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Vol. 15 · No. 115 · Friday, 25 September 2026

Pentagon

Military leaders debate who gets to masturbate first in sniper arch

Services clash over historic privilege of being first to defile nation’s newest military monument

Mitch McConnell returns from extended drill weekend

Trump considers replacing Hegseth with rock or something

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Report: PSYOP neurotoxin 'patriot gas' 100% persuasive

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KANDAHAR — Defense contractors have developed a neurotoxin that destroys the brain’s motivation centers, eliminating independent thought for affected human beings, Duffel Blog has learned.

The chemical, dubbed Patriot Gas, has been secretly spread at humanitarian events throughout Afghanistan, resulting in a peaceful and compliant population.

“There was a time when democracy was just an idea,” Raytheon representative Phil Buckley explained to Duffel Blog, before a private demonstration of Patriot Gas. “Now it’s an industrial by-product.”

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