The ultra-rich deserve to be taxed, especially in those cases where a billion dollars is just a rounding error.

He seems like such a nice man, I think he deserves to enjoy a nice quiet retirement somewhere where no one can bother him. I’ve been encouraging my Congress people to work toward that end.

everything’s being considered

I have a suggestion: a wealth tax on the ultra rich.

Trump said [about US troops establishing a presence at Bagram Air Base] in an aside to a question about ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Please choose one of the following answers.

A. Media sane-washing word salad. B. Trump dodging questions about Ukraine. C. Afghanistan would not welcome a former invader returning to their most modern military base. D. All of the above.

There’s a couple things.

The first reports, right after the shootings, were that the bullets were described with a pro-trans message. Except that turned out to be TRN, which is the maker’s mark for Turan ammo.

The second reports were that messages were written on the ammo. They haven’t released any photos but they say the “new” messages are

• “Notices bulges OwO what’s this?”
• “Hey fascist! Catch!” [with five arrows in a Helldivers launch bomb command]
• “Oh Bella ciao Bella ciao Bella ciao ciao ciao"
• “If you read this, you are gay lmao.”

The thing that strikes me is that all of those seem to be fairly lengthy messages to engrave onto a bullet. And the messages are more viral meme remnants of the terminally online.

Even if the note ever existed, I doubt the FBI’s ability (or the current administration’s desire) to recognize the inherent underlying irony of many groyper tropes. I especially doubt the FBI’s competency after their “mistaking” a common ammo manufacturer’s mark as a leftist commentary.

I’m hoping that this turns into an opportunity for the vegetarian food companies to (a) get more market share and (b) lower prices (ha!). But with meat skyrocketing and soybeans over produced, this seems like a great opportunity for them.

I’m surprised they didn’t interpret the three arrows as antifa, they’re so fucking incompetent.

FBI Director Kash Patel unleashed a profanity-laced tirade on federal agents, as he cracked under the pressure of finding Charlie Kirk’s killer.

He cracked under the pressure of finding one gunman who shot one person? Well, thank god the FBI doesn’t have to handle big, complex, stressful cases like the 9/11 hijackers or the Unabomber or anything like that …

Cool story, bro. Where are the Epstein files?

Because it can be used as an excuse for governments, corporations, or deranged people to target the instances that host us, and the people who run those instances.

cough. Yeah, go check out m/music on Lemmy.

We’re not supposed to celebrate death or violence.

In unrelated matters, I just want to say that I’m really enjoying Lemmy’s m/music community today, y’all should check them out!

Edit: ITT: a lot of people who haven’t checked out https://lemmy.world/c/music?dataType=Post&sort=New

Why is there a pile of clothing there?

So had I!

No, I’m sure he wants to paste his face all over the site so he can lord it over a city that has long despised him.

I don’t need any, but just wanted to thank you for passing on the games - thank you!

Is any of that money actually going to the authors, or is this just like a fine they hand over and they donate some money to a charity or something?

Whoops, you’re right! Thanks :)

Turns out either I can’t read or can’t math.

Funny how the refund works out to a total of about 60 cents per American, when I know I’ve paid WAY more than that in tariff-related bullshit.