Posted on 08/31/2025 9:08:15 PM PDT by ransomnote
Red piller!
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 09/01/2025 Vol.511, Q Day 2866, LadyDoc wrote: I live in the Philippines and today got a routine annual letter from social security to verify my address etc. Butt when I sent the reply back in the return envelope I was told they are not allowing anything to be sent to the US because of tariffs. Tariffs are for small packages that China sends all over via other countries to cheat tariffs.
Probably a misunderstanding but you see how the left and the stupid are framing tariffs overseas.
I posted something a thread or two back which I thought might impact the capacity of FReeQs/Freepers from purchasing medication overseas.
Typically the US waves tariffs on the first $800 worth of merchandise sent to the US. That's how Amazon and Ebay can feature low cost purchases from China - no tariffs.
About a month ago - Trump abandoned the waiver on the first $800 and now tariffs apply to small purchases. China and others who rely on shipping small value items (medications from India) will be impacted.
I'm surprised they would refer to tariffs when you tried to ship documents though.
I asked Grok about this and she flatly denied making this post on X regarding Q.
It’s Fake.
Sorry. Will have it deleted.
Love that Melania cover. New favorite.
The same could be said of here as well. Illegals,adoption agencies, foster care system and DFACS. How many turned a blind eye or assisted?
It seems the others around the world are slowly waking up.
https://x.com/TheBritLad/status/1962097111253598642?t=SsPBiuuxkVtTL17t_3Ay1w&s=19
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I live in the Philippines and today got a routine annual letter from social security to verify my address etc.
Butt when I sent the reply back in the return envelope I was told they are not allowing anything to be sent to the US because of tariffs. Tariffs are for small packages that China sends all over via other countries to cheat tariffs.
Probably a misunderstanding but you see how the left and the stupid are framing tariffs overseas.
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So that means any expats won’t be able to get their payments because they can’t verify their address?
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Try and see if you can fill it out online. You’ll have to set up a “myss” acct, but that’s pretty easy. Good luck,!
Fo L8r
The report is extensive and very thorough - but, of course, eliminates speculation, However, I will speculate!
The article states: Though satellites are the major powers’ chief aerial spying tool, the theory is that surveillance balloons, operating at lower altitudes and able to stay aloft longer over targets, can capture higher-resolution images and intercept more communications.
These balloons fly as high as 80,000 feet and are, naturally, slow moving. However, the article states that this balloon just had a small propeller motor with limited ability to steer the craft. I believe that to be misleading; these balloons use a sophisticated guidance system that can adjust height to locate differing air currents and are adept at maneuvering in various directions using that technology {perhaps somewhat classified.} I understand that such a balloon is used over, I think, Nevada, as a cell phone 'tower' - effective over a broad mountainous region... it 'maneuvers' in order to maintain an effective phone coverage.
The 'slow moving' aspect is actually an advantage, not only for navigational maneuvering but also for fooling radar detection. The article points out that NORAD is {was} not programmed to detect slow moving objects, creating the 'picket fence' gap.
But lack of NORAD detection was not the problem. US intel knew of the balloon while still flying over the Pacific. It may have 'maneuvered' itself over some Pacific defense locations on its trans-oceanic journey. The article states that US intel did not alert NORAD to be on the lookout for the balloon - that the balloon was just hours away from entering the continent’s jurisdiction before the man in charge of defending the region learned about it. One press release stated: The military did not want this going public.
Yet a couple of civilian photographers DID discover the strange aerial object AND published pictures of it, forcing the military to offer some sort of statement of awareness at least.
“I think it was a bad mistake to let a Chinese spy balloon float all across America and only to leak it to The New York Times once some rancher or amateur photographer in Montana spotted it,” Republican Sen. Tom Cotton would say later. “I suspect if they had not … this would have never become public.”
The article states: ...a surprising assessment made public by American authorities months later. Forensic examination of the balloon and its payload by the FBI and others after the shoot-down indicated “for sure” that it never actually gathered any intelligence, let alone transmitted it back to China.
Andrea Charron, a political scientist at the University of Manitoba and a leading academic expert on Norad and North American defence said, "...that they hovered over some pretty important, key areas … makes me wonder.”
I believe that the Autopen Administration likely opened up our air space to Chinese spy technology. They didn't think that anyone would ever know about the over flight. When average citizens blew the lid off of the caper, it became a CYA operation. The idea that it did not collect any sensitive data is questionable, as Ms Andrea Charron stated above... the unit 'maneuvered' over multiple sensitive defense site within the U.S. {after entering the Aleutians Islands in the far north.}
As to 'communicating with China', I posed the possibility at the time that China could have multiple receiving sites with internet connections placed around the U.S., thus only requiring low power 'local' transmissions.
The ultimate question may be whether the {Bitem} Autopen Administration committed an act of treason, allowing a covert overflight by a potential enemy of top secret military technology locations.
I also pointed out - and posted pictures - that the Chinese had designed an undercarriage for these balloons that could launch hypersonic missiles - obviously from short range, making defense extremely difficult. That could be considered a First Strike capability.
Just what were the Chinese 'spying out' in these overflights.?
From the Russian envoy again!
Q+ Russia and America working together?
https://x.com/kadmitriev/status/1962435377332908358?t=539tk6KUOTjTks6XJ-DZXQ&s=19
Sounds great. Better than him being overseas. Prayers continue.
Thank you.
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