12345 ….the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
Well what makes it even funnier is that that is the password to at least one email account of top aides to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Yes it was literally 12345. Also seems that I am not the first person to make the connection between this and Space Balls.
Expatriate Syrians pounced, gleefully delving through this treasure trove and pulling out newsworthy gems (some even joked about sending replies from the accounts, for example, “Curse your soul, Hafez”). There were few smoking guns, but one email, from U.N.-based press aide Sheherazad Jaafari to Damascus-based press aide Luna Chebel, was particularly interesting. It advises the presidential office on how to best handle Assad’s Dec. 7 interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters. If this is the quality of staff work Bashar al-Assad is getting… well, it explains a lot:
So now would be a good idea to see if your password is strong enough. Oh and to stop everything you are doing if you have not seen Space Balls. Seriously right now. Ludicrous Speed. GO!
“kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!”
Love that line.
Category: Breaking News, Foreign Policy, Pointless blather
You know, some days I wonder how these guys think they can beat us or even just stay in power.
Now, if you’ll excuse me I have to go change my luggage combination.
Because some of our own guys are just as freakin stupid, Trent. Sadly, just because there’s a lot more of us, doesn’t make us any smarter, and in some cases, exposes a lot more of the stupid inside the Beltway.
I find this rather interesting because the Mortar Platoon Daddy’s combo on his Platoon Cage at the armory was 1-2-3-4-5. Yeah, he was really pissed when he came in for drill and found all of his gear in the cage had been replaced with packing peanuts… and about fifteen blow-up dolls. Don’t worry, the gear was safely tucked away in the Arms room.
Top had the laugh of his life as the Mortar guys were unpacking the room and coming out with the dolls. Oh, and the pens in his desk were replaced with mini vibrators. God, that prank cost me $250, but it was worth every penny!
I watched the movie so many times that my mother took the tape and hid it from me.
Mel Brooks is the man.
I know NHS, I know. I firmly believe the Congress takes great stock in the saying “None of us is as dumb as all of us”.
Bwhahahahaha I saw this the other day and thought it was a joke……I can NOT believe it…..wow.
“They’ve gone to plaid!”
Sporkmaster, you have the ring. And I see that your Schwartz is as big as mine.
I should probably change the code for my gun safe now…
AAAHAHAHAHAAA! Oh, man, yeah, when I saw this article the 1st time, Spaceballs was my 1st tho’t, too! (snorksnerklaaaaaaugh!)
(also, another way of “thinning the herd” so to speak)