To think we are being lined up for something?

If the calculations are correct and it doesn't hit in 5 years, it's coming back round in 2036 and still has the potential to hit if it passes through a gravitational keyhole the first time around. This would change the orbit.

The impact would be equal to more than 1000 megatons of TNT, or the explosive yield of all the nuclear weapons we have put together.

Cue the recent DART mission, which according to Nasa is 'dedicated to investigating and demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection by changing an asteroid’s motion in space through kinetic impact'.

I remain deeply suspicious.

There’s nothing suspicious about it, its trajectory and behaviour was meticulously tracked and studied, leading scientists to be able to say that it won’t hit Earth for at least the next 100 years.

It's called Apophis. Due to pass by earth ten times closer than the moon (within the range of orbiting satellites) on Friday 13th April 2029. Discovered by Nasa in 2004 and, at the time, identified as one of the most hazardous asteroids that could impact Earth. The risk of an impact has since been suspiciously ruled out. . .

Well we won't need to worry about Ukraine or Taiwan or national service then will we? Maybe Russia and China are the only govts who aren't aware

Has the thing happened yet? I’m worried it’ll happen but I won’t know. #fomo

I read something about a meteor that’s due to just miss the earth in a few years, but that it’s actually due to hit but the governments aren’t telling us. My dp thinks I’m being ridiculous, I just hope he’s right!

Maybe the minister in the relevant department just authorised buying far too much from their supplier pals back in 2020 and they want it out of warehousing now in case their party loses the election and they get asked awkward questions about the ongoing storage costs.

Or bird flu or just more social experimentation to see how well behaved we are when told not to leave the house.

There is a new covid variant. They could have told us if that was why

My friend works for private healthcare. She said they received a delivery with enormous amount of masks and gloves,face shields, etc. (PPE). They even had to pay for storage as there were no more space at the basement to store it (and they have stuff "just in case" for at least 6 months all the time).
I believe there might be an outbreak of measles /new variant Covid, etc. I really don't think we'll be told unless the situation will become really serious.
I know our local nursing home stocking on PPE too.

He voted leave, he can fuck right off with bemoaning that young people don't have the opportunities they used to have.

Would just like to leave this encounter between Rishi and one of these potentially affected young people here: x.com/bestforbritain/status/1796565060892147762?s=46&t=ZRiOqYBPJdwGCarjKNzCeQ

The reasons for its introduction have been widely publicised.
Heres what Sunak said when it was originally put forward

It’s not the hauliers. It’s border control going on strike in France and the UK, which will cause huge delays. As a result a lot of drivers will rightfully refuse to come into the UK for a while at the risk of being stuck in queues needlessly and other ports will get oversubscribed and very busy.

Strikes are planned upto 31st August.

Really, what are the reasons for introducing it now, unless you mean it is because of the self serving, edge of the apocalypse, fear mongering politics the Conservative party like to indulge in to win elections?

The post war reasons for National service were very different to the reasons now.
They are not comparable.

My uncle did his NS in Malaya and was absolutely fired on (though he spent most of his time playing football apparently).

FIL did his in India at the time of Partition.

If you had done it in the 70s you might have ended up in Northern Ireland.

Why do the road hauliers want to go on strike? It's usually about fuel prices. I don't think they are particularly high at the moment? It doesn't sound very convincing a reason.

My husband is a lorry driver and has heard nothing about this.

I have a possible answer! My DH is very good at this sort of stuff. (I told my boss in 2020 that I wouldn't be in next week as the whole country would be in Lockdown and the government would've shut schools by the Friday. He said there was no chance 😂)

Apparently there is a good chance we won't have drivers to deliver goods due to an impending strike so Stores are stockpiling to ensure that this Strike won't impact supply levels in the shops.

I also stand by my measles epidemic possibility though. I took my DC to A&E and it was covered in "Could it be measles?" posters. Also my friend took her DC in with a rash and got told it could be measles!

I can remember applying to do law at uni. My history teacher turned round and said “well that’s a waste on an application, only kids from private schools get accepted”. I happily got an offer from every uni I applied to.

My parents did t know of any careers. They thought factory, shop work of cater were the only options.

absolutely no guidance at all.

Agree, hybird warfare is nothing new. Litvinenko or Skripals anyone? Not to mention the jamming of GPS signals and sabotage of underwater cables.

This isn’t really anything new. This interference has gone on for a long time in one form or another.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/30/europe-on-high-alert-after-suspected-moscow-linked-arson-and-sabotage

Hmm.

Just thought I'd drop this into the thread - more scaremongering?

Oops sorry: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bunker/id1496246490?i=1000657016839