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Conservationists Say 'Bizarre' Dead Bear Incident Proves 'Terrible' Judgment of RFK Jr. (www.commondreams.org)

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 months ago

If you haven’t read about it, do yourself a favor. I ignored it for quite a while because I don’t care, but that was a serious mistake. The whole account is wonderful.

The other thing I took away from it is that the NYPD homicide detectives (who, for some reason, were involved) sure know their stuff. They sorted out that it was hit by a car, died somewhere else (like pretty far away), and then someone moved it to Central Park. To me that was impressive.

Also, RFK Jr wants everyone to know that he was NOT drinking. Everyone else involved was drunk as shit. But not him, because he wouldn’t do that; that would clearly be a bad decision when you’re dropping a dead bear cub in a staged bicycle accident in Central Park.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I'm less concerned about dumping the dead bear in Central Park than I am with the decision making to even have a dead bear to dump.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)

His friend hit it with her car, and he decided he wanted to take the body home and cut it up for meat.

The decision to get out of your car and start fuckin' with the dead bear cub's body, just assuming that it has no family in the area, seems to me like honestly the most serious mistake of the entire bad idea adventure.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Okay but to me that falls apart when it’s followed up with ‘oh I have a flight to catch I better just dump it in central fucking park’

If you knew there were plans you can’t miss, you definitely don’t have time to dress and butcher a bear.

Guy’s friends we’re all drunk but he super defininitely wasn’t? Was one of the drunk friends driving?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

cocaine makes all of it make sense

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

And the worm.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Rfk jr has been pretty actively in recovery after a bad heroin and LSD addiction. He's been, in the public, known to be this crazy since he was a kid. IMO if he relapsed he'd be dead and it wouldn't be cocaine.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are we sure his "friend" isn't just him?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

His worm friend.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Possibly getting brain worms might be the worst part.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Im flabbergasted about needing to put a bicycle next to it for some reason. They added that to their "plan".

These people were also full grown 60 year old adults.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Bicycles: notorious bear killers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

The whole thing is a remarkable string of bad decisions. I'm a little impressed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

One of his hobbies when he was younger was hanging out with his hawk (who may or may not have been trained to kill cops) next to a pit full of rotting cow carcasses. It blows my mind that anyone would consider someone this unhinged a viable candidate for president.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It was the brain worms directing him.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Possibly how he got the brain worms, to be honest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I heard the worm was killed and removed. Seems to have left some spectacular damage though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

This happened like 10 years ago, so the worms were just digging in back then perhaps.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I thought that said conservatives and was surprised they actually care about a person's judgement

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Wow thank you. That's what I read it as too, and I was thinking oh this is where they draw the line with this wacko?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Hint: they only do if it gives them the upper hand..

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Lying liar tells the truth about something and it’s even worse for him. Fuck this piece of shit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Jeez, is he using orange pancake makeup too? FFS.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

It is depressingly effective if you've got that pallid veiny translucent thing old white people get.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think I saw Biden using it as well 🫣

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Lies!

Wait, really? Where??

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Any one who goes on under television studio lights will be wearing pancake makeup.

Otherwise you look incredibly pale and freakish. Trump being orange has more to do with horrible make up (and possibly interactions with bronzer)

Yes. This includes your favorite beefcake action hero.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Trump wears an excessive amount of bronzer. Not always, but when he plans to make public appearances he does for sure. There are a few photos out there, usually of him at his golf resorts where he thinks he's safe from the paparazzi and they snap some candid shots of his pale, pallid looking skin, unkempt hair, and even eczema sores. Dude is super vain about it, but honestly, the mock-ups of him without all the work required to keep his signature look - the hair plugs, the bronzer, the TV makeup, etc. actually make him look more like his age and a bit more relatable from a... I dunno, human perspective?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Haha. It was from an interview. Also I don't say it to spread lies.. I liked the guy. I'm not a Trump sucker.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's from the interview with George Stephanopoulos: https://youtu.be/0kpibhlagG0?si=Qqh0ina5bTIoPcXC

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Mmm I dunno, that looks like regular “tv interview” makeup. There’s three problems with it:

it matches the color of his hands
there’s no ridiculous “raccoon eyes” or clown-face border
he’s not in public screaming about immigrants poisoning the blood of the nation

Although admittedly that last one may be subjective

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

🤣

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The 4 part series that Behind the Bastards just did on him is fascinating. What a strange dude!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Indeed. Like thinking that the government is planting data chips in vaccines..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Say there are some things conservatives in the rest of us can agree on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The headline doesn't say conservatives.
I thought it did too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

And they are not wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

that was the giveaway, huh? Not... you know, everything else that's come out of his mouth?

[+] [email protected] -15 points 3 months ago (5 children)

So the bear was already dead and rather than miss his flight he decided to dump it somewhere that other people would have to deal with it? I get that it isn't the right thing to do, but this is rather minor in the grand scheme of things that messed up politicians do. I know people love to hate on anyone that they think takes votes away from Democrats. I know Biden is no longer running but I can give you a list of things Biden did that is way more awkward than this and no one here would have said a thing. Heck, they would have been calling people fascist for pointing them out.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

DUMPING A DEAD BABY BEAR SOMEWHERE IS NOT NORMAL.

Do you honestly think this is no big deal behavior? This shit is weird af, not normal "I'm gonna miss my flight" shit???

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever hit an animal? I never said it was normal. I said it was already dead and that there are far bigger issues to worry about. Is it weird that Biden is okay giving Israel more weapons being used to slaughter children?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Why are you talking about Biden?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He could have called someone..

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Or not scavenged a dead bear to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can give you a list of things Biden did that is way more awkward than this and no one here would have said a thing

Sure, I'll bite. Name even one things that Biden has ever done that is more awkward than leaving a dead bear in central park.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Sending weapons to a country using them to kill tens of thousands of women & children.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

He's supposed to be a big environmentalist. That's one of the ways he's selling himself.

I would suggest this is not the way for an environmentalist to behave.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Bro, it would be one thing if he hit the bear and just left it there. Accidents happen. Heck, I could even understand talking the body with him, especially if he intended to make use of it's skin/meat (waste not, and all that). But the point where I draw the line is when he decided that his not-drunken actions have inconvenienced him and he irresponsibly dumped the bear in central park, rather than taking it somewhere to be disposed of properly. Say nothing of the attempt to stage it as a bike accident as a joke. True psychopath behavior right there.