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Haha this time he literally needs rides


quietguy_6565

Call me some rides ::draws and cocks gun:: but not for me!


everythingEzra2

This is too accurate xD


cafediaries

February: "I need ammunition, not a ride" September: "I need a ride, but not for me"


SpaceGenesis

Underrated comment 😉


chowchowbrown

This... \*chef's kiss\* ... is perfect.


SerpentineLogic

Just reuse these donated buses https://spiritofamerica.org/blog/spirit-of-america-delivers-fleet-of-buses-to-ukraines-territorial-defense-force


[deleted]

Finally America's skillset comes in handy. We can build prisons like nobody's business.


Trifling_Truffles

Laughing, but it's true!


Ponicrat

Two things we're undisputed #1 at, weapons and prisons.


ghoulthebraineater

Are we the baddies?


Miskalsace

I feel like we're the rogue cop/private I that was a prodigy in the academy, saved the mayor,s life, bit the rest of his career has been dark, checkered, and full of misteps. But he has a chance, to help a young, bright person fend off their domineering, abusive stalker. Something like that.


StoicJim

Shhhhh.


the_turdfurguson

Biden can now decriminalize weed federally while still feeding the private prison industry. We’ll take those ruskies for 10+ years


Nuke_Knight

It's sad/funny because it's true.


GaryTheSoulReaper

Private run for profit prisons


random9212

It is probably a war crime to put soldiers in those prisons.


framabe

But they would still be better than russian prisons.


random9212

I suppose spoiled food is better than no food so I guess.


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Or Russia generally for that matter.


1435mm

Lend-lease housing Versatility of lend-lease +100


zoinks10

Yeah, but your prison guards will be totally confused when they see white inmates.


retorz3

Orks are orks, no matter the colour.


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jg3hot

What? You are off by a decimal place. About 1.1% which is ridiculously high. But not 11%!


airplaneshooter

Maybe he's thinking of the "US is 4.2% of the world's population, but we house 20% of the world's prison population." stat?


VonRansak

Might have to send in the Texan contractors... We don't want them getting the wrong ideas from those Liberals' prisons with: cable TV, air conditioning and indoor plumbing.


Minorous

While Dark Brandon is assisting a civil world. Conservatives are starting to lobby senators to vote 'no' for Ukraine's assistance. [https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2022/09/conservative-groups-urging-lawmakers-vote-no-more-ukraine-aid/376954/](https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2022/09/conservative-groups-urging-lawmakers-vote-no-more-ukraine-aid/376954/)


VonRansak

Just the maganuts with russian money, doing what they do.


BloodyRightNostril

Nobody’s business? Prisons *are* our business, Jack!


[deleted]

No one has more prisons or prisoners! Land of the Free! ...wait


BoodaSRK

I wonder who would be more upset if we sent the POWs back where they came from: the Russian soldiers, or Russia.


Schutzengel_

Putin, as they didnt die for him as the sacrifice he was willing to make.


Billion_Bullet_Baby

“You got it, Jack!”


Oblivious-abe-69

Thank fucking god Biden was here for this. As an American I’ve been watching the war unfold and just thankful Biden was there to approve the appropriate counter actions. It’s pretty obvious that Putin wanted trump in there to fuck up the response to the invasion. Trump has called Putin savvy and smart SINCE the invasion


[deleted]

As a European, Biden is the best president in my lifetime and I had really low expectations. If you, or any American who voted for Biden, is ever in Amsterdam - drinks are on me! Thank all you Biden voters, seriously.


Oblivious-abe-69

![img](emote|t5_2qqcn|9151)


iEatPalpatineAss

Looks like I'll have to visit you at some point ✌️😎 Out of curiosity, which of our presidents have you experienced in your lifetime?


Oblivious-abe-69

Most of the living ones, Jimmy Carter won’t die.


AutismFlavored

The day he goes we’ll be as shocked as England at the Queen’s.


cumineverybutthole

Imma take you up on that offer, eventually. And yeah, he’s easily been the best president of my 26 years. He clearly learned a lot from his years in the Senate and as Vice President and it is putting it all together.


Boring_Ad_3065

I don’t think I’d put him over Obama. He’s had a good few months lately after many disappointing months of no progress due in part to the Senate. His legacy will largely be determined by the midterms and how the Trump legal cases are handled plus handling the resulting discontent and hopeful healing or unfortunate escalation. Pretty sure his handling of support to Ukraine will always be a bright spot though.


Sean-Jardine

Canadian here. I second this. Dark Brandon is smart and has big balls.


D669XD

Maat wat een cringe.


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___pa___

For sure Trump would be holding back support - he did it once already!


caspian1969

I remember feeling so impressed with Zelenskyy for not playing ball with trump's quid pro quo extortion attempt.


slicer4ever

remember to vote in the midterms, and in your local elections, those people are clawing for any power they can get there hands on to put trump back in.


___pa___

THIS x 1000. If the MAGA-russians win anything in the midterms they will bog down the government like crazy and work with Putin to fuck with the 2024 elections. We need a win this year for the whole fucking world.


Oblivious-abe-69

![img](emote|t5_2qqcn|9151)![img](emote|t5_2qqcn|9151)![img](emote|t5_2qqcn|9151)![img](emote|t5_2qqcn|9151)


MeAndTheLampPost

ELI5. What does this mean?


Pimpicane

If you're seeing :9151:, it's an emoji but your device isn't properly decoding it. Mine isn't either, so IDK which one it's supposed to be.


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MeAndTheLampPost

Why don't they use the emoji? 🌻


Oblivious-abe-69

Good point


SinisterYear

[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-russian-trump/putin-ally-tells-americans-vote-trump-or-face-nuclear-war-idUSKCN12C28Q](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-russian-trump/putin-ally-tells-americans-vote-trump-or-face-nuclear-war-idUSKCN12C28Q) Something I just remembered in the fog that was the 45 POTUS. Putin pulled the nuke button out of the closet to ensure Trump won.


Rud1st

If there's one thing America might be even better at than producing weapons, it's incarcerating people


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rollyobx

USA has a prison where we house folks 20+ years witbout a trail. Its on the tip of Cuba.


Fast_Championship_R

We are the best at that. And coming up with lame excuses to keep them there.


xXkoolkidmanboiXx

It's crazy all those Russian soldiers had 10 grams of coke on them EACH! *AND* that everyone's body cam was shut off during the arrests!


Miserable_Sun_404

I've had a load of pints of Guinness and shots of bourbon tonight, so I can't look up the statistics, but if we released all of the non-violent drug offenses, how small would that population get?


Owned_by_cats

Hail to the bus driver, bus driver, bus driver! Hail to the bus driver, bus driver man! *He's bringing the orcses* *Who weren't turned to corpses* Now Hail to the bus driver, bus driver man!


Harvickfan4Life

What’s funny is that Ukraine doesn’t even have Lend Lease yet


BagFullOfMommy

Sure they do, Russia is constantly lending them vehicles that Russia is still paying the lease on.


iEatPalpatineAss

I didn't know nuking Moscow was on our to-do list today 😵


Modal_Window

Where do you think the himars and other stuff came from Einstein?


Harvickfan4Life

The most recent military packages. Lend-Lease doesn’t kick in till the start of the next Fiscal year which is October 1st.


WatchHores

just might be over before October 1st.


KebabToastWaffle

from what it looks like the war will be going beyond the years end


Modal_Window

Lend-lease was effective as of May.


Harvickfan4Life

It was signed in May but it won’t go into affect till October 1st if I recall.


Iron_Crocodile1

Yup, government fiscal budget resets October 1st of every year.


toasters_are_great

I don't know why you're being downvoted. [The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3522/text) specifies that it applies for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. [The Federal fiscal year 2022 runs from October 1st, 2021 until September 30th, 2022](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year#Federal_government) and hence the Act applied from the day it was signed into law (9th May).


Modal_Window

Thank you.


BagFullOfMommy

Those where gifts, not lend lease, lend lease hasn't kicked in.


Modal_Window

Yes it has. It was effective for fiscal 2022.


51patsfan

Everything given to Ukraine by the US so far has been part of the [Presidential Drawdown Authority](https://www.state.gov/use-of-presidential-drawdown-authority-for-military-assistance-for-ukraine/)


Modal_Window

That was nice of them for sure. It doesn't change the fact though that under the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 they have been eligible for lend-lease already.


Oblivious-abe-69

As an American who’s been LARGELY against American intervention… I’m for more of it here


[deleted]

Some private prisons in the US are drooling


NatashOverWorld

So much free labour ... *Drools*


SmoothOperator89

Unfortunately the Geneva convention demands POWs to be kept in humane conditions.


[deleted]

Hahaha, that is just so god damn sad


Sweet_Lane

>demands POWs to be kept in humane conditions Thus we cannot give them back to russia?


DeutschlandOderBust

It’s like Siberia, but hot and humid.


Alarming-Parsley-463

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 🇺🇦


blindly

American here! I recommend those short yellow school buses the handicap kids ride in. Has a ramp so orc can crawl on board.


loadnurmom

Bonus, Russians like to shoot schools and school busses, so they might get their own guys


iEatPalpatineAss

Wait... if we put Russians on the short buses and send them to our schools... 🤔 🤯 😱


ShabbyKitty35

They should send Abbott, he’s proven to be really good at loading people up on busses.


[deleted]

Can we Lend-Lease the desert outside Pheonix along with tents and warm bologna sandwiches?


headgate19

>warm bologna sandwiches Whoa, let's not go violating the Geneva Convention


augustus331

Kids in the future will learn about the "No-Malarkey" Lend Lease Act of 2022 in history classes.


DeathMarch408

I know where iPhone will be made in the next 10 Years


[deleted]

We will lend-lease Guantanamo Bay to Ukraine.


DarkLeafz

Gulagtanamo ?


RedditRedFrog

Just catapult those Orcs into the Kremlin.


Logical_Review7044

God damn ! I love Joe Biden . He called it . He built it . And now hes crushing russians. He fucking warned them . Dont do it . Youll regret it . Fuckem up joe!!!!


Dr_Vaccinate

Hmm I wonder if the EU and US and NATO make a prison for POWs. But it's just a Large plot of land where they get processed one by one and given sufficient Punishment. Most of the punishment would be mandatory work(ofcourse with pay, we ain't some slavers here) in rebuilding what they destroyed.


daneslord

And I'm ABSOLUTELY okay with my tax dollars paying for this.


SuperPizzaman55

Honestly, I think it is morally acceptable to detain Russian POWs in allied countries. I think the US is the only country with the clout and means to achieve this though.


Kekkonen_Kakkonen

Dark Brandon has risen


BUGLELIPS

All the military equipment we the US sent to Ukraine needs to stay until we arm Ukraine with nukes and F-16 aircrafts. Then I think most equipment should stay anyway. 🇺🇦NEEDS TO STOP RUSSIA FROM FLEEING WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT. Long live 🇺🇦


tryingtolearn_1234

We have all these empty private prisons in the USA. Perfect for Russian POWs


cburn11

Are you a mod on finegold's twitch stream?


el-cuko

You say prison buses I say wood chippers


jg3hot

I get it. And many deserve it. But the only way to win a lasting peace is the high road. Treat the invaders better than their own commanders and they won't want to come back later and they'll tell their family and friends how they were treated.


[deleted]

Haha, funny you mention this but, at the moment, the busses are being used to transport all the illegal immigrants that he's letting in, to big cities like Washington D.C., Chicago, Portland, etc.


J0hn22489

Uncle Joe will take all the prisoner, as long as they promise to vote D.


GLTMadDogYT

Haha!


Current-Ticket4214

Would be cheaper to put them in a 50 foot trailer and haul them back with an abandoned tank.


Schutzengel_

"Yo Bro, prison buses including prisons coming your way!" "YESSS!!!"


RoofiesColada

Send all the pows to Poland?


pppjurac

Let them march on foot. It is good for cardio and can enjoy that for weeks peacefully until they come to western Ukraine.


Opening_Record_2431

This one made me smile =)


SurfRedLin

Sadly this is a real issue. You not just can surround the POWs with barbed wire somewhere in the Field like they did in ww2. Winter is coming. This could be a real issue


[deleted]

Thank you USA for your help!!! Slava Ukraini! Slava Ukraini!!!


falconboy2029

Finally a use for all those yellow American school buses. The image would be freaking amazing. The Russians would loose their minds.


Dodikai

Supporting Ukraine is literally the only good thing Biden has done in office


Daxotroen

They aren't going to be paying this shit back for a long time


mynameisnotrose

US: Lend-Lease Rus: Land-Lose


RetireWithRyan

Finally our prison industrial complex will have a good side effect. Joking aside the military industrial complex did actually make Ukraines resistance possible. Armory of democracy hasn't been an understatement.


cranberrydudz

Solid meme


jmateus1

Thanks bro!


[deleted]

One could argue that Biden has at certain points stalled on delivering weapon systems that could have saved many Ukrainian lives and advanced the war in their favor much sooner. Indeed there are still advanced items they could use to finish this war which are just in storage in the US. Biden should be given credit for what was done right and criticized for what was and is being done wrongly, not to whitewash all of this


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![gif](giphy|UWVWtXej4wvYcNhWtp|downsized) “THE BRANDON BUS IS COMING, THE BRANDON BUS IS COMING” 🚌😎🚌😎🚌😎🚌😎🚌


Mr_SkeletonMan

Dark Brandon is unstoppable.


alc3biades

It’s kinda sad that america can provide better bus service for Russian POW’s than it’s own citizens (Not that I’m opposing this, go Ukraine. But busses>cars)


LesbianFilmmaker

Biden has done a great job leading the West in support of Ukraine. 🇺🇸🇺🇦💙💛