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Vol. 15 · No. 127 · Saturday, 24 October 2026

Pentagon

Trump announces sale of Patriot missiles to Russia

White House says deal will help Moscow defend itself from Ukrainian aggression

Hegseth consults God via dumpster fire behind Pentagon

US to livestream execution of Ukraine

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Raytheon wins contract to send six guys to stare at shit

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WASHINGTON — Raytheon won an exclusive contract to send six retired guys out to stare at shit, sources report.

The six guys will come out next week and will wander around for a month. For a few hours a day they will stand in front of a computer stack and stare at it with their arms crossed. Afterward, they will grab hold of a supervisor at a wildly inappropriate time.

“We're here for the reboot, so you need to take the system down,” they'll say, referring to a system that has been working without an issue for years. One will pull out a laptop and announce the instructions on how to restart a computer. Nobody is allowed to ask if this multimillion dollar contract could be completed by giving an E-4 the laptop.

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