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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Tech billionaire Elon Musk dismissed the wave of “Hands Off!” protests held across the U.S. on Sunday, accusing demonstrators of being manipulated by unseen political operatives.

“The problem is the puppet masters, not the puppets, as the latter have no idea why they are even there,” Musk posted

Elon's projecting on more screens than a Marvel movie.

 
[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The reaction in the town of 8,500 residents may show the limits of support for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in a majority Hispanic region dotted with fields of cotton, sugarcane and red grapefruit where Republicans made gains in last year’s elections. Cameron County voted for a GOP president for the first time since 2004. For neighboring Starr County, it was the first time since 1896.

This is what you voted for.

[–] [email protected] 163 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

Donald Trump was reportedly “unhappy” and “frustrated” after learning Elon Musk would be briefed at the Pentagon in March on secret U.S. war plans involving China.

Who the fuck is in charge here? I mean, it's obvious Trump sold the Presidency to Musk for the $290mil he spent getting Trump elected and as a result - out of prison. But it still needs to be said. There is nothing normal about a President being upset because he "found out" that an unelected neo-Nazi from South Africa is being briefed on war plans. Trump isn't just the weakest President of all time, he's a straight-up puppet.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Well, I don't blame Canada one bit. We've proven to be shitty neighbors that can't be trusted.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Right? The guy whose acting range was limited to "smarmy creep with an accent" turned out to be a sex pest. Weird!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Well, based on the fact that Trump forced Romanian authorities to give the Tate brothers their passports back and allow them to return to the US, I wouldn't be surprised if he decides to step in and protect Russell Brand too. He's a passionate defender of rapists (being one himself) and sex traffickers (having been BFFs with Epstein).

 
[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 days ago

And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.

So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.

― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country (2005)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

RHCP are mostly just horny for California.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, seems a bit misplaced. They were always a fairly bleak and moody band... and it only got darker when Billy Corgan started losing his hair, bought a synthesizer, and entered his Nosferatu era.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I'm just surprised it's such a short list. I expect it'll be much longer by the summer.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Well, I must say Seymour, you steam a good plan.

 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41309498

 
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