I have a different take: this is all according to plan. It normalizes the idea of live fire over and around US infrastructure. This normalization is meant for the troops, not the public. … though it is a side benefit.

No, never happened.

This is I-5, the main highway in CA and the entire West coast. It is full of shipping and business commuters 24/7, and even a minor shutdown likely causes millions in losses.

FTA:

Newsom said safety concerns over the event forced state officials to close a portion of the busy Interstate 5 near the US Marine Camp Pendleton base on Saturday. […] The California Highway Patrol said in a statement the military event would involve “live ammunition being discharged by the federal government over the freeway” and made the call to temporarily close a portion of the freeway

It sounds like the gov. just said “we’re doing this, you gotta figure it out now”.

He’s been a known liar for almost my entire life, since the 80s. Taking his word as truth is just … mind boggling.

Advertising is insidious. Whatever you do don’t think about Charmin, soft for your bottom!

Remember the Bill Gates / Seinfeld ad campaign? I’ve always known that came too soon. Keep people entertained and emotionally satisfied, while stuffing your brand in their face, and they will buy your brand.

This describes popular politics pretty well too.

I think the future will be AI-generated show-vertisements on our parlor walls. Our Family will know what’s best for us and tells us what’s best.

“We should have turned authoritarian before they did”, basically.

it was to the wrong chain, so deleted it. but then I decided to just not post it at all.

This message is just so your comment is not hanging out naked like this.

Oracle TikTok isn’t on there either.

Oh, that’s because they already have a government overseer. And owned by a Party loyalist.

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