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tblue37

(67,204 posts) Mon Sep 29, 2025, 05:59 PM Monday

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

This is good.

â€œâ€˜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.â€

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 Monday OP

Maybe he can send out notice on Signal, too. tblue37 Monday #1

It is party. time free drinks on the house. gordianot Monday #2

We've got nothing but toddlers playiing toy soldiers in a sandbox. ananda Monday #3

Drunken toddlers, at that. tblue37 Monday #5

Totally secure on op-sec: tblue37 Monday #4

I've got your top secret message right here: usonian Monday #6

Hogsbreath will likely broadcast the entire thing on Signal chat. Crunchy Frog Monday #7

P. T. Barnum comes to mind. calimary Monday #8

When Sadam gathered a Ba'athists conference in 1979 to arrest & execute them: tblue37 Monday #9

50 years ago, I worked on an Army/Air Force-funded project MurrayDelph Monday #10

besuretodrinkyourovaltine NewHendoLib Monday #11

Will the military leaders be toasted by Whiskey Pete? Sneederbunk Monday #12

Never, ever canetoad Monday #13

tblue37

(67,204 posts)

1. Maybe he can send out notice on Signal, too.

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:00 PM

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gordianot

(15,667 posts)

2. It is party. time free drinks on the house.

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:01 PM

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ananda

(33,428 posts)

3. We've got nothing but toddlers playiing toy soldiers in a sandbox.

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:01 PM

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Wow

tblue37

(67,204 posts)

5. Drunken toddlers, at that.

Reply to ananda (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:03 PM

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tblue37

(67,204 posts)

4. Totally secure on op-sec:

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:02 PM

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We are secure on op-sec.
— David Kleeman (@davidkleeman.bsky.social) 2025-09-29T17:31:56.894Z

usonian

(20,987 posts)

6. I've got your top secret message right here:

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:07 PM

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Alternatively:

"Everyone report to Guantanamo University for "reeducation""

Crunchy Frog

(28,076 posts)

7. Hogsbreath will likely broadcast the entire thing on Signal chat.

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:07 PM

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calimary

(87,940 posts)

8. P. T. Barnum comes to mind.

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:08 PM

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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

(67,204 posts)

9. When Sadam gathered a Ba'athists conference in 1979 to arrest & execute them:

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:10 PM

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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

(5,635 posts)

10. 50 years ago, I worked on an Army/Air Force-funded project

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:21 PM

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(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.