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| I have the feeling that the whole trade war starts from a pile of nonsense. |
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| apis:
I think the blimp gets most exposure by people photographing and filming it, so it won't matter if it flies really high or not (that would just make it harder to photograph). |
| Simon:
The idea was that trump would get to see it. If it's a mere 20m off the ground in a place he is not going to visit it's original intention is pointless. |
| technix:
--- Quote from: Simon on June 01, 2019, 04:25:16 pm --- --- Quote from: technix on June 01, 2019, 02:50:42 pm --- --- Quote from: Simon on June 01, 2019, 07:49:47 am ---No not really. The baloon was not something the british politicians made because they don't know what to do anymore. It was made by ordinary citicens that have no say in anything and feel powerless so all they are left with is to ridicule him. They wanted to fly that baloon at a height which in london counts as airspace because it is heavily restricted and they were denied permission. --- End quote --- Umm so far if CNN is to be trusted the balloon is granted airspace for the 2019 visit...? --- End quote --- that article does not seem to be clear on anything about the baloon. The original promise was to fly this at height so that it can be seen from quite far away. The photoshoped photo in the funraising campaign was unrealistic. i think airspace in london starts at something quite low like 30m so it will either be tethered to the ground or allowed to go to about 100m tops either by the rules of airspace or common safety sense. --- End quote --- From a source I am not recalling, the airspace permit they got last time was no higher than 300m and tethered to a ground vehicle. Also another news, Trump want to launch another front on trade war against Mexico, demanding Mexico to halt the stream of immigrants. (Source: NY times.) The only worse thing than a war at hand is fighting multiple fronts at the same time. Yet he want another. |
| apis:
--- Quote from: technix on June 01, 2019, 02:50:42 pm ---Also news, China is investigating FedEx for "misrouting" Huawei inter-office packages to US. [Source: China Daily, South China Morning Post. Better source pending.] --- End quote --- Here's another article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-01/china-launches-investigation-into-fedex-xinhua "FedEx apologized this week for delivery errors on Huawei packages following reports that parcels were returned to senders, and China’s biggest tech company said it’s reviewing its relationship with the U.S. delivery service. Two packages containing documents being shipped to the company in China from Japan were diverted to the U.S. without authorization, Reuters reported." ... "Bloomberg reported on Friday that China has a plan to restrict exports of rare earths to the U.S. if it needs to. On another front, President Donald Trump said he plans to impose a 5% U.S. tariff on all Mexican goods over illegal immigration." |
| chris_leyson:
BBC News aired a story on 29th May about rare earth minerals being China's trump card, maybe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48366074 |
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