By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--February 17, 2023
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In his increasingly gruesome dotage, apparent to the entire world, Democrat-handpicked ‘President’ Joe Biden has gone wandering off to the realm occupied by Little Green Men, holding onto hope that the unwashed masses will soon follow him there.
Easier said than done, in dotage Joe and his handlers blame everything—including suspected Chinese balloons in the skies on Donald J. Trump:
“President Joe Biden said Thursday that the three most recent objects he ordered to be shot down were “most likely balloons” not tied to Chinese surveillance. (Breitbart, Feb. 16, 2023)
“We don’t yet know exactly what these three objects were. But nothing, nothing right now suggests they were related to Chinese spy balloon programs or they were surveillance vehicles from other any other country. The intelligence community’s current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research,” he said.
“The shoot-downs — by U.S. military aircraft over Alaska on Friday, over Canada on Saturday, and Lake Huron on Sunday — came after a 200-foot Chinese surveillance balloon was allowed to fly across the continental U.S. after first entering U.S. airspace over Alaska on January 28 and then re-entering over Montana on February 1.
“The Biden administration did not shoot the balloon down until February 4, when it flew over South Carolina and reached the Atlantic Ocean.
“Biden also admitted that he personally ordered the shoot-down of the three subsequent objects. Each object was shot down by a AIM-9x Sidewinder missile that cost more than $400,000. Since the military missed the object on Sunday once, it required two missiles.
“I gave the order to take down these three objects due to hazards to civilian commercial air traffic, and because we could not rule out the surveillance risk of sensitive facilities,” he said.
“Biden said the three objects were detected after the Chinese spy balloon incident since the North American Defense (NORAD) had enhanced its radars to pick up more slow-moving objects over the U.S. and around the world.
“We’re now just seeing more of them, partially because the steps we’ve taken to increase our radars, to narrow our radars,” he said.
“Biden said his administration would have to keep adapting its “approach” when it comes to dealing with the objects, and that he has asked his team to come back to him with “sharper rules for how we will deal with these unidentified objects moving forward, distinguishing between those that are likely to pose safety and security risks that necessitate action and those that do not.”
No kidding, Joe!
“But make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety, security, the American people I will take it down,” he said.” (Breitbart)
Looks like not only gun owners are quick to draw their weapons out of their holsters, eh?
“He also defended his administration’s response to the Chinese spy balloon, saying that shooting it down posed a risk to people on the ground. (Breitbart)
“We waited until it was safely over water, which would not only protect civilians, but also enable us to recover substantial components for further analytics and shot it down, sending a clear message. The violation of our sovereignty is unacceptable,” he said.
“Biden said the U.S. has sanctioned Chinese companies involved with the spy balloon program, but that his administration still wanted to engage with China.
Yeah, r-i-g-h-t!
“As I’ve said since the beginning of my administration, competition, not conflict with China. We’re not looking for a new Cold War, but I make no apologies,” he said. “I expect to be speaking with President Xi and I hope we’re going to get to the bottom of this. I make no apologies for taking down that balloon.” (Breitbart)
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Before doddering Joe goes wandering off to join those little green men supposedly up in space manning UFOs, Biden remains unaware that the ‘UFO shot down by (a) $400K US missile may have been a $12 hobby balloon’-(NY Post, Feb. 16, 2023)
“One of the UFOs shot down last weekend by the US Air Force with a $400,000 missile may have simply been a $12 balloon belonging to an Illinois enthusiast club, a report said.(NY Post)
“The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade told Aviation Week on Thursday that it fears one of its diligently-tracked gasbags that recently went missing was mistaken as the mystery object taken out by the military over Canada on Saturday.
Did no one, including Santa sleigh-chasing NORAD try to clue PM Trudeau in?
“The Pico Balloon — a silver-coated, cylindrically shaped object — reported its last position at 38,910 ft. off the west coast of Alaska on Friday. (NY Post)
“By Saturday, based on the balloon’s projected path, it would have been over the central part of the Yukon Territory around the same time a military Lockheed Martin F-22 shot down an unidentified object of a similar description and altitude in the same Canadian vicinity, the outlet reported.
“The NIBBB — a group of enthusiasts dedicated to creating, releasing and tracking homemade balloons — declared its K9YO device “missing in action” on Saturday.
“The K9YO balloon had circumnavigated the globe six times during a 123-day span before its tracking device went dark Friday. Such balloons usually float around until they’re brought down by bad weather or damaged.
“NIBBB’s balloon was equipped with a small GPS transmitter and an antenna, allowing the group to track it with a ham radio.
“The Air Force used Sidewinder missiles in their targeted attacks against the Chinese spy balloon downed earlier this month and the mystery UFOs taken down last week, Fortune reported. Each missile comes at a price tag of roughly $400,000.
“Pico Balloons, however, typically fall between $12 and $180 each depending on the type, Aviation Week reported.
"The US downed airborne objects over Alaska on Friday and Lake Huron on Sunday, in addition to Saturday’s take down.
“On Thursday, President Biden finally addressed the unprecedented military action in North American airspace after five days of silence and told Americans there was no evidence the three unidentified flying objects were nefarious.
“We don’t yet know exactly what these three objects were,” Biden said, echoing remarks by other administration officials.
“But nothing, nothing right now suggests they were related to China’s spy balloon program, or that they were surveillance vehicles from any other country,” the president added, acknowledging a disclosure made Tuesday by his National Security Council.
“Authorities have been working to recover the debris from the three objects recently downed over North America.”
Earlier today… “Joe Biden remains a healthy, vigorous, 80-year-old male…who’s fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency…” -White House Doctor pic.twitter.com/ZQKBve5sp2
— Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill8) February 16, 2023
“But the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, searching for the object shot down over Lake Huron on Sunday, suspended their efforts on Thursday.
As savvy as they are, Mounties don’t always get their men unless they’re truckers with the Freedom Convoy, or pastors who held church services during the supposed pandemic called COVID-19.
“The RCMP said there was a slim chance of finding the device in the 23,000-square-foot lake, especially as weather conditions worsen Friday (NY Post)
“So far, the US military has only found debris from the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast of North Carolina on Feb. 4. The object — the size of three school buses — was equipped with antennas capable of collecting communications signals and other intelligence-gathering tools.
“White House officials admitted this week that “hundreds, if not thousands” of objects in the sky — including the UFOs it shot down last week — could be as innocuous as “used car lot balloons.”
“The North American Aerospace Defense Command told Fox News that the FBI reached out to the NIBBB and “expects the National Security Council to have more on potentially identifying the objects.”
Meanwhile, don’t expect Joe to go anywhere near territory that comes close to criticizing Communist China, because he’s already wandered off to the unprovable realm of those Little Green Men.
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