Comments on: Pentagon Meltdown http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218650 Kick Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:21:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218650 John From Censornati 12 Spoiler Alert: M<b>el</b>ak<b>on</b>'s car assembling swasticar company has lost around 36% in Q1 2025 and around 53% since mid December Q4 2024. John From Censornati
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Spoiler Alert: Melakon's car assembling swasticar company has lost around 36% in Q1 2025 and around 53% since mid December Q4 2024.

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218647 John From Censornati Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:11:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218647 In other news regarding the America-destroyers, President Musk will reveal the first quarter earnings results for his swasticar company <i><b>after</i></b> the financial markets close today. I'm sure it's all good news. He's a genius after all. In other news regarding the America-destroyers, President Musk will reveal the first quarter earnings results for his swasticar company after the financial markets close today. I'm sure it's all good news. He's a genius after all.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218632 Kick Tue, 22 Apr 2025 03:12:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218632 6|9 Uh, oh... competing teams and no 21-0 run today for the Knicks (which was awesome). <i>Yay! My Pistons won! </i> They needed it. Y'all are tied now. Should get interesting. :) 6|9

Uh, oh... competing teams and no 21-0 run today for the Knicks (which was awesome).

Yay! My Pistons won!

They needed it. Y'all are tied now. Should get interesting. :)

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218630 Kick Tue, 22 Apr 2025 03:01:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218630 BashiBazouk 5 <i>So, we got a two for one deal? Is that the art of it?</i> Heh. We'll have to ask Tony Schwartz since he wrote every single word of <i>Trump: The Art of the Deal</i> after shadowing Trump for 18 months because he said Trump didn't possess the attention span to sit for questioning in regards to the book. Schwartz says the entire book was written by him with zero edits to the manuscript from Trump, whom Schwartz again explains that Trump doesn't have the attention span to actually read a manuscript. Schwartz did say that Trump read the title and hated that -- obviously an homage to <i>The Art of War</i> by Sun Tzu -- but Schwartz refused to change it and therefore wrote every single word of it. On the other hand, Trump insists he wrote the book. Let's see, which one of these guys we believe is more credible: Trump who can't even compose a legible social media post or Tony Schwartz who has the original manuscript to prove it? I would wager Trump hasn't even read it... that whole attention span issue. BashiBazouk
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So, we got a two for one deal? Is that the art of it?

Heh. We'll have to ask Tony Schwartz since he wrote every single word of Trump: The Art of the Deal after shadowing Trump for 18 months because he said Trump didn't possess the attention span to sit for questioning in regards to the book.

Schwartz says the entire book was written by him with zero edits to the manuscript from Trump, whom Schwartz again explains that Trump doesn't have the attention span to actually read a manuscript. Schwartz did say that Trump read the title and hated that -- obviously an homage to The Art of War by Sun Tzu -- but Schwartz refused to change it and therefore wrote every single word of it.

On the other hand, Trump insists he wrote the book.

Let's see, which one of these guys we believe is more credible: Trump who can't even compose a legible social media post or Tony Schwartz who has the original manuscript to prove it?

I would wager Trump hasn't even read it... that whole attention span issue.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218629 MtnCaddy Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:59:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218629 6 Yay! My Pistons won! 6

Yay! My Pistons won!

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218628 Kick Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:21:05 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218628 ^^^^ EDIT ^^^^ That's a good one. So true. ^^^^ EDIT ^^^^
That's a good one. So true.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218627 Kick Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:19:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218627 nypoet22 4 <i>I believe that's an adaptation of the old Turkish proverb: <blockquote>"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king; the palace instead becomes a circus" </blockquote> That's a good one. So true. :) nypoet22
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I believe that's an adaptation of the old Turkish proverb:

"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king; the palace instead becomes a circus"

That's a good one. So true. :)

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218625 nypoet22 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:10:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218625 grr, Knicks losing. grr, Knicks losing.

]]> By: BashiBazouk http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218623 BashiBazouk Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:03:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218623 <i>Elect a criminal, get a crime scene. Appoint clowns, expect a circus.</i> So, we got a two for one deal? Is that the art of it? Elect a criminal, get a crime scene.
Appoint clowns, expect a circus.

So, we got a two for one deal? Is that the art of it?

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218622 nypoet22 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 01:56:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218622 @kick, I believe that's an adaptation of the old Turkish proverb: <blockquote>"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king; the palace instead becomes a circus"</blockquote> @kick,

I believe that's an adaptation of the old Turkish proverb:

"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king; the palace instead becomes a circus"

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218621 Kick Tue, 22 Apr 2025 01:28:12 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218621 <i>What's more, this seems to be the result of a power struggle not between Hegseth's own personal minions and the entrenched bureaucracy at the Pentagon (as might have been expected), but it seems to be coming entirely from within Hegseth's inner circle itself. Which is also kind of surprising. </i> So I can help you out here wherein you won't be surprised by anything else whatsoever going on in Washington, DC, if you just remember my not so old adage: Elect a criminal, get a crime scene. Appoint clowns, expect a circus. What's more, this seems to be the result of a power struggle not between Hegseth's own personal minions and the entrenched bureaucracy at the Pentagon (as might have been expected), but it seems to be coming entirely from within Hegseth's inner circle itself. Which is also kind of surprising.

So I can help you out here wherein you won't be surprised by anything else whatsoever going on in Washington, DC, if you just remember my not so old adage:

Elect a criminal, get a crime scene.
Appoint clowns, expect a circus.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218619 John M from Ct. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:04 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218619 I admit I've missed almost all of the recent drama, beyond seeing a few headlines about the second Signal conference with unauthorized attendees. So thanks for this update about the most recent indications of Hegseth's unbelievable incompetence as Secretary of Defense. The line I liked best was from the Republican representative who was a former USAF general: "There's a lot -- a lot -- of smoke coming out of the Pentagon, and I got to believe there's some fire there somewhere." If Hegseth does actually get 'fired' by the Apprentice TV star, perhaps it will be another indication that the Republican administration is not, actually, going to get its way this year in turning the U.S. into an authoritarian 'pretend-democracy' a la Hungary, etc. I admit I've missed almost all of the recent drama, beyond seeing a few headlines about the second Signal conference with unauthorized attendees. So thanks for this update about the most recent indications of Hegseth's unbelievable incompetence as Secretary of Defense.

The line I liked best was from the Republican representative who was a former USAF general: "There's a lot -- a lot -- of smoke coming out of the Pentagon, and I got to believe there's some fire there somewhere."

If Hegseth does actually get 'fired' by the Apprentice TV star, perhaps it will be another indication that the Republican administration is not, actually, going to get its way this year in turning the U.S. into an authoritarian 'pretend-democracy' a la Hungary, etc.

]]> By: BashiBazouk http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/04/21/pentagon-meltdown/#comment-218616 BashiBazouk Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:56:33 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26297#comment-218616 The first headline I saw in my morning peruse of reddit politics on this was: <i>White House denies reports that it plans to replace Hegseth</i> First comment: <i>Confirmed! He will be out by Friday.</i> Heh... The first headline I saw in my morning peruse of reddit politics on this was:

White House denies reports that it plans to replace Hegseth

First comment: Confirmed! He will be out by Friday.

Heh...

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