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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 125 points 5 days ago

Oh man, it gets even better! From the article:

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 45 points 5 days ago

What are they talking about that's just what he looks like

[-] lividweasel@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago

Geez, have some compassion for the guy. He’s nowhere near that thin.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 5 days ago

Hm. Well I hope the ~~gentleman~~ good health either way :33

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[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 69 points 5 days ago

And the American Secret Service knocking on people’s doors and asking about their Facebook profiles

Fuck that entirely

[-] kcuf2@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 5 days ago

An appropriate acronym: American Secret Service = ass

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago
[-] kcuf2@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 4 days ago

Ya that one has been known for a while

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

oh yeah, if some other country's secret service knocked on my door asking questions, i'd ask them to sit down (outside), serve them drinks, be polite, and laugh in their faces.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Id tell them to get off my property or get shot

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[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 4 days ago

Residents in Charlbury and the tiny hamlet of Dean, where the manor house is situated, quickly grew weary of Vance and his entourage of vehicles and Secret Service agents.

Wow, overzealous much? No one wants to kill Vance, what's the point!? 😂 He's like wasps or mosquitoes, people just want him to go away...

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 90 points 5 days ago

Talk about direct action and solidarity.

That's how these regime whores should be treated every where.

They expect take nasty shit on plebs faces and then expect you smile as you serve them.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago

Is this what having a strong social safety net looks like where you don't risk losing your job and being homeless and destitute for taking a moral stand?

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

No. The "benefits system" or "safety net" or whatever is really quite basic and not fit for supporting a modern family, contrary to what the Daily Fail would have people believe. Losing a job is devastating financially and emotionally, as it would be elsewhere. The main positive is healthcare is still free regardless of whether you're drawing a giro or £250k a year.

It still takes massive balls to stand together like that and fuck him off. Good effort.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You don't risk losing your job because your boss isn't an immoral shill for some capitalist corporation, so he's actually in on the protest and thus won't fire you.

Solidarity (and also labour laws Europe has less fire at will policies)

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

It's likely more down to social cohesion. Smaller villages all know each other (or at least passingly aware). They also don't have a huge pool of workers to draw upon.

If all your staff agree it's an issue, then finding replacement staff won't be trivial. Also, a large chunk of your customer base likely agrees. Finally, a small pub is unlikely to be run by a big shot CEO. They will have a lot more empathy than the average middle manager.

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 22 points 4 days ago

The only way JD belongs in a pub, is if his head is mounted on a wall as a conversation piece. "...so we rounded up the bastards, and introduced them to French cutlery..."

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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 36 points 5 days ago

Charlbury couches can breathe a sigh of relief

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 12 points 5 days ago

I imagine any of these assholes can't eat out anywhere. It's probably why they eat so much fast food from drive throughs.

[-] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 days ago

Good, the polished turd needs to know that it stinks. It isn't fit for good company, nor is it qualified to be Vice President.

[-] jimjam5@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago
[-] choking_the_dolphin@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 5 days ago

I wonder how often his food gets the same treatment as a that scene in "Waiting"

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[-] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 days ago
[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 points 4 days ago

James Donald Bowman is the epitome of a bellend and an insult to humanity.

And I will deadname him in every thread till the day he dies.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 days ago
[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 4 days ago

The vice president had reportedly attempted to dine at The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, an early 16th-century countryside pub with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, a prestigious award from the Michelin Guide that highlights restaurants offering excellent food at moderate prices.

“It’s been the talk of the village-it’s the most exciting thing that’s happened here for a very long time,” one local told British tabloid The Sun of Harris’s visit to the venue, where a steak will set diners back $98.

Uh...

[-] modus@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

If you look at the image of the menu in the article, most of the stuff costs far less than that. It's a bit deceptive to mention it the way they did.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 4 days ago

I mean... it's sirloin. Not Wagyu premium beef from the royal herd, adorned with gold leaf and truffle butter... It's just cow.

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[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 10 points 5 days ago

So much for the tolerant left.

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 85 points 5 days ago

Tolerance requires rejecting intolerant people.

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[-] kurwa@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

JD Vance should go tolerate some curb in his mouth

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I hope this happens to him every day for the rest of his life. Project 2025 and dark enlightenment are pure evil. This man has no soul and deserves no peace.

[-] baines@lemmy.cafe 12 points 5 days ago

maybe don’t act like a little bitch and then whine when people call you on it

why should we continue treating this trash with respect and decency?

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[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago

I can tolerate someone's right the be human scum and continue living. That doesn't mean I have to serve them in any fashion or be near them in any way.

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