Old telecom regulations were directed at phone companies and ended outside or in the walls of our homes where phone jacks are. #Obamanet reached deep into our homes, where Internet modem routers are, in violation of the IV, "to be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The blue states enacted #Obamanet variations at the state level, with the long-arm effect spreading to other states. Free states may fix this problem for their residents & the rest of the nation by enacting anti-Obamanet laws. Such laws might demand ISPs defyccc.com/big-tech-terms…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
1/7 #NordstreamSabotage pipelines was an amateurish operation. There are four pipelines, two in each of Nord Stream 1 & #NordStream2. The saboteurs breached the pipelines in four places, likely intending to damage all four lines.
2/7 Instead, they breached the same NS-2 pipeline twice, leaving one NS-2 pipeline intact.
The explosions at less than 100 m depth caused small earthquakes. The estimate is that hundreds kilograms of explosives haves been used in each of them (CNBC). cnbc.com/2022/10/06/nor…
3/7 The saboteurs could have dropped timed explosive devices near the pipelines, possibly pulling them closer from a boat. Underwater camera and light would have helped.
A more sophisticated culprit could have broken the pipelines silently.
@PlaysTrumpCard@usairforce can take down the chinese balloon by flying over it F-15 dispersing infrared chaff (most types of it). It will melt and burn holes in the thin plastic envelope.
The payload will land slowly, because the envelope will act as a parachute. No risk. cc @JMichaelWaller