In November, 700 Intercontinental Weapons Were Launched Against the USA?

i guess we're being controlled, and it's beyond our control

 

Unless we can hack into those chips Bill Gates put into us with his Covid vaccines. My understanding is that pressing ctrl-alt-del on the hidden keyboards in our thighs will do it.

 

"was it supposed to go where it went?"

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Say 'intended' here, as 'supposed' has too many dictionary options. Also, it places 'action' on the doer side not the seer side.
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Through Alaska and through N Cent US, it seems to have moved with some plausible utility. I've no thoughts on subsequent path. Winds up there being as they are, there was never a way to avoid US east coast exit.

"highly unlikely that senior people..."
Aha this is the latest frisson in US media. Some not-highest level military person/group launched. Not being quite in agreement with top-level diplomacy.

 

Oops. Yes.

That wouldn't surprise me, tbh.

It could be like the Manchester Consulate incident last year. Interpreted by international media as a sign of ingrained Chinese government attitudes. Actually just a few d---heads who will be fired for what they've done.

 

WOULD SOMEBODY JUST GIVE ME A FRICKIN' LIKE FOR SAYING A. BLINKEN?

Me thought it clever.

 

Is this time that much different than the other times they sent similar such balloons, without receiving any public reaction whatsoever? Four previous events have now been publicly disclosed, not counting any additional known events the U.S. may not be disclosing, or even more that went undetected or not understood to be of interest.

 

Has this not been a thing right since his appointment? Every diplomat I know commented on this at the time.

 

It works much better spoken than written. Caught me several times back during the transition and appointment announcements, until I saw it in print.

 

I'd say that the difference - assuming that those disclosures are true - is the timing, in that it happened right before A. Blinken (© tochatihu) was supposed to go to Beijing.

 

@fuzzy1 for lack of knowledge I'll not speculate about priors. I have the idea that some happened during P45, and will speculate that le militiares did not include info on image-rich text-poor briefings. There was enough ketchup on walls already

This time different (at least) because of civilian sightings. Something needed to be done.

 

Oh, looky there, why it was.

I wasn't reading your post aloud....

 

"it happened right before A. Blinken ... was supposed to go ..."

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Now ye got it. My work here is done.
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Pentagon Warns Chinese Landmass Could Break Off And Zoom Across The Ocean To Get Us

 

Communism was less monolithic as much as adaptable based upon their earlier cultural norms. So the Chinese modified communism to incorporate capitalist techniques that work.

In contrast, Russia came from the Tsar and became much more bloody and imperialistic. Facts and data, the truth, led to the end of Russian communism and emergence of the new Tsar and life without truth.

Bob Wilson

 

Why hasn't the current administration sent Hunter Biden to straighten things out with China? Surely, he could unravel this incident and bring it to a successful conclusion for both countries.

Hunter Biden: What was he doing in China and Ukraine? - BBC News

Hunter Biden and China: A timeline of his business dealings (nypost.com)

Chinese elite have paid some $31M to Hunter and the Bidens (nypost.com)

Biden Administration China Ties Reveal a Deeper Disturbing Truth | Opinion (newsweek.com)

If all else fails, this administration has shown their skillful negotiation powers in the Brittney Griner exchange- they could maybe give China - Alaska and Hawaii - if they promise to stop sending balloons over us. Poor Tawain is in a horrible position and seeing our resolve in Afghanistan must have them wondering what's next for their country. There wasn't anything wrong with leaving Afghanistan - we needed to - there was everything wrong with the cowardly way we left and all the American military equipment (in excess of $5 billion dollars) left behind.U.S. Left $7 Billion In Military Hardware In Afghanistan As Taliban Took Over, DOD Reportedly Finds (forbes.com)


My comments would be the same no matter which party was in the White House. I could care less which party they belong to. I was deeply disappointed in the actions, ethics and lack of self-discipline of the Administration that preceded our current Administration.

Our country is currently in desperate need of a strong individual with a good moral compass and strong leadership skills to bring us together - no matter what party or lack of party they come from.

 

Gonna take more than one person's moral compass, I'm afraid. And with our tendency to shower adulation on "strong individuals" without one, we're at pretty high risk of ending up led by one of those.