IcePee

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[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 7 points 9 months ago

Trump's vision is so myopic that he can't see beyond his own nose. Same for is ability to care. If the US reneges on promises made as detailed in the Budapest Memorandum what chance will they have in other such promises. Countries are watching. This is doubly ironic as Trump keeps talking about nuclear war.

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 46 points 9 months ago (6 children)

You're right about the US's military, but you know who also had an outstanding military? Almost all (now dead) empires. I think it stretches exceptionalism beyond all credibility to think the US will buck this trend. That the US empire will be thought of in the past tense is pretty much inevitable, I'm most worried about how it goes. Will it be with a bang, or a whimper. I fearful of the former as they can mount a pretty big bang.

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can you deport into a meat grinder?

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

Trouble is, with the funding gone, the choice they now have is fight and die, or negotiate a settlement and most probably die. But slower. Probably. Ultimately, an independent Ukraine was a wonderful dream. Time to wake up. And with it any faith that the US will have to keep it's promises.

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 4 points 9 months ago

Or, looking at the popular vote figures would the rest of the United States.

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

What? Both times?

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even if you're right, here. Trump will petition the supreme court to have the count stopped. Memories of Bush v Gore.

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 37 points 9 months ago (2 children)
Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.

-- Clement Attlee

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 3 points 9 months ago

While prima facie, that's true, your reply doesn't mention that anything has been uncovered coupled with the fact that Trump has a history with frivolous and vexatious litigation kinda makes me think this is nothing more than pretext. Though the boy that cried wolf is a parable for a reason. So one shouldn't drop their guard. It's just a shame one man can clog up the court to this extent. There are remedies that courts can take against vexatious litigants, though.

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 8 points 9 months ago

"I didn't expect them to eat my face"

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Cash or card".

[–] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So, basically if you can establish a spurious link between support for Palestine and support for Hamas then you get to call them terrorist and curtail that person's constitutional rights.

Benjamin Netanyahu must be sweating himself.

Assuming the reports are true and putting both things together, Israel is lead by at the very least a terrorist sympathizer.

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