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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 18 points 8 hours ago

Trump started a war to protect himself and his epstein buddies. Nothing is off the table. Human life is cheap for these unfeeling creeps.

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

Yeah, we all assumed that when the military drones went missing.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 10 hours ago

CIA searching eBay for a copy of "Sims 3" right now.

[–] immobile7801@piefed.social 21 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Bbc is now reporting that Iran says this person is dead https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cx2lr40g17kt

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 70 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Normally I would dismiss this as stupid propaganda. Now I am considering it to be an incredulous reality. 😒

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 28 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Who would stop the CIA from dressing 3 brown operatives in turbans, blowing up a building, and then blaming Iran?

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 26 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Don't be silly, they'll put one in a dress and try to claim they're trans

[–] Lucius_Sweet@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

We need to keep our children safe from those Transiranians

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

I hear the Transylvanians are worse!

[–] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 223 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I do like the idea of calling the current US government the "Epstein Network".

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I call them the Epstein Class. It's not just this administration, or even one party, or even just politicians in general. It is the global elite and their unjust system of exploitation called capitalism that has allowed Trump to do what he does with no consequences. As long as the Epstein Class exists, there will be more Epsteins.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

capitalism

Think Epstein's network crossed economic ideological boundaries. Noam Chomsky considered Epstein a good friend while simultaneously being a staunch critic of capitalism. There are signs of being connected to the USSR, China, North Korea, .... If Epstein connected with fame or power, it didn't matter what 'system' was in play.

[–] jellygoose@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 hours ago

Chomsky the Russian apologist?

[–] toad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

Chomsky only re-wrote theory available elsewhere. Wouldn't surprise me if he was a plant all along.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Yeah unfortunately some people who were ostensibly on the side of the working class were also caught up with Epstein. There are evil people on every side. I'm not surprised by connections between Epstein and USSR/China/DKP. Epstein was primarily an asset of Mossad and the CIA, who used him to generate kompromat. Would you not expect that entities that are aligned against the western hegemony of the Epstein Class to try to gain access to the blackmail factory? Or it could also just be that they were all pedophiles, too. I don't know.

None of this changes the fact that the reason no one truly powerful ever faces consequences for things like Epstein or the Panama Papers is that the political-economic system is designed by the ruling class to benefit those few people lucky enough to own capital. Wealth = Power.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 day ago (6 children)

This is so well played!

Now Iran can attempt an attack almost openly on the US soil and many will believe it was an inside job. Well, that's what happens when you have 0 credibility at home due to your compulsive need to say BS all the time.

[–] toad@sh.itjust.works -3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

lmao you still think brown people are the terrorists?

I swear some people are unredeemable.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

I swear some people are unredeemable.

This is an ironic statement.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nah, we’ll still be able to tell. Effective, strategic, hits people of all walks of life? Iran. Bungled, half-assed, and happens in a blue city, in a community of color, at a gay bar… you know.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 14 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

So Iran just has to do it all bungled and half-assed and we'll never suspect it was them!

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 9 points 23 hours ago

What dimension of chess are we now playing? 6D? 7D? Shit’s going to start blowing up and 1/3 of the people will be claiming it, 1/3 blaming it, and 1/3 lying about it, when in fact it was a laptop battery that overheated.

[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 13 points 23 hours ago (9 children)

You mean like that “potential drone strike attempt” in California that the FBI said Iran might try to do? Despite it being unlikely that Iran has drones capable of striking California?

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Haha, yeah. I saw that too and pondered at the veracity of that claim. If Iran has drones that can fly across the Indian and Pacific Oceans and still hit a target, damn, that’s a helluva technological leap.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

yeah if iran can get a drone to california i'm more impressed with their drone than their payload

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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago

Cletus at home in Arkansas doesn't care about justice, he just wants freedom fries and lifted trucks

The chumps that voted for this weren't smart enough to spot evil in 2024, and they aren't now either

[–] IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Boy who cried wolf lookin ahh

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

...

... The world has gone very wrong when this doesn't even sound so unbelievable. I only see one issue:

So far the US seems to have given up trying to make pretext for anything. Trump can do anything he wants and be worshipped for it.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 72 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Tbh pushing this narrative far and wide is going to do a LOT to defang the impact of any sort of false flag bullshit the orange regime might attempt.

[–] IlmariGanander@lemmy.wtf 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Didn't the FBI already say shit about bombing California?

Given every accusation is a confession with the GoP I immediately figured they were going to do it themselves and blame Iran. And that California was chosen to try to scare it into line, much like other blue states have been targeted by the current administration.

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

not to put an extra tin foil on my tin foil hat.

but now, given the US government, even if Iran did perpetrate a 9/11 style attack. I will assume it was a false flag attack by the US.

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Nobody does false flag attacks like the US. One must just assume that if something like that happens it was fully planned and deployed by the Burger admin, that's always the most probable scenario.

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