Kristi Noem Abruptly Ends Presser After Being Pressed on Laser Strike on Party Balloons

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Mediaite

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem abruptly ended a Friday news conference on election security after she was questioned about the Tuesday late-night closure of El Paso’s airspace and whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection “actually hit a party balloon that it thought was a drone with a laser.”

“Can you confirm that CBP actually hit a party balloon that it thought was a drone with a laser earlier this week?” questioned a reporter. “If that is true, why wasn’t the action coordinated with the FAA?”

According to a report published Wednesday by NBC News, the temporary shutdown of El Paso’s airspace came after “U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials used an anti-drone laser that was provided by the military to shoot down objects that were later identified as party balloons… without coordinating with officials from the Federal Aviation Administration.”

The “temporary flight restriction notice,” which hasn’t been employed since the Sept. 11 attacks, would have closed the airspace for ten days, preventing “flights, including helicopters used for medical transport, below 18,000 feet.”

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Reminds one of the 80s song 99 Red Ballons.

[FakeNoose]

1. CBP agents are the Keystone Kops of the 21st Century

... except that they're truly crazy, and their guns have real ammo.

[underpants]

2. Tick tock Kristi

I’ll be surprised if she makes it past President’s Day.

[LuvLoogie]

11. I wouldn't be.

Her mission is to cause damage. Wreck shit. And loot.

That's what this regime is all about.

Oh and child abuse.

[underpants]

13. Somebody has to be the first.

Is he going to force Nutlick, a male, out or one of his window dressing females?

[LuvLoogie]

16. She's doing exactly what he wants.

She follows orders, draws fire, and makes him horny.

[Wuddles440]

28. Pedo Don will not remove anyone...

unless they criticize or defy him. These cretins are his zombie warriors and replacing any of them would be a public confirmation that he exhibited poor judgement in nominating them. It's all about projecting "strength" and not "weakness" in his psychotic, addled brain.

[riversedge]

3. RUN Kristi RUN!!

[Wednesdays]

12. ...

[jls4561]

4. Well, she knows the balloons overstayed their tourist visa and were working with Antifa.

Besides, if you rubbed the balloons 🎈 on your hair, you generate static electricity, so they were clearly agitators.

What really happened was border patrol called up Hegseth, asking if they could practice with the laser in case they found a Meskin they might want to shoot. Hegseth, recognizing a fellow member of the grab-your-crotch-and-grunt brigade ( because that makes a man MANLY, no matter how inadequate he feels his equipment might be), said sure, go ahead. He may have meant to notify the FAA, but it was last call and so he was distracted.

In sum, morons enabling morons.

[sop]

5. In reality the CBP used a Jewish space laser to shoot down a weather balloon thinking it was a UFO.

[iemanja]

6. They are a clown car

What a mess.

[LiberalArkie]

9. What is bad is that they look like the classic clown car

[paleotn]

7. You can't make up a thing like that. I dare you to even try.

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. Obligatory.

[barbtries]

19. that was so good and right on the money, thank you

I just shared it to BlueSky with these translated lyrics

This is what we've waited for
This is it, boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As ninety-nine red balloons go by

I love that song and hadn't heard it in years

[OldBaldy1701E]

23. I always felt it was aheads of its time.

It had a bit of a funkiness, combined with that 80s pop and a taste of theater as well.

Great song. Funnily enough, we farm folks always seemed to prefer the original version. I knew plenty of rednecks who would be singing gibberish in their attempt to sing along, but they never seemed to have the English version handy. (That one was what usually got played on the radio.)

[barbtries]

25. i prefer the German version too.

I just wanted to get the lyrics out there, especially since it's so appropriate in the context of the keystone kops unleashing weapons on a fucking party balloon, shutting down an airport for 10 days, then going oops! that was kinda dumb.

[sheshe2]

10. Did Krissie sit in a 'situation room'...

watching the deadly airstrike against a couple of balloons? I wonder what costume she would have picked out for such an occasion.

[k55f5r]

14. The costume she was wearing

Was the same uniform as used by the commander on the dark Star. You know the guy Darth grabbed him with his mind and squeezed his neck. I'd post a picture, but du wants me to have a separate picture repository.

[PJMcK]

17. Trump's administration is a bad joke

A crew of incompetents running complex agencies they have neither the knowledge nor experience to effectively manage their organizations.

Who could imagine that a chaotic president would hire idiots to run the most complicated country in the world?

[Mysterian]

24. Truly mind boggling what republicans have done

Do they really want a country like this?

[lostincalifornia]

18. NENA 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo]

[Sneederbunk]

20. What does a Mexican Cartel party balloon look like?

[reACTIONary]

21. So now the cartels know EXCTLY how to ....

.... Cover their drones. Launch a few dozen, heck, tens of dozens, party balloons as decoys.

[StarryNite]

22. Even if that bunch wasn't pure evil, which they are,

their incompetence should be enough to bring that clown show down.

[gordianot]

26. At least popping children's party balloons is not as cruel as shooting puppies

Some people should not be trusted with technology next thing you know they will be putting out peoples eyes with lasers.

[Skittles]

27. CPB did not coordinate withe the FAA

the sheer incompetence is staggering

[ck4829]

29. Wow.