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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 66 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

It took Jon Stewart shining a light and fighting alongside the 9/11 responders to get republicans in Congress to do the right thing and cover their heathcare costs.

I don't think Jon will do that for this walking Anal Fissure.

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago

That’s an insult to anal fissures.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Fixed lol. I always mess up his name

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is probably a delay tactic. But he's also old as shit and I think a cigar smoker so it very well could be COPD.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well the bankruptcy was actually evidence to me that this is a delay tactic. But idk he also owes a lot of people a lot of money.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

He asked Trump to pay for his defense attorney and Trump said no. I think he’s in the hole.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/politics/giuliani-trump-legal-bills/index.html

[–] grue@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago

...as they pleaded with a bankruptcy judge not to let someone else take over his finances.

Just in case anybody was wondering what legal consequence he was trying to weasel out of.

[–] EndOfLine@lemm.ee 27 points 4 months ago (4 children)

"Am I going to fight this case until I die? Yeah,” Giuliani said. “I’d rather die poor with my principles than cave in to a destruction of my country that I love so much.”

Da fuq is he talking about?

[–] Ioughttamow@kbin.run 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Well we saw his brain melt out of his head on live tv Edit: just trying to be funny. Didn’t mean to imply he had a brain before that

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 9 points 4 months ago

You son of a bitch, I was so close to getting to make that joke.

Fuck it, I’m going to the Four Seasons

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The dumbfuck thinks he's actually important and is trying to cosplay as some kind of persecuted martyr.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

He has principles?!

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

He really thinks he's going to setup a martyr narrative? I mean I'm sure Trump fans will think ThE dEep StAte is involved with his death regardless but ..

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

Ok, fine, one good thing came out of 9/11

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

Can't say I feel bad. Tough shit.

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Who cares. Couldn't happen to a bigger POS.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

As far as I know, Rudy did not show up at a single funeral held for any victim of the 9/11 disease.

Most of the 'Ground Zero' workers were there without respirators because George W. Bush's people claimed the air was safe.

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's interesting that even now whenever there are major fires or explosions officials continue to make claims that the air is safe. I feel like out of everything that's happened in the US that 9/11 would have taught us about the dangers of fires and explosions...but here we are. (I would have said everything that's happened in the world but we all know that the US doesn't learn anything from international events)

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

New York City didn't learn anything. The biggest change after 9/11 was that the Fire Department and the Police each sent one captain to sit in the other's headquarters. Too much toxic pride to actually put them together under one roof. And don't get me started on the patchwork quilt that is EMS.

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Thank you. Edited for clarity

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Huh, my money would have been on syphilis-related brain disease.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

This man would blame routine constipation on 9-11.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago

Unless it’s some kind of disease that takes over your brain and involuntarily makes you a bullshit artist, I don’t see how this is relevant to anything.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 8 points 4 months ago

How convenient, make sure to wheel him out in a chair with an O2 tank to really get them sympathy points.

[–] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Wait… Rudy is trying to benefit from 9/11?

Color me surprised!

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

What does that have to do with him being a crook? All I care about when he is mentioned is when will he go to jail where he belongs?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Like he was ever at ground zero for anything more than a photo op.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Bit of a delay there, Rudy.

[–] TheAuthor_13@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Well, if this is the case, we should hurry up & get his ass in the hoosegow. With his present finances in such disarray, the poor guy won’t be able to afford getting any sicker without a dedicated nurse.

[–] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

and not to forget stains on his clean record too.