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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Is the UN failing citizens as well? Why was she even allowed to preside?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Because a country can assign whoever they want to be their representative, even if it makes a farce of the whole thing.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 hours ago

Content for Melania 2.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 174 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

In Rome, Caligula made his horse a senator. In America, this happened.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Bubba was unavailable

[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Scholars argue this didnt happen and was written as comedic insult by one of his detractors.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Scholars argue a lot of things. Though it's true that a lot of the work of Roman historians is really one faction slandering another. But the behavior of some of the emperors was so grotesquely evil that it's hard to separate the truth from the lies.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 3 points 5 hours ago

Both the greeks and romans and their forebearers all practiced just obvious bias in their writing. About a rival they might describe him as the most famous pederast of the land.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 66 points 19 hours ago (3 children)
[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 1 hour ago

Loose? In a hospital?

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 24 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Horse? I thought you said whores

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Fine. Then I'll take the whores.

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 21 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 hours ago

They said whores, not horse.

[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.makearmy.io 14 points 17 hours ago

With blackjack! And hookers!

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 15 points 19 hours ago

Made his whore a senator?

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 67 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 19 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That's why the Russian eagle has two heads.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

What is the image superimposed over the eagle there?

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Oh thanks for the reply I never knew that was even part of their flag. It looks like the dude is spearing that eagle, not a very big dragon.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Well, it's not on the flag, thankfully. The flag is just a tricolor. Putting coats of arms on flags is a bad idea.

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 81 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Her only qualification for this is what, catching loads from a child-raping traitor?

[–] LMurch@thelemmy.club 60 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

"Doing jobs Americans won't."

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago

doing

Performing.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

She might have taken loads from other UN dignitaries or the leaders of their countries as well.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 84 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Elephant in the room: "Ask her about the dead school girls and what happened to all those children Epstein trafficked?"

I REALLY DONT CARE DO U

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 23 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

THE DOW
THE DOW IS OVER 50 THOUSAND

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

UMMMM OVER 49000

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Second Elephant in the room: trump.

Nothing specific about him. Just calling him an elephant.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 3 points 5 hours ago

Don't tell junior about the elephant.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

BIDENFLATION

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago

Let ICE know.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 17 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah that was fucking weird.

[–] hector@lemmy.today -1 points 5 hours ago

Such an annoying moving picture in your name, have a little respect for yourself man.

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 15 points 19 hours ago

wow they really don't care, do you?

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