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Addendum: Russia have opened a formal investigation to see if the US and Ukraine are behind the Crocus terrorist attacks.

"The Russian Investigative Committee has launched a probe into allegations that Ukraine and its Western backers are involved in terrorist activities on Russian soil; these were supported by some MPs and public figures last week."

"The initial complaint, which the Committee confirmed receiving last Wednesday, identified the US and its allies as allegedly driving a string of attacks on Russian soil."

https://www.rt.com/russia/595222-russian-investigators-probe-us-terrorism/

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And it now turns out no-one is in-charge of the incident, according to FOIA. They're all just 'side-by-side' in some sort of whimsy.

This isn't how Incident Command System is supposed to work, and casts deeper suspicions on the Baltimore bridge incident. Why won't they announce who is in charge?

https://twitter.com/mercoglianos/status/1774809832505127319

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The United States of America is the most dangerous entity to ever be created. Psycopaths and fat trannies will decide the fate of the planet. This filthy Gerontokakistocracy 🤧

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I would assume the U.S. did it before Russia. Every time the U.S. gets involved in a war, it's a false flag. Even if they don't end up blaming it on another country, it completely wrecks small farmers as that was the biggest hub for farm equipment shipments. Independent farmers keep closing down and Bill Gates keeps buying up the land. This disrupts the supply chain and, ultimately, the food prices. It is another step in destroying the dollar.

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Perhaps, but this is far too clean. Most US false flags (9/11, Iraq war WMDs, Syrian chemical weapons, etc) all involve high rates of civilian casualties. What's particularly odd is the event with the bridge is being touted in the opposite direction - no *American* civilian casualties (purportedly).

There are some bizarre media claims the police somehow acted within the minute or two of the ship's mayday message to stop civilian cars crossing. But police don't respond to mayday messages - port authorities do. And within less than 2 minutes? Most police can't even respond within 15 minutes. Did they forget Baltimore police are horribly underfunded?

it is almost like the US are attempting to hide American civilian casualties, because they know if they admitted there were any, and then it turns out Russia is responsible, they're be obliged to respond. If they claim there are no civilian casualties, they can just say 'oh well, it was just a bunch of metal, no need to declare war'.

Such an odd state of affairs.

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FYI

The ship radioed the port authorities, who then had the Maryland Transportation Authority Police (IIRC stationed at the bridge) close the bridge to further traffic. The Baltimore City or County police had nothing to do with it.

https://www.thesun.ie/news/12628284/mayday-call-plunge-ships-black-box-baltimore-bridge-disaster/

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The cyber hacking abilities are definitely there and that last minute turn right into the pylon is suspect... https://eccentrik.substack.com/p/was-the-baltimore-bridge-collapse?r=8ypo0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

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Apr 1Liked by The Underdog

What are the odds of having a young, military age male from Ukraine being the captain? do we know if he was actually controlling the ship or if it was still manned by someone else - like the port authority? I was also surprised that the Biden Administration immediately stated it wasn’t an attack. I think everything needs to be thoroughly investigated. Not sure we get to the truth, though.

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I’ve checked several sources and they all say that the captain of the Dali was an Indian citizen, as were the rest of the 22 man crew.

The Dali had a Ukrainian captain….. almost 10 years ago.

ALSO,

The ship was being steered by a Maryland Port Authority certified pilot, not the Captain.

Until someone is able to prove that the above facts are wrong, or that there was another nefarious cause, the idea that this was anything other than an accident is absurd.

People need to realize that sometimes bad things happen without any sinister pre-planning.

They’re called “Accidents”.

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"I’ve checked several sources and they all say that the captain of the Dali was an Indian citizen"

You haven't cited any sources. Appeal to the Haystack.

"The ship was being steered by a Maryland Port Authority certified pilot, not the Captain."

The article doesn't discuss his steering it. The ship being captained by a Ukrainian would however make it a legitimate target for Russia given Ukraine and Russia are at war. So who the pilot is, is irrelevant.

"People need to realize that sometimes bad things happen without any sinister pre-planning."

You sound like a shill. Hope you have evidence for your claims.

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I didn’t know that I was supposed to present a legal case.

I said that I had read multiple sources that said that the claims about the captaincy of the ship (and who was steering) were false.

There was a Ukrainian captain 8-9 years ago. The current captain is NOT Ukrainian according to the owner of the ship.

From Euronews:

“Synergy Marine Group, the owner of the Dali ship also released a statement claiming the crew of 22 members was composed of Indian citizens.

But the nationality of the captain operating the boat when the accident happened isn’t relevant. That’s because once a foreign ship enters the Port of Baltimore, it’s an employee of the State of Maryland that has to steer the ship to dock, according to the Maryland Pilot Association.”

Links:

https://www.ibtimes.sg/fact-check-was-captain-container-ship-dali-that-hit-baltimores-francis-scott-key-bridge-74053

https://www.khou.com/article/news/verify/national-verify/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-cargo-container-ship-captain-not-ukrainian-fact-check/536-9ca8f68d-9c43-4ee6-b503-f921b3dda30c

From the AP:

“But Synergy told the AP that Dali’s captain and crew at the time of the collision were Indian.

Dali was being piloted out of Baltimore when it struck Key Bridge, the company wrote in a statement on Tuesday. Synergy told the AP that both pilots were U.S. citizens. One of the pilots was an apprentice observing a licensed pilot, said Clay Diamond, executive director and general counsel for the American Pilots Association.”

There are many more sources.

ALL of them say that the current captain is NOT a Ukrainian.

As for being a shill, I resent the allegation.

I don’t have a dog in this fight.

[I’m just a guy who lives in the DC/Baltimore metro area and happened to be driving early that morning, listening to the local Baltimore radio station (98 Rock) that did a great job with their news coverage of the event…and no, I’m not a shill for them either. And I’m not connected to any state or federal government agencies or contractors. I simply saw claims in your article that were contradicted by news reports ]

From your previous comment:

“You sound like a shill. Hope you have evidence for your claims.”

Have I provided enough evidence for my claims? Or do I need to provide more?

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Apr 1·edited Apr 1

Yes, there are accidents. However, I think we still don’t have enough facts to determine 100% that it was one. I’m not actually sure how people are so positive it was an accident, given the sheer amount of disinformation and outright lies our government has shoveled our way the last 4 years.

I also heard the Maryland Port Authority was steering, however, when and how would he be able to disembark without tugboats?

Also, why did the boat lose power? Did he try to drop anchor? Did he try to reverse (which is the theory why the power went out a second time). Was it Port Authority pilot calling these shots or was the captain on the bridge also? Why is the black box only powered by the boat power and when that is lost, only part of the box continues to record data? Isn’t the entire point of a black box to record everything precisely when all the power goes out and there is an emergency situation?

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"I’m not actually sure how people are so positive it was an accident, given the sheer amount of disinformation and outright lies our government has shoveled our way the last 4 years."

4 years? 244 years. I'm assuming you made a forgivable typo. Yes?

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The destruction of the bridge, as well as Crocus, is a controlled demolition of the Western civilization. The crooks in the Russian government and business cooperate with the crooks in the American government and business. And they are all controlled by international bankers.

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That's an alternative take. It isn't outside the realm of possibility, although you would have to explain why Russia doesn't align with America on things like LGBTQ, why they jailed Griner, and why they're even bothering to fight each other in Ukraine, if they're all part of the same WEF basket.

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Thank you for doing the legwork. This is clearly a hub for the biowarfare industry, and some of the cargo was CDC.

Included in Big Picture graph:

https://embed.kumu.io/65414d83f8e8e125e045e4ab3e40204e

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One conspiracy theory too far for me.

There is plenty of evidence that the bridge collapse was an accident and nothing more.

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Apr 1·edited Apr 1Author

You haven't presented 'plenty of evidence'.

You disputed the ethnicity of the Captain, then failed to address any of the key aspects surrounding the event.

For example, what caused the lights to go out/power failures if all ships by law have back-up power? And all lights? I even included the regulation. An 'engine malfunction' would not cover this. In-fact, I doubt you could conceive of a scenario that would, that doesn't involve someone disabling or interfering with the system.

Why did the ship make a direct hit with a central support column when most ships that lose steering control, drift sideways due to wind impacts on the side of the vessel and the undercurrents? Widest side drifts, not the tip.

If it wasn't involved in war, why was it carrying hazardous materials? At a port near a chemical weapons and biological weapons military site, in an area rife with military bases?

Why was no assessment on the ship's computer systems security published?

The fact the US government immediately denied it was a terrorist attack before anybody had even made an assessment of the evidence, which is premature, and proceeded to insist it was an accident, also prematurely, adds weight to the fact this *can't* of been an accident - what motive would the US government have for trying to immediately convince everybody, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, that it was an accident? Why not just wait for the facts?

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Be sure to re-read the comment once reloaded in browser. Spelling error was corrected. I swear I wrote 'Accident' ('can't be an accident') but for some reason it said 'attack'.

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By the way, what do you make of this? https://twitter.com/vicktop55/status/1770443749975372260

(NATO troops on Ukraine soil)

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"All ships must have emergency power systems (it is a requirement), meaning even if the mains generator malfunctioned (to the point of the engine room billowing smoke), the lights should not have flickered.

Backup power can be as advanced as a separate generator..."

Apparently that's what the ship had as a backup power source, and it needed a few seconds to kick in.

Thoughts?

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