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Vol. 15 · No. 124 · Saturday, 17 October 2026

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Iran condemns US plan to livestream execution as barbaric

Tehran questions whether America has completely abandoned standards of human decency

Vetbro apparel company pivots from stupid shirts to aggressively homoerotic ones

AI deemed ‘too smart’ to replace infantry

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27 Mar OpFor God too swamped with March Madness prayers to stop Iran ground war Heavenly staff officers report prayer servers overwhelmed by bracket-related petitions 2 min 18 Jun Army Army secretary decries 'PowerPoint in parade form' for Trump's birthday Senior leaders cite “mission creep,” cosplay mishaps, and energy drinks as key factors in birthday parade debacle. 2 min 25 May Air & Space Colonel flies flag upside down to protest base golf course fees Watch him blame it on his wife 2 min 20 May Army Experts agree: ‘The sound of freedom’ is actually tinnitus 3M CEO: 'Tinnitus is patriotism and vice versa.' 2 min 20 Apr Pentagon Bill to strengthen HIPAA would strip PII from military graves, memorials You can't steal what you can't see 3 min 29 Mar Arlington replaces confederate statue with statue of interracial gay troops kissing Super gay statue replaces replaces thick, triumphant Confederate shaft 1 min 16 Jan Air & Space New Miss America eager to "bomb the shit out of the enemies of America" DEI advocates excited to see beauty queens represented in air-to-air combat 2 min 2 Jan General Nakasone loses sticky note with Cyber command master password "I had it in my wallet too, but I got a new one and I guess I didn't move it over." 2 min 19 Dec Air & Space E4 Mafia tries to submit ‘alternate slate of evaluators’ for promotion board "This was nothing more than a peaceful tour of a promotion board" 2 min
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