If you live in a society where masked gunmen, who are answerable to NO ONE can black-bag and kidnap you off the street, then it’s time for folks to have an honest talk with themselves about what kind of society they really live in.
NutWrench
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NutWrench@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Trump orders ICE vengeance on ‘No Kings’ protest cities21·11 小时前Trump already left G7 to supposedly “focus on the escalating Israeli-Iran conflict.”
That’s not the reason why he left. He’s leaving early because he tried to hijack the G7 conference with his usual, personal grievance bullshit and to make the entire conference all about HIM, like he always does. But they weren’t having it and they told him to go home and get his f*cking shine box. So now, he’s leaving in a huff because they hurt his childish, rodentine feelings.
No badges, no uniforms, driving unmarked cars and wearing masks? I think any person could successfully argue in court that they thought they were being kidnapped by criminals.
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•US Military never really trained for these types of dog and pony showsEnglish22·20 小时前During the Vietnam War there was a draft, so you could end up being conscripted and shipped halfway around the world to fight it. One way to avoid getting drafted was a lottery where, if you picked a high enough random number, you could avoid being drafted.
The thing is, Trump never picked a lottery number. Instead, he got five draft deferments, 1 medical and 4 educational. A lot of rich people at the time were able to avoid military service alltogether by getting a doctor to sign off that you had a sketchy illness. In Trump’s case, it was bone spurs, which apparently healed right up after the Vietnam War ended. Trump kept his 1-Y deferments until after 1972, when he was reclassified 4-F (permanently ineligible for service). By claiming he got a “high lottery number” Trump makes it sound like staying out of Vietnam was an amazing stroke of luck. That was just another lie. Trump had powerful friends and family intervene for him. Luck had nothing to do with it.
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•US Military never really trained for these types of dog and pony shows773·1 天前They deliberately half-assed the parade because they don’t like the way Trump treats them. Trump calls them “suckers and losers.” He cuts their benefits Why would you show any loyalty (or enthusiasm) to someone who treats you like that?
More Trump quotes: “You fucking generals. Why can’t you be more like Hitler’s generals?” 2017
On the burial of US Army private Vanessa Guillén: “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican!” December 4, 2020. Trump has denied having made the remark.
“We’re not going to support that loser’s funeral.” August, 2018. Trump has denied having made this remark.
re: John McCain, who was captured and tortured for five years: “He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured, okay? I hate to tell you.” July 18, 2015.
“But, you know, during the Vietnam War, I got very lucky. I had a very high lottery number.” November 9, 1995.
On the 1,800 US Marines who died at Belleau Wood in France during World War I “Suckers.” November 11, 2018. Trump denies having made this remark.
On US soldiers in World War I “Who were the good guys in this war?” November 11, 2018. Trump denies having asked this question.
“I don’t get it. What was in it for them?” November 11, 2018. Trump denies having made this remark.
On disabled veterans “Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded.” September 30, 2019.
“Look, I don’t want any wounded guys in the parade. This doesn’t look good for me.” Summer 2017.
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the USEnglish671·24 天前Once again. Companies do NOT pay tariffs. They pass on those costs of those tariffs to their customers. YOU are gonna pay that extra 25% not Apple.
Company-wide email: “We’ve had our best year EVER and it’s all thanks to YOU”
Me: “Great. Can I have a raise?”
“OH. We can’t afford THAT.”
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•In Response to Amazon preventing to download books you bought: Some DRM free bookstores and publishersEnglish78·3 个月前Once again, “if buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing.”
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•~~Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals~~ [see comments]English6·3 个月前I’m only letting my latest Brother printer connect to my computer through the USB cable. No Internet connection at all.
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Reddit will lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO saysEnglish6·4 个月前Reddit is just a bunch of bots, jerking each other purple. They don’t have any content worth locking.
I also recommend downloading StreetComplete, which lets you contribute to the OpenStreetMaps database.
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC findsEnglish41·4 个月前But AI is the wave of the future! The hot, NEW thing that everyone wants! ** furious jerking off motion **
You can store eggs forever! Their value will only go up!
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Rubio Says Trump’s Plan to Expel All Palestinians From Gaza Is “Very Generous”English8·4 个月前Expel them to WHERE? Or were they just planning for all the Gazans to just keel over and die? Rubio is such a tool.
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Could Trump Force X To Become The Everything App For Government Payments81·4 个月前Banks are not willing to shoot themselves in the ass for Trump. They would fight to the end to hold onto that sweet transaction money.
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Making a Blocklist to Remove Spam from Search EnginesEnglish12·5 个月前This. I think the best way to make the Internet less sh*tty is to get away from Google search.
I like the SearX search engine. It gives old-school, relevant search results, not google ranked ones.
It’s also spread out over many separate instances, so you can pick the one that best suits your search needs:
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviewsEnglish31·5 个月前I think the best way to make the Internet less sh*tty is to get away from Google search.
I like the SearX search engine. It gives old-school, relevant search results, not google ranked ones.
It’s also spread out over many separate instances, so you can pick the one that best suits your search needs:
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Karoline Leavitt tells press 'Jesus didn't have electricity either'English139·5 个月前“Jesus didn’t have electricity.”
Jesus didn’t live in Vermont in the middle of winter, either, you idiot.
NutWrench@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI DataEnglish231·5 个月前When a writer copies someone else’s work without cites or compensation, it’s called “plagiarism.” But when an AI does it, it’s called “LLM training.”
ICE doesn’t have enough people to intimidate a single blue city, let alone the country. They can’t even operate in Los Angeles without the backup of a small number of National Guard and Marines and they’re doing that illegal action over the governor’s explicit objections.
ICE are a bunch of cowards, doing safe, comfortable hits in suburbs and on people who are complying with the law. (Immigration hearings and workplaces.)