A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]

[Native Horn 3,506]

18 minutes ago, Horn Dog said:

7.  That there is some pilot just hanging out for a few weeks at 65,000ft, staying mentally sharp enough to pilot the balloon with just a few solar panels providing his oxygen and keeping his "bus" nice and toasty while outside it is -70 degrees F.

And that pilot?  George Santos.  Climbed down a rope ladder before Space Force made it go kaboom.

[Guest]

Also team square dance checking in. Elementary school. 

Completely forgotten about that. 

[squib 1,120]

37 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Also team square dance checking in.

Team '83 South Texas ExtremePain Dodgeball would have raced to mid-court, snatched up all the red balls and gone medieval on Team Square Dance. 

[Tuco 5,077]

The spy ballon thing reminded me of the time Japan bombed Omaha in WW2.

Relatively late in the war, the Japanese desperately wanted to disrupt the American war effort.  The loaded up a bunch of balloons with incendiary ordinance and launched the them into the air stream, with a leakage rates that they believed would cause them to land in the US.  They were mainly trying to cause forest fires in the western US.  The effort wasn't terribly successful, although I think it did cause some fatalities as a few people who found unexploded bombs didn't stay clear.  And, one of these bombs did come down in Omaha, near an area of town called Dundee.  

The US Military didn't want the Japanese to have any notion of whether it was successful, so they completely covered it up.  

[YGIFS 19,452]

Pretty sure there was a fire caused by that in Oregon.  We had a thread on it years ago on TOS.  These three "coastlines" have been a big help throughout history.  More than our national leadership IMO.  

[TwiceHorn 31,517]

3 minutes ago, Tuco said:

The spy ballon thing reminded me of the time Japan bombed Omaha in WW2.

Relatively late in the war, the Japanese desperately wanted to disrupt the American war effort.  The loaded up a bunch of balloons with incendiary ordinance and launched the them into the air stream, with a leakage rates that they believed would cause them to land in the US.  They were mainly trying to cause forest fires in the western US.  The effort wasn't terribly successful, although I think it did cause some fatalities as a few people who found unexploded bombs didn't stay clear.  And, one of these bombs did come down in Omaha, near an area of town called Dundee.  

The US Military didn't want the Japanese to have any notion of whether it was successful, so they completely covered it up.  

Knew of that generally, didn't know they made it as far as as Nebraska, or Michigan for that matter.  https://www.history.com/news/japans-killer-wwii-balloons

[Lurch 5,931]

Fuckers dropped incendiary devices on us, too? Let’s just call it even, then.

[Kyrie Eleison 9,312]

chef’s kiss?

 

[tx 3 putt 77,274]

4 hours ago, squib said:

Team '83 South Texas ExtremePain Dodgeball would have raced to mid-court, snatched up all the red balls and gone medieval on Team Square Dance. 

it would be a slaughter 

[tokamak 6,433]

On 2/5/2023 at 7:16 PM, Red Five said:

These flew over Florida and Texas while he was potus and he did nothing. Except lie about it, of course. 

He probably never even knew, since he couldn’t ever be bothered to read his daily intelligence briefings. 

[tx 3 putt 77,274]

3 minutes ago, tokamak said:

He probably never even knew, since he couldn’t ever be bothered to read his daily intelligence briefings. 

he’s a complete idiot. Probably can’t read past a grade school level 

[atomheartbevo 89,771]

6 hours ago, Native Horn said:

And that pilot?  George Santos.  Climbed down a rope ladder before Space Force made it go kaboom.

Actually he parachuted out (you can just make out the missile I think):

[WhatTheBuck 28,795]

35 minutes ago, tokamak said:

He probably never even knew, since he couldn’t ever be bothered to read his daily intelligence briefings. 

If he never knew then he would claim he did. 

[Satchel 6,939]

37 minutes ago, tokamak said:

He probably never even knew, since he couldn’t ever be bothered to read his daily intelligence briefings. 

Yep. His handlers understood early on if they needed to hide something from Trump, they’d put in his PDB.

[henrygandorf 29,194]

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

he’s a complete idiot. Probably can’t read past a grade school level 

distracted by square dancing. i get it. 

[AnTiM 1,669]

On 2/5/2023 at 11:52 AM, tx 3 putt said:

 

Please let me hear that someone got the ever living shit sued out of them for using "Hold On, I'm Coming" without permission.

[WhatTheBuck 28,795]

11 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

distracted by square dancing. i get it. 

I got your square dancing right here.

[tx 3 putt 77,274]

1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I got your square dancing right here.

half the trump poster here are fapping to that gif 

[Hookah Horns 3,083]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

half the trump poster here are fapping to that gif 

Well it does look like he's miming jacking two dudes off. Don't kink shame. 

[HamsterHookah 112]

Just now, Hookah Horns said:

Well it does look like he's miming jacking two dudes off. Don't kink shame. 

Cool username

[Pig Bellmont 8,719]

I can hardly think of anything that affects less people in their actual lives than this spy balloon bullshit. I mean, oh my god, who cares? 

[HamsterHookah 112]

4 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

I can hardly think of anything that affects less people in their actual lives than this spy balloon bullshit. I mean, oh my god, who cares? 

Truly. This is the dumbest story, and the fact that people can't let it go and move on, on both sides, is telling us all something if we care to listen.

[WhatTheBuck 28,795]

10 minutes ago, HamsterHookah said:

Cool username

And he thought of his all by himself. 

[tx 3 putt 77,274]

You have to factor in maga gqp being the dumbest people on the face of the planet 

[DigglerontheHoof 21,209]

15 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

You have to factor in maga gqp being the dumbest people on the face of the planet 

maga is aggy, aggy is maga, to infinity....so yes, really, really dumb.

[elguapo 4,586]

48 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

I can hardly think of anything that affects less people in their actual lives than this spy balloon bullshit. I mean, oh my god, who cares? 

[Beau Vine 54,341]

rong thred

Edited February 7, 2023 by Beau Vine

[DDD Dad 14,346]

2 hours ago, HamsterHookah said:

Truly. This is the dumbest story, and the fact that people can't let it go and move on, on both sides, is telling us all something if we care to listen.

Remind me who on the D side can't let this go and move on?

[DigglerontheHoof 21,209]

Ah....both sides.  

[HamsterHookah 112]

16 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

Remind me who on the D side can't let this go and move on?

Anyone still dignifying any conspiracy or outrage over any of this with a response **checks notes** 3 days later.

[Sbbruin 21,866]

Fuckers dropped incendiary devices on us, too? Let’s just call it even, then.

Tit for tat

[DigglerontheHoof 21,209]

They brought a balloon to a nuke fight. 

[tx 3 putt 77,274]

2 hours ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

maga is aggy, aggy is maga, to infinity....so yes, really, really dumb.

And everyone hates aggy 

[DDD Dad 14,346]

27 minutes ago, HamsterHookah said:

Anyone still dignifying any conspiracy or outrage over any of this with a response **checks notes** 3 days later.

[WhatTheBuck 28,795]

1 hour ago, Sbbruin said:

Tit for tat

Tat. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,881]

On 2/6/2023 at 2:37 PM, Native Horn said:

And that pilot?  George Santos.  Climbed down a rope ladder before Space Force made it go kaboom.

legit question from this non-legit comment: did they ever say which agency took it down? was this Space Force's (snicker) first real mission? or did they get passed over for someone more experienced? (also snicker)

Edited February 8, 2023 by Longhorn_Fan68

[High Plains Drifter 11,050]

 

11 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

legit question from this non-legit comment: did they ever say which agency took it down? was this Space Force's (snicker) first real mission? or did they get passed over for someone more experienced? (also snicker)

 

Whoever the pilot was, from whatever branch they serve, they get the first recorded kill in an F-22.

How cool is that?

 

[kevwun 15,832]

It was the Air Force if it was an F-22.  The Marines and Navy don't fly it.

Edited February 8, 2023 by kevwun

[High Plains Drifter 11,050]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

It was the Air Force if it was an F-22.  The Marines and Navy don't fly it.

 

i think I remember hearing or seeing F-22 in the news. I'm not 100% on that.

 

edit: I'd say 90% sure that is what I heard.

 

Edited February 8, 2023 by High Plains Drifter

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,819]

7 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

i think I remember hearing or seeing F-22 in the news. I'm not 100% on that.

 

edit: I'd say 90% sure that is what I heard.

 

It was a USAF F-22, out of ACC/Langley.

[Hornius Emeritus 12,480]

1 hour ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

 

Whoever the pilot was, from whatever branch they serve, they get the first recorded kill in an F-22.

How cool is that?

 

I'm not too impressed. Seems like the balloon was vastly overmatched.

[Pato del Muerto 52,553]

2 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

I'm not too impressed. Seems like the balloon was vastly overmatched.

Can a raptor even lock on to a balloon with some electronic gadgets?  
 

also I thought the thing was way up, like 60k up. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,881]

35 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Can a raptor even lock on to a balloon with some electronic gadgets?  
 

also I thought the thing was way up, like 60k up. 

I read 100k

[tx 3 putt 77,274]

3 hours ago, kevwun said:

It was the Air Force if it was an F-22.  The Marines and Navy don't fly it.

[TheStoicPaisano 9,923]

 

[tx 3 putt 77,274]

 

[brakeman 28,415]

[tx 3 putt 77,274]

 

[tx 3 putt 77,274]

facts !

 

[Doc Sam Beckett 5,797]

9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Those clips on Rupar's thread are a complete and thorough ass kicking.