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UPDATE: US assesses the high-altitude surveillance balloon is #China's, per a senior defense official
Also, not 1st time #Beijing has done this
"Instances of this activity have been observed over the past several years, including prior to this administration" per the official
Also, not 1st time #Beijing has done this
"Instances of this activity have been observed over the past several years, including prior to this administration" per the official
Per the senior defense official, in the briefing arranged from the Pentagon, @SecDef "convened senior DoD leadership yesterday, even as he was on the road in the #Philippines"
background: voanews.com/a/philippines-…
background: voanews.com/a/philippines-…
At the mtg led by @SecDef, @thejointstaff Chair Gen Mark Milley & @USNorthernCmd's Gen Glen VanHerck strongly recommended NOT to shoot down the #China surveillance balloon "due to the risk to safety & security of ppl on the ground from the possible debris" per sr defense official
BREAKING: INVADED AIRSPACE!
@DeptofDefense Is Monitoring A High Altitude #Chinese Spy Balloon Hovering Over The Northern U.S. For Days.
Military Leaders Are Discussing Shooting It Out Of The Sky, According To 2 U.S. Officials & A Senior DOD Official.
nbcnews.com/politics/natio…
@DeptofDefense Is Monitoring A High Altitude #Chinese Spy Balloon Hovering Over The Northern U.S. For Days.
Military Leaders Are Discussing Shooting It Out Of The Sky, According To 2 U.S. Officials & A Senior DOD Official.
nbcnews.com/politics/natio…
CONTD: Here Are Images Of China's High Altitude Spy Balloon Platform As It Was En Route To The #UnitedStates 2 Weeks Ago. 
CONTD: #China's High Altitude Spy Balloon Has Illegally Invaded #UnitedStates Airspace & Has Been Lingering The Last Few Days Over The Northern U.S.
It Was Caught By Cameras Near #Billings #Montana Yesterday.
It Was Caught By Cameras Near #Billings #Montana Yesterday.
1/n New, sixth, #polio history thread, continuing on from the last (fifth) thread, linked here. It's going to be difficult to get over to y'all just how much polio was absolutely feared, in the 20th century, and only in the 20th century.
2/n It's often said, around the net, that "a 1952 survey found that Americans feared only nuclear annihilation more than polio" (I can't find any original source for this). Polio was indeed the *most* feared disease in the USA in the 20th century; nothing else comes near.
3/n Impossible to say without very good, well-constructed polling from the time. Most fear may have been parents for their children, but only after 1940; as we shall see, wide-spread terror came after the 1916 outbreak, the very first mass epidemic.
1/ What's wrong with #lawfirm compensation? Let @jordan_law21 count the ways.As predicted 🔮 (by me, about what I was going to do 😇), a #tweetstorm. First the link: law21.ca/2018/09/how-co…
2/ Next, my favorite #micdrop 🎤 quote: "law firms incentivize their lawyers to act in ways that are counter-productive to lwayers' happiness, clients' satisfaction and the firms' effectiveness." and 💥goes the 🧨-- more #truthbombs follow.
