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Zorro

(18,322 posts)
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 11:02 AM Nov 3

Navy Accidentally Strikes Superyacht Carrying Clarence Thomas Near Venezuela

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—The US Navy struck a superyacht carrying Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, as it cruised off the coast of Venezuela, the Pentagon confirmed on Sunday.

As Navy divers searched for the Thomases, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the sinking of the 160-foot-long luxury vessel “an honest mistake.”

“When you’re going after narcoterrorists, every now and then you’re going to hit a Supreme Court justice,” he said.

At the White House, Donald Trump took a break from surveying demolition of the East Wing to comment on Thomas, stating, “He had a good run.”

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/navy-accidentally-strikes-superyacht

Don't I wish...

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Traildogbob

(12,471 posts)
4. Actually
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 11:06 AM
Nov 3

If drug runners used super yachts they would never be stopped or targeted. They would get the billionaires exception level Law enforcement.

barbtries

(31,098 posts)
3. shit.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 11:05 AM
Nov 3

took me a second. which was kinda dumb of me actually. i'm sure their yacht is anchored somewhere besides an area where the US military is murdering people and warmongering.

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,555 posts)
5. I had a feeling that this was either The Onion or The Borowitz Report,
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 11:08 AM
Nov 3

I figured we couldn't be that lucky.

The sad this is that the incompetence of this regime makes this believable.

moondust

(21,180 posts)
10. Uh oh. Clarence gonna need a new superyacht.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:12 PM
Nov 3

He better give Harlan and the oligarchs whatever they want so he can get one that's bigger and fancier this time.

erronis

(22,505 posts)
14. I know hegseth is a drunk incompetent but the missile personnel are usually close to target
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:48 PM
Nov 3

Don't think Clarence and Ginnie would be survivors. And think of the sharks!

lastlib

(27,433 posts)
12. Why does this have to be Borowitz??
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:42 PM
Nov 3

In my fondest dream, it would've been breaking news on MSNBC.

erronis

(22,505 posts)
13. Don't forget that trump wants evidence destroyed... and he also wants to appoint a much younger justice
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:46 PM
Nov 3

Might be Borowitz but I'm sure some nasty people are gaming some alternatives.

NNadir

(37,202 posts)
16. For the first time in my life, I want that corrupt piece of shit Thomas to live longer.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:53 PM
Nov 3

Kavanaugh, also a pig, is younger. Consider that.

At this point, with the Constitution in the trash, can if at some point democracy is restored in this country we will need a new Constitution.

Lifetime appointments need to go on this court, and they who serve on it need to subject to the rule of law themselves.

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