Posted on 02/06/2023 2:36:34 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Forbes is owned mostly by a Hong Kong based investment group. Any info from them would have to be vetted carefully. Steve Forbes is no longer majority controller. Goodby equivocal journalism at Forbes.
It is the equivalent of one getting shot the bird (the middle finger).
If you don’t see it then it didn’t happen. Some of my help once told me I while turning in job site pulling a long trailer “ that lady gave you the finger”, my reply, gave you the finger I didn’t see it.
I don’t have a point here just rambling , good morning.
It isn’t only the US of course...This balloon has been around over the last few years, Japan, India, Philippines, Canada, now Latin America.
That’s a good response, just about anything that balloon could detect is already done quite well by Google maps. Additionally, the ChiComs have got to have satellites capable of super imaging just about anything, similar to what we have. So I don’t think getting images of anything was the goal of that balloon.
And was allowing the balloon to drift all the way over the US an act of incompetence, or done on purpose to gather intel? Whatever the balloon was gathering could have been blocked by our own intel people, to include intercepting any messages it sent to the chinks.
Not shooting it down until over water was likely done so retrieving it would be better, meaning it would most likely be in tact so the electronics could be studied.
We are fed so full of bullshit by our own government just about anything could be true. Propaganda about the balloon, propaganda about covid, propaganda about Ukraine. The only real certainty is anything coming from the MSM or this regime is a lie.
“The balloon was maneuverable “
I posted that here a few days ago and was derided about my ignorance. I was told it followed the jet stream. (Coincidentally, the jet stream swooshes from military base to military base, and stops moving over each of them.)
Er, it’s a video of Gordon Chang. I don’t think he is owned by a Hong Kong investment group.
The Chicoms are trying to show that they’re the big dogs now.
Yes, and he’ll get a standing ovation from the uniparty congress when he enters the chamber to the accompaniment of Hail To The Chief.
Could a civilian shoot it down?
We don't need any help from China along those lines - we're doing great all on our own.
The key to the whole international situation right now is, "Can Germany be flipped?"
Perhaps an Aviation expert can help - wasn’t this balloon required to have transponder with a filed flight plan? Which would have meant they needed approval from somewhere in the Brandon administration for the overflight.
NOW it can be revealed, it was a bylloon. The bylloon’s pronouns are (*&”/#@/&*) a State secret. Because the bylloon was not destroyed over US airspace can be interpreted to mean that bylloonphobia, and antibylloonism are not growing as fast as suspected, and there is still time to institute Federal re-education (preschool to post graduate level) bylloonism sensitivity training and brainwashing. By the time the Feds are done, any cis/hetero balloons will be a distant memory.
Maybe they’re locating people - every kid has Tiktok on their phone, locating people in power or influence around strategic military locations would be invaluable -
Yes the Chinese have used a simple balloon to show the world that the US government is for the most part controlled by putzes, ninnies, and simps.
They are monit9ring and analyzing communication traffic. Slow moving to gather more signals.
It was a test by the Mainland Chinese government to determine how long it would take the U.S. President to lapse into sanity.
I almost can’t wait to start with these clowns.
Let’s just go ahead and get it over.
I predict we would decimate the Chicoms in days.
Sick of these yellow bastards mouthing off.
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