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I know nothing should surprise me with these fucking people at this point, but my mouth still dropped open when I read that.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The sick Orange POS would take a gold Tokarev pistol from Stalin.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago

And put it on his desk in the Oval Office next to the Diet Coke button.

[–] JohnScig@lemmy.world 16 points 6 hours ago

One day, decades from now, people will read about these men in the same way we read about Mussolini and Hitler. They'll be reading with bated breath about the atrocities they committed and we'll be asked by our grandchildren how was it possible to even happen. Hopefully they'll live in a world where none of this would be possible and they won't comprehend the evil and cruelty that we got to witness, they won't be able to understand how so many millions cheered for these monsters. Come to think of it, I don't understand why so many millions cheer for them today.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

IF they had verified each individual target before detonating it could have been the single operation with the highest success rate for hitting actual militants and the lowest civillian casualties out of everything Israel has done lately, but instead they just detonated like a thousand pagers and pissed off Lebanon immediately after a US Diplomat came by to criticize them for escalating tensions in Lebanon.

Actually, it still might be. Pretty low bar.

I wonder if Trump's Gold Apollo will blow up, too.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

That's fucking macabre... And since it's from Israel, there's probably a bug in the pager too...

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

That is twisted

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Terrorism twins

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Does it come preloaded with C4 or is Trump expected to add that herself?

[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

One can hope

[–] kyle@lemm.ee 40 points 12 hours ago

Imagine the outrage if a world leader gifted another leader a golden model airplane after 9/11.

Insanity.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 18 points 10 hours ago

There they go, best buds, genocide bibi and ethnic cleansing don.

[–] JustAThought@lemm.ee 52 points 12 hours ago (3 children)
[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 31 points 11 hours ago

I was thinking the Onion is trying to be creative but damn reality is worse than fiction can be.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 22 points 12 hours ago

Irony is dead

It's real

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently so. I’m at a loss for words for once.

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 hours ago

All I want to do is just a string of expletives at full fucking shout for a few hours, this is beyond insanity. Am I just in a decade long coma and this is all paranoia running wild in my brain? It would make more sense than.... this.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 41 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be a kaboom!

[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Kaboom is lurking on the conservation Lemmy. Probably re-evaluating his life choices. Or most likely not, because that requires self-reflection.

"Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!"

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 27 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (6 children)

As a Canadian, It’s crazy how easy these two played the American left by starting a genocidal war and having musk and the oligarchs use all propaganda machines to turn it into the Democrats fault. And the left just ate it up despite how blatantly obvious it was. The left splintered and had a “no, YOU’RE the fake leftist!” Argument among each other while the right unified and laughed at you guys

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

I mean it seems more because Biden's administration was hugely pro-Israel and consistently the destruction of Gaza and the death of Palestinians, and Harris started plainly her policy was the same. Harris ran on a campaign of telling parts of the left that they didn't want their vote and courted mythical moderate Republicans.

And I voted for Harris, but this was by far a loss due to the Democrats abandonment of their base and what polling clearly showed people wanted change, irrational or not, just something different. Running on a same-as-Biden platform was a massive blunder.

[–] fart@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

if only there was a way for the democratic party to not be accused of sending weapons to a country actively committing war crimes . alas , it is the voters faulrv

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's almost as if there should be 3-4 parties because not everyone in one party is going to agree about everything else that others in that party agree with if it's supposed to represent 50+ percent of the population.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Great, I mean you guys keep saying this. I’ve been hearing it from Americans for decades. Maybe that’s the problem, you guys always have this defeatist attitude like “well if the system was better” well it isn’t, so work within it, or you personally get out there and work to change it. Otherwise there’s nothing you can really do but complain. You don’t get to just complain online about a lack of change, you actually have to go out there and help in some way physically

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

I never said I'm American, I live in a place with more than two parties. It's not perfect but it's a hell of a lot better than if there were only two.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 22 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The right is always unified. Blind loyalty to the team captain is their one positive attribute. Look to our own slimeball cons for similar - but properly muted because #canada - idiocy and worship.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 hours ago

I wouldn't call it positive, but it is very successful.

[–] onlyoneIbought@r.nf 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Ah yes they were forced to send those bombs.

The genapos will never cease to gaslight people will they?

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[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 72 points 15 hours ago

Fucking grotesque. Hey why not make a lampshade of human skin next time. Sick fucks.

[–] Shameless@lemmy.world 33 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I seriously thought this was an onion article!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago

I wish it was. Sadly, the world is an extremely ugly place.

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[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 94 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It would be the funniest thing if they were exact copies

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Like trumps nice new pager blowering up? Or something else.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Like matching serial numbers

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 44 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

top shelf nottheonion material right here.

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 48 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Yeah, because that's not fascist behaviour. Fucking hell.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 14 hours ago
[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 41 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Hopefully, it’s exactly like the originals and someone leaks the code.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

Brb, programing an autodialer.

[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The utter contempt for human life these fucking fascists show still surprises me.

[–] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I suggest you get over your surprise oon and focus on what you can do, it's not about to get any better anytime soon at this rate.

[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Well aware it’s going to get a lot worse and I have been focusing on what to do.

Still going to call them on their shit at every opportunity.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago

These ghouls are unworthy of the oxygen they draw.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

If today (this and the Gaza plans) would have been in Idiocracy, Mike Judge would be in jail for sheer... everything.

How do people see this in their feeds and go "yep, that's cool"? Because apparently, a lot of people are totally fine with this.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Back in the 1930s the BBC was instrumental in fighting fascism, but today's news cycle only knows how to trivialize and normalize the downfall.

...time to rewatch Hypernormalization... PS: also related: https://www.404media.co/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/

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