Politics And Current Events

Postby **MR25** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:47 pm

It's lose lose, because they shot it down over water. GOP would have blamed him if they shot it down over land citing the people it could have hurt.

Can't wait for a week from now when they blame Biden for pissing off China by shooting the balloon down.

(Yes I know the GOP doesn't like China, but they'd never pass up an opportunity to complain about him... it's like that button pressing meme)

Postby **MR25** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:52 pm

In other news:

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:57 pm

God damn Antifa thugs

Postby **faftorial** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:00 pm

That same woman was arrested for holding up a convenience store with a machete in 2016.

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/pol ... -robberies

Postby **genoscoif** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:01 pm

Well, I'm sure they'd defend him - but apparently he alluded to not even remembering that this happened during his tenure.

Well the reporting is that he never paid attention in national security meetings, so that tracks.

Meh...I don't really care much, but this one smells a bit fishy. According to a Biden admin statement, the previous balloons weren't discovered until after he left office? The way I see it, there are 3 possibilities with this story.
1) Trump, being handed a golden opportunity to dunk on China and flex his power, chose discretion as the better part of valor and ignored the balloons. Doubtful to damn near impossible
2) There were no balloons, but for every question of Biden there has to be a 'but Trump' response...so you just make up a story about this happening under his watch as well. Also Doubtful, but not impossible.
3) There were balloons, and they were known about at the time, but that information wasn't presented to Trump or his advisors for fear that Trump would not choose discretion as the better part of valor and instead create an internation incident. Not impossible...maybe even prudent.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:12 pm

I believe any attempt to make China a partisan issue is dumb.

Not sure "who started it here", but it's not hard to just not engage with the "discourse"

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:13 pm

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:17 pm

From what I've read the Chinese spy balloon program (which is just a fabulous sentence) dates to a research study published sometime prior to 2020, and there have now been five known overflights of the continental US since then (three pre-20, two since).

I have also just only today learned that apparently there is around $30 million in the FY23 US Defense budget appropriated for, and I quote, "high-altitude inflatables".

Postby **NAN** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:47 pm

https://www.wtae.com/article/mckeesport ... y/42778571

One officer dead, another wounded in McKeesport. Reports of another man trying to help was grazed by a bullet. All schools on external lockdown in the area.

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:19 pm

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-new ... index.html

Death toll is at least 1,800 for a large earthquake in the Turkey/Syria region.

Up to 3600. ~30,000 missing.

Postby **NAN** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:50 pm

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-new ... index.html

Death toll is at least 1,800 for a large earthquake in the Turkey/Syria region.
Up to 3600. ~30,000 missing.

Jesus.

A girl I work with is from Turkey. I was talking to her today and she said her family is all fine, but she knows some friends that they haven't hear from.

Postby **faftorial** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:53 pm

The knives are out:

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:59 pm

A bad haircut and an ill fitting suit? Hmmm ...

Postby **faftorial** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 6:07 pm

Emerald Robinson was a newsmax or OAN anchor who was fired over her reporting after Trump's election loss.

Mrs DeSantis is undergoing cancer treatment.

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 6:09 pm

What the **** did I just read

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:27 pm

Roger was at least three lines in before he tweeted that.

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:49 pm

What the **** did I just read

If you figure it out please let the rest of us know, too

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:49 pm

Stone seems like a pretty straight shooter with good intentions. I'll take his word for it

Postby **Ad@m** » Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:02 am

Postby **NAN** » Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:30 am

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-new ... index.html

Death toll up to over 5K. Extreme weather not helping rescue efforts at all.

Postby **NAN** » Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:33 am

Just read this. I'm more intrigued with the 2021 break in and the only reason the guy got caught was that he was wearing mouse ears to board a government flight.

Postby **tifosi77** » Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:16 pm

Andrews hosts an annual open house (used to be Armed Forces Day weekend) that I attended on a bus trip organized by a bunch of local (local PD, staties, etc). One year our driver got frustrated with traffic as we were exiting, and he decided he was gonna freelance our asses off the base. We ended up at the south end of the field in the VC-25 hangar area, and we were................... let's call it 'stopped' by the (rather surprised) guards.

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:00 pm

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Postby **Troy Loney** » Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:04 pm

Bugs bunny Florida gif

Postby **eddy** » Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:07 pm

No idea how real this is, but I had to read every single one of these in school. Happy to say, my kids are still doing the same thing