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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."

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

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

Mattress Tag Illegal Removal Response Team: operational!

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

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

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

It's NORAD-based.

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

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

Thank god at least the SWSD is operational!

I just peed a little.

US government status page