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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 minutes ago

Content for Melania 2.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 144 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

In Rome, Caligula made his horse a senator. In America, this happened.

[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Scholars argue this didnt happen and was written as comedic insult by one of his detractors.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Scholars argue a lot of things. Though it's true that a lot of the work of Roman historians is really one faction slandering another. But the behavior of some of the emperors was so grotesquely evil that it's hard to separate the truth from the lies.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

Both the greeks and romans and their forebearers all practiced just obvious bias in their writing. About a rival they might describe him as the most famous pederast of the land.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 59 points 14 hours ago (2 children)
[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Horse? I thought you said whores

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Fine. Then I'll take the whores.

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 15 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

They said whores, not horse.

[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.makearmy.io 13 points 12 hours ago

With blackjack! And hookers!

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 15 points 14 hours ago

Made his whore a senator?

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 59 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That's why the Russian eagle has two heads.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

What is the image superimposed over the eagle there?

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 72 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Her only qualification for this is what, catching loads from a child-raping traitor?

[–] LMurch@thelemmy.club 50 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

"Doing jobs Americans won't."

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago

doing

Performing.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

She might have taken loads from other UN dignitaries or the leaders of their countries as well.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 78 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Elephant in the room: "Ask her about the dead school girls and what happened to all those children Epstein trafficked?"

I REALLY DONT CARE DO U

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 19 points 13 hours ago

THE DOW
THE DOW IS OVER 50 THOUSAND

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Second Elephant in the room: trump.

Nothing specific about him. Just calling him an elephant.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

Don't tell junior about the elephant.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

BIDENFLATION

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago

Let ICE know.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah that was fucking weird.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

Such an annoying moving picture in your name, have a little respect for yourself man.

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 13 points 14 hours ago

wow they really don't care, do you?

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