U.S. Ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder told the Financial Times that European companies would face “devastating” retaliation from Washington if Brussels moves forward with plans to restrict American competitors’ access to parts of the European market.
I find these threats sadly funny. Like the US is too stupid to think that the other side has to ask "We’ll have to draw a line somewhere. Will it be better for us to do it now, or later when we are further integrated and more dependant?
Stupid American exceptionalism at work. They still believe they are the best of the world, even though they are a shit hole.
I stopped believing we were anything but an empire 20 years ago when I took a look at the military bases we had around the world.
Walks like a duck, talks like a duck…
, bombs distant habitats like a duck, enslaves its fellow ducks like a duck, sends others’ ducklings to die for Democracy® like a duck.
Yup. Ducks. Those fuckers. 🤪
Gotta support our quack habit somehow.
Ha!
Side note: did you know that they’re named after the verb, not the other way 'round? Yep. For the way they feed. 🤓
That is a top fact.
It seems so obvious now you mention it, but somehow I’ve managed well into adulthood without ever hearing this once.
Slightly nsfw, but honeybees ejaculate when they sting. 🤷🏼♂️
The United States of Quack.
quack quack
Sorry, couldn’t help myself. 😆
Hey we’re damn good at making feces. Not quite as good as Indonesia, but ours has a flavor that can’t be beat