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Large Chinese reconnaissance balloon spotted over the US, officials say
Yahoo News ^ | 2/2/23 | MARTHA RADDATZ and LUIS MARTINEZ

Posted on 02/02/2023 5:49:33 PM PST by rod5591

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41 posted on 02/02/2023 6:37:32 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: rod5591

Are they surveilling nuclear missile silo locations?


42 posted on 02/02/2023 6:38:05 PM PST by servantboy777
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To: rod5591

Thank the lord someone like Biden wasn’t president during the Cuban missile crisis...


43 posted on 02/02/2023 6:41:44 PM PST by MagaMatt (Sapere aude.)
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To: rod5591

Apparently Biden is unclear on the population of Montana.


44 posted on 02/02/2023 6:42:47 PM PST by cyclotic (Follow 1776rm.com. Fighting for our Constitution. @1776RM on Truth)
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To: rod5591

Space tourism startup test flies its gigantic balloon 20 miles over Florida that is on track to carry explorers to the stratosphere in 2024
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9702327/Space-Perspective-test-flies-balloon-20-miles-Florida-humans-orbit.html ^ | DAILYMAIL.COM | By STACY LIBERATORE FOR
Posted on 6/20/2021, 10:04:35 AM by BenLurkin

Space tourism startup Space Perspective successfully completed its first unmanned test flight Friday of a gigantic balloon that will soon take humans to the edge of space.

Its Neptune Once spaceship test vehicle took off from the Space Coast Air and Spaceport in Cape Canaveral and hit its planned altitude of 108,409 feet where it hovered for six hours before splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico....


45 posted on 02/02/2023 6:43:01 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: HombreSecreto

Oh, good one!


46 posted on 02/02/2023 6:46:15 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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Montana Grizzly Bears Acting Strangely from Highly Pathogenic Virus Killed
Newsweek ^ | 18 Jan 2023 | JESS THOMSON
Posted on 1/19/2023, 6:21:15 AM by blueplum

Ahighly contagious strain of bird flu has been detected in three grizzly bears in Montana, the first time the disease has been found in grizzlies.

The three bears tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in fall 2022, and were found to be suffering from neurological issues, including disorientation and partial blindness, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) said in a January 17 statement...

...Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows that as of January 11, over 57 million poultry across the U.S. were infected by HPAI, most of which have died or been culled, while nearly 6,000 wild birds had tested positive as of January 12. This outbreak is one of the largest in history, and is partly responsible for soaring egg prices....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


47 posted on 02/02/2023 6:46:16 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: LambSlave

The cable broke and dragged across cars, homes etc. (knocked out our power)

Pennsylvania troopers finally shot it down with shotguns.


48 posted on 02/02/2023 6:46:45 PM PST by cyclotic (Follow 1776rm.com. Fighting for our Constitution. @1776RM on Truth)
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To: Reno89519

“It should’ve been shot down, this demonstrates weakness, especially with the lame excuses why they didn’t shoot in down.”

Yup.


49 posted on 02/02/2023 6:47:16 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

“May be headed SE.”

Depends on the winds.


50 posted on 02/02/2023 6:48:47 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Not_Who_U_Think

“I saw last week we’re still trying to get the Pueblo back from North Korea.”

Really? Leave it there. If we get it back we’ll have to give the Norks something in return, and there is no upside for us in doing that.


51 posted on 02/02/2023 6:51:03 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Big Brother Go to Hell

” They sent a balloon to prove a point: America can’t, or won’t, defend itself.”

I think you have it pegged.


52 posted on 02/02/2023 6:52:28 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Where is NORAD???????

Tracking Santa Craus?

53 posted on 02/02/2023 6:54:00 PM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

“How do they know it’s not carrying a load of Fentanyl to drop over a town or city?”

Or a load of virus to seed the country as it goes?


54 posted on 02/02/2023 6:54:08 PM PST by mouske
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

“The people at the helm of this country are a joke.”

Yup.


55 posted on 02/02/2023 6:54:19 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: ought-six

Jam the communications then wait for it to fall - then let’s take a long hard look at it.


56 posted on 02/02/2023 6:54:22 PM PST by GOPJ ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ Gumballs: Immigrants by the numbers.)
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To: Not_Who_U_Think

> we’re still trying to get the Pueblo back from North Korea <

I saw that too. Don’t try to get it back. Locate it precisely on a GPS. Then sink it. And make sure that it is well and truly sunk.


57 posted on 02/02/2023 6:55:01 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: servantboy777

“Are they surveilling nuclear missile silo locations?”

I’d say so.


58 posted on 02/02/2023 6:55:44 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: rod5591

Jessie Watters was saying Biden ordered the military to shoot it down and they refused. I don’t know his source.


59 posted on 02/02/2023 6:56:07 PM PST by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: rod5591

Joe probably gave them the coordinates for the sites to conduct reconnaissance on.


60 posted on 02/02/2023 6:59:46 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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