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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 197 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kidnapped. The word is kidnapped.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you have your hierarchy reversed. Kidnapping is about extortion. The intention is always to give the victim back. Capturing in this case refers to something already worse than kidnapping.

[–] human@slrpnk.net 70 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Bro woke up in Mar a lago what do you think happened

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Sure, not that there was anything wrong with the original headline.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 113 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Harris didn’t spend enough time taking about her policies though.

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 week ago

And that laugh!

[–] lando55@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 week ago

I hear she once ordered Dijon mustard

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 110 points 1 week ago (10 children)

If the world doesn't step in, Greenland and Canada are next.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago

Can we just pin this comment? Seems like it's pretty much a perfect summary of the situation.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I could have saved some typing in that comment.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think the panama canal will be next. Easier than those two and makes the statement he's serious about it. So they can better take his deal and be grateful

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Which is why they're bombing Nigeria? They threaten white settler states like Canada because they know settlers will care more about themselves than people in the global south.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

He threatened Columbia today too.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago

Colombia, Cuba and Panama are much more likely to be on the chopping block soon.

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[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 80 points 1 week ago (4 children)

So he truely believes he runs the whole world..... If anyone is about to start ww3 anytime soon ..... it's him.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 100 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't be ridiculous. FIFA doesn't just hand out their prestigious, respected peace prize to anyone.

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Ok this cracked me up 😂

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I would argue we’re already in WW3 it’s just not a full on “hot” world war quiet yet, this might do it though

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It won't. Venezuela isn't a member of BRICS or anything. They're a member of OPEC, but that's an economic cartel, not a military alliance. They don't have the necessary allies to come to their aid to turn it into a world war.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

OPEC managed to fuck United States up pretty bad back in the 70s.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

We're in the Anschluss and Munich Agreement stages of WW3.

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Literally, this has been standard US imperialism for the better part of a century.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (8 children)

The US inherited it from the British, there were people already living here. They have been invading sovereign nations in the name of the US since independence.

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 53 points 1 week ago

What. The. Fuck?

[–] cranakis@reddthat.com 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"We invaded sovereign soil, going after oil

Taking countries is a hobby paid for by the oil lobby

Same as in Iraq and Afghanistan

And Ahmadinejad say they coming for Iran

They only love the rich and how they loathe the poor

If I say any more they might be at my door."

Killer Mike - Reagan

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Guess the USA really is a rabid dog that we have to put down 🤷‍♀️

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

glassed, the correct term is to glass

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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

All is good...

[–] TimboSlice@discuss.online 14 points 1 week ago

This is insane..

[–] BigBrownBeaver@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oil. The US needs heavy crude.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

only thing this does is introduces the precedent for other countries to do the same to him.

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

Thumbs crossed for Nambia to do the funniest thing of all time

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Would be absolutely amazing for some 3rd world country, to just casually imprison Trump, stating "We'll control USA for now". If no one intervenes in this, then no one should intervene in that.

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Honestly, having oil reserves is a national security issue at this point. Until they find a way to cheaply ruin oil reserves, no country is safe from the US.

If you want to defeat us, peace hasn’t worked but starvation sure as hell will.

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