Im way behind in the thread, so throw clocks my way if this was already posted (also PL) but today was a blast. I went to the Marines 250th birthday celebration on Camp Pendleton with Pete Hegseth and JD Vance. It was basically the biggest dog and pony show I've ever seen or been to. This had been planned for about a year, and the plan was to do a big demo/training for a MEU.
The celebration was today and yesterday they did a dress rehearsal for it.
Now the I-5 freeway cuts through Camp Pendleton about 5 miles from the ocean, and then the base resumes on the other side. It effectively is the only real way to get from LA/orange county and other northern places, to San Diego. It's a stretch of like 17 miles or something). Accidents in that small stretch cause travel times be easily 2 hours for that one section.
There was also supposed to be the stupid ass No Kings protests down in San Diego.
Part of the training the Marines wanted to fire howitzers from the beach onto the ranges further inland (and has been done before).
Thursday a news story came out from some left site saying the Marines (and Trump) were gonna shut down the 5 going through Camp Pendleton to fire missiles from the ships onto the ranges. The Marines and white house said that they weren't gonna do that and they wernt shutting down the freeway, but they had turned in risk assessments and everything else needed to fire the howitzers over the freeway months ago, and things seemed to calm down. The dress rehersal went on yesterday without a hitch, and Caltrans was asked put signs out warning people of overhead fire. Then all hell broke loose as Newsome did what he did best. I woke up this morning to a post from my wife saying that the I-5 was going to be closed due to the celebration, and went to Caltrans site to make sure.
Sure enough, Newsome had Caltrans shut it down to try and score political points.
Caltrans press release
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White House to fire explosive artillery over major roadway in Southern California, I-5 to be temporarily shut down on Saturday due to life safety risk
SAN DIEGO – Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a statement on ensuring public safety during a live fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton, after the federal government early Saturday confirmed with state and local authorities the event would occur:
“The President is putting his ego over responsibility with this disregard for public safety. Firing live rounds over a busy highway isn’t just wrong — it’s dangerous. Using our military to intimidate people you disagree with isn’t strength — it’s reckless, it’s disrespectful, and it’s beneath the office he holds. Law and order? This is chaos and confusion.
In California, we are proud to honor our military and the sacrifices they continue to make for our country. As we all recognize the 250th anniversary of the Armed Forces, let us remember the guiding principles upon which our founding fathers built this great nation and hold dearly those inherent rights that we all share.”
The state was recently informed that the White House intended to hold a major event between Friday, October 17 and Saturday, October 18 at Camp Pendleton that involved firing live artillery rounds over the I-5 freeway. Governor Newsom condemned this absurd show of force.
On Thursday, October 16, the U.S. Marine Corps confirmed their exercise would be conducted on its training ranges, as it routinely does, but not over the freeway. That afternoon, the federal government also directed cancellation of train services, which run parallel to the I-5, on Saturday between Orange County-San Diego County.
Late on Friday, the state then received notice from event organizers asking for CalTrans signage to be posted along the I-5 freeway that would read: “Overhead fire in progress.”
Also on Friday, state officials near Camp Pendleton observed live munitions being fired near the freeway, an apparent practice run.
Early Saturday morning, after the state inquired once again for details, the federal government informed the state that live fire activities have now been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today.
Due to extreme life safety risk and distraction to drivers, including sudden unexpected and loud explosions, a section of I-5 will be closed for a period on Saturday, October 18. This decision comes at the recommendation of traffic safety experts at the California Highway Patrol.
I-5 is Southern California’s economic backbone, supporting over 80,000 travelers and moving $94 million in freight everyday between San Diego and Orange Counties. Just north of Oceanside, more than 65,000 vehicles cross county lines daily — half those trips for work. That’s $8.2 million lost in daily visitor spending alone. Thousands of truck shipments count on uninterrupted access.
Because of the federal government’s plans, drivers should expect delays on Interstate 5 and other state routes throughout Southern California before, during and after the event. Before traveling through the region, drivers are encouraged to visit quickmap.dot.ca.gov for real-time traffic information.
So he effectively pissed off all the people traveling to San Diego, commerce, etc, and his sides protestors in trying to own Trump while the celebration went on as planned. I can't wait for the fall out from this and would laugh my ass off if it causes peeps to vote no on his faggy special election to gerrymander next month.
If someone can archive, I would appreciate it since am phonefag.
