... nuclear emergency? ~

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  1. asjoseph

    asjoseph Samuel, '04 Ruthiemobile

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    ... best assessment I've heard, thus far:

    TikTok - Make Your Day

    Nuclear bomb got loose? No one knows where it is? They think it's here? They've launched sniffers, to track it down? Why aren't people being evac'd?

    See any of these drones? I recommend you get the heck out of Dodge -


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    i'm starting to wonder if the drones are being imagined by tick tockers
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Dang.
    Second post in only 5 minutes that made me think of the phrase 'useful idiot.'

    SO...
    One of my top-three OSINT sources begs to differ about the Tick-Tocks being a viable source for non-crayon eaters.
    It's a LONG video but just to get a few of the more idiotic theories out of the way:

    It's NOT Aliens.
    It's NOT Iranians.
    aaaaaand, it's not a Broken Arrow/Bent Spear or any of the other zany theories out there.

    It's also almost certainly not a point-source.
    Meaning: if there is a near-peer adversary/enemy profiting from THIS?
    It is one of President Obama's "Biden Underestimation Theory**" events - encouraging the spreading of mass hysteria by useful idiots.
    Think about it...... (please!)
    WHY would you have to import people and arms into the USA to take pot shots at commercial aircraft when there are people that you can dupe into doing it FOR you FOR FREE???

    There are very well known methods for dealing with broken, bent, or missing sparklers.
    It's not super-secret squirrel stuff, and despite the fact that our DOD has been ineptly led and made to look disastrously foolish for the last 3-4 years (spy balloons, missing SecDef, etc...) they're actually fairly effective at dealing with UAVs.

    Also:
    There are ....'things' you can do to harden yourself against rogue UAVs both locally AND in theater.
    They're not perfect, and in a battlefield they're sometimes not even useful (ESM/ECM measures) because eliminating one's adversary's access to signals goes both ways if used globally.

    The US is 'pretty' capable of dealing with UAVs....
    If you don't think so, try flying one YOURSELF over a military base or airport, and maybe you will find out what FAFO stands for ;)
    Especially if it's the next big TicToc challenge! :ROFLMAO:
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    ** 'Biden Underestimation Theory'
    Developed by P44, and proven in at least TWO real-world trials:
    'NEVER Underestimate the ability of Biden to 'f' something up!'

    For (FAR!!!!) more info:
     
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    Thanks for the clarity about what you really think inside about someone. Although not reading all of that, I see the important part. It’s a free country. Now if it wasn’t you may have had some knocking at the door. It could flow into that next year, but I think the Constitution can’t be broken by the elect.
    What has come to light more vividly is the USA is a collection of documents stored at the National Archives. It’s not a person or a group in control. With all the posturing of individuals I was sort of buying something else, but no, it is a collection of documents. Burn those and it’s over.
     
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    Has anybody who watches TikTok all day got enough imagination left to imagine drones?
     
  6. ETC(SS)

    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    A famous (infamous?) Cincinnati mayor has his audience too.......
     
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    Just another 'Seinfeld' episode. Why don't politicians focus-on and solve some 'real' issues???????

    In case your wondering:
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    LoL, That picture was probably attached to the work-order, set over to the electrician's department. Judging by how stout that projector hanger is, It's mounted to a metal I-beam - so the lighter ceiling fan needs to move.
    I've installed some heavy duty pendant arm mounted systems in my day. They are only allow to be attached directly to metal I-beams - though that projector mount is a bit of overkill. Someone probably didn't tell facilities that was going to be a modern projector, not one from the 1980's. LoL....
     
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    No posts have followed up on b*mb in thrilling first post. Radiological material lost and later found was germanium isotope(s) used in medicine for positron emission tomography (PET scans). Dun no how it was recovered but not by drones I am sure.

    Among the several radioactive isotopes involved in b*mbs, germanium isn't.