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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's wild that RFK once was on the side of the environment and worked in that field to do some good things.

What happened? Did he get brain worms or somethi---ohhhhh

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That and all the drugs, plus whatever bootleg steroid/testosterone cocktail he’s on.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I know steroids are generally not good for your body, but I would assume steroids at 70 is really really not good for your body.

[–] xmunk 6 points 1 month ago

To be honest - there's something genetic or just the sheer clout of the family... as someone who grew up in Massachusetts George RR Martin's quote about targaryens always rung true to me "Everytime one is born the gods flip a coin"... We've had JFK and Bobby, but also Big and Little Edie, RFK Jr and Ted. It's fucking sad to see the offspring of one of America's potentially most radical presidential candidates so fucking off the rails.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

America had a high COVID death rate because of Donald Trump

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

The world had Covid because of his (in)actions. I wonder if it would have gotten far at all if we had maintained the systems in place we have before 2016. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9115435/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Samoa had a high measles rate because of RFK.^[1] Maybe that's why they get along?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

500.000+ covid deaths is a healthy number under his administration.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

WE FAVOR UNREASONABLY LARGE SUBSIDIES TO THE BRAIN WORM PLANET

[–] xmunk 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

ALL HAIL THE HYPNOTOAD

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Free shots of bleach and UV rectal flashlights for everybody!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

If there's no lazily tossing paper towels into the crowd I'm not going.

[–] xmunk 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did he make that announcement while sharing some burger king and a bucket of KFC?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's just weird, right? I mean, who would do that, and why?

Seems so friggin weird to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It’s either this, or the couchfucker.

Yes. They're really sending their best!

[–] xmunk 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hey, only fancy rich people can afford to cover their car in ambergris.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What smells like porpoise hork!?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Sadly, I don't think it's ambergris that was dripping down.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Says the guy with an actual fucking dead worm in his brain.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Robert F. Kennedy had posted this video narrated by Woody Harrelson where he was "setting the record straight" about his reputation and his views. I didn't know him very well at the time. (I'm Canadian. I don't follow everything about US politics and the various candidates.) And he had me convinced he wasn't a bad guy at all. He presented himself as someone who fought for the environment. Someone who cared about working class Americans by defending some people against large corporations, etc.

However, the more I read about him, the worse it got. His position about the war in Ukraine. His position on the COVID vaccine. His past actions, like dumping a dead bear cub in central park (WTF, for real) among other things. He made some dumb decisions and took some positions that I didn't agree with. And I realized he was too dangerous to be a world leader. But, I didn't consider him as someone as fucking crazy as Trump.

But now... Him supporting Trump and saying he will "make Americans healthy"? Fucking hell. I didn't think he'd drink the fucking Kool-Aid.

Like Obi-Wan said: "Who's the more foolish. The fool, or the one who follows him?"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I don’t think he’s consumed the Kool-Aid. I think he’s disgusting and greedy enough to pass out the kool-aid to others for his own gain.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Dude has always been nuts. Behind the Bastards did a four parter on him. Goes into the history of the Kennedy's as well. They were a strange messed up family.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An anti vaxxer is speaking about health?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

An anti vaxxer with brain worms from eating undercooked roadkill is speaking about health, yes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'm a fat guy, so I'm not here to shame Trump for being fat. But my brother in christ, the man can't keep himself healthy, let alone an entire fucking country.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

But Trump stands for 'White Coal'!

/s

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago

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