Chinese Balloons Pose Existential EMP Threat to America’s Power Grid

On this Thursday, July 20, 2023 broadcast, Kim Monson examines serious threats facing America from multiple angles: Greg Allison, Alabama State Director of the EMP Task Force, reveals how China could devastate the U.S. power grid using high-altitude balloons. Dr. Jill Vecchio explores the convergence of artificial intelligence and transhumanism. Jon Boesen of Boesen Law explains how personal injury attorneys help accident victims navigate insurance company tactics.

High-Altitude Balloons as Nuclear Weapons Platforms

Start listening at 31:14 – Hour 1

Greg Allison exposes a chilling vulnerability in America’s national defense: the ability of adversaries to launch electromagnetic pulse attacks from high-altitude balloons positioned just offshore. The EMP Task Force state director explains that zero-pressure balloons can carry payloads exceeding four tons to altitudes above 120,000 feet, well beyond the reach of current American weapons systems. A single EMP detonation at operational altitude could destroy the electrical infrastructure across a 488-mile radius.

Allison details how China maintains an entire military branch dedicated to balloon warfare, complete with scientists and engineers developing weapon delivery systems. The Chinese spy balloon that traversed the United States in early 2023 operated at 50,000 to 60,000 feet for reconnaissance purposes, but attack balloons would climb to 120,000 feet where no American aircraft or missile could intercept them. Without the large transformers that take 18 months to replace from overseas manufacturers, the Congressional EMP Commission concluded that nine out of ten Americans would perish within a year from societal collapse following a nationwide grid failure.

“A balloon is a weapons platform, potentially a weapons platform, that is going to be exceedingly hard to reach at full altitude.”

Greg Allison, Alabama State Director, EMP Task Force

Personal Injury Law and Protecting Accident Victims

Start listening at 63:44 – Hour 2

Jon Boesen of Boesen Law describes the emotional weight of representing people whose lives have been upended by accidents. With eight attorneys specializing in motor vehicle accidents, workers’ compensation, premises liability, disability claims, and mass tort cases, the firm focuses on getting victims the compensation they deserve. Boesen emphasizes that time is critical after an accident because insurance companies exploit claimants who lack legal knowledge.

The personal injury attorney explains how early consultation, which costs nothing, can prevent costly mistakes like signing releases that waive important rights. His team handles cases ranging from car and motorcycle accidents to slip-and-fall injuries and class action lawsuits involving pharmaceutical harm. Boesen calls his lawyers “difference makers” who find reward in helping clients recover and rebuild their lives after tragedy strikes.

“What people don’t know will hurt them, and insurance companies are in it for the profit, and they will take advantage of that lack of knowledge of a claimant or someone that’s been hurt.”

Jon Boesen, Founder, Boesen Law

Artificial Intelligence and the Threat to Human Existence

Start listening at 72:12 – Hour 2

Dr. Jill Vecchio sounds the alarm on artificial intelligence development racing beyond human control. She cites former Google X executives who warn that AI poses a greater existential threat than climate change and could become uncontrollable by the mid-2030s. The technology has advanced so rapidly that robots now feature synthetic skin, sweat glands, hair, and nails, capabilities once confined to science fiction films like Terminator.

Vecchio draws connections between AI and transhumanism, the World Economic Forum’s agenda to make humans “more non-biologic than biologic” within the next decade. She notes that AI developers have such affection for their creations that they resist any discussion of shutting them down. When asked how humans could control artificial intelligence, ChatGPT reportedly answered that only another AI could do so. The physician traces these technological dangers back to spiritual issues, arguing that only those who acknowledge God’s sovereignty can properly evaluate whether humanity should pursue capabilities simply because they become possible.

“Within a few months, months not years, months, the AI will be so much smarter than humans that there is no way a human can come up with a solution for how to control the AI.”

Dr. Jill Vecchio, Physician and Commentator