Domain name is IIRC < $50; hosting is $120 for 1 more year (cheaper per year for more years)
So, what do we do?
Posted by: JCM
JCM
12/15/2024 5:42:02 PM
1
Kosh's Shadow
12/15/2024 6:05:36 PM
2
SNL was funny this past Saturday - Chris Rock made fun of everyone
vxbush
12/16/2024 5:37:39 AM
3
Re: renewal:
While I love having somewhere to post with friends I know and enjoy, I honestly am not sure the amount of traffic justifies the cost. I have so much going on at my house, I have little time to post anymore myself except when I carve out time to post a few news articles to attempt to start a conversation.
The New York Post reported Saturday that Hochul said pretty much what everyone is thinking: “This has gone too far.” She issued these words of wisdom after the drones forced the shutdown of the runway at Stewart International Airport, which is right outside of Newburgh, New York, and “services both commercial and military flights.”
Stewart International Airport is also “adjacent to a New York Air National Guard base, where the 105th Airlift Wing is stationed.” If you think that Stewart Airport is nevertheless small potatoes, note also that the drones have recently flown over both LaGuardia International Airport in New York City and Newark Liberty International Airport, although they haven’t shut down the runways at either. At least not yet.
At Stewart, the runways were closed for just over an hour, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, “following a report from the FAA about a drone sighting at the airport...”.
The only way to learn how people will react to something is, sometimes, to do it. I could possibly see the Pentagon using this as a testing tool to see how people respond, especially around military installations.
Although, in the news article above, I rather liked this section: "Senate Majority Leader and soon-to-be Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-Sinister) said: 'If the technology exists for a drone to make it up into the sky, there certainly is the technology that can track the craft with precision and determine what the heck is going on.' Is this the first time Chuck Schumer has been right about something?"
vxbush
12/16/2024 5:52:55 AM
5
JCM, here's a question that presents a different answer to your drone question:
Given how many Chinese men are now in this country and given Biden's desire to not upset his gravy train, it's not a bad idea to play with this idea. Given that the military didn't shut down that Chinese balloon until it was over the ocean, the military has seemed pretty hesitant to do anything of late.
So how would we decide which scenario is more likely to be correct--the military is running the drones, or Chinese? Given the very clear lack-of-denunciation that the administration has made about who isn't involved--and at no point was the military mentioned in this list of people not involved--I still prefer the US military angle but would wonder how to determine if the Chinese are involved.
At what frequency do these drones operate, and can those signals be hacked?
Add this into the drones and the possibility of foreign agents crossing the border into our country and I'm not a happy camper, Bob.
vxbush
12/16/2024 9:35:59 AM
10
Reply to JCM in 8:
Gateway Pundit has copied over an article (with approval, it seems) that gives a lot of details about these drones and the verbal statements by administration folks. Best roundup I've seen.
How obvious is the smurfing being done by Act Blue. This bad:
Using state and federal government data, [Peter] Bernegger has publicly accused [Democrat senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin] of benefiting from the illegal smurfing operation. According to his data and investigation, Baldwin has received $27,850,750 via the smurfing operation since 2017, including 69,433 donations since 2017 from a single donor, “Sonia.” “Sonia” lives in an assisted living facility, but that didn’t stop her from allegedly donating 7.5 times per day, every single day, for 7.5 years.
All formatting mine.
JCM
12/16/2024 9:42:27 AM
12
Reply to vxbush in 9:
Just F'n great.
Dusting off some unused brain cells, the radiological response class I took years ago.
A Ge-68 (Germanium) is an isotope source for radiological medical use. Target radiation of cancer most commonl.
A point source according to the documentation emits 5.32 milli rem per hour at 1 foot. For comparison the occupation annual exposure limit 5000 milli rem per year.
The missing stuff is not particularly dangerous, you'd have to stick it in your pocket or eat it to have health effects and even then it would take awhile.
The danger with something like this is not the radiological hazard but the panic it could cause.
Stick it in a bomb even a small one, and first responders will detect the elevated radiation levels, and suddenly you have a "nuclear" terror attack even though the actual danger is very low.
JCM
12/16/2024 9:48:59 AM
13
Reply to vxbush in 10:
Nice round up. THX!
Domestic DoD operation make the most sense, but I'm willing to accept other ideas.
BTW email sent to last address I have for you.
vxbush
12/16/2024 9:54:51 AM
14
Reply to vxbush in 9:
Reply to vxbush in 10:
Combine these two stories, and what if the drones are looking for that missing materials and have radiation sensors on board? One guy is speculating just about this, although with a slightly different focus regarding a nuclear warhead that supposedly went missing in Europe:
I'm way out date on radiological sensor technology. When I took my class one exercise was to find a point source hidden in the station by the instructor.
It was difficult not because it was well hidden but because of all the source of background radiation. from the peanut butter in the kitchen, reflective tape on the rigs, fluorescent light and a bunch of other stuff triggered the detectors.
In #15 JCM said: Possibly.
I'm way out date on radiological sensor technology. When I took my class one exercise was to find a point source hidden in the station by the instructor.
It was difficult not because it was well hidden but because of all the source of background radiation. from the peanut butter in the kitchen, reflective tape on the rigs, fluorescent light and a bunch of other stuff triggered the detectors.
And this is definitely outside my wheelhouse. Plus I have no clue what sort of advances have been made in radiation detection beyond what we see in the movies, which are based on who knows what.
Kosh's Shadow
12/15/2024 5:38:44 PM
JCM
12/15/2024 5:42:02 PM
