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[–] ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip 43 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Such a fucking douche bag. It’s almost hard to comprehend how douchey one person could be.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 17 points 4 months ago

... and yet he's still a whole level of douche below the Uberduche that gave him the job

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

He reminds me of that asshole who was obsessed with Reese's and ending all net neutrality.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 13 points 4 months ago

The Drunkler leaving his calling cards over here like a Batman villain.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago
[–] SigMAN66@thelemmy.club 7 points 4 months ago

As the old saying goes “theirs no smoke without fire”, and Kash Patel always seems to have glazed over eyes (suffering from drinking too much, or having a hang over). But the questions is, who is paying for these so called “gifts” - it sure won’t be Kash Patel if anything he will be claiming back a huge amount for each gift he gives out.

[–] Monument@piefed.world 6 points 4 months ago

I bet he leaves those behind because Dennis Feinstein panned “Fresh Kash,” the cologne he created.

(Before anyone thinks I’m confusing Aziz Ansari’s Tom Haverford character from Parks and Rec with Kash Patel, please be assured that I think Kash Patel is confusing Tom Haverford with himself.)

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago

One thing not for sale is liquor, because liquor is something Patel gives away for free.

I think what this means is he just kept all the bourbon containing merchandise for himself, he just happens to give a bottle away occasionally.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I will never forget when he showed up in front of Congress for a budgetary discussion without a budget and said he would take whatever they gave him. That is not how it works and it is clear he was incapable of performing his job from the start. He should have been immediately fired after just this one example of his gross negligence.