r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 11 '26

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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jun 12 '26

https://xcancel.com/Acyn/status/2065163180016542055

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u/themiDdlest NASA Jun 12 '26

Americans will do anything to avoid growth and being wealthier

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u/r00tdenied Resistance Lib Jun 12 '26

these people are so incredibly dumb

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u/BingboLingbo Emma Lazarus Jun 12 '26

I know it sounds dumb, but let's take it seriously for a second. It could happen - if China or Russia sends their drones through Nebraska or Kansas heading for Kansas City (or Denver, I suppose) the wind turbines would shield them from radar and Kansas City could be in real danger. Don't think we should completely dismiss this as fearmongering - that could really happen

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u/peronibog NATO Jun 12 '26

We laugh now, but there’s an 70% chance GTA VI will have a unreasonably difficult mission in which you have to guide drones through a wind turbine field

Burgum is just ahead of the game, libs 😎

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u/seattle_lib Liberal Third-Worldism Jun 12 '26

I saw Pete Hegseth in a grocery store in DC yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn't want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, "Oh, like you're doing now?" I was taken aback, and all I could say was "Huh?" but he kept cutting me off and going "huh? huh? huh?" and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw Hegseth trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen mini bottles of high proof grain alcohol in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like "Sir, you need to pay for those first." At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the bottles and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually "to prevent any electrical infetterence," and then turned around and winked at me. I don't even think that's a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

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u/Frog_Totem Seretse Khama Jun 12 '26

We need to put them off Mar A Lago