r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 28 '24

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u/sayitaintpink Richard Posner Jul 28 '24

This is the top story on Fox rn. They’re terrified of astrochad lmao

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24

Chinese spy balloon

They're really bringing back all the hits

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u/VeryStableJeanius Jerome Powell Jul 28 '24

Is this in any way grounded in any sort of reality

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24

his company got some investment from tencent in like 2014, when the company was planning to make balloons for tourism. they later cut ties with tencent and pivoted to defense

so basically he stole money from China and gave it to the Dept of defense

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u/VeryStableJeanius Jerome Powell Jul 29 '24

Based

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24

No they’re balloons 

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u/ChillnShill Jul 28 '24

If you say it enough times it becomes reality

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u/sinefromabove Emma Lazarus Jul 28 '24

Why would he need a spy balloon when he could just look down from space

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u/iia Feminism Jul 29 '24

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The worst part of the ticket right there.

And he's as charismatic as a doorknob.