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[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 22 hours ago

Strap Kilmeade on the prow and ductape his mouth shut. See how it goes.

[-] Wammityblam@lemmy.world 253 points 4 days ago

Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade who still has a job after saying we should kill the homeless and people with mental health issues (while his other co-hosts were talking about throwing them in prisons or mental institutions)?

That Brian Kilmeade?

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 93 points 4 days ago

I swear I heard someone else on the network say the NYC teenagers that threw snowballs at police should get the death penalty.

[-] Wammityblam@lemmy.world 57 points 4 days ago

Propaganda machine goes BRRRRRRRRR

[-] AlexLost@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

This is why we do t like republicans. They think everyone not like them should just die.

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 4 days ago

Hey he didn't say we should kill them he said we should "involuntarily euthanize" them. That's the problem with politics today people refuse to acknowledge nuance. /s

[-] IratePirate@feddit.org 11 points 4 days ago

Since we're on the topic of nuance: he was fantasizing about "involuntary lethal injection".

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Now really is the time of monsters

[-] Wammityblam@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Classic libs not being able to take a joke

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago

He’s the only person to be on Fox and friends since the early 00s the others have cycled in and out, I’m not shocked that he’s the worst

[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 151 points 4 days ago

Trump is about to find out that ship owners won’t risk hundreds of millions per ship on an uninsurable voyage just to stroke his ego.

[-] Fermion@mander.xyz 87 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's not even just the price of a ship and cargo at risk. Lead times are around 2.8 to 3 yrs for crude tankers and around 3.5 yrs for LNG carriers. That's a long time to not be able to conduct business even if insurance did pay out. It is 100% rational to sit out a few weeks to figure out how to resume operations safely rather than trying to sneak through and hope for the best.

[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 53 points 4 days ago

Yeah, especially since they have promised its only going to be 3 weeks. It's almost as if that was a lie.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Well, at least Trump is well known for paying his debts.

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 12 points 4 days ago

Oddly, due to maritime law, it's the cargo owners who would have to pay if the ship was only damaged but not sunk.

[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Alternatively wasn't he floating some kind of mandatory insurance scheme? mandatory in the sense that the insurer can't refuse. Sounds like a great time to liquidate some ageing stock for yhuge profits.

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[-] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Why would oil tanker crews (which are more than likely made up of non-americans) care about "showing some guts" just so some American gas guzzlers can have cheaper fuel?

[-] P1k1e@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

The idea here is providing Trump public support for attacking Iran. He's in the tank even with his own people, but if a bunch of sailors die he can gain support...I mean probably not but Fox isnt known For its nuance

[-] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 72 points 4 days ago

Lol the peer pressure argument for oil tankers.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 69 points 4 days ago

What an absolute moron! I don't know any other democracy that has such stupid people so regularly on TV.
For fucks sake USA is a shithole country of the worst kind.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 27 points 4 days ago

England has some pretty stupid people on TV regularly.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

That's true, clearly worse than we have here in Denmark. Of course we also have stupid people here, but they are generally not exposed broad and wide on TV.
But UK is still no match for USA from what I have seen. But clearly it's not a problem for a politician to be stupid and also be successful. Theresa May, Boris Johnson, and Liz Truss. Are all examples of that. It's astounding that a known liar like Boris Johnson was allowed to lead UK to vote for Brexit.
30 years ago we had a party leader Svend Auken that was caught in an outright lie. That cost him his political career.

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[-] TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Not only that, some of them were picked right out of their pundit jobs to be in the administration like Kegsbreath

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Goddam that speech about death and destruction raining on Iran from the sky!
Those people are insane.

[-] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 4 days ago

Hey Brian, why don't you use your own money to buy a tanker and go through the strait yourself? Show some guts Brian!

[-] redsand@infosec.pub 33 points 4 days ago

Lol. Listen to insurance or Brian, what will they choose?

[-] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 25 points 4 days ago

After you, dumbass.

[-] ech@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 days ago

What a piece of shit.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago

if i could direct this to kilmeade i would, "get on one of those tankers and pilot it through yourself coward"

Yeah! Just grow a pair and Mojo Risin that shit. What consequences could there possibly be?

🛳️+🛢️+🔥

[-] Babalugats@feddit.uk 19 points 4 days ago

They should fly him over on to one of them and meet him show everyone what he means.

[-] Golden 8 points 4 days ago

I wonder how many people in the comments here are also the ones saying "come on Americans, overthrow you government" it's easy to be a tough guy when you know you're never gonna have to do anything but leave comments online

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Americans overthrowing their government was good for the world last time, and would probably be good for the world again. I'm not eager to die for it either, but it would be helpful.

Providing more oil is bad for the world in general.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago

Number of captains who took his advice: 0

The power of this guy starts and stops with No-Brain individuals in America.

[-] chahn.chris@piefed.social 13 points 4 days ago

US Government should directly insure then use military to back that up.

They created the mess they should own it.

[-] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 20 points 4 days ago

I'm not sure I really want my tax dollars to be insuring oil tankers traveling through a war zone.

I'd rather my tax dollars insure sick people.

Plus, who would be dumb enough to believe that Trump would ever hold up his end of a bargain like that?

[-] IratePirate@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago

I'd rather my tax dollars insure sick people.

Oh, but they are! All that money burned in operation Epstein Fury ensures sick people will stay in power.

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[-] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Nah, we can just parlay on Polymarket

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[-] eestileib 10 points 4 days ago

Even the us government doesn't have that kind of money

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[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

i was going to say insurace companies hate this simple trick but iirc, they tend not to cover for act of war loses

[-] mvilain@fedia.io 10 points 4 days ago

I wonder if Brian wears a condom when he does it.

[-] NorskSud@piefed.social 7 points 4 days ago

I don't think he does it, that might be the main problem actually.

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Is he… being serious..? Lmfao what the actual fuck do Fox News anchors think they’re doing..?

[-] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

I’m sure a captain sitting in the gulf right now is not watching Fox News. Most are probably not even American.

[-] J92@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

It would not even touch the sides. The master answers to their employer onshore, not some berk on a morning talkshow half way 'round the world. The only thing superseeding their office would be their duty, ie laws of the sea, like if the office told them not to veer off course to answer a distress call.

[-] green_red_black@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 days ago

Yeah what are you a bunch of capital lists wanting to be certain you will make a profit?

(Sarcasm)

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

I wonder if following through with that advice would be grounds for a lawsuit by the shipping company's insurance

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