Protonmail Aspect of the Email
Again, let me reiterate that people feel a need to give their $0.02 on things that they may not understand in our current influencer and monetized culture online.
I’m not saying that this was the case with those who expressed their initial doubts about the emails - but a lot of monetized “influencers” ran with them as gospel truth immediately.
Protonmail is not a normal email client. It is made for encrypted emails that may be sensitive in nature. For that reason, it works very differently than other, standard email services.
If you look at the image of that first (Protonmail) email below (with the black background), some quickly saw that spell check was on and that a cursor can be seen - which are not present in an email after it is sent. Even in Proton, that’s only on the writer’s side.
Proton does, however, have a function in which one can attach a file “inline,” meaning that it’s directly in the email rather than as an attachment. You can do this with pictures, files, and other attachments.
There is a chance this was written on another machine, saved as a screenshot and then sent from a different device/machine. Doing so would make it incredibly difficult to discern the provenance of the sender and or machine/device it was sent from and initially written on.
This may be pertinent with the next aspect that we’ll cover.
Foreign Actors/Stolen Identities?
An interesting variable came out January 2nd via another Green Beret, Matt Tardio (@angertab ). Tardio says that someone claiming to be a Green Beret from his former “sister team” (an ODA in the same company that a team often does joint ops or training with) contacted him twice in December and proved they had a lot of PII for the person they claimed to be - but who they were in reality just impersonating:
x.com/angertab/statu…
From the post by Tardio linked above, it was his takeaway that this impersonator was trying to get a “SWATting” event initiated on the actual person they were impersonating - which could result in a dangerous situation for the actual person, and/or it could give away their location to a nefarious actor who didn’t already have it.
Several months ago we covered the Chechens who got caught (and one got smoked) in NC “casing” the home of an SF Colonel. Between the language mistakes in the “manifesto” and this angle, it adds a worrisome potential wrinkle here of possible foreign actors.
As some (but not all) of the public knows, the gov’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) system was hacked in the not-too-distant past. OPM is the repository of PII for anyone who has a security clearance, from the lowest to the highest, and it has pretty much every bit of info about them, their history, their families, connections, etc.
New Videos Don’t Align with the Narrative
A new video and angle was released that doesn’t align with the official narrative in multiple ways. The narrative states that Matt was shot in the head before the explosion - but the weapon was reported to be a 50 caliber Desert Eagle pistol that was found at his feet in the truck.
For one, the kickback of a DE is significant, so statistically the chances of it falling straight down rather than bouncing all over the cab aren’t high. To add to that, the new video shows the flame inside the cab pretty clearly - but there is no muzzle flash. To reiterate that point, we can see the flames from the explosion, but no muzzle flash.
Nobody reported hearing a shot from the DE - which is quite loud - and there is no exit hole from a round in the exterior of the vehicle.
The muzzle flash from a DE is significant, and there is none seen. This is pertinent because the new video shows an upright body in the driver’s seat when the car arrives at the hotel, you can see the head moving, but there is no muzzle flash before the explosion.
Elon added that the car was not in “self driving” mode when it arrived at the hotel - so this is another oddity and also conflicts with the narrative that has been proposed.
Again, let me reiterate that people feel a need to give their $0.02 on things that they may not understand in our current influencer and monetized culture online.
I’m not saying that this was the case with those who expressed their initial doubts about the emails - but a lot of monetized “influencers” ran with them as gospel truth immediately.
Protonmail is not a normal email client. It is made for encrypted emails that may be sensitive in nature. For that reason, it works very differently than other, standard email services.
If you look at the image of that first (Protonmail) email below (with the black background), some quickly saw that spell check was on and that a cursor can be seen - which are not present in an email after it is sent. Even in Proton, that’s only on the writer’s side.
Proton does, however, have a function in which one can attach a file “inline,” meaning that it’s directly in the email rather than as an attachment. You can do this with pictures, files, and other attachments.
There is a chance this was written on another machine, saved as a screenshot and then sent from a different device/machine. Doing so would make it incredibly difficult to discern the provenance of the sender and or machine/device it was sent from and initially written on.
This may be pertinent with the next aspect that we’ll cover.
Foreign Actors/Stolen Identities?
An interesting variable came out January 2nd via another Green Beret, Matt Tardio (@angertab ). Tardio says that someone claiming to be a Green Beret from his former “sister team” (an ODA in the same company that a team often does joint ops or training with) contacted him twice in December and proved they had a lot of PII for the person they claimed to be - but who they were in reality just impersonating:
x.com/angertab/statu…
From the post by Tardio linked above, it was his takeaway that this impersonator was trying to get a “SWATting” event initiated on the actual person they were impersonating - which could result in a dangerous situation for the actual person, and/or it could give away their location to a nefarious actor who didn’t already have it.
Several months ago we covered the Chechens who got caught (and one got smoked) in NC “casing” the home of an SF Colonel. Between the language mistakes in the “manifesto” and this angle, it adds a worrisome potential wrinkle here of possible foreign actors.
As some (but not all) of the public knows, the gov’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) system was hacked in the not-too-distant past. OPM is the repository of PII for anyone who has a security clearance, from the lowest to the highest, and it has pretty much every bit of info about them, their history, their families, connections, etc.
New Videos Don’t Align with the Narrative
A new video and angle was released that doesn’t align with the official narrative in multiple ways. The narrative states that Matt was shot in the head before the explosion - but the weapon was reported to be a 50 caliber Desert Eagle pistol that was found at his feet in the truck.
For one, the kickback of a DE is significant, so statistically the chances of it falling straight down rather than bouncing all over the cab aren’t high. To add to that, the new video shows the flame inside the cab pretty clearly - but there is no muzzle flash. To reiterate that point, we can see the flames from the explosion, but no muzzle flash.
Nobody reported hearing a shot from the DE - which is quite loud - and there is no exit hole from a round in the exterior of the vehicle.
The muzzle flash from a DE is significant, and there is none seen. This is pertinent because the new video shows an upright body in the driver’s seat when the car arrives at the hotel, you can see the head moving, but there is no muzzle flash before the explosion.
Elon added that the car was not in “self driving” mode when it arrived at the hotel - so this is another oddity and also conflicts with the narrative that has been proposed.
To add to it, propane is heavier than O2, which means that if propane were the accelerant, the O2 in the cab should have been pushed to the top - and would have an extreme smell and may cause nausea & difficulty breathing if enough were allowed into the cab to spark the explosion.
There is also a small initial flame that appears underneath the car before the cab is engulfed in flames - which makes it seem like the triggering device/initial combustion may have been under rather than inside the vehicle.
BlueAnon & Media Narrative (same same), and Information Chaos via Influencers
This is a story that has captured a lot of attention for many different reasons, and has “flooded the zone” with information chaos that makes it difficult to find actual information rather than “hot takes.”
There are a lot of people who don’t know anything about Green Berets who are commenting on GBs, people who know nothing about explosives adding their “take” on that angle, and numerous “experts” who don’t seem to know their asses from a hole in the ground.
One thing that popped up rather quickly were known progressive media pundits, BlueAnon crazies, and others who started running at full speed with the narrative that this meant there was a “MAGA extremist military veteran” problem in our nation that this was a result of.
There are “known” conduits through whom the craziest of the crazy progressive narratives get “seeded” into conservative and “normie” circles, and some of those who I track have already started running with this narrative as well.
There is a world in which that is the “op” in itself, but I’d put that at a very low probability. For now I attribute it as more likely being political disunion opportunists who “do what they do” and mold any narrative they can to cause political disunion, anger, and mistrust within our country.
These people do this for money, all day every day, and they are the scum of the earth.
I will close this section by saying that there certainly is a world in which foreign actors set this stage and activated their media assets to push this narrative specifically to cause friction between the gov, LE, public, and MILVETs.
Long Story Short
As I said Friday, there are so many variables, oddities, and “unknown unknowns” here than anyone who tells you they “know” what’s going on is a Grade A bullshit artist. What we do know is that the official narrative just doesn’t add up, in quite a few ways, and some of those oddities are potentially worrisome.
There are 2 former GBs who are trying to help unravel this. There are a few red herrings I personally believe they’ve been running with, but this whole thing is so weird there’s a good chance that I’m the one who’s on the wrong path of trying to untangle what this is.
If you’re interested in the perspectives of dudes who know the SF community and understand far more of this than the media and “pundits,” here are their handles and links to pertinent aspects of this:
Green Beret Nap Time (@GBNT1952 ) x.com/GBNT1952/statu…
Matt Tardio (@angertab ) and stolen PII x.com/angertab/statu…
DoD
Given the allegations presented in the email (Protonmail, black background), there are the questions about whether this is a coverup op or “limited hangout” of some sort.
Some are saying that Matt wouldn’t have SAP or sensitive info access because of his rank/time in service - but I can tell you categorically that isn’t always accurate. We’ve discussed, without specifics, some of the things that I was brought into concerning theatre and ISAF-wide intel during my time as an E6 with TS-SCI.
Also remember that the dude who leaked to Assange (Manning) was a private who had access to the intel he gave WikiLeaks. So rank/time doesn’t really matter as much as some would have you believe.
For the weirdness in the whole thing, let’s also remember that the Pentagon has been recently caught red handed using US taxpayer funds to run psychological operations against the populace via the Minerva Initiative, Graphika, and others.
There is also a small initial flame that appears underneath the car before the cab is engulfed in flames - which makes it seem like the triggering device/initial combustion may have been under rather than inside the vehicle.
BlueAnon & Media Narrative (same same), and Information Chaos via Influencers
This is a story that has captured a lot of attention for many different reasons, and has “flooded the zone” with information chaos that makes it difficult to find actual information rather than “hot takes.”
There are a lot of people who don’t know anything about Green Berets who are commenting on GBs, people who know nothing about explosives adding their “take” on that angle, and numerous “experts” who don’t seem to know their asses from a hole in the ground.
One thing that popped up rather quickly were known progressive media pundits, BlueAnon crazies, and others who started running at full speed with the narrative that this meant there was a “MAGA extremist military veteran” problem in our nation that this was a result of.
There are “known” conduits through whom the craziest of the crazy progressive narratives get “seeded” into conservative and “normie” circles, and some of those who I track have already started running with this narrative as well.
There is a world in which that is the “op” in itself, but I’d put that at a very low probability. For now I attribute it as more likely being political disunion opportunists who “do what they do” and mold any narrative they can to cause political disunion, anger, and mistrust within our country.
These people do this for money, all day every day, and they are the scum of the earth.
I will close this section by saying that there certainly is a world in which foreign actors set this stage and activated their media assets to push this narrative specifically to cause friction between the gov, LE, public, and MILVETs.
Long Story Short
As I said Friday, there are so many variables, oddities, and “unknown unknowns” here than anyone who tells you they “know” what’s going on is a Grade A bullshit artist. What we do know is that the official narrative just doesn’t add up, in quite a few ways, and some of those oddities are potentially worrisome.
There are 2 former GBs who are trying to help unravel this. There are a few red herrings I personally believe they’ve been running with, but this whole thing is so weird there’s a good chance that I’m the one who’s on the wrong path of trying to untangle what this is.
If you’re interested in the perspectives of dudes who know the SF community and understand far more of this than the media and “pundits,” here are their handles and links to pertinent aspects of this:
Green Beret Nap Time (@GBNT1952 ) x.com/GBNT1952/statu…
Matt Tardio (@angertab ) and stolen PII x.com/angertab/statu…
DoD
Given the allegations presented in the email (Protonmail, black background), there are the questions about whether this is a coverup op or “limited hangout” of some sort.
Some are saying that Matt wouldn’t have SAP or sensitive info access because of his rank/time in service - but I can tell you categorically that isn’t always accurate. We’ve discussed, without specifics, some of the things that I was brought into concerning theatre and ISAF-wide intel during my time as an E6 with TS-SCI.
Also remember that the dude who leaked to Assange (Manning) was a private who had access to the intel he gave WikiLeaks. So rank/time doesn’t really matter as much as some would have you believe.
For the weirdness in the whole thing, let’s also remember that the Pentagon has been recently caught red handed using US taxpayer funds to run psychological operations against the populace via the Minerva Initiative, Graphika, and others.
Here’s a reminder of that from @MikeBenzCyber :
x.com/MikeBenzCyber/…
That’s all I’ve got for you on this for now.
White Pill:
I’ve had a thread by my friend - bookmarked to use here for several months, and I think it’s time to put it in. The thread is concerning Sir William Marshal, the first Lord Pembroke.
He served 5 different kings, was undefeated in tournaments, and helped to negotiate the Magna Carta. As I remarked in a section above, I feel like the move away from the Renaissance Man (jack of all trades) and to the “specialist” class has been a massive net-negative for the West as a whole.
I am, however, starting to see signs emerge in the greater consciousness, sentiment, and now physical examples of people beginning to show themselves to be those of many interests & talents, like “the greats” who built the world as we know it.
The current long-form post & pod that I’m working on touches a bit on “the greats and masters” of science and art who would be laughed out of the room by the “respectable consensus-building establishment” of science, academia, and art today...
x.com/MikeBenzCyber/…
That’s all I’ve got for you on this for now.
White Pill:
I’ve had a thread by my friend - bookmarked to use here for several months, and I think it’s time to put it in. The thread is concerning Sir William Marshal, the first Lord Pembroke.
He served 5 different kings, was undefeated in tournaments, and helped to negotiate the Magna Carta. As I remarked in a section above, I feel like the move away from the Renaissance Man (jack of all trades) and to the “specialist” class has been a massive net-negative for the West as a whole.
I am, however, starting to see signs emerge in the greater consciousness, sentiment, and now physical examples of people beginning to show themselves to be those of many interests & talents, like “the greats” who built the world as we know it.
The current long-form post & pod that I’m working on touches a bit on “the greats and masters” of science and art who would be laughed out of the room by the “respectable consensus-building establishment” of science, academia, and art today...
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Executive Director, @FFO_Freedom. Former State Dept Cyber. Author of the unpublishable monstrosity, Weapons Of Mass Deletion.
Sir Issac Newton (an alchemist), Babbage (founded a paranormal research society), Madame Curie (died of radiation poisoning due to her life’s work), Galileo (put on house arrest for his ideas about heliocentrism), and Nikola Tesla (believed the energy in the air could power the world) are a few who knew there was more to the world than the one small piece that a single discipline can cover.
Likewise we have “the masters” of art like DaVinci (who had a doctor’s level understanding of anatomy & physiology), Michelangelo, Bernini, and others who blended art, architecture, sculptures, Faith, and a deep understanding of “the world as it is.”
The world is not in your cubicle, and “TPS reports” should not be the pinnacle of the Human Experience.
It seems people may be starting to understand that, and that a rabid curiosity about the world and how things work is an important part of making it a better place for all.
Let’s start with a lesson about Sir William Marshal:
x.com/EMBurlingame/s…
Macro takeaways/lessons for the week:
-Progressives have been threatening to do the very thing that they spent 4 years trying to convince the US public was the very worst thing that could ever be done. Let’s hope that sanity prevails for them - but if it doesn’t, it will likely be the final nail in their trust from the populace, given the election’s results.
-A Canadian “clap back” is threatening to taking the worst-run US states off of our hands and into their own Shitshow that Ms. Trudeau has created. I guess Canadians are too nice to know what a proper threat is made of.
-Currencies can be the “canary in the coal mine” if you know what you’re looking at and pay attention to them. These canaries are coughing already.
Implications:
There are several aspects of the NYE attack and event that are extremely worrisome and troubling, from my perspective. I’m not going to bullshit you and pretend that I “know” anything before I can assign it a very high level of probability - and right now there is nothing that comes close to fitting that bill.
The catcalls and external narratives that I’ve seen emerge are troubling in themselves; whether those were planned or simply grifting disunion-makers is yet to be seen. I don’t think it will be too long before we see someone evolving those narratives to call for yet another war, either.
The Weekly Read (Monday):
Strange as it is that it was totally unplanned, I finished my front-to-back reading of The Bible on 12/30, and moved into JFK and The Unspeakable the next day.
It’s a hefty book, and from where I am it is already enlightening. There is a part of me that feels it will be a good “foundation” for what we may see in the upcoming year, post-January 20. I have my suspicions for why the JFK Files have been withheld from the public for so long - illegally, based on a law passed by Congress - but we’ll see.
It’s not a “JFK conspiracy” book as one might imagine one, and is filled with historical aspects of the time that are good to remember. For instance, it taught me last night about when/how/why the NSC was formed, which was strangely pertinent given the thread by Joshua Steinman that I saw today.
It’s one that combines Faith (from the man who coined the phrase The Unspeakable, a Priest), Cold War history, pre-war history, and quite a few elements of JFK’s life that you may not know about.
I may add more insights as we go along, but it’s certainly on my “would recommend” list already.
Links mentioned in the show:
Intro & Outtro music: Blind by Mike Amabile and Run Over Twice
open.spotify.com/track/6SG99nL3…
10yr Yield vs S&P Historically from Mayhem4Markets
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Vegas/ML Email and “Phone Manifesto”
Email
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“Phone Manifesto”
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Likewise we have “the masters” of art like DaVinci (who had a doctor’s level understanding of anatomy & physiology), Michelangelo, Bernini, and others who blended art, architecture, sculptures, Faith, and a deep understanding of “the world as it is.”
The world is not in your cubicle, and “TPS reports” should not be the pinnacle of the Human Experience.
It seems people may be starting to understand that, and that a rabid curiosity about the world and how things work is an important part of making it a better place for all.
Let’s start with a lesson about Sir William Marshal:
x.com/EMBurlingame/s…
Macro takeaways/lessons for the week:
-Progressives have been threatening to do the very thing that they spent 4 years trying to convince the US public was the very worst thing that could ever be done. Let’s hope that sanity prevails for them - but if it doesn’t, it will likely be the final nail in their trust from the populace, given the election’s results.
-A Canadian “clap back” is threatening to taking the worst-run US states off of our hands and into their own Shitshow that Ms. Trudeau has created. I guess Canadians are too nice to know what a proper threat is made of.
-Currencies can be the “canary in the coal mine” if you know what you’re looking at and pay attention to them. These canaries are coughing already.
Implications:
There are several aspects of the NYE attack and event that are extremely worrisome and troubling, from my perspective. I’m not going to bullshit you and pretend that I “know” anything before I can assign it a very high level of probability - and right now there is nothing that comes close to fitting that bill.
The catcalls and external narratives that I’ve seen emerge are troubling in themselves; whether those were planned or simply grifting disunion-makers is yet to be seen. I don’t think it will be too long before we see someone evolving those narratives to call for yet another war, either.
The Weekly Read (Monday):
Strange as it is that it was totally unplanned, I finished my front-to-back reading of The Bible on 12/30, and moved into JFK and The Unspeakable the next day.
It’s a hefty book, and from where I am it is already enlightening. There is a part of me that feels it will be a good “foundation” for what we may see in the upcoming year, post-January 20. I have my suspicions for why the JFK Files have been withheld from the public for so long - illegally, based on a law passed by Congress - but we’ll see.
It’s not a “JFK conspiracy” book as one might imagine one, and is filled with historical aspects of the time that are good to remember. For instance, it taught me last night about when/how/why the NSC was formed, which was strangely pertinent given the thread by Joshua Steinman that I saw today.
It’s one that combines Faith (from the man who coined the phrase The Unspeakable, a Priest), Cold War history, pre-war history, and quite a few elements of JFK’s life that you may not know about.
I may add more insights as we go along, but it’s certainly on my “would recommend” list already.
Links mentioned in the show:
Intro & Outtro music: Blind by Mike Amabile and Run Over Twice
open.spotify.com/track/6SG99nL3…
10yr Yield vs S&P Historically from Mayhem4Markets
(won't display on X but is in the Sub post)
Vegas/ML Email and “Phone Manifesto”
(won't display on X but is in the Sub post)
“Phone Manifesto”
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