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I know nothing should surprise me with these fucking people at this point, but my mouth still dropped open when I read that.

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[–] ieatpwns 117 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It would be the funniest thing if they were exact copies

[–] Breezy 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like trumps nice new pager blowering up? Or something else.

[–] ieatpwns 8 points 1 month ago

Like matching serial numbers

[–] [email protected] 111 points 1 month ago

Fucking grotesque. Hey why not make a lampshade of human skin next time. Sick fucks.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago

I was thinking the Onion is trying to be creative but damn reality is worse than fiction can be.

[–] SoftestSapphic 31 points 1 month ago

Irony is dead

It's real

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Apparently so. I’m at a loss for words for once.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago

Imagine the outrage if a world leader gifted another leader a golden model airplane after 9/11.

Insanity.

[–] 2ugly2live 65 points 1 month ago (11 children)

The “pager attack” killed 42 people, including two children and two healthcare workers, while wounding another 2,800 people. The attacks targeted public areas, including cars, streets, and supermarkets, and many of the wounded suffered eye, hand, and brain injuries. Many survivors needed surgery, and some victims went blind or had to have their limbs amputated. One of the attacks killed an 11-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl, along with a nurse. At a funeral for some victims, another electronic device attack was carried out by Israel, wounding more people. It’s unknown how many Hezbollah operatives the attack actually killed.

“That was a great operation,” Trump reportedly told Netanyahu, after being given the morbid gift.

I can not believe this man was voted in. I can not believe this time line is real.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You should see the hasbarists that tried to tell me that the operation was highly successful since it killed the children of Hezbollah operators, and that was its intended victims. Basically these people consider children to be very valid and normal targets to the point that you are a fool for thinking it is wrong.

In all honesty at that point I am actually surprised at the restraint that Hamas and everyone else has had on them. Iran and even the Houthis defeated Israel's Iron Dome and David's Sling so many times it isn't funny, but they still act like it is some impenetrable forcefield that has never been defeated. Also all of the targets by Hezbollah and Iran have been purely military targets or symbolic while also pulling some major punches, while Israel targets civilians with wanton abandon and with the intent to do as much damage as possible to civilians and civilian infrastructure.

When Israel did get (mostly warhead-less) missiles launched at it, they expressed shock and acted as if Iran was some idiotic child-like state that did not understand that these are weapons that could hurt people. In the meantime they revel in the murder of children and civilians and even when releasing hostages as a part of their deal, they open fire at their buses.

And Israel has always been like this. It isn't new.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, because that's not fascist behaviour. Fucking hell.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

top shelf nottheonion material right here.

[–] FlyingSquid 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To horrific and offensive for that in my opinion, but someone already crossposted I guess.

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[–] athairmor 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hopefully, it’s exactly like the originals and someone leaks the code.

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[–] Proprietary_Blend 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be a kaboom!

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Does it come preloaded with C4 or is Trump expected to add that herself?

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[–] Shameless 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I seriously thought this was an onion article!

[–] FlyingSquid 20 points 1 month ago

I wish it was. Sadly, the world is an extremely ugly place.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I triple checked the source and still can't believe it!

Holy shit....

[–] JohnScig 36 points 1 month ago (5 children)

One day, decades from now, people will read about these men in the same way we read about Mussolini and Hitler. They'll be reading with bated breath about the atrocities they committed and we'll be asked by our grandchildren how was it possible to even happen. Hopefully they'll live in a world where none of this would be possible and they won't comprehend the evil and cruelty that we got to witness, they won't be able to understand how so many millions cheered for these monsters. Come to think of it, I don't understand why so many millions cheer for them today.

[–] sunbytes 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it's anything like Reagan, there's probably going to be some revisionism.

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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)

As a Canadian, It’s crazy how easy these two played the American left by starting a genocidal war and having musk and the oligarchs use all propaganda machines to turn it into the Democrats fault. And the left just ate it up despite how blatantly obvious it was. The left splintered and had a “no, YOU’RE the fake leftist!” Argument among each other while the right unified and laughed at you guys

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The right is always unified. Blind loyalty to the team captain is their one positive attribute. Look to our own slimeball cons for similar - but properly muted because #canada - idiocy and worship.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't call it positive, but it is very successful.

[–] ansiz 11 points 1 month ago

I mean it seems more because Biden's administration was hugely pro-Israel and consistently the destruction of Gaza and the death of Palestinians, and Harris started plainly her policy was the same. Harris ran on a campaign of telling parts of the left that they didn't want their vote and courted mythical moderate Republicans.

And I voted for Harris, but this was by far a loss due to the Democrats abandonment of their base and what polling clearly showed people wanted change, irrational or not, just something different. Running on a same-as-Biden platform was a massive blunder.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ah yes they were forced to send those bombs.

The genapos will never cease to gaslight people will they?

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 34 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

Lmao no fucking way. That is utterly INSANE.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Even if the genocide ended tomorrow, I'm just never buying Israeli electronics again. I've been boycotting Sony all this time for a mere rootkit.

If you haven't already, you should boycott people who booby-trap their products.

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[–] JeeBaiChow 25 points 1 month ago (63 children)

Phew. Good thing we didn't vote for Kamala.

/s

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[–] jontree255 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The utter contempt for human life these fucking fascists show still surprises me.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

There they go, best buds, genocide bibi and ethnic cleansing don.

[–] eran_morad 19 points 1 month ago

These ghouls are unworthy of the oxygen they draw.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago
[–] analoghobbyist 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Can't even make this shit up anymore.

[–] finitebanjo 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

IF they had verified each individual target before detonating it could have been the single operation with the highest success rate for hitting actual militants and the lowest civillian casualties out of everything Israel has done lately, but instead they just detonated like a thousand pagers and pissed off Lebanon immediately after a US Diplomat came by to criticize them for escalating tensions in Lebanon.

Actually, it still might be. Pretty low bar.

I wonder if Trump's Gold Apollo will blow up, too.

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[–] Gammelfisch 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The sick Orange POS would take a gold Tokarev pistol from Stalin.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Netanyahu is a Nazi confirmed.

[–] frostysauce 8 points 1 month ago

Always has been.

[–] MuskyMelon 12 points 1 month ago

That's fucking macabre... And since it's from Israel, there's probably a bug in the pager too...

[–] brucethemoose 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If today (this and the Gaza plans) would have been in Idiocracy, Mike Judge would be in jail for sheer... everything.

How do people see this in their feeds and go "yep, that's cool"? Because apparently, a lot of people are totally fine with this.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

We did it Patrick we saved Pal.... ehh.. I'm too depressed to finish

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I have been complaining about getting tricked by [email protected] several times over. Oh would I love to be tricked right about now.

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