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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by PanArab@lemm.ee to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

It is real!

https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=15398

Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) released the following statement today after introducing a bill authorizing President Trump to acquire Greenland and renaming it Red, White, and Blueland:

“America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland. President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal.”

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[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 105 points 1 week ago

These people are fucking retarded.

[-] Mist101@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago

As an autistic person, I wholeheartedly agree.

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago

WHAT ABOUT MY FUCKING EGG PRICES YOU GERIATRIC FUCK?!?!

[-] tal@lemmy.today 17 points 1 week ago

"He isn't paying attention to the jingly keys."

"Find something more-outrageous to say. We'll get there."

[-] radix@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I'm sorry, eggs come from female chickens, and any talk of that particular F-word is strictly forbidden.

[-] towelie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

My partner and I moved into an eco village and are going to buy chickens this summer. Blew my mind to learn a live chicken only costs $75

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I can buy chicks from the tractor supply a half mile from my house for $4.99 a piece. They have multiple breeds there too. Been contemplating that investment for awhile…

[-] Anne@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

You should go for it, raising chickens is surprisingly easy and they are a hoot to watch frolicking around your yard.

However, fuck Tractor Supply for rolling back their DEI initiatives Search for local hatcheries to buy your chicks. Last spring, I bought ten pre-sexed female chicks (which, admittedly comes with the ethical concerns of what they do with the males) of random "designer" breeds for only $95 including shipping.

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Everyone in my family is for it, as long as I’m the one that takes care of their end of life… that has been why I haven’t gone through with it yet lol

[-] Anne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It is so hard when you lose one of the flock, and foxes, weasels, raccoons, whatever predators are in your area can smell them for miles and will snatch one eventually. But, for all the sobbing beside a pile of feathers I have done, I still wholeheartedly recommend that you go for it!

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

What kinds of designers? We had some designer chickens, they were delightful.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago

Wait until you supplement feeding and have to worm them.

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Tbh, feeding them is cheap if you supply them with table scraps. They're basically feathered pigs.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago

That's true. We had a lot of chickens a long time ago, not enough table scraps, though. We kept them penned most of the time for their protection from natural predators, including our cat.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Chickens are simple easy and cheap. Source: I own chickens and it's not the first time

30 dozen eggs a month for ~$18 per month. (Is my current set up). Initial investment is really all, which isn't high if you have scrap wood laying around somewhere

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago

We had a lot of chickens at one time, they got expensive for reasons I mentioned. But we had a lot, of varying different kinds.

[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

I saw someone on the German equivalent to Craigslist selling a rooster for 5€ today. Said they had three home grown roosters and that's too many. It's a full grown rooster. I am both surprised that this is so cheap and that it's legal to just sell roosters like a second hand iPod.

[-] cokeslutgarbage@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I get them from the farm lady down the street for like twelve bucks, she even let's me pick out the one I want, who sold you a single chicken for $75? Shame on them.

[-] towelie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I neglected to mention in the comment that the chickens I'm looking at are of the Ayam Cemani breed, which are pure black, including their organs. They're pretty coveted, so I was surprised that even those are very cheap!

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Stonks!

  • egg companies
[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 1 week ago

Truly this will make eggs cheaper

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago

Now they're just trying to distract us from the actual dangerous shit they're doing behind the scenes. Don't fall for it!

[-] Album@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago
[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Fine, I'll say it: I'm starting to think some of these fellas might be up to no good.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Trump given power

No, he hasn't. Congress hasn't passed it -- it's just been introduced as a bill.

One House Representative introduced it and then released the statement.

[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

Sorry about the source. The title is misleading.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

Sure, not saying that you're at fault or anything.

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

It doesn't matter. The US as a whole has no authority to decide what places outside of its territory are called. Sure, you can change what you call it, but the rest of the world won't.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean, the bill isn't going to pass, but it's proposing buying it and then renaming it.

[-] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

Dammit!

I said this as a joke nearly a month ago on Discord.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago

all i get from this is that Donald Trump is in your discord server and stole your idea

[-] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I know exactly who it is.

Actually, I'm just going to accuse the one person I know that will be the most upset about me calling him out as Trump.

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Right, but this is the reality that runs on jokes, so you can't do that!

[-] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I willed this into existence.

[-] Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Careful that you don't wake the dark ones sleeping in the abyss.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Oh my fucking God. Holy sweet fucking Lord in heaven. Jesus fucking Christ. I'm already done.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 1 week ago

And here we are; all thinking that we are in the dumbest timeline. Turns out, we are all right about that.

Let's see how dumb this timeline will get.

[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 6 points 1 week ago

I thought I was genuinely being tricked when reading this article. Thank you for providing a source.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 16 points 1 week ago

Oh look it's the United States Congress version of shitposting.

[-] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

What is he doing or plotting that is so brutal as to create such a smokescreen?

[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I know this is all a distraction so they can do even more fucked up shit, but this is next level stupid. My nephew could come up with something better.

[-] Kolrami@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm not saying this as a joke, but I recently saw the movie Greenland and I'm confident this is all happening because he watched it.

mild spoilers

Main character is a man from his demographic. A presidential message is what's supposed to save people. Greenland is where people go for safety. Main character cheated on his wife but it's ok because he saved his family.

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Can we all just start chanting "Eggs" whenever he tries to talk from now on? I'd like that.

[-] kikutwo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Orangeland.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

A new British island?

[-] Fontasia@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

Three weeks and he's run out of energy for his hissy fits, get ready for JD Vance to have to pedal all this shit

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