Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way.

a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Oh, this is 100% a criminal offense for any government employee that isn’t Donald Trump (or someone that he has decided to shield).

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• drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The same loophole exists almost anywhere: “its a gift to white house or trumps library”

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  • _edge@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    A gold bar gifted to an institution would still count as corruption in most sane jurisdictions. Sure those loopholes exist, but we tend to disguise them as investments or charity.

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    • drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      But it’s not a gold bar but a “gold base” which would be technically legal almost everywhere. It shouldn’t be but thats how loopholes are.

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• DarkFuture@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s criminal here too. But laws don’t matter anymore because the “party of law and order” decided to elevate a felon rapist pedophile.

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• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Not sure if you know this but I find it fun to know so I’m going to share.

  In English when deciding whether to use a or an you should look at the start of the following word and if it starts with a vowel sound then use an else use a.

  Examples:

  • An apple
  • An hour (note doesn’t start with a vowel but sounds like a vowel)
  • A goat
  • A criminal offence

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    An hour

    Note, this can differ by region. For example, “an historic …” is common in the UK, whereas it would be “a historic …” in the US due to accent differences.

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    • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That’s because the h is silent at the beginning of a word in the UK.

      An 'istoric

      A Historic makes sense if you outgoings the hard H sound

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yup, it’s just not so obvious when reading text.

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    • beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      “He is an halibut.” --Monty Python 😁

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  • a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    aaah i know this and normally don’t make this mistake, thank you very much tho, i will fix it right away 🫡

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  In other countries this would be a criminal offense.

  Dialing 911 and telling my local constabulary that the President is doing crimes. But then they just laugh at me and say “We’re all doing crimes! It’s the innocent people who get thrown in jail.”

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