Condifence of ac owboy fighter pilot. believe me, I know cowboys. They’re the best.

by | Jan 1, 2020 | Big Government, Deep State, National Security, Science | 177 comments

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DO NOT TALK ABOUT IT TOP SECRET MEANS KEEP IT QUIET, DO NOT TALK ABOUT IT AT THE NEXT TRUMP RALLY.

DO NOT PUT THIS MESSAGE ON TRUMP CAMPAIGN MERCHANDISE.

DO NOT TELL MELANIA.  DO NOT TELL YOUR IVANKA.

YOU WANT US TO “TIFFANY” IVANKA?  WE’LL TOTALLY DO IT, KEEP THIS QUIET.

THIS TRANSMISSION IS CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET.

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Location:  MAR A LAGO RESORT, FL  27 December 2019

“Mr. President!  Thank you for granting me an audience, it has taken me a very long time to get on your schedule.  I am truly appreciative of your time and do not wish to interfere with your holiday.”  A short, sweaty man stood before the President in his office at Mar a Lago.  He reeked of Marlboro Reds, cheap booze, cool ranch Doritos, sweaty latex gloves, and section 213 of  Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO.  The government agent appeared nervous, but determined.

“I don’t know who this guy is.  He smells like Hillary, and I know, I’ve been around Hillary.”  The President said.

“Who are you talking to?”  The government agent asked.  He looked around the room and found it to be filled with white furniture with gilded accents, empty Diet Coke cans, and quarter pounder wrappers.  A MAGA hat appeared impaled on a gilded piece if phallic art in a table in the room.  The walls were adorned with posters of The Apprentice and pictures of various celebrities the President met over the years:  Macauley Culkin, Whoopi Goldberg, Hillary Clinton, among others.   The President sat confused, looking at the ingredient list on his can of Diet Coke.

“CONTAINS Puh HEN…Puh henal…Penalal….”  The President went on.  The government agent picked up a half-empty can strewn about the golden coffee table.

“Phenylalanine.”  He said.  “It doesn’t matter.  What I am about to tell you is something the US Government has been tracking for decades.  The agency I work for was not authorized by you, Mr. President, but by the Office of the President–”

“Why do these guys keep coming in here?  I didn’t authorize any of them.  They show up and say they work for me, but I didn’t hire them.  If I hired them I’d have gone through that guy that finds me those Guatemalans.  Very short, like Oompa Loompas.  They work very hard because they think they have a good union, but they don’t.  Very sad. Totally America.”  The President replied.

“I….Uh…uh…” The government agent stammered briefly.  “Listen I am here to inform you of SPACE SMITH.  SPACE SMITH is the biggest existential threat to national security.”

“I don’t think he’s made out of wax.  He’s more like a leather Muppet.  I don’t know how he’s talking either.  I thought they’d have a guy’s hand up his ass moving the mouth.  Very entertaining, you can’t see them talking, it looks like the Muppet is doing it on it’s own.”

“Please don’t talk about hands up my ass.  I haven’t been able to go a week without soiling myself since my meeting with Mohammad Bin Salman.”

“The Saudi Towel guy?  I know him.  Manly embrace.  Very nice man.  Great leader.–”

“He’s not a nice man.  HE’S SPACE SMITH.  SPACE SMITH is an ancient evil, seamlessly traversing time and space, RAPING EVERYTHING IN EXISTENCE.  Mostly planets, spacecraft…me.”  The government agent admitted.

“What?  #YouToo?”

“YES!  It travels with impunity across all borders and barriers!  Here, give a listen to the footage we caught from the Boeing launch last week:”  He pulled out a small tape recorder:

Flight Control, we have ignition.

CAPCOM, this is Flight Control confirming ignition.

Flight Control, we have liftoff.

CAPCOM, this is Flight Control confirming liftoff.

….

….

….

Flight control, we have a slight imbalance on telemetry.

CAPCOM, this is Flight control confirming imbalance on telemetry.  Is it that fucking gimbal again?

SPACE SMITH RAPE GIMBAL

Flight Control, what was that?

CAPCOM, this is Flight Control can you confirm it is the gimbal?

SPACE SMITH RAPE GIMBAL.  NOW RAPING ENGINE #3

CAPCOM, this is Flight Control, telemetry is all over the place.

SPACE SMITH ALL OVER THE PLACE

This is Flight Control, we lost control of telemetry.   Cannot confirm the craft enetered orbit.  CAPCOM?

Flight Control, this is CAPCOM we can confirm the probe made it into low orbit.

CAPCOM this is Flight Control.  Confirm your altitude.

SPACE SMITH INSERT PROBE INTO ORBIT.  BY INSERT PROBE, MEAN RAPE PROBE IN THE WRONG ORBIT.

Flight control, this is CAPCOM.  Are we not doing phrasing anymore?

 

“We need to build a wall around SPACE SMITH.”  The President shouted.  “I like that.  Space Wall, with a space moat in front.  Maybe we can have some space alligators swimming in my spade moat, it depends because I don’t know what the alligators think and it might come down to how they feel, alligators as we all know are a very proud people, they want whats best for them and we want whats best for us.  They want a deal, they need a deal but won’t say so and I certainly want a deal.  So we’ll see.”

“You cannot stop SPACE SMITH with a wall, Mr. President.”

“With the proper application of a protective tariff, we can stop these terrible SPACE SMITH trade deals, literally raping our economy, raping middle America and all their patriotic middle American rape workers…”  The president began.  “What?  Don’t interrupt me like that, I was on to something there guys.  Really, I wish the two of you would stop raping each other and get along.”

“WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING TO?”

“I’m not the one that smells like section 213 of Busch Stadium.  Busch fell out of favor back in the 70s, and I don’t even like soccer.”

“Stay focused Mr. President.”

“Right.  We’re going to levy tariffs and crippling sanctions on SPACE SMITH.  As long as I am President, SPACE SMITH will no longer commit terrible atrocities on middle America.”

“Good Mr. President, now you’re on the right track.  But there is only one way to stop SPACE SMITH.”  The government agent handed the President a file folder marked UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE:  Do not talk about this on Twitter.

“The Space Force is my idea.  I love it….”

 

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177 Comments

  1. Yusef in Space......

    What did I just read? Bravo! whatever I laughed at…

  2. DEG

    “We need to build a wall around SPACE SMITH.” The President shouted. “I like that. Space Wall, with a space moat in front. Maybe we can have some space alligators swimming in my spade moat, it depends because I don’t know what the alligators think and it might come down to how they feel, alligators as we all know are a very proud people, they want whats best for them and we want whats best for us. They want a deal, they need a deal but won’t say so and I certainly want a deal. So we’ll see.”

    I think Tom Swift could figure out to build that.

    Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said the Space Force would comprise around 16,000 Air Force and civilian personnel.

    That’s kinda small for a government program.

    • Shirley Knott

      I suspect that will turn out to be the HR staff and senior management.

      • Lackadaisical

        They’ll be paid extra for dealing with space.

    • Plinker762

      A mating pair of rats starts out small

    • mikey

      Well, a new service will equire few (at least) general officer billets, but I’m sure those billets will come out of the ones already authorized to the existing services.

      • Gustave Lytton

        They’ll need their own seat at the Joint Chiefs, and they can’t really be expected to share a department like the crayon eaters and swabbies do, can they?

    • C. Anacreon

      I think Tom Swift could figure out to build that.

      If you’re going to do a Tom Swifty, do it right:

      “Let’s build a space moat”, Tom said swimmingly.

    • Chafed

      It will grow over time

    • Yusef in Space......

      nice!

    • Naptown Bill

      I wish more than anything that people like Bloomberg would find themselves in an active shooter scenario without their personal security staff on hand with a pocket knife, a cell phone, and strong language.

      • straffinrun

        He’s be fine. He’d escape by running through the shooters legs.

    • Tejicano

      Good to see Mr. Noir on top of the subject as usual. His t-shirt is quite timely as well.

    • juris imprudent

      Ever so rarely does Twitter have something worthwhile. Read the whole thread [spoiler, my fave is “WeWhitehouse”].

    • Gustave Lytton

      What would be more appropriate for Bloomie? Bullet to the back of the head or drowned in a bowl of Pepsi?

      • straffinrun

        Careful. Any normal person would get your point. However, there are a lot of abnormal people at the NSA.

      • Rhywun

        Yeah, no bloody comment.

      • Gustave Lytton

        for the abnormals and Preet wannabes, only hyperbole of Bloomie’s pet ban causes and no way an endorsement or encouragement of any harm against the little guy.

    • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

      Heh–“Walking corpse”. (not my words–just quoting, DOJ/FBI)

      That is a fantastic way of describing his looks. I was wondering what, if any, puppetry ‘property’ that he reminded me of, and I couldn’t think of one. He’s up there with James “my head looks like a flesh-covered Tootsie Pop” Carville.

      Alright–can one hope that Michael “BM” Bloomberg has a run-in with SPACE SMITH at some point? Is that allowed?

  3. Spudalicious

    Someone’s been eating peyote again…

    • juris imprudent

      And almost that strange and yet weirdly entertaining.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        Holy shit, everybody click this. This is too awesome!

      • Spudalicious

        That was cool.

      • dbleagle

        Electric!? The cool cats play acoustic.

  4. Tundra

    Very short, like Oompa Loompas. They work very hard because they think they have a good union, but they don’t. Very sad. Totally America.” The President replied.

    LOL and bravo!

    (woohoo Gophers!)

  5. Plinker762

    Well this year has turned to shit already. Found out one of my good friends died in an off road vehicle rollover this morning.

    • Ted S.

      My condolences.

    • Raven Nation

      Crap. Sorry man.

    • Naptown Bill

      I’m sorry to hear that.

    • Rhywun

      Shit. Sorry.

    • C. Anacreon

      Yikes, very sorry to hear.

    • DEG

      Sorry.

    • Fourscore

      Those things can be fun but dangerous. Sorry about your friend, Plinker

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Sorry to hear that.

    • straffinrun

      Damn. Sorry to hear that.

    • westernsloper

      Whoa, that is no good. Condolences Plink

    • Plinker762

      Thank you to all. He lived life hard and fast and it caught up to it. Worst of is that he left a young son.

    • Jarflax

      Sorry to hear that man.

    • MikeS

      Really sorry to hear that.

    • Spudalicious

      I’m really sorry to hear that. My condolences.

    • blackjack

      That’s fucked up. I’m really sorry.

    • slumbrew

      Awful news to start the new year. My condolences.

    • Chafed

      Sorry Plinker. That’s awful.

  6. Not Adahn

    SPACE SMITH RAPE GIMBAL

    Flight Control, what was that?

    CAPCOM, this is Flight Control can you confirm it is the gimbal?

    SPACE SMITH RAPE GIMBAL. NOW RAPING ENGINE #3

    CAPCOM, this is Flight Control, telemetry is all over the place.

    SPACE SMITH ALL OVER THE PLACE

    *giggles*

    *ponders telepathy-RF tranducer*

  7. The Hyperbole

    SPACE SMITH is an ancient evil, seamlessly traversing time and space, RAPING EVERYTHING IN EXISTENCE

    Almost sounds like an orca.

  8. Rhywun

    Heh love that music from ST. This deserves a re-post, too.

    • Chafed

      Whoa. Jolene Blalock was in ST3?!? Suddenly I have an urge to see I.

  9. westernsloper

    but it appears as though we were between TDRS communication satellites, which meant we couldn’t get the command signal to tell the spacecraft that it needed to do the orbital insertion burn soon enough.

    That’s what she said. Missing a moment ruins a night. SPACE SMITH made the rocket walk funny anyway.

  10. straffinrun

    A short, sweaty man stood before the President in his office at Mar a Lago. He reeked of Marlboro Reds, cheap booze, cool ranch Doritos, sweaty latex gloves

    Wish I could smell brands.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Doritos all taste the same to me,

      • straffinrun

        *licks fingers, wipes them on stranger’s back*

        Yep.

      • slumbrew
      • straffinrun

        That’s rather gross be it coincidence or not.

      • slumbrew

        That dude deserves an ass-beating.

      • straffinrun

        Saw a guy blow snot all over the lady standing in front of him on the train. Unsuppressable (word?) sneeze. She didn’t notice and he said nothing. Wish I could’ve seen her reaction when she got home.

      • straffinrun

        *She had her back to him and was wearing a winter jacket.

    • C. Anacreon

      The scent of seared flesh from someone being branded is quite distinctive.

      • slumbrew

        Omega Psi Phi man, I’m guessing?

  11. Rhywun

    “What? Don’t interrupt me like that, I was on to something there guys. Really, I wish the two of you would stop raping each other and get along.”

    “WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING TO?”

    LOL

    • CPRM

      It’s a shared cinematic Glib universe!

  12. Fourscore

    ” I thought they’d have a guy’s hand up his ass moving the mouth”

    Very Trumpian, had to laugh.

    • Chafed

      Very much so. This really captures what I imagine is his inner dialogue.

  13. straffinrun

    This story has morphed so much from its origins at TOS that you’re gonna have a hard time explaining yourself to the jury.

  14. DenverJ

    “YOU WANT US TO “TIFFANY” IVANKA? ”
    What does this mean?

    • straffinrun

      You’re in the story and you don’t know?

      • DenverJ

        I’m in what story? I’m going back to the last thread

    • Chafed

      Tiffany has effectively disappeared.

      • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

        I think she’s alone now.

      • Rhywun

        (There doesn’t seem to be anyone around.)

      • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

        Well, it’s late, and I’m getting used to it.

  15. mikey

    Just finished the traditional black-eyed peas and cornbrread with steamed spinach with bacon. The cornbread as a new recipe with japalenos, whole corn and creamed corn and lots of eggs and butter. Then drenched with melted honey butter. Yum. Peas and spinach covered with Crystal and cane syrup. Per family tradition my wife accused me of being trailer trash when I laid down the syrup. She says she’s always been greatful I’ve never shared New Year’s dinner with her FL panhandle/Alabama family.

    • Spudalicious

      You put crystal meth and cane syrup on spinash? Trailer trash.

      I just ran a couple of pies through the new pizza oven. I’m stuffed.

      • Spudalicious

        That was oddly compelling.

      • slumbrew

        As the first comment reads, may not be safe to play while driving (if you wish to avoid points on your license).

        That whole album was really quite good – a whole pile of hits.

      • MikeS

        Did they have a “cross over” hit of some kind? I’m a rock guy, but I know I’ve heard of these guys, and there’s something familiar about their sound.

      • Spudalicious

        In my yute, that would have me flying down the road.

      • slumbrew

        Half of the songs on Vegas showed up in movies and commercials for a decade.

        Comin’ Back is probably the most “traditional” track, in the sense there’s an actual singer.

        Busy Child was also inescapable.

      • MikeS

        Yeah, that must be it.

      • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

        1. Big beats are the best
        2. Get high all the time
        Big Beat Manifesto

    • westernsloper

      I have red beans and rice, shrimp/crawfish etouffee, and three kinds of green beans (research). I have more food than a single person should be allowed to cook. (flips the bird to Bloomburg)

  16. Gustave Lytton

    https://mobile.twitter.com/wspd3pio

    Trooper C. Thorson
    @wspd3pio
    ·
    18h
    We’re still working on clearing the roadway with
    @WSDOT_East
    . We are unsure when the roadway will be opened. Tumbleweeds are piled 20-30 feet in places. S.C.

    • Spudalicious

      That’s some serious wind.

    • The Last American Hero

      C3PO works for the State Patrol?

      • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

        He always seemed like a busy-body…

        Also, he WAS a cock-blocker, so, take that for what it’s worth.

    • egould310

      I’m heading out that way on Friday. I guess I’ll have to take a machete.

  17. Bob Boberson

    I’m watching “The Confession Killer” on Netflix; it’s a libertarian ‘must watch.’ I knew Henry Lee Lucas had confessed to murders he couldn’t possibly have done but I didn’t know that corrupt Texas Rangers in concert with the FBI and Justice Department tried to railroad the DA who exposed the whole ‘clear your unsolved murders’ racket. Their actions were indistinguishable from mob tactics.

    It’s also no wonder that the families of murder victims almost always end up loathing law enforcement.

    • MikeS

      It’s also no wonder that the families of murder victims almost always end up loathing law enforcement.

      There is something here. As a former conservative cop-sucker who noticed this, but blew if off as “the grieving process”, this really is something to drive home to pro-law enforcement friends and family. Why is this such a prevalent attitude among victims families?

      • Bob Boberson

        I think if you interviewed bunch of them you’d hear lots of anecdotes about police wanting a suspect and conviction more than solving the actual crime and that are absolutely intolerant of families getting involved or questioning their version of events.

      • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

        are absolutely intolerant

        There is a range, as with all things human. But, yes–VERY fucking territorial of their job, and the power(s) it encompasses.

      • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

        Also, totally read that as, “it’s a librarian must-watch”.

        /”Damn, we sure do have an inordinate number of librarians here….

    • Urthona

      don’t tell me what to do

      • Bob Boberson

        Well I’m the only one true libertarian so…….

  18. MikeS

    Busch fell out of favor back in the 70s

    Boy, there’s some Fake News news if I’ve ever seen it.

    • straffinrun

      Typo. He meant “bush”.

      • l0b0t

        IIRC, it was Broward County in FL that had the odd ordinance led to merkins for strippers as the law prohibited the showing of both labia and real pubic hair. New Orleans only permits topless dancing so the club Big Daddy’s has a giant platform swing with curtains on 3 sides hanging above the bar. A dancer may remove her bottoms because the customers are only seeing her reflection in a mirror. The US has some really strange laws about nudity and booze.

      • MikeS

        No red ones? Business opportunity!

  19. Spudalicious

    Baylor is not up to the task tonight.

    • SUPREME OVERLORD trshmnstr

      They’re not as good as their record indicates. I had them marked down as getting blown out.

      • Spudalicious

        They’re all going to end up with back problems.

    • slumbrew

      27 – freckles FTW.

      49 as runner-up.

      • J. Frank Parnell

        I can’t tell which side of the hot/crazy line 49 is on, but it’s probably worth the risk.

      • slumbrew

        She looks 1000% crazy.

        But, still…

    • Chafed

      It’s good to see you back in the saddle Q.

    • Spudalicious

      I could only watch half of it. That was pathetic.

      • Jarflax

        I made it to the point where he overpowered three of them, and then drove off the fourth, AFTER the good Samaritan took him down and they piled on. I am so tempted to keep that link and post it without comment everywhere someone is going on about female warriors. This “sex makes no difference, a woman can do any job a man can do” crap is getting women hurt.

      • Gustave Lytton

        That’s like a bad action movie where the bar gang only sends one guy at a time against the hero.

        Also, the filter should be arrested for filming in portrait mode.

      • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

        If they wanted us filming in landscape mode, they should build the phones horizontally!

        /ducks, runs

    • slumbrew

      On the plus side, it’s nice that the mentally-ill man wasn’t immediately gunned down in a hail of bullets.

      • Spudalicious

        Apparently, they don’t have tazers.

      • slumbrew

        Yes, I was expecting a tazer or pepper-spray to make an appearance.

      • Chafed

        Or batons/nightsticks

      • Gustave Lytton

        They do! He disarmed one of the girls twice of her baton and they all backed off when he picked up a rock.

        Cuffs should have gone on when he was on the ground and they should have worked together rather than taking him on one at a time.

      • Chafed

        I didn’t see the batons but I imagine you are right. That was a frighteningly bad performance.

      • Plinker762

        You can see one of them make a motion of pulling out a baton and the guy uses what ever he is carrying to knock it out of her hand

      • straffinrun

        It’s amazing to see cops in countries other than the US put up with that stuff.

    • straffinrun

      Is that some kind of refugee housing complex?

      • Jarflax

        Yep

    • MikeS

      The caption of the photo read “Hail Byrd!” — an apparent reference to instructor Karrie Byrd

      I wonder…

      • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

        …If she’s related to the Admiral? No idea.

      • Rhywun

        I hear it’s a common name there.

      • MikeS

        Admiral…Exalted Cyclops. Toe-may-toe…toe-mah-toe.

    • Rhywun

      they only followed what they perceived to be an order from Instructor Byrd to do the ‘Hail Byrd’ for the photograph because they feared they would not graduate

      wut

      But the important part is that everyone who perpetrated, saw, or conceptualized the crimegesture has been sacked.

      • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

        The management regrets the poor commenting on this particular article, and wishes to inform you that those commenting on the sacking have now been sacked.

      • Chafed

        This is a class of prison guards. They are doing this in government uniform during a government function. Fuck each and every one of them. I’m glad they got fired and I’m glad the supervisor who knew and failed to report it got fired.

        These dipshits would have incredible authority over people stripped of most civil rights. Leaving them on the job may have abetted bigotry. For sure it would have given the appearance of allowing. Fuck.each.one.of.them.

      • Rhywun

        Can’t say I disagree. I know a prison guard.

        The poor writing of the story leaves me baffled, though. Is this one of those stories where it’s just easier to hate everyone?

      • Plinker762

        Yes

        Normal people try to stay out of prison

      • Chafed

        The writing is less than stellar. As I understand it, the class willingly did the Seig Heil salute. If there is a gunman just outside the photo’s border then my analysis is wrong. My gut says when the supervisors, who presumably have a union, are getting fired that this is pretty much what it appears to be.

      • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

        I was thinking that they may not have a union, in the commonly understood sense, but…https://www.cwa2055.org/about-cwa-local-2055

        AFL-CIO. Fuck. That.

        Just to bring in a bit of nuance–these cadets are most likely new to the profession, most likely went through a rectal exam of a hiring process, and, are very much into the group-think/make sure you fit in mentality. Trainer says do it, we do it. Yeah, that makes it worse, in that they aren’t training up independent thinkers here, just order-followers. But, I don’t think the entire class was champing to do the salute as a matter of personal preference.

        Plus, it looks like a couple of crackers gave the ‘black power’ fist, so…well, there’s that.

      • Chafed

        I have no doubt you are right. I have no doubt some of them thought it was a bad idea but went along with it. This is a recipe for serious problems later. See: Abu Ghraib.

      • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

        Most definitely. If they had let any of them through, and, even one was later involved in an ‘incident’, hooo, boy. The discovery in that lawsuit would be interesting.

        Anyone who had refused would have been in a no-win situation. Then again, they would have, mercifully, seen up front what that work culture was going to be. Maybe be convinced to do something else, which is probably not all that likely, given that it’s WV.

  20. egould310

    My Les Paul is jangly as hell tonight. The perfect combination of guitar, bourbon, and jangly intentions.

    Cheers!

    • Chafed

      No work tomorrow?

      • egould310

        Maybe a little. Technically I’m on vacation. But I’ve got a conference call on Friday, and some other stuff I’m supervising remotely on Friday. I’ll have to look at e-mail and do a smidge of work tomorrow.

    • BakedPenguin

      What particular type of Les Paul do you have?

      • egould310

        Epiphone Les Paul Special II. It was cheap, made in China, whatever. But it sounds great and stays in tune.

        I love this guitar. It rings and rings.

    • Sir Digby's Rockin' New Year's Celebration

      Those weren’t the hot bikini chicks I was told about…

  21. Gender Traitor

    Good morning to any lurking Glibbies!

    • Sean

      Good morning.

      • Gender Traitor

        Monitoring?

      • UnCivilServant

        I’m wandering in and out. And for some reason I’m stressed out. I can’t figure out about what, since it’s a generalized feeling.

      • Gender Traitor

        Do your job duties make year end any more demanding than other times? In my job, this is when month-end, quarter-end, and year-end tasks all converge, so it’s my crazy season.

      • UnCivilServant

        Nope. We don’t have business cycles, just patch cycles, which are shorter and not that stressful.

      • Gender Traitor

        I seem to recall you mentioning you’d participated in a potential new-hire interview. How did that go?

      • UnCivilServant

        Well… we’ve interviewed four people, none of which even meet the bare minimum qualifications for the job, despite claiming they did on their application.

        I mean, can’t even articulate how they’d approach troubleshooting, or read unix commands minimum qualifications.

        We’re looking to get different candidates.

    • l0b0t

      Good morning, GT. Today is back to school from Christmas break, so I’m a bit frazzled making lunches, wrangling rucksacks, etc.

      • Gender Traitor

        Does it help to cling to the thought that soon they’ll be back out of the house for a while? : )

    • Tejicano

      Good morning GT!

      Me? I’m just waiting for my US counterparts to get back in the office so maybe I can find out what they have scheduled for me this month. I am expecting more travel – which is good for the pay.

      • Gender Traitor

        If so, I hope your travel is safe and trouble-free. At my old job – twenty years ago – I booked a lot of international travel for our engineers and managers. There was nothing like travel troubles to bring out my inner Mama Bear and demand that my folks be taken care of.

      • Tejicano

        Travel these days is a different world. Flights can be booked at almost the last minute, in my industry the hotel is the client so rooms are provided. I often end up booking my own flights as availability and price change faster than I can type up my preferences and send an e-mail. I guess my biggest issue in this go-round is getting the home office to let me get their sooner to get things set up – giving me a day before starting the project – rather than trying to do that on the fly.

    • Gender Traitor

      Last year, one skit showed a man dressed as Jay-Z appearing to wear blackface as he treated mayor Jim Kenney like his dog.

      It prompted city leaders to condemn the group because of the blackface.

      But it turned out, the man portraying Jay-Z was black.

      ::facepalm::

      People are not bright.

      • Lackadaisical

        -1 talcum X.

    • Gender Traitor

      BTW, Sean – I still think you could do well taking a day of morning links. You seem to have a knack for finding good ones, and I suspect the usual AM linker (it’s usually Sloopy, isn’t it? I’m busy at work, so I can rarely participate) might be glad of a day off.

  22. Gender Traitor

    I wish you the day of your choosing, gentlemen!

    • UnCivilServant

      I was hoping for a vacation day – but I’m in the office.

      • Gender Traitor

        Oh, well – can’t win ’em all.