Nevada Convert Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Holy shit, there’s another one that looks even weirder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSanDiegan Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 7:32 PM, halfmanhalfbronco said: China did a dumb dumb? No. +++++ing. Way. Still, we need to respond to it. It's the first time since pearl harbor a hostile government has violated our air space. It really is a big deal. Two words: 99 luftballoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Convert Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Let me get this straight. They’re saying this happened 3 times under Trump? That makes no sense at all. People were seeing this day after day and and made a big deal about it. So 3 pass by in the past and no one notices? Right. Even if it was much higher, it still would’ve been spotted and Trump haters would’ve whined about not shooting it down just like the right is ripping on Biden for not shooting it down earlier. Stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happycamper Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 2:11 AM, Nevada Convert said: Let me get this straight. They’re saying this happened 3 times under Trump? That makes no sense at all. People were seeing this day after day and and made a big deal about it. So 3 pass by in the past and no one notices? Right. Even if it was much higher, it still would’ve been spotted and Trump haters would’ve whined about not shooting it down just like the right is ripping on Biden for not shooting it down earlier. Stupid. Remember that every argument you have with someone on MWCboard is actually the continuation of a different argument they had with someone else also on MWCboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Convert Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 6:53 AM, happycamper said: It’s not cloudy all the time everywhere on three 5 day passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSF Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 You know why everybody was looking for this balloon in the sky, as opposed to the others? Because they knew it was there already. Same reason people are craning their necks when NASA sends something up. Moreso with this because it was unusual. And at 100,000 feet it's difficult to see unless you're actively looking for it. It gives me a headache just trying to think down to your level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandjean87 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 11:29 PM, TheSanDiegan said: Two words: 99 luftballoons. That is underrated. Props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renoskier Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 10:20 AM, grandjean87 said: That is underrated. Props. this live version rocks: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandjean87 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 4:10 PM, renoskier said: this live version rocks: Nena at 58...oh, my. That is a great version. Not my genre or quite my era, but I have always been drawn to that song. Nuclear Freeze Movement and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaztecs Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/3/2023 at 7:20 PM, Billings said: Only problem is the balloon is no longer over Montana. More fake crap Shhhhhhhhh ! Don't tell the Base. "We don't have evidence but, we have lot's of theories." Americans Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaztecs Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 11:58 AM, thelawlorfaithful said: The administration was trying to keep it a secret so as not to screw up Blinken’s trip. Their hand was forced when local media broke the news of its sighting. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-04/from-china-to-big-sky-the-balloon-that-unnerved-the-white-house?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=mobile_web_share This account of how a balloon burst diplomacy just as Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to travel to China and meet with President Xi Jinping is based on conversations with several officials briefed on the matter who asked to stay anonymous to discuss intelligence matters. As it turns out, US authorities were well aware of the unidentified object that had entered American airspace on Jan. 28, that had then left and re-entered over North Idaho on Tuesday. But with such a high-profile trip at stake, keeping it on the down-low was key… …On Thursday afternoon, the Billings Gazette, a local Montana paper, published a photo of the balloon – meaning it was only a matter of time until national media would pick up on the report and the Biden administration would have to face questions… US officials, who had spent hours debating whether Blinken should scrap a long-planned trip to Beijing, finally felt they had no choice but to postpone the first high-level US visit to China in five years. A delay was not a cancellation. It sent a signal that the US had no desire to escalate matters. The sentiment among those in the room was that the trip wasn’t worth the potential domestic political costs of going, given that Blinken’s talks in China were not expected to yield much in the first place. So, basically some RW local News Media wanting to stick it to Biden for being weak on Defense. Did it ever occur to anyone that our Military is perfectly capable of jamming its transmissions ? Or, are we just wanting something to blame on Biden ? "We don't have evidence but, we have lot's of theories." Americans Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 What’s the reporter to do? Not report a story about a Chinese spy balloon floating in American airspace towards a place where we station our nukes because it might make Washington look bad? Must be a right winger if they’re a journalist in Montana not acting as state run media, I guess. We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaztecs Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/5/2023 at 3:04 PM, GoDogs22 said: Escape just barely gets in under the line of the 70s. Released in October, but didn't climb the charts until 1980 The 70's "ERA" ran from the end of Vietnam until the early 80's. "We don't have evidence but, we have lot's of theories." Americans Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackrabbit Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/8/2023 at 10:03 AM, Spaztecs said: So, basically some RW local News Media wanting to stick it to Biden for being weak on Defense. Did it ever occur to anyone that our Military is perfectly capable of jamming its transmissions ? Or, are we just wanting something to blame on Biden ? How does one jamb radio transmissions? Your are swallowing anything you are told just like any good useful idiot. Our administration was absolutely paralyzed by a friggin chinese balloon. Now they are back peddling with numerous excuses why they didnt take this down after multiple opportunities, We are showing nothing but weakness and we are getting laughed at. Taiwan is toast...China will seriously test us again in the following months. this is Bidens mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDogs22 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 6:25 PM, Jackrabbit said: Our administration was absolutely paralyzed by a friggin chinese balloon. How, pray tell, were they paralyzed by it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSF Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 8:25 PM, Jackrabbit said: How does one jamb radio transmissions? Your are swallowing anything you are told just like any good useful idiot. Lol...not that hard. Mr Google can get you loads of information on the subject. Our Communist friends have been doing it for decades to keep Western news out of their borders. It gives me a headache just trying to think down to your level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSanDiegan Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 6:25 PM, Jackrabbit said: How does one jamb radio transmissions? Your are swallowing anything you are told just like any good useful idiot. Our administration was absolutely paralyzed by a friggin chinese balloon. Now they are back peddling with numerous excuses why they didnt take this down after multiple opportunities, We are showing nothing but weakness and we are getting laughed at. Taiwan is toast...China will seriously test us again in the following months. this is Bidens mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackNation Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 6:25 PM, Jackrabbit said: How does one jamb radio transmissions? Your are swallowing anything you are told just like any good useful idiot. Not that hard but it is easier to swallow with some peanutb butterb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gold-n-brown Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 7:25 PM, Jackrabbit said: How does one jamb radio transmissions? Your are swallowing anything you are told just like any good useful idiot. Our administration was absolutely paralyzed by a friggin chinese balloon. Now they are back peddling with numerous excuses why they didnt take this down after multiple opportunities, We are showing nothing but weakness and we are getting laughed at. Taiwan is toast...China will seriously test us again in the following months. this is Bidens mess. You seem like an independent thinker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsu_alum9 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Now Chinese space lasers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...