Almost as if character is like a real thing. Like respecting yourself means you also respect others. Say what you will about Joe, but never got any scumbag vibes from that guy. Haven't really heard too many surprises from the names that I've seen in these files so far.
That's... A good thing?
The full quote from the article is:
In October 2017, Trump abolished the Obama-era approval system in favor of a looser, decentralized approach, which gave the military and CIA officials the discretion to decide to launch drone strikes against targets without White House approval.[25] This policy reduced accountability for drone strikes.[26] After Joe Biden took office, he halted counterterrorism drone strikes without White House approval and initiated a broad review of U.S. policy on drone use.[25]
That's better than what it used to be under Trump, but not better than what it used to be under Obama. It does just mean that Biden had to approve every drone strike, so technically any kid that died during his presidency to US drones is on him.
Both are worth noting. Any president is going to make some decisions with ugly consequences that will be criticized. If you are a creep on a personal level, imagine how bad you can be with some dissociation. Trump and pals rape children personally and personally spew out lies on a daily basis.
Can you read? He halted strikes without approval from the White House, which means that all drone strikes had to be approved by the White House, which is the house this Biden guy was working from.
When it comes to the children, a quick search revealed one article from 2021 talking about 7 dead children, but you'll also have to consider that usually those things remain hidden unless somebody leaks it, because... Well, the government doesn't want to look like the bad guys.
"Calling it a "tragic mistake," the U.S. Department of Defense admitted Friday that it had killed 10 people, including seven children, in a drone strike"
Yeah not saying Biden didn't partake in drone warfare, but the civilian casualties from drone attacks were significantly reduced during his term as president. He only executed around a tenth as many drone attacks as done on Obama's term. So it is not something that makes sense to criticise him specifically on, especially when there are definitely other things to criticise him on.
I wouldn't be surprised if his name is somewhere in there off the cuff, but I'm honestly surprised MAGA isn't screaming about him like they do about Clinton. I can only imagine that if he was in there for good it would've been the first thing Trump released.
It's projection and they're trying to cover for all the corruption and nepotism occurring in the current regime. There's a reason his family members are being gifted billions of dollars.
Now criticizing his family members for this can be more easily deflected as retaliation for what they've done to Hunter.
When the bar is so low that the crack addict fail son has a better moral compass than most every politician and rich oligarch.
When the sex tape leaks and you're proud of the women he's with being clearly at least over 30.
Dude is a disconnected rich crack addicted fail son. But he's Americas disconnected rich crack addicted fail son with no reason to think he's a pedophile. He might as well be Jesus Christ himself if we're judging on a curve.
It's a joke about conservative media coverage - Hunter Biden was never VIP, but the news covered his (incredibly boring) drama like he was a sitting member of the government and presented like he had some kind of terrible influence.
It's a word, with a specific meaning. It was created to describe the sexist act of a man explaining something to a woman who either already knows, or is an expert in that field, as if she isn't smart enough to understand the subject. And frequently when a man is confidently wrong on the subject in question.
Without that sexist connotation, it's not "mansplaining." It's just being condescending. Like you.
He recorded himself drinking and smoking crack then getting in his car and driving around. The dude is an incredible piece of shit and should be in prison. He risked a lot of innocent peoples lives when he did that, like my grandfather who was hit by a drunk driver and was crippled a year after he retired then rotted for 10 years without the use of his legs after working his whole life.
Fuck Hunter Biden. Fuck this person on Twitter. Death to America and all their politicians, billionaires and failsons.
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FoxyFerengi@startrek.website · 117 pts · 185d
Kinda weird to call Hunter a VIP. I don't think I'd even call him moderately important
BillyClark@piefed.social · 47 pts · 185d
Maybe there's been some update I don't know about, but I also haven't heard about Joe Biden being in the Epstein files, either.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 185d
Almost as if character is like a real thing. Like respecting yourself means you also respect others. Say what you will about Joe, but never got any scumbag vibes from that guy. Haven't really heard too many surprises from the names that I've seen in these files so far.
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 185d
Yeah he's more into drone striking kids than doing anything else with with them
Ourst@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 185d
He’s more “fuck them kids” than “fuck them kids”
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 185d
What kids did Biden drone strike
ameancow@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 184d
theolodis@feddit.org · 1 pts · 184d
He personally? Probably none. On his order?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_from_the_United_States_drone_strikes
SavinDWhales@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 184d
That's... A good thing? The full quote from the article is:
theolodis@feddit.org · 1 pts · 184d
That's better than what it used to be under Trump, but not better than what it used to be under Obama. It does just mean that Biden had to approve every drone strike, so technically any kid that died during his presidency to US drones is on him.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 184d
Both are worth noting. Any president is going to make some decisions with ugly consequences that will be criticized. If you are a creep on a personal level, imagine how bad you can be with some dissociation. Trump and pals rape children personally and personally spew out lies on a daily basis.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 183d
Do you know that "halted" means "stopped"?
And you specifically mentioned kids... Still waiting on that one
theolodis@feddit.org · 1 pts · 183d
Can you read? He halted strikes without approval from the White House, which means that all drone strikes had to be approved by the White House, which is the house this Biden guy was working from.
When it comes to the children, a quick search revealed one article from 2021 talking about 7 dead children, but you'll also have to consider that usually those things remain hidden unless somebody leaks it, because... Well, the government doesn't want to look like the bad guys.
"Calling it a "tragic mistake," the U.S. Department of Defense admitted Friday that it had killed 10 people, including seven children, in a drone strike"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-admits-drone-strike-kabul-afghanistan-killed-10-civilians-children-202430704.html
TheseusNow@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 184d
Unrestricted drone warfare is more an Obama critisicm than Biden. The only creepy Biden thing I remember was him sniffing women's hair.
theolodis@feddit.org · 6 pts · 184d
Obama and Biden both had to approve drone strikes. It was the first Trump administration that got rid of that requirement.
Not saying that this makes Obama or Biden better, but it seems like Trump was even worse.
TheseusNow@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 184d
Yeah not saying Biden didn't partake in drone warfare, but the civilian casualties from drone attacks were significantly reduced during his term as president. He only executed around a tenth as many drone attacks as done on Obama's term. So it is not something that makes sense to criticise him specifically on, especially when there are definitely other things to criticise him on.
theolodis@feddit.org · 2 pts · 184d
I'd agree on that.
hamid@crazypeople.online · 0 pts · 183d
"reduced" fuck off apologist.
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 185d
I wouldn't be surprised if his name is somewhere in there off the cuff, but I'm honestly surprised MAGA isn't screaming about him like they do about Clinton. I can only imagine that if he was in there for good it would've been the first thing Trump released.
Sharkticon@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 185d
There is no doubt in my mind Biden isn't anywhere in there. For that exact reason. Trump would not be able to stop himself.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 185d
Have you heard about his laptop, though?
ameancow@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 184d
nomy@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 184d
I heard Hunters laptop was given gold bricks and an airplane.
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 181d
Did it have Linux?
agingelderly@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 185d
Came here to say that ... shouldn't they be hoping Joe Biden is in it? Why would Hunter be a bigger deal then any other rich nobody?
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 185d
It's projection and they're trying to cover for all the corruption and nepotism occurring in the current regime. There's a reason his family members are being gifted billions of dollars. Now criticizing his family members for this can be more easily deflected as retaliation for what they've done to Hunter.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 185d
That's because his Daddy didn't make him an official member of the US Government.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 5 pts · 185d
That's because in america, it's expected that every failure's failure son is also getting to be an important failure
wheezy@lemmy.ml · 108 pts · 185d
When the bar is so low that the crack addict fail son has a better moral compass than most every politician and rich oligarch.
When the sex tape leaks and you're proud of the women he's with being clearly at least over 30.
Dude is a disconnected rich crack addicted fail son. But he's Americas disconnected rich crack addicted fail son with no reason to think he's a pedophile. He might as well be Jesus Christ himself if we're judging on a curve.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 184d
Echolynx@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 183d
Brave New World, one might say...
NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca · 60 pts · 185d
You know your culture is fucked when someone who isn't a pedophile is being celebrated because it's a nice change.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 185d
It's a joke about conservative media coverage - Hunter Biden was never VIP, but the news covered his (incredibly boring) drama like he was a sitting member of the government and presented like he had some kind of terrible influence.
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 184d
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 184d
Not sure I understand
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 183d
chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net · -7 pts · 184d
Shall I mansplain it?
chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net · -17 pts · 184d
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 184d
Did you just assume their gender over a comment explaining the details of an attempted smear campaign that many people have probably forgotten about?
So much for the tolerant left.
chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net · -9 pts · 184d
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 184d
It's a word, with a specific meaning. It was created to describe the sexist act of a man explaining something to a woman who either already knows, or is an expert in that field, as if she isn't smart enough to understand the subject. And frequently when a man is confidently wrong on the subject in question.
Without that sexist connotation, it's not "mansplaining." It's just being condescending. Like you.
chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 184d
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 184d
What a toxic reply to a polite explanation
chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net · -7 pts · 184d
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 184d
So you're just an asshole? Unoriginal, try harder.
BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 53 pts · 185d
How DARE Hunter Biden NOT: Rape underaged Little Girls on Rape Island! How DARE Hunter Biden: Have CONSENSUAL Sex with ADULTS!
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 185d
Hunter probably turned down some advances and that's how Trump handles rejection.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus · 5 pts · 185d
Especially after they spent so much time sharing his dick pics!
All that effort wasted
FatVegan@leminal.space · 3 pts · 185d
He's just some woke nerd. Borin, un american. Sad
ryannathans@aussie.zone · -13 pts · 185d
How dare Hunter Biden be appointed executive of Ukrainian gas company while politically convenient, definitely not related to any corruption
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 185d
If only we could go back to when that would be considered a huge scandal.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 185d
Right?
Like man, conservatives made a literal fed case out of him.
Hostile military takeover of a sovereign nation, and capturing their elected leader, brought to you by Chevron? 🦗🦗
ryannathans@aussie.zone · -3 pts · 185d
People are finally waking up
dumbass@piefed.social · 12 pts · 185d
*Looks at how many of Trump's family are in positions of power they don't deserve*
ryannathans@aussie.zone · -3 pts · 185d
I don't follow the state of the US that clearly, what are his family up to?
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 185d
Grift
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 20 pts · 185d
Lmfao
gustofwind@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 185d
I’d vote for hunter Biden
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 21 pts · 185d
Over Trump yes. Probably not otherwise.
gustofwind@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 185d
Any Republican
athatet@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 185d
We gotta stop voting for previous presidents sons.
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 185d
The peons crave dynasties 🤷♂️
gustofwind@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 185d
It’s happened twice and the first time was 200 years ago
sturmblast@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 185d
These idiots are obsessed with Hunter
Sammy@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 185d
My country 'this Of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty...
o7
*edited some emojis out
hamid@crazypeople.online · 3 pts · 183d
He recorded himself drinking and smoking crack then getting in his car and driving around. The dude is an incredible piece of shit and should be in prison. He risked a lot of innocent peoples lives when he did that, like my grandfather who was hit by a drunk driver and was crippled a year after he retired then rotted for 10 years without the use of his legs after working his whole life.
Fuck Hunter Biden. Fuck this person on Twitter. Death to America and all their politicians, billionaires and failsons.