Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jokingly said any surge in takeout deliveries to the Pentagon — a phenomenon that has accurately predicted the start of major geopolitical events — could be him ordering pizza “just to throw everybody off.”

Asked about the “Pentagon Pizza Report,” an account on X that tracks activity at local pizza joints near the U.S. military hub, Hegseth said he was aware of the account.

“I’ve thought of just ordering lots of pizza on random nights just to throw everybody off,” he said Sunday on Fox News. “Some Friday night when you see a bunch of Dominos orders, it might just be me on an app, throwing the whole system off so we keep everybody off balance. We look at every indicator.”

all 60 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 115 points 8 months ago (6 children)

All I hear is that the pizza index works, he is too fucking dumb to do anything about it, and is clearly rattled about it. If he was serious he would have kept his mouth shut, which he can't, and it's all bullshit.

  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    call me optimistic but i think he's just having a laugh

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    He's too stupid and dangerous to be given that benefit of the doubt.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    when we stupidize our enemies, we lose sight of how to fight them

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 158 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    Someone tell him about th gay bar index so he starts going there randomly too

  • source
  • hideshow 8 child comments
  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Dude no... dont send republicans to ruin the vibe.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Tbf, they're not sending anyone to where they haven't been before. 🤷‍♂️

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] -5 points 8 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

    The Grindr server crashed on two separate Republican conventions and I've been seeing closeted republican men on Craigslist trolling for cock since the beginning of time. Do you need more evidence?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Do you think the same people have anonymous hook ups are publicly attending gay bars?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 47 points 8 months ago

    That's why he invited that reporter to his illegal Signal chat, just to throw everyone off

  • source
  • [–] 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    We look at every indicator.

    After it's become widespread international news meaning our allies and enemies have known for at least a decade...

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    at least a decade…

    You're not wrong, but even this article mentions a news article from 1991… heh

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    The 90s needed actual spooks casing out pizza places... That was a real thing, Russians casing take out joints in DC, even before pizza was a big deal.

    But it was easier just to keep an eye on the parking lots and how many lights stayed on overnight.

    For at least the last decade, there have been electronic means of surveillance allowing every country who gives a shit to monitor 24/7. Which sounds stupid, but that monitoring is essentially free and just one of 100s if not thousands of individual flags.

    Pizza flag may go off a lot, but if x, y, and z are all also happening...

    Then everyone knows something is gonna happen.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 59 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    "Thought about" and "might just" are two phrases middle aged white guys use when we want to talk big and then never follow through. I'd be shocked if he puts in one "fake" order, and highly doubt he'll be able to be consistent enough to throw off the tracker.

  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    Right. He's too fucking dumb to pull off even random pizza orders. In any case, everyone knows that to really throw people off the scent you tell them about your plans, right? What a fucking muppet.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Okay, fuck, he got me, that's really funny. Good job. Now please submit to The Hague, confess everything, and spend the rest of your life in prison.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago

    “No raises this year, gentlemen. And ladies. But hey, PIZZA PARTY!!”

  • source
  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago (6 children)
  • [+] -7 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Do you think taxation is theft?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago

    You know he doesn’t tip, so they’re not delivering twice.

  • source
  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    And what is he going to do with all of those "diversion" pizzas?

    Seems like that could be a good way to feed the hungry in DC: order a large and semirandom number of pizzas to the Pentagon every night, then distribute them to homeless shelters; on nights when you're planning or executing ops, just add to the order enough for your operation and pull them off of the pile before you redirect the rest to the shelters.

    But the party of "lol your poor git gud" wouldn't dream of such a thing. More likely they'll toss them in the dumpster.

  • source
  • hideshow 8 child comments
  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Americans shouldn't starve in such a wealthy nation, but there's just not enough money here. Do not. Touch. The defense war budget. Such a shame, homeless veterans and all that

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    That would do nothing to block the alleged information leak. You'd simply count the number of pizzas reaching homeless shelters instead, and if there's a lower than normal amount, you know we're gonna invade Iran. I mean, know it even harder.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (1 child)

    If you pull some random amount off the stack every day and store it to pass along on the next day, and build up a rolling reserve before pulling from that reserve for invasion day, you could hide that tell pretty effectively.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    The real order will look like the Pentagon is throwing a kegger

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    A real military mobilization is about as easy to conceal as a sunrise. And you're not going to fool anyone by ordering a few extra pizzas.

  • source
  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Pretty sure he said this exact thing last year when the Pizza Index was correct. Is this a cute little gem he just has on standby?

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    You're joking about your own ineptitudes? Bold strategy

  • source
  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    Give us your credit card number Pete and we'll help you order those pizzas.

  • source
  • [+] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    They have like an extra 150 billion last year they are spending as we speak, with no guidelines on it, so they have plenty. This year they want to give them 1.5 trillion even, just incredible fiscal restraint form the responsible party of fiscal discipline!

    What a joke, extracting money from the federal government is like the main reason for being of almost all of these lawmakers. Get in, sell out, extract all you can, accrue favors and bribes and what have you, get out. Then when out if they sell out well they can lobby, or run an institute, or any number of other corrupt positions that are part of paying off lawmakers to pay off monied interests.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    He thought of ordering lots of pizza? What a genius mastermind.

  • source
  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    Aren't all the pedos using "pizza" as covert code for child pornography ?

  • source
  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Hello? Is this Dominos?

  • source
  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    I'm always surprised the pizza index works. There are over 20 restaurants inside the Pentagon, including a pizza place. It should be easy to make everyone order from those when something is happening

  • source
  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Well at least our troops will be fat asses just like he wants them.

  • source