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Tuesday February 14, 23

Downtime

02:12 PM
/dev/random

ET1: That one unidentified object shot down yesterday was ours.
ET2: What?! You guys travel Galaxy in... balloons??
ET1: It's cheaper than warp.

Seriously. There was a wind drakes festival in India a month ago. Small drakes, big drakes, funny contraptions.
Specialty of that feast is, the participants compete in trying to cut each others ropes, so many of those drakes fly away uncontrollably...

I think US Military is complete idiots today. So, that 'octagon' shot down over Lake Huron with a rocket was a drake. No wonder debris is nowhere to find, even by participating 'ufologists' and specops teams.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by khallow on Tuesday February 14, @03:07PM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 14, @03:07PM (#1291718) Journal
    My party got wiped by drakes, you insensitive clod!

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 14, @06:07PM (30 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 14, @06:07PM (#1291751)

    U.S. Military Says ‘Significant Debris’ Retrieved from Chinese Spy Balloon
    Sensors from the first suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down over the U.S. have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean amongst other “significant debris,” the U.S. military announced late Monday.

    - U.S. Military Says ‘Significant Debris’ Retrieved from Chinese Spy Balloon [breitbart.com]

    The first balloon was of course from China [breitbart.com]. There's certainly enough else being purposefully ignored by the news distraction business.

    NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says the hysteria over UFOs being shot down over America and Canada is a distraction from Seymour Hersh’s story about the U.S. being responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines.

    - Snowden Says UFO Hysteria Is "Engineered" Distraction From Nord Stream Pipeline Bombshell [zerohedge.com]

    After conducting his own investigation into who sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines via a series of underwater blasts on Sept. 26, Hersh has concluded the United States blew up the Russia-to-Germany natural gas pipeline as part of a covert operation under the guise of the BALTOPS 22 NATO exercise.

    - Nord Stream Sabotage Was CIA, US Navy Covert Op: Seymour Hersh Bombshell Prompts White House Response [zerohedge.com]

    • (Score: 4, Touché) by DannyB on Tuesday February 14, @06:27PM (7 children)

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 14, @06:27PM (#1291757) Journal

      But I don't want crazy conspiracy UFO news.

      I want socially acceptable UAP news.

      They need to be labeled so that I can know what I am expected to believe.

      --
      While Republicans can get over Trump's sexual assaults, affairs, and vulgarity; they cannot get over Obama being black.

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 14, @11:08PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 14, @11:08PM (#1291795)

        In Florida you can carry a firearm without permit, but a teacher with an unvetted book is a felony.

        In Florida, a citizen has the right to self-protection, but a teacher does not have the right to promote perversion to my children.

        red herring: Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue.

        • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday February 15, @03:34PM

          by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 15, @03:34PM (#1291889) Journal

          In Florida, a citizen has the right to self-protection, but a teacher does not have the right to promote perversion to my children.

          In Florida, it is a priority to allow school shootings, but teachers using approved books in a class of high school students, causing them to THINK, must be prevented.

          But hey, it's Florida. Kids need to be able to get guns as easily as they can get candy. Maybe easier. After all, we could regulate candy because it can be consumed in excess.

          --
          While Republicans can get over Trump's sexual assaults, affairs, and vulgarity; they cannot get over Obama being black.

        • (Score: 2, Informative) by khallow on Wednesday February 15, @06:05PM

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 15, @06:05PM (#1291915) Journal
          I hear they promote evolution and round Earth theory. Truly terrifying.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @11:56AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @11:56AM (#1291867)

        Now that those two far right conspiracy nutters Elon and Rupert have teamed up at the Superbowl, you honestly still think you have a choice of what to believe. Far out.

        • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday February 15, @03:35PM (1 child)

          by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 15, @03:35PM (#1291890) Journal

          They haven't yet got a law forcing me to get Twitter. I would need classes on how to use Twitter since I've never used it before.

          --
          While Republicans can get over Trump's sexual assaults, affairs, and vulgarity; they cannot get over Obama being black.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 17, @03:38PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 17, @03:38PM (#1292175)

            i capitalist Amerika Twitter Uses You.

      • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @06:40PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @06:40PM (#1291923)

        In Florida, you can buy fancy imported catsup at the supermarket, but you aren't allowed to keep a pack of rabid wolverines in your school lunchbox.

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by khallow on Tuesday February 14, @08:48PM (12 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 14, @08:48PM (#1291773) Journal

      under the guise of the BALTOPS 22 NATO exercise

      Ok, it's technologically feasible and there's motive. But it's dependent on a single source who might be outright lying or not even exist. My take is that if the US really did this, it'll come out in a firmer form than this. They leak.

      But we need to keep in mind that this would be a trivial operation for Russia to set up. They would have solid info on US covert operations and could fake it well enough for a journalist.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 14, @10:09PM (11 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 14, @10:09PM (#1291785)

        Would a firmer source be the President saying they were going to do it?

        • (Score: 2, Touché) by khallow on Tuesday February 14, @10:23PM (9 children)

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 14, @10:23PM (#1291788) Journal
          Indeed. Now prove that he said he going to blow up those pipelines. And yes, I already know of Biden quote in question. It's not an acknowledgement of guilt.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @12:25AM (4 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @12:25AM (#1291804)

            It's not an acknowledgement of guilt.

            In today's top secret world, it's good enough. Smart money is on the people that benefit the most, that would obviously be the Americans. Your denials notwithstanding, there is no question of who is profiting the most from this conflict on every front..

            • (Score: 4, Touché) by khallow on Wednesday February 15, @01:41AM (3 children)

              by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 15, @01:41AM (#1291817) Journal

              In today's top secret world, it's good enough.

              You're not in today's top secret world. You're a rando on the internet. And it still doesn't rule out Russia doing both the original sabotage and setting up this anonymous source.

              Smart money is on the people that benefit the most, that would obviously be the Americans.

              And the Russians, Ukrainians, Norwegians, Germans, Saudi Arabia, Big Oil, etc. Just because someone blew it up doesn't mean your favorite did.

          • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @09:40AM (3 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @09:40AM (#1291859)

            Of course it's not an admission of guilt. He said it before they did it. It's a statement of intent.

            • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday February 15, @06:00PM (2 children)

              by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 15, @06:00PM (#1291911) Journal
              I don't buy that. Way too many parties with means and motive. An vague, possible threat just doesn't cut it. The US makes the short list of most likely suspects, but it's not alone.

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 26, @11:00AM (1 child)

                by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 26, @11:00AM (#1293426)

                "We will put an end to it" is not really that vague.
                Inaccurate maybe, they actually put about eight new ends to it. All of them in the middle of the ocean.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 18, @03:38AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 18, @03:38AM (#1292319)

          Would a firmer source be the President saying they were going to do it?

          One Swedish-made penis enlarger.
          That's not mine.
          One credit card receipt for Swedish-made penis enlarger, signed by Austin Powers.
          I'm telling ya baby, that's not mine...

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 14, @11:16PM (5 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 14, @11:16PM (#1291797)

      Only a government with an advanced naval warfare capability could have executed the sabotage. That limits the suspects to Germany, Great Britain, France, the United States, Russia, and China.

      Only the United States had all three elements of a crime: means, motive, and opportunity.

      - Joe Biden Gave Approval to Bomb Russia’s Nord Stream Pipeline [thegatewaypundit.com]

      • (Score: 2, Touché) by khallow on Wednesday February 15, @02:03AM (2 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 15, @02:03AM (#1291822) Journal

        Only the United States had all three elements of a crime: means, motive, and opportunity.

        As well as a couple dozen other countries and large businesses. We need more than a rando on the internet. We need evidence. These stories could be the start of that.

        • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @04:27AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @04:27AM (#1291848)

          There's much more depth in the article, than that pull-quote.

      • (Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @10:01AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @10:01AM (#1291862)

        Oh, look! Someone not Runaway is linking the GatewayPudnit! Is he still out of jail?

        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 25, @09:40PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 25, @09:40PM (#1293411)

          Runaway1956 uses sock puppets. They swore they stopped, but come on, does anyone actually belueve the word of trolls?

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @07:09AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 15, @07:09AM (#1291851)

      Strange. I thought the hysteria was to distract from the massive environmental damage caused by multiple train derailments due to cost-cutting corporations, bought politicians, and Trump's anti-regulation idiocy.

    • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 17, @05:14AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 17, @05:14AM (#1292127)

      A mystery object shot down by U.S. fighter jets amid ongoing hysteria sparked by a Chinese 'spy' balloon may have been a $12 inflatable launched by a hobby group in Illinois. The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB) reported one of its balloons went 'missing in action' around the same location - and at the time time - a U.S. Air Force jet downed an unidentified object near Alaska using a $380,000 sidewinder missile. NIBBB said its 'K9YO' balloon last reported its location shortly before 1am on Saturday, February 11, near the coast of southwest Alaska. Later on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared an 'unidentified object' was downed over Canada's Yukon territory, several hundred miles from K9YO's last known location. Modeling shared by NIBBB shows its balloon was headed in the direction of Yukon before it vanished - and opens up the possibility it was one of the suspicious objects down by the U.S. military.

      - Bottlecap Balloon Brigade - an Illinois hobby group - claims its $13 weather balloon last pinged near Yukon on February 10 - hours before F-22 brought down UFO in SAME area with $400k missile [dailymail.co.uk]

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 17, @05:52PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 17, @05:52PM (#1292212)

        The fascist NIBBB again, more stupid right-wing insurrectionists being brainwashed by Trump. Idiocy led by Trump to destroy our democracy with conspiracy theories.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08, @09:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08, @09:50PM (#1300564)

    Remember this assertion?

    Looks like the "idiots" in US Military proved you wrong.

    Note that I don't particularly believe either party concerning their official announcements about this incident.

    As a US citizen following the news, I'm really tired of the way the US is selectively disclosing information in a way that escalates tensions. Intrusive surveillance by both sides has been going on for a while. Balloons included, this is nothing new.

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