Germany Arrests Its Former Top Spymaster for Treason, Accusing Him of Spying for a Foreign Power

The foreign power is reportedly not Russia.

Germany's former spy chief, August Hanning, was arrested on Tuesday for alleged treason, with Berlin accusing him of gathering sensitive documents for a foreign spy service.
"Hanning is strongly ⁠suspected of treasonous espionage, obtaining state secrets, attempted treason and espionage," German prosecutors said in a statement, according to Reuters.
Hanning previously served as president of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND).
...
His arrest marks a major scandal for the German state, with prosecutors alleging that Hanning's espionage occurred over multiple years and involved more than 2,000 documents.

China, maybe? Surely not Iran.

I'm afraid it will turn out to be a western nation.

Speaking of treason, a watchdog agency concludes that Biden deliberately risked the country's national security by allowing known security risks to remain in the country on expired visas.

The Biden administration risked national security by letting millions of foreigners illegally overstay their nonimmigrant visas, including 104,000 who posed threats, while launching fewer than 500 investigations to remove violators, according to a bombshell report by the Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog.
"From fiscal years 2021 to 2024, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took few enforcement actions using targeted leads concerning foreign nationals who overstayed or otherwise violated their nonimmigrant visa terms of admission," the inspector general reported.
"As a result, foreign nationals who potentially posed threats to the United States remained at large despite their illegal status," the report added.
The report laid bare a Biden strategy that de-emphasized tracking down foreigners overstaying their permission to stay in the country, leaving a staggering statistical mess that included:
3,145,375 nonimmigrant visa overstays
104,049 foreigners who were deemed national security and public safety concerns
ICE conducted just 496 investigations and arrested just eight foreigners
The watchdog traced the crisis to a September 2021 policy change that directed Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) "to only investigate "Priority 1" leads -- those potentially posing the highest threat to national security or public safety.
"Of the 1,769 viable Priority 1 leads, HSI initiated only 84 investigations (about 5 percent), resulting in two arrests," it added. "The other 3,041,326 (96.7 percent) overstay leads were deemed Non-Priority."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:21 PM

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1 THE BLADE BLADES AGAIN

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 02:22 PM (iFTx/)

2 foist!

Posted by: anachronda at October 06, 2026 02:22 PM (oY6Yp)

3 But hey, we should share all of our intelligence with our NATO partners!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 06, 2026 02:23 PM (gLYp7)

4 >>>I'm afraid it will turn out to be a western nation.

I hope it's not Israel. The last thing I want to hear right now is more cries of "teh JOOOS!!!"

Posted by: Dr. T at October 06, 2026 02:24 PM (KKJEY)

5 The foreign power is reportedly not Russia.

If he croaks, it was probably France.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 06, 2026 02:24 PM (0sNs1)

6 It's got to be Israel. They wouldn't call it treason if it were China.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 02:24 PM (ExV1e)

7 China, maybe? Surely not Iran.

Whoever it is, the Germans will blame the Joos.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 06, 2026 02:24 PM (4NO2D)

8 " 3,145,375 nonimmigrant visa overstays. 104,049 foreigners who were deemed national security and public safety concerns"

Does that mean visas were issued to known national security and public safety risks? Or that they were discovered to be risks only after visas issued?

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

9 How about Turkey?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 06, 2026 02:25 PM (tPQMP)

10 China, maybe? Surely not Iran.

I'm afraid it will turn out to be a western nation.

Probably us.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:25 PM (77rzZ)

11 4 >>>I'm afraid it will turn out to be a western nation.

I hope it's not Israel. The last thing I want to hear right now is more cries of "teh JOOOS!!!"

Posted by: Dr. T at October 06, 2026 02:24 PM (KKJEY)

=======

I hope it is Israel.

No other nation being responsible would send Western European governments into a self-destructive doom spiral than that.

Purging anyone and everyone with a remote connection to Bibi in a mad dash that crashes governments left and right.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 06, 2026 02:25 PM (RWrid)

12 th

Posted by: Bosk at October 06, 2026 02:26 PM (VMFAF)

13 I'm afraid it will turn out to be a western nation.

Probably us.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:25 PM (77rzZ)

They've specifically said not China and not Russia.

That's Iran, the Norks, or Pakistan.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 06, 2026 02:26 PM (gLYp7)

14 I suspect it was us, the USA

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

15 Paging Wilhelm Canaris and Rheinhart Gehlen. Paging Wilhelm Canaris and Rheinhart Gehlen.

You have company on the way!

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 06, 2026 02:26 PM (dCMJG)

16 Probably China or the good ol’ USofA.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:26 PM (6ydKt)

17 Well the Maldive Islands are probably in the clear.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:26 PM (uhVAy)

18 Not first.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 06, 2026 02:26 PM (Q/FnY)

19 We need to line up about 50 of those Chinese spies beside Hasan.

2 belts of Ma Deuce would be about the right amount.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 02:26 PM (/+uur)

20 Will the firing squad be from Tennessee, or the Air Force?
Bet he's Catholic.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 06, 2026 02:26 PM (zdLoL)

21 China, maybe? Surely not Iran.

I'm afraid it will turn out to be a western nation.

Israel. Y'know, it's always the Jooos.

( the counter-argument would be that it can't be the Jooos! because they keep haggling the price down to the point it's not worth it)

I denounce myself, and will show myself to the door.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 06, 2026 02:27 PM (zafwz)

22 The Dwarves of Switzerland.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 06, 2026 02:27 PM (4NO2D)

23 Probably China or the good ol’ USofA.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Liechtenstein

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:27 PM (77rzZ)

24 China, maybe?

---------------

"Back off, bitchez!"

/General Milley Vanilli, Traitor Par Excellence

Posted by: ShainS at October 06, 2026 02:27 PM (u0Isn)

25 Do the Germans have secrets worth spying for? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

26 Haiti.

Posted by: Bosk at October 06, 2026 02:28 PM (VMFAF)

27 Will the firing squad be from Tennessee, or the Air Force?
Bet he's Catholic.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 06, 2026 02:26 PM

Kind of early to drinking, isn't it?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 06, 2026 02:28 PM (4NO2D)

28 Well the Maldive Islands are probably in the clear.
Posted by: Oldcat

They sank beneath the waves long ago because of global warming, anyway,

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:28 PM (77rzZ)

29 Prosecutors accused him of paying for secret documents and using them in an analysis for a foreign spy service. They did not identify the intelligence service and it was not immediately clear whether the analysis reached its intended recipient.

That’s strange.
He was giving analysis not documents or state secrets.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:28 PM (6ydKt)

30 Biden shut us down

and imported a metric fuckton of Muzzies, "south asians" and third-worlders to replace us

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 06, 2026 02:28 PM (j+aD2)

31 This post missed the best part of this story: how this Hanning saboteur came under scrutiny.

"Hanning came under scrutiny in a separate investigation into the abduction of Hamburg businesswoman Christina Block’s children from her ex-husband in Denmark. Hanning and a retired official from the Hamburg State Criminal Police Office are suspected of having accepted a contract from Block in 2022 to abduct her children."

Real stand-up guy! I suspect the guy would do anything for money, so his motivation to spy for Country X was probably pecuniary, not ideological, so it could be any country.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 02:28 PM (iFTx/)

32 gp

Who are the corrupt insiders? Gotta be a list somewhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 02:28 PM (u82oZ)

33 "I'm afraid it will turn out to be a western nation."

Blame Canada!

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:29 PM (Jr5Lq)

34 It’s Lichtenstein, isn’t it?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 06, 2026 02:29 PM (u73oe)

35 Germany's former spy chief, August Hanning, was arrested on Tuesday for alleged treason, with Berlin accusing him of gathering sensitive documents for a foreign spy service.

I would laugh if this was MI5

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 06, 2026 02:29 PM (j+aD2)

36 The CA Post story on the chinese baby farm couple.
Doesn't say if the couple are citizens or not, or if the missing nanny is or not, either.

https://tinyurl.com/4r2m3ahk

Posted by: beckster at October 06, 2026 02:29 PM (kX27y)

37 Watching the left try to attack the US for removing our bombers from the UK--without explaining or admitting any legitimate motivation for our actions--is hilarious.

The whole EU desires, longs and begs for a boot on their neck and somehow we're the bad guys for, simultaneously, not letting it happen but not also protecting them from it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 06, 2026 02:29 PM (3cUTc)

38 34 It’s Lichtenstein, isn’t it?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 06, 2026 02:29 PM (u73oe)

=======

If you dig far enough, it's always Lichtenstein.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 06, 2026 02:30 PM (RWrid)

39 "I'm afraid it will turn out to be a western nation."

Blame Canada!
Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:29 PM (Jr5Lq)

Another seduced by poutine.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:30 PM (uhVAy)

40
* shifty eyes *

Posted by: Big Penguin at October 06, 2026 02:30 PM (0sNs1)

41 Freedonia

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 06, 2026 02:30 PM (/OKHJ)

42 Liechtenstein
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:27 PM (77rzZ)

Luxembourg is also a possiblity.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:30 PM (6ydKt)

43 He was clearly spying for the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Don't you people know anything?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

44 I suspect the guy would do anything for money, so his motivation to spy for Country X was probably pecuniary, not ideological, so it could be any country.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 02:28 PM (iFTx/)

Any except the cheapest!
Oh wait, I was showing myself to the door.
Nevermind.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 06, 2026 02:31 PM (zafwz)

45 The Fenwickians are a bunch of welfare queens.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 06, 2026 02:31 PM (4NO2D)

46 "Hanning came under scrutiny in a separate investigation into the abduction of Hamburg businesswoman Christina Block’s children from her ex-husband in Denmark. Hanning and a retired official from the Hamburg State Criminal Police Office are suspected of having accepted a contract from Block in 2022 to abduct her children."

Real stand-up guy! I suspect the guy would do anything for money, so his motivation to spy for Country X was probably pecuniary, not ideological, so it could be any country.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 02:28 PM (iFTx/)

There's nothing like a Dane.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:31 PM (uhVAy)

47 Who was the spymaster spying on? That’s where you’ll find who turned him.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 06, 2026 02:31 PM (tPQMP)

48 There's a mole, right at the top of the Circus.

The tinker, the tailor, the soldier, or the spy...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 06, 2026 02:32 PM (RWrid)

49 Malta.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2026 02:32 PM (Yw4Qw)

50 It's a shame we don't "do" treason anymore. If used as intended we'd probably be rid of quite a few meddling pieced of shit by now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2026 02:32 PM (RORbl)

51 Was there Chinese pussy involved?

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 06, 2026 02:33 PM (/OKHJ)

52 Och, this is unlikely to have a salubrious effect on Oktoberfest.

Posted by: Dreidelphile Tourists at October 06, 2026 02:33 PM (0sNs1)

53 " 3,145,375 nonimmigrant visa overstays. 104,049 foreigners who were deemed national security and public safety concerns"

Does that mean visas were issued to known national security and public safety risks? Or that they were discovered to be risks only after visas issued?
Posted by: gp

We'll investigate that, and get back to you by July.

.....2081.

Posted by: Congress at October 06, 2026 02:33 PM (VHUov)

54 OT, so we could die at the hands of a muslim pilot here in the states because a pilot union wouldn't terminate a mohammed??? Sick.

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Sources also say United wanted to terminate Mossallam’s employment, but the pilots’ union blocked the move.

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Posted by: beckster at October 06, 2026 02:33 PM (kX27y)

55 Monaco.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:33 PM (6ydKt)

56 Who was the spymaster spying on? That’s where you’ll find who turned him.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 06, 2026 02:31 PM (tPQMP)

Since he was the chief, the answer is "everybody". The top spies spy on everyone in the world.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:33 PM (uhVAy)

57 gp: "What secrets are the Germans hiding?"
AI: "Hundreds of Millions in Looted Treasure"

Ooooh, that's a good one.

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

58 Andorra. She wanted dirt on Darrin's German ancestors.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:34 PM (77rzZ)

59 The Dwarves of Switzerland.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 06, 2026 02:27 PM (4NO2D)
----
I thought it was the Gnomes of Zurich...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2026 02:34 PM (FZ29D)

60 4 >>>I'm afraid it will turn out to be a western nation.

I hope it's not Israel. The last thing I want to hear right now is more cries of "teh JOOOS!!!"

Posted by: Dr. T at October 06, 2026 02:24 PM (KKJEY)

Doesn't matter if it is or isn't, some quarters will still say it is.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:34 PM (l3cgK)

61 Sure would be funny if it was jolly old England because it would be moslime which could lead back to a number of bad actors from the ME.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 06, 2026 02:35 PM (Q/FnY)

62 57 gp: "What secrets are the Germans hiding?"
AI: "Hundreds of Millions in Looted Treasure"

Ooooh, that's a good one.
Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

But we sent in The Monuments Men.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:35 PM (6ydKt)

63 gp: "What secrets are the Germans hiding?"
AI: "Hundreds of Millions in Looted Treasure"

Ooooh, that's a good one.
Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:33 PM

Well ... err .. yes .. hmm .... quite

Those bastards!

Posted by: The Swiss at October 06, 2026 02:35 PM (4NO2D)

64 Andorra. She wanted dirt on Darrin's German ancestors.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:34 PM (77rzZ)

Endora --- presumably after the witch of Endor in the Bible.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:35 PM (uhVAy)

65 It's probably not the Andaman Islanders...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:36 PM (l3cgK)

66 50 It's a shame we don't "do" treason anymore. If used as intended we'd probably be rid of quite a few meddling pieced of shit by now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Blame the framers for that one. But being traitors to the Crown themselves kind of sensitized them on that particular crime. Espionage Act gets you the same result without worrying about higher causes when you spy for money, sex, or being a pinko Commie.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2026 02:36 PM (E4rtv)

67 Andorra. She wanted dirt on Darrin's German ancestors.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:34 PM (77rzZ)

Endora --- presumably after the witch of Endor in the Bible.

Posted by: Oldcat

Yes, I know.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:36 PM (77rzZ)

68 The Moops.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 06, 2026 02:36 PM (4NO2D)

69 It's probably not the Andaman Islanders...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:36 PM (l3cgK)

They're cunning though.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:36 PM (uhVAy)

70 64 Andorra. She wanted dirt on Darrin's German ancestors.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:34 PM (77rzZ)

Endora --- presumably after the witch of Endor in the Bible.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:35 PM (uhVAy)

Gotta watch out for those Biblical Ewoks...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:36 PM (l3cgK)

71 gp: "What secrets are the Germans hiding?"
AI: "Hundreds of Millions in Looted Treasure"

Ooooh, that's a good one.
Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

Dr. Evil is uninterested in that paltry amount.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 06, 2026 02:36 PM (zafwz)

72 The Swiss should be invaded just to stop their proliferation of sans-serif fonts.

It’s really a problem that’s gotten out of hand over the past forty years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:37 PM (6ydKt)

73 Endora --- presumably after the witch of Endor in the Bible.

Posted by: Oldcat

Yub yub!

Posted by: Wicket at October 06, 2026 02:37 PM (KQVQG)

74 from a Reuters article linked in the justthenews article:

https://tinyurl.com/3ujavnm9

Five years after his seven-year tenure as head of the BND foreign intelligence service ended in 2005, Hanning agreed with a former BND office manager to receive confidential intelligence information in exchange for payment, according to prosecutors.

So, 2010 and later.

Barack Obama
US President 2009-2017

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 02:37 PM (odBC9)

75 The Republic of San Marco.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 06, 2026 02:37 PM (tPQMP)

76 34 It’s Lichtenstein, isn’t it?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 06, 2026 02:29 PM (u73oe)

=======

If you dig far enough, it's always Lichtenstein.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 06, 2026 02:30 PM (RWrid)
=====

San Marino.

Posted by: mrp at October 06, 2026 02:37 PM (rj6Yv)

77 Over and under on Qatar or Saudi Arabia? Mebbe Turkey?

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2026 02:38 PM (E4rtv)

78 was he paid in dollars, pounds, francs or shekels?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 06, 2026 02:38 PM (CWTWj)

79 The Swiss should be invaded just to stop their proliferation of sans-serif fonts.

It’s really a problem that’s gotten out of hand over the past forty years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:37 PM (6ydKt)

Think of all the serif makers thrown off their livelihood by Swiss perfidy.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:38 PM (uhVAy)

80 Just found out that Denny Hastert, America's favorite wrestling coach, is no longer with us

Posted by: 88C+u at October 06, 2026 02:38 PM (sDWtc)

81 If it was Mexico or some South American country, I'd say the Drug Cartels...

Well, maybe not Mexico; they're already owned by the Cartels.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:39 PM (l3cgK)

82 No! Not during Oktoberfest!

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:39 PM (Jr5Lq)

83 78 was he paid in dollars, pounds, francs or shekels?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 06, 2026 02:38 PM (CWTWj)

maybe in Dong...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:39 PM (l3cgK)

84 Think of all the serif makers thrown off their livelihood by Swiss perfidy.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:38 PM (uhVAy)

Times New Roman hardest hit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:39 PM (6ydKt)

85 Think of all the serif makers thrown off their livelihood by Swiss perfidy.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:38 PM (uhVAy)

Times New Roman hardest hit.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:39 PM (6ydKt)

Every dude thinks of Roman fonts daily

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:40 PM (uhVAy)

86 Das ist eine ernste Angelegenheit, und ihr macht euch alle darüber lustig.

Posted by: zombie Frau Merkel at October 06, 2026 02:40 PM (0sNs1)

87 Scandis get a bad rap around here, but when spies are sought, nobody suspects them.

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:41 PM (Jr5Lq)

88 Scandis get a bad rap around here, but when spies are sought, nobody suspects them.
Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:41 PM (Jr5Lq)

It is hard to launder lutefisk.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (uhVAy)

89 85 Think of all the serif makers thrown off their livelihood by Swiss perfidy.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:38 PM (uhVAy)

Times New Roman hardest hit.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:39 PM (6ydKt)

Every dude thinks of Roman fonts daily

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:40 PM (uhVAy)

I have no font thoughts about Rome...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (l3cgK)

90 It's a font thread?

Posted by: Just got here at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (2Ez/1)

91 Sure would be funny if it was jolly old England because it would be moslime which could lead back to a number of bad actors from the ME.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 06, 2026 02:35 PM (Q/FnY)

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King Tampon I is The First Muzzie King of England.

Posted by: ShainS at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (u0Isn)

92 The timing points to Obama’s regime.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (tPQMP)

93 88 Scandis get a bad rap around here, but when spies are sought, nobody suspects them.
Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:41 PM (Jr5Lq)

It is hard to launder lutefisk.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (uhVAy)

True. You just can't wash that smell out.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (l3cgK)

94 Every dude thinks of Roman fonts daily
Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:40 PM (uhVAy)

For me, personally, it got to about twenty or thirty times a day.

But with some hard work, dedication, and a few self-help books I was able to get my Roman serif thoughts down to a much more manageable thrice daily.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (6ydKt)

95 What secrets does Germany have exactly?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (MQnjQ)

96 89 Ha!

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

97 The Blade is on a roll! Unstoppable! We're not worthy!

Posted by: Head Fanboy at October 06, 2026 02:43 PM (EdP2u)

98 The Swiss should be invaded just to stop their proliferation of sans-serif fonts.

It’s really a problem that’s gotten out of hand over the past forty years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:37 PM (6ydKt)

Think of all the serif makers thrown off their livelihood by Swiss perfidy.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:38 PM (uhVAy)
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*** Helvetica has entered the chat... ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2026 02:43 PM (FZ29D)

99 97 The Blade is on a roll! Unstoppable! We're not worthy!

Posted by: Head Fanboy at October 06, 2026 02:43 PM (EdP2u)

He's tilling...?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:44 PM (l3cgK)

100 This place is a font of knowledge.

Posted by: ShainS at October 06, 2026 02:44 PM (u0Isn)

101 I'm sitting right here...

Posted by: Helvetica at October 06, 2026 02:44 PM (2Ez/1)

102 Lutefisk is mild compared to Surstromming.

Posted by: The Nose Knows! at October 06, 2026 02:44 PM (EdP2u)

103
Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: Comic Sans at October 06, 2026 02:44 PM (2Ez/1)

104 98 The Swiss should be invaded just to stop their proliferation of sans-serif fonts.

It’s really a problem that’s gotten out of hand over the past forty years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:37 PM (6ydKt)

Think of all the serif makers thrown off their livelihood by Swiss perfidy.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:38 PM (uhVAy)
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*** Helvetica has entered the chat... ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2026 02:43 PM (FZ29D)

Helvetica sounds more like a cheese...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:45 PM (l3cgK)

105 What secrets does Germany have exactly?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (MQnjQ)

This rules out Ace of Spades as the paymaster.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:45 PM (uhVAy)

106 The Blade is on a roll! Unstoppable! We're not worthy!

Posted by: Head Fanboy at October 06, 2026 02:43 PM (EdP2u)

He's tilling...?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:44 PM (l3cgK)
_______

The Blade, he would rather have fangirls, you know? He's super straight, ya know.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

107 Lutefisk is mild compared to Surstromming.
Posted by: The Nose Knows! at October 06, 2026 02:44 PM

Amateurs. We're the professionals.

Posted by: Penguins and Sea Lions at October 06, 2026 02:46 PM (0sNs1)

108 100 This place is a font of knowledge.
Posted by: ShainS

Like Bobby Heenan, a virtual Fountain of Misinformation.

Posted by: Confused, But Certain at October 06, 2026 02:46 PM (EdP2u)

109 107 Lutefisk is mild compared to Surstromming.
Posted by: The Nose Knows! at October 06, 2026 02:44 PM

Amateurs. We're the professionals.

Posted by: Penguins and Sea Lions at October 06, 2026 02:46 PM (0sNs1)

You can get them in tins?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)

110 Any NATO country can get whatever it wants from Germany. It was most likely Iran since they are the ones having all their banking networks and humint disrupted.

Posted by: wferrin at October 06, 2026 02:46 PM (lCdHU)

111 Lutefisk is mild compared to Surstromming.
Posted by: The Nose Knows! at October 06, 2026 02:44 PM (EdP2u)
______

Kakarl

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

112 Cuba. The nexus is here. It's time to put the hurt on Cuba.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 06, 2026 02:46 PM (kvLZQ)

113 105 What secrets does Germany have exactly?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (MQnjQ)

This rules out Ace of Spades as the paymaster.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:45 PM (uhVAy)

Not many places will take hobo pelts as currency.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:47 PM (l3cgK)

114 Surely surstromming is a culinary joke: tell the foreigners you actually eat this, force a little down to prove it, all to get him to try it!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 06, 2026 02:47 PM (tPQMP)

115 How many times has Germany Bootlicked Iran? It was Iran.

Posted by: wferrin at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (lCdHU)

116 05 What secrets does Germany have exactly?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (MQnjQ)

This rules out Ace of Spades as the paymaster.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:45 PM (uhVAy)

Not many places will take hobo pelts as currency.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:47 PM (l3cgK)

With the rise of BRICS, hope returns!

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (uhVAy)

117 The Blade, he would rather have fangirls, you know? He's super straight, ya know.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

So, gay adjacent, then.

Posted by: So Many Choices These Days at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (EdP2u)

118
The watchdog traced the crisis to a September 2021 policy change that directed Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) "to only investigate "Priority 1" leads -- those potentially posing the highest threat to national security or public safety.

"Of the 1,769 viable Priority 1 leads, HSI initiated only 84 investigations (about 5 percent), resulting in two arrests," it added. "The other 3,041,326 (96.7 percent) overstay leads were deemed Non-Priority."

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So they didn't even follow the absurdly narrow policy in stated the memo. There was the written policy, and then there was the actual policy, which was not written down.

These people make decisions that get us killed. It's nothing to them.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (azNOR)

119 What secrets does Germany have exactly?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

The physics of busty ladies in dirndls are a closely guarded state secret.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)

120 Stroopwafel.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (6ydKt)

121 78 was he paid in dollars, pounds, francs or shekels?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 06, 2026 02:38 PM (CWTWj)

The Reuters article makes no mention of his being paid.

Reuters article linked in the justthenews article:

https://tinyurl.com/3ujavnm9

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (odBC9)

122 How many times has Germany Bootlicked Iran? It was Iran.
Posted by: wferrin at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (lCdHU)

that would probably mean they wouldn't need spies.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (uhVAy)

123 Speaking of treason, a watchdog agency concludes that Biden deliberately risked the country's national security by allowing known security risks to remain in the country on expired visas.
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Biden didn't do that. Biden did nothing.

He let ideologue interns run the country while he vegged.

Posted by: Axeman at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (Fi81e)

124 "What secrets does Germany have exactly?"

Beck's beer has a key on the label. What lock does it fit?

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

125 Let's face it, nobody on this Board would be surprised if Angela Merkle was involved, or at least knew about his corruption.

Posted by: wferrin at October 06, 2026 02:49 PM (lCdHU)

126 122 How many times has Germany Bootlicked Iran? It was Iran.
Posted by: wferrin at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (lCdHU)

that would probably mean they wouldn't need spies.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (uhVAy)

I would call it rimming instead of bootlicking...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:49 PM (l3cgK)

127 Stroopwafel.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (6ydKt)
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The people of Germany feared the dreaded Stroopwafel beating down their doors in the middle of the night.

Posted by: Axeman at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (Fi81e)

128 123 Biden didn't do that. Biden did nothing.

He let ideologue interns run the country while he vegged.

Posted by: Axeman at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (Fi81e)

========

And then they let Trump win in 2024 because they could have stolen it but decided it's best to lose the unfettered power they had under a figurehead and to have their avowed enemy regain the power of the imperial presidency.

Genius.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (RWrid)

129 It's a font thread?

If you're feeling bold.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (vTZFs)

130 "Sources also say United wanted to terminate Mossallam’s employment, but the pilots’ union blocked the move."

Is anyone surprised by this? I've been a member of the USW and the IBEW at times during my working career and the union generally protected the worst employees - never the good ones.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (ptJRT)

131 86 Das ist eine ernste Angelegenheit, und ihr macht euch alle darüber lustig.
Posted by: zombie Frau Merkel

Es tut mir leid, dass du das Gefühl hast, nicht ernst genommen zu werden. Das kann unglaublich frustrierend sein, besonders wenn es um ein wichtiges Thema geht. Ich bin hier, um dir zuzuhören und die Sache absolut ernst zu nehmen.
Wenn du möchtest, erzähl mir, worum es genau geht. Wie kann ich dich jetzt am besten unterstützen?

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (Q/FnY)

132 I would call it rimming instead of bootlicking...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:49 PM (l3cgK)

That would be very German

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (uhVAy)

133 Sardinians say casu martzu is a delicacy, but you can’t have any.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (tPQMP)

134 86 ernste Angelegenheit

sadly, ernste angelegenheit would not work as a toon name in world of warcraft: forever; too many letters. just like throatwarbler mangrove.

*sigh*

Posted by: anachronda at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (oY6Yp)

135 Not one court case brought. Not one district judge intervened.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 06, 2026 02:51 PM (bX16E)

136 3 million visa overstays? What the hell? What are government employees doing? Sitting around waiting on a paycheck? What a load of bullshit. Wonder how many of these overstays are collecting some kind of government aid assistance? Where the hell is the media?

Posted by: Case at October 06, 2026 02:51 PM (ROPCF)

137 124 "What secrets does Germany have exactly?"

Beck's beer has a key on the label. What lock does it fit?
Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

Give her at least ten and it will unlock Cornell girls is what I’m hearing lately.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:51 PM (6ydKt)

138 111 Lutefisk is mild compared to Surstromming.
Posted by: The Nose Knows! at October 06, 2026 02:44 PM (EdP2u)
______

Kakarl
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

TrigglyPuff, outside in the Deep South in August.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 06, 2026 02:51 PM (N39Ws)

139 He undoubtedly was spying for Trump. This is why we need billionaires to pay their fare share! [Wild applause from clapping seals.]

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cloaca at October 06, 2026 02:51 PM (Ovx+P)

140 95 What secrets does Germany have exactly?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (MQnjQ)

Internal info intended to stay internal.

Reuters article linked in the justthenews article:

https://tinyurl.com/3ujavnm9

Prosecutors said D. is ‌suspected of ⁠having supplied [Hanning] around 2,000 documents over the years, including classified material intended solely for internal use within the BND and senior-level intelligence briefings at the chancellery.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 02:51 PM (odBC9)

141 Everyone has their price.

Posted by: The Million Dollar Man, Ted Dibiasi at October 06, 2026 02:52 PM (EdP2u)

142 What Sandy Missing Cortex said about the Cornell 7 is mostly true--except for most of it.

Posted by: Axeman at October 06, 2026 02:52 PM (Fi81e)

143 127 Stroopwafel.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (6ydKt)
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The people of Germany feared the dreaded Stroopwafel beating down their doors in the middle of the night.

hmm.... *scribbles note* flammenwerfer stroopwaffen.

Posted by: anachronda at October 06, 2026 02:53 PM (oY6Yp)

144 What secrets does Germany have exactly?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 02:42 PM (MQnjQ)
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Zey haf vays of makink you talk!

Posted by: Axeman at October 06, 2026 02:53 PM (Fi81e)

145 The people of Germany feared the dreaded Stroopwafel beating down their doors in the middle of the night.
Posted by: Axeman at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (Fi81e)

Until they figured out they could slap then over a warm coffee cup and have then for breakfast.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:53 PM (6ydKt)

146 139 He undoubtedly was spying for Trump. This is why we need billionaires to pay their fare share! [Wild applause from clapping seals.]

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cloaca at October 06, 2026 02:51 PM (Ovx+P)

Where are they traveling to?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:53 PM (l3cgK)

147 146 139 He undoubtedly was spying for Trump. This is why we need billionaires to pay their fare share! [Wild applause from clapping seals.]

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cloaca at October 06, 2026 02:51 PM (Ovx+P)

Where are they traveling to?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:53 PM (l3cgK)

To the bares' lare.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 02:54 PM (odBC9)

148 147 146 139 He undoubtedly was spying for Trump. This is why we need billionaires to pay their fare share! [Wild applause from clapping seals.]

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cloaca at October 06, 2026 02:51 PM (Ovx+P)

Where are they traveling to?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:53 PM (l3cgK)

To the bares' lare.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 02:54 PM (odBC9)

To the poles (stripper poles)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:54 PM (l3cgK)

149 Posted by: anachronda at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (oY6Yp)

Are you doing the beta of that? Inspector wanted to. But his left hand was nearly paralyzed by a serious carpal tunnel flair up. He's hoping it will be recovered enough by the time Forever officially opens.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 06, 2026 02:55 PM (lFFaq)

150 >> including 104,000 who posed threats

The fact is we have no idea who is here. There are reportedly countless operatives from foreign intelligence agencies hostile to the US in the country conducting all types of surveillance and reconnaissance activities. You will get many official denials from agencies saying that modern satellite techniques make those activities of minimal value. But the fact is you now have threat actors inside our borders who can carry out direct action and up close surveillance. How do we know? Because we have caught some recon operatives doing things like photographing sensitive facilities, military bases, and people within the national defense including SOF and their families.

It is a very dangerous time. Stay frosty.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 06, 2026 02:55 PM (oAqqA)

151 The physics of busty ladies in dirndls are a closely guarded state secret.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)

Baker, Robert A. (1963), A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown, and Other Essays for a Scientific Age, New York: Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-852608-7, OCLC 338410

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 06, 2026 02:55 PM (tPQMP)

152 yowza

Prosecutors said D. is ‌suspected of ⁠having supplied around 2,000 documents over the years, including classified material intended solely for internal use within the BND and senior-level intelligence briefings at the chancellery.

Those included documents relating to the Iranian nuclear programme and the Russian military, as well as highly sensitive material classified as secret by allied intelligence agencies in other countries, Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) newspaper reported.

Reuters article linked in the justthenews article:

https://tinyurl.com/3ujavnm9

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 02:55 PM (odBC9)

153 It's a font thread?

If you're feeling bold.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (vTZFs)
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Not at all to be oblique.

Posted by: Axeman at October 06, 2026 02:55 PM (Fi81e)

154 5 The foreign power is reportedly not Russia.

Liechtenstein, how could you???

Posted by: I never trusted those guys at October 06, 2026 02:56 PM (B0NCh)

155 "senior-level intelligence briefings at the chancellery."

'Streng geheim: Analysen deuten darauf hin, dass Frankreich die Maginot-Linie reaktiviert!'

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

156 In the age of drones and unprotected energy infrastructure, having a bunch of unknown foreigners in our country is sub-optimal.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 06, 2026 02:56 PM (4NO2D)

157 Interesting......parents teach in Dubai.....

https://tinyurl.com/2e2rad5y

One of the 'Cornell 7' fraternity brothers hit with explosive sexual assault allegations stemming from an alleged gang rape at the Ivy League school is believed to have retreated to Dubai, the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal.
Umar Matthew Ingalls won a coveted place at Cornell University in 2023, but his promising future unraveled after a female former student accused him and six other men of sexually assaulting her during a fraternity party in October 2024.
Ingalls, 21, was later expelled from Cornell following an internal university investigation.
One of Ingalls' neighbors told the Daily Mail they believe he has returned to the Middle East, where he enjoyed a privileged upbringing and attended an elite private school in Emirates Hills, the wealthy enclave often dubbed the 'Beverly Hills of Dubai.'

Posted by: beckster at October 06, 2026 02:56 PM (kX27y)

158 153 It's a font thread?

If you're feeling bold.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (vTZFs)
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Not at all to be oblique.
Posted by: Axeman at October 06, 2026 02:55 PM (Fi81e)

I feel font! *swoon*

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 02:56 PM (odBC9)

159 151 The physics of busty ladies in dirndls are a closely guarded state secret.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)

Baker, Robert A. (1963), A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown, and Other Essays for a Scientific Age, New York: Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-852608-7, OCLC 338410

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 06, 2026 02:55 PM (tPQMP)

https://tinyurl.com/2wr5sx3p

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 02:56 PM (l3cgK)

160 To the bares' lare.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 02:54 PM (odBC9)

Very near to Drury Lane and the Muffin Man.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 02:56 PM (6ydKt)

161 149 Posted by: anachronda at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (oY6Yp)

Are you doing the beta of that? Inspector wanted to. But his left hand was nearly paralyzed by a serious carpal tunnel flair up. He's hoping it will be recovered enough by the time Forever officially opens.

not me. mrs. chronda got a beta invite, but i'm on the outside looking in.

Posted by: anachronda at October 06, 2026 02:57 PM (oY6Yp)

162 The physics of busty ladies in dirndls are a closely guarded state secret.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)
______________________

For research and shit, ya know:

https://tinyurl.com/3b6vmkc9

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)

163 "Give her at least ten and it will unlock Cornell girls is what I’m hearing lately."

All the coeds these days crave the White Claw. It's gluten-free.

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 02:57 PM (Jr5Lq)

164 He undoubtedly was spying for Trump. This is why we need billionaires to pay their fare share! [Wild applause from clapping seals.]

For the billionaires to pay their fair share, we need to lower their taxes and raise them on everyone else, including the vast numbers who pay no net taxes at all.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 06, 2026 02:57 PM (tPQMP)

165 The Muffin Man is a pimp. He could never have outfought Santino.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 06, 2026 02:58 PM (4NO2D)

166 the union generally protected the worst employees - never the good ones.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (ptJRT)

The Teamsters protected one of my drivers who failed a drug test...three times!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 02:58 PM (k5CNB)

167 Shtroop-vaffel.

Posted by: Axeman at October 06, 2026 02:58 PM (Fi81e)

168 For research and shit, ya know:

https://tinyurl.com/3b6vmkc9
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Damn.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:58 PM (77rzZ)

169 "I'm afraid it will turn out to be a western nation."

The Independent Nation of Cuerta!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 06, 2026 02:59 PM (w9Wax)

170 The Muffin Man is a pimp. He could never have outfought Santino.
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Do you know the Muffin Man?

Posted by: Axeman at October 06, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)

171 166 The Teamsters protected one of my drivers who failed a drug test...three times!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 02:58 PM (k5CNB)

I'd'a hoped that'd be a "once and you're out."

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 02:59 PM (odBC9)

172 not me. mrs. chronda got a beta invite, but i'm on the outside looking in.
Posted by: anachronda at October 06, 2026 02:57 PM (oY6Yp)

I knew she was a gamer, but not that she was *the* gamer. What does she think of it?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 06, 2026 02:59 PM (lFFaq)

173 Wonder what treason is punishable by in Deutschland today?

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:00 PM (odBC9)

174 The physics of busty ladies in dirndls are a closely guarded state secret.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)

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Ah, yes. My specialty.

Posted by: Russ Meyer at October 06, 2026 03:00 PM (Fi81e)

175 Mrs928 just gave me a list for Walmart. I have to go among the great unwashed for a while.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 06, 2026 03:01 PM (4NO2D)

176 Wonder what treason is punishable by in Deutschland today?

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:00 PM (odBC9)
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Probably depends on which country it betrays.

A European one?

"No problem, we understand."

Posted by: Russ Meyer at October 06, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

177 Not arrested for treason, but:

Former German spy chief August Hanning was detained on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted treason

Reuters article linked in the justthenews article:

https://tinyurl.com/3ujavnm9

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

178 The Teamsters protected one of my drivers who failed a drug test...three times!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 02:58 PM (k5CNB)

“We don’t know what the exact problem is here. He drives just fine when he isn’t as fucked up as a football bat.”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 03:02 PM (6ydKt)

179 the union generally protected the worst employees - never the good ones.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2026 02:50 PM (ptJRT)

The Teamsters protected one of my drivers who failed a drug test...three times!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

====

You don't become a union leader by being a good worker. Being competent and accountable are about the worst qualities that you can be accused of having.

People who want more, for doing less, know the correct personality traits.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 06, 2026 03:02 PM (rkFcj)

180 Guys, Dark Brandon is BACK! And he feels the need, the need for speed!!

https://tinyurl.com/bdz6rzd3

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 06, 2026 03:02 PM (B0NCh)

181 166 The Teamsters protected one of my drivers who failed a drug test...three times!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 02:58 PM (k5CNB)
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At least he didn't put syrup on French toast.

Posted by: Russ Meyer at October 06, 2026 03:03 PM (Fi81e)

182 176 Wonder what treason is punishable by in Deutschland today?

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:00 PM (odBC9)
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Probably depends on which country it betrays.

A European one?

"No problem, we understand."
Posted by: Russ Meyer at October 06, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

I guess, but once the information is out of the bag it can be transferred to other powers.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:03 PM (odBC9)

183 I'm afraid it will turn out to be a western nation.

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Perhaps. It's as likely as anything else. But they are a Western nation. I don't think, in that context, it would really be treason. These post-Christian, post-modern, post-nationalist deep state rumprangers have no loyalty to anyone except the other deep state rumprangers, and they haven't bothered hiding that in a loooong time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 03:03 PM (BI5O2)

184 The Teamsters protected one of my drivers who failed a drug test...three times!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 02:58 PM (k5CNB

They can get sued for failing to represent. It’s crazy. But you can usually tell by the level of gusto chosen whether they really care or not, or if they can get some cheap grievance settlement to move on down the road. Would they take this all the way to arbitration? Probably. But they might not really want to do that.

Sometimes I miss my old life. lol.

Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 03:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

185 The Germans Spy Chief could have been collaborating with Ukraine. The Ukes what greatly benefited from knowing what the EU and NATO were up too. It's so hard to say because we don't know the time frame that the treason was occurring

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 06, 2026 03:05 PM (VyD10)

186 Sometimes I miss my old life. lol.
Posted by: Piper

We miss you too, Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 03:06 PM (77rzZ)

187 183 rumprangers
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 03:03 PM (BI5O2)

I was trying to figure out what German word that is, and where the word break is, but I believe you mean

rump-rangers (English)

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:06 PM (odBC9)

188 Yeah, but who would describe Ukraine as a “foreign power”?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 03:06 PM (6ydKt)

189 185 Former German spy chief August Hanning was detained on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted treason

"Attempted treason"? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for "attempted chemistry"?
Posted by: Sideshow Bob at October 06, 2026 03:05 PM (OguvZ)

Oh, be quiet Robert.

Posted by: Cecil Terwilliger at October 06, 2026 03:06 PM (B0NCh)

190 rum-prangers

Never let them prang your rum.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 03:07 PM (77rzZ)

191 Sometimes I miss my old life. lol.
Posted by: Piper

Being a haint ain't all it's cracked up to be?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 06, 2026 03:08 PM (4NO2D)

192 Sometimes I miss my old life. lol.
Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 03:04 PM

How's it going on the other side? Do you ever run into buzzion?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 06, 2026 03:09 PM (0sNs1)

193 The entire German foreign service was in open collaboration with Ukraine. I doubt it's some Ukrainian thing. But who knows? It’s all Kremlinology anyway.

If I had to guess, I'm going with the US or Israel. We and they are the only ones Europeans would actually dare come after at this juncture.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 03:09 PM (BI5O2)

194 I mean with the current state of the EU insanity they're probably going to claim its Israel.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 06, 2026 03:09 PM (setIA)

195 Posted by: Sideshow Bob at October 06, 2026 03:05 PM (OguvZ)

That's not in this thread!

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:09 PM (odBC9)

196 Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’
Rawhide! Haah!

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
Though the streams are swollen
Keep them doggies rollin',
Rawhide!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 03:09 PM (6ydKt)

197 If it's not already in the headlines it's not us or Israel.

Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 03:10 PM (bijW1)

198 The Germans Spy Chief could have been collaborating with Ukraine. The Ukes what greatly benefited from knowing what the EU and NATO were up too. It's so hard to say because we don't know the time frame that the treason was occurring
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 06, 2026 03:05 PM (VyD10)
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Verrry interesting.

Posted by: mrp at October 06, 2026 03:10 PM (rj6Yv)

199 Talarico hasn't been seen in a week, since he went to urgent care on the 29th.

Hm...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at October 06, 2026 03:10 PM (cLcFE)

200 200

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:10 PM (odBC9)

201 199 Talarico hasn't been seen in a week, since he went to urgent care on the 29th.

Hm...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at October 06, 2026 03:10 PM (cLcFE)

He'll be on the 2026 list of "Things People Shoved Up Their Asses"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 03:11 PM (l3cgK)

202 Gonna laugh if it turns out the German spy was spying for.... us...

All AOK with Biden in the White House, but can't give info to that Tyrannical King Trump.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 06, 2026 03:11 PM (mP0Kj)

203 199 Talarico hasn't been seen in a week, since he went to urgent care on the 29th.

Hm...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at October 06, 2026 03:10 PM (cLcFE)

=======

That glass bottle has to come out very carefully.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 06, 2026 03:11 PM (RWrid)

204 Talarico hasn't been seen in a week, since he went to urgent care on the 29th.

Hm...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at October 06, 2026 03:10 PM

One in a million shot, doc.

Posted by: James Talarico at October 06, 2026 03:11 PM (4NO2D)

205 Meanwhile, back in France, it's still on fire.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2026 03:11 PM (viF8m)

206 185 The Germans Spy Chief could have been collaborating with Ukraine. The Ukes what greatly benefited from knowing what the EU and NATO were up too. It's so hard to say because we don't know the time frame that the treason was occurring
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 06, 2026 03:05 PM (VyD10)

We do!

74 from a Reuters article linked in the justthenews article:

https://tinyurl.com/3ujavnm9

Five years after his seven-year tenure as head of the BND foreign intelligence service ended in 2005, Hanning agreed with a former BND office manager to receive confidential intelligence information in exchange for payment, according to prosecutors.

So, 2010 and later.

Barack Obama
US President 2009-2017
Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 02:37 PM (odBC9)

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:12 PM (odBC9)

207 Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 03:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

Oh...they cared. They fought every drug test. They didn't give a shit about safety...all they wanted were the dues.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 03:12 PM (k5CNB)

208 199 Talarico hasn't been seen in a week, since he went to urgent care on the 29th.

Hm...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at October 06, 2026 03:10 PM (cLcFE)

Somebody switched the KY with Gorilla Glue is what I’m going with.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 03:12 PM (6ydKt)

209 Talarico hasn't been seen in a week, since he went to urgent care on the 29th.
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Do they do urgent bottom surgery?

Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 03:13 PM (bijW1)

210 207 Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 03:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

Oh...they cared. They fought every drug test. They didn't give a shit about safety...all they wanted were the dues.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 03:12 PM (k5CNB)

New meaning to "due diligence"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 03:13 PM (l3cgK)

211 199 Talarico hasn't been seen in a week, since he went to urgent care on the 29th.

Hm...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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Having to raise campaign funds by touring gloryholes is a rough business. At either end.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)

212 So long, France. It was nice while it lasted.

https://www.youtube.com/live/P-EeYwttzZg

Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2026 03:15 PM (vTZFs)

213 Darn, I missed the last thread. There are enough 'ettes who are VERY good shots that could handle that Hasan issue... I mean, if they want an all female crew for diversity.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 06, 2026 03:16 PM (9AdGW)

214 The physics of busty ladies in dirndls are a closely guarded state secret.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)

Baker, Robert A. (1963), A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown, and Other Essays for a Scientific Age, New York: Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-852608-7, OCLC 338410
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 06, 2026 02:55 PM (tPQMP)

A very funny set of essays.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 03:17 PM (uhVAy)

215 212 So long, France. It was nice while it lasted.

https://www.youtube.com/live/P-EeYwttzZg

Posted by: Oddbob at October 06, 2026 03:15 PM (vTZFs)

That's really hard to watch. So sad.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:18 PM (odBC9)

216 Did Iran bomb Los Angeles yet?

Posted by: wth at October 06, 2026 03:19 PM (UjdFS)

217 Did Iran bomb Los Angeles yet?
Posted by: wth at October 06, 2026 03:19 PM

How could we tell?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 06, 2026 03:20 PM (4NO2D)

218 We've seen enough of this bullshit in the US.

Guys like Hanning are a good example why spy chieftains need to be stripped of high level clearances and be read out of their bureaus once retired.

And we need severe punishments for anyone passing intel to a retiree, or receiving it. Such as being spun around in a hot oil drum full of carpet tacks.

When you're out, you're out, and no more trading on
intel for you. Go find a pond full of ducks to lure in with bread and then break their necks if you want a taste of the ol' glory days of treachery and sadism.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 03:20 PM (BI5O2)

219 Wondering what other country a German might spy for.
Russian most likely

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 03:20 PM (Ia/+0)

220 Reuters article linked in the justthenews article:

https://tinyurl.com/3ujavnm9

Herr August Hanning looks very German.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:20 PM (odBC9)

221 Nude smelly houthis

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

222 Did Iran bomb Los Angeles yet?
Posted by: wth at October 06, 2026 03:19 PM

How could we tell?
Posted by: toby928(c)
.......

No more tents?

Posted by: wth at October 06, 2026 03:21 PM (UjdFS)

223 Wondering what other country a German might spy for.
Russian most likely
Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 03:20 PM (Ia/+0)

ruled out.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 06, 2026 03:21 PM (uhVAy)

224 >>>Germany Arrests Its Former Top Spymaster for Treason, Accusing Him of Spying for a Foreign Power
The foreign power is reportedly not Russia.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:22 PM (odBC9)

225 Reuters article linked in the justthenews article:

https://tinyurl.com/3ujavnm9

... included documents relating to the Iranian nuclear programme and the Russian military, as well as highly sensitive material classified as secret by allied intelligence agencies in other countries, Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) newspaper reported.

...

The case does not involve Russia, according to information obtained by Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:23 PM (odBC9)

226 221 Nude smelly houthis
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

Saudi Arabia Joins Yemen's Government in Attacking Iran's Houthi Proxy Army
—Disinformation Expert Ace

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:24 PM (odBC9)

227 Spying for teh Jooos....or maybe Vanuatu.

Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at October 06, 2026 03:27 PM (p7u+5)

228 Guys like Hanning are a good example why spy chieftains need to be stripped of high level clearances and be read out of their bureaus once retired.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 03:20 PM (BI5O2)

Clearances should be cancelled automatically once the official leaves government service. The idea that these people keep access to secret material after they leave is f*cking insane.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 03:37 PM (k5CNB)

229 228 Guys like Hanning are a good example why spy chieftains need to be stripped of high level clearances and be read out of their bureaus once retired.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 03:20 PM (BI5O2)

Clearances should be cancelled automatically once the official leaves government service. The idea that these people keep access to secret material after they leave is f*cking insane.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 03:37 PM (k5CNB)

From the Reuters article, it looks like he purchased the materials from someone who had access, not that he had access himself.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:06 PM (odBC9)

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