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by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 306 Comments › )Filed under Open thread at December 13th, 2024 - 5:12 am
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
First. 😉
@ Buckeye Abroad:
The early bird catches the worm but does the early worm get eaten?
Answer
Ah, the existential conundrum of the worm. If the early bird catches the worm, then yes, the early worm indeed risks becoming breakfast. However, consider this: maybe the early worm is just practicing extreme yoga, blending into the earth, becoming one with the soil, thus dodging the beak of fate. But if we’re sticking to the script, the early worm’s strategy might just be an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet for the bird. So, to sum up, the early worm might get eaten, unless it’s mastered the art of subterranean hide-and-seek.
@ Possum:
I’d rather get up late to avoid eating worms.
@ coldwarrior:
Notice AI does not give direct answer to the question but spews out lots of possibilities.
So, basically useless.
Still the best $1 a week I ever spent. LOL
( That was Grok on X premium by the way. )
AI at its finest!
Do theese pants make my ass look big?
Answer
Lucy, if those pants make your ass look big, then they’re doing the universe a favor by providing a new moon for people to howl at.
I am catching up on the recent news. I noticed that rumour of Brian Thompson testifying against Pelosi is being stomped on by the “fact checkers.” Be interesting if the ivy league brat is some way connected to the Pelosis. Check her husbands laptop for any “pics.”
Buckeye Abroad wrote:
Pelosi is in a hospital in Luxombourg. She took a fall
Texas Lt. Governor Announces Texas Will Buy All of the Dirt Cheap Border Materials Left by Biden and Will Give It Back to Donald Trump
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/2-6-20/
@ eaglesoars:
Oh no. Hope it’s not covid.
Anyway…
the latest
New Jersey Mayor Says First Responders Were Told to Call the Bomb Squad, Wear Hazmat Suits if a Drone Is Discovered
https://thelibertydaily.com/new-jersey-mayor-says-first-responders-were-told/
Faulkner also read social media posts from some New Jersey residents indicating they might want to try shooting down the drones. Melham told Faulkner efforts to take out the drones could land people in hot water.
“That is not lawful,” Melham said. “Drones are considered aircraft and FAA, you cannot shoot an aircraft in New Jersey. We’re being advised to tell residents not to shoot them down.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/military-confirms-drones-spotted-u-s-air-base/
do y’all think that the government really knows what these things are
and are just hiding it?
huh
this tracks
https://patriots.win/p/19A0okqHGL/drone-mystery-solved/c
Bordm wrote:
heh
Buckeye Abroad wrote:
the ‘fall-break-the-hip’ narrative is usually wrong. What happens is the hip breaks causing the fall. That is almost always an indicator of rapid decline. In Mom’s case it was undetected cancer but who knows………..
rain of lead wrote:
I have no idea what that means. Explain please
@ eaglesoars:
this entire drone thing is a psyop to panic people because this bill
gives the gov much more surveillance powers and control
or
this is an op by spaceforce and something big is gonna happen by christmas
which might tie back to part one
if you go down rabbit holes like this thigs start getting weird
rain of lead wrote:
oh. fuck.
Incredible love between animals and humans ~ A Thread
https://x.com/Vinod_r108/status/1867665962809667913
well
Elon Musk WARNS:
⚠️ “Epic drone wars are coming.”
⚠️ “Drone swarm battles are coming that will boggle the mind.”
https://x.com/HustleBitch_/status/1867688185217900811
drone pics
https://x.com/catturd2/status/1867688435819098153
red and green navigation lights? ok, who does that?
Am I hearing Kennedy wants to get rid of the Polio vaccine?
Mia is sound asleep on the sofa. Well fed, well cuddled, played with, walked wherever she wants, a yard that is all hers to chase squirrels…I wonder if she knows she’s the most spoiled dog that has ever been in the entire history of the universe. She had a vet appointment the other day. Vet sez “whatever you’re doing keep it up, this dog is in perfect shape, she’ll live forever”
Too bad she’s a total pain in the ass. HA!
right_wing2 wrote:
He’s questioning ALL vaccines. None of them have ever been tested apparently
Ok. Daylight Savings Time or no? We’re on DST now, correct? I don’t really care I just don’t want to keep changing the clocks.
eaglesoars wrote:
We’re currently on standard time.
lobo91 wrote:
My middle name is Girl Genius
I just watched Mayorkas lie thru his teeth about the drones. This guy is pathological.
Changing the clocks twice a year is not a federal issue but decided by each state.
@ eaglesoars:
That seems… unwise.
Never ever EVER get a huskie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klwX-K8CP1k
eaglesoars wrote:
people who for what ever reason want their drones to be SEEN
if you are trying to war of the worlds the population that is…
@ rain of lead:
I think this is the Biden admin………being cute
If I were younger/stronger and had the land..Ovcharka would have been my dog.
Magnificent animals
This one is 200 lbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp4rNeQUpu4
BREAKING: The Biden administration has extended the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act for the 12th time, granting Pfizer and Moderna liability immunity for their COVID-19 countermeasures until December 31, 2029.
https://x.com/GeneralMCNews/status/1867732694509203926
Murkowski grew up in a political family who thinks their shit doesn’t stink. She fucked around and found out
Sen. Lisa Murkowski fears voter repercussions for opposition to Trump’s cabinet selections:
“The approach is going to be everybody line up. If you want to survive, you better be good. Don’t get on Santa’s naughty list here because we will primary you.”
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1867586850757427235
eaglesoars wrote:
OR WAS SHE PUSHED?
🙂
Nancy knows top much and its a threat to the swamp in her ‘salad days’.
@ eaglesoars:
How dare those peasants think that they have any say in things…
I never had to work with any of Pelosi’s staff. But I did have a great time with working with Tom Delay’s CoS who was the most effective staffer I ever encountered.
She told me years ago to keep an eye out. “She can put the fear of God in you if you’re not prepped. Do your homework. And don’t let her charm you.”
rain of lead wrote:
@ eaglesoars:
YUP
Exactly!
Now raise your temporal eyes a wee bit and ask the question? WHAT HAPPENS in just 38 days time?
Now join up the dots what would cause that incident to be cancelled or postponed due to a National Security situation?
Hmmmm
Smells like DARPA writ large with a dose of THE SWAMP doing a classic Psyops program designed to put the ‘frighteners’ into the more skittish amongst us?
Now relax folks the narrative is beginning to leak on the edges. The Feds are warning the folks NOT to fire shotguns at the drone swarms, or the Feds will come and arrest you. That’s code for ….. ” don’t shoot down the drones because they belong to US!
Notice how the crashed ‘drone’ over Jersey instantly vanished off the planet and MSM, as soon as civilians started asking questions. Now not only has the crash been ignored but the denials are now starting.
Talk about the narrative leaking out already. A drone was recorded firing air to ground with RED TRACERS .
Liked like 20mm RED TRACER initially followed by lighter possibly 7.62mm RED TRACER over New Jersey.!
Now ask yourself.
WHO on the planet Earth uses RED tracer exclusively? The Western armed forces, that’s who! It’s the WEST doing the shooting. The Russians , Chinese, NK Iranians use GREEN TRACER exclusively, so it’s none of them!
See how narratives leak information accidentally. Opps Private Smedley, sorry but we forget that ordering you to begin firing RED traced, kinda gave the game away.
https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1867408368144441788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1867408368144441788%7Ctwgr%5E82954681303fc88250d37ad36c5d8fe2ddbc39c2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Fposts%2Fwild-drones-filmed-firing-tracer-rounds-near-new-jersey-military-base
🙂
Gotta be careful when running a Psyops ‘scare campaign’ to justify a National Security threat, that translates to having to cancel something pencilled in for the Jan 20!
Yup
🙂
Hawley calls them out:-
https://x.com/HawleyMO/status/1866679696986968196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1866679696986968196%7Ctwgr%5Efae6a6170f6f0463c942612b78529a7cde964fd9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Fposts%2Fwatch-mysterious-drone-sightings-caught-on-camera
An eye witness says the drone he saw over New Jersey was 40ft x 40ft….that’s larger than a 2 car garage!
So let me get this straight: the FBI can figure out if a grandparent took a selfie in the Capitol four years ago, but they can’t figure out who was flying drones over New Jersey last weekend?
Yeah, right!
The Pentagon says the mysterious drones over New Jersey:
• Aren’t from a foreign adversary ………. Correct as they were firing Western Forces Red Tracer
• Aren’t US military ……. Correct but being VERY careful choosing the words. NOT military but DARPA of contractors.
• Definitely not from an “Iranian mothership” …… Correct. That’s just silly!
Meanwhile:
• FBI knows nothing ……. Well Duhhhhh …..what else is new, but they are serial liars and why break the habits of a lifetime?
• Local law enforcement knows nothing Well Duhhhhhh ……….. That’s understandable as even more would have leaked before now!
• None have been shot down ……..Correct ….. But they obfuscated the fact that one had crashed all on its own!…. Buttttttt don’t ask any questions ……
PSYOPS scare program written all over this!
This is about creating a narrative to call off Jan 20 get together …..BECAUSE ….. National Security!
Now sit down shut up and don’t ask questions, or the Feds will shut ya down!
Aussie wins today’s horizontal scroll bar award!
Any longer and I would have had to buy a bigger monitor!
The only guy whose brain function was improved by a stroke. Fetterman. This is very funny
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1867441453045096742
what. the. acutual. fuck.
Incredible Drone Display is World’s Biggest Ever – Guinness World Records
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpaSXwpKzGk
This record has been broken. The current record is in Shenzen several days ago over 10,000 drones to celebrate China’s 75th National Day.
Sheriff’s Department Investigation (3:23–4:10)
Ocean County Sheriff’s Department launched their own drones to intercept the mysterious drones.
Mysterious drones do not emit heat like regular drones, perplexing investigators.
A sworn officer reported seeing 50 drones rising from the ocean.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4284436/posts
do not emit heat?
thats kind of a big deal
GO ARMY!!!
BEAT NAVY!!!
@ rain of lead:
Sad.
They had to use software, computers, hardware all invented by Western Civ to mark their 75th anniversary of repression and total lack of original thought. Their last good idea was gunpowder.
@ coldwarrior:
And spring rolls and egg rolls.
A little known fact what the difference is but a clue.
There is not any egg inside an egg roll.
( not ever found any springs in a spring roll either, but that is another topic for discussion )
A technical post and I wish I spoke Spanish.
Someone within this apartment block is playing with, or has, an ESP32 running and doing something.
They are using the WiFi function of it but have not disabled the default Bluetooth part of it.
When I connect to my headphones several devices appear, Someone’s lights, a couple of TVs and an ESP32.
In my box of stuff I no longer play with are several ESP32s, and Arduinos and other cool shit.
It would be nice to bond with an human who has the same interests as I used to have.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP32
They are $5-10 on Amazon.
coldwarrior wrote:
HELL NO!
Navy has better food
Is it just me?
First the whole covid panic
And now the drones?
my nose is twitching
Nancy Pelosi is not coming back
This hip/fall pattern is a classic pattern in elderly women. There is usually an unknown underlying condition. In Mom’s case it was cancer. They can replace her hip but she won’t be back to the House
It’s 54 degrees here and for some reason I am freezing
This should be fun
Socialist Robert Reich on Election Night 2024 Warned Elon Musk : ” I guarantee you I’m going to make life so difficult for you really so difficult for you so just be very careful of yourself ”
On election night 2024, overpaid government worker and famous socialist Robert Reich warns Elon Musk he’s going to make his life
https://nalert.blogspot.com/2024/12/socialist-robert-reich-on-election.html
Good luck sweetheart
Mysterious drones shut down runways of NY airport, causing Hochul to demand feds step in: ‘Gone too far’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/14/us-news/mysterious-drones-shut-down-runways-of-ny-airport-causing-hochul-to-demand-feds-step-in-gone-too-far/
somebody needs to shoot one of these down
Trump is at the Army-Navy game with his whole posse. JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, Mike Johnson. He even has Daniel Penny as a guest.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/the_great_drone_scam.html
A very good take – a bunch of teenage boys putting one over on the gov’t. Quite plausible.
@ eaglesoars:
It’s too bad they can’t catch one in a net.
Well. FWIW. I have no opinion
BREAKING: FANI WILLIS BOMBSHELL
A WHISTLEBLOWER’S FIRST HAND WITNESS TESTIMONY exposes BILL BARR as the “Architect of The Fulton County RICO with Fani Willis”. There are photos, recordings and documents. Also, ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS uses BEN CARSEN as an involuntary mole.
https://x.com/FreeTrevian/status/1867665019992772988
right_wing2 wrote:
Is there any info on altitude/speed?
lobo91 wrote:
And not a peeps from cbs
eaglesoars wrote:
I’ll reserve comment
lobo91 wrote:
How about a fucking retraction?
coldwarrior wrote:
coward.
Hey! I found a youtube channel you might like. I’m always scanning it for food related stuff. Got a formal royal chef Darren McGrady. This is his tutorial on the classic Brit Sunday dinner, including Yorkshire pudding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORFf2sAnl8c
A Proper Sunday Dinner!’ – The Perfect Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding Dinner
I think I’ll get one of his cookbooks
People on Nextdoor are saying there’s been a drone sighting at Oak Ridge
President Trump announces that @RichardGrenell will serve as the Presidential Envoy for Special Missions
https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1868080994039071129
BREAKING: Members of the Mississippi Mafia are accused of channeling hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes through Jimmy Biden, President Joe Biden’s brother, in exchange for presidential pardons.
https://x.com/GeneralMCNews/status/1868109024862064999
Mississippi mafia?
video of Malibu fire. Yikes!
https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1867959170172846571
@ eaglesoars:
Most likely referring to the Dixie Mafia, which is based out of Biloxi.
Remember Justified? They figured in that show to some extent.
@ lobo91:
oh right!
lobo91 wrote:
ABC News talent and staff I’ve been talking to over the past few hours are stunned and furious about this settlement.
Their anger primarily stems from the fact that they have faced repeated budget and compensation cuts in recent years, experienced layoffs, and yet the network — even if insurance paid it — has paid this huge sum of money to settle this matter.
https://x.com/yashar/status/1868095036786946386
seems to be a pattern here
UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect Luigi Mangione and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers are married
https://x.com/HustleBitch_/status/1868075871799771213
There are lots of drones over the area tonight.
https://x.com/etnwxnetwork/status/1868113183262814648
This is the East Tennessee Weather Network
@ eaglesoars:
English food is crap!
Also, that person is obviously from the South of England. Yorkshire pudding on the same plate as the roast beef, veggies and potatoes? Bollocks, that is a rich person meal.
Yorkshire pudding is a ” meat extender ” and for poor northern English families is served on its own with gravy as a first course. A starter, appetiser or whatever you desire to call it.
It is filling and so you need less of the main course of beef etc.
I knows Yorkshire pudding. LOL
@ Possum:
I knew I could count on you!
I’m trying the brussels sprouts tho
@ eaglesoars:
Maybe they should focus their anger on the stupid on-air personalities who keep making defamatory statements, instead. Just a thought.
Sunny Hostin has been forced to read four different apologies in the last few weeks.
@ eaglesoars:
One thing that was accurate was the 4lbs of meat and if you look at the recipe it says serves four.
But not four on the same day. That would be 1lbs of meat per person.
Nope, the Sunday roast is then served Monday as well as thin slices of beef in a sandwich.
Tuesday is a great day! Rissoles!
What is left of the Sunday roast is finely minced authentically using a hand mincer that is fastened to a table. Then mixed with finely chopped onions and bread crumbs, or even bread you put in the hand mincer and an egg or two.
That is then shaped into patties and shallow fried.
Another way to extend meat for poor people.
Example Googled at random.
https://yorkshiredalesfood.co.uk/2011/12/02/beef-rissoles-with-creamed-horseradish/
Later in that article.
LOL dafuq is cinnamon doing in a rissole?
Possum wrote:
that sounds very good and practical
@ Possum:
Some of you will have thought ” That recipe for rissoles looks strangely like a recipe for meatloaf”
Yes, in fact this morning Walmart delivered a canister of Italian bread crumbs just for that purpose.
A rissole is basically a burger sized chunk of meatloaf that takes 15 minutes to cook instead of hours. And you can make it in small batches.
I do 1/4lbs of ground beef, 1oz of breadcrumbs, half a small yellow onion finely chopped, salt, pepper, sage powder and an egg.
The 1/4lbs of ground beef is conveniently a 1/4lbs frozen burger.
Meatloaf for one meal.
Yeah got water again!
D.C. restaurant server fired after comments about refusing service to some Trump officials
https://www.foxnews.com/media/d-c-restaurant-server-fired-after-comments-about-refusing-service-some-trump-officials-horrified
@ eaglesoars:
I do not know much about anything but from what I know in the 50 states you cannot refuse service or accommodation to anyone because of gender, race, etc.
Which is OK by me. But in DC there is an addition to that long list.
Political affiliation is a protected class.
I wish Rush was alive to see Trump’s comeback. And to interview Elon. And/Or Andrew Breitbart.
Possum wrote:
Honestly I don’t know.
But this is the dumbest thing you can do in DC. The cultural ethic there is to be friendly to everyone. Even people you dislike/hate. You can speak privately – the wife of a congress critter just spit telling me how much she hated Hillary – but she knew me and knew it would stop with me.
Publicly? Keep your mouth shut and smile.
My god. Look at the size of this croc
https://x.com/VertigoWarrior/status/1867946288492556382
At first I thought it was a trophy kill but it’s not. There’s an Aussie zoo.
OF COURSE IT’S AUSSIE.
eaglesoars wrote:
Awwwww don’t be a scaredy cat. The cooc even has a name. Elvis
He’s too old to skin and he gets 3 squares a day, so what could go wrong?
There is an ‘old saltie’ that size who lives under the Port Douglas River bridge leading into Port Douglas in northern Queensland. He hunts black tip sharks that stray up river and keeps their numbers down. The Port Douglas beach is just a mile up the coast and there are no black tip sharks hovering around the drop off. The divers keep a weather eye for Cecil when diving but the BIG C just stays under his bridge, up his river waiting for lunch to arrive from offshore. He’s never been seen off the beach and he must be 60 or older given his size.
There is a creek on the northern outskirts of Port Douglas just north of town where at low tide there is a largeish juvenile croc called ‘No Name’ . You can sit on the cantilevered veranda over the creek and have a beer or two. The publican sells frozen chickens and hangs them out about eye level and watch ‘No Name’ leap out of the muddy creek and snatch chickens from a rope. Not a good idea drinking beers at high tide, as ‘No Name’ might end up on the verandah with you!
🙂
@ Aussie Infidel:
fucking lunatics. all of you
eaglesoars wrote:
Of course there are drones over Oak Ridge.
These HPGe drones with spectrometric detectors are practicing sniffing out Radiation sources, in an exercise linked to an exercise practicing for a ‘dirty radiological bomb’
The HPGe detection drones carry large ‘cryocoolers’ down at the works end of the drone. Their control antennae are large horned antennae working in the 200+ gHz band and that’s why they can’t be jammed or picked up easily, as the control signals are highly directional.
The reason why the DoD and Pentagon are playing …. “the I know naffing, I see Naffing schtick because they are breaking a dozen laws that prohibiting these specific HPGe drones for reconnaissance , surveillance, and INTEL gathering tasks inside the US, targeting civilian populations.
You can go back to sleep now unless the think that an Iranian dirty bomb might have entered the Harbour in a container in New Jersey. with Christmas wishes from Tehran.
🙂
eaglesoars wrote:
Only the first half. The second half makes us have to assume that everyone who has seen the large drones suddenly caught a case of stupid and can’t identify perfectly normal objects. Same excuse UFo skeptics have used since the beginning.
He totally discounts the people that have seen the large drones much closer than “airliner heights”.
Even though humans are crap at observation skills (see all the different experiments showing this ie. the gorilla at the basketball game), they have an uncanny knack at knowing when something unsettling is going on. Possibly due to centuries of being considered food by a large number of predators.
@ Possum:
I do not like just dropping facts in here without a backing link.
https://ohr.dc.gov/protectedtraits
15 Political Affiliation: the state of belonging to or endorsing any political party
Possum wrote:
Some Greek guy dropped it into the mix, just like the Greek guy that invented Cincinnati chili.
we have now reached the “stirring up panic”phase
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/15/christie-without-federal-information-drone-vigilantes-are-going-to-start-taking-them-down/
Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that given the absence of government information on the drone sightings in New Jersey, individuals will soon become “drone vigilantes” and “they’ll start taking them down.”
FWIW
To summarize 10 minutes. Professional with drone experience, working with the military, has an inside source that says a nuke went missing from Ukraine. He thinks it’s here in the US and the drones are sniffing around for it (literally) by flying low and at night. Also, the guy who posted this will probably be in jail in 2 hours.
https://x.com/ChefGruel/status/1868396748164759886
. Blue whales are the largest known animal to have ever lived on Earth. For perspective it’s tongue alone weighs about 4 tons which is the approx’ weight of an adult female African elephant
https://x.com/Saffron_Sniper1/status/1868131752155488746
DAVID MARCUS: Drone debacle perfect end to Biden’s ‘You don’t need to know’ presidency.
Up in the air. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the Biden administration’s final bit of credibility on fire in the form of giant mysterious drones over New Jersey.
As President Joe Biden limps away from one of the worst presidencies in American history, these unidentified flying objects, whatever they are, serve as a reminder that the general attitude of this White House towards the American people has been, “you don’t need to know that.”
We didn’t need to know that the president of the United States was suffering severe mental decline, we didn’t need to know that he was actually open to pardoning his son Hunter while swearing he never would.
Even back in 2021, when breakthrough COVID cases among the vaccinated that weren’t supposed to exist were popping up all over Washington DC, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked then Press Secretary Jen Psaki how many had been detected at the White House.
“Why do you need that information?” was her incredible reply.
In other words, you don’t need to know.
For four years now, it has been the Biden administration and the Biden administration alone that has deigned to decide what Americans do and do not need to know, and even in the case of the former, half the time these people just seem to be lying.
Setting aside Sundown Joe’s role as John Gill, the Chinese spy balloon debacle absolutely destroyed any credibility his staffers might have had when it comes to playing it straight with the nation over our enemies spying on us. As Steve wrote last year: Confirmed: That Chinese Spy Balloon Made Fools of the Biden Administration.
https://instapundit.com/690572/
Pilots Report Mysterious Lights ‘Moving at Extreme Speeds’ Across Oregon
One explanation that has been offered is that the pilots observed reflections off of Starlink satellites.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/pilots-report-mysterious-lights-moving-at-extreme-speeds-across-oregon/
*snort*
BREAKING: The White House and FBI confirm that airplanes and helicopters are likely being mistaken for “drones”.
https://x.com/GeneralMCNews/status/1868460821086646679
@ eaglesoars:
Well, obviously. I mean, most people have never seen an airplane or a helicopter before, right?
What! CNN lies thru their teeth? Who knew
CNN was caught fabricating the story of a prisoner found in Assad’s secret prison.
Fact-checking outlet @VeSyriaE
conducted a background check on the so-called “prisoner,” and here’s what they found.
https://x.com/warfareanalysis/status/1868350117318926834
FWITW
Project Blue Beam is a secret project by run by NASA and the United Nations to implement a New World Order through the use of advanced holographic technology and psychological manipulation. This project would involve the staging of a fake alien invasion or a false messiah to deceive and unify humanity under a single government.
The theory claims that advanced technologies could be used to project images into the sky or create realistic holograms to manipulate public perception and belief. Proponents often cite the use of UFO sightings, natural disasters, or other significant events as potential means to facilitate this agenda.
I’m not sure if you have ever seen a real high quality hologram but I have. Those orbs going around where the drones are definitely look like they could be a hologram. I’m not saying they are or they aren’t as I don’t think we have all the info we need yet but yeah, those orbs do look like holograms to me.
https://x.com/TuckerPoodleMA/status/1868491640144367854
In honor of Ale’s 20th birthday, I’m watching a multicam video of The Warning’s January 2018 show at Dakota Bar in Monterrey. It’s hard to believe she was 13 here. Also, for those who don’t think Dany can actually play guitar, all I can say is listen to her solo in the first song, “Show Me the Light.” Shades of David Gilmour.
@ lobo91:
I don’t like the vocals. But the keyboard is amazing
@ eaglesoars:
Pau by herself at the Decididas Summit last year, where she received their Global Award for being a role model for girls. When she was first invited, she told her mom that she didn’t want to attend, because the other awardees were “doctors and astronauts, and I’m just a drummer.”
Random food post.
At approximately 2am Natasha who was sleeping next to me in bed decided to get up for a snack.
About 10 mins later she climbed back in bed and all was good again until the bock, Bock BOCK! Yep cat puke. So we decided it was time to get out of bed.
Made coffee then started up a computer and looked at my browser history. Last entry was 4:13pm yesterday so that means I had about 10 hours bed time. Not bad.
Anyway it is 5am and breakfast time. Thinking eggs, toast and steak. Well not a steak as I don’t have any in stock but I have frozen 80/20 burgers.
However in the fridge is some roast chicken breast that needs eating. I am a gourmet chef, food combinations are the key to a great meal, but some combinations are wrong.
Serving roast chicken and scrambled eggs and toast seems wrong. The chicken with eggs combination.
Going with eggs and beef for breakfast. The chicken will end up in a sandwich for lunch.
Germany’s government just collapsed
@ lobo91:
oh that’s too bad.
Anyhoo, here’s our newest SCOTUS whatever
https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1868682932111679650
eaglesoars wrote:
That poster may be telling the truth but I wouldn’t trust them. They are a militant pro-islam anti-“zionist” fanatic. If you read to the end they make some pretty bad unsubstantiated claims.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
Agreed.
My sister was an air traffic controller when she was in the army.. I asked why commercial airflight hasn’t been shut down due to the drones. She said ‘because they’re not in their airspace”
Doesn’t make sense to me
I love youtube
how north nomads do grocery shopping in Arctic/ no shops for 500 km!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HfKejpXUZE
eaglesoars wrote:
Yeah, one of the articles I was reading today said they have been sticking to public airspace and not crossing over into protected lanes.
However, there is an article up on the Blaze now that says they were buzzing Wright Patterson today and caused the base to shut down their airspace and other activities.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
Someone please explain to me why the military is not taking this crap down.
The only thing I can think of is this is a provocation by China et al to test our response and we’re not taking the bait
Live updates: 15-year-old female student identified as shooter at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/abundant-life-school-shooting-madison-live-updates-rcna184404
Breaking: I can report that the deceased mass shooter at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisc. is a 15-year-old girl named Natalie Lynn Rupnow.
She carried out the mass shooting in the school library, according to a source. She did not identify as trans.
The teen girl used the name “Sam” online and the username “crossixir.” She had an extensive online obsession with school shooters and death, particularly the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. Rupnow was a big fan of the KMFDM rock band, which was also referenced by one of the Columbine shooters. (She often wore the shirt of the band.)
Rupnow’s online friends identified the X account, which purported to belong to the shooter, soon after news broke of the shooting. The account’s last post is of an “okay” hand symbol in the school’s bathroom by the library minutes before the shooting.
https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1868783656502018448
eaglesoars wrote:
Another shooter created by the media. These things wouldn’t happen if the damn media would stop giving them years of attention. It just makes more disturbed youth seeking attention.
I was looking on sites about sewing etc and landed on Kleinfeld’s wedding site.
$20K for a wedding gown? Are you kidding me? I had a fantastic gown for our wedding. Tuscan lace bodice, raw silk ballgown skirt, I think it was $1500
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
Parents?
FEMA has offered to purchase land from homeowners in Cocke County, Tennessee, whose properties are located in a flood plain.
FEMA has also instructed the county to block these homeowners from rebuilding their homes.
In response, Cocke County officials are considering withdrawing entirely from FEMA’s flood insurance program, citing frustrations over federal interference and the impact on property rights.
https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1868663379314757862
I have no idea what’s going on
NATO is building the largest NATO military base in all of Europe in Romania, right on Romania’s Black Sea coast pointing at Crimea, the crux point of contest in the Russia-Ukraine war.
NATO feared the man who won Romania’s now-canceled election would cut or shut the base down.
https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1868886201262129315
This
https://x.com/mightyrandini/status/1868264980732367249
Canada is falling?
It’s actually insane…
Freeland resigns two hours before the full budget was to be presented.
Then the replacement resigns/refuses to take the helm.
The Trudeau regime is going down, and it looks like it might be going down today.
https://x.com/thevivafrei/status/1868741492552110185
heh
MSNBC HOST: TRUMP PICKED UP CALL—BIDEN WOULD TAKE PONY EXPRESS
Stephanie Ruhle:
“I called Trump directly to ask for an interview.
He said no and told me to go f*** myself.
But here’s the thing: I got through.
If I tried reaching Biden or Kamala, it’d take 50 people, Pony Express, and a pigeon to maybe get a response.”
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1868877650455884125
Reason 2,487 I’m terrified of open water
Lady pilot disembarked the ship on rough weather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ER9Ladqg4&t=210s
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, a key figure in uncovering controversial bioweapons programs, has been k*lled in a Moscow explosion triggered by an explosive device.
Kirillov gained international attention for investigating alleged U.S.-backed biolabs in Ukraine, claiming they were researching methods to spark a pandemic and frame Russia.
He publicly denounced COVID-19 as a man-made virus created by the U.S. government and exposed the involvement of vaccine giants Pfizer and Moderna in U.S. military and biological operations in Ukraine.
He went further and revealed that Hunter Biden’s Rosemont Seneca Investment Fund and the Soros Foundation were financing Ukrainian biolaboratories.
https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1869010577130926502
House GOP accuses Liz Cheney of tampering with J6 witness, ask FBI to investigate criminality
Interim report by Rep. Barry Loudermilk concludes Jan. 6 attack was “preventable,” highlights intelligence and security failures, Cheney’s possible shenanigans.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/hld-house-gop-accuses-liz-cheney-tampering-j6-witness-ask-fbi-criminally
eaglesoars wrote:
Obviously not paying attention to their children. Don’t get me started on parents. I work childcare now and we have state funded children. I’ve seen some shit.
New Jersey Residents are now reporting unusual Bird patterns as Thousands of birds migrate from New Jersey
The birds know.
https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1868943832290849127
I study birds a bit, made our yard a bit of a sanctuary. Starting at the 12 sec mark you can see it. This grouping is completely disorganized which birds don’t do because it takes too much energy and leaves them vulnerable to predators
My bipartisan legislation to recognize the Bald Eagle as our national bird just passed Congress and is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law!
https://x.com/amyklobuchar/status/1868842437743153368
uh what?
just saw a tidbit elsewhere that there might be a major problem with the iss
maybe keep an eye out in the news for news
supposed to be from a fema anon
BREAKING: Justin Trudeau has canceled all of his traditional year-end interviews for 2024, sparking speculation that his resignation may be imminent.
https://x.com/GeneralMCNews/status/1869170313411670255
rain of lead wrote:
everything all at once………..
@ eaglesoars:
There are several leaks on the Russian side of the space station. In the module that contains the docking ports for the Russian crew space crafts. Has been for a while but they are getting worse. Old age.
Seen some reports that this is causing a lowering of the ISS orbit by about 5 kilometers per month. The air blowing out is like a thruster.
The ISS has to use its own thrusters to move it into a higher orbit anyway as it is flying so low that its orbit decays, and sometimes it has to dodge space debris.
Anyway what they do is seal the hatch that connects the Russian docking ports at night to minimise the leaks.
They cannot close that hatch 24/7 as access to the Soyuz craft is essential as an escape route.
When there is an expected solar flare or a close call with space debris expected all the people get into their respective return craft and shut themselves in so if ISS takes a hit they can un-dock and return to Earth.
I’m trying to think of how many movies I’ve seen where the ISS is destroyed. Has to be at least a dozen
@ Possum:
The International Space Station (ISS) uses thrusters for a variety of reasons, including: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
• Repositioning: The ISS uses thrusters to reposition itself:
• Correcting a spin: In August 2021, the Nauka module mistakenly fired its thrusters, causing the ISS to spin 540 degrees and flip upside down. The station regained control after about 47 minutes, thanks to the mission team’s preparedness and contingency planning.
• Avoiding space junk: The ISS has fired its thrusters to avoid space junk.
• Raising its orbit: The Progress 89 spacecraft fired its thrusters to raise the ISS’s orbit.
The ISS’s propulsion system uses hydrogen/oxygen thrusters, with an on-board water electrolysis system to provide the propellants. [7]
The ISS orbits Earth at an average altitude of about 250 miles, traveling at 17,500 mph. This means it orbits Earth every 90 minutes. [8]
Generative AI is experimental.
[1] https://www.space.com/nauka-module-thruster-fire-tilts-space-station[2] https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/international-space-station-saved-from-out-of-control-spin/[3] https://www.space.com/international-space-station-avoid-satellite[4] https://www.businessinsider.com/space-station-flipped-upside-down-russian-module-fired-thrusters-2021-8[5] https://www.lohud.com/story/news/nation/2024/11/21/international-space-station-junk-debris-nasa/76472858007/[6] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/iss-fires-thrusters-to-dodge-hunk-of-space-junk/ar-AA1us20Y[7] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0094576587901263[8] https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-kids-and-students/what-is-the-international-space-station-grades-5-8/
Not all images can be exported from Search.
@ lobo91:
All the Sci-Fi movies has escape pods!
Sigourney Weaver in Aliens in the 70’s escaped using one, wearing just a white cotton top and panties, but I digress.
The space craft people go to the ISS is their return ride, and also their escape capsule.
That is why when the Failed Boeing capsule returned empty and the Space X flight going up with two seats spare was a stressful couple of months. More people on the ISS than return seats to safety.
do we still have any people up there? I thought there was a woman we fetched to safety?
look at this nightmare
This is San Francisco’s new fat positivity expert.
I have to ask… What the fck is a ‘fat positivity expert’?
Please explain it to me like I am 12.
https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1869186228870152589
biowarfare
idk how I feel about this but Russia says it developed a therapeutic mRNA “vaccine” against cancer and it will be distributed to patients “free of charge.”
I think this might cause some strange side affects, imo
https://x.com/Lukewearechange/status/1869143547389382740
I fucking HATED this bridge. We had to cross it to reach Mom’s parents place when we visited every summer. Nightmare.
BREAKING: Lake Pontchartrain Causeway the Longest Bridge in the U.S. was Temporarily Closed After Massive 40-50 Vehicle Crash occurred due to hazardous fog with Injuries
#NewOrleans l #Louisiana
Multiple emergency crews and agencies were on the scene at the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana, which is the longest bridge in the United States following a significant multi-vehicle crash caused by low visibility and dense fog. Officials report that 40 to 50 vehicles were involved in multiple crashes, leaving 11 people injured and forcing the temporary closure of both directions of the bridge it has since been reopened but authorities are warning drivers to be extremely cautious
Define ‘idiot’
Anthony Romero, Executive President of the ACLU, tells Rachel Maddow his organization has developed a lawfare strategy to pressure local elected officials to “sever relationships” with the federal government and then pardon MILLIONS of illegal migrants to help shield them from deportation.
Democrats simply can’t help themselves — all they care about is flouting the law, putting illegal foreigners above Americans, and doubling down on the same stupid that delivered Trump the biggest mandate in a generation.
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1869062277074489510
Is this important?
BREAKING: NATO has taken over the coordination of Western military aid to Ukraine from the United States – Reuters
https://x.com/AlexandruC4/status/1869067837819826406
Idiot version 2
LIBERAL ON TIKTOK: If Trump isn’t arrested soon, “January 20th, the day of the inauguration, we the people are going to have to show up in Washington and have this guy step down.”
“11 million of us have to show up [and] have this guy step down. He’ll have a coronary. He’ll have to step down.”
“That’s our failsafe.”
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1868831914603258344
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
Probably the greatest blessing of my life – my parents. Not perfect but right for me. And I was hardly the perfect child
eaglesoars wrote:
LOL, Elon Musk kind of rescued her. He sent up a Crew Dragon that normally seats four ( design was seats seven, but NASA only uses four seats and the rest is cargo )
Anyway that Crew Dragon was launched with only two crew so there was two spare seats on the return journey so they could rescue the nice lady and that Butch guy.
So! Nice lady is rescued!
LOL return flight due back sometime in February….
@ Possum:
She should have requested an upgrade
Possum wrote:
Oh that’s right! I’ve been puking my guts out all day so brain isn’t working
One from the archives. The Warning with guest vocals by Rudy, their manager, from a 2018 Christmas Party:
Keith Richards is 81 yrs old today
eaglesoars wrote:
…and still more coherent than Joe Biden
He’s referring to the NYT
Deep state traitors are coming after me, using their paid shills in legacy media.
I prefer not to start fights, but I do end them …
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1869087627472978040
hmmmm……
This should be the biggest story on Earth, but it’s getting minimal coverage.
Russian MIL alleged that the US are developing bioweapons in Ukraine, to include C19.
The CIA/Ukraine just assassinated the guy leading the investigation.
This is also what Hunter’s pardon is about!
https://x.com/WarClandestine/status/1869144881597493622
While KBJ Enjoys Broadway, Her Constitution-Loving Supreme Court Colleagues Can Barely Leave Their Homes
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/16/while-kbj-enjoys-broadway-her-constitution-loving-supreme-court-colleagues-can-barely-leave-their-homes/
Possum wrote:
“The next crew of four was supposed to launch in February, followed by Wilmore and Williams’ return home at the end of the month alongside two other astronauts.
However, the most recent announcement said that SpaceX needs more time to prepare the brand-new capsule for liftoff and it’s now scheduled no earlier than late March.
NASA said that it considered using a different SpaceX capsule to fly up the replacement crew to keep the flights on schedule, but decided they would wait for the new capsule.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14203803/NASA-astronauts-stranded-space-rescue-mission-delayed.html
She didn’t complete the required “Continuing Education” before the final deadline.
https://americanwirenews.com/jussie-smollett-states-attorney-kim-foxx-no-longer-authorized-to-practice-law-in-illinois/
The latest attempt to sabotage the incoming administration:
@ eaglesoars:
He was also exposing Hunter Biden’s Roesmont Seneca Investment Fund and the Soros Foundation that were financing the biolabs. I would also add I have seen evidence about organ harvesting and children pedo-rings in Ukraine.
Tip of the evil iceberg.
So 24 hours after Christopher Wray resigns as Stasi Früher the glowy network “Patriotic Front” disbands. LOL
Buckeye Abroad wrote:
I’ve seen posts on X about it and I think this goes back to the Podesta stuff and Hillary
sorry hit submit accidently
…but it’s so ugly I don’t want it in my head, I’m certainly not putting in yours here w/o a damn good reasoson
But I will remind you that my husband went to a fundraiser at Podesta’s brother’s house and the ‘artwork’ on display was so alarming (involving the sexualition of children) that he just dropped the check and got his ass out of there. He was utterly sickened. And alarmed.
Speaker Johnson is a snake. He wants to appear as a harmless “I’m just a nice guy trying to do my job”
He’s a sniveling liar
eaglesoars wrote:
Oh and they gave themselves a raise. from $174k to $243k
Hygiene update.
Last Friday apartment complex lost hot water, then all water for three days.
Monday it was fixed, but it was a cool day so as I do not use heating as the main breaker trips I deferred bathing. Tuesday the same.
Today it is warmer and so when sitting down in front of the computer having a morning coffee I smelled something that was not a litter box that required cleaning but almost the same smell.
Yep, it was me. If you can smell yourself you is stinky!
Time for a nice long soak in the bath tub. I do not shower due to the fear of slipping and not being found or missed for months. I slither into and out of the tub.
Went to kitchen to make another cup of coffee before bath time and, NO WATER! However when checking email
LOL
@ lobo91:
Can we station them in the middle of nowhere?
What are your thoughts on either a universal catastrophic plan (cancer, stroke, serious car accident, heart attack, etc) or switching to something like what the Swiss have?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Switzerland
eaglesoars wrote:
If the CR passes as written, they’ll get a 3.8% raise. That would raise rank and file members from $174,000 to $180,600.
OK so I had to research a movie to post a reply to a Xweet about pilots who were authorized to drop nuclear weapons being issued with an eye patch.
Mission accomplished and found the best, highest quality version of By Dawn’s Early Light 1990.
It is well worth a watch, yeah I know Rebecca De Mornay is hot, but there are some other great actors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5D36Haa8L0
@ Possum:
I looked for a trailer, but found this. I also wanted to see what Wally George’s daughter looked like in 1990.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099197/
The cast list amuses me. Martin Landau as the President is cool, but James Earl Jones plays Alice, Ronald William Lawrence is a hooker, and Rebecca De Mornay stars as “Moreau (as Rebecca DeMornay)”.
Currently cooking chicken drum sticks for lunch. High fat, high protein and zero carbs.
Method, skin peeled back, onion powder and sage applied then skin re-attached with lots of massaging and secured with a tooth pick to stop skin retraction. I normally use the coloured party pics when stabbing chicken skin and attaching it to chicken meat but Walmart are out, so have to use plain toothpicks.
I like to use coloured as they are easy to see. However in drumsticks only use one. Assume there is just one per chicken leg.
All wrapped in foil and 60 minutes at 250F. Then unwrapped and in air cooker for 20 minutes at 400F , turning over at 10 minute mark.
Served with honey mustard dressing and a can of drained Libbys sliced carrots decorated with 62g of Good Value Alfredo.
When lunch is ready it will be served on a couple of sheets of paper towels as….
I have no clean plates because I have NO FUCKING WATER!
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
1990, James Earl Jones is Black. And he is the hero in that movie as he is the only character that has his shit together and does what is right.
It is an interesting movie to watch. A black character in a 1990 movie who then you would not care what his colour was.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
@ Possum:
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
LOL and you should get educated in American military shit.
Looking Glass is the code name for the aircraft that is always airborne that is a command and control center for blowing shit up if the shit hits the fan. Obviously it is not the same aircraft all the time.
Alice is a reference to James Earl Jones being in command of the aircraft designated as ” Looking Glass “
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Rebecca De Mornay attended HS in the Austrian Alps. That means she had first-hand knowlege of Schnabelperchten.
https://youtu.be/qJvzlRI8Eg8?si=jzjcXK5OLJvuiMW7
@ Possum:
Looking Glass’ greatest hit was “Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)“. It made No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1972.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
And she was not molested or coached into becoming a transexual thing.
Austrian alps look like a fun place to live.
Possum wrote:
That kind of role used to be called “The Magic Negro”.
Possum wrote:
Until they make you wear silly shorts and wear a big feather in your hat.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Um, not in the UK. In 1990/1991 Colin Powell was the man in charge of US military in the first Gulf war and he was very highly respected in the UK.
We used to be colour blind in England.
Lenny henry, Charlie Williams ( from Barnsley ) and hundreds more.
In UK there used to be 100% integration.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I kind of like the feeling of leather on my testicles and the knee slapping dancing.
However I understand that sometimes that nice feeling progresses into a desire to invade Poland and it all goes to shit..
@ Possum:
In the spirit of what I adhere to I just found a random video of Charlie Williams from the 70s and even though he was black he was born and raised in Yorkshire. And accepted as a Yorkshire man.
Now, as you in here do not speak or understand real English you will not be able to comprehend what he is saying.
Close captions, sub titles will not help.
But, as a native speaker I knows what he is saying. Yep! we do talk like that when we are not pretending to be American.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmk0z-OBGPw
@ Possum:
I hear a few words that make sense.
@ right_wing2:
He is speaking in a Yorkshire accent, but unfortunately an exaggerated accent for effect.
@ Possum:
Lunch with no water is eated. Four chicken drumsticks with a side of Tahini mixed with an equal portion of soy sauce.
And Nap Time!
Oh Tahini is ground up sesami seeds. Kind of like peanut butter but foreign. I eat strange things.
Napping!
just so you know -if the gov’t shuts down gov’t workers still get paid
One of Mike Johnson’s sons is in jail on a drug charge. Adopted black kid. Sad story.
uh oh
Vice President-elect JD Vance walks into Speaker Johnson’s office on Capitol Hill.
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1869573086347198624
video at the link
Breaking: An hour after Houthis fired a ballistic missile on Tel Aviv, Israel destroyed over thirty targets in Yemen, including oil refineries, power stations, and ports.
https://x.com/DrEliDavid/status/1869627472096182664
Oh ffs
Bird flu update: California declares emergency and U.S. sees 1st severe human case
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/18/nx-s1-5233110/bird-flu-first-severe-human-case-cdc-louisiana
food porn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xf2gul2xSQ
Life Far From Civilization In Russia in Remote Taiga Village
@ eaglesoars:
Mrs RW spent hours last night going off on that.
She’s understandably worried about coverage for her cancer and broken arm, but absolutely hates “Elaine“ Musk and “Vivian” Ramaswami and how they think they’re better than we are because they have money and we should worship them.
I ended up sleeping in the basement. I might spend the next four years sleeping down there.
@ right_wing2:
If some kind of continuing resolution doesn’t get passed, she would probably have to work on Christmas, and would not be able to do her first cancer treatment on the 26th.
right_wing2 wrote:
My next infusion is Christmas Eve. Ho Ho Ho.
@ lobo91:
how does it still stand?
@ rain of lead:
@ lobo91:
never mind
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Merry Christmas!
My money to last me the whole of next year arrives tomorrow.
Pound against dollar just took a shit two cents.
LOL fuck Trump!
@ rain of lead:
The case hasn’t been dismissed, but it has no prosecutor. From what I understand, it goes to some state panel that will decide what to do with it. It can be turned over to another DA’s office, but I’m guessing it will be dropped.
right_wing2 wrote:
your wife and I disagree
Possum wrote:
I’ll be wired for Christmas
That’s when the steroids kick in
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Yeah! so on Christmas eve you do not have to connect the Christmas tree lights to the wall socket.
Just stick the plug up your ass!
On the last thread some slanty eyed foreign chick told me.
Well this place used to be a cheap shit hole but a safe place to live.
Just had a conversation in broken English and sign language with my next door neighbour and he is having deliveries stolen from outside his closed door.
I asked him if he would mind if I mounted cameras outside our shared entry way and he agreed. Pointing to where we should place them and offering to help and buy them.
LOL, I has cameras, enough to broadcast Super bowl live from several angles.
Just did not feel I could deploy them without consent of neighbour.
Anyway, reason we had a discussion is his electricity is off yet again. So extension cord from my apartment to his is back in action.
And yes, tomorrow I get out my toys. Two GoPro cameras, An ugly security camera and a couple of IR motion sensors that connect to Arduinos and….
More Arduinos and cheap Chinese knock offs than anyone sane needs.
Did I mention all the Texas Instruments Internet of Things development systems I own?
Finally I have a purpose in life again, tomorrow….
@ eaglesoars:
My wife and I disagree.
That’s why I slept downstairs.
@ Possum:
Oh and aa GPS development board that is the size of a chicken nugget that would fit nicely into a decoy and bait Amazon delivery package.
Play time!!!!!
unconfirmed
https://x.com/CaptCoronado/status/1869970315989684553
Alert: Biden also just returned to DC, after being expected to stay in Delaware until after Christmas!!
Kamala Harris just abruptly cancelled her planned trip to California and “raced to the White House,” per reporters!!
maybe this?
https://x.com/AbbyBane13/status/1869973185430520189
and this
Biden and Harris both returned to the White House tonight even though they were scheduled to be in Delware and California.
Something is cooking,
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1869946454262886875
Possum wrote:
Can’t wait to see the videos. Make sure you edit them on Tik Tok and add descriptions and stupid laughing emojis in the center so no one can see the action.
eaglesoars wrote:
Biden will step down and make Harris the first female POTatUS.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
And all the Trump 45 47 merchandise will be worthless.
LOL
OK, it is 6am here and 12pm in the UK on 20th December. And I am drunk as a skunk after waking up four hours ago and looking at my emails and bank account in the US every ten minutes.
This getting paid once a year shit is stressful.
Hoping I got it all correct. The bank routing numbers and shit is scary. Domestic wire transfer numbers, International wire transfers, BACS whatever that is letters and numbers.
Then there is the US dollar to UK pound exchange rate.
Taxes, that is another issue. When my money eventually departs from England 20% is taken as tax which I will be able to claim back in April 2025 ( April in UK is end of tax year ) when the USA IRS sends the paper work to the UK confirming I do not live in the UK but in the USA.
However, I will have to pay USA tax on my money when and if it arrives in the USA today.
Plus the fact that hopefully an amount of money will arrive which is over $10,000 will be deposited in my bank.
Yeah, stop laughing. Any amount over $10,000 deposited has to be declared by the bank to the government and flags that person as a suspected money launderer or drug dealer.
Hey, I still have beer and cake. For now….
This drone stuff is getting stressful
Peru, December 2024, is now seeing their skies lit up like a Christmas tree with glowing #Orbs/#UAPs across the skyline. This has gone global, people. It’s happening! Learn to comprehend that fact! Check it out!
#ufotwitter #uaptwitter
https://x.com/ExiledEarthling/status/1870069714744967541
Pentagon Briefing: “We Need to Protect Our Facilities”
The Pentagon announces the deployment of additional assets to address mysterious drones and orbs near sensitive military sites. Counter-drone systems are now active in New Jersey, and officials confirm the military is prepared to use deadly force if necessary.
What are these unidentified crafts, and why are they appearing near high-security locations? The stakes are rising, and the skies are becoming a battleground.
https://x.com/JimFergusonUK/status/1870068100193787906
briefing video at the link
video at the link
This is crazy!! Y’all watch #Drone or some unknown electromagnetic force fly unchecked over the USS New Jersey, coming off the Delaware River.
Did y’ll notice the discharge?
Anyone know what it is?
https://x.com/EzeemmaCraic/status/1870003355335999542
A couple hours ago, the fighter squadron down the road from my house (approx. 15 min outside of Atlantic City, NJ) scrambled four F-16 fighter jets. My buddy and I were talking in the front yard, and a few minutes later, we noticed an extremely bright glowing orb in the sky. It was moving slowly towards my house, and after about 10 minutes, it started moving the opposite direction. It was probably somewhere around 25,000 feet and was visible for about an hour and a half before we lost sight of it. I used to work on airplanes in the Air Force and also know a lot about drones. I can confidently say this glowing object was neither. What the hell is going on here in New Jersey?! Below are a couple of uneditied pics and videos I took from my Samsung phone.
https://x.com/MatthewUSAF/status/1869527568128549224
somebody posted in that hidden in that dumpster fire of a budget was $3 bil for a sports stadium in DC. Can’t imagine where they would put it DC is full up. Anacostia meybe. It’s one of the poorest locales and people would probably take money to move
Biden to announce another Ukraine aid package totaling $1.2 billion, per Reuters.
https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1870118057227551179
@ eaglesoars:
That’s not actually true. All that was in the bill was a transfer of control of the old RFK Stadium site from the federal government to DC:
@ lobo91:
well that’s good
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1870163592596918777
The Biden White House has just announced $1 BILLION for “conservation of the Ecuadorian Amazon.”
Johnson is a snake. He’s now listening to Hakeem Jefferies
@ eaglesoars:
Where do they keep coming up with all this money to give to other countries? Is there a big vault in the White House basement or something?
It’s called the Fed. They just print it
@ eaglesoars:
Last time I checked, there was an appropriations process. The president doesn’t just have a stash of money to hand out. If he did, we wouldn’t be talking about a government shutdown.
For those wondering, yes, I do listen to things other than The Warning. This is what I’m listening to tonight:
.38 Special at the Freilichtbühne Loreley, an open-air auditorium in St. Goarshausen, Germany in 1981.
Did all my Christmas shopping today and it just arrived.
1 5L box of Cabernet Sauvignon.
30 pack of beer.
3lbs Yellow Onions.
Squirty bottle of Siracha sauce.
I may call the local pet store Monday and see if they will deliver half a dozen mice, assorted colours….
@ Possum:
https://www.reptilefactorysocal.com/product/live-mice/1076
This should be interesting
BREAKING: Jack Posobiec announces that he is planning a class action lawsuit against every member of the January 6th Committee.
“We’re going to organize a class action lawsuit against every single member of the January 6 committee, so the J6 defendants can get their money back.”
https://x.com/IanJaeger29/status/1870511318815641988
eaglesoars wrote:
And that’s called inflation, but they won’t do it until after January 20.
If I was made president then on day one I would completely wipe out the US debt which is on December 19, 2024 $36.17 trillion
I would send a nicely worded email to everyone the US owes money to saying this.
” You stupid fuckers were daft enough to lend us money and we ain’t ever going to pay you back. Tough shit, you should not have made a risky and speculative investment. ”
There, US National Debt wiped out in an instant!
I knows international finance and stuff.
@ Possum:
Who/what is lending money to a country with a credit rating in the negatives?
Who/what owes the US money?
I know almost nothing about global finance.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
LOL I looked into this years ago when the issue of US National debt intrigued me. Intrigued is a sophisticated word which I do not use much. It basically means ” What the fuck? ”
Anyway, the USA borrows money from many countries and pays them back at a fixed interest rate decided at the time of the loan.
The largest part of the current debt is owed to, now wait for it, US citizens that invested in US treasury bonds and other stuff.
LOL The USA borrowed money from the UK! 🙂
The major foreign holders of U.S. national debt, specifically U.S. Treasury securities, include:
Japan: Japan is traditionally one of the largest holders of U.S. debt. As of recent data, Japan held approximately $1.15 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities.
China: Although its holdings have fluctuated in recent years, China remains a significant holder of U.S. debt, with around $797.7 billion in holdings as of January 2024.
United Kingdom: The UK holds a considerable amount of U.S. debt, with estimates around $690.2 billion.
Luxembourg: Known for its role as a financial hub, Luxembourg holds about $402.0 billion in U.S. Treasuries.
Canada: Canada is another notable holder, with approximately $328.7 billion in U.S. debt.
@ Possum:
Sorry, I am sampling Christmas wine and screwed up the blockquote and a link.
Lunch is going to be something involving an onion…
@ Possum:
The plan..
onion bhaji served with chili and a side of Raita.
I has left over chili, been eating it three days, and most of the other ingredients.
Wish me luck! It involves frying stuff. However, going to see if Mr Air Fryer can do the job safely.
If not, lunch will be a cheese sandwich.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/onion-bhajis-raita
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
@ Possum:
countries need to have the USD in order to do international trade as the USD is the reserve currency. in order to hold USD, countries buy ‘debt’ from the US government so as to have USD in reserve for payments through places like the former BCCI (shut down due to criminal activity) and central banks. the USD is a ‘hard currency’ that is considered very safe. any currency can be used for international trade; no one want to hold anything that is even a little risky.
international trade (especially petro) is done in USD. the demand for USD for international trade and reserve holdings is, AT THIS MOMENT, almost a given for any country.
@ coldwarrior:
And this is why the USA is currently shitting set of coloured lights because of BRICS.
You saw how in the last few weeks I took a great interest in the UK pound to US dollar exchange rate. My money for the next year departed the UK and arrived in the US.
Countries no longer need USD to do international trade. China and Russia do OK.
@ Possum:
Central banking is war by other means.
@ Possum:
onion bhaji got fed to Mr Waste Disposal. And kitchen is so thick in smoke it looks like a movie set from a 1970’s James bond film. The ending when all the shit explodes.
Not once ever have I made an edible onion bhaji. And they do not sell them here.
I cannot get the batter right. As I am still sampling the box of wine I just had a thought.
I have a packet of Yorkshire pudding mix in stock. Make that, add curry powder and finely sliced onions and it could be an imitation onion bhaji.
However that involves hot oil. Despite what you all think I is not stupid.
Never drink and fry.
@ coldwarrior:
You saw when Russia got into a pissing contest with Ukraine two years ago and the USA started seizing assets of anyone who even looked Russian?
Who now trusts investing in the USA. I don’t really have a choice, but in my investment portfolio a few hundred Rubles would be nice.
@ Possum:
AND!!!!!!
Because I have a SIPP which is a Self Invested Pension Plan in the UK I do not have a say in where my funds are actually invested.
I can state preferences and exclude investments as in such industries as arms manufacturers and other ethical things but basically I have no direct control.
So, no insider trading etc is possible.
Perfect for members of congress. Distanced from direct involvement of their wealth portfolio.
That is just me, a normal person. Enforce that for anyone in political office.
@ Possum:
For anyone who did not get the joke, a few hundred Rubles, 300 to give you an idea is currently worth $2.91
However, it means nothing on a local level.
300 Rubles in Russia will probably buy a couple of pounds of steak, and a pound of yellow onions.
$2.91 will not even buy a fancy coffee at Starbucks.
One last thing that may be an important discussion subject here.
NO GOOGLING!!!!!!!
Hands up everyone who knows why the emergency number in the UK is 999
USA it is 911, the USA always has to be different, it was throwing tea away that started it.
Why is my head full of useless things?
In Australia it is 000
@ Possum:
OK, a clue.
Wind.
Tree branches.
That is all you are getting. LOL
@ Possum:
It’s 117 in Kuwait
@ lobo91:
They don’t have many trees..
LOL
Well, just eaten Yorkshire Pudding mix pancake style with onions, curry powder and fried in lard.
Served with a side of Good Value Medium Salsa.
Had several coffee mugs of box cabernet..
Happy as a clam and going to crawl into bed as it is night time. the clock says it is 6:40pm.
Probably at 33am tomorrow I will be awake and back online
( unless the curry pancakes wake me up. early )
Were the “multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise missile” transmitting IFF codes designating them as friendly, like the F/A-18 undoubtedly was?
I’m guessing we’ll be seeing a story about a guided missile cruiser captain being relieved in the near future…
@ Possum:
I do not recommend.
That is all…
We’ve named the newest kitten Jazpurr.
Possum wrote:
are you using chickpea flour?
https://www.kitchensanctuary.com/onion-bhaji/
@ eaglesoars:
Nope, first try tonight I used half almond flour and half coconut flour and that did not work as mix did not turn into a batter but more like a sandy texture and fell apart when frying. Thrown away.
Second attempt I used pancake mix and that made soggy onion flavoured pancakes. Ate that but was not nice.
Made them before OK in England but deep fat fried them, not very shallow fried as my attempts here.
Yep I am a scaredy cat, no deep fat frying allowed here.
Anyway the second attempt that I ate the flour must not have cooked and LMAO caused intestinal trauma.
Hey, at least I try.
@ Possum:
Damn, thinking about it I have often seen references to not letting kids eat raw cookie dough.
Now I know why!
🙂
@ lobo91:
USS Vincennes springs to mind.
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1993/august/vincennes-case-study#:~:text=Instead%2C%20an%20incomplete%20investigation%20was,Montgomery%20received%20combat%20action%20ribbons.
So I expect all the crew of USS Gettysburg to get combat action medals and to make things fair, at the medal award ceremony the two pilots of the F/A-18 shot down should be there to pin the medals on. Just to show there are no hard feelings….
@ Possum:
You guys don’t want to play.
I try to have a conversation with my neighbours but that is difficult. Currently ( a pun, current) there is an extention cord out of my door to nice person next door because he has no electricidad since Thursday ( That is Mexican for electricity ).
We going to get his electricidad back on Monday, hopefully. This dealing with a supplier and the actual company that owns the wires is a nightmare here.
Anyway, 999 as an emergency number.
In years gone by when the telephone system was starting to be automatic using mechanical relays telephones could dial a number by shorting out the line coming to the phone in pulses. The exchange detected these pulses.
Wet tree branches and wind caused random shorts on telephone wires but not a big problem really as if a few pulses were detected on a line then if another pulse sequence was not there within a few seconds the equipment the exchange re-set.
Random pulses happened. BUT the chances of 9 pulses a space, nine more and a space and 9 more was a valid call.
So, that is why it is 999 or 911 in USA or 000 in Australia ten tree branch tickles, a pause ten more, a pause then ten more )
@ Possum:
0 is ten pulses
LOL it would be stupid if when you dial a “0” there are zero pulses on the line.
So, do you now need me to explain how modern telephone s work? Even your wireless phones?
The diddly boop beep bop bop beep thing they make when you dial.
DTMF as in Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency. Each number on your keypad is assigned two frequencies within the audio range that the telephone system can handle. That is how the telephone system knows what number you are dialing.
I noticed a few years ago that smart phones only do beep beep beep etc as you are dialing. A good thing.
In the old days anyone close enough to a phone you use that could record the beeps of the number you dialed could decode the beeps and see the number you dialed.
A cat post.
Glen just came to me wanting a cuddle. Cats are assholes most of the time.
He is cold and wet. Buy why? The door is closed so people cannot steal my beer, the patio window is closed.
You guessed it.
Glen was in the fridge.
Fucking cats!
@ Possum:
That’s a bit scary. Glad he’s okay!
@ lobo91:
There’s no excuse for that.
@ right_wing2:
He likes cupboards and cabinets and closets. Especially at 3am, opening and closing the doors.
Fortunately as I have strange sleeping patterns we all now sleep during the day, well nap, and are fully awake during the night. Except for naps. LOL
Anyway he will be five on 14th February 2025 and is now a very sleek and ripped black cat. More muscle than a butchers dog and it seems his arms are strong enough to open the fridge.
However as he still has his tentacles if there is something he wants to own, or something strange, or something he does not like he squirts it.
Going to double and triple wash my lettuce, just in case.
🙂
@ right_wing2:
I don’t see how they even got away with it. She obviously wasn’t just “missing” for six months. Johnson had to know.
One of my favorite Christmas songs, by Little Isidore & the Inquisitors.
They’re putting on a reunion show that starts at 4pm PST, 7pm EST and it’s going to be live streamed. Free tickets here: https://volume.com/t/gGilog/
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Does the free ticket include free air fare for me to get there in three hours?
If so, see you there!
@ Possum:
There might still be a warm 6-pack of Watney’s behind the counter at Gate 38 at Houston Intl.
History of food, beginning with water, ice and salt, ending with cronuts and test tube burgers.
https://www.bookofjoe.com/2024/12/food-timeline.html
@ Possum:
What do you know about Peter Mandelson? Stasi Starmer has named him ambassador to U.S.
Chris LaCivita (Trump campaign) has called him a moron. I’ve read he’s one of the most despised politicians in the UK. Said something like gov’t should force behaviors and was apparently buddies w/Epstein
@ eaglesoars:
I don’t follow UK politics much. Been here for 26 years.
Looks like he was a dodgy character and did unsavory things for the left leaning Labour party whenever they were in office.
This ambassador position is probably a ” thank you ” gift.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mandelson
Why is Trump yammering about Greenland? Denmark isn’t going to give it up and we aren’t going to invade so???
@ lobo91:
Somebody on Biden’s staff is hoping crime stats go up under Trump
Once again, Brandon Herrera demonstrates what all the “experts” on TV couldn’t:
Last Thursday’s CT scan results are in.
Nothing new, and that’s a good thing.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
YAYYY!
eaglesoars wrote:
Strategic military bases for Arctic & North Sea patrols? Oil supply? Trolling Canada?
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Keeping Russia or China out?
lobo91 wrote:
Keeping them off of the undersea communication cables.
Aw Pituffik.
That is all I have to say about all this discussion of Greenland.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
We have military bases all over the world in countries we don’t own
eaglesoars wrote:
Not nearly as many as we used to, and, with the exception of GITMO, with the approval or request of the host country.
@ eaglesoars:
The US Air Force and US Navy regards the UK as the World’s largest aircraft carrier.
USS England.
@ Possum:
Also Panama canal.
Suez canal enters the chat. in 1956.
@ Possum:
Thanks to Rolls Royce.
In other news, I got all my Christmas shopping begun and finished, picked up drugs at Walmart, got my car washed, then put a case of champagne in the trunk — all in under three hours. Happy Kwanzaa!
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I did mine. Walked to the store and managed to avoid all the aggressive people and bought ten packs of smokes and a lottery ticket.
¡Feliz Noche de los Rábanos!
https://oaxacatraveltips.com/night-of-the-radishes-oaxaca/
This is why Matt Gaetz is in the clear
————
Sometimes I feel like I was the only reporter to look into the details of the Gaetz allegations. That’s how I learned the accuser is in prison for making the same false sex-with-minors accusation against someone else.
https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/1871341855390204238
One of the world’s largest undeveloped deposits of rare earth elements is located in Kvanefjeld, Greenland
Currently, it is being mined by Shenghe Resources and Hua Sheng Mining
The CCP is already extracting the strategic resources of Greenland
https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1871413016694305267
My copy of The Cookbook of the United States Navy arrived today. All the recipes are for 100 servings. AHAHAHAHAHA! That’s ok, I know how to modify them
@ eaglesoars:
I should note that this is a WW II cookbook. Man did they eat well considering the rationing civilians were under.
An interesting bit of history. The official NASCAR film of the 1970 Southern 500, at Darlington. Back when stock cars were actually built from cars you could buy from your local Ford, Chevy or Dodge dealer. “Win on Sunday; sell on Monday,” they used to say.
Liz Cheney needs to go to jail
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1871223737111953699.html
Oddly, Liz Cheney privately worried before Jan 6 that pipe bombs might disrupt the proceedings that day and force the evacuation of members of Congress.
She was so fearful (allegedly) that she and her influential GWB alum lawyer-husband called then acting AG Jeff Rosen to share their concerns.
Cheney was SO AFRAID of what might happen on Jan 6 that she hired a former Secret Service agent to accompany her to the Capitol that day. In her book, Cheney bragged about her family’s long ties to Secret Service agents–disgraced former director Kim Cheatle once served on Dick Cheney’s detail.
IRONICALLY (or not), Cheney’s predictions came true when 2 devices were discovered outside the DNC HQ and near the RNC HQ around the same time the joint session of Congress convened at 1pm.
But even more ODD…
is the committee she led never investigated the presence of the pipe bombs. The 836-page J6 committee report she helped author devoted about 2 1/2 pages to the pipe bomb incidents and relegated it to the appendix.
My latest with @ms_haleyjane
more at the link
BUT THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT…today Psycho Puppy is 7 years old!
@ eaglesoars:
Have you seen the traffic camera video of the DNC building from that day? There are two different cameras that show that building. They’re basically never moved. But that morning, both cameras were mysteriously rotated about 45 degrees right before the pipe bomb was “discovered.” Quite the coincidence.
@ lobo91:
yeah, and somehow that lone person we are supposed to believe planted it…….
There’s a lot of outrage on X about the woman torched to death on the subway and how no one came to help her.
But I have to admit – I’m not at all sure I would have had the courage to risk catching myself on fire in order to help a stranger. I think my first thought would have been to get the hell out of that subway car to avoid fire.
Grok made me smile.
New feature on X. If you hover over a poster’s username it gives you an option to see a profile of the person.
This AI thing is way out of control LOL
this is me
Moms, 2 weeks before Christmas: I don’t want anything for Christmas. Seriously.
Moms, 1 day before Christmas: For Christmas I want face moisturizer only sold in France.
https://x.com/realtalkstruth/status/1871620340490850491
Good discussion of the apparent friendly fire incident involving an F/A-18 over the weekend. It looks like the original information was incorrect (as usual). The plane that was hit was on final approach for landing after returning from a mission, not taking off. That certainly makes more sense, anyway. Also, the cruiser apparently fired TWO missiles, not one. The pilot of the second plane was able to dodge the missile targeting it:
@ lobo91:
Good news is everyone on that ship will get a combat medal because they shot down what they were aiming at!
Bad news is some on the ship will get a courts martial because they shot down a friendly.
Even worse news is the other team that pressed the button to fire a missile at the second aircraft missed. They will need six months re-training.
Good news is the pilot avoided the missile aimed at him!
Bad news is he will never be able to wear that flight suit again, and it will take a lot of Clorox to get the plane’s seat clean.
Office of Homeland Security should look out the window, or even check any sites showing weather radar.
Current weather at the Possum weather station is very sunny, not a cloud in the sky and the weather predicting cats sunninng themselves on the balcony.
HOWEVER!
What a fucking joke.
TWICE?! The same night a U.S. Navy jet was shot down by friendly fire, an F/A-18 Super Hornet narrowly avoided a surface-to-air missile fired from USS Gettysburg. The missile missed by just 100 feet as the jet prepared to land on the Harry S. Truman.
https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1871618343624737225
I’ve seen one post saying this is now under investigation but no source was cited
Possum wrote:
You got a nice review. I got stuff like
I think I was talking to Lucy D., not Grok.
Bunkessa returned from her trip and among other things she got a speeding ticket in London. Seems they have Climate Change laws and speed limits change depending on the time of day. She and SIL were on a freeway and didn’t know they were supposed to drive at 25 kph. Ticket was £30 ($37.73 USD).
@ eaglesoars:
If you watch the video I posted above, it explains what happened (to the extent that we know).
The Gettysburg fired two SM-2 Standard missiles, one at each of two F/A-18s that were on final approach to the Truman. The one that was hit was almost directly over the Gettysburg. The second one was about 5 miles back, and had time to evade (barely).
The crew of the first plane actually ejected before being hit. They knew they had no chance of it missing, and a hit by an SM-2 is not survivable. It’s something like 1500 pounds, moving at Mach 3 or so.
New thread, neat.
https://www.blogmocracy.com/2024/12/24/merry-christmas-2025-open/
@ coldwarrior:
Don’t know who stepped on whom, but I fixed it so Mr. Possum doesn’t have to monitor two new threads. 😀
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
The Merry Christmas 2025 was a nice touch though!
*whispering* It is 2024…..