Comments on: How to follow the Petraeus CyberClusterFuck: a flowchart http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 17:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: PhasmaFelis http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1585657 PhasmaFelis Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1585657 Disappointed. I was hoping this diagram could clear up a specific fact about PetraeusGate for me, but it doesn't seem to explain why anybody gives a shit. Disappointed. I was hoping this diagram could clear up a specific fact about PetraeusGate for me, but it doesn’t seem to explain why anybody gives a shit.

]]> By: RobertDavidSTEELEVivas http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1583801 RobertDavidSTEELEVivas Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1583801 AWESOME.  Cross-posted to the Phi Beta Iota Public Intelligence Blog where we have a running set of posts all listed and linked at the original Benghazi Gate plus Bimbo Gate short URL http://www.phibetaiota.net/2012/11/graphic-benghazi-and-the-failure-of-political-command/ AWESOME.  Cross-posted to the Phi Beta Iota Public Intelligence Blog where we have a running set of posts all listed and linked at the original Benghazi Gate plus Bimbo Gate short URL

http://www.phibetaiota.net/2012/11/graphic-benghazi-and-the-failure-of-political-command/

]]> By: acerplatanoides http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1583591 acerplatanoides Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1583591 Because this isn't that. Why would anyone "drive by disdain" except to distract from what they know is a real story? You're the one who decided it was worth commenting on. Because this isn’t that. Why would anyone “drive by disdain” except to distract from what they know is a real story?

You’re the one who decided it was worth commenting on.

]]> By: Sparg http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1583592 Sparg Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1583592 (Hee)³  Definitely a Charlie Foxtrot of fine proportions. (Hee)³  Definitely a Charlie Foxtrot of fine proportions.

]]> By: Mike Perkowitz http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1583499 Mike Perkowitz Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1583499  okay, you win  okay, you win

]]> By: rocketpjs http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1583192 rocketpjs Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1583192  Not to get all BB Meta, but this certainly seems to qualify as an 'omnishambles'.  Not to get all BB Meta, but this certainly seems to qualify as an ‘omnishambles’.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1583168 Lobster Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1583168 Can you really blame him?  The man was playing with fire.  Just look at that flow chart.  All those lovely octogons up there...  Everyone knows that the octogon is the sexiest shape.  Is he not a man!?  With needs!? Can you really blame him?  The man was playing with fire.  Just look at that flow chart.  All those lovely octogons up there…  Everyone knows that the octogon is the sexiest shape.  Is he not a man!?  With needs!?

]]> By: McGauth925 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1583037 McGauth925 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1583037 What I like about the net: I get to say I don't give a flying f--k  who anybody sleeps with or cheats on.  *Somebody* will see this.  Hey, it's more satisfying than simply thinking it. What I like about the net: I get to say I don’t give a flying f–k  who anybody sleeps with or cheats on.  *Somebody* will see this.  Hey, it’s more satisfying than simply thinking it.

]]> By: MurasakiMadness http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1583025 MurasakiMadness Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1583025 I think we're going to need to get Randall Munroe in on this... I think we’re going to need to get Randall Munroe in on this…

]]> By: Mike Quick http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1582966 Mike Quick Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1582966 Why would anyone follow this? Sleazy politician/govt goon does sleazy thing. Nothing new here. Why would anyone follow this? Sleazy politician/govt goon does sleazy thing.

Nothing new here.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1582944 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1582944 <b>IDCSESU</b> IDCSESU

]]> By: aurora50 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1582904 aurora50 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1582904 What made me sit up and take notice, was the first mention at TPM of Grayson Wolfe, estranged and I gather ex-husband of Natalie Khawam, twin sister of Jill Kelley.  Check out his links, per the above. Plus some of the comments, reported at the NYT, of how the judge described her veracity (lack thereof) during the custody hearings, for which both Generals wrote letter supporting her case. I am not sure what the current term-of-art is, but this all is beginning to feel 'meta' to me. What made me sit up and take notice, was the first mention at TPM of Grayson Wolfe, estranged and I gather ex-husband of Natalie Khawam, twin sister of Jill Kelley.  Check out his links, per the above.
Plus some of the comments, reported at the NYT, of how the judge described her veracity (lack thereof) during the custody hearings, for which both Generals wrote letter supporting her case.
I am not sure what the current term-of-art is, but this all is beginning to feel ‘meta’ to me.

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1582903 theophrastvs Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1582903 Ignore the greek chorus here, Xeni - this is the stuff of a proper morality tale in exactly the way that false and unnecessary wars apparently cannot be.  Miles Gloriosus brought low by his own vanity, testosterone, and fuel-injected PR group; syncophants, obsessive policemen, and coat-tail riders galore.  this is the stuff of future films, rapidly writ books, and HBO teledramas and here are the essential details.   thankee for your reporting efforts. Ignore the greek chorus here, Xeni – this is the stuff of a proper morality tale in exactly the way that false and unnecessary wars apparently cannot be.  Miles Gloriosus brought low by his own vanity, testosterone, and fuel-injected PR group; syncophants, obsessive policemen, and coat-tail riders galore.  this is the stuff of future films, rapidly writ books, and HBO teledramas and here are the essential details.   thankee for your reporting efforts.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1582890 Guest Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1582890 I have a colleague that heard me complain about all of this craziness that is dissipating in the media about this subject.  He pointed out a useful if not fallacious bifurcation that said as such: Would I I rather deal with this Petraeus circus or would I rather deal with <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/10/31/was_a_north_korean_general_really_executed_by_mortar_fire" rel="nofollow">rumors of mortar rounds</a>? I have a colleague that heard me complain about all of this craziness that is dissipating in the media about this subject.  He pointed out a useful if not fallacious bifurcation that said as such: Would I I rather deal with this Petraeus circus or would I rather deal with rumors of mortar rounds?

]]> By: amarx http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1582871 amarx Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1582871 Donald Trump has already offered Petraeus a job: http://hollywoodandswine.com/disgraced-general-david-petraeus-enlists-in-nbcs-celebrity-apprentice-all-stars/ Donald Trump has already offered Petraeus a job: http://hollywoodandswine.com/disgraced-general-david-petraeus-enlists-in-nbcs-celebrity-apprentice-all-stars/

]]> By: atomic_tarheel http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/how-to-follow-the-petraeus-sca.html#comment-1582872 atomic_tarheel Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194266#comment-1582872 Compared to similar charts I've seen, the only things missing from this one are a tennis academy and a recovering Demerol addict. Compared to similar charts I’ve seen, the only things missing from this one are a tennis academy and a recovering Demerol addict.

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