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2026-02-25 Government Corruption
WSJ: Toilets on US aircraft carrier Gerald Ford malfunctioned during mission to Iran
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Posted by badanov 2026-02-25 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1891 views ]  Top

1 When the swabbies heard they could be sharing facilities with the swabbettes, they began flushing toilet rolls.
Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-25 00:27||   2026-02-25 00:27|| Front Page Top

2 This isn't a "malfunction."
It's sabotage. Every sailor who participated needs to be brought up on charges.

They're calling it "Mutiny on the battle ship Poop-tempkin

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-02-25 01:24||   2026-02-25 01:24|| Front Page Top

3 Just watch. They're going to claim some kind of situation where the sanitary conditions on board (1) are unsuitable and the sailors can't just poop over the side or (2) some kind of disease breaks out on board and Trump will be ever-so-reluctantly forced to call off removing the Mullahs from power and stabilizing the entire region.
Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-02-25 01:51||   2026-02-25 01:51|| Front Page Top

4 So they're going to bring back the 'poop deck'?
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-02-25 02:29||   2026-02-25 02:29|| Front Page Top

5 Why? It’s apparently an on-going problem, inherent in the design of the vacuum system.
Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-25 02:37||   2026-02-25 02:37|| Front Page Top

6 I was in charge of sewage on a navy ship in the 90’s. The systems clog, in part, because the flushing water is sea water. Flushing a bunch of wrong stuff has always happened. I think people enjoy watching the misery of the folks that are forced to clean up the mess. It’s revolting and juvenile but not a mutiny. I doubt the vacuum system was designed to flush a tee shirt, new paper or rack curtains. I have seen this brown sloshing brown broth plenty of times. This is not new.
Posted by Super Hose 2026-02-25 06:05||   2026-02-25 06:05|| Front Page Top

7 In no particular order; three things military personal value highly and will generally fight to keep:

  • A warm place to take a dump.
  • A hot shower.
  • A dry place to sleep.
    • Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-25 06:11||   2026-02-25 06:11|| Front Page Top

    8 Mutiny Putiny! But seriously, Herb, news and views from the Kremlin? Nobody watches that anymore.
    Posted by Skunky Bourbon6732 2026-02-25 06:27||   2026-02-25 06:27|| Front Page Top

    9 Let me guess, they were designed by Howard Wolowitz?
    Posted by Procopius2k 2026-02-25 07:22||   2026-02-25 07:22|| Front Page Top

    10 three things military personal value highly

    Dry socks.
    Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-25 07:32||   2026-02-25 07:32|| Front Page Top

    11 Seems like I've heard this before, about Ford that is, like 2020 long ago.
    Posted by swksvolFF 2026-02-25 11:31||   2026-02-25 11:31|| Front Page Top

    12 "The Vacuum, Collection, Holding and Transfer system continues to clog, more than five years after the issue was first identified."
    Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-25 11:59||   2026-02-25 11:59|| Front Page Top

    13 Now they are getting quitters who are separating from the service rather than continue the mission. Imagine giving up your pension for this.
    Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-02-25 17:11||   2026-02-25 17:11|| Front Page Top

    14 From a quitter that never applied.
    Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-25 17:48||   2026-02-25 17:48|| Front Page Top

    15 ^ OUCH
    quitters who are separating from the service rather than continue the mission
    Like Gov Tim Walz
    Posted by Frank G 2026-02-25 18:10||   2026-02-25 18:10|| Front Page Top

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