FEMA FOMO FAFO

FOMO = Fear Of Missing Out. They didn’t want to be left behind by all those other government workers.

FEMA workers fired for watching ‘racially charged’ porn, bestiality content on gov’t-issued devices at work
NY Post | 09/02/2025 | Josh Christenson

Two FEMA workers tasked with helping to keep the country safe from terrorism and nuclear meltdowns were booted Tuesday — for watching “racially charged” and other sick porn on the job, The Post has learned.

The lewd-loving employees were canned after an internal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s Insider Threat Operations Center, which flagged at least one of them for consuming “deviant pornography” — including bestiality, said DHS officials, whose department oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“These individuals had access to critical information and intelligence and were entrusted to safeguard Americans from emergencies—and instead they were consuming pornography,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem seethed in a statement.

“And in at least one case the pornography consumed was racially charged and involved bestiality,” Noem said.

Both rogue workers were stationed at FEMA’s isolated, sparsely populated Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center near Bluemont, Va., which is supposed to safeguard the homeland against national emergencies, terror attacks, and even nuclear disasters.

This is part of FEMA’s job? What are their prevention powers?

They used their FEMA-issued devices, including at least computer, during the work day for their seamy antics, officials said.

“When disasters strike, FEMA cannot afford to be caught with its pants down,” a source noted to The Post of the scandal.

Straight Line of the Day: Why the Sudden Flurry of Interest in Mars?

Besides the obvious:

Elon Musk’s Mars rocket gets radical fin redesign to prevent flight failures
Interesting Engineering | August 15, 2025 | Mrigakshi Dixit

(Wasn’t that author Superman’s nemesis?)

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Just Got a Big Brain Upgrade
Scitech Daily | August 12, 2025 | NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Russia Just Built a Plasma Engine That Could Reach Mars in 30 Days—SpaceX’s Biggest Problem Yet?
Daily Galaxy | August 07, 2025 | Arezki Amiri

What Does Mars Smell Like?
Scientific American | June 10, 2016 | Leonard David

Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction
KTLA | 07/16/2025

Our Scientists Are Such Frickin’ Cowards!

Scientists Are Using Earth’s Shadow to Hunt For Alien Probes
sciencealert.com | 25 August 2025 | Mark Thompson, Universe Today

Hiding behind Mommy’s skirts.

… they turned to the Earth’s shadow. Every night, Earth casts a cone-shaped shadow into space where direct sunlight cannot reflect off satellites or debris.

This creates an ideal ‘clean’ search zone. The shadow’s base spans roughly 8-9 degrees for objects at geosynchronous orbit, about 35,700 kilometers (22,200 miles) above Earth.

Oh. Never mind. Well, watch it, scientists.

Remembrance

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a proclamation honoring the 13 U.S. service members killed in the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Abbey Gate attack, carried out outside Kabul’s international airport as crowds attempted to flee Afghanistan, killed 13 American troops and 170 Afghan civilians. The bombing became one of the most devastating moments of the U.S. withdrawal, which Trump has repeatedly called a disaster.

“We will never forget the names of the 13 brave souls who shed their blood for our Nation: Staff Sergeant Darin T. Hoover, USMC; Sergeant Johanny Rosario Pichardo, USMC; Sergeant Nicole L. Gee, USMC; Corporal Hunter Lopez, USMC; Corporal Daegan W. Page, USMC; Corporal Humberto A. Sanchez, USMC; Lance Corporal David L. Espinoza, USMC; Lance Corporal Jared M. Schmitz, USMC; Lance Corporal Rylee J. McCollum, USMC; Lance Corporal Dylan R. Merola, USMC; Lance Corporal Kareem M. Nikoui, USMC; Petty Officer Third Class Maxton W. Soviak, USN; and Staff Sergeant Ryan C. Knauss, USA,” the proclamation read.

Source

I heard that the Biden administration refused requests to neutralize the bombers as they were heading to the airport.