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Old 02-03-2023, 07:54 PM
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Sad extreme example;
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-say-rcna69060
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Of course MAGAmorons will say that Democrats are to blame.
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Old 02-03-2023, 10:29 PM
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It's been clear for a while that over-consumption of RW conspiracy propaganda can push vulnerable people over the mental health edge.
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Old 02-04-2023, 01:52 PM
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Speaking of stupid tRumpkin tricks. We've all seen on the news by now the balloon from China crossing our country at fifty-thousand feet. Of course the MAGA are making the most of it, convinced it's a Chinese spying device. I think the Chinese are technologically advanced enough that they could spy on us (and probably are) from a satellite in space. Same as we no doubt are doing to them. Here's where the stupid tRumpkin trick part comes in. tRump junior has decided the citizens of Montana should "take matters into their own hands". tRump's oldest son seems to think the "visitor" from China floating along at 50,000 feet can be brought down with small arms fire. I'm sure Jr. was just babbling to get air-time but the prospect of a bunch of vigilantes firing high powered weapons skyward, what could go wrong (sarcasm).
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Fortunately to end most of the chatter on this topic, the balloon has been shot down over the Atlantic near NC. Now the conspiracies about what was in the balloon will begin.
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Old 02-04-2023, 03:52 PM
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Fortunately to end most of the chatter on this topic, the balloon has been shot down over the Atlantic near NC. Now the conspiracies about what was in the balloon will begin.
This ought to get real interesting. Any chance I get I'm going to troll the MAGA faithful by saying "You thought it was the Chinese but..."

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Old 02-04-2023, 09:44 PM
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I speculate that it was a high altitude floating signals gathering station.
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Old 02-04-2023, 11:50 PM
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Trump Junior tried to gather a posse to shoot down the balloon.

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Trump Jr. Calls on Montanans to Destroy the Chinese Spy Balloon Themselves

"If Joe Biden and his administration are too weak to do the obvious and shoot down an enemy surveillance balloon perhaps we just let the good people of Montana do their thing... I imagine they have the capability and the resolve to do it all themselves," Trump Jr. tweeted late Friday morning.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trum...alloon-1778920
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Old 02-05-2023, 09:09 AM
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Say It Ain't So (they didn't)

History repeating itself?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/china...b04d4d18ececcf

No outrage from The Reich when there were balloons over the U.S. during tRump's term.

The usual Republican hypocrisy on display:
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) claimed that Trump would never have allowed a Chinese spy balloon to reach the U.S.

“Would Trump have let China fly a spy balloon over our country?” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) asked on Twitter.
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Old 02-06-2023, 11:49 AM
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Neo-Nazi leader among 2 arrested in plot targeting Baltimore's power grid, feds say
The suspects, Brandon Russell and Sarah Clendaniel, took steps to shoot multiple electrical substations in the Baltimore area in an attempt to “completely destroy this whole city,” prosecutors said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...grid-rcna69324

Another day in Whell's World. Yet Repubes in Congress refuse to fund anti-domestic terrorism measures.
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