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U.S. Military Doing All It Can to Save Civilians in Gaza From Weapons It Sent to Israel (reductress.com)

submitted 6 months ago by stinerman@midwest.social to c/theonion@midwest.social

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Not the Onion, but still great satire.

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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh hey, I've seen this at a factory before. Sometimes you have to create your own problems if you want that overtime.

New theory, the military industrial complex is officially late on child support.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Theory? Will Smith joked about $500 hammers in Independence Day 25 years ago; the government giveaway to grifting military industrial corps is 50+ years old and one of the reasons why the right would never dismantle the federal state.

[–] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

I think it was the writer for ian malcom's character's dad, not will smith

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It’s great practice for the coming water/food wars

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

Don't worry, it won't be the first time I've fought someone over some margarita

[–] CM400@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Brilliant headline, but I stopped reading when I scrolled and I got a popup ad for their merch.

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 4 points 6 months ago

That's fair. I often forget there are ads on the internet. I look at these through an RSS reader and Firefox Enhanced Tracking Protection set to Strict is enough that I hardly ever see an ad.