Woman, 47, Is Charged With Attempted Murder

A Maryland woman has been charged with attempted murder after she purportedly set her home on fire while another woman was inside before sitting in a lawn chair to watch it burn.

Gail Metwally, 47, was captured on video watching as the home was overwhelmed by flames in Elkton, approximately 50 miles northeast of Baltimore, about 1.15 pm last Thursday.

Gail Metwally was seen on cell phone footage dressed in a white tank top and sun hat while sitting on the lawn with a book in her lap as she watched as the inferno took hold, and an unknown guy narrates the video as the fire ripped through the home inside minutes while Gail Metwally inadvertently watched from her front lawn.

The man said, ‘She just f**king lit the trash can on fire!’.

‘Oh my fking God, this is not happening right now! She lit the fking house! Oh my God! I cannot actually believe my eyes. I cannot actually believe it, and she’s sitting there just chillin’ — watching the house go up in flames!’

He continues: ‘Like yeah, I’m watching the s–t go down! Oh, my God, this is, this is now turned into a serious, serious thing!’

Eyewitnesses told investigators that they saw Gail Metwally setting multiple fires inside the home before then sitting in the chair, according to a press release from the Office of the State Fire Marshall.

And officials said that after a few minutes, Gail Metwally walked away from the scene.

While the home was on fire, bystanders heard an occupant in a basement window screaming for help and bystanders safely helped her out of the window.

Officials said that a total of four people, including Gail Metwally lived in the home, but two of them were not there.

The woman who was freed from the inferno was named Blenda Holbrook, 52, by WMAR.

Blenda Holbrook’s sister Pat Bernal told the outlet that someone had thrown a garbage can on the stairs obstructing Holbrook’s exit.

Reasons for the arson were not immediately obvious but Bernal told WMAR that Gail Metwally had recently returned to living in the Cherry Lane residence after being confined elsewhere for mental health problems.

The outlet reported that repeated pleas to authorities in recent months to address her continuing behavioural problems had gone ignored, and Bernal said that her sister nearly burned to death in the house.

And it’s difficult to watch the callousness of the offence that was so brazen, and not to have at least a whisper of a voice in your head that questions if actual demons and evil exist in our world.

To do something like this, you have to be psychologically unstable, and this woman urgently needs psychiatric help and has needed it for some time, and whilst she will probably get a prison sentence, she really does need to be committed to the psychiatric hospital for a proper evaluation, and a place that she may never be freed from.

Perhaps she was looking for a career change, looks like an arsonist may be her calling – I guess it’s one way of getting out of the cleaning, but seriously folks, she’s a threat to society and this must be addressed before she causes loss of life – or maybe it was just a house warming party!

Jersey’s Foreign Minister Hits Back

Jersey’s foreign affairs minister has hit back at excessive threats from France to cut off electricity to the island in a dispute over post Brexit fishing rites.

Ian Gorst, external relations minister for Channel Island, said it’s not the first threat that France has made over fisheries as he blamed confusion around the post-Brexit trade agreement for sparking the feud.

Ian Gorst said the argument boiled down to just 17 licences granted to French fishermen on Friday last week, which they feel restricted their historic rights to fish in the waters of Jersey, which lies only 14 miles from the French coast.

He said the fishermen have simply failed to provide enough data about their historic fishing routes, and that as soon as the data is presented the licence will be updated to allow them access.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, he said that they respect the historic rights of French fishermen to fish in Jersey waters as they have been doing for centuries, but the trade deal, that Jersey didn’t negotiate, and nor did France, says that fishing vessels have to provide all of the evidence of the amount of fishing they’ve done in the last three years.

And that they could see that this was not the first threat that the French have made, either to Jersey or the United Kingdom since they were into this new deal and that it would seem disproportionate to cut off electricity for the sake of needing to provide additional details so that they could refine the licences, and it was said that the trade deal was clear that when fishermen provide the proof, they will provide the licences.

Simmering tensions between France and the United Kingdom over rights to fish in the Channel quickly bubbled over on Friday last week when post Brexit trading rules came into force around the island of Jersey.

The new rules mean that any large French fishing vessels that want to enter the waters will need a licence granted by Jersey’s government.

But fishermen complained the licences had been issued with conditions that they were previously unaware of and which had not been cleared with French authorities.

French regional officials spoke out about the issue at the weekend, before the French government got involved and ramped up the rhetoric.

Annick Girardin, the French seas minister, talked of retaliation measures contained within the trade deal, saying France was ready to use them if they had to, and she said that she would like to mention, that for example, of the transport of electricity by submarine cables, alluding to the possibility of cutting off the supply.

However, the French might do more good by focusing on what’s going on behind them. If Russia decides to push on, then the French might need our help once again.

International waters and maritime laws have been in place for centuries, it’s nothing new, so what’s the dilemma? But the French are in very big trouble with their economy and Macron is presently attempting to look good, and where do these French get all their time from to protest?

And there’s always such an overreaction from the French, and it’s so childish – go to your room and think about your behaviour! But then perhaps this is all about the vengeful French that will never change – France is like an ex-wife who can’t move on, and this is Brexit that just keeps on giving!

Let Us Inside Pubs NOW!

Lockdown weary Britons are demanding to be let back into pubs after the bank holiday washout, as hundreds of pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants shut early on Monday’s May Day Bank Holiday as wet and windy weather put a dampener on the three day weekend.

And forecasters predicted that more bad weather could be on the way, with experts predicting a week-long cold snap, which could see temperatures plummet to -2C.

Pub goers in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have all been given the green light to return to watering holes after lockdown, but only in outside spaces, and now, alfresco drinkers and pub landlords are calling on Boris Johnson to get indoor areas of cafes, restaurants and bars open ahead of May 17, when the Government expects to allow indoor areas to reopen.

Many took to Twitter to out their disappointment, with one saying that the bank holiday weekend was a total flop, and that Saturday’s meal out and drinks were cancelled, and that they should be allowed inside pubs.

Others supported the appeals, saying that being kept out of pubs despite Britain’s falling COVID infection rates was madness.

And one Twitter user, who spoke before the bank holiday washout said that the weather forecast for the bank holiday Monday where they lived was terrible.

Another, from Northern Ireland, said that they should just open pubs inside because enough was enough, and it wasn’t enjoyable dining and drinking in the wind and rain, and that hopefully, the executives would bring the dates forward.

One pub proprietor shared pictures of his wet and empty beer garden, saying that if they were following dates, not data, then let people inside pubs.

Another pub-goer wrote that it was just far too cold to eat and drink outside.

Others quipped that the weather would pick up again as soon as indoor constraints were lifted, with one saying that as soon as the pubs reopen there will be a heatwave and no one will want to sit inside.

It comes as revellers were forced to brave downpours across the bank holiday weekend, as they streamed back to pub beer gardens to make the most of the easing of COVID restrictions, but you’ve got to admit, you’d need a sense of humour, sitting under cold, drafty marquee’s waiting an hour for your food, and then when it appears it’s cold before you even finish it because you were eating it outside – not much pleasure.

The pub and restaurant trade employs millions of people in all sectors of catering and supply, and so much of it they will never be able to recover, and this isn’t just about being able to have a drink.

And I’m at a loss to understand how people are so desperate for a drink or a meal, and who are being indoctrinated into believing they’re getting back to normal because this is the new normal.

There is the alternative, of course, just don’t go to the pub. Nobody is forcing anyone to sit outside in the cold and rain, and the Government are laughing at you. Does anyone remember the Cadbury’s smash advert with all the aliens sitting around a table laughing at us earthlings eating mash, well that’s precisely what the Government are doing at the moment?

There’s something wrong with this situation, and it’s all about money and getting the economy back on track, and government ministers and Boris Johnson laughing at everyone, but then I guess that’s the spirit that built an Empire, and our forefathers were accustomed to draughty houses, cold water, and permanently damp clothes, and they would have shrugged off these trivial hardships, so buck up buttercup.

Plasterer, 57, Who Pulled Van Over To Take Pictures Of Jack Russell

A plasterer who pulled over to take photographs of a Jack Russell because he couldn’t get over how fat it was, was accused of being a dog thief by the animal’s owner on social media.

Dog owner Kyle Bridon put a warning post on Facebook last week after spotting a suspicious van driver taking photos of his canine, Skye, in County Durham.

Kyle Bridon urged other pet owners online to be cautious, writing that he took a photo of the van which he posted so that anyone with dogs could be careful, but the following day Jack Bainbridge spotted the post circulating on social media and realised the van belonged to his father, 57-year-old plasterer Brian Bainbridge.

He explained his father had taken the photo because he couldn’t get over how fat the dog was, adding that he’s a plasterer, not a dog pincher and that if he was going to steal the dog it wouldn’t be that fat lump.

The 26-year-old posted a snap of his father’s photo of Skye on Facebook on Friday.

Mr Bainbridge, from Winning in County Durham, said that just to get things straight. That was the dog his dad took a photo of, and some dope spotted it and chose to take photographs of his dad’s van and post it all over Facebook, telling everyone to watch their dogs, basically going around saying he was stealing dogs.

The post garnered more than 84,000 likes, 49,000 shares and 43 comments, and Darren Roberts wrote that you’d need a flipping crane and a large rig to steal that thing, not a transit van.

Emily Blaylock commented that you can’t even take a photograph of a chubby dog these days.

Kyle’s initial warning post about dog nappers read that he was standing outside Sainsbury’s talking and that when he turned around to go home he noticed this fella in a van taking photographs.

Mr Bainbridge, who works for his father’s plastering company, added that he found out the night before, so the next day he asked his dad about it. His dad showed him the dog and he said he was in stitches, so he had to put a post up to clear his dad’s name, and he had a feeling it might end up going viral.

And how awful is it to see a dog that fat – the owners are killing it with what they think is kindness, and they need guidance to get the dog slim.

Generally, people steal dogs to sell, but nobody would want to buy this poor mite because it’s obvious how high the vet bills would be. Perhaps somebody should steal the pooch and hand the canine into the RSPCA because he clearly isn’t being taken care of, and they would need a forklift to lift it if they did.

And a seriously overweight dog isn’t funny in the slightest and hopefully, it’s not in any discomfort, and this guy was hardly a dognapper with the company name emblazoned on every panel – a bit of a giveaway.

Kyle Bridon should be ashamed of himself for inferring that a perfectly law-abiding citizen was a thief, and what he should be ashamed of is letting his poor pooch get into such a state, and it’s time he looked at the diet food available, and had a word with his vet to see how best to help the poor animal.

Prince William’s Fellow RAF Sea King Airman Wins MoD Payout

Prince William’s fellow RAF Sea King airman has won a payout from the Ministry of Defence after his rare cancer was linked to noxious fumes from the helicopter.

Flight Sergeant Zach Stubbings, 42, from Cardiff, spent his 15 years RAF career inhaling the fumes from the now-retired aircraft’s powerful twin engines.

The MoD has been forced to admit that the fumes caused Flight Sergeant Zach Stubbings bone marrow cancer, multiple myeloma, following a six-year legal battle.

Prince William also piloted the aircraft, which was first flown in 1969, for three years while serving in the Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force at RAF Valley, Anglesey. The two men are not believed to have flown together.

The Duke of Cambridge carried out 156 search and rescue operations, saving 149 people, during his time there before leaving in 2013.

The last new Sea King was produced in 1995. The fleet was completely retired from the RAF by 2018.

The fume hazards highlighted by Flight Sergeant Zach Stubbings legal bid will no doubt cause concern inside the Royal Family.

RAF Sea King has also been linked to asbestos poisoning after thousands of military engineers were feared to have inhaled the possibly lethal chemicals.

Flight Sergeant Stubbings uncovered documents from 1999 revealing that the MoD were informed of possible problems caused by Sea King fumes by experts, but a news outlet said that nothing was done to correct the problem.

Flight Sergeant Stubbings told the newspaper that the Government decided to disregard it and that it was a disgrace.

An MoD spokesperson said that the health and safety of their personnel were of the highest importance and they were committed to rendering a safe working environment.

The spokesperson said that three studies were undertaken by the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine into Sea King, and found there were no definitive conclusions in terms of health risk and that RAF Sea King reached the end of service in 2016.

In 2018, thousands of military engineers were feared to have inhaled lethal asbestos chemicals while working on Britain’s Sea King helicopters.

Defence chiefs confirmed they’d issued a warning in a drastic attempt to warn Royal Navy and RAF personnel who maintained the Sea King since it entered service in 1969.

In an unprecedented move, the Ministry of Defence also contacted foreign governments that purchased the helicopter and civilian contractors operating ex British military Sea Kings.

Serving personnel or veterans with health problems caused by exposure to asbestos on Sea Kings were able to sue the MoD for hundreds of thousands of pounds.

The only difference here is that Prince William has the best of the best health checks and health care on demand. He will never have to struggle to get a doctor’s appointment and he will never have to wait weeks for an appointment.

And he will never be fobbed off by doctor’s and his health concerns will immediately be taken seriously and doctors will stumble over themselves in the rush to treat him, but it’s a pity that Flight Sergeant Stubbings had to struggle to get justice and admission.

The MoD frequently seem to try to avoid liability for such matters, and it shouldn’t need a connection to a royal to make them do the right thing, and we hear much empty drivel from politicians about our courageous servicemen and women, but when it comes to the health and welfare of veterans, the actions by officialdom usually falls short of the fine words, and they were informed of potential side effects, and yet it still took years to win this man’s case, so it just goes to show how little their regard is for them.

Harry Plays The Rock Star

Prince Harry had his name in lights as he was welcomed with excited applause and a standing ovation by a delighted crowd during a speech at a star-studded concert in Los Angeles on Sunday, while his heavily pregnant wife Meghan Markle stayed at home.

Harry, 36, told the audience of vaccinated frontline workers and that every single one of them was outstanding before asking them to look beyond themselves as he joined an A list of Hollywood celebrities at Vax Live, an initiative to encourage wealthy nations to share vaccines.

After an announcer read out an introduction to please welcome Vax Live campaign chair Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, the royal stepped onto the stage to a rock style reception, with his name beamed in large letters on a flashing screen behind him.

Harry, who appeared in public for the first time since the funeral of his grandfather, Prince Philip, gave a five minute speech, calling for vaccines to be shared with poorer countries, which was repeatedly punctuated by more ecstatic cheers.

Articulating in a particularly different accent than his former Queen’s English, Harry said that they must see past themselves with compassion and sympathy for those they know and those they don’t and that they needed to lift all of humanity to make sure that no person or community was left behind.

The event, which was being recorded for broadcast on TV on May 8, was the first speech Harry had given since he and Meghan made a string of damaging allegations about their family during an appearance on Oprah. The Duchess of Sussex is supposed to be recording a message to appear in the final broadcast.

The royal was amongst numerous high profile stars, including Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, Gayle King and Ben Affleck, to take the stage at Vax Live, which was hosted by campaign organisation Global Citizen at the So-Fi Stadium in Inglewood.

Harry and Meghan, 39, are Campaign Chairs of Vax Live, which strives to encourage vaccine confidence worldwide and help get the COVID 19 vaccines to everyone, everywhere.

In promoting the event organisers, it’s said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would deliver an important global message for vaccine equity.

Meghan, who’s several months pregnant with the couple’s second child, trusted Harry to share that message on her behalf as she stayed home on Sunday.

In his address, Harry said that it was a night for celebration of each of them there. The vaccinated frontline workers in the audience and the millions of frontline warriors throughout the globe.

These people have got together to acknowledge the frontline workers and raise funds for nations that would otherwise be at the back of the line. Countries that have people dying on the streets, and it’s great that they’re showing some kindness.

This is seeing their true value and applying it towards good, and of course, their faces sell newspapers and magazines. But this is something good, even if there are people out there seething in their coffee about what they did or didn’t do.

Momfluencer

It’s been reported that a wannabe momfluencer in California who went viral after alleging that a Latino couple tried to steal her children has been charged with giving false information to the police.

A news outlet reported that Katie Sorenson now faces two misdemeanour counts after she alleged that Eduardo and Sadie Martinez had attempted to steal her two children.

In her initial videos, Katie Sorenson sat in her car as she relayed the allegations about Sadie and Eddie Martinez, saying that her children were the victims of an attempted kidnap which was such a ghastly thing to even vocalise but that it happened and that she wanted to share the story. She later made a complaint to the police.

The Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office has now charged her with one count of giving false information to a police officer and another for giving false information to a police dispatcher, which each carry a maximum punishment of six months in jail.

Erika Margarita Mitchell, a family member of the couple, posted on Facebook praising prosecutors for charging Katie Sorenson for the case that has been extensively criticised as an instance of racial profiling.

Erika Mitchelle wrote that it was great news for them all but mostly for her cousin, Sadie Vega Martinez and her husband Eddie because they were wrongly accused by the influencer of trying to steal her children at a local Michaels store.

She said it was a major allegation, and that she didn’t know who she was messing with in her cousin.

Erika Mitchell added that there needed to be consequences for attention-seeking influencers that make up drama for likes and views on social media.

She said that Prosecute Katie is now Convict Katie and could anybody imagine this happening to them – it totally could and that it was unreal.

The Martinez family, who have five children of their own, told a news outlet that they were really happy with the news, and Sadie Martinez told the outlet that it was a nice step towards justice.

Sadie Martinez has also been appointed to Petaluma’s citizen-led advisory committee on policing and race relations by Mayor Teresa Barrett.

The news outlet said she recently unveiled a local version of San Francisco’s CAREN Act, which made racially motivated 911 calls a crime.

The saga began when Sorenson posted two videos on December 13 in which she detailed claims that she dodged the so-called kidnapping attempt, which racked up more than 4.5 million views on her defunct Instagram@motherhoodessentials.

Her defence with probably be her lived experience – the stress of social media and that she’s a mother, all in the hope of a get out of jail free card, but hopefully the judge will see her for what she is, and let’s face it, she goes to Michaels store and then comes out spinning yarns, and this is a disgusting woman who uses her children as clickbait.

This is terrible, abusing her children to get social media attention for herself. This is totally false and so very Munchausen, and there need to be laws that allow people like her to receive the same sentence her victims would have got if they’d been found guilty of the offence she dishonestly accused them of.

Ashli Babbitt’s Family Ready To File $10 Million Lawsuit

The family of Ashli Babbitt is set to sue the US Capitol Police and the officer who shot her dead during the January 6 Capitol riot.

The family’s lawyer Terry Roberts said that they will seek at least $10 million and will serve Capitol Police inside ten days.

Ashli Babbit, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran, was shot through a window by an unknown officer as she and other Trump followers tried to break into an area near the House floor.

Roberts said the suit would include economic losses from Ashli Babbitt’s death as well as other claims including punitive damages, estimating that $10 million would be a good estimation of the total amount sought.

The civil suit from the family follows an April 14 decision by federal prosecutors not to indict the officer after months of deliberation.

Video footage from the rebellion, which was a failed attempt to prevent Congress from endorsing President Joe Biden’s election success, shows Ashli Babbitt attempting to access Speaker’s Lobby.

She was hit in the shoulder by a bullet and fell to the ground after an officer opened fire through a window.

Police summoned medical help to assess Ashli Babbit, who was declared dead shortly after at Washington Hospital Centre.

Robert’s told Zenger that a rookie police officer wouldn’t have shot this woman. If she committed any crime by going through the window and into the Speaker’s Lobby, it would have been trespassing – a misdemeanour offence and all that a rookie cop would have done is arrest her.

He said, referring to the officer who shot Ashli Babbitt that there were loads of other officers there to assist with an arrest and that there were officers on Ashli’s side of the door in riot gear and holding submachine guns, and on the other side of the door there were other uniformed officers 6 or 8 feet away.

He wasn’t saving a life by shooting her, and she wasn’t wielding a weapon – she was on a window ledge, and there was no reason to believe that she was armed.

Ashli Babbitt travelled from her home in California to Washington DC to attend the riot, in which five people died, including a Capitol Police officer who was sprayed with a chemical substance and died of natural causes the following day.

This was an unarmed woman, committing a non-violent crime, no weapon, no violence. She should have been arrested for trespass, but an unarmed woman shouldn’t have been shot dead at point-blank range for a civil infraction.

This woman was murdered in cold blood, and no police officer should be allowed to use deadly force, and she entered through a broken window, not an unlocked gate or door. However, she should never have been there, and her death is a terrible loss, but she made a bad decision that caused the loss of her life, this police officer didn’t have to shoot her, he could have used other techniques to apprehend her, and he wasn’t in immediate danger.

Lidl Caretaker Who Was Fired After Showing Off His Nazi Swastika Tattoo

A supermarket worker who showed off his swastika tattoo at work won his unfair dismissal case after a judge ruled he should have been given a severe warning instead.

Lidl caretaker Istvan Horvarth won his unfair dismissal claim after the budget chain sacked him from his job at the Telford Hadley store in Shropshire after he showed the tattoo to a colleague.

But this was challenged by Lidl chiefs, whose research revealed that the angle of the tattoo resembled the Nazi symbol rather than the similar-looking Buddish sign.

Despite this, Istvan Horvarth appealed his sacking, but now a judge has ruled in his favour, and he’s now in line for compensation after a judge decided that while the swastika was offensive, bosses at Lidl, who said his behaviour was massively inappropriate, shouldn’t have fired him.

Judge Ian Miller instead said he should have got a warning about the company’s uniform policy.

An employment tribunal in Birmingham heard that Istvan Horvarth began work at the Telford Hadley store as a caretaker in 2013.

In April 2019 a co-worker, identified only as MB, complained that he’d approached him on his second shift at the store to ask about his tattoos.

He maintained Istvan Horvarth then showed him his swastika tattoo whilst laughing and saying it was his country’s national symbol.

The colleague said Istvan Horvarth showed the top of his arm and shoulder and pointed to a tattoo of the swastika symbol, but he believed it was offensive for someone to brazenly show it as a proud symbol.

And he said that he came from a military background, so wasn’t impressed for that to be displayed so openly in a company that encourages equality and acceptance of people from diverse backgrounds.

MB added that he saw other far-right insignia tattooed on Istvan Horvarth and that the swastika was surrounded by barbed wire, and he reported the incident to his boss Craig Taylor who suspended Istvan Horvarth after also receiving a complaint that he’d kicked another co-worker.

The supermarket worker who was supposedly kicked complained to Craig Taylor upon learning about the swastika tattoo incident, saying that because she’s gay, the fact that he showed off the hate symbol made her uncomfortable.

The supermarket’s investigation concluded that the symbol on Istvan Horvarth’s arm was in fact a Nazi swastika rather than, as he maintained, a Buddist symbol because it was rotated clockwise tilted at a 45-degree angle.

This sounds more like the law of blasphemy, and it looks like it was a case of damned if you do and damned if you don’t – at least the supermarket will get positive publicity from this.

Some people get really offended by the whole swastika symbol, 卐 (right-facing or clockwise) or 卍 (left-facing, counterclockwise, or sauwastika), which is an ancient religious icon in the cultures of Eurasia, and was used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, and just because some moustached fool chose to use it for his purposes doesn’t alter its actual meaning.

However, it’s the intent of the wearer as to what it’s thought to represent that matters, and it seems like the judge would have said a stern warning would be appropriate for anything this guy did, and it might be controversial to some but it’s his personal decision as to what he has inked on his body or what he believes in, but that doesn’t mean he has to parade it and upset people.

Auto Pilot

Fire officials have said that a fatal Tesla crash that resulted in the deaths of two men may have started after a significant front end collision ignited the battery.

Dr William Varner, 59, and Everette Talbot, 69, both died when the Tesla Model S crashed into a tree and exploded into flames in Texas on April 17.

Police said it was obvious that there was no one in the driver’s seat at the time of the crash in the affluent The Woodlands neighbourhood, Houston.

On Monday, Tesla disputed police claims, saying a deformed steering wheel suggested that someone was likely in the driver’s seat.

Now the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office’s report has revealed more details as to how the flames took hold.

It also reiterates local police’s assertion that no one was in the driver’s seat. The report listed the collision as accidental.

Investigator Chris Johnson said that the fire was caused by the crash. The report didn’t note the car’s speed or whether airbags and seat belts were used.

Tesla hasn’t commented, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are both investigating.

The report says that there were indications of extensive mechanical damage caused by a front end collision, and the front end of the vehicle was in close contact with the trunk of a large tree.

It also details how the vehicle’s hood, front doors, front body panel, forward support pillars, trunk and roof were destroyed.

And according to the report, Talbot was seated in a forward-leaning posture, with both arms bent forward. Varner was in a rear leaning position, with both arms rolled back in a pugilistic stance.

It added that multiple fire patterns produced by both the movement and intensity of the fire showed that the fire started from the vehicle’s power distribution system and related components positioned at the front end of the vehicle.

Any extensive damage to the battery, the power distribution systems, or the systems associated with battery cell temp regulation could result in electrical arcing and/or thermal runaway of the lithium-ion cells, which are both a competent source of ignition.

The vehicle sustained a significant front end collision which damaged one, or many of those systems, leading to the spread of fire inside the vehicle.

The report states that it didn’t determine the specific vehicle components or systems that produced the first heat source.

And where were all the greens whining about the toxins discharged into the air by this four-hour burn, or the batteries that would be in landfills and won’t break down for hundreds of years, releasing more poisons into the ground and atmosphere?

And of course, they’d lie and say anything to keep their stocks from tanking.

People don’t just jump from the driver’ seat to the passenger’s seat after a crash so that they can perish in a fire. It’s not pragmatic, and they must believe that they’re fooling the public, but the public is not fooled, nor are they fools.

These vehicles are just mobile crematoriums, and we should be grateful that nobody else got injured, and how many more people will perish before they ultimately accept that the world isn’t ready for self-driving automobiles because the technology is woefully inadequate for all possible scenarios.

But as long as Tesla is allowed to market what’s a lane assist tech on autopilot, more people will get into accidents over misuse.

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