macarthur_park

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[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 30 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

By not releasing the JFK files Trump maintained this crucial bit of leverage. That’s some 7-D parcheesi right there.

Or y’know, Trump just being a lying POS who doesn’t bother to remember the promises he makes.

 

Just hold this pose for a while until the cement sets good!

Ever the artist, Mr. True branches out into mixed media (cement and fool face).

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Oh my goodness how could I forget he said that, “among” lol?!

In between the horrific rollback of human rights, attacks on the environment, dismantling of international alliances, and erosion of democratic norms, there were also some genuinely funny moments during that administration.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago (17 children)

Yeah, I was hoping that maybe back then the term was meant to refer more to the “human race”, so a concern about population growth.

But some quick googling indicates the eugenics-meaning version of the term was coined around 1900. Honestly not a good look for Everett.

 

Get up out of that so I can take one more punch at you!

Sadly, Everett would need to wait for the Fair Housing Act of 1968 for this landlord’s behavior to be federally illegal. It’s unclear what state Mr. True lives in (besides anger, obviously).

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Spicer was actually in attendance. He was hiding in the bushes outside the venue.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Ah, TIL. Thanks!

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago (8 children)

“Englisch test”?

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 59 points 3 days ago

This is not politics.

As much as I want to agree with you, this guy was one of the key speakers at the RNC. He’s the embodiment of the Republican party’s political discourse.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Hah! Come to think of it, Everett has that “blue shell” vibe. Coming out of nowhere to absolutely flatten someone

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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by macarthur_park@lemmy.world to c/truecomics@midwest.social
 

“There’s no hope of my beating any sense into you, but I’ll knock some of the ignorance out of you!”

-Everett True

Sometimes Everett’s angry chastising gets downright poetic. Here he throws out a one-liner worthy of an 80’s action movie, all because of a messy banana eater.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

That was a result of the Hayes Code which was voluntary self-censorship guidelines by the Motion Picture Association. Hayes Code was enforced 1934-1968, so this comic predates it. Its actually pretty wild watching films from the late 20s and early 30s that are from before Hayes; they’re surprisingly racy and boundary-pushing at times.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago (4 children)

It’s always been this way, somewhat. The onion predicted the rise of Trump way back in 2012 with "After Obama Victory, Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage Early GOP Front-Runner For 2016” (apologies for the HuffPost link, the onion just revamped their website and this article now gives a 404 error).

Sources say the screaming orb might be the only potential candidate that would tap into Republicans' deep-seated, seething fury after this election.

And of course when Bush was inaugurated they predicted his increase in the national deficit and starting wars in the Middle East with Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (5 children)

The volumetric energy density is 60% of lithium ion batteries, but the energy density per kg is more like 75% since the batteries are lighter. Assuming that scales to the ev range, that’s probably sufficient for a lot of use cases.

 

American allies see a second Trump term as all but inevitable. “The anxiety is massive.”

Fear of losing Europe’s most powerful ally has translated into a pathologically intense fixation on the U.S. presidential race. European officials can explain the Electoral College in granular detail and cite polling data from battleground states. Thomas Bagger, the state secretary in the German foreign ministry, told me that in a year when billions of people in dozens of countries around the world will get the chance to vote, “the only election all Europeans are interested in is the American election.” Almost every official I spoke with believed that Trump is going to win.

Paywall removed: https://web.archive.org/web/20240603193105/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/06/nato-trump-europe-allies/678533/

 
 
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