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shadowkatThe world continues to be just a bit crazy?
It was a pretty day, and almost 9/11 weather but not quite. Also for the first time ever - I was in the Financial District on 9/11. About fifteen minutes away as the crow flies to the World Trade Center footprint. It is still called the World Trade Center - we just don't call it that - we call it the Freedom Tower. Trauma leaves its scars.
I thought it would be an issue? But it really wasn't. I work in a building that is closer to Battery Park and Staten Island Ferry, not near the World Trade Center. I can see the Freedom Tower out of my office window, but I'm not really near it? And so didn't run into any of the crowds or political power brokers who felt a need to make an appearance (basically all the mayoral candidates), Frump didn't go (he went to the Pentagon instead - because NY kind of made it clear he wasn't welcome), but he also came to the city, to visit the site in the afternoon and to go to the Yankees game (most likely will get booed again - like he did at the US Open). The only downside of NYC, is everyone and their entourage feels the need to come here. But, on the bright side? It's a huge city, so I don't tend to see them.
Speaking of Frump. Mother was amused that he sued the Wall Street Journal ("WSJ")for $81 million defamation suit, and Rupert Murdoch (aka Fox News, Tabloid King and Frump crony, owns the Journal and didn't back down and even let Fox cover the story. She couldn't remember what it was about. I was reminded today - via a headline on Mozilla Firefox home page, with CBS News covering it (also ironic considering), and an email from one of the many news outlets that I keep unsubscribing from and they keep ignoring me.
The skinny? The WSJ was the first to report about Frump's illicit entry in the Epstein Birthday Book, even going so far as to reproduce it. Frump claimed it was fraudulent, and that Biden and O'Bama gave them the information from the DOJ. In reality it came from the Epstein Estate. Frump then claimed the Daily Signal had proved his signature was fraudulent via three different AI's. The Daily Signal never reported on this. Then not to be outdone, the Daily Post (?) (I think it was the Post- there's so many print and online print zines that start with Daily, one loses track - I don't find any of them reliable) - claimed it was fraudulent via three AI. Except the Journal and Fox and other news outlets, showed that it wasn't via actual experts.
Honestly, the satire writes itself now, doesn't it? No wonder SNL gave up.
In other news, Frump's NASA and a bunch of folks at Frump's Pentagon are worried about a globe that a bunch of drones tried to unsuccessfully take down.
US House UFO Hearing regarding US Missile Strikes on Unidentified Object - and it Bounces off of it
"A newly released video captured by a U.S. reaper drone shows a glowing orb off the coast of Yemen. Then in the video, a Hellfire missile suddenly struck the unidentified object and bounced off it.
Rep. Eric Burlison, a Republican from Missouri, shared the video at a House Oversight hearing on Tuesday on what the military calls "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" or better known as UFOs.
The video, dated Oct. 30, 2024, was provided by a whistleblower and when slowed down, the missile can be seen continuing on its own path after striking the orb.
A recent government report revealed that it had received more than 750 new UAP sightings between May 2023 and June 2024, leaving lawmakers digging into the mystery and national security concerns posed by the objects.
"We've never seen a Hellfire missile hit a target and bounce off," said Lue Elizondo, a former senior intelligence official with the Pentagon.
"When a hellfire makes a hit, a kinetic strike on something solid, there's usually not much left of whatever it is it's hitting," Elizondo said. "It's very, very destructive. But in the video … what seems to happen is that the missile is either redirected, or in some case, perhaps glances off the object and continues on its way."
I saw the news blurb - when asked if it scared them by the House, they said yup.
I don't know but I feel like the science fiction novel that I wrote in my head and then on my computer between 2012-2016 is coming true? Frump became President, there was a pandemic, my brother went to Hawaii, and now we have aliens? Is a mutant zombie apocalypse next? I don't want to be a prognosticator - if causes a great deal of anxiety, is somewhat vague, I usually don't believe it nor does anyone else, and I can't do anything to change any of it. I'd much rather be oblivious.
Leaving you with a photo of the World Trade Center - on a bright sunny day like today. We rebuilt it better, and with a lovely memorial.
It was a pretty day, and almost 9/11 weather but not quite. Also for the first time ever - I was in the Financial District on 9/11. About fifteen minutes away as the crow flies to the World Trade Center footprint. It is still called the World Trade Center - we just don't call it that - we call it the Freedom Tower. Trauma leaves its scars.
I thought it would be an issue? But it really wasn't. I work in a building that is closer to Battery Park and Staten Island Ferry, not near the World Trade Center. I can see the Freedom Tower out of my office window, but I'm not really near it? And so didn't run into any of the crowds or political power brokers who felt a need to make an appearance (basically all the mayoral candidates), Frump didn't go (he went to the Pentagon instead - because NY kind of made it clear he wasn't welcome), but he also came to the city, to visit the site in the afternoon and to go to the Yankees game (most likely will get booed again - like he did at the US Open). The only downside of NYC, is everyone and their entourage feels the need to come here. But, on the bright side? It's a huge city, so I don't tend to see them.
Speaking of Frump. Mother was amused that he sued the Wall Street Journal ("WSJ")for $81 million defamation suit, and Rupert Murdoch (aka Fox News, Tabloid King and Frump crony, owns the Journal and didn't back down and even let Fox cover the story. She couldn't remember what it was about. I was reminded today - via a headline on Mozilla Firefox home page, with CBS News covering it (also ironic considering), and an email from one of the many news outlets that I keep unsubscribing from and they keep ignoring me.
The skinny? The WSJ was the first to report about Frump's illicit entry in the Epstein Birthday Book, even going so far as to reproduce it. Frump claimed it was fraudulent, and that Biden and O'Bama gave them the information from the DOJ. In reality it came from the Epstein Estate. Frump then claimed the Daily Signal had proved his signature was fraudulent via three different AI's. The Daily Signal never reported on this. Then not to be outdone, the Daily Post (?) (I think it was the Post- there's so many print and online print zines that start with Daily, one loses track - I don't find any of them reliable) - claimed it was fraudulent via three AI. Except the Journal and Fox and other news outlets, showed that it wasn't via actual experts.
Honestly, the satire writes itself now, doesn't it? No wonder SNL gave up.
In other news, Frump's NASA and a bunch of folks at Frump's Pentagon are worried about a globe that a bunch of drones tried to unsuccessfully take down.
US House UFO Hearing regarding US Missile Strikes on Unidentified Object - and it Bounces off of it
"A newly released video captured by a U.S. reaper drone shows a glowing orb off the coast of Yemen. Then in the video, a Hellfire missile suddenly struck the unidentified object and bounced off it.
Rep. Eric Burlison, a Republican from Missouri, shared the video at a House Oversight hearing on Tuesday on what the military calls "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" or better known as UFOs.
The video, dated Oct. 30, 2024, was provided by a whistleblower and when slowed down, the missile can be seen continuing on its own path after striking the orb.
A recent government report revealed that it had received more than 750 new UAP sightings between May 2023 and June 2024, leaving lawmakers digging into the mystery and national security concerns posed by the objects.
"We've never seen a Hellfire missile hit a target and bounce off," said Lue Elizondo, a former senior intelligence official with the Pentagon.
"When a hellfire makes a hit, a kinetic strike on something solid, there's usually not much left of whatever it is it's hitting," Elizondo said. "It's very, very destructive. But in the video … what seems to happen is that the missile is either redirected, or in some case, perhaps glances off the object and continues on its way."
I saw the news blurb - when asked if it scared them by the House, they said yup.
I don't know but I feel like the science fiction novel that I wrote in my head and then on my computer between 2012-2016 is coming true? Frump became President, there was a pandemic, my brother went to Hawaii, and now we have aliens? Is a mutant zombie apocalypse next? I don't want to be a prognosticator - if causes a great deal of anxiety, is somewhat vague, I usually don't believe it nor does anyone else, and I can't do anything to change any of it. I'd much rather be oblivious.
Leaving you with a photo of the World Trade Center - on a bright sunny day like today. We rebuilt it better, and with a lovely memorial.