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Rudy Giuliani says earthquakes targeting "communist" US states (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 106 points 7 months ago (4 children)

You gotta be mentally defective to be a republican.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 38 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not true! Some of them are corrupt predators, too.

[–] HopingForBetter@lemmy.today 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I really just wonder how easy it would be, psychologically, to start a Red-Blooded for Jesus organization, rake in profits under a non-profit tag, then "have to close because of the economy" and retire.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago

I'm on board. We make some up some bs but close enough Biblical quotes and bad AI images, put them on t-shirts and flags, charge too much. Couple that with a poorly produced podcast. Tell them that we "support" (in really vague terms) a variety of groups (that we have made up) and infer that monthly subscriptions will help stop communism and wokeness - again couched in vague terms.

Of course, it's a for-profit corporation. Jesus specifically said that getting a high ROI is divine.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 11 points 7 months ago

Depends on which tier of republican you're referring to. People like Trump and Giuliani are defective in the sense that they'll happily lie through their teeth for personal gain without that pesky conscience getting in the way.

The voting base is defective in that they have no critical thinking skills to see through these obvious lies.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Different priorities. If your goal is to see your stock portfolio go up and ignore everything else, voting republican makes sense because that’s their goal too.

Not saying it’s right but that’s what it is.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Look up market valuation by prez and see that Dems do way better.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Definitely not facts

Usually republicans make things go up for a while, then they pass a bunch of stupid shit, destabilize the economy and cause a crash for democrats to clean up.

It’s more about control of congress than anything else, the president doesn’t have a huge impact on stock prices on the whole

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

If you are comparing the orange traitor to Brandon (not sure that’s what you’re intimating), consider both data points at the same time in their presidential trajectories.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Were the Publicans any better?

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah generally. They at least served beer and offered a place to sleep.