US President Donald Trump's administration has issued an ultimatum to countries seeking permanent membership in his new Board of Peace, requiring a cash contribution of at least US$1 billion.

    • w3dd1e@lemmy.zipEnglish
      10·
      2 天前

      Satire now would just be him doing anything like a normal sane president.

      • Seth Taylor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 天前

        And it won’t be by GDP either. He will ask the exact same amount from each country. If you’re too small to pay, you get conquered

  • Avicenna@programming.devEnglish
    10·
    1 天前

    “I am a Nigerian Princess and I am going to start my own UN. If you decide to invest a billion dollars in it now, you are guaranteed to at least double your investment by the end of the year.”

  • verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.frFrançais
    13·
    2 天前

    The US government is now a racket headed by an infamous NY gangster that made a fortune scamming people in the real estate business.

    History does beat fiction

  • Natanael@infosec.pubEnglish
    21·
    2 天前

    A board of peace - after telling the Norwegian prime minister that he’s not committed to peace anymore because he didn’t get the peace price (and no, the PM doesn’t control the peace price)

  • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
    381·
    2 天前

    On Friday, the White House presented the composition of “a founding Executive Board”, consisting exclusively of figures loyal to Trump: his Middle East adviser Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Tony Blair.

    It’s astonishing how often Tony Blair manages to find new ways to be a massive fucking disappointment. It’s like he’s already concluded that he’s going to hell for the whole Iraq thing so he’d may as well lean into it by being a huge cunt while he’s alive.

    • TBi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 天前

      I thought the same thing. I mean the whole Iraq thing could be seen as a misjudgement in hindsight. Now though he just looks evil.

  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    2 天前

    Rimmer: United America? Who’s that?

    Kryten: Well, at the end of the 23rd century, America attempted to bring peace to the world by asking every nation on Earth to sign a peace treaty.

    Any nation that refused, they invaded.

    Now, a war ensued that was called the War Against War. Those countries who went to war because they were so against war, they were prepared to go to war to fight in a war against war, called themselves United America.

    United America

    (Sorry can’t find a better source)

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      2 天前

      I was not prepared for how Craig Charles looked in that clip.

      But then I gave up on the show ages ago. The Series 6 finale was the end as far as I’m concerned.

      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 天前

        That’s what years of curry and lager in deep space does to you.

        Krytens skin is still young looking though.

        Seemingly Cat hasn’t aged at all.

        • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
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          2 天前

          Black don’t crack.

          Kryten’s looking a little worse for wear, but has still fared a lot better than Data in that Picard series.