US government status page

froh42 | karma 501 | avg karma 6.68 · 2013-10-05 14:28:49+00:00

Thank god at least the SWSD is operational!

kalleboo | karma 20793 | avg karma 2.58 · 2013-10-05 14:29:48+00:00

Seems more accurate than both the Apple and the Amazon AWS status pages so far.

teh_klev | karma 7155 | avg karma 2.47 · 2013-10-05 14:31:15+00:00

"Nuclear Missile Launches Department - Degraded Performance" - have they laid off the dude who carries around the "football"?

mAritz | karma 163 | avg karma 2.09 · 2013-10-05 14:47:34

I think it might be a joke based on half-life.

vijayr | karma 4120 | avg karma 3.05 · 2013-10-05 14:35:32+00:00

The very first entry is "Senate Whisky Stocking Department" - interesting !!

yogo | karma 687 | avg karma 1.61 · 2013-10-05 14:39:25+00:00

Very interesting since it's usually spelled whiskey in the US. Clearly that department is run from Canada or some other country lol.

mkr-hn | karma 8354 | avg karma 2.41 · 2013-10-05 14:48:26

It's NORAD-based.

DanBC | karma 56529 | avg karma 2.13 · 2013-10-05 15:03:59+00:00

Obviously it's a joke, but it'd be interesting to see how food and drink is funded in various governments.

trendoid | karma 228 | avg karma 1.69 · 2013-10-05 14:44:00

http://usgovernment.statuspage.io/incidents/0knqk2v79yn7

"In order to route funding to where it is most needed at this time, the War on Drugs has been downgraded to "Slight Disagreement On Drugs". Policy is still being crafted, but we can tell you that the halls of the The US Capitol building smell more interesting than normal tonight."

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xerophtye | karma 469 | avg karma 0.81 · 2013-10-05 14:56:58

Mattress Tag Illegal Removal Response Team: operational!

(dang it! I thought it was finally safe to tear off the darn thing!)

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danaw | karma 254 | avg karma 2.89 · 2013-10-05 19:17:52

I just peed a little.