Viking_Hippie

joined 2 weeks ago
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23416568

Summary

Donald Trump criticized Panama Canal fees as “ridiculous” and demanded lower costs or the canal’s return to the US.

In a Truth Social post, Trump also expressed concern about potential Chinese influence over the waterway, despite no direct Chinese control of canal operations.

The canal, transferred to Panama in 1999, is vital for global trade, handling 5% of maritime traffic.

Trump’s comments follow record revenues of $5 billion announced by the Panama Canal Authority. Panama has not yet responded to his statements.

Yeah, it's the brilliant song A Mistake by Fiona Apple lol

The opening line is "I'm gonna make a mistake, gonna do it on purpose" 😁

A military statement said that a Hamas "command and control centre... was embedded inside" the school

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and doubt the fuck out of that..

Executed by who? The IDF?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

15 cm or so, if memory serves. They haven't been available here for over a decade 😔

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

That combination of consonant and vowel sounds is just naturally pleasing in a humorous way IMO 😁

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, because the US "justice" system famously never treats juvenile defendants as adults in order to mete out draconian punishment that eliminates all chances for rehabilitation..

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So basically, killing Luigi would not make copycats less likely, but it WOULD make it more likely for copycats to shoot CEOs AND cops?

Hmm.. The killing of Luigi itself would be awful, of course, but the consequences of it sound like a win to me 🤔

Reminds me of one of my favorite passages from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Arthur Dent: "what's causing all this?"

Ford Prefect: "eddies in the spacetime continuum"

Arthur Dent: "is he now?"

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I don't usually have any problems, but going from browsing in black mode in a dark room at 11 pm to getting a screenful of white was quite jarring..

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/49982868

Capy Tenant

 

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/20487039

[R] There ain't no you in United Health

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/33363498

Motörhead – Eat The Rich (Official Video)

 

I nominate this NYT opinion piece for shittiest take of 2024!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/49608730

EDITED: Change link to proper article instead of a stupid video, and changed associated text to match new URL.

Disgusting, in my opinion.

 
 

From Florida, of course 😄

 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/29189128

8 December 2024

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