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Hannity was making a fool of himself Friday over it saying “unbelievable!” over and over, but he won’t care. He will not acknowledge the other three times. Dude is wrong all the time, these shows all are, and they will just move on. It will not matter to these idiot shows
Conservatives in today's Daily Mail comment section: "That was just China doing a trial run. They were waiting until a weaker president was in office to send a proper balloon all the way over the US." Utter, utter morons. So by their own logic, the "trial run" with Trump told them that America would do jack shit about spy balloons. Do they have even the slightest inkling of how stupid they are? >

The Daily Mail is such a joke. >

Unfortunately it's the most widely read conservative newspaper in the world. People need to understand that it's every bit as damaging as Fox News. >

There will always be a news ‘org’ for bigots. >

Republicans said nothing when it happened under Trump, but now they're pretending to be outraged. >

I don't think they noticed and I don't think they noticed when the same thing happened earlier during the Biden term.
They have access to classified intelligence briefings (at least the leaders do) so they have no excuse for not knowing how nonserious all five incidents were. >

It's still a serious incident but not because of anything Biden did.  It's serious because China violated our airspace. >

I mean, I guess, but I just can't bring myself to be scared of a balloon.  What is this?  1865?  It's not like there's a bomb in there.  Chinese tech is not a danger to anyone.
China sucks and all.  They put people in camps and torcher and kill them.  I'm just not scared of their "air force." >

Japan tried a trick with balloons on WWII. Didn't work, only a few people died (after stumbling upon them after the war sadly), but with 21st century tech it may be as feasible as any other disposable drone aircraft to bomb the US. Imagine 1,000 balloons at once with small guided bombs. Imagine the utility if during a war, China and the US darken the skies and shoot down all the satellites in orbit. >

You're kidding right?  a squadron of F-22s would love to shoot down 100,000 balloons.  It would be like a video game for them.  
They probably train for it.  They certainly made short work of the first one. >

I mean there is a reason those f-22’s waited till it was over the coast. 
Yes it is plausible to put things like gases or bombs in something like that in hops people shot it down for it to cause more damage…. Which is clearly what the military also came to that conclusion because they waited to shoot it down. 
Meanwhile I see so many people acting like they are military experts all the sudden. I’m not one I’m just thinking critically and everything adds up. 
If what you are saying adds up those f-22’s would have handled that balloon before it was a viral internet craze. >

Well they let the other ones just float by so it doesn't seem too dangerous. >

well ‘they’ was a different administration >

None got shot down probably because Ivanka needed those trademarks >

How many people have forgotten about those trademarks? >

not me. >

Nor I, nor have I forgotten Ivanka’s gmails, which, after alllll the bullshit around Hillary’s emails, Ivanka damn well knew what she was doing was probably illegal. And in light of the hundreds of stolen classified documents that her former boss stole and obstructed the return of, Ivanka’s emails should be seriously investigated. >

We didn't notice.  Trump flies so much we got used to seeing a hot air balloon up there..... >

China played to his ego. >

Imagine if they had even bigger balloons!! >

The yugest * motions with hands * you've ever seen! >

This is gonna be a hard flip-flop for MTG. I’m sure she’ll squirm her way through it while only being slightly racist. >


This is gonna be a hard flip-flop for MTG. I’m sure she’ll squirm her way through it while only being slightly racist.

Nah, it's easy.
It's been 2 hours and at least one of the crackpots I harass is simultaneously claiming that a) it didn't happen under trunp, and b) it totally happened andthat's how they gave us covid.
I mean, the same guy believes Biden is an android, but is also over 100 years old... >

Maybe we just need to stop trying to reason with these guys in a way that conforms to logic.
Next time just tell them to come to the dark side because we have time travelling androids, globally dominating secret organizations, and bioweapons that kill millions. They want to be on the winning side right?
Knowing that their only out is something like "but our side has Jesus" you could then say that christianity is just a Jewish psyop to contain the sheep, hence all the "good shepard" and "flock" language.
Fight conspiracy theories with bigger stronger conspiracy theories. >

Yes, because fighting an invasive species by bringing in a NEW invasive species has never ended poorly… >

Idk man, whenever someone tries to start the whole election was stolen nonsense, I counter with how that’s nothing compared to birds not being real, but rather government drones. I mean, why else would they continuously sit on power lines? 
Sad thing is, I literally have more circumstantial evidence to prove birds aren’t real than they have that the election was stolen. >

“Chinese balloons briefly transited the continental United States at least three times during the prior administration,” the statement noted. Associated Press also reported that one other balloon crossed into the U.S. earlier in the Biden administration. >

so basically if some random person doesn't glance at the sky and see a white blip this whole thing would be completely unknown? >

Also a lot of people in other threads were talking about how these likely weren't spy balloons, and were just weather related or whatever china said officially, because satellites would have a clear advantage and balloons are too blatant or something. But does this mean it's some established tactic for spying? >

*Tonight on FOX News*
President Biden SHOOTS DOWN harmless Chinese weather balloon, could this mean war? >

Democrats declare wars on balloons! >

Cucker Tarlson voice:
but what really are balloons? could this balloon have actually been a nuclear bomb? and if that's true then why did the Biden administration shoot it down over the united states? does this mean they want americans dead? it's quite a shocking thought I know >

Spot on! >

I wonder how much money DJT got paid by China to allow it. >

That doesn’t even make sense and you know it >

Not to have the US military ignore weather balloons. Yes, that doesn't make sense. >

One of the wide array of services purchased by China. >

Yeah, I could see it as a bonus. Odd ask but I get that point. >

The focus needs to be on the hypocrisy.  I don’t doubt the DOD when they said it was smarter to just ignore the balloon this time, and it tracks that they would say the same thing the last few times.  The different here is people saw it, so it couldn’t just be ignored, so they shot it down.  Maybe to save face, maybe because the math changes when everyone already knows it’s there and the benefit now outweighs the cost.  Who knows, but it’s all beside the point.  The GOP should be raked for hypocritically saying this makes the US look bad when they did the same thing in the same situation, and almost certainly would have done the same thing in this situation as well.