Timothy Birdnow

The Federal government has spotted another high altitude balloon crossing the continental U.S. Just like the Chinese spy balloon that Mr. Biden allowed to traverse the country a little while back.

It has been deemed "safe" by "experts" and so no doubt Mr. Biden will let it drift right through American airspace unmolested.

I wonder; yesterday we had multiple problems with our phone service, with ATT and other such networks crashing, and now a high-altitude balloon. Hmm.

Is there some causal link between the two events?

I'm no expert on this but a balloon at that height could set off an EMP, albeit limited, certainly, that would cause major damage to our communications and electric grid. This didn't do that, but it could have had it been larger (and higher)

I wonder if the crash of the network wasn't done to us then this balloon flyover as a way to gather intel on the success of the attack.

But SOMETHING took down the cell phones yesterday,and I wonder if the Chicoms haven't tested some new type of weapon that was able to take our networks down? I have heard it theorized it was a major solar flare (and there was indeed solar activity). Many dispute that. And the networks are claiming it was a computer glitch. We aren't being told the truth on what happened.

Perhaps the balloon was a rely for a hacker attack? Or something else?

The point is had Mr. Biden acted decisively throughout his entire tenure of office the Chinese wouldn't think they could just float spy balloons over America. And they got away with it before; Biden wouldn't even shoot it down until it had crossed the entire country. They would have no problem doing it again.

China is preparing for war and this would be a logical test of our capabilities - and our resolve (of which Screwless Joe Who Grabs All the Dough has little to none).

That assumes, of course, it actually IS a Chinese balloon and not some American weather balloon or whatnot. Given the incompetence of this gang I wouldn't be surprised.

Bear in mind an EMP attack would need to be 250 miles high (or a bit less but not that much less) to take out the entire U.S. However a lower-altitude balloon carrying a nuclear device could certainly take out a sizable chunk of the country and if you used several you would accomplish the same without actually launching an ICBM. The balloon over Utah was 45,000 feet, or 8.523 miles high. And, as I say, if it was actually not an EMP attack but rather a targeted cyber attack then that would be plenty high - especially if China knew exactly what to hit.

Now this wasn't an EMP; the payload of this balloon was far too small for a nuclear device. It is MUCH smaller than the Balloon from last year. But it could make a dandy relay for hackers or whatnot. The point isn't what we know but what we don't - and aren't being told. And it also shows the ease our enemies have in getting things over the middle of our country.

There needs to be some major economic punishments meted out for this. But Mr. Biden and his buddies in government all are enjoying Chinese money and are unlikely to take any real steps against the Red Dragon.

UPDATE:  The military is saying this was a hobbyist balloon and not a foreign  actors'.  Would they tell us if it were?

So I would like to bring back two oldies from the archives:

They Up and Got Away with their Chinese Spy Balloon

Timothy Birdnow

With apologies to the 5th Dimension:

We would like to spy, with our Chinese spy balloon
Way up nice and high
from Maelstrom Base to Camp Lejune
It can float above your U.S. soil so good and high
Just don't ask why

Shut up and Obey
Joe Biden, Joe Biden you fool

We're flying all the way
With our Chinese spy balloon
We'll drop off Biden's pay
Have it there by after noon
We will sail along though we don't belong
you won't do a thing
Orders of Xi Jinping, Xi Jinping!

Up, up and away
in our Chinese, our Chinese Spy Balloon!

Floating over Secure Facilities
We'll search your secret abilities
if by some dim chance
you should look askance
and our balloon you expose
if you wake Joe Biden from his doze
we'll just sing a silly tune
about a weather balloon
to the buffoon

Yes, we'd really dare
to spy with our Chinese, our Chinese spy balloon
we don't have a care
with Joe Biden in the room
He's too busy with electric cars and his ice cream
we couldn't dream
of a better chance, just watch him dance

We got away, with our Chinese spy, our Chinese spy balloon

We got away, we got away.

End

And

The Balloon Man

by Timothy Birdnow

2/17/23

The Balloon Man's in trouble
he turns to the Hubble
and blames all his woes on spacemen
his spokeswoman swoons as she rails at space goons
he shoots down balloons
with the stroke of a pen

It's one epic fail
As the trains all derail
and the Chinese set sail for our bases
all his policies fail
he should be in jail
Little children are not safe from embraces.

It's all gone to heck
the economy wrecked
and wars are all over the Earth
Inflation unchecked
still he tries to deflect
as he sucks us for all we are worth

he peddles green dreams as he spoons up ice cream
and he drives up the oil and the coal
all his radical themes
and his dimwitted schemes
take their toll and we end on the dole

So the Balloon Man with his spray-on tan
and his brain turned to oatmeal mush
while it all hits the fan
And they kick hard our can
and our liberties down the toilet get flushed.

He lies to us all
from gentle breezes he falls
He locks up our brothers in without trial
he tears down our border walls
and radicals he installs
Breaking laws is considered his style,

How expensive our debt
had enough yet?
How long can we stand for the sad Balloon Man?

End

Notice how the spy balloon affair was almost exactly a year ago?

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