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"Had no idea they were still in service."
Same here. According to Wickipedia they are very much still active, and in fact at least some were upgraded in 2012.
You would need to get pretty close to use guns: the service ceiling of many of our fighters is "only" 50,000 feet, and the balloon was at 60,000 ft.
In any case no matter how "gently" something the equivalent of "three large buses" lands on your ro…
"The R’s bitching about the balloon don’t know piddly s*it about its capabilities, our own security actions taken in regard to it or, very likely, the top secret installations it passed over." aka: The world runs on...
Hey @hank, easy there... wasn't commenting on you- just how easy it is to find any kind of BS to "explain" anything that you care to mention. Surely we learned that from seeing the reaction to the Covid pandemic (from the President on down), and of …
If the Chinese have nothing better to do than eavesdrop on "cell phone traffic" then good luck to them. And exactly what useful technical information can be obtained by looking at a local US radar beam? Radar technology is hardly a secret.
How hard…
I can't help but wonder what "information" it supposedly acquired that was so important that their satellite systems couldn't see. Also, why would they deliberately choose to torpedo the visit from Anthony Blinken? If they didn't want his visit it s…
"Do you look at the posts by category? "
Absolutely. I keep two permanent tabs on my browser...
https://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussions/discussionsplus
https://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/categories/off-topic
... and select…
Why, exactly, is the "Other Investing" section of MFO being misused for a conversation which has absolutely nothing to do with investing?
The Off-Topic section is specifically designated for conversations such as this. If we are not going to honor…
My wife, having read about that, has informed me that she is not pleased with my overall performance last year either, and has also reduced my allowance to $25 million.
Hard times!
@StayCalm said- "Nothing is off limits for the current band of crazies in the House."
Looks like Mitch McConnel agrees with StayCalm: "I can't imagine any debt ceiling provision passed out of the Senate with 60 votes could actually pass this partic…
"There seems to be very few places for moderates and independents to have a discussion without getting yelled at."
Yes, and MFO is one of them, thanks to Dr. Snowball.
Here's another excellent source for current information on Covid and other potential epidemics- Katelyn Jetelina- Your local Epidemiologist.
She publishes a newsletter once a week or so. I've been following her information for over a year, and she'…
People vote Republican, they get what follows. I guess those folks believe that the vaccines are some kind of hoax with microchips to control them, so they don't care much anyway.
I didn't go into this earlier because the "average" person doesn't want or need to go to this trouble: I always divide my hard drive into two "logical" drives: this means that while there is only one physical hard drive, it is partitioned into two s…
Well, since you evidently have everything under control I guess that there's no need for you to back anything up, as we mere mortals have to do. Sorry for the intrusion.
This sort of thing is exactly why you buy a small portable hard drive and every week or so plug it into your computer and make a backup. Cheap insurance.
I believe that I suggested this the last time also.
Yes, it sure looks like it was American's screwup, at least at this point.
"Ever taxi at O’Hare? They surely need GPS for that one."
I well remember. Now that's an airport.
I've had an Guardian account for many years. I took a free ride for a year or so, but then began subscribing, because they do a good job and they can't work for free. I believe that they will allow a free ride, but they will really bug you after a …
"ISTM - The more technologically advanced society becomes the harder it is to differentiate truth from fiction."
That is for absolutely certain. And it's also certain that politicians and political parties will use and abuse this situation until we…
"Did his opponent never think about checking out his claimed credentials? Lots of blame all around on that one."
@Junkster- Man, are you ever right. Next we'll find out that he isn't even a US citizen, and is a jail escapee from Bangladesh.
sma3 7:18AM
"Thanks to OJ, I bought a small amount of ASML"
I deny everything. I have no recollection of even being there. Someone else hacked my name. The Secret Service erased all my emails. I had been drinking and didn't realize what I was doing…
"These cat-and-mouse games in DC are dangerous in that mistakes can happen, or something unpredictable happens."
@yogibearbull- Thank you for a dose of reality.
Rx: Take one dose, daily. This prescription is renewable. Indefinitely.
"it would be catastrophic to cause a government default, and no party wants to be responsible for not approving a budget to prevent that."
But it's not a question of a "party" approving a budget, is it? It's the reality of some twenty anti-governme…
I'm going to repeat something here that I posted over in an Off-Topic thread:
The Democrats are going to be the very least of McCarthy's problems. For a truly somber overview of the legislative minefield laying ahead, I highly recommend pulling up …
