I just received my annual TCP-1 letter from LLNS and a summary of the LLNS Pension Plan. Looked in pretty good shape in 2013. About 35% overfunded (funding target attainment percentage = 134.92%). This was a decrease from 2012 where it was 51% overfunded (funding target attainment percentage = 151.59%). They did note that the 2012 change in the law on how liabilities are calculated using interest rates improved the plan's position. Without the change the funding target attainment percentages would have been 118% (2012) and 105% (2013). 2013 assets = $2,057,866,902 2013 liabilities = $1,525,162,784 vs 2012 assets = $1,844,924,947 2012 liabilities = $1,217,043,150 It was also noted that a slightly different calculation method ("fair market value") designed to show a clearer picture of the plan' status as December 31, 2013 had; Assets = $2,403,098,433 Liabilities = $2,068,984,256 Funding ratio = 116.15% Its a closed plan with 3,781 participants. Of that number, 3,151 wer...
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This one is weird, it seems like it is smaller and lower altitude that the first balloon. I suspect this is not Chinese but either a missing US balloon, or private drone or private balloon. I will stay away from UFO. I think they are just freaked out by the last balloon and overreacting to anything.
I suppose it could be a smaller Chinese balloon.
They just shot down a third one in Canada.
Fourth object in Montana. I am not sure if this really spy stuff or they are freaked out by anything and everything and shooting mylar balloons.
It looks like that the Montana may have just been a radar anomaly. However China is now claiming that it has objects flying over them that they are going to shoot down. It could a balloon cold war.
At some level I simply do not care what China does. We have Russia to deal with and 2024 could be another possibility for fascisim in the US. A few balloons is nothing.
Another one shot down today by Wisconsin. The balloon war continues. By the way for all you history buffs the first "spy" balloons used in war was 1794 by the French, we seem to be going backward in time.
Does anyone else find this stuff a bit disconcerting? We are close to a conflict with Russia and now we are kind of getting essentially into a shooting war with China.
Well take heart, suppose we did not have nuclear determent than maybe we would already be in giant conventional war so the nukes are preventing that. Of course it call all go sideways really fast.
Looks like a private hobby balloon. Cool
2/12/2023 2:51 PM
Because we shot down a surveillance balloon in our airspace? Get real.