The US Navy has denied reports of food shortages on board two major vessels participating in the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Yesterday USA Today reported crew aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli were not getting enough to eat.

One photo taken by a Marine showed a mostly empty lunch tray with a single scoop of shredded meat and one tortilla.

  • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
    152·
    1 day ago

    Hegseth has begun to refer to the media as Pharisees, after the group of Jewish religious leaders now remembered as instigating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

    Wow, these people are full on delusional. I hope they rot in hell for their obvious hypocrisy.

    America is beyond fucked.

    • eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      322·
      1 day ago

      It’s interesting cause this is what American Christianity has been my whole life, go to any duck blind or Dairy Queen or high school football game, Hegseths are absolutely thick on the ground. These guys are there because they’re a mirror of their constituents.

      • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
        310·
        1 day ago

        You just call people who criticize you Pharisees in the US?

        I’m so glad I grew up with the united church, where the lesson was mostly help your neighbour and strangers.

        • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
          231·
          1 day ago

          Nope, but I did grow up around people who would hear that in a meeting and then absolutely want to use their new linguistic toy every chance they got, despite not at all analyzing even the half-layer deep that would be required to understand what using it implies about who you think you are (or your boss is).

        • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
          8·
          21 hours ago

          That’s too big a word and too specific a bible reference. They’ll just ask if you’re some kind of queer and then vaguely threaten to shoot you.

        • frongt@lemmy.zip
          71·
          1 day ago

          No, only fuckheads like him do that. Most Americans wouldn’t even know that that means.

        • arrow74@lemmy.zip
          31·
          22 hours ago

          Yeah I don’t know what this guy is talking about. I grew up in a very rural very republican part of a southern state and I sure as shit never heard anybody call anybody a Pharisees.

          Or at least not outside of a church

      • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
        33·
        1 day ago

        I see the extreme plunging of religion among the newest generations and the deep backlash against the current brand of xenophobia. It gives me hope that things will go back to normal and maybe get some gains in a very short time.

        • Murse@slrpnk.net
          6·
          10 hours ago

          We’ll see. Gen Z males showed up in force to vote for Trump in the 2024 election. Some of the younger ones are alright, but others are doing the whole Hitler Youth thing. Overall I couldn’t tell you if they’re any more or less shitty than any other generation, but their voting record isn’t off to a great start.

      • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
        815·
        1 day ago

        I don’t see us going back to normal for a long time

        what normal ? hanging black people ? slavery ? segregation ? invading some random country? vilifying native americans? shitting in a river? dumping battery acid in a stream ?