{"id":59601,"date":"2016-07-14T17:55:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T22:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=59601"},"modified":"2016-07-14T19:34:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T00:34:03","slug":"comprehensive-truck-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=59601","title":{"rendered":"Comprehensive Truck Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As this is written, as many as sixty dead in Nice, France. \u00a0The weapon? \u00a0A truck.<\/p>\n<p>Berg&#8217;s 17th Law is in full effect; the mainstream media\u00a0<em>will\u00a0<\/em>get every single fact of this story wrong for the next 24-48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>So I won&#8217;t speculate yet.<\/p>\n<p>CNN &#8211; which is part of the mass media we should not trust for the next day or two &#8211; says the occupants (pl) of the truck started shooting at the crowd after they rammed into the throng.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: \u00a0We don&#8217;t know if this is linked with Nice, but it sure doesn&#8217;t look good:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">ALERTE : incendie au pied de la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TourEiffel?src=hash\">#TourEiffel<\/a> !! Video : <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aUkmzlpyV2\">pic.twitter.com\/aUkmzlpyV2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexis THIEBAUT (@alexisthiebaut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexisthiebaut\/status\/753710743753752576\">July 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE 2: \u00a0<em>Le Monde\u00a0<\/em>says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/\">sixty dead<\/a>: \u00a0the Daily Mail and <em>Le Figaro<\/em>\u00a0say\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3691019\/Several-people-injured-truck-crashes-crowd-Bastille-Day-celebrations-Nice.html\">73<\/a>. \u00a0Frankfurter Allgemeine is saying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/frankreich-dutzende-tote-bei-anschlag-mit-lastwagen-in-nizza-14341342.html\">73 dead, 120 injured<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE 3: \u00a0Some French media reports on Twitter say the fire at the Eiffel Tower was just a truck full of fireworks burning.<\/p>\n<p>If true, that&#8217;d be a pretty amazing coincidence&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE 4: \u00a0Sky News quotes French authorities saying it&#8217;s a terrorist attack, saying 75 dead, in critical condition. \u00a0They are also quoting a witness who said they saw one of the occupants of the truck coming out shooting<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the live Sky News feed:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y60wDzZt8yg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As this is written &#8211; 7:30PM Central US time &#8211; they&#8217;re vamping.  Berg&#8217;s 17th Law is in effect. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As this is written, as many as sixty dead in Nice, France. \u00a0The weapon? \u00a0A truck. Berg&#8217;s 17th Law is in full effect; the mainstream media\u00a0will\u00a0get every single fact of this story wrong for the next 24-48 hours. So I won&#8217;t speculate yet. 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