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Friday, January 9, 2009

Homo / Nightlife Ricin Pub Crawl: The World Is Watching

Posted by Brendan Kiley on Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:38 PM

My father, a retired lifelong military man who still gets homeland-security briefings, says our lil' old ricin scare has made the big time.

I haven't read anything you guys have written about it, but I saw it on my daily briefing.

Thanks for not reading, Dad! (No, really—thanks. There's some stuff in my archives that might put you off your kibble.)

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Why does a retired military person still get briefings?

Posted by Farkleberry on January 9, 2009 at 7:09 PM

hey, me and some friends are about to head out...it's funny because we were going to go to a "straight" bar on the hill and now of course with this redic threat non-sense...we're totally supporting and into a big ol GAY BAR pub crawl...should be fun : ) hope the whole town comes.

Posted by itry on January 9, 2009 at 7:47 PM

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I love that spam is at least giving you some neat facts. I'd click if they had some new stories.

Posted by AJ on January 9, 2009 at 9:24 PM

No offense Brendan, but why should retired personnel STILL receive military briefings? Talk about a waste of resources.

I mean, really, what the fuck?

Posted by Non on January 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM

Fucking SPAM

Posted by Sad Comment on January 9, 2009 at 10:00 PM

Yeah, every additional CC costs the tax payers an extra $150. What is the government thinking?

Posted by Chris in Tampa on January 9, 2009 at 10:02 PM

A lot of retired Military become Civilian government employees/contractors. They can still get briefings if they work in that field.

Posted by Dot on January 9, 2009 at 10:23 PM

That doesn't seem at all safe to me

And still a waste of resources

Posted by Non on January 9, 2009 at 10:24 PM

Everything is an outrage, huh? So, if you have a group of people who may be able to offer ideas or solutions to intelligence problems, people who are trained and experienced in this sort of thing, why wouldn't you give them a low-level heads up on a security situation? Someone might have an answer or an out of the box idea. But no ... let's just stick with the outrage. Because it costs wayyy too much to forward a pdf.

Posted by superyeadon on January 9, 2009 at 11:00 PM

I think the Saturday pub crawl will be far better than the Friday one as the drinks on Saturday will be laced with Ricin (yum) per the letters.

Posted by Sargon Bighorn on January 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM

Heh. Everything is an outrage.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale on January 10, 2009 at 12:29 AM

OMG! OMG! KING-5 news at 11pm just did a lengthy story on the ricin letters and the Pub Crawl tonight!!

And guess which bar they filmed the story in front of and inside of???

One of the official pub crawl bars?? Hell NO!!!

They did the story at MADISON PUB!!! (Yes the same Madision Pub that was not on the list of pub crawl bars!)

They showed scenes of a vibrant 8pm crowd at the bar, interviewed Joey, the bar manager, and a couple of patrons on camera, and filmed the "live" stand-up from the Bank parking lot across the street with Madison Pub (with a line out the door) in the background.

Oh the irony....

Posted by BC on January 10, 2009 at 12:31 AM

A tv newsteam (rumored to be CNN) was outside PURR and later did an interview inside The Eagle.

Posted by Andy Niable on January 10, 2009 at 1:12 AM

SGN - sgn.org - great solid reporting, front page story on the ricin threat.

Posted by Tom F. on January 10, 2009 at 1:13 AM

The pub crawl's been fun and the free pizza at Fusion was delish! (may be my new favorite pie place). CC's was packed when I was there earlier. Yes there was a CNN vid camera man (sort of cute but vibed str8) outside the cuff for a few minutes. Got a shot of the pub crawl banner outsie on the front.

Posted by I am your Mother on January 10, 2009 at 1:45 AM

You guys got trolled bad.

Posted by w7ngman on January 10, 2009 at 1:58 AM

I was @ CC's tonight...and cannot therefore be held responsible for what I write tonight.

Damn, their drinks are strong! Or, at least I hope it's the drinks, and not some rogue Ricin poisoning...

It just took me about 15 mins to be able to type this legibly (sp!)

Mom would be proud....

Posted by dorky girl on January 10, 2009 at 2:45 AM

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@11 and others: I'm not outraged, yet. I just asked a question. Why does a retired military person still get security briefings?

Posted by Farkleberry on January 10, 2009 at 8:11 AM

Kudos on the success of the big cross-promotional "terror threat" stunt, Slog and pub crawl!

Posted by marketing enthusiast on January 10, 2009 at 8:45 AM

@11 yeah, retired military folks use e-mail. lol.

but really, I didn't realize those threats worked so good. but man, use guys is scared.

Posted by ret-i-red on January 10, 2009 at 9:30 AM

I AGREE THIS IS AN OUTRAGE WHY ARE RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX GIVEN ACCESS TO THE MILITARY SECRETS IS IT THEIR BIG-DICK MALE SUPERIORITY COMPLEX OR IS IT SOMETHING DEEPER?

I CALL FOR A GENERAL STRIKE AND A DAY OF SOLIDARITY. MEET AT THE CORNER OF PIKE AND BROADWAY AND WE WILL MARCH ON THE FEDERAL BUILDING!

Posted by RICIN WATCH on January 10, 2009 at 9:37 AM

I SAY WE MEET AT DENNY AND BROADWAY, THEN WE CAN CUT DOWN TO STEWART.

Posted by ANTI-RETIRED MILITARY MARCH on January 10, 2009 at 9:58 AM

THEN WE NEED TO BUY DRINKS TO SUPPORT BARS, BUT NOT MORMON BARS. WE ARE BOYCOTTING MORMONS. OH YEAH AND WE TOOK THE DAY OFF OF WORK TO TO SYMBOLIZE DAY WITHOUT GAY. OK ALSO MAKE SURE TO BRING ALL YOUR RIBBONS AND THE SIGNS FROM LAST TIME THAT GO ~DOWN WITH PITBULLS~

Posted by Anti-Anti on January 10, 2009 at 10:09 AM

WHO'S BRINGING THE PUPPETS?

Posted by IT'S NOT A PROTEST WITHOUT PUPPETS! on January 10, 2009 at 10:25 AM

"Why does a retired military person still get briefings?"

Essentially a free consultant; I used to call these retired officers all the time. Most of these people have accumulated over 30 years in their field and have a wealth of knowledge that is still vital, and since they are retired and not playing political games for promotion the advice can be rather candid. And 99% of the time it's free except the long-distance charges. The other 1% is when we want the guy to fly out for a face to face meeting.

Posted by LT L on January 10, 2009 at 10:49 AM

@28

SINCE BRENDAN KILEY'S DADDY WAS 17 YEARS OLD WHEN HE HAD HIM, AND BRENDAN IN 25, THAT WOULD MAKE HIS DAD 42. YOU CAN'T GET INTO THE MILITARY AT AGE 12.

Posted by SLOGMILITAGATE on January 10, 2009 at 11:06 AM