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  • Ha ha, yes, such a joker that JD. Totally not a cowardly sleazebeg acting as a “good person” and testing the waters on controversial stuff like a certain orange president likes to do… He’s learning well.

    I really hope this is the World Cup with the least international attendance in recent memory (should really be 0, but that’s sadly too unrealistic) . Don’t spend your money in the US, if FIFA wants your fan money they should relocate the world cup to somewhere without threats.


  • I hear good things about this Pope, from how he spent a relatively long time in Peru, to how Pope Francis liked him and how both share about the same views on the world.

    I must confess I was a bit wary when I heard the new Pope was American, but at least he seems like a good one, thankfully.

    That, however, does not erase the very real pressure he’ll face from MAGA, who will undoubtedly try to make him their puppet through whatever means necessary, be it flattery, or even attempts at blackmailing behind closed doors - expect this especially if Vance or Trump rush to visit him now. In their mind he’s surely American before being Pope, ergo he’s expected to bend the knee to them, ergo they surely think they already own the Vatican.

    My hopes are up for Pope Leo XIV to show them how wrong they are, and prove the critics of his nationality wrong.





  • You don’t even need to ask. Donnie has a mouth as big as they can get. 110% guarantee if a single country worth naming “begged”, as he likes to put it, he’d be waving it in our faces like it was the biggest achievement made by mankind.

    But yes, do keep asking. He may not admit it, but it helps him know that we don’t forget his lies, and hold him to them. Not only that, the constant pressure wears him down and makes him even sloppier - even admitting in front of cameras he “doesn’t know” if a POTUS must uphold the constitution.

    All of it serves as recorded proof for when the reckoning time comes. For him, and the rest of his dear MAGA admin.


  • So he’s willing to be dependent on Russia, especially as EU loses the reliability of one of its greatest historical allies, which also is the same one with the biggest arsenal.

    If it’s a matter of how quick it can be done, I understand that for some countries 2027 is too soon to adapt to such a big change, and wouldn’t mind some form of leniency on the matter for such cases. But if by the time the contract ends in 2034 Slovakia doesn’t think of an alternative along with other countries relying on Russian gas, it may as well invite Russia into it.

    We’re also not in an ideal position in terms of autonomous defense, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t find ways to be a more self-reliant continent who trades with others not because it needs, but because it wants.



  • Hikuro-93@lemmy.worldtoEh Buddy Hoser@sh.itjust.worksDuuuuuuude
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    I love how even basic nuanced political speech, obvious to your average informed viewer, goes completely over Trump’s head - or he takes it as a compliment as he pats himself on the back. That’s the ignoramus disease, everyone knows it, except for the ignoramus. And that’s just sad and pitiful.

    Goes to show how much of an coddled nepo baby Trump is, and how much Carney is used to navigate tough situations where he must keep his cool, but still diplomatically stand his ground. Y’know, the bare minimum expected of any politician - being at least somewhat skilled with words.


  • Hikuro-93@lemmy.worldtoLuigi Mangione@lemmy.worldIt's a pin job
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    Goes to show how much this isn’t about Luigi, or even Brian Thompson. It’s about the elite sending a message to the other 99%. Think, even if their case against Luigi is rocky at best, all that matters is they can get him to pay for Brian, regardless of whether he did it or not, or where the evidence points.

    All that matters is that we the “peasants” get the underlying message:

    • If you kill/harm an elite they’ll chase you and make you pay with the full weight of their resources (and emphasis on “resources”, not necessarily “law”).
    • If you did not kill or harm an elite you’re still at risk, because then they’ll choose a “peasant” scapegoat to pay anyway.

    All that matters is that they get to take their pound of flesh, and that the “peasantry” gets discouraged to fight for their rights as the elite takes, and takes and takes.

    Which is why it’s so important that regardless of Luigi having done it or not, he should walk free unless there’s solid, undeniable evidence of him doing it, like an actual and verified non-deepfake video of the assassination with his clear face on it. And even then he must only face the consequences the law demands, and what others would face in his place for killing the everyday average Joe. The fact that the life lost was an elite should have no bearing on the consequences.


  • Well duh. What he means is:

    • Greenland yes, as it’s a largely undefended territory except for american forces already there. And let’s face it, it’s still uncertain what Europe and most of NATO would do in response, apart from strong-worded letters of condemnation. Which has precisely 0 effect on a sociopath like Trump.
    • As for Canada not yet, because it can defend itself. Maybe after a bit of slow Russia-style political destabilization in order to weaken it, then they attack.

    The art of the coward. Nothing short of a swift kick to the 'nads will stop a savage and animalistic neanderthal. They can’t be reasoned with, and while it’s a sad reality, it’s still a reality.


  • If things keep going on the current path, eventually it’s likely to happen, even if I really don’t like that idea and want to be wrong. The best hope at the moment is in the US dealing with its situation internally and regaining at least some sense of normalcy before it gets to a point of true non-return and external retaliaton. With some indirect push by other nations like tariff retaliation and cutting strategic benefits to the US, just enough for the people to wake up and fight the oligarchs, but not so much shock that it triggers an actual war.

    And I’m not joking. Trump literally said he rules America, as well as the world. He has stated that he won’t stand for Canada and Europe partnering up to compensate for the lack of the US partnership, and he’s won’t let go of his wet dreams of annexation for several territories. He wants to be remembered as a “great man” in the history books, and not just another footnote billionaire. That kind of ambition is dangerous. Hitler-level dangerous.

    For someone like him any excuse is valid. And just like he didn’t take his 2020 election loss lying down, calling it rigged and urging an insurrection, he sure as hell won’t leave the White House without sweat and blood being spilled, now that he’s got his hooves on it again. We are dealing with savages who think themselves superior, and won’t stop willingly.


  • You are actually very right. Calling them Republicans is not appropriate or correct, as the Republican movement was founded on a very different set of values and one only has to look at their history to compare the “then” with the “now”.

    These are indeed MAGA Nazi’s in the true sense of the name. Just like the original Nazi’s adopted a symbol of peace, the Swastika, and corrupted its meaning, these lowlifes co-opted the republican name and gave it new meaning.

    They should absolutely be called what they act as, not what they say they are.


  • So… You take a prison which:

    • Generates $60M yearly from being currently a museum;
    • Needs serious rebuilding and modernization to even function at all;
    • Needs a way to be supplied with safe water, plus constant deliveries of all other necessities, likely by boat.

    And you get:

    • A prison which generates little to no revenue, while needing funds to be kept functioning.
    • Only has its name and somber history going in its favor, because “prisoners should be afraid of the historic haunted prison”.

    Yes. Brilliant idea, truly a Trump deal in all its glory, as we get to see how the casino-bankrupter’s mind works. Hopefully by the time the prison is ready Trump and his cronies get to be the first “tenants”. And whoever comes next declares the prison closed again and leaves them rotting there.


  • US could do that, sure.

    But I bet it’d quickly find out just how much of its power, safety and bravado is due to being located in a geographically safe and isolated area with no real hostile armies trying to end them from the other side of the border.

    Just how much of that willingness to fight comes from invading foreign underdeveloped territories across the sea, with little chance for the fight to make its way back to US cities and US civilians.

    Easy to start fights from the comfort of a distant home, sending only military lives into the far away battlefield.

    Something Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East can’t claim, as they have to contend with potentially bad neighbors due to all sorts of reasons.

    Go ahead, poke the bear, FAFO.



  • I was under the impression he was an expert on due process. Like, no one knew due process as well as him. I could swear many people also praised him for it, and that no one had more due processes than Trump.

    Heck, the guy knows more about poping than the Pope, so much he’d make the greatest Pope in history.

    I’m really starting to think this Trump guy might not be that flawless a human like he claims all the time. 🧐


  • I really wouldn’t, even though it’s not my fight.

    Harris was not the answer before, it won’t be now. If the Democrat party still hasn’t reached the obvious conclusion why they lost to such a pitiful opponent as Trump, then America is truly doomed since the only choices are Dumb and Dumber. Or who’s the lesser evil.

    There’s a reason why many people did not vote for either party, which ultimately gave Trump the needed edge to win.

    Keep the word salads, empty buzzwords and lack of accountability, keep the flashy fanfare, the cheap insults, and the over-the-top celebrity endorsements, keep showing the people how big and wasteful your show is while they starve on food stamps, keep hiding Biden’s mental state while he’s in office, keep underestimating and mocking the other side instead of breaking the cycle and actually leading by example. No wonder Trump simply had to tell the people he’d lower prices and end suffering and people gobbled it up knowing it came from the orange nepo baby fraudster, because they were that much desperate.

    Keep showing you’re part of the problem and not the solution, and then wonder why people don’t see an obvious choice as to who is better for them.

    Trump is not planning on ending this 2nd mandate, that much is obvious. But if you can get him out by any means it may take, it won’t be that long before another Trump eventually makes its way into power.

    Show why you’re better, don’t limit yourself to tell people why the other side sucks. They already know that much, and they’re desperate for something better beyond appearance.

    And anyone blindly defending the democrats just because the republicans are worse this time, instead of expecting them to do better, are part of the problem just as much as MAGA.