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dhol82

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30. I still have a problem with a protocol that would allow an employee to

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 06:39 PM

Jan 2018

Just inadvertently push the wrong button.
What, he tripped and landed on THE button?
Some of the guys were fake fighting and fell on THE button?
This is ridiculous. How can such an important piece of the first call protection system be so easy to fuck up?

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Good God. Weve gone full Strangelove. [View all] nolabear Jan 2018 OP

It sure seems we were close to a nuclear annihilation. I surely don't know all of the safeties RKP5637 Jan 2018 #1

Someone pushed the wrong button. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #15

Thanks!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2018 #22

You never go full Strangelove C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #2

Love indeed. And the promise of voting to lower the threat. nolabear Jan 2018 #4

I think America is on edge, waiting for something bad to happen. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #3

Thats exactly right. We in Seattle are unsettled. nolabear Jan 2018 #5

We have incompetent and corrupt leadership. Does not inspire trust. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #8

this is worse than W's color coded scares withoutapaddle Jan 2018 #6

The color coding scare was on purpose. I think people worry that with Trump Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #7

True. withoutapaddle Jan 2018 #9

I got some reassurance from the Wolff book that Trump is in adult care. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #10

Your sig line! murielm99 Jan 2018 #16

Emily is my soulmate lol withoutapaddle Jan 2018 #18

My sig line is from the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #31

Oh, no. murielm99 Jan 2018 #46

Yes that is my sense of things right now, the danger level is lowered. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #52

The GOP have done this. pangaia Jan 2018 #29

I was thinking War Games. nt Ferrets are Cool Jan 2018 #11

1) SHITLER creates context of anxiety/nerves. 2) Anything on his watch is all *his*. UTUSN Jan 2018 #12

Here's what happened. orangecrush Jan 2018 #13

Yes, crying wolf, is never good -no matter the context. riversedge Jan 2018 #27

I still have a problem with a protocol that would allow an employee to dhol82 Jan 2018 #30

Those are questions orangecrush Jan 2018 #33

One hopes! dhol82 Jan 2018 #34

I went through some CERTs training this summer orangecrush Jan 2018 #40

Good. dhol82 Jan 2018 #41

Years ago there was a false attack announcement on TV when someone put the wrong tape on... PoliticAverse Jan 2018 #39

One would think... orangecrush Jan 2018 #42

Kong rides the bomb. Different Drummer Jan 2018 #14

... orangecrush Jan 2018 #20

Yeah, that seems to be where we are headed. dhol82 Jan 2018 #32

very comparable to movie bluestarone Jan 2018 #17

OUTSTANDING movie! orangecrush Jan 2018 #19

That one for sure. I have another suggestion as well. longship Jan 2018 #24

Both are great trailers! orangecrush Jan 2018 #38

TY saw the first one. Good movie! bluestarone Jan 2018 #43

Yes, Strangelove parodied Failsafe. Want to bet it shows up on TMC? nolabear Jan 2018 #26

that's intense orangecrush Jan 2018 #35

Weirdly, Fail-Safe and Dr. Strangelove were from the same literary source. n/t Orange Free State Jan 2018 #28

interesting! orangecrush Jan 2018 #36

Nope. Not true. longship Jan 2018 #44

Whoops, I remember the suit now Orange Free State Jan 2018 #47

It was complicated. longship Jan 2018 #48

Ill be darned. Thanks for educating me! nolabear Jan 2018 #51

Not to worry. It'll be a sunny day and we'll... griloco Jan 2018 #21

... orangecrush Jan 2018 #37

That scene should be presented in context. longship Jan 2018 #50

Wonder how the Trump voters in Hawaii randr Jan 2018 #23

He is a coward. This is the last thing I worry about. He does not have the guts to do anything. Hamlette Jan 2018 #25

Do not ride the bomb! Initech Jan 2018 #45

My sis in law PasadenaTrudy Jan 2018 #49