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The State Department made a surprising announcement on Monday, and it had nothing to do with international affairs. The branch of the federal government had rebranded itself as “The Department of Swagger.”

The re-branding campaign started when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched an Instagram account on Monday, posting an inaugural photo and declaring that the State Department has “swagger.” So much “swagger” that the entire department needed to be renamed to properly reflect the amount of “swagger” shown in Pompeo’s photo. “Thought I’d launch my Instagram account with some @statedept #swagger,” the secretary of state wrote alongside an image of a new (hopefully) joke state department seal, which was also posted on Pompeo’s Twitter account.

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:52 am

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:23 pm It is a little weird to see you guys jump in on my Turkey hating.

Kurds have always been good friends to us but we always take Turkey's side because they are bigger and more powerful.

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:23 pm It is a little weird to see you guys jump in on my Turkey hating.

Kurds have always been good friends to us but we always take Turkey's side because they are bigger and more powerful.

Somewhere out there, his Rip sense tingling, our old friend realizes he made a huuuuge mistake.

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:04 pm If this truly is our long lost compatriot Rip, then he must have changed his tune and started loving Turkey like the orange one does.

But I suspect we have a bot in our midst.

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:10 pm But the orange one you worship loves turkey, bot. Remember, he even called himself “a big fan” of Erdogan. Your programming is off.

Rip wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:15 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:10 pm But the orange one you worship loves turkey, bot. Remember, he even called himself “a big fan” of Erdogan. Your programming is off.

Haven't we been over this years ago? First I was for Rand Paul, then he dropped out. So I began backing Ted Cruz, then he dropped out. That left Trump instead of Clinton. Hardly makes me a big fan.

Rip wrote: ↑Thu Jun 13, 2019 4:30 pm I haven't missed a day of streaming since before xmas btw.

I am every bit the beast on twitch as I have been for years here. If only there were more hours in the day I would still be hanging out here more.

But don't worry if Trump gets re-elected I will be sure to come take a victory lap for old times sake.

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:23 pm

Rip wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:15 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:10 pm But the orange one you worship loves turkey, bot. Remember, he even called himself “a big fan” of Erdogan. Your programming is off.

Haven't we been over this years ago? First I was for Rand Paul, then he dropped out. So I began backing Ted Cruz, then he dropped out. That left Trump instead of Clinton. Hardly makes me a big fan.

Rip wrote: ↑Thu Jun 13, 2019 4:30 pm I haven't missed a day of streaming since before xmas btw.

I am every bit the beast on twitch as I have been for years here. If only there were more hours in the day I would still be hanging out here more.

But don't worry if Trump gets re-elected I will be sure to come take a victory lap for old times sake.

Took me 2 seconds to disprove that you aren’t a big fan of Trump. Shall we gather up all the others, bot?

Just out of curiosity, what made this bot choose a random post from almost 3 years ago to respond to?