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Tinfoil hat spin: the “no one is talking about it” angle is being propagated by foreign psy-ops as a distraction from the balloon stories. The “look, we found b

by xattt 4y ago

Tinfoil hat spin: the “no one is talking about it” angle is being propagated by foreign psy-ops as a distraction from the balloon stories. The “look, we found balloons too” angle floated like a lead aerostat. The general population pays closer attention to the derailment story because a cover-up is intimated by a “grassroots” perspective, and the balloon story floats away into thin air.

aaomidi 4y ago
Pretty sure this is a way fucking bigger deal than a bunch of balloons.
unethical_ban 4y ago
I say this earnestly: I trust that the military has interest in making sure our national security is protected. I don't harbor suspicions of intentional negligence with these balloons. I totally believe that our civilian federal government and executive agencies have no capacity to deal with massive environmental crises like the one in Ohio, or Flint, or in CA with PG&E or many other places. Our system is too weak, and the companies too powerful, the problems too costly to be dealt with without significant pushback.
- mikrotikker 4y ago
  The companies have progressively made the system weak through lobbying and regulatory capture
vGPU 4y ago
Because literally nobody cares about the balloons aside from the laughingstock the US military became after they let the first one float across the entire United States before finally shooting it down.
- winrid 4y ago
  Not sure if true but I read that we couldn't shoot it down where it was. It was in an odd elevation, too high for some equipment, too low for others. Supposedly we shot it down after it lost elevation on the coast.
winrid 4y ago
These chemicals will have a major impact on the environment and people around the wreckage. People in the town are already reporting illness. People 1.5 miles away from the wreck are having their dogs die in their yard while letting them out to pee. The balloon is just bullshit, but this isn't.
- winrid 4y ago
  It should also be noted that they just fixed the train tracks and just covered up the spill, instead of doing a proper cleanup.

by xattt 4y ago

aaomidi 4y ago

Pretty sure this is a way fucking bigger deal than a bunch of balloons.

unethical_ban 4y ago

I say this earnestly: I trust that the military has interest in making sure our national security is protected. I don't harbor suspicions of intentional negligence with these balloons. I totally believe that our civilian federal government and executive agencies have no capacity to deal with massive environmental crises like the one in Ohio, or Flint, or in CA with PG&E or many other places. Our system is too weak, and the companies too powerful, the problems too costly to be dealt with without significant pushback.

mikrotikker 4y ago
The companies have progressively made the system weak through lobbying and regulatory capture

vGPU 4y ago

Because literally nobody cares about the balloons aside from the laughingstock the US military became after they let the first one float across the entire United States before finally shooting it down.

winrid 4y ago
Not sure if true but I read that we couldn't shoot it down where it was. It was in an odd elevation, too high for some equipment, too low for others. Supposedly we shot it down after it lost elevation on the coast.

winrid 4y ago

These chemicals will have a major impact on the environment and people around the wreckage. People in the town are already reporting illness. People 1.5 miles away from the wreck are having their dogs die in their yard while letting them out to pee. The balloon is just bullshit, but this isn't.

winrid 4y ago
It should also be noted that they just fixed the train tracks and just covered up the spill, instead of doing a proper cleanup.