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That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


Nukes away

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Vasudus
May 30, 2003
so that's what everyone was hububing about today at work as i was going out the door

rip moderate dog, you said thank you when i held open a door for you on the way to getting coffee

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones
Perdue at interior

Terrifying Effigies
Oct 22, 2008

Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

FAUXTON posted:

GOD loving DAMNIT

gently caress

gently caress

Awesome that the total fixation on AQ/ISIS/counterterrorism poo poo over the past 18 years has turned into a massive avenue for foreign infiltration of the entire US intel community.

edit -- loving lol

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

I welcome SecDef Petraeus

Flying_Crab
Apr 12, 2002



https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/1075880145293111296?s=20

redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

Terrifying Effigies posted:

Awesome that the total fixation on AQ/ISIS/counterterrorism poo poo over the past 18 years has turned into a massive avenue for foreign infiltration of the entire US intel community.

Feature, not a bug.

sharknado slashfic
Jun 24, 2011

He was the only adult left in the administration, right?

FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene

hobbesmaster posted:

*beep* Paging NSA WIZARD to the thread, NSA WIZARD to the current events thread. *beep*




edit: seriously though russian spies being in charge of russian sanctions at all levels is the most darkly hilarious thing so far since 2016

No there is actual poo poo I Cannot Discuss behind that outburst and I am going to be drinking when I get home because GOD loving DAMNIT

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

:allbuttons:

We're doomed.

Duke Chin
Jan 11, 2002

Roger That:
MILK CRATES INBOUND

:siren::siren::siren::siren:
- FUCK THE HABS -

Does Mattis know yet?

FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene

Cool

Flying_Crab
Apr 12, 2002



Slim Pickens posted:

E: oh you fucker ^^^

Donnie announced on Twitter that Mattis is retiring in February

Been nice knowing you all :toot:

just wait until he throws a complete tantrum and no adult is there to stop him from starting WWIII:

my kinda ape
Sep 15, 2008

Everything's gonna be A-OK
Oven Wrangler

Fallom posted:

I welcome SecDef Petraeus

SecDef John Bolton, calling it now

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

sharknado slashfic posted:

He was the only adult left in the administration, right?

He was the only adult ever in the administration.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Check the bottom of page 1.

https://twitter.com/Elizabeth_McLau/status/1075881565216010246

sharknado slashfic
Jun 24, 2011

Stultus Maximus posted:

He was the only adult ever in the administration.

Yeah that's probably more accurate

Flikken
Oct 23, 2009

10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it
Hey Mr President you're bad at your job and I'm out...

LongDarkNight
Oct 25, 2010

It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.
Oven Wrangler

redneck nazgul posted:

The Man Who Would be Prince
:nice:

Prop Wash
Jun 12, 2010



Things are going to get pretty interesting. Is ol Flynn about to go straight from pardon to SecDef?

Slim Pickens
Jan 12, 2007

Grimey Drawer

Respectfully, go gently caress yourself Mr President

LtCol J. Krusinski
May 7, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Holy poo poo everyone read this letter. The bottom 3 paragraphs of the first page are extra spicy.

Soulex
Apr 1, 2009


Cacati in mano e pigliati a schiaffi!


Bees?

redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

Hey EBB, can we get a pool thread going on next SecDef?

Woodchip
Mar 28, 2010

M_Gargantua posted:

Even better, it looks like they’re angling for blackwater gritting but have no secured funding for it. So either we do a quick pull out and leave the locals to themselves, or blackwater ships out and we pull out then immediately not pay blackwater anything. Leaving a bunch of violent sociopaths heavily armed in a foreign country with no support or standard means of leaving.

Xenophon did nothing wrong

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

redneck nazgul posted:

Hey EBB, can we get a pool thread going on next SecDef?

Erik Prince

Terrifying Effigies
Oct 22, 2008

Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

After reading the letter it feels like we're in a 'Watergate, but Schlesinger doesn't issue the guidance about nuclear strike orders' situation.

redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013


My vote is Ollie North.

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

Holy poo poo everyone read this letter. The bottom 3 paragraphs of the first page are extra spicy.

The best part is trump will not pick up on how spicy it is.

A Bad Poster
Sep 25, 2006
Seriously, shut the fuck up.

:dukedog:

redneck nazgul posted:

Hey EBB, can we get a pool thread going on next SecDef?

Gorka

Vasudus
May 30, 2003
He's not going to read a single word of that letter.

Also it's going to be Bolton.

Tryzzub
Jan 1, 2007

Mudslide Experiment
ok so today:
- sec def resigns
- russia treasury emailz
- stock market continues to poo poo itself
- probably definitely partial gov shutdown

any other plot points i missed in this episode of 2016, season 3?

Time Crisis Actor
Apr 28, 2002

by Hand Knit
gently caress

gently caress

gently caress

edit: FUUUUUUUUUUCK

Terrifying Effigies
Oct 22, 2008

Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

Screenshotting this before Marco realizes (lol) that he's a loving idiot:

LongDarkNight
Oct 25, 2010

It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.
Oven Wrangler
Dear Satan,

I've been a good boy this year. Please give 1 thermonuclear war for 2019. It doesn't have to be fancy.

Pine Cone Jones
Dec 6, 2009

You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

LongDarkNight posted:

Dear Satan,

I've been a good boy this year. Please give 1 thermonuclear war for 2019. It doesn't have to be fancy.

No, you're doing it wrong. Dear Satan, please bring me President Mattis and clone General Sherman to cleanse America of the chuds.

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


GOOD RIDDANCE GUY I HIRED BECAUSE OF MEMES!!!!1

Terrifying Effigies
Oct 22, 2008

Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

I'm going to go wildcard and say Pompeo, Trump's going to want someone who will rubber stamp his withdrawal orders without question and they need to be Senate confirmed. There's enough GOP warhawks that are pissed off by the Syria decision that it's going to be hard to get someone new confirmed, but Trump's already figured out the musical chairs trick of getting around that obstacle. Plus it's not like Pompeo's doing anything at State, especially since Trump's goldfish brain has forgotten about North Korea and Iran for the moment.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

redneck nazgul posted:

Hey EBB, can we get a pool thread going on next SecDef?

:justpost:

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Flying_Crab
Apr 12, 2002



Casimir Radon posted:

GOOD RIDDANCE GUY I HIRED BECAUSE OF MEMES!!!!1

Yeah but it was actually a great choice in the face of what we were looking at even if his motivation was completely idiotic.

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