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[–] Ferroto@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The good ones have probably already found new higher paying jobs. The ones that come back will be the dregs. But what can you expect from a guy who bankrupted a Casino

[–] LifeOfEnd@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago

I didn't know this. But his casino in NY, played out a gambler, they basically got that gambler into the position of owing money. (He had already been draining the casino by winning). When he lost he owed the casino money but the Japanese Mafia killed him before he could pay it.

I think that was talked about in the documentary Hyper Normalization by Adam Curtis. It's on yt if you're interested.

[–] sirdorius@programming.dev 60 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Move fast and break things. What could possibly go wrong?

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 34 points 6 days ago

Maybe running a government isn't like trying to start a start up with a 90% failure rate!

[–] ThePrimitive@lemmy.world 58 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Considering they were betrayed by their country after years of patriotic service, you can probably find some of them in Beijing, and I don't blame them.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

I would choose France.

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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 19 points 5 days ago

It's all funny until you realize that the people willing to go back will be a bunch of spineless loyal yes men.

[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 22 points 6 days ago

I can’t express in words how fucking stupid Trump and his ilk are. I just cannot believe these dumb mother fuckers!

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

I bet this dumb fuck pays for a terrorist attack to happen, so he can delcare marshal law. Then he gets unlimited powers, and won't leave the white house. I'm absolutely sure of it. It's ww2 all over again.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 6 days ago

this dumb fuck pays for a terrorist attack to happen

bold of you to assume he's actually going to pay for anything

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Just because this is a common enough mistake, I'm going to publicly correct you for the benefit of other people who might see this comment. I apologize.

It's Martial Law. Not Marshall Law.

Martial Law and Marital Law is the one that always gets me.

There's a joke in there about strict curfews and domineering personalities, but I can't be bothered to flesh it out.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It’s Martial Law. Not Marshall Law.

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

No, that's martial arts. Martial law involves less improvisation and adaptability. However, it loses to martial science.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Everyone knows it is Martian Law

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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

oh man, I knew that. I dunno why i said marshal law lol. Mustn't have been paying enough attention.

[–] Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I've heard WWIV is expected to be pretty lame in comparison. Something about shitty weapons in the future. So we're really lucky to get to enjoy this one.

I'm kinda looking forward to that one. No more overpowered one-hit bullshit.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

Has anyone asked Marshal for a statement?

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

At the rate of aircraft accidents, it's only a matter of a few weeks before a plane or helicopter crashes into a govt building or installation.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Is the Reichstag on fire?

[–] Rudgrcom@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Good time to ask for a raise!

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 days ago

ask

that's an odd way to spell demand, and not take no for an answer

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Everyone thought they were electing a rooster into the henhouse, but the rooster brought in a fox and no one has a shotgun.

[–] TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

no one has a shotgun

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought this was America

i hope they come back but just to give this speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q3wFt1zBVE

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fuck his stupid ass. Keep far far away from him

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This seems like the type of job you could be patriotic about. Real patriotic, not fascist clown show. You have stuff with unmatched danger to millions of people for potentially centuries. This is real shit and this job might be among the most important on earth. (Or maybe it’s just my imagination since I have no idea what the reality is)

I’m proud of my job, yet all I’m doing is helping other employees generate more bits. If I help other employees do more with less, more quickly, do these clowns count it as waste?

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[–] ehpolitical@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

Lol, man, I hope they're seeing these articles.

[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You would think this is an insult to the Trump administration but it is really a testament to the inefficient chaos that is the government bureaucracy. I worked for the fed government for approximately 15 years when hundreds of coworkers and myself received letters explaining the agency had no idea who we were. We would all have to repeat our background checks and resubmit fingerprints to the FBI. Some of the people had been there for 25+ years.

[–] XM34@feddit.org 8 points 5 days ago

You would think this is an insult to the Trump administration

And you would be right. There's no doubt that some government agencies are bloated and overstaffed. But what this administration is doing is not even close to fixing any of these problems. They set out to allegedly trim a few sick trees and instead they're burning down the entire forest!

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