aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com
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Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com
Let's Talk Some More About Rachel Dolezal, Media
!! OPM IT outsourced to foreigner contractors, with root access, working from their home country. In this case, China http://t.co/d06zJgyan7
— John Schindler (@20committee) June 17, 2015wut #OPMHack
http://t.co/fiDjY8ofkd pic.twitter.com/ZzrOFBc5gz
— Political Math (@politicalmath) June 17, 2015Some of the contractors that have helped OPM with managing internal data have had security issues of their own—including potentially giving foreign governments direct access to data long before the recent reported breaches. A consultant who did some work with a company contracted by OPM to manage personnel records for a number of agencies told Ars that he found the Unix systems administrator for the project "was in Argentina and his co-worker was physically located in the [People's Republic of China]. Both had direct access to every row of data in every database: they were root. Another team that worked with these databases had at its head two team members with PRC passports. I know that because I challenged them personally and revoked their privileges. From my perspective, OPM compromised this information more than three years ago and my take on the current breach is 'so what's new?'"
@AceofSpadesHQ @FilmLadd make sure to include captain kickass's response https://t.co/Oe30f9c831
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) June 17, 2015President Obama is standing by Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta despite a series of massive data breaches that have shaken the federal government, the White House said Wednesday. "The president does have confidence that she is the right person for the job," spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters. ... Earnest said updating OPM’s cyber defenses has been one of Archuleta's top priorities since she assumed her post in late 2013, but that is "obviously an ongoing process." He said Archuleta and OPM Chief Information Officer Donna Seymour have cooperated as best as they can with a congressional inquiry into the hacks. .. Archuleta and Seymour have been under fire since it was revealed that suspected Chinese hackers had made off with troves of federal workers’ data.
.@JonahNRO sums it up: http://t.co/2155lQUE8w pic.twitter.com/RBMtUG0yfz
— National Review (@NRO) June 17, 2015Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 05:15 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 17, 2015 05:15 PM (kdS6q)
This is FUCKING LUNACY.
Posted by: prescient11 at June 17, 2015 05:16 PM (q5APL)
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 17, 2015 05:16 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 17, 2015 05:16 PM (PMGbu)
Posted by: NativeNH at June 17, 2015 05:16 PM (+k6Wu)
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 05:16 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: PBJ5959 at June 17, 2015 05:17 PM (r1du+)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at June 17, 2015 05:17 PM (GzDYP)
Posted by: Hariryback Guy at June 17, 2015 05:17 PM (4yZcK)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:18 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: fly gal at June 17, 2015 05:18 PM (8TdcF)
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 05:16 PM (o+SC1)
You can say that about everyone in the Fredo Admin and thru out Congress for that matter
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 17, 2015 05:18 PM (/tNwW)
Posted by: Yo! at June 17, 2015 05:18 PM (q+zA9)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 17, 2015 05:18 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: rd at June 17, 2015 05:18 PM (wGMZS)
Posted by: brak at June 17, 2015 05:18 PM (Tj+s6)
Posted by: Hariryback Guy at June 17, 2015 05:17 PM (4yZcK
Well she's a guy
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 17, 2015 05:18 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (bGLSw)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (o8Gus)
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Garrett at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (brBIB)
Posted by: Dr. Dave Bowman at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (sCHw2)
Posted by: tbd at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (ASGCu)
Posted by: pep at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (LAe3v)
Howie Carr mentioned today that herr hillary took $200K for giving a speech for the Long Beach Boys & Girls Club.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (cCGjf)
Posted by: Dave Bowman, looking at the government at June 17, 2015 05:20 PM (lvBxn)
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 05:20 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: CozMark at June 17, 2015 05:20 PM (52QgN)
Posted by: tbd at June 17, 2015 05:20 PM (ASGCu)
Anyone want to take the other end of the bet that all of Obamacare records will be found to have been compromised by the end of this year?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2015 05:20 PM (uctT+)
Posted by: pep at June 17, 2015 05:20 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 17, 2015 05:20 PM (5f5bM)
Affirmative Action Has Consequences.
Posted by: Garrett at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (brBIB)
Beat me to it.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:20 PM (FsuaD)
"OPM CIO Donna Seymour said that systems couldn't simply have encryption added because some of them were over 20 years old and written in COBOL."
BS answer. In the real world, having all your systems on the same OS, language and rev is a dream. You're always having to hack to get data from one area to another.
The critical files could/should have been on a secure sub-system.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 17, 2015 05:20 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 17, 2015 05:21 PM (A98Xu)
Then in a sane world all of the OPM's upper management would be suspended pending their firings.
And in a just world Archuleta and Seymour would be found shot in the back of the head.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 17, 2015 05:21 PM (pAlYe)
Why would now be any different?
Traitors run the government. Which means, traitors will go unpunished.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 17, 2015 05:21 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Ken in NH at June 17, 2015 05:21 PM (MqjGP)
¡ Madre de Dios!
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 17, 2015 05:21 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Garrett at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (brBIB)
Does she self-identify as an IT expert?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 17, 2015 05:21 PM (W5DcG)
OK,
Anyone want to take the other end of the bet that all of
Obamacare records will be found to have been compromised by the end of
this year?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
I'll take that bet **snorts paste**
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 17, 2015 05:21 PM (LAe3v)
So basically we've told them all our spies, our potential spies, and our former spies. AND all our SOF dudes.
Truly, fully, totally fucked...
Posted by: Mr Wolf at June 17, 2015 05:21 PM (cjgnX)
I heard a clip today of Racial on ABC News saying it cannot be proven that her parents are her parents.
SHE IS DENYING HER OWN MOTHER GAVE BIRTH TO HER. She's saying, with a straight face, she might be adopted for all she knows.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at June 17, 2015 05:22 PM (cCGjf)
In record time, too.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:22 PM (FsuaD)
Why do you think David Muir starts every broadcast with ¨breaking news¨ about the weather??
Posted by: JoeF. at June 17, 2015 05:22 PM (2sTUr)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 17, 2015 05:22 PM (evdj2)
Don't shoot, I know secrets!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2015 05:22 PM (08Znv)
Posted by: Garrett at June 17, 2015 05:22 PM (brBIB)
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 05:22 PM (wkuqO)
Expertise, experience, judgment, these are not things that enter the Obama worldview.
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 05:22 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: White House IT liaison at June 17, 2015 05:23 PM (rxtQa)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 17, 2015 05:23 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 05:23 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Cap'n WaffleSnarfer at June 17, 2015 05:23 PM (hHs1b)
There's only the missing part of the OPM contract for protecting the stuff going to the wife of Obama's old drug dealer via a sweetheart no-bid contract.
Then...the nut would outsource it to china.
and viola...china was doing the job that lazy,stupid, useless USA college grads can't/won't do.
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at June 17, 2015 05:23 PM (W+6Gl)
bank acounts
credit cards
credit history
IRS
FAMILY info
Addresses, current and former
Hacks into VA and other agencies? TRIVIAL compared to this.
Posted by: Mr Wolf at June 17, 2015 05:23 PM (cjgnX)
Posted by: Mainstream Media at June 17, 2015 05:23 PM (UlJ3l)
Posted by: Larry Kudlow at June 17, 2015 05:24 PM (W5DcG)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundred_Days_of_the_Dragon
Posted by: I control the vertical... at June 17, 2015 05:24 PM (7YlUk)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundred_Days_of_the_Dragon
Posted by: I control the vertical... at June 17, 2015 05:24 PM (7YlUk)
This administration is so pathetic. From Beyonce to his windbreaker, confidence overflows.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,supermodel,Redneck Queen, Last of Romanovs' at June 17, 2015 05:24 PM (FCPu0)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 05:24 PM (B7UtQ)
Donald Trump gave the American people a big dose of Reality yesterday and the Make-You-Believe Media had a fit.
Seriously, you guys, it's a War On Reality.
#waronreality
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at June 17, 2015 05:24 PM (cCGjf)
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:24 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 17, 2015 05:25 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Lea at June 17, 2015 05:25 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:25 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 17, 2015 05:25 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: elaine at June 17, 2015 05:25 PM (Y0Piu)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 17, 2015 05:25 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at June 17, 2015 05:25 PM (W+6Gl)
Posted by: Chris Balsz at June 17, 2015 05:25 PM (8rRE+)
In the case of the OPM hack, I've been saying that over and over.
Not least after reading how it came to light. Where an outside security software vendor came in to do a demo of their product to the federals, and a few minutes later said to their hosts, "Uh, you have massive intrusion fingerprints all through your systems."
That's bad enough. But consider that the Top Men who handle infosec for federal agencies apparently don't have any problem letting an outside vendor walk in to do a demo for them, and then allowing that outside vendor to load and run their code ON THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION NETWORK CONTAINING HIGHLY SENSITIVE DATA.
Holy mother of all shitstorms.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 05:26 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 05:26 PM (J6suc)
Posted by: elaine at June 17, 2015 05:25 PM (Y0Piu)
That is our job
Posted by: the militia at June 17, 2015 05:26 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:26 PM (FsuaD)
No, but it you want to panic that's probably okay.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 05:26 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: SH at June 17, 2015 05:26 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at June 17, 2015 05:26 PM (iONHu)
Posted by: Ken in NH at June 17, 2015 05:21 PM
He hasn't heard about this on the news yet.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2015 05:26 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 17, 2015 05:27 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at June 17, 2015 05:27 PM (UlJ3l)
***
stupid wingnutz, it's more illegal immigration.
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at June 17, 2015 05:27 PM (W+6Gl)
Posted by: Fritz at June 17, 2015 05:27 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 17, 2015 05:27 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:27 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 17, 2015 05:28 PM (oVJmc)
administration could possibly be any worse than what we have right now.
* * *
Well, Trump was reported as seriously considering Oprah as VP. So...toss up.
Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 05:28 PM (bGLSw)
Come on heroin!
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 17, 2015 05:28 PM (evdj2)
Want to take bets on who these geniuses contracted as a monitoring service and where they actually work from?
Enemy fire against the friendlies and all of us tax payers take it up the wazoo once again and the lies keep on coming.
Posted by: Cheri at June 17, 2015 05:28 PM (ZFPMM)
Posted by: the militia at June 17, 2015 05:28 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: Low Information President at June 17, 2015 05:28 PM (UlJ3l)
***
as I've always said and let me be clear, this a no-bid contract through porkulus that went to my old drug dealer's wife. She then sub-K'd it to China to clear a repectible $450 mil on the deal.
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at June 17, 2015 05:28 PM (W+6Gl)
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 17, 2015 05:28 PM (pZtrP)
duties" to his wife to the secret service and an European consortium.
I'd take a bullet. I never agreed to THAT.
Posted by: SS Agent, Not Drunk Enough at June 17, 2015 05:29 PM (oVJmc)
Of course the JEF has confidence in her. She checks all the affirmative-action boxes, she's a loyal hardcore Democrat, and that's all that matters. Expertise, experience, judgment, these are not things that enter the Obama worldview.
Posted by: JEM
Confirmed 62-35 on the final and 81-18 on the cloture vote.
Other hands are not unbloodied.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 17, 2015 05:29 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:27 PM (FsuaD
Put him out on the golf course away from the TV set.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 17, 2015 05:29 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 05:28 PM (bGLSw)
Listening to Cavuto in the car and Combover Boy said that was a joke.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:29 PM (FsuaD)
___________
Yup. And just the other night he was partying like it's 1999.
Posted by: fly gal at June 17, 2015 05:29 PM (8TdcF)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 05:24 PM (B7UtQ)
Yes. Yes it is.
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Bob Crane's Porno Beret at June 17, 2015 05:29 PM (GaQ+K)
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2015 05:29 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 05:29 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at June 17, 2015 05:30 PM (W+6Gl)
Hey, don't call my mother in law "windbreaker". She's old and can't help having a little decreased sphincter tone. Of course, the fact she is hard of hearing and can't hear herself farting doesn't help.
Posted by: Barry Obama at June 17, 2015 05:30 PM (sQzB6)
Do you think Michelle is finally proud of her country now?
She's probably trashing us in Milan right now. While wearing her bathroom curtains.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:30 PM (FsuaD)
Trump was on Howie Carr today and gave great answers. He was joking about Oprah, he said.
Trump knows he's not gonna get the nom; he's just having fun because...he can.
I like what he's doing. It's refreshing, quite frankly.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at June 17, 2015 05:30 PM (cCGjf)
Not even so much that they cracked it, we just gave the Chinese root level access to our OPM network.
And who knows what other fedgov networks.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:30 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: JEM
Confirmed 62-35 on the final and 81-18 on the cloture vote.
Other hands are not unbloodied.
*************
this might be why the Senate minorty GOP should have fought harder.
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (W+6Gl)
"The president does have confidence that she isas rightfor the job she holds as Obama is right for the job of President of the United States," spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters (who sullenly and dutifully wrote down every word using the last of their credibility and dignity as the ink for their pens.)
Posted by: FDC at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (EiMfo)
Want to take bets on who these geniuses contracted as a monitoring service and where they actually work from?
Enemy fire against the friendlies and all of us tax payers take it up the wazoo once again and the lies keep on coming.
.
.
.
.It's a US based contract. I checked last night for my wife. She got the email also. And I am wondering when I will get my letter from DONCAF about the breach in my SF86.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (iONHu)
Other than to take every single important task away from the federal government, that is.
That's the right response.
Idiocracy brought to life.
Posted by: MTF at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (LISuA)
nothing else matters.
Posted by: Colin at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (9Rl28)
No.
Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (bGLSw)
Hey bro!
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (J6suc)
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (wkuqO)
For a second there I had thought they had done something clever. Actually outsmarted us. But we just gave them root access. Great. Well, I guess we'll do better next time.
Posted by: Robert T. Morris at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (6qR/9)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (oVJmc)
-
Yeah, a formerly successful country and now not only a basket case but an international Polish joke.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (XUKZU)
Meh.
No borders.
No cybersecurity.
At this point, we're less a nation than a random collection of
TV watching 'tards.
Ooh! Bullseye is on!
Posted by: Transnaturalfake - naturalfake who identifies as naturalfake at June 17, 2015 05:32 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at June 17, 2015 05:32 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:32 PM (FsuaD)
I recall the days of tapped underwater communication lines and recovery of a soviet nuclear sub right in front of their eyes. Good times.
Posted by: Cruzinator at June 17, 2015 05:32 PM (rxtQa)
Hey bro!
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (J6suc) <<<<
Hey, You Guys, how ya doin'?
Posted by: Agony on me at June 17, 2015 05:32 PM (sCHw2)
Posted by: Yup, we're f**ked at June 17, 2015 05:32 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 17, 2015 05:32 PM (pZtrP)
Posted by: Ken in NH at June 17, 2015 05:33 PM (MqjGP)
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2015 05:33 PM (e3bId)
What is this, 1999?
Sun Microsystems? Or (gasp) Linux?
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:33 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Low Information President at June 17, 2015 05:33 PM (UlJ3l)
All this will be forgotten because shark week.
Shark Week = Ow My Balls!
This is entertainment for Dumb People. It's the same show year after year.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at June 17, 2015 05:33 PM (cCGjf)
Posted by: JD at June 17, 2015 05:33 PM (TzeLs)
Posted by: The Chinese Hackers at June 17, 2015 05:34 PM (eOpVe)
She came out and said she identifies as bi sexual, so she has that going for her.
Keeping the "man" card for later, I would imagine.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:34 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 17, 2015 05:34 PM (8ZskC)
this might be why the Senate minority GOP should have fought harder.
Posted by: joe-impeachin44
Tish tosh. Consider Pennsylvania.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 17, 2015 05:34 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at June 17, 2015 05:34 PM (nFdGS)
This is my shocked face.
Maybe Congress can conduct another investigation where noting gets solved, nobody gets fired and no one goes to jail.
Bread and circuses man, bread and circuses.
Posted by: Kreplach at June 17, 2015 05:34 PM (AtR8s)
Co-locating at the People's Ministry of International Espionage made Wang's commute shorter.
Posted by: OPM HR at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (J6suc)
"She's probably trashing us in Milan right now."
Mooch certainly trotted out the angry bitter denunciations of America the other day. While visiting a school in the UK that's chock full of headcovered Muslim immigrants.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Lauren at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Sergi Valiszistov at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (eOpVe)
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (e3bId)
Why do we get a week and African-Americans get an entire month?
Posted by: Sharks at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (8ZskC)
What's sadly funny is that Hildabeast's State Dept emails were probably MORE secure by NOT being on government computers.
Posted by: Janir at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (vzyrh)
********
fighting donk incompetence would have driven moderates from the party and cost us 2012 election like our barely legal govt shutdown cost us 2014 election.
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (W+6Gl)
Posted by: Ken in NH at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (MqjGP)
Posted by: Rob in Katy at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (gdGJ1)
"Obama vows to have words with Chinese contactors once they are finished organizing our nuclear launch codes." spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
Posted by: FDC at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (EiMfo)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (ucDmr)
You're lucky they're not using Univac. This is gummint.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (oVJmc)
SHE IS DENYING HER OWN MOTHER GAVE BIRTH TO HER. She's saying, with a straight face, she might be adopted for all she knows.
I think now she's just fvcking with us. A good take on how to deal with this.
http://tinyurl.com/nzgv8ty
Posted by: Swifty at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (EWJFg)
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (wkuqO)
Jeb Bush did not rule out transgender troops
God couldn't trust him with his equipment why should the Army trust him with ours?
Posted by: DaveA at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 17, 2015 05:18 PM (A98Xu)
-----------------------------------
What are you talking about? With this regime, the question should be, when is she getting a promotion?
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (P25Hh)
How do you people handle the onslaught of these stories, day after day, month after month, year after freaking year without rage stroking?
It's like being pecked to death by a fucking duck.
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Bob Crane's Porno Beret at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (GaQ+K)
Posted by: totally objective Salon reporter at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (uctT+)
Hail, hail, the gang's all here.
Let it begin.
Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (bGLSw)
Hey bro!
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (J6suc)
Hey, You Guys, how ya doin'?
Posted by: Agony on me
___________
Mind if I pull up a chair?
Posted by: Deep, Dark Depression at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (UlJ3l)
Posted by: Gloom at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (evdj2)
Saving the panda bear card for later.
(Goes black or white as needed)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (B7UtQ)
Do you know when I learned all I needed to know about sharks?
During the scene when Quint said to Hooper: Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark.
SHARKS ARE IN THE WATER AND THEY WILL EAT YOU. So simple, right?
[sings]
Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (cCGjf)
Posted by: Uriah Heep at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (ZMZ2g)
Posted by: Uriah Heep at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (ZMZ2g)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Sharks
Reparations bitchez.
Posted by: Barry Obama at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (sQzB6)
Posted by: Bad Luck at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (bGLSw)
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (cCGjf)
Not BOOOOOOOSH?
What's this administration coming to?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: just saying
Yeah ...but the F@(k!n% Astros?
Hack a winner at least
Posted by: Mr Wizard at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (eOpVe)
Posted by: David Carradine at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Fritz at June 17, 2015 05:37 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 17, 2015 05:38 PM (oVJmc)
IIRC there's a few movies where blown agents come back and raise havoc.
Posted by: DaveA at June 17, 2015 05:38 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: john boehner, patriot at June 17, 2015 05:38 PM (ZbV+0)
Sense of humor.
And realizing it could always be worse. And has been worse in the past, and will be worse in the future.
Oh, and knowing that chances are it'll never get REALLY bad in our lifetimes.
But mostly a sense of humor.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:38 PM (AkOaV)
Holy mother of all shitstorms.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 05:26 PM (noWW6)
What?!?! You don't test in Prod. Damn wimp.
Posted by: Ms. Fatass Archuletta at June 17, 2015 05:38 PM (JOG+K)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 17, 2015 05:38 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:38 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 17, 2015 05:38 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (oVJmc)
Once you go VAX, you never go back.
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 05:39 PM (ecDRv)
"The president will look into the issue once the OPM contractors are done with their other project, computerized containment of level 4 pathogens at the CDM" spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
Posted by: FDC at June 17, 2015 05:39 PM (EiMfo)
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Maybe the best choice, short of disconnecting the fucking Internet cable. If the cord is unplugged, the Chinese don't enter.
Posted by: JD at June 17, 2015 05:39 PM (TzeLs)
As soon as the _Los Angeles Times_ editorial board confirmed that yes, they had a tape of Obama speaking at the dinner for Rashid Khalidi, and no, they had no intention of allowing the public to ever see it, you have to assume that multiple hostile intelligence services immediately began trying to contrive access to the Times vaults.
The only step missing was for the newspaper board to hang a huge flashing red neon sign over their front door saying PRIME QUALITY PRESIDENTIAL BLACKMAIL MATERIAL RIGHT HERE.
Oh! Did you hear? Mitt Romney strapped a dog on the car roof.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 05:39 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: FDC at June 17, 2015 05:40 PM (EiMfo)
More like "the Chinese looked through the files we sent over".
Don't think it would even qualify as criminal if someone in the US did it. We GAVE THEM ACCESS for gods sake.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:40 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Ken in NH at June 17, 2015 05:40 PM (MqjGP)
Posted by: RioBravo at June 17, 2015 05:40 PM (NUqwG)
Serious question.
How do you people handle the onslaught of these stories, day after
day, month after month, year after freaking year without rage stroking?
It's like being pecked to death by a fucking duck.
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Bob Crane's Porno Beret at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (GaQ+K)
Step 1: Read AoSHQ
Without this place?typesdeletes
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 05:40 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 17, 2015 05:40 PM (F7PsT)
Let's Talk Some More About Rachel Dolezal, Media
Next on The View, are Fake Blondes discriminated against?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 17, 2015 05:40 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: The Biden Commission on Intelligence at June 17, 2015 05:40 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: DaveA at June 17, 2015 05:40 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Cruzinator at June 17, 2015 05:41 PM (rxtQa)
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 05:41 PM (wkuqO)
Far fetched?
Posted by: Bad Luck at June 17, 2015 05:41 PM (bGLSw)
--Excessive Misery
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 05:41 PM (B7UtQ)
Posted by: Grump928(c) mixes movies at June 17, 2015 05:41 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 05:41 PM (noWW6)
no thanks, i don't do winters with snow, ice, etc...
or humidity in the summer either, hence my remaining in #Failifornia
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 17, 2015 05:41 PM (pZtrP)
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:40 PM (AkOaV)
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Apparently they did extend the courtesy of not locking everyone else out!
Posted by: RioBravo at June 17, 2015 05:41 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: JD at June 17, 2015 05:39 PM (TzeLs)
If this data is as sensitive as they claim, it should not be "out in the wild" by being connected to the public internet.
Anything accessible from the outside is vulnerable.
The government spends billions on their own intranets.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:41 PM (AkOaV)
My sister was sysadmin at an ISP in the late 90s. She would have to call the local FBI about harassment cases for her customers. The FBI was woefully incapable of helping, they were Internet illiterates.
Posted by: Sphynx at June 17, 2015 05:41 PM (OZmbA)
How is this not the craziest event in espionage history.
Posted by: MTF at June 17, 2015 05:42 PM (LISuA)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 17, 2015 05:42 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at June 17, 2015 05:42 PM (Dwehj)
If that isn't treason you can just shoot me now.
Posted by: Gmac- Pulling in feelers in preperation... at June 17, 2015 05:42 PM (4CRfK)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at June 17, 2015 05:42 PM (nFdGS)
Posted by: JD at June 17, 2015 05:42 PM (TzeLs)
Posted by: tinfoilbaby at June 17, 2015 05:42 PM (H3SRF)
Posted by: FDC at June 17, 2015 05:42 PM (EiMfo)
We actually PAID the Chinese to steal the files.
How is this not the craziest event in espionage history.
I wonder if Choom Boy paid them to take our nuclear launch codes?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:43 PM (FsuaD)
* * *
You mixed up two apocalyptic movies there but the idea is sound and suddenly very relevant.
Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 05:43 PM (bGLSw)
As in, not hacked at all.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:43 PM (AkOaV)
Don't think it would even qualify as criminal if someone in the US did it. We GAVE THEM ACCESS for gods sake.
Posted by: mynewhandle
The Feds have prosecuted hackers for less, so if we are to hold them to the same standards, yes, it was criminal.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2015 05:43 PM (uctT+)
Posted by: Egon Spengler at June 17, 2015 05:43 PM (oVJmc)
But NONE for a congress that collaborates with a malevolent executive.
Posted by: OPM HR at June 17, 2015 05:43 PM (J6suc)
EVERYBODY wants to know how Rachel does her hair!!!!
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis
pfffffft. Yeah, like it's a big secret.
Posted by: Sideshow Bob at June 17, 2015 05:43 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Justice John Roberts at June 17, 2015 05:44 PM (q+zA9)
--
Well the one looks like she had an elephant shit on her head.
Posted by: JD at June 17, 2015 05:44 PM (TzeLs)
Posted by: redc1c4 at June 17, 2015 05:44 PM (pZtrP)
Posted by: Josh Earnest at June 17, 2015 05:44 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: FDC at June 17, 2015 05:42 PM (EiMfo)
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Clinton had the most secure system in the executive branch. Get off her case.
Posted by: RioBravo at June 17, 2015 05:44 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: The NSA at June 17, 2015 05:44 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:44 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 05:44 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Barky at June 17, 2015 05:44 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: John McLaughlin at June 17, 2015 05:45 PM (evdj2)
The country's in the very best of hands.
And NO ONE will get fired.
Posted by: Egon Spengler at June 17, 2015 05:45 PM (oVJmc)
It's not criminal when you hire them and hand them the keys.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 05:45 PM (B7UtQ)
Posted by: allenlou at June 17, 2015 05:45 PM (3zt5o)
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2015 05:45 PM (e3bId)
Now this.
Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 05:45 PM (bGLSw)
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at June 17, 2015 05:45 PM (Dwehj)
Okay but... say I'm an IT guy. Company A hires me to migrate their email inboxes to office 365 or what not, and in the process gives me full admin rights.
I happen to glance over some of the emails from the execs. Maybe make a copy of the exchange server on to a thumb drive before I transfer everything.
Have I committed any crimes there?
I mean as far as we know, the Chinese haven't acted on any of this information.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:46 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: FDC at June 17, 2015 05:46 PM (EiMfo)
Posted by: RioBravo at June 17, 2015 05:46 PM (NUqwG)
So Obamacare.gov COULDN'T get in to these databases, but the Chinese COULD.
The country's in the very best of hands.
And NO ONE will get a firing squad.
Fixed.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:46 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Vladimir Putin at June 17, 2015 05:46 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Bystander at June 17, 2015 05:46 PM (9xfh1)
Posted by: Yo! at June 17, 2015 05:46 PM (q+zA9)
It is our conclusion that Bush Era policies left the henhouse vulnerable to intrusion.
Posted by: The Foxes at June 17, 2015 05:46 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2015 05:47 PM (e3bId)
Why do all of these bungling women whom Obama has appointed to head up these Fed agencies all look exactly the same?
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at June 17, 2015 05:42 PM (Dwehj)
Sorry, we are working on a new model, which we hope you will find more easy on the eyes.
Posted by: Commie LesBots -R- Us at June 17, 2015 05:47 PM (ecDRv)
Boys, it looks like America's cyber-security has a chink in it.
Posted by: Vladimir Putin at June 17, 2015 05:46 PM (8ZskC)
Dammit. *wipes monitor*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:47 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2015 05:47 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 17, 2015 05:47 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: The Barrel at June 17, 2015 05:47 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Yo! at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (q+zA9)
Unexpectedly
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (VPLuQ)
If this had happened while GW Bush was president, there would be no end to the press coverage. And it would, of course, be ALL BUSH's FAULT.
So, why isn't Obummer to blame?
Posted by: Sphynx at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: RioBravo at June 17, 2015 05:44 PM (NUqwG)
Seriously.
Hillarys move is to say, "between granting full admin rights to the Chinese, and losing years of emails at the IRS, I took it upon myself to store my emails in a more secure way than the government, by placing them behind an outlook web applet on a server in my basement. And I paid for it all out of pocket. You're welcome, tax payers."
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: JD at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (TzeLs)
Posted by: RioBravo at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: cajun caret at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (UZQM8)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: tbd at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (ASGCu)
How did Snowden get those passwords? He just asked politely.
Posted by: Illiniwek at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (8bK1p)
Posted by: Sphynx at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (OZmbA)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (LA7Cm)
Later
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (VPLuQ)
What the fucking fuck.
...
One of my first thoughts was, "Crap. I don't think the amount of vodka I've got in the house will be enough to deal with this tonight." But, then, I've got an early morning flight to catch so it's just as well.
Incidentally, I haven't yet received a notification from OPM that I've been compromised. But, I'm sure it'll be waiting for me in my inbox when I return.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (l3LvV)
#twoweeks
Posted by: andycanuck at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (FsuaD)
If it leaves the building with you without anyone else knowing or as part of a documented offsite-backup plan - quite possibly.
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Yo! at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (q+zA9)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Null at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (xjpRj)
In other words, is this the direct result of corruption? Not that it means anything these days with these imbeciles in charge, but it's a good question.
Or at least it would be if we had a media that was actually interested in doing their job.
#WASTF
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Galileo Galilei at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (oVJmc)
Sum Ting Wong
Posted by: Yo! at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (q+zA9)
Posted by: Chinese Hacker at June 17, 2015 05:50 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Barky at June 17, 2015 05:50 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 05:50 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Commander Incompetent at June 17, 2015 05:50 PM (igEaG)
Never happened here before!
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 17, 2015 05:50 PM (PMGbu)
You been here foa howa! You go now!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2015 05:50 PM (h4vJk)
By the time people swing for this and every other treasonous, seditious act committed against the nation, their necks will look like soda straws.
Metaphorically speaking.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 05:50 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Null at June 17, 2015 05:49 PM (xjpRj)
Are we all the certain he will leave?
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 05:50 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 17, 2015 05:51 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Wandering Minister at June 17, 2015 05:51 PM (UhRGU)
Billy Jeff's last hurrah, as I do recall.
I wonder when exactly they turned him...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 17, 2015 05:51 PM (2l5vw)
Posted by: FDC at June 17, 2015 05:51 PM (EiMfo)
Posted by: Sandy Berger at June 17, 2015 05:51 PM (UlJ3l)
Posted by: Wi Tu Lo at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Wandering Minister at June 17, 2015 05:51 PM (UhRGU)
My vote for thread winner
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: JD at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (TzeLs)
Posted by: the barrel at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (AkOaV)
Ace is Greek?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (B7UtQ)
159
124 >>> Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 05:19 PM (bGLSw)
Hey bro!
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 05:31 PM (J6suc)
Hey, You Guys, how ya doin'?
Posted by: Agony on me
___________
Mind if I pull up a chair?
Posted by: Deep, Dark Depression at June 17, 2015 05:36 PM (UlJ3l) <<<
*Stares for a minute, then points bony finger at the group*
Posted by: Death at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (sCHw2)
And you better be truthful, or you're a FELON. This is a fucking big big deal.
Posted by: prescient11 at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (q5APL)
He'll leave and another figurehead will rotate in.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (2l5vw)
Posted by: Bob, at NSA at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: elaine at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (Y0Piu)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (cJnP4)
Posted by: tu3031 at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Yo! at June 17, 2015 05:53 PM (q+zA9)
Thanks, Fox.
Hurry, SMOD.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:53 PM (FsuaD)
Uhh... I would hope the answer is universally "no"
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:53 PM (AkOaV)
He'll leave and another figurehead will rotate in.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at June 17, 2015 05:52 PM (2l5vw)
As bad as Carter and Clinton were and the RINO Bushes and Nixon, NOTHING compares to the sheer destruction this bastard has wrought on our nation.
NOTHING.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 05:53 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: pep at June 17, 2015 05:54 PM (LAe3v)
Well, to be fair, they only thought they were outsourcing it to some guy in Argentina. Which has to count for something, right?
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:54 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: MFM at June 17, 2015 05:55 PM (OZmbA)
Posted by: kartoffel at June 17, 2015 05:55 PM (fVxXv)
Posted by: GOP congressman at June 17, 2015 05:55 PM (18H6u)
NOTHING.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 05:53 PM
Yep. And the brainless fucktards wandering around up here still think he's the best president evah!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2015 05:55 PM (h4vJk)
So, why isn't Obummer to blame?
Posted by: Sphynx at June 17, 2015 05:48 PM (OZmbA)
Bush was blamed when some fucking bridge collapsed.
Time to see how much vodka I do have left...
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at June 17, 2015 05:55 PM (l3LvV)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 17, 2015 05:55 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:55 PM (FsuaD)
Well, to be fair, they only thought they were outsourcing it to some guy in Argentina. Which has to count for something, right?
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:54 PM (AkOaV)
Who, Mengele's Chinese granddaughter?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 05:55 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:55 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: lt commander scott at June 17, 2015 05:56 PM (kivUY)
Other hands are not unbloodied.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 17, 2015 05:29 PM (kdS6q)
Let it never be said that gridlock in congress is not a good thing.
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 05:56 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Yo! at June 17, 2015 05:56 PM (q+zA9)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:56 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Wandering Minister at June 17, 2015 05:56 PM (UhRGU)
Posted by: lt commander scott at June 17, 2015 05:57 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Mr. Foo Foo at June 17, 2015 05:57 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 05:56 PM (ecDRv)
That was the intention of the Founders. McTurtle and Boner, not so much.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 05:57 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Yo! at June 17, 2015 05:57 PM (q+zA9)
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:57 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: mike webster at June 17, 2015 05:57 PM (Wkdli)
Aaaannnnnd whiplash.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:56 PM (FsuaD)
That good, eh?
*smokes cigarette*
Posted by: Snidely Whiplash at June 17, 2015 05:57 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: tu3031 at June 17, 2015 05:58 PM (YFFpo)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Chiesa (R-NJ)
Collins (R-ME)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Toomey (R-PA)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2015 05:58 PM (uctT+)
I'm sure this will reflect badly upon me when my potential future employers review the records the Chinese will undoubtedly offer up as a service.
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 05:58 PM (o+SC1)
#47 "The media will talk about ANYTHING except what's important and reflects bad on Obumbler."
Problem is, when he manages to fuck up every single solitary thing in America, then all we can talk is Bruce Jenner.
Posted by: Judge Dredd at June 17, 2015 05:58 PM (/EkKm)
his co-worker was physically located in the [People's Republic of
China].
Whoever approved this contract should be fired and barred from future employment with the feds. Instead they'll, of course, get a promotion.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 05:58 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:58 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Sharks at June 17, 2015 05:35 PM (8ZskC)"
Because you didn't invent peanut butter.
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 05:59 PM (J6suc)
I promise you that there was cronism involved here somewhere.
It's very difficult to get on the "approved vendors" list for the feds. Suspiciously difficult.
Posted by: mynewhandle at June 17, 2015 05:59 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 05:59 PM (4WhSY)
#47 "The media will talk about ANYTHING except what's important and reflects bad on Obumbler."
Problem is, when he manages to fuck up every single solitary thing in America, then all we can talk is Bruce Jenner.
Posted by: Judge Dredd at June 17, 2015 05:58 PM (/EkKm)
The media does not exist. The only place to turn is right here and talk radio.
And those are targeted for termination.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 05:59 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 05:59 PM (P25Hh)
Result: It's rape.
Posted by: Captain Oblivious at June 17, 2015 06:00 PM (hiT/m)
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 06:00 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:00 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Yo! at June 17, 2015 06:00 PM (q+zA9)
343
Good news! Fox reporting that top military aides are describing Iraq as a "quagmire."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 05:58 PM (FsuaD)
<<
I Rock! Giggity!
Posted by: Quagmire at June 17, 2015 06:00 PM (OZmbA)
McCain (R-AZ)
Both of these assholes need to be fired as well.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 05:59 PM (4WhSY)
McStains is up for reelection this cycle. I understand there are at least 2 people who want to primary him and that he is in trouble.
AZ morons may enlighten us with details?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 06:00 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 17, 2015 06:00 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2015 06:01 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: BJ at June 17, 2015 06:01 PM (CbxSY)
Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us SMOD at June 17, 2015 06:01 PM (IrByp)
Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 06:01 PM (bGLSw)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 17, 2015 06:01 PM (kivUY)
Including a stint at the Department of Energy. You know, the nice folks who oversee the national nuclear weapons production complex.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 06:01 PM (noWW6)
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If it was the Target store, they would be looking at jail time.
Posted by: JD at June 17, 2015 06:01 PM (TzeLs)
Entertainment media and news media have morphed into the same entities. The National Enquirer now produces better journalism than the NYT and The Big Three networks can't be bothered with hard news when they can talk Jenner/Dolezal.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 17, 2015 06:01 PM (LA7Cm)
We're screwed.
Posted by: EC at June 17, 2015 06:02 PM (j8YpL)
It's very difficult to get on the "approved vendors" list for the feds. Suspiciously difficult.
I'm sure a congresscritter can help with that, and it's not at all a quid pro quo for that campaign donation.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 06:02 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2015 06:01 PM (e3bId)
U 235.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 06:02 PM (St6BJ)
Dis guy is cween! He deweet files for ms cwinton too. Twust us!
Posted by: Chinese IT Local 911 at June 17, 2015 06:02 PM (UhRGU)
Dis guy is cween! He deweet files for ms cwinton too. Twust us!
Posted by: Chinese IT Local 911 at June 17, 2015 06:02 PM (UhRGU)
Affirmative action does indeed have its consequences, all of them bad.
And of course, FISH ROT FROM HEAD quote.
Posted by: Jukin, Former Republican at June 17, 2015 06:03 PM (TV9BR)
"Archuleta, a Colorado native, was the national political director for Obama's reelection campaign and would rank among his administration's prominent Latinas."
Posted by: kartoffel at June 17, 2015 06:03 PM (fVxXv)
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2015 06:03 PM (e3bId)
Without reading the link, I will don my thinking cap and make two not very bold predictions:
(a) The plotters were obvious "known wolves", and
(b) They were in the country on dubious premises and/or collecting public benefits on dubious premises.
Just as with the Boston bombers beforehand.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 06:03 PM (noWW6)
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
Okay, I'm ready for Trump.
I'm pretty sure he at least makes sure his servers are secure.
Posted by: Transnaturalfake - naturalfake who identifies as naturalfake at June 17, 2015 06:03 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 06:03 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: EC at June 17, 2015 06:03 PM (j8YpL)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 17, 2015 06:01 PM (kivUY)
He's from Queens. Me, I'm from normal folks.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 06:04 PM (St6BJ)
From a WaPo article linked on wiki:
"Archuleta, a Colorado
native, was the national political director for Obama's reelection
campaign and would rank among his administration's prominent Latinas."
Of course. *rage twitch*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:04 PM (FsuaD)
Nope.
The sheeple are being distracted on purpose.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:04 PM (0HooB)
That said, this is staggering in its seriousness. To put in perspective: Do you think US intelligence would like to have the same info on 10 million Chinese or Russian government employees, many with security clearance or ISIS members
Also as noted above, what do the fed employees think (or are they occupied with Debbie Does Dallas 2.0?
Posted by: John Doe@AnotherQuidam at June 17, 2015 06:04 PM (g1MTt)
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 06:04 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 06:03 PM (wkuqO
ISWYDT.
PS - Chuleta = pork chop
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 06:04 PM (St6BJ)
I just hope the CIA doesn't outsource its IT operations.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:04 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 17, 2015 06:05 PM (TV9BR)
Posted by: The NYT at June 17, 2015 06:05 PM (q+zA9)
And Gabe's Alaskan buddy, Lisa.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 17, 2015 06:05 PM (kivUY)
There are metric shit-tons worth of Chinese counterfeit aerospace components flooding the country. Including flight-critical components, military components, and flight-critical military components.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 06:05 PM (noWW6)
And the republicans are silent.
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 06:04 PM (P25Hh)
There's probably a metric shit-ton of blackmail material on every single one of the bastards.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:05 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 06:06 PM (St6BJ)
I think we're still looking for wise Latina #1.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:06 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: 55yo Federal Employee at June 17, 2015 06:06 PM (q+zA9)
The bad news is that the OPM servers were connected to the Obamacare servers.
On a related note, ace, you should probably have that rash looked at.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2015 06:06 PM (g1DWB)
Shit Midas might just be too optimistic for Obama.
What about Explosive Diarrhea Midas?
Posted by: Jukin, Former Republican at June 17, 2015 06:06 PM (TV9BR)
Posted by: EC at June 17, 2015 06:03 PM (j8YpL)
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A good assumption.
Posted by: JD at June 17, 2015 06:07 PM (TzeLs)
Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 06:07 PM (bGLSw)
Posted by: The NYT at June 17, 2015 06:05 PM (q+zA9)
Ah, we find out squirrel once at band camp bonk gopher. We brackmail squirrel. So solly.
Posted by: Chinese IT guy at June 17, 2015 06:07 PM (oKE6c)
How I wish he'd end his days in a federal prison.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:07 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: FDC at June 17, 2015 06:08 PM (EiMfo)
On a lighter note, the GOP will have another Obamatrade vote tomorrow and vows to continue with subsidies should SCOTUS rule to strike the illegal Fed exchanges.
Hurray!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 06:08 PM (St6BJ)
I just hope the CIA doesn't outsource its IT operations.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:04 PM (oKE6c)
I think there are some former Disney IT people looking for work. Just saying.
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Bob Crane's Porno Beret at June 17, 2015 06:08 PM (GaQ+K)
Posted by: White house IT at June 17, 2015 06:08 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: EC at June 17, 2015 06:03 PM (j8YpL)/i]
Does that mean we can expect an uptick in government competence?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:08 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: elaine at June 17, 2015 06:08 PM (Y0Piu)
Posted by: John McCain, Card Carring Maverick at June 17, 2015 06:08 PM (TV9BR)
Think Khrushchev, November 18, 1956.
"We will Barry you!"
Posted by: Nikita Kruschev at June 17, 2015 06:09 PM (0HooB)
Remember when Obama promised shovel-ready jobs?
Think Khrushchev, November 18, 1956.
"We will Barry you!"
Posted by: Nikita Kruschev at June 17, 2015 06:09 PM (0HooB)
Thread winner!
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: John McCain, Card Carring Maverick at June 17, 2015 06:08 PM (TV9BR)
Second look at the H _____ (REDACTED)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (St6BJ)
ISIS keeps saying they already have info on all our soldiers and their families. I'm assuming this is how they got it...
Posted by: elaine at June 17, 2015 06:08 PM (Y0Piu)
Son had to list everywhere he'd ever lived and traveled, every school, family members' names and addresses, all his medical records, etc. etc. etc.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: MTF at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (LISuA)
They will not do anything to burn the man who is disemboweling our country for them. If he isn't working for them, he might as well be.
Like I've said many times before, the people elected an enemy agent. Those fools in front of their TV sets are the ones who must pay for what they have done. And pay they will, but they're too stupid to know they caused their own demise.
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (J6suc)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (bGLSw)
Posted by: Nikita Kruschev at June 17, 2015 06:09 PM (0HooB)
Thread winner!
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (ecDRv)
Thread winner? Blog winner!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (St6BJ)
You know, before the hordes showed up.
The latest scandal or thing.
Posted by: eman at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (gflvX)
She is claiming to be bisexual to take advantage of another protected class.
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (oUc1U)
Posted by: Jukin, Former Republican at June 17, 2015 06:06 PM (TV9BR) "
----------------
Easy there big fella.
Posted by: Explosive Diarrhea at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (TV9BR)
least 2 people who want to primary him and that he is in trouble.
AZ morons may enlighten us with details?
There are some
long time players that are "considering" taking a shot. Meaning that
they don't want to commit and make enemies if looks like McCain can
possibly hold on. The one guy who has declared isn't a well known name. So the old coot will probably skate through the primary and face Gabby Giffords in the general.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: President Barack H. Obama at June 17, 2015 06:11 PM (6qR/9)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:07 PM (FsuaD
------
Li Xiannia
Yang Shangkun
Hu Jintao
Xi Jinping
Barak Obama
Posted by: RioBravo at June 17, 2015 06:11 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at June 17, 2015 06:11 PM (zauWW)
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at June 17, 2015 06:11 PM (JgC5a)
Fuck. In that case, I nominate YOU!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 06:11 PM (St6BJ)
"We will Barry you!"
Posted by: Nikita Kruschev at June 17, 2015 06:09 PM (0HooB)
Thread winner!
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (ecDRv)
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seconded. that sums it up.
Posted by: President Barack H. Obama at June 17, 2015 06:12 PM (6qR/9)
Data security
green initiatives
inclusiveness
diversity
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at June 17, 2015 06:12 PM (LWu6U)
* * *
Neal Boortz was a true ass in a lot of ways, probably still is, but he used to ask almost daily, "If Obama were proven to be a Marxist traitor bent on doing all he could to weaken the U.S., would he be doing anything differently?"
Posted by: Doomed at June 17, 2015 06:12 PM (bGLSw)
traveled, every school, family members' names and addresses, all his
medical records, etc. etc. etc.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (FsuaD)
But the Russians tell DHS in words of one syllable that the Tsarnaevs are a terrorist threat, and nothing happens. Too bad the Russians didn't tell DHS that the Tsarnaevs were loyal Americans. Then they'd know when they last had their tires rotated, and whether they flossed regularly.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:12 PM (oKE6c)
She is claiming to be bisexual to take advantage of another protected class.
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM
She should put her legs in a wood chipper up to the knees so she can claim midget status as well.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 06:13 PM (St6BJ)
"We will Barry you!"
Posted by: Nikita Kruschev at June 17, 2015 06:09 PM (0HooB)
Thread winner!
____________________
I second that nomination.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at June 17, 2015 06:13 PM (o8Gus)
Of course Oblatherbutt thinks she's the right person for the job, his plan includes total destruction of the US.
Why he hasn't just announced he is the new tyrant for life Papa Doc Oduvalier is beyond me. He has Boehner and McConnell's support already.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2015 06:13 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:14 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:14 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:14 PM (FsuaD)
ooh. . . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 17, 2015 06:14 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Dang at June 17, 2015 06:14 PM (XWo4d)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (4WhSY)
Hah!
[Please, God, tell me this is a joke]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2015 06:14 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: china at June 17, 2015 06:15 PM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (FsuaD)
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Every member of the military expecting any kind of security clearance has had to do this. IOW, the Chinese have bios of millions of people now, military and ex-military.
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 06:15 PM (P25Hh)
*shuffles and looks at own feet*
Aww gosh, it wasn't that good, y'all.
It is, however, indicative of just how we've been manipulated into allowing known domestic enemies to operate unfettered. They said what they'd do to us ('63 Cong Reg of commie goals), then they did it.
#WASTF
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:15 PM (0HooB)
She is claiming to be bisexual to take advantage of another protected class.
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 17, 2015 06:10 PM (oUc1U)
I think she swings Hobbson's IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Bob Crane's Porno Beret at June 17, 2015 06:15 PM (GaQ+K)
Posted by: china at June 17, 2015 06:15 PM (c6/9Q)
Sure. We could use a good laugh right now.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:15 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Bob Crane's Porno Beret at June 17, 2015 06:16 PM (GaQ+K)
best Gary Oldman voice EVERYONE!
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2015 06:16 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Doomed, feeling neglected at June 17, 2015 06:16 PM (bGLSw)
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 06:17 PM (J6suc)
Posted by: White house IT at June 17, 2015 06:18 PM (wkuqO)
Thread winner? Blog winner!
* * *
Hey, I helped.
*sniff*
*kicks ground*
Posted by: Doomed, feeling neglected at June 17, 2015 06:16 PM (bGLSw)
Congratulations, first thread loser! Here's a bag of dicks.
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 06:18 PM (ecDRv)
Heh, you'd think that only in a cheap paperback would the incompetent numbnuts in charge of botched security be called "See-more".
Posted by: Archuleta, see you leta, I got nothing at June 17, 2015 06:18 PM (qZ2Oe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 17, 2015 06:19 PM (/tNwW)
8 GOP Senators voted to approve Archuleta in 2013:
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Technically, there were more. Something like half of the Republican "no" votes weren't actually "no". They were hissy fit protest votes over Obamacare subsidies for workers on The Hill. Senators stood up of the floor and declared as much.
The 81-18 for cloture best reflects the Senate's confidence in her.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 17, 2015 06:21 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 17, 2015 06:19 PM (/tNwW)
-----------------------------------------
Everything is fake now. We live in a Potemkin America.
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 06:21 PM (P25Hh)
President AirBiscuit is that point.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2015 06:22 PM (uctT+)
I have had the thought for a while that those "in the know" in DC know something beyond that we all know its gonna collapse at some point. Its like they know the exact date and are grabbing whatever power and money they can.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2015 06:22 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 06:23 PM (J6suc)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:24 PM (oKE6c)
* * *
Gee thanks, fellas.
*opens bag*
These are real!
Posted by: Doomed, cheered at June 17, 2015 06:24 PM (bGLSw)
Is there a band named The Wise Latinas?
Of course not.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:24 PM (oKE6c)
Comedy Troupe
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 06:25 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 06:23 PM (J6suc)
----------------------------------------
Ping Ping Ping is the flight engineer.
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 06:25 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 06:25 PM (B7UtQ)
I have had the thought for a while that those "in the know" in DC know something beyond that we all know its gonna collapse at some point. Its like they know the exact date and are grabbing whatever power and money they can.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2015 06:22 PM (ODxAs)
Slowly at first then all at once. We are in the 'slowly' phase right now. Watch out when the government tells us it can't happen.
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 06:25 PM (wkuqO)
Took longer than I thought.
For a bunch of people that think capital is evil, they sure think it can fix a lot.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 17, 2015 06:25 PM (xSCb6)
Arizonans, as your senator I will fight for your right to drink Valu-Rite on your front porch!
I will fight not just for the border fence, but a 20 ft high wall with guard towers, and I will make sure the barbed wire points out, not in.
I will fight for the rights of Arizonans by working to defund the EPA, BATF, and the Department of Indoctrination.
I will vote for impeachment, and not just the "President".
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 06:26 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 17, 2015 06:25 PM (xSCb6)
A few hangings would fix things a lot faster.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:26 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: just saying at June 17, 2015 06:28 PM (wkuqO)
Hah!
[Please, God, tell me this is a joke]
Sorry, but it's her or Ann Kirkpatrick.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 06:28 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:26 PM (oKE6c)
I'd settle for a disembowelment or two.
Posted by: flounder at June 17, 2015 06:28 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 17, 2015 06:28 PM (0x/TW)
Posted by: An Observation at June 17, 2015 06:28 PM (nKT33)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 06:29 PM (4WhSY)
That'll be our Chip Diller Moment.
That's when we'll really know we're fuct. And I fear that day is not far off.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:29 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Fritz at June 17, 2015 06:29 PM (UzPAd)
Ace ... you are LINKING to media stories about Rachel Dolezal. Look at your own Wednesday morning news dump.
Links each night to these stories in the Overnight thread.
Then there's the 48 column inches you did on some Jezabel blogger's tattoo.
I get that you're trying to suggest that the media is diverting our attention from important news stories by focusing on the latest tranny ... so maybe you and the cobs should stop linking to those stories.
Posted by: someguy at June 17, 2015 06:29 PM (3z91g)
Posted by: Fritz at June 17, 2015 06:29 PM (UzPAd)
Anyone or Anyone that was sober?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 17, 2015 06:30 PM (/tNwW)
Posted by: John Doe@AnotherQuidam at June 17, 2015 06:30 PM (g1MTt)
is diverting our attention from important news stories by focusing on
the latest tranny ... so maybe you and the cobs should stop linking to
those stories.
Posted by: someguy at June 17, 2015 06:29 PM (3z91g)
That's retarded, sir.
Posted by: Rachel Jeantel at June 17, 2015 06:30 PM (ecDRv)
Every member of the military expecting any kind of
security clearance has had to do this. IOW, the Chinese have bios of
millions of people now, military and ex-military.
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 06:15 PM (P25Hh)
I know.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:31 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Fritz at June 17, 2015 06:29 PM (UzPAd)
Anyone or Anyone that was sober?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 17, 2015 06:30 PM (/tNwW)
No way.
Posted by: Stevie Wonder at June 17, 2015 06:31 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2015 06:31 PM (uctT+)
We have to keep that so the Canadian snowbird dollars will keep rolling in. But I think we can at least label it "back bacon" so that no one will buy it by mistake.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 06:31 PM (4WhSY)
[fingers in ears]
lalalalala we can't hear you.
Posted by: Your Betters at the MSM at June 17, 2015 06:32 PM (GwjEG)
This was a lot more true in the past, but still applies.
In the 90's forward, in tech, i have worked at several companies that had a few Chinese researchers. PhD's or Engineers who immigrated either as young children, or to go to school.
The ones I knew well, and there were a few, all had connections in China.This is in DC, NY, and CA. I found out early that they it was common to have chinese business cards. Not for the jobs they were doing in the US, but for side work. Not that it was work, but it was basically industrial espionage. They listed themselves in China as expert on certain technology, and there was some system in China, set up by government, to make contact with them if someone needed "help."
I believe that "help" meant stolen technology.
For the employee, it meant better connections for their extended families. This is big in China, since where you work, live, etc. are all based on connections. One guy had apartment in peking that he thought would be worth a lot one day if he could keep it. He had been in the US for 15 years, but still had that apartment.
I also assumed that Chinese working in military or gov. were also connected back home and doing the same stuff.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at June 17, 2015 06:32 PM (LWu6U)
False alarm. Could have sworn I heard the garage door opening.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:31 PM (FsuaD)
Soon.
Posted by: Face-sized Spider at June 17, 2015 06:32 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:33 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 17, 2015 06:33 PM (0x/TW)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 06:33 PM (4WhSY)
No one in their right mind would vote to confirm this woman, unless they were truly uncaring and unconcerned, or were intentionally trying to ensure that she failed in spectacular fashion and did as much damage as possible in the process.
The consequences of this fiasco cannot be overstated. The Chinese can directly and effectively influence, if they don't already own outright, the political and probably a significant portion of the military leadership. It will eventually manifest itself at the individual troop level when the Chinese sell this information to the highest bidder. And I'd be willing to bet that anyone on the health care exchange has been compromised too, they just haven't admitted it yet.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2015 06:33 PM (iUCQL)
Posted by: Face-sized Spider at June 17, 2015 06:32 PM (ecDRv)
Shoo. Run along and play with AtC.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:33 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2015 06:34 PM (go5uR)
They already outsource spying to the countries they spy on.
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 06:34 PM (J6suc)
This is why you're the only one, Ace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B1Qc5pAw4E
Face the Sun
I ain't a saint, I think you know
But I see a way I'm gonna go
It's no debate that I belong with you, yeah
Baby, we're the same, you know my flaws
So if I ever strain, you know the code
But no matter what I do, I know, I know I belong with you
I belong with you, yeah, baby
Yeah, I got a temper, but I'm just sayin'
You pushin' buttons just cause you can
You know I hate it, but I belong with you, oh
But when I'm gone, I think you do
You shouldn't worry 'bout someone new
Cause no matter where I go, you know I know I belong with you
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 17, 2015 06:34 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:35 PM (FsuaD)
Wait, it's not?
Coincidentally, and not at all related, do you happen to know of any really deep mineshafts located in the greater Phoenix metro area?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 06:35 PM (4WhSY)
Wait, don't answer that. Forgot where I was.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2015 06:35 PM (g1DWB)
position she is in, unless they were truly uncaring and unconcerned, or
were intentionally trying to ensure that she failed in spectacular
fashion and did as much damage as possible in the process.
That, and they wanted to deny the Marriott of a housemaid.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:36 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 06:36 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 17, 2015 06:37 PM (VxV3H)
Whatever.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:35 PM (FsuaD)
And he appears to be not only a global warmonger but a global warmingmonger.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 17, 2015 06:37 PM (W5DcG)
We'd have been better off if we did. We simply decommissioned a bunch of our silos and filled in the holes...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 17, 2015 06:37 PM (PMGbu)
Whatever.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:35 PM (FsuaD)
Misquoted. He actually he'd never bent a female.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:37 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Bob Crane's Porno Beret at June 17, 2015 06:15 PM (GaQ+K)
Ten years you carry that joke and now you waste your shot.
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Barbossa's Pirate Hat at June 17, 2015 06:38 PM (GaQ+K)
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 06:38 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:38 PM (oKE6c)
Second look at Manchuria as an exit strategy?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:38 PM (oKE6c)
of understanding and common ground," she wrote in the essay. "My
struggles *paled* as I read of the atrocities so many ancestors faced in
America."
heh "paled" snigger snigger.
Wait, are we allowed to use the word "snigger" anymore, or is it like "niggardly" and "reneged", sound too much like a forbidden word to use anymore?
Posted by: docweasel at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (XxzcU)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (FsuaD)
She didn't pass. They knew she was white, but a useful SJW. So they let it slide.
Posted by: Doomed, cheered at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (bGLSw)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (VxV3H)
Blanco, it used to be,but the influx of California types ruined it.
Mineshafts? Oh, we have many, MANY mineshafts. Or as we call them, hobo holes.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (0x/TW)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 06:40 PM (J6suc)
Posted by: the little shyning man at June 17, 2015 06:40 PM (fAMNc)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (VxV3H)
Normalizing relations <> giving them root access to OPM servers.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:40 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Dang at June 17, 2015 06:40 PM (XWo4d)
... how is it possible for a 60 year old US Senator never to have sent an email?
Posted by: JackStraw
Or never have know the joy of nuzzling the pussy?
Posted by: Doctor Fish at June 17, 2015 06:40 PM (P330y)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 17, 2015 06:41 PM (2cS/G)
of understanding and common ground," she wrote in the essay. "My
struggles *paled* as I read of the atrocities so many ancestors faced in
America."
Ancestors ... just not her[/i\] ancestors.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:41 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at June 17, 2015 06:41 PM (9wOlO)
Posted by: JEM (sometimes The Devoceleraptor) at June 17, 2015 06:36 PM (o+SC1)
Congress/DC is like Mafia bosses.
Other's do the dirty work, they keep themselves clean.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 17, 2015 06:42 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (VxV3H)
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Nixon.
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 06:42 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2015 06:42 PM (cJnP4)
extent of tech savvy is sharing cute puppy videos on the Youtubes with
the Dell "iPad" her kids chipped in to buy her last Christmas.
Posted by: Dang at June 17, 2015 06:40 PM (XWo4d)
Logging in from AOL.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:42 PM (oKE6c)
Mineshafts? Oh, we have many, MANY mineshafts. Or as we call them, hobo holes.
OK, I may or may not need directions to one of those to take care of some "skeletons in my closet". Which is code for hobo corpses in the backyard.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 06:42 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:40 PM (oKE6c)
So Round Eyes, you thought those pandas were free?
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Hello Kitty's Jenner Strapon at June 17, 2015 06:42 PM (GaQ+K)
IIRC, Nixon got it all started, then BJ Cliton made them Most Favored Trade Nation.
Progs, both.
#WASTF
If it was me, I'd pull in all our feelers and start doing and making everything we could for ourselves. We have the resources.
To hell with the rest of the world, they never liked us anyway.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:43 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (FsuaD)
think of your loved ones
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 17, 2015 06:43 PM (qCMvj)
504 BTW, wasn't GHWB the one who pushed to normalize relations with China?
Posted by: SFGoth at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (VxV3H)
Normalizing relations <> giving them root access to OPM servers.
Posted by: Jay Guevara
We wouldn't have the latter (or all the other problems we have) w/o the former.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 17, 2015 06:43 PM (VxV3H)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 17, 2015 06:43 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: The Donald at June 17, 2015 06:44 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (FsuaD)
Who needs a hug?
Posted by: Face-sized Spider at June 17, 2015 06:44 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Ivanka the Old Trump at June 17, 2015 06:45 PM (P330y)
"Welcoming Katherine Archuleta, the First Latina Director of the Office of Personnel Management"
All you need to know.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:45 PM (oKE6c)
I'm feeling a little down. Anyone else?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (FsuaD)
think of your loved ones
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 17, 2015 06:43 PM (qCMvj)
Heh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:45 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 06:42 PM (P25Hh)
Clinton gave them MFN status. That was our last leverage.
Don't blame Nixon, he was leveraging them against the Russians.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at June 17, 2015 06:45 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 06:45 PM (J6suc)
think of your loved ones
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 17, 2015 06:43 PM (qCMvj)
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Yes, Jane. Think of your family. Oh.......wait.
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 06:46 PM (P25Hh)
HISTORIC First Latina Director.
Can't leave out that part.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 06:46 PM (noWW6)
Normalizing relations was smart; it allowed us to play off the USSR and the PRC against each other as we were fighting the Vietnam War.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:46 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:43 PM (0HooB)
I thought is was "put out our feelers"
And "Pull in our testicles when the lollypop mistress pulls out the clamps"
I'm not pedantic, I'm just an idiot.
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Hello Kitty's Jenner Strapon at June 17, 2015 06:46 PM (GaQ+K)
Posted by: gewa76 at June 17, 2015 06:47 PM (S9rS1)
Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2015 06:47 PM (go5uR)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:47 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 17, 2015 06:47 PM (0x/TW)
Can't leave out that part.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 06:46 PM (noWW6
She certainly IS "historic." In the Newspeak sense.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:47 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at June 17, 2015 06:47 PM (LWu6U)
"Welcoming Katherine Archuleta, the First Latina Director of the Office of Personnel Management"
All you need to know.
All this "historic firstiness" shit doesn't seem to be working out so well, competence-wise.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:47 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Gummint Bureaucrats in Charge Everywhere at June 17, 2015 06:48 PM (iUCQL)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:48 PM (oKE6c)
And Mooch and the Moochetes are on yet another Vacay!....
Posted by: donna at June 17, 2015 06:48 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:47 PM (0HooB)
Didn't get the memo? "Historic" now means "not worth a shit."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:49 PM (oKE6c)
My command has 16,000 personnel. This is not a small operation.
A big part of the problem is that we are led by technological dinosaurs. We have guys in charge who still demand that their emails be printed out. The highest levels of leadership came into the command before Yahoo was a thing. Until they retire, there is no urgency to run like a 21st century organization; in fact, there's active resistance. Another part of the problem is bureaucracy. Even though everyone and their brother agrees that there really ought to be servers in California, and that the pipeline into North Carolina is too small for the number of users that use it, shit will never get done. It's like the I-95 beltway: always ten years behind the actual needs of the people using it. Remember Lindsey Graham saying he doesn't use email? THAT moron votes on net neutrality. That's the kind of moron we have making decisions about another server farm in California.
I completely and totally believe that the IRS IT lost, sincerely lost, Lois Lerner's emails. I have no doubt whatsoever that someone advising Hillary said "yeah, sure, make your own server!" I believe that no one at OPM had a second thought about outsourcing their IT to China. They DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER. This is endemic to the government at all levels. And that's not even the worst part! It's not just horrific that our government IT is that bad. The worst part is the American people do not give a shit. They don't hear about it, and if they do, they don't understand what it means, and if they do understand what it means, they don't care. Not until someone actually dies--a lot of someones actually die--will enough of them pay attention long enough to demand answers, and then they'll even have the gall to act outraged about it.
At the end of the day, all of this is on the American people, not the media, Ace. The American people are too distracted by shiny things to pay attention to the world around them. They don't have the character to hold people to any standard and they don't have the attention span to demand accountability. The only thing to do is ride this out to the bitter end and be ready to pick up the pieces.
Posted by: Zoomie at June 17, 2015 06:49 PM (3l9k4)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:47 PM (0HooB)
racist...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 17, 2015 06:49 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: fluffy at June 17, 2015 06:49 PM (2iV3X)
It was Poppy Bush who said, after the Tiananmen Square massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators, that the problem with the Chicoms was that they were insufficiently prosperous.
We needed, he said, to have a big dose of free trade with the PRC. Then they'd get rich, and then the Chicoms would of course inevitably have to democratize as a concomitant of being rich.
This plan worked out about as well as the plan that Poppy's son later came up with to try and transform Fallujah into Fresno.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 06:49 PM (noWW6)
r
And Mooch and the Moochetes are on yet another Vacay!....
Posted by: donna at June 17, 2015 06:48 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: donna at June 17, 2015 06:49 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: donna at June 17, 2015 06:48 PM (Bn6aD)
Don't forget perpetually pissed off looking Granny.
I wonder what curtains Mooch had a frock made from for this trip? And if the Moochette's dresses get any shorter....
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:50 PM (FsuaD)
And Mooch and the Moochetes are on yet another Vacay!....
Sorry this made no sense cause it wasn't meant to answer you...
Posted by: donna at June 17, 2015 06:50 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: The Donald
ESAD; I'm in a gummint union.
Posted by: Gummint Bureaucrats in Charge
Everywhere
Your department no longer exists.
--Rick Fucking Perry
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 06:50 PM (B7UtQ)
Saw some pictures... She's outdone Herself...
Posted by: donna at June 17, 2015 06:51 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 06:49 PM (noWW6)
What did he have against Fallujah?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:51 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 17, 2015 06:51 PM (OCcU9)
Posted by: Le-a is on a boat, MFers! at June 17, 2015 06:51 PM (vmMMi)
Y'all know what I mean.
We could become self-contained and be far better off, especially economically.
All this One World bullshit isn't working out so well for us. Nobody else is even trying to duplicate our freedom, so we have to give up all of our hard-won liberties for them? What kind of sense does that make, except to our enemies?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:52 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2015 06:47 PM (go5uR)
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Fundamental destruction......er......uh.......change. Yeah, that's it.
Posted by: Baraka O'Preezy at June 17, 2015 06:52 PM (P25Hh)
On May 23, 2013, President Obama appointed Director Archuleta to lead
the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the agency responsible
for attracting and retaining an innovative, diverse and talented
workforce to make the Federal government a model employer for the 21st
century.
On November 4th, Archuleta was sworn in to begin her tenure as the
10th Director of OPM, and the first Latina to head this federal agency.
Director Archuleta began her career in public service as a teacher in
the Denver public school system. She left teaching to work as an aide
to Denver Mayor Federico Peña. When Mayor Peña became Secretary of
Transportation during the Clinton Administration, Archuleta continued
her public service as his Chief of Staff. Later, Peña was appointed to
head the Department of Energy and Archuleta served as a Senior Policy
Advisor in the Office of the Secretary.
After the Clinton Administration, she went back to local government
and became a Senior Policy Advisor to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper.
Archuleta spent the first two years of the Obama Administration
serving as the Chief of Staff at the Department of Labor to Secretary
Hilda Solis.
As the Director of OPM, Archuleta is committed to building an
innovative and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of
America. As a long-time public servant, she is a champion of Federal
employees.
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at June 17, 2015 06:52 PM (e/W+h)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2015 06:52 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 06:52 PM (B7UtQ)
Just make sure you pack them down .
If you can't do the time, quicklime.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 17, 2015 06:53 PM (4WhSY)
"The president does have confidence that she is the right person for the job," spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
...............................
Phew. Silly me being a tad worried about that.
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2015 06:53 PM (wAQA5)
--Rick Fucking Perry
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 06:50 PM
Amen brother. *Fist bump*
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2015 06:53 PM (iUCQL)
"The problem is not that Obama is Prince of Fools, it's that so many fools clamor to make him their Prince."
Posted by: fluffy at June 17, 2015 06:54 PM (2iV3X)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at June 17, 2015 06:54 PM (e/W+h)
Posted by: captain*arizona at June 17, 2015 06:54 PM (1DsAW)
reflects the diversity of America.
Fvck diversity. How about we go with competency?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 06:54 PM (B7UtQ)
A lot of people died on 9/11.
The public sat up and paid attention. They demanded answers.
The federal government set up a commission to provide answers.
Stocking said commission with a bunch of hacks, retreads, retards, and individuals who had been in the loop on the decisions that let 9/11 happen.
The commission's eventual answer was, well, gosh, shit happens, sorry. Nothing to be done for it. No one's *fault*, of course. Shrug.
By that time, the public had forgotten all about wanting an answer anyway, and had gone back to their regular diet of television, pro sports and pop music.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 06:54 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:55 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2015 06:39 PM (wAQA5)
Sounds like it:
"
But this conversation is about more than policy fixes and court
decisions and legislation. What we are witnessing is a sea change in the
way the United States of America treats lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender Americans.
This is personal. This year we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the
Civil Rights Act of 1965. What we have done under this President is a
defining civil rights accomplishment of this generation.
As director of OPM, I am so proud of the work that our employees do
every day to make sure that our LGBT brothers and sisters are not denied
access to health, retirement or life insurance benefits or the Family
and Medical Leave Act simply because of who they are and who they love."
http://tinyurl.com/q85ndvk
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:55 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Grandpa Symbicort at June 17, 2015 06:55 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: gewa76 at June 17, 2015 06:55 PM (S9rS1)
Great post. Thank you.
I was a computer consultant in Ohio. I was in client support supporting a program that tracked government dollars for non-profit agencies throughout several states.
There were some good people at those agencies - they liked me and I liked them. But oh man.
There was one agency that actually went without back-ups of ANY type for 18 MONTHS simply because their IT guy didn't know any better. He once told me he worked at NASA but I couldn't figure out a way to ask what the hell he did at NASA besides janitorial work or take experimental drugs.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 17, 2015 06:56 PM (AC0lD)
innovative and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of
America.
________________________
I am SO f*cking sick of "diversity" being cited as a goal for government work. How about some f*cking competence? Isn't it more important to have a workforce that knows what the hell it's doing than one that is "inclusive" and "diverse"?
F*cking idiot leftists make me wanna puke!
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at June 17, 2015 06:56 PM (o8Gus)
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 06:56 PM (noWW6)
Weird. Just got a craving for a pepperidge farm coconut cake.
Posted by: Soothsayer of the Righteous And Harmonious Fists at June 17, 2015 06:56 PM (cCGjf)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 17, 2015 06:56 PM (0x/TW)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at June 17, 2015 06:56 PM (lNSdJ)
The governments response was the DHS and the TSA.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2015 06:56 PM (iUCQL)
All this "historic firstiness" shit doesn't seem to be working out so well, competence-wise.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:47 PM (0HooB)
I'm pretty sure competence is now racist.
Posted by: rickl at June 17, 2015 06:56 PM (sdi6R)
I wonder what curtains Mooch had a frock made from for this trip?
..................................
Curtains all gone. Even shower. We use picnic table cover this time.
Posted by: wth - PRC Tailors to the Stars at June 17, 2015 06:57 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: Professional Journalist at June 17, 2015 06:57 PM (HstNY)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:57 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at June 17, 2015 06:54 PM (e/W+h)
FIFY.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 06:57 PM (oKE6c)
Perhaps Perry can stay off the pain pills this time long enough to, y'know, actually *remember* which departments he's proposing to abolish when asked about the subject.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 17, 2015 06:58 PM (noWW6)
Better her DVR flashing something rather than her.
Posted by: Aviator at June 17, 2015 06:58 PM (sQzB6)
I DO blame Nixon for that dumb-shit move, and for a whole lot of other stuff, too.
He didn't need the Chicoms as "leverage" against the Russians (he was trying to suck up to them as well), he wanted to cozy up to Mao and strengthen his image as Teh Great International Statesman. It was as simple as that, and many of his subsequent defenders are imputing made-up motives for one of the stupidest things ever done by a president before Choom Boy came along.
Why? Because Republican, that's why. No one likes to admit the Democrats were right in going after Tricky Dick. Hell, even the Republican leadership finally decided he had to go, and sent a delegation to the White House to tell him so. Which is something today's Democrats haven't got the balls to do with their felonious little Tyrant-in-Chief.
Posted by: MrScribbler at June 17, 2015 07:00 PM (P8YHq)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 17, 2015 07:00 PM (OCcU9)
Anyway, this does suck, the entire administration of idiots beyond normal comprehension. And allowing the Chinese to know information. And having the head of dept say "nothing would have prevented it, yada."
I have been sooper depressed and not myself for weeks, due to move, due to blahs, due to a virus, due to world at large. I read that I can change my blahs by thanking God for three things each morning. Have tried that and it has helped. I am not sure if it will help you or if it is a temporary high from not having fracture....but my big question of the day is "What is a baboon whip?" Rachel is still amusing me and getting fired from stuff left and right. However, Ace is correct on this being a distraction from what is an enemy attack and people too stupid to recognize it. xoxo
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,supermodel,Redneck Queen, Last of Romanovs' at June 17, 2015 07:00 PM (FCPu0)
Posted by: fluffy at June 17, 2015 07:01 PM (2iV3X)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 17, 2015 06:57 PM (FsuaD)
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If he's been gone long, all he'll want is dessert. *wink* *wink*
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 07:01 PM (P25Hh)
trying to suck up to them as well), he wanted to cozy up to Mao and
strengthen his image as Teh Great International Statesman. It was as
simple as that, and many of his subsequent defenders are imputing
made-up motives for one of the stupidest things ever done by a president
before Choom Boy came along.
Recall that in that era a) we were fighting in Vietnam, which was being armed by China, and b) the PRC and USSR had already come to blows over the Amur River.
Engaging them, and driving a wedge further between them, was just smart diplomacy.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 07:02 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2015 07:02 PM (bOnhl)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 17, 2015 07:03 PM (/HC6x)
I would have given the two, and when asked about the third, I would have replied, "Let's see who pisses me off".
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2015 07:03 PM (B7UtQ)
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 07:03 PM (J6suc)
Priorities.
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at June 17, 2015 07:03 PM (e/W+h)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2015 07:03 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 07:02 PM (oKE6c)
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Nope. North Vietnam was being armed by the Russians.
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 07:04 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 06:52 PM (0HooB)
Brave New One World. Most of the people in this country are too distracted by phones and trannys to even notice the freedoms going.
And by trannys I mean the Cis ones and not the Trans ones. Could be the other way around.
I want that hash btw.
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Only Shame. And Tinsel. at June 17, 2015 07:04 PM (GaQ+K)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at June 17, 2015 07:04 PM (95CzI)
Posted by: Le-a is on a boat, MFers! at June 17, 2015 07:05 PM (vmMMi)
Posted by: Harun at June 17, 2015 07:05 PM (UBBWX)
We were diverse back when we were competent.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 17, 2015 07:06 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 07:04 PM (P25Hh)
Yep. You're right. I'd forgotten that, but remembered it about one femtosecond after hitting "post."
But it underscores the point.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 07:06 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Ualam Godfrie at June 17, 2015 07:07 PM (UCPJd)
y'know, actually *remember* which departments he's proposing to abolish
when asked about the subject.
Honestly we're better off if he forgets and just shuts it all down.s
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2015 07:08 PM (ZbV+0)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at June 17, 2015 07:08 PM (e/W+h)
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 07:04 PM
IIRC, both of the major Communist nations were supporting North Vietnam.
It strikes me as a truly Obama-esque notion to make all nice with countries that are helping to kill your people. But hey, that's just me.
When I was born, Tricky Dick was plain ol' Senator Nixon. I've lived through most of his political career, and in California, to boot. So I got the whole dose of "Nixon's the One."
He was NEVER "the one." He was a grubby little punk hell-bent on making things comfortable and amassing power for Richard Nixon. People who glorify him now are people who never had to deal with him in real life.
The really sad thing is that he went on Laugh-In, looked into the camera, and said "sock it to me." It didn't happen soon enough.
Posted by: MrScribbler at June 17, 2015 07:10 PM (P8YHq)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 17, 2015 07:10 PM (DiZBp)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 07:06 PM (oKE6c)
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There's another interesting point about this that gets overlooked sometimes. If China had actually been arming the North Vietnamese, I could almost bet that we would have bombed (and kept bombing) the shit out of Haiphong harbor (or any other points of entry) and we could have wrapped that war up in a year or less. Main reason? China had no nukes during that time.
But Russia...........
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 07:11 PM (P25Hh)
In an organization, that *doesn't fucking work*.
Posted by: despair at June 17, 2015 07:12 PM (J6suc)
That Darn Sequester - this fall on ABC.
Posted by: TV sitcom writer at June 17, 2015 07:12 PM (W5DcG)
The Chinese supported North Vietnam. Not sure if they sent a lot of arms, but they sent some.....including AA.
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/20thcentury/articles/chinesesupport.aspx
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2015 07:13 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Jean at June 17, 2015 07:15 PM (ztOda)
countries that are helping to kill your people. But hey, that's just me.
It's not making nice. It's just good policy to try to play your enemies off against each other (think ISIS v. al Qaeda), and you can't do that very well if you have no contact with them. Being hardnosed on the diplomatic level just risks pushing them closer together.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 07:15 PM (oKE6c)
No, "Diversity" means a government-approved ratio of minorities, females, and LGBT employees who march in ideological lock-step.
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at June 17, 2015 07:15 PM (e/W+h)
Posted by: Ever at June 17, 2015 07:16 PM (hRV3r)
At one point, but didn't China and North Vietnam come to blows later? Historically they've not been bestest buddies.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 17, 2015 07:16 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 17, 2015 07:16 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Jean at June 17, 2015 07:17 PM (ztOda)
>>But Russia...........
So you're saying that a country that hates our guts is more dangerous to us when they have nukes? Good to know, that may come in handy some day.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2015 07:17 PM (g1DWB)
That Darn Sequester - this fall on ABC.
Posted by: TV sitcom writer
..............................................
Sorry that won't work for us. How about "That Darn Gay Sequester"?
Posted by: ABC exec at June 17, 2015 07:18 PM (wAQA5)
http://www.vva.org/veteran/1006/chinese_military.html
Posted by: RioBravo at June 17, 2015 07:18 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 17, 2015 07:16 PM (W5DcG)
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But they had no practical delivery system until Bubba gave them the technology.
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 07:19 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: Jean at June 17, 2015 07:19 PM (ztOda)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2015 07:17 PM (g1DWB)
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But, unfortunately, not today.
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 07:21 PM (P25Hh)
Posted by: Jean at June 17, 2015 07:19 PM (ztOda)
So one person has "1357" as password, and the other as "2468?" Great idea. (calling secretary) "Take a memo!"
Posted by: Katherine Archuleta at June 17, 2015 07:21 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: An Observation at June 17, 2015 07:22 PM (nKT33)
Posted by: Soona at June 17, 2015 07:19 PM (P25Hh)
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Well accuracy is relative of course but they had ballistic missile forces that could strike the U.S. BC.
Posted by: RioBravo at June 17, 2015 07:23 PM (NUqwG)
Didn't the head of the Secret Service just resign? I think Obama should
give that position to Archuleta. Put his diversity money where his mouth
is.
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic
Make her the pilot of Air Force One.
Posted by: pep at June 17, 2015 07:24 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2015 07:24 PM (bOnhl)
I guess it's really not that funny. On the plus side, maybe the Anointed One will just issue the hackers H1-B visas and that way it keeps all the trouble domestic.
Posted by: Darren at June 17, 2015 07:24 PM (cKoDv)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 17, 2015 07:24 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: YourMomKeepsTexting at June 17, 2015 07:25 PM (vexAN)
Posted by: Moderate Salami at June 17, 2015 07:28 PM (/Ho8c)
I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that that is the one question he's for sure primed for.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 17, 2015 07:28 PM (rwI+c)
Who ARE these people that run our government? Seriously, what is WRONG with these people?
Wow. Just. Wow.
Posted by: Mistress Overdone at June 17, 2015 08:00 PM (2/oBD)
Posted by: filbert at June 17, 2015 08:19 PM (h6Mpm)
Posted by: No good deed at June 17, 2015 08:27 PM (GgxVX)
I did my part in preventing the Chinese from flooding across the 17th parallel into South Vietnam, but the antagonist insist on demeaning me for my good work as a highly decorated Naval Officer and one-man force preventing evil.
Posted by: John F'n Kerry at June 17, 2015 08:33 PM (P330y)
Posted by: Ben Ghazi at June 17, 2015 09:39 PM (X/7ZD)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 17, 2015 06:19 PM (/tNwW)
Becky-Quisha
Posted by: baldilocks at June 17, 2015 10:18 PM (t2Kll)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at June 17, 2015 11:32 PM (foCDR)
You do not ever give root access to fucking contractors.
Snowden was a fucking contractor. I would have thought the NSA knew better, but they didn't. And Snowden also got his coworkers to share their fucking passwords. Doesn't NSA encourage password protection?
Fuck, fuck, fuckity fuckity fuck fuck fuck
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at June 18, 2015 08:47 AM (1hM1d)
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