Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say
Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile — as part of broader Energy Department layoffs, according to four people with knowledge of the matter.
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Ah, the willy nilly style of leadership… Oh wait, this is coming from the Russian puppet rapist pants-shitter. In that case it’s exactly what Russia needs. It’s deliberate. It’s expected.
Reminds me of when I would root my phone and then go through stripping out anything I didn't understand assuming it was bloat or spyware. I'd typically end up frustrated that my device didn't seem to run very well.
Making the government unable to operate is the point.
"government doesn't work!!"
/proceeds to cripple any/all functionality of gov
"See?! I told ya it doesn't work" 🥴
Just like the playbook against NHS in UK:
AKA "Disaster Capitalism"
lol .... idiots are trying to root the US government and don't know what they are doing. Hopefully they won't brick everything and go out and buy an overpriced brand new iphone.
I mean, c’mon, maybe that was a case a while ago but a) yes they fucking are, the most selfish thing you can do is take care of others because that’ll come back around into a support system no one can take from you, either, and b) all the “smart” ones created all these dumb as rocks ones and now the idiots they created have come to be in charge.
They absolutely are stupid, and it’s a huge fucking problem.
It’s absolutely both, and I never said that they should not be held accountable. They are unclever gorillas smashing the place up and yes, it is absolutely for evil, evil reasons but that doesn’t mean these are deep, well thought-out schemes. It’s basic garbage for garbage people, a idiot’s genius. Yes, it’s calculated, but the math is of a grade one level and even then they don’t always get it right but you bet they’re still trying to be as evil as possible.
Being a conservative almost requires one to be dumber than a bag of hammers. The only reason most of them get anywhere is because other idiots like the useless centrists refuse to hold them accountable so we all act like they’re clever when really they’re just shielded from consequences. Elon Musk is as dumb as they come and we all know exactly what he’s doing it’s just that when he buys Twitter for way too much money and blows it up he doesn’t have to deal with any fallout and can keep that shitstorm running out of pure spite and lighting billions of dollars on fire.
you just reminded me i didn't buy last year's annual belt buckle, and I should have my belt buckle lady do this
Get hired back as private consultants at 5x the pay. Firing me was your fuckup. You deserve to pay for it.
Oh, they're just going to nepotism some idiot fuckup into the job.
I hear Homer is available.
I'd have more faith in him than any of the idiots they will actually pick.
Yeah at least deep down homers actually a good prrson
And, unlike their other picks, he actually has relevant experience
they will be unbothered when they blow us all up
This is exactly the Curtis Yarvin RAGE plan. Remember a few years ago when that lady got sued for not issuing a marriage license to a gay couple, despite the law? She's the ideal for them, someone who will fulfill their fascists will even when real adults take over.
Stole them from the US*
fucking what
Israel's nuclear program development was dependent on French and British support
I knew it was a joint venture with South Africa.
didn't he have this problem of not understanding what the department of energy did last term?
Yep. His 'bull in a China shop' philosophy of governance comes with a lot of collateral damage.
Just feels wrong in a sentence about the diaper, even after "bull in a China shop."
No doubt it does, but I think 'bull in a China shop' is a fairly accurate characterization.
100%
Potentially even very generous.
"Not realizing. "
No. They absolutely realized it. Farking the country up is the entire point
i could believe that they're too stupid to know what the DOE does
I could also see them being manipulated by outside powers so that weapons might mysteriously end up in foreign hands.
They are both ignorant and pliable.
TBH it's on message for them.
The guy they had to lead the DOE last time had no idea what they did, either. It's nice to see that at least some things don't change.
DOGE, but 25% more efficient?
Fucking, the word is fucking.
Swearing?! On my internet?!
The US government is gigantic and does a lot beyond what most people see in a day to day basis.
The visible part of DoE is energy conservation and developing alternative energy sources. It turns out the DoE does a lot more and they didn't realize this before promising to destroy the department.
It seems funny until you realize that we actually do need some serious people running government, and instead, our president has staffed it with 20 year-old morons and idiotic TV personalities that he probably secretly uses for fap fodder.
Yeah, President Musk isn't going for serious or for a running government.
I wonder how many nukes are gonna disappear.
Why don't we ask Jeff?
I already took 12 of them.
Got me a four pack. Just traded two eggs.
I'm feeling remorse.
Dunno, but I hope one makes it to the Palestinians so this war can end. Mutually-assured destruction is a wonderful thing.
The guy who did his fireworks on the campaign trail will be heading NORAD.
Lol, ok, I can see why this is called NOT THE ONION. Geeze, and this is the most powerful country in the world. Maybe they don't actually know where Canada is, ha.
So a hair under 20 years ago I was offered a position similar to this after leaving the Navy. I'm so glad I went into private industry in another field entirely.
Rick Perry moment
Spy novel themed porno plot moment.
Edit: Russian porno
Those stockpiles should be moved to Canada, because clearly they are not mature enough to take care of such things.
When they beg you to come back, Dean and a contract for 10x your previous salary or no deal.
I knew someone who mixed cars and airplanes at the end of his life.
Like the car at the end of Grease? Or more like the one in Flubber?
More like dementia. At the beginning, it was surprising and after sometime, people laughed at it.
lolol!
Just don't lose the launch codes:
000000000000