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Aaaannnddd

Are we keeping up folks...

Next up:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kid-rock-pete-hegseth-helicopter-pilots-suspensions-lifted-1235539886/

This circus show can't end soon enough. Jesus Christ.

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[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

So I don't understand and I don't want to search Americaashit

The helicopter was a good thing supporting Kidd rock? Or was it an intimidating tactic?

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 4 points 4 hours ago

This is a good thing. In their eyes. Kid Rick is MAGA political mascot, a lot of military are MAGA. This is a disgusting waste of resources, propaganda, and publicity stunt that should be condemned. But this government is corrupt and disgusting, so it's not.

If ANY democratic president were to allow anything like what's going on right now to happen, chaos would would be consumed within the US. The fact that it's business as usual, is concerning.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

I imagine the first, as he has been slobbering on their dongs.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

So they used public fuel to play political games with million dollar hardware taxpayers paid for.

Pilots need flight time. Side benefit: if one goes down due to human error or mechanical failure, maybe it'll land on him. Not a high likelihood but obviously higher than if they were somewhere else.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Anyone feeling that fiscal conservatism yet?

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 20 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I beg to differ:

There will be no punishment and no investigation after two Army military helicopters were flown by Kid Rock’s house over the weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday. The Army had suspended the aircrew in Saturday's incident, a U.S. official said earlier Tuesday, but Hegseth announced Tuesday evening that no suspension or punishment would be forthcoming.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Yeah, I posted that in succession together with this post because the news came almost simultaneously. Thanks for sharing, though! Check description.

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 2 points 10 hours ago

What a fucking surprise.

[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 32 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 8 minutes ago) (2 children)

Kid rock? Looks more like old man Rock, what got 12 miners killed in an accident due to underfunding the construction of the mines in Pensacola. He hired some goons to hush up the families and slid some c-notes to the local sherif.

Mighty wicked, old man Rock is.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Born: Robert James Ritchie, January 17, 1971 (age 55) Also known as: Bobby Shazam

I've always thought "Kid Rock" sounds like a competitor to Kidz Bop.

It's weird that his name is in that order. You'd think he'd be James Robert, because he looks like a Jim Bob more than anything, no offense to Jim Bobs.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 13 points 14 hours ago

(age 55) Also known as: Bobby Shazam

This is cracking me up

[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 2 points 12 hours ago

Looks like the pillow guy these days.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 5 points 12 hours ago

They should be kicked out of the military dishonorably. America doesn’t need them.