Nuclear codes are a matter of national security. This crap isn’t. The “secrets” betrayed by this diplomatic cable dump range from the gossipy (“Prime Minister so-and-so has too much plastic surgery and a drinking problem!”) to the “Are you kidding? Everyone already knows that!” variety. The Russian mafia is intertwined with the government? My word! That is simply shocking. The effect of the most recent information dump is not, as Obama and Hillary have so idiotically warned, that “lives will be lost.” This isn’t blowing the cover of any double agents in the Kremlin. This is just making the government look stupid. If you think “We don’t want to be embarrassed” is a sufficient reason for the government to withhold information about its activities from the public, you have a very curious understanding of how this country is supposed to work.

—ginandtacos.com (via zunguzungu)