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highplainsdem

(55,323 posts)
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 10:50 PM Apr 1

"Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to pose like doofuses by the CIA seal in the lobby at Langley...."

The photo of doofuses below was tweeted by Ratcliffe and then Musk earlier this evening.

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"Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to pose like doofuses by the CIA seal in the lobby at Langley...." (Original Post) highplainsdem Apr 1 OP
Those numpties shouldn't be seen anywhere near the word "intelligence." Ocelot II Apr 1 #1
Looks like he's got a crotch rash or something Zorro Apr 1 #2
That's what's called a power pose. One of them, anyway. Meant to convey self-confidence and highplainsdem Apr 1 #9
Elon is going full Neo. He thinks. dchill Apr 1 #3
I hope there are patriots in that building willing to Stinky The Clown Apr 1 #4
My bet would be bet your ass, and elon knows it... Volaris Apr 2 #10
Musk looks like a Pixar bad guy. Solly Mack Apr 1 #5
Not Pixar -- James Bond localroger Apr 2 #12
I'm sticking with Pixar. Solly Mack Apr 2 #13
How fucking embarrassing. Swede Apr 1 #6
He was probably there hard-wiring a direct data link to the Kremlin. LudwigPastorius Apr 1 #7
Remember, Eloon: Tom Cruise does his OWN stunts. rsdsharp Apr 1 #8
Come on HAB911 Apr 2 #11

highplainsdem

(55,323 posts)
9. That's what's called a power pose. One of them, anyway. Meant to convey self-confidence and
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 11:17 PM
Apr 1

dominance. He'd probably be standing with arms akimbo as well (superhero pose) if Ratcliffe wasn't right beside him.

Stinky The Clown

(68,555 posts)
4. I hope there are patriots in that building willing to
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 11:00 PM
Apr 1

do what is necessary to save our country as it tries to withstand the assault of the Tangerine Titan and the illegal border jumper Afrikaner Fascist.

Volaris

(10,809 posts)
10. My bet would be bet your ass, and elon knows it...
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:30 AM
Apr 2

It's why they started with USAID and HHS, because if one of his boytoys had tried to plug in an outside drive into anything at CIA or DoD (let alone a main data server) that person would have been rightly shot in the head.

localroger

(3,748 posts)
12. Not Pixar -- James Bond
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 01:19 PM
Apr 2

Actually the parallels between Musk and Bond villain Hugo Drax from Moonraker are uncanny, particularly since Moonraker was made when Musk was still a child.

Swede

(35,911 posts)
6. How fucking embarrassing.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 11:10 PM
Apr 1

Musk has no right to be there. How many patriots struggled and died for their country. And he just gives it all away.

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