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[–] Ferroto@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The good ones have probably already found new higher paying jobs. The ones that come back will be the dregs. But what can you expect from a guy who bankrupted a Casino

[–] LifeOfEnd@reddthat.com 2 points 6 days ago

I didn't know this. But his casino in NY, played out a gambler, they basically got that gambler into the position of owing money. (He had already been draining the casino by winning). When he lost he owed the casino money but the Japanese Mafia killed him before he could pay it.

I think that was talked about in the documentary Hyper Normalization by Adam Curtis. It's on yt if you're interested.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 19 points 6 days ago

It's all funny until you realize that the people willing to go back will be a bunch of spineless loyal yes men.

[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You would think this is an insult to the Trump administration but it is really a testament to the inefficient chaos that is the government bureaucracy. I worked for the fed government for approximately 15 years when hundreds of coworkers and myself received letters explaining the agency had no idea who we were. We would all have to repeat our background checks and resubmit fingerprints to the FBI. Some of the people had been there for 25+ years.

[–] XM34@feddit.org 8 points 6 days ago

You would think this is an insult to the Trump administration

And you would be right. There's no doubt that some government agencies are bloated and overstaffed. But what this administration is doing is not even close to fixing any of these problems. They set out to allegedly trim a few sick trees and instead they're burning down the entire forest!

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 256 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Echoes of late 2022 when Twitter abruptly fired thousands of people, then turned around days later and tried to rehire many of them. I'm sure it's purely a coincidence that one person is closely tied to both incidents.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If only we could know who it is, things would be so much different.

[–] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 10 points 1 week ago

It's almost as this is done in a manner to distract from the hidden intention and doing it at Twitter was a test that confirmed its effectiveness. What a weird but definitely not happening possibility. Look over there! 👉 It's a trans immigrant that wants your dogs and women's gold medals!!

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 150 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Christ, what a bunch of dumb motherfuckers.

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Malicious intent x Incompetency = whatever the fuck this is.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's an irrational number, that much I'm sure.

[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week ago

I wish it were just an imaginary number.

[–] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 81 points 1 week ago

In any other democracy there would be heads rolling and people going to jail over this. But as usual your elected representatives with their thumbs up their asses

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, time to renegotiate salary, isn't it?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To go work for a fascistic dictatorship? No number is high enough.

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[–] sirdorius@programming.dev 60 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Move fast and break things. What could possibly go wrong?

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 34 points 1 week ago

Maybe running a government isn't like trying to start a start up with a 90% failure rate!

[–] ThePrimitive@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Considering they were betrayed by their country after years of patriotic service, you can probably find some of them in Beijing, and I don't blame them.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

I would choose France.

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[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 55 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Dude is this seriously all that's happening over there? Like this is not just a bubble with jokes, it's literally just all dumb shit bordering on satire?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We left satire long ago. I feel sorry for satirists, parodists, and other humorists who can’t keep up with reality

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[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 12 points 1 week ago
[–] Tja@programming.dev 11 points 1 week ago

They are extending tax cuts for ultra-rich and corporations behind the clown show.

[–] jdf038@mander.xyz 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's scary and sad as fuck. We are in for dark days i feel.

I've been doing my best to stay present with my family and know how to protect them first. Next I'll find ways to throw sand in the gears of this shit.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

if it wasn't so dangerous for so many people, it'd be comical.

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[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 36 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Looks like the majority of the storage facilities are in Red states. Even though some are near me, I feel like saying screw it, let them stay unmonitored and lets see what blows up. A blunder of that magnitude would shake up even the most die-hard MAGAt.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You sure? That whole maga bullshit sounds a lot like a ruzzian plot to destroy USA.

Really a lot. Exactly like that tbh.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

A blunder of that magnitude would shake up even the most die-hard MAGAt

you underestimate the power of the hatred that's been carefully cultivated and spread by the right and far-right the last sixty years.

they simply won't give a shit, even if their dick starts glowing green, as long as 'they' get it too.

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[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No blunder is big enough to shake up MAGA. Literally nothing will threaten their allegiance to their god-king.

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[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They'd just blame it on "the radical left" and usher in martial law and the great purge.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 week ago

i'd be ghosting those mf'ers, too.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

I bet this dumb fuck pays for a terrorist attack to happen, so he can delcare marshal law. Then he gets unlimited powers, and won't leave the white house. I'm absolutely sure of it. It's ww2 all over again.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Is the Reichstag on fire?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 week ago

this dumb fuck pays for a terrorist attack to happen

bold of you to assume he's actually going to pay for anything

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

Just because this is a common enough mistake, I'm going to publicly correct you for the benefit of other people who might see this comment. I apologize.

It's Martial Law. Not Marshall Law.

Martial Law and Marital Law is the one that always gets me.

There's a joke in there about strict curfews and domineering personalities, but I can't be bothered to flesh it out.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

oh man, I knew that. I dunno why i said marshal law lol. Mustn't have been paying enough attention.

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[–] valkyre09@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear” oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck “safety workers” ah ok…

[–] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I disagree with the "ah ok" part

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[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 22 points 1 week ago

I can’t express in words how fucking stupid Trump and his ilk are. I just cannot believe these dumb mother fuckers!

[–] otto@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago

What a stupid piece of shit

[–] Rudgrcom@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good time to ask for a raise!

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago

ask

that's an odd way to spell demand, and not take no for an answer

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Everyone thought they were electing a rooster into the henhouse, but the rooster brought in a fox and no one has a shotgun.

[–] TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

no one has a shotgun

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought this was America

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