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tblue37

(67,306 posts)
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 05:59 PM Sep 29

Hegseth: "This gathering is of the highest secrecy and importance." Yet we all know about this big secret meeting!

This is good.

“‘This gathering is of the highest secrecy and importance which is why I have ordered every general- or flag-grade officer assemble at a highly secure location on Sep. 30 at 12:00 pm EST, 10 digit grid 0033566203 on your Quantico 1:50,0000 special.”

www.duffelblog.com/master-strat...

Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) 2025-09-29T17:22:52.332Z
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Hegseth: "This gathering is of the highest secrecy and importance." Yet we all know about this big secret meeting! (Original Post) tblue37 Sep 29 OP
Maybe he can send out notice on Signal, too. tblue37 Sep 29 #1
It is party. time free drinks on the house. gordianot Sep 29 #2
We've got nothing but toddlers playiing toy soldiers in a sandbox. ananda Sep 29 #3
Drunken toddlers, at that. tblue37 Sep 29 #5
Totally secure on op-sec: tblue37 Sep 29 #4
I've got your top secret message right here: usonian Sep 29 #6
Hogsbreath will likely broadcast the entire thing on Signal chat. Crunchy Frog Sep 29 #7
P. T. Barnum comes to mind. calimary Sep 29 #8
When Sadam gathered a Ba'athists conference in 1979 to arrest & execute them: tblue37 Sep 29 #9
50 years ago, I worked on an Army/Air Force-funded project MurrayDelph Sep 29 #10
besuretodrinkyourovaltine NewHendoLib Sep 29 #11
Will the military leaders be toasted by Whiskey Pete? Sneederbunk Sep 29 #12
Never, ever canetoad Sep 29 #13

usonian

(21,361 posts)
6. I've got your top secret message right here:
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:07 PM
Sep 29


Alternatively:

"Everyone report to Guantanamo University for "reeducation""

calimary

(88,066 posts)
8. P. T. Barnum comes to mind.
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:08 PM
Sep 29

The adage "there's a sucker born every minute" has frequently been attributed to him, although no evidence exists that he had coined the phrase.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum

Whoever said it - it’s still worth keeping in the back of your mind. Especially whenever there’s a Republican talking.

tblue37

(67,306 posts)
9. When Sadam gathered a Ba'athists conference in 1979 to arrest & execute them:
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:10 PM
Sep 29
Six days after the resignation of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr and Hussein's accession to President of the Iraqi Republic, Regional Secretary of the party, and Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council on 16 July 1979, he organized a Ba'ath conference on 22 July in Al-Khuld Hall in Baghdad to carry out a campaign of arrests and executions that included Ba'athist comrades, who were accused of taking part in a pro-Syrian plot to overthrow Saddam.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Ba%27ath_Party_Purge

MurrayDelph

(5,646 posts)
10. 50 years ago, I worked on an Army/Air Force-funded project
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:21 PM
Sep 29

(very similar to the "Heavily-Armed Winnebago" in the movie "Stripes.&quot

When we had an inspection at our lab in El Segundo, where I was made to take down my Muppets "Pigs in Space" poster, there were a minimum 75 officers of Colonel and above. I fully expected when they turned on the computer and asked it to identify areas likely to be targets, that it would tag the current location.

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