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February 3rd, 2023 at 1:41:52 PM permalink
SOOPOO
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Quote: Tanko
Probably scouting for a million more acres of US farmland.

"Chinese spy balloon the size of three buses is spotted floating over Montana for DAYS as US mobilizes F-22 Raptors to intercept: Biden wanted to shoot it down but Pentagon advised him not to because of falling debris"

"Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Tracked Over U.S. This Week
Incident comes days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken trip to China"



They found out the balloon was launched from Long Island and is coincidentally co owned by George Santos and Hunter Biden! What are the odds?????
February 3rd, 2023 at 2:12:24 PM permalink
rquiredusername
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Quote: ams288
Quote: Tanko
Probably scouting for a million more acres of US farmland.

"Chinese spy balloon the size of three buses is spotted floating over Montana for DAYS as US mobilizes F-22 Raptors to intercept: Biden wanted to shoot it down but Pentagon advised him not to because of falling debris"

"Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Tracked Over U.S. This Week
Incident comes days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken trip to China"


lol @ China thinking anything interesting is happening in Montana.


Maybe they just wanted to see what god fearing, hard working Americans looked like.
February 3rd, 2023 at 2:20:52 PM permalink
terapined
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Quote: rquiredusername


Maybe they just wanted to see what god fearing, hard working Americans looked like.


I spent a month in Montana on my RV travels
They take the god thing way too far
Home of easily the worst museum in the country
So bad, I couldnt in good conscious pay the admission
My understanding is that they have a fabulous collection
but
They are ignoring science and pushing religion
Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum
The name of their website tells you all you need to know
https://creationtruth.org/
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February 3rd, 2023 at 2:24:23 PM permalink
rquiredusername
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Quote: terapined
I spent a month in Montana on my RV travels
They take the god thing way too far
Home of easily the worst museum in the country
So bad, I couldnt in good conscious pay the admission
My understanding is that they have a fabulous collection
but
They are ignoring science and pushing religion
Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum
The name of their website tells you all you need to know
https://creationtruth.org/


Yeah but them mountains sure is purdy.

Have you been to the Creation museum near Cincinnati?
February 3rd, 2023 at 3:20:27 PM permalink
terapined
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Quote: rquiredusername
Yeah but them mountains sure is purdy.

Have you been to the Creation museum near Cincinnati?

Why would I go to a museum pushing BS?
I went to the Natural history museum and the City museum.
What I really liked about Cincy were all the street murals. I love street art. Take pics of street art all over the country
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World"
February 3rd, 2023 at 3:47:25 PM permalink
missedhervee
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Much ado about nothing, just Biden beating the drums to try to foment dislike of China.
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:22:34 PM permalink
rxwine
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Might be another reason why we're just monitoring it. We have things in the air also. Perhaps similar floating off the coast of China. Perhaps unmanned spy planes. I don't know that we'd fly directly over China but wouldn't be surprised if something is very near it overhead.

You don't shoot something down if you expect that something of yours might be shot down. Just a theory though.

Some border incursions are just to detect if we know if something is there.
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:28:24 PM permalink
odiousgambit
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I don't believe the military was worried about debris falling.

Weather balloons with some light camera stuff can go incredibly high, like 100,000 feet

The highest our fighters can go is much less

So I think the Pentagon wants the Chinese to guess whether we can shoot down such a high balloon or not. I think actually special missiles would have to be designed just for the purpose, just like the Russians had to in order to down a U-2. We literally probably can't shoot it down at the moment.

From google searches,

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The balloon flights last for around 2 hours, can drift as far as 125 miles away, and rise up to over 100,000 ft. (about 20 miles) in the atmosphere! Weather balloons, which are made of latex or synthetic rubber (neoprene), are filled with either hydrogen or helium.


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most fighter jets fly at an altitude between 45,000 and 51,000 feet. Some types, such as the F-22 Raptor, can reach as high as 65,000 feet due to the capability to rise vertically.
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February 4th, 2023 at 12:55:26 AM permalink
PotPie
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In mid November a U.S. General estimated that there were 200,000 military deaths total on both sides from the Ukraine War.
And another estimate put the no. of civilian deaths at over 7,000.

All because of what's in the head of one evil, misguided tyrant.
the foolish sayings of a rich man pass for words of wisdom by the fools around him
February 4th, 2023 at 4:02:19 AM permalink
DRich
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Quote: terapined
Quote: Tanko


"Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Tracked Over U.S. This Week

Was there a 6 year old inside :-)

In other news you get what you vote for. Is Lyin Ted heading for Cancun again
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/02/1153905244/texas-ice-storm-power-outage
Texas ice storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power


I just booked a Cancun trip, I will let you know if I see him.
At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent.