# Bannon is out! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995 "2017-08-18T18:04:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/1 "2017-08-18T18:04:55Z")
I just heard a report on the 1PM news that Kelly has finally convinced Trump to oust Bannon as of today. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/2 "2017-08-18T18:06:34Z")
Get your popcorn before the stores sell out. Apparently Bannon will be rejoining Breitbart and is declaring war on what he calls the “Democrat White House”. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/3 "2017-08-18T18:11:40Z")
back to blowing his own horn in other words. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/4 "2017-08-18T18:16:06Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Get your popcorn before the stores sell out. Apparently Bannon will be rejoining Breitbart and is declaring war on what he calls the “Democrat White House”. > [@](#): > > It’s better to have him inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in. > -Lyndon Johnson, on J. Edgar Hoover Now Bannon will be pissing in. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/5 "2017-08-18T18:47:53Z")
I’m not buying any bad blood here. I think all these nuts were knowingly hired to be fired. They knew going in, I think, that the day would come and they’d be ‘out’. But not really. It will be impossible to hold anyone accountable if it’s a revolving door of the inept and no one really knows what the other is doing. Prosecution for anything illegal will be nearly impossible in my opinion. It’s distraction all the way down, I think. (Just one opinion!) ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/6 "2017-08-18T18:49:31Z")
Will Bannon be on the Night Train out of town? I suspect the anti Kelly/McMaster slander campaign is about to kick into overdrive. Kelly might be running neck and neck with Hillary Clinton as public enemy number one at Breitbart for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/7 "2017-08-18T18:56:26Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I’m not buying any bad blood here. I think all these nuts were knowingly hired to be fired. They knew going in, I think, that the day would come and they’d be ‘out’. And with a handsome government pension to boot. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/8 "2017-08-18T18:58:02Z")
When will his “tell all” book be published? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/9 "2017-08-18T19:19:59Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > And with a handsome government pension to boot. Seriously, how much pension can they possibly accrue, if any? Certainly Bannon hasn’t qualified for any. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/10 "2017-08-18T19:56:34Z")
Yeah, I was a Fed employee for a shade over 37 years. I think my pension is in the neighborhood of $35K. The formula is #years X 1% X high 3 (years of pay), and I think you have to have at least 10 years of service and be a certain age, depending upon the year you were born. So 7 months shouldn’t qualify him for a damned cent. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/11 "2017-08-18T21:30:07Z")
Am I the only one who’s pretty sure Trump will still be on the phone with Bannon on the daily? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/12 "2017-08-18T21:33:19Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > back to blowing his own horn in other words. I wonder if he ever managed to perfect that other maneuver? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/13 "2017-08-19T15:43:35Z")
This Elections thread from April is all about Bannon’s ups & downs: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=823296](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=823296) It was revived yesterday at [post #83](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20423139#post20423139) and has since gained 40+ posts about his latest … career move. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/14 "2017-08-19T22:57:17Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > And with a handsome government pension to boot. Before he found the egress he carefully visited his patron, Robert Mercer, just to make sure his funding remained stable. A government pension isn’t something that Bannon needs to be concerned with. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannon-is-out/793995/15 "2017-08-19T23:25:38Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > And with a handsome government pension to boot. Assuming he enrolled and was making his contribution, he still was 4 yrs and 5 months short of qualifying. His handsome pension is worth a lifetime total of $0.00. > [@](#): > > To be vested (eligible to receive your retirement benefits from the Basic Benefit plan if you leave Federal service before retiring), you must have at least 5 years of creditable civilian service. [Cite](https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/publications-forms/pamphlets/ri90-1.pdf)