so he could usher her a ticket. He then had the mattress that she had been using taken away.

The Guardian also reports the camera shortage recorded Lt Stewart state, "So I don’t for a second believe that this woman is going into labor.”

The woman gave birth shortly afterward and is now living in a shelter with her family.

The unhoused woman was cited due to the state's new law that bans street camping. 

It's unlikely to resolve the housing crisis in Kentucky.

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Elon Musk States 'Recycling Is Useless'

 

Elon Musk is the world's richest man, but that doesn't mean he's a great communicator even when he's making a good-faith effort to do so. 

Recently he went on X and stated that "recycling is useless."

This statement launched a fierce debate on the merits of recycling. And part of that debate was on Reddit, of course.

Is Musk being serious? It's hard to tell when the man is trying to make a fact-based point and when he's spreading propaganda.

DW.com reported just some of Musk's problematic statements in the article Fact check: Elon Musk spreads US election lies.

"Since Elon Musk took over X, the platform has devolved into a hellscape of hate and disinformation — much of which comes from Mr. Musk himself," Imran Ahmed, head of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), told DW.

Unlike most tech billionaires and political donors, Musk's political involvement is highly visible and has intensified ahead of the US presidential election on November 5. A recent CCDH report found that Musk's false or misleading claims about the US election got 1.2 billion views between January and July 2024 on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), which he owns.

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UnitedHealth's CEO Fights "Unnecessary" Care

Andrew Witty, UnitedHealth's CEO, is rededicating the company's vow to keep healthcare out of subscriber's reach.

"Our role is a critical role, and we make sure that care is safe, appropriate, and is delivered when people need it," United Health CEO Andrew Witty said in the video address to the company's employees following the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which was leaked to journalist Ken Klippenstein. - Fox News Business

United Health is the parent company of United Healthcare. United Healthcare's CEO Brian Thompson was recently assassinated in broad daylight in New York City. 

The internet is awash with subscriber's stories of how the insurance company withheld medical necessary treatment like this one.

Justine, 51, a UnitedHealthcare customer who works at a nonprofit in New York City, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017 and underwent a double mastectomy in 2018. She asked that her last name be withheld for privacy reasons. 

A year after surgery, she developed lymphedema, in which fluid builds up in her arm that can lead to infections and is treated by being fitted with custom-made compression sleeves.
Her employer-based insurance from UnitedHealthcare approved the sleeves, which cost $4,000 for a night sleeve, and several hundred dollars for a daytime sleeve replaced every three or four months. 

But the company that made them said UnitedHealthcare failed to pay, citing various paperwork issues. "That continued for a long time," said Justine. "I kept feeling like, is this a run out the clock situation?" -Reuters

Elon Musk States He’s A Time Traveling Alien

The Financial Times reports Elon Musk was joking around on X (formerly Twitter) when he admitted to be a time-traveling vampire.

Of course, Musk is not a time-traveling vampire.

However, he is hoping to spread the Maga philosophy to other nations.