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Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 84.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 84 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Satan when he gets there:

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[–] Asmodeus_Krang@infosec.pub 57 points 21 hours ago

May all his organ donors finally rest in peace.

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 50 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't forgotten all the suffering this man caused. I hope he enjoys those flames in hell. I still can't believe he was an honored guest on the Dem national platform because Trump is evil. One less war criminal more to go.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 17 hours ago

I hope he enjoys those flames in hell

Wouldn't that be nice? If only...

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 46 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

One of the chief architects of our current fascist state, only fighting against it when it became clear he was not going to be in charge of it. A vile person who exploited American grief in order to profiteer on the deaths of millions. Fuck him and good riddance.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

He didn't even "fight against it." His daughter, who is still a piece of shit, might have. Kind of.

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[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 36 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Ah the good old times when we thought it couldn't get any eviler than Cheney...

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago

We thought Haliburton was so evil. It was. And now everything else is evil too.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 32 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Death's claw machine grabs another prize.

[–] Ancalagon@lemmy.world 23 points 22 hours ago

Rest in piss

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 23 points 21 hours ago

If there is anyone who deserves to eternally burn in a perpetual form of suffering in an afterlife, its this piece of shit human being.

[–] CatAssTrophy@safest.space 20 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Ding Dong the Dick is dead, the wicked Dick. Which old Dick? The wicked Dick.

He's gone below where the goblins go.

[–] mmcintyre@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago

You posted this a few seconds before I read it, which means Ding Dong the Dick is Dead likely was playing in both our heads at the same time! I wish it was possible to know many people heard (or sang!) that song just now.

[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago
[–] GaryGhost@lemmy.world 17 points 19 hours ago

Rest in piss

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 16 points 21 hours ago (7 children)

. He was 84.

it's always the worst who leave the last

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[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 14 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

This just doesn't have the same punch I was hoping it would when reading.

Needs a few dozen others in the obituary now.

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

He's not even top 10 any more.

[–] IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago

BREAKING NEWS

SATAN CALLS CABINET MEETING WITH LORDS OF HELL. FEARS OF COUP EVIDENT WITH PRESENCE OF KISSINGER. RECENT ARRIVAL OF CHENEY.

[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Not a religious or spiritual sort, but from the first time I saw him during the election as VP candidate, I truly sensed evil. Good riddance

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 18 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

Yes. Not to whitewash GWB at all but Cheney was the true evil of that administration

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 14 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It was clear to anyone paying attention. GWB was a patsy. Doddering idiot.

By all accounts he had a good heart, but terrible friends and family.

Cheney took the opportunity to run the presidency from the shadows, and did great evil in GWB's name.

With that said, they both barely hold a candle to the evil of the current admin.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Don't give GWB that much credit, he was playing up the bumbling idiot schtick as a smokescreen for what was going on behind the scenes

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago

Certainly could be true.

He did evil, whether he was putting on a show for it or genuinely an idiot, he performed a lot of evil.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

He lost his first campaign because he was “that egghead from Harvard.”

He certainly recalibrated and leaned into a fake Texan accent after that.

Whether he is an actual bumblefuck I can’t say. He’s certainly a legacy admission.

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Satan's new assistant.

Probably.

He'll have to defeat Kissinger to win that title.

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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This should be news in Iraq.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I hope the guy that threw his shoes at Bush has a very good day.

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[–] TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 9 points 18 hours ago

Lol at least my day is a little bit brighter

The neocons were some of the most dangerous because they were smart and quiet. Now our dangerous right wingers are zealous and stupid and loud. Which…I mean, neither are good. Fascists gonna fascist

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 8 points 21 hours ago

Fucking finally.

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

'member the ole days when they were just evil.

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

When they committed their evil outside of the country on foreign soil where it didn't directly affect you

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

Quail shaped humans can rest peacefully now

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

"influential"—his "influence" was war crimes. He was a war criminal vice president.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

Too little too late

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Many will forget that in the wake of Nixon's resignation, WH staffers Cheney and Roger Ailes decided that it was the fault of the "liberal Hollywood media" for relentlessly hammering the Republicans (for their crimes).

So they conceived a Conservative Propaganda Machine to get their message out. First they found Rush Limbaugh, and started to syndicate him across the country. Conservative talk radio was everywhere, but several limited by the Fairness Doctrine.

Reagan abolished the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, and instantly radio stations across the country went to 24 hour conservative talk, with Limbaugh as the anchor.

In the early 90s, with Roger Ailes producing, they tried a 30 minute TV show, to run following the news, so conservative viewers didn't have to go from the news directly to a late night talk show bashing Republicans. It ran for about a year, but they quit because it too much for Rush to do a 3 hour live radio show, then a half hour live TV show, but it was proof of concept.

With that success, they launched Fox News in 1977, and that became the tentpole of the Conservative Propaganda Machine.

[–] OmegaMan@lemmings.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If they had a time machine the whole time why bother with all this?

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[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 16 hours ago

You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . [Dick Cheney] is dead. Good.

  • slightly paraphrased Bette Davis
[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (4 children)

I always thought of him as the guy who destroyed Iraq so he could make money off of Halliburton rebuilding it.

Also, he shot his duck hunting buddy in the face.

Not a fascist though. He was certainly no friend to dictator Saddam.

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

Fuck that bitch

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago

This is a sad day. A war criminal died without ever having to pay for his crimes.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

Thank fucking entropy.

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