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countrygirl99 · 27/08/2026 12:58

DuncinToffee · 27/08/2026 10:07

19 year old with a family to support.

https://www.ms.now/news/navy-sailor-jumped-overboard-uss-lincoln-discipline-punishment
Navy sailor who jumped off USS Lincoln faces disciplinary charges

The sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier who jumped overboard in an attempt to die by suicide has been charged with violations and could have his pay docked.

So much for the robotically repeated "thank you for your service".

Spandauer · 27/08/2026 15:39

Performance petulance.

Trump renames Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ in video.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/video/2026/08/27/trump-renames-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-in-video/

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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 27/08/2026 15:40

Lake Ontario renames Trump "Dumbo" in small tsunami.

REP22 · 27/08/2026 15:49

DuncinToffee · 27/08/2026 10:07

19 year old with a family to support.

https://www.ms.now/news/navy-sailor-jumped-overboard-uss-lincoln-discipline-punishment
Navy sailor who jumped off USS Lincoln faces disciplinary charges

The sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier who jumped overboard in an attempt to die by suicide has been charged with violations and could have his pay docked.

That's obscene. Sadly, I think he will not be alone. Anyone who dares to speak up about the conditions aboard the vessel will be dealt with severely. Possibly also roundly trashed as "weak losers" by Himself on TS and hounded to their graves by MAGAnuts. Character assassination quite literally. Heartbreaking to think that some will be driven to try to end their torment again, and more successfully, once on home soil. Awful. Numerous lives irreparably ruined. And for what?

I watched the documentary 9/11: Inside the President's War Room on BBC2 last night. Powerful stuff. Dubya was by no means a stellar president, but I cannot imagine how that dreadful day would have played out with Trump & Co. at the helm as the chaos and horror unfolded around them. GW would look a shining beacon of leadership and integrity compared to the current shower of no-marks.

SerendipityJane · 27/08/2026 16:40

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 26/08/2026 13:53

Not for me. I think the English Channel/La Manche, which somehow manges never to be a bone of contention in any large way.

Not remotely the same.

The French can call it what they like. No one in England, or Britain is calling it "La Manche". Unless they are a bellend. Or French.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 27/08/2026 17:11

I would have said it was an identical situation: one nation calling a body of water one thing and another nation, or in this case the rest of the international community, calling it another. (I am not so silly that I think the inhabitants of Great Britain are of more importance in the great scheme of things than the inhabitants of France are; and the Germans call it the "Ärmelkanal", the Dutch "Het Kanaal", the Spanish "El canal de la mancha" and the Welsh "Mor Udd".)

I doubt anyone in Canada is going to call that body of water "Lake America", and I don't see anyone here or in Italy or Belize or RSA or Tasmania or Somalia or Bahrain or Japan or Croatia or Finland or Uganda doing so either: why on earth would they? The Americans (the stupid ones, anyway) can call it what they like.

logicisall · 27/08/2026 17:41

Nooo, he lied you say?

"In 2021, Kennedy explained in a blogpost on the CHD website that he went to Samoa to attend an Independence Day celebration and to discuss “the introduction of a medical informatics system” to track drug safety."

But now there's proof the Samoan visit WAS about vaccines.
RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate
Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’

Newly obtained documents indicate that the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, lied during two congressional hearings last year, when he told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation that a 2019 visit to Samoa had “nothing to do with vaccines”.
Letters obtained by the Guardian and the Associated Press contradict that testimony.
The Guardian asked HHS to provide an explanation of the contradiction between Kennedy’s claim that the 2019 trip had nothing to do with vaccines and his letter to the Samoan prime minister. It did not provide any response to that question.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/rfk-jr-senate-confirmation-hearing-testimony-vaccines

RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate

Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/rfk-jr-senate-confirmation-hearing-testimony-vaccines

Justsaynonow · 27/08/2026 18:43

placemats · 26/08/2026 17:17

Dammit Janet 💖

perfection 💔

Justsaynonow · 27/08/2026 18:47

logicisall · 27/08/2026 12:14

I guessed Argentina!! 💅It was a no brainer actually. I should have placed a bet on you know where.

My brain keeps wandering to the missing mustangs they rounded up 😣

namechangedtemporarily123 · 27/08/2026 18:57

Awaiting Google maps to add a little bit in brackets Lake Ontario (Lake America) Cunts

namechangedtemporarily123 · 27/08/2026 18:58

I’m not sure the beef is coming just from Argentina (Claude reckons not, but y’know, could be wrong)

SerendipityJane · 27/08/2026 19:51

logicisall · 27/08/2026 17:41

Nooo, he lied you say?

"In 2021, Kennedy explained in a blogpost on the CHD website that he went to Samoa to attend an Independence Day celebration and to discuss “the introduction of a medical informatics system” to track drug safety."

But now there's proof the Samoan visit WAS about vaccines.
RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate
Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’

Newly obtained documents indicate that the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, lied during two congressional hearings last year, when he told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation that a 2019 visit to Samoa had “nothing to do with vaccines”.
Letters obtained by the Guardian and the Associated Press contradict that testimony.
The Guardian asked HHS to provide an explanation of the contradiction between Kennedy’s claim that the 2019 trip had nothing to do with vaccines and his letter to the Samoan prime minister. It did not provide any response to that question.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/rfk-jr-senate-confirmation-hearing-testimony-vaccines

So what ? Nothing will come of it. In this life or the next.

Manename · 27/08/2026 20:11

DuncinToffee · 27/08/2026 10:07

19 year old with a family to support.

https://www.ms.now/news/navy-sailor-jumped-overboard-uss-lincoln-discipline-punishment
Navy sailor who jumped off USS Lincoln faces disciplinary charges

The sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier who jumped overboard in an attempt to die by suicide has been charged with violations and could have his pay docked.

Horrific and when he survived he knew it would happen or worse dishonourable discharge from Guardian 12 August - this would be a different soldier due to the length of service but they will have it drummed into them.

The Navy Times gave details of thwarted suicide attempts onboard the aircraft carrier during the current deployment. Annabelle Loma told the outlet that her husband had tried to jump overboard after his spell at sea kept being extended.
“He’s scared. He thinks he’ll get a dishonorable discharge, and just because he was burnt out his 13-year career is ruined, just like that,” she said.

Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say

Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/11/multiple-uss-abraham-lincoln-sailors-have-tried-to-go-overboard-amid-extended-deployment-families-say/

TiredCatLady · 27/08/2026 20:19

Trump said he'd been thinking about renaming the lake "for a long time".
"So if you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake," Trump said.
"Now, all we need is an ocean. So maybe we'll have to change the name of the Atlantic and or the Pacific. Maybe we'll change them both."

Utter fucking twunt. He will as well, presumably to distract from some other shite

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 27/08/2026 20:21

The latest news about the poor sailors aboard theUSS Abraham Lincoln is outrageous, particularly given that their current Commander in Chief or whatever title they give him, is President Cowardly Bonespurs.

Spandauer · 27/08/2026 23:33

Thank you for your attention this matter.

(No Reagan, Bush x2 or Eisenhower? What did they do?)

The Reaper Should Have Gone To SpecSavers - Trump Thread #168
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placemats · 28/08/2026 00:31

He's a mentally ill man with significant physical illnesses as well. Body and mind is deteriorating at a pace. Someone who recognises this is posting that as a signal.

user1471462634 · 28/08/2026 03:53

NO WAY!!!

No JFK either.

Somebody fucking stop him!!

walllaw · 28/08/2026 04:03

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 27/08/2026 15:40

Lake Ontario renames Trump "Dumbo" in small tsunami.

😂

CaveMum · 28/08/2026 06:43

placemats · 28/08/2026 00:31

He's a mentally ill man with significant physical illnesses as well. Body and mind is deteriorating at a pace. Someone who recognises this is posting that as a signal.

The person posting would be Natalie.

Maybe she’s gone a bit “Annie Wilkes”? She’s welcome to keep him tucked up in bed away from the rest of us!

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 28/08/2026 06:44

Amazed he didn't have Nixon as second greatest, given they are in the order of most to least corrupt.

Spandauer · 28/08/2026 09:13

This year is 25 years since 9/11 and apparently Trump had indicated he wanted to make it all about him a speech at the Ground Zero memorial. Was told 'No' as the ceremony is deliberately kept bi-partisan and focused on remembering those killed and honouring the first responders (politicians have been stopped from making speeches since 2012) so he's not going to the GZ ceremony and will do his thing at the Pentagon 9/11 memorial instead - as he did last year.

Vance, Giuliani, Clintons, Bush and Obama are expected to be at the NY ceremony.
Presumably all the Trump toadies will be bravely standing shoulder to shoulder with His Ineffable Hugeness at the Pentagon.

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