▲ 324 ▼ Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in Trump's hush money trial in New York (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee to c/news@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments And someone just set himself on fire outside the courthouse!
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 years ago (2 children) Here's an image of one of the pamphlets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) Here is his online manifesto: https://theponzipapers.substack.com/p/i-have-set-myself-on-fire-outside https://archive.ph/Hf2c9 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Blames the Simpsons for brainwashing American. Sounds like a total logical mind at work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Doh permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Capitalism's demand for endless growth is unsustainable, OK, but I don't see the link to setting yourself on fire. The government is complicit, yeah, we know, this isn't new information. The Simpsons is a secret brainwashing plot? Incoherent rambling about climate change, COVID, random media, canned water, and somehow Trump is both part of the scam and the only one who can defeat it? I know I shouldn't be expecting much in the way of, you know, rational thought, but I can't even tell what his delusion consists of. It's a ramble of self contradictory nonsense. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 2 years ago How did the government get his laptop and which branch of government was it? I hope it's a cool story and not just "I forgot my laptop at the DMV". permalink fedilink source parent [–] MustrumR@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago "Abolish our criminal government" by supporting a known member of the establishment with a history of fraud and infidelity. I don't know what can go wrong. But then again it's a two party system there. So they really don't have a way out and it might seem like the only one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) Here is his online manifesto: https://theponzipapers.substack.com/p/i-have-set-myself-on-fire-outside https://archive.ph/Hf2c9 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Blames the Simpsons for brainwashing American. Sounds like a total logical mind at work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Doh permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Capitalism's demand for endless growth is unsustainable, OK, but I don't see the link to setting yourself on fire. The government is complicit, yeah, we know, this isn't new information. The Simpsons is a secret brainwashing plot? Incoherent rambling about climate change, COVID, random media, canned water, and somehow Trump is both part of the scam and the only one who can defeat it? I know I shouldn't be expecting much in the way of, you know, rational thought, but I can't even tell what his delusion consists of. It's a ramble of self contradictory nonsense. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 2 years ago How did the government get his laptop and which branch of government was it? I hope it's a cool story and not just "I forgot my laptop at the DMV". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Blames the Simpsons for brainwashing American. Sounds like a total logical mind at work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Doh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Capitalism's demand for endless growth is unsustainable, OK, but I don't see the link to setting yourself on fire. The government is complicit, yeah, we know, this isn't new information. The Simpsons is a secret brainwashing plot? Incoherent rambling about climate change, COVID, random media, canned water, and somehow Trump is both part of the scam and the only one who can defeat it? I know I shouldn't be expecting much in the way of, you know, rational thought, but I can't even tell what his delusion consists of. It's a ramble of self contradictory nonsense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 2 years ago How did the government get his laptop and which branch of government was it? I hope it's a cool story and not just "I forgot my laptop at the DMV". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MustrumR@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago "Abolish our criminal government" by supporting a known member of the establishment with a history of fraud and infidelity. I don't know what can go wrong. But then again it's a two party system there. So they really don't have a way out and it might seem like the only one. permalink fedilink source parent
