Article

2007-10-23 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Seafarious 2007-10-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 This is from scrappleface, or The Onion, right? They somehow hacked the CIA.

Somehow this doesnt surprise me. The CIA is rotting and needs to be demolished and replaced.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-10-23 01:01|| 2007-10-23 01:01|| Front Page Top

#2 What else to expect from a group that employed idiots like Palme.

Posted by 3dc 2007-10-23 01:03|| 2007-10-23 01:03|| Front Page Top

#3 From Seafarious's final link, More Better Lies:

Note from John: A few people have inferred from a timestamp on the CIA's website that this logo is relatively new. It is not. I came across it for the first time in 2003 or 2004.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-23 01:20|| 2007-10-23 01:20|| Front Page Top

#4 YIKES!
Al Jolson was a terrorist?
David Duke is the new DCI?
Gumby comes in licorice?

WHAT THE F**K IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?

Posted by Snaque Gleans4607 2007-10-23 02:22|| 2007-10-23 02:22|| Front Page Top

#5 WHAT THE F**K IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?

Posted by Snaque Gleans4607 2007-10-23 02:22|| Front Page|| ||Comments Top

ANSWER: It is the belief or attitude that those individuals who are considered members of the elite a select group of people with outstanding personal abilities, intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, or other distinctive attributes are those whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously or carry the most weight; whose views and/or actions are most likely to be constructive to society as a whole; or whose extraordinary skills, abilities or wisdom render them especially fit to govern....or collect and analyze intelligence.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-10-23 02:42|| 2007-10-23 02:42|| Front Page Top

#6 All ~~animals~~ people are equal but some are more equal than others.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-23 05:01|| 2007-10-23 05:01|| Front Page Top

#7 3dc,

The CIA recruited the late Olaf Palme? Now, that's a conspiracy theory I'd never have thought of!

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-10-23 08:56|| 2007-10-23 08:56|| Front Page Top

#8 At least they've improved the "CIA kids" section, to make it less embarrassing.

https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/games/index.html

Is that Valerie Plame?

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-23 09:27|| 2007-10-23 09:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Anyone notice that they are eliminating the "person" but not the "weapon"?

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-10-23 09:39|| 2007-10-23 09:39|| Front Page Top

#10 WHAT THE F**K IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?

Frat boys playing "I Spy".

Posted by gromgoru 2007-10-23 11:13|| 2007-10-23 11:13|| Front Page Top

#11 I'd hate to see what the consultants and focus groups charged for that logo.

Posted by danking70 2007-10-23 12:52|| 2007-10-23 12:52|| Front Page Top

#12 ION, MVARIETY.com > a BOMB THREAT caused the Guam Courts, etal. to shut down yesterday.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-23 19:21|| 2007-10-23 19:21|| Front Page Top

23:45 Barbara Skolaut
23:38 High Brow
23:28 crosspatch
23:21 crosspatch
23:18 OldSpook
23:16 OldSpook
23:11 OldSpook
22:48 Pheagar the Imposter4243
22:47 Xenophon
22:44 Frank G
22:26 Anonymoose
22:25 Intrinsicpilot
22:24 trailing wife
22:22 Halliburton - Flaterpillar Division
22:20 BA
22:18 BA
22:17 Frank G
22:14 Frank G
22:13 Frank G
22:12 Zenster
22:11 Frank G
21:56 SteveS
21:32 Varmint Jomons4229
21:24 Jerens Lumumba6729