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[–] flossdaily@lemmy.world 86 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No orange jumpsuit. No prisoner number. No height lines in the background.

Very unsatisfying mugshot.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago

Most mugshots aren't like the movies. You shpuld treat them exactly how you would anyone else. No better, no worse

[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago

Like the other guy pointed out this is a fairly standard shot. Whatever you’re wearing that day, blank background, shot in a couple seconds. The height markers and holding a placard with your name are things that were phased out a long time ago.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

At least I can muster a bit of sympathy for why Oswald turned into Penguin. Guliani turned into Ghouliani only because of greed and dementia.

[–] RoyalEngineering@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Ghouliani

😂

[–] grue@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Guliani turned into Ghouliani only because of greed and dementia.

This incorrectly implies he wasn't already a ghoul even back when he had all his faculties.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That's fucking uncanny! Wow.

[–] Fuzzlightyear@lemmy.one 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most incarcerated population on the planet, only fitting its Mayor has a mugshot.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

All he had to do was not try to overthrow an election

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Dude was also a fascist creep.

E: Typo, was supposed to say always. He was a fascist creep, and he still is too.

[–] killa44@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Still is too.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why is he wearing a Flag pin? Sad and pathetic.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's common among politicians and LEOs, not just veterans.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 years ago

It's common for people making an appeal to nationalism instead of an actual argument.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, every politician really doubled down on flag pins after 9/11. It never really went away. Almost all of them do it or are afraid of being called unamerican if they don’t do it.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Obama went without one a single time in the 2008 campaign and got lambasted for it. It was never a thing before 9/11, but now it's just another bit the flag waving crayon eaters of the Republican party can use to pretend they're the only patriots.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Reminds me of the AIDs ribbon episode of Seinfeld. "Who!? Who won't wear the ribbon!?"

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

America's Ghoul. Looks more like a weird yearbook photo.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 10 points 2 years ago

I mean, is this man not a fair (if unkind) summary of the US currently?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago

And this isn't even the guiltiest he's looked.

Him in Borat 2 was creepy as fuck, and you know that's not the first time he's done that.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kirkland Riff-Raff looking ass

[–] Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

"we stand on a great threshold! It's okay to be scared; many of you won't be coming back. Thanks to Batman, the time has come to punish all God's children! 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th-born! Why be biased? Male and female! Hell, the sexes are equal with their erogenous zones blown sky high! Forward march! The liberation of Gotham has begun!" - Rudy Giuliani

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

"Conservative bastion/icon"... the finest people! Just t'rrific!

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Looks like he’s turning into Igor.

[–] weedazz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why doesnt Don the Con have to take one of these again?

[–] exegete@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Today he’ll get one

[–] buffalo@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Can someone who’s better at photoshop than me please shop Biden behind him similar to this meme? 🥺

[–] Boggy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Ehh best I could do on my phone from bed.

Edit: if anyone has a high resolution version of the Biden picture please send it

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Boggy was able to photoshop this from his bed. With a phone!"

"I... I'm not Boggy, sir!"

[–] Boggy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Well, you could talk to boggy, he loves to share his knowledge.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If he had stopped after 9-11 he could still be the hero mayor today.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Dude could’ve made bank with speaking tours, punditry, etc. I have no idea why he made the stupid career decisions that he made.

[–] TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder how this one respected politician could end up as a pathetic figure spreading lies about a “stolen presidency” next to a porn shop in order to support a notorious liar and former reality TV host?

[–] III@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The "respect" was nothing more than him being an opportunist in regards to a national tragedy. He was always this person - it just took a while for people to see it.

[–] TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought he was a good mayor, making New York better/safer than it was before. But I don’t know too many details about his time as mayor

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's a Last Week Tonight on it. He basically wasn't actually popular and 9/11 saved his image. Rudy was also was in the tough on crime crowd and allowed Stop and Frisk, which of course turned very racist. The episode has a number of other issues he had before 9/11 also.

Edit: as for making it better, I don't have a ton of details, but crime was already trending down before his tenure, while his tenure as mentioned got pretty bad for people of color. So it might depend on who you ask.

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

What a ghoul.

[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It is our own fault for continuing to support this corrupt party!

Seems to not matter how badly these Republicans fuck up, the American people are ready to give them power again come the next election cycle. It is like we have collective amnesia or something and we can't remember how bad Republicans are at managing. They freely admit they despise the big bad government, so why the fuck do we think they would do a good job at running it?!

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure most Americans here don't support this party, so the term "we" is loose at best.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

Psst! The problem is FPTP!

If a normal, proportionally elected parliament, there would be room for an alternative that vouches for the same opinion, but due to their slightly lower level of corruption would be seen an alternative for people who votes republican. Thus, through a free market of ideas (something ‘muricans ought to like) the party that was abandoned by theirs electors would clean up their act and come back stronger.

It works in almost every other democracy!!

PS: you’d probably have to switch your presidential election system to use Approval or Condorcet voting systems.

[–] TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The whole election system in America is flawed, this “the winner takes it all” system combined with the electoral college, which can turn out to ignore the majority vote is laid out to foster a “them against us” mentality. And before you let the other side win (“bohooo, they are all communists…”), you’d rather give criminal your vote. Coalitions and compromises like in other countries with a “majority system” are not very likely in this constellation.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago

Mayor of seditionists and traitors.

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