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His independent White House campaign has fizzled, but the flow of bizarre stories of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s unorthodox handling of the carcasses of wild mammals has experienced no similar suspension.

An environmental group is calling for a federal investigation into the former presidential candidate for an episode in which he allegedly severed the head of a washed-up whale with a chainsaw – and drove home with it strapped to his car’s roof.

The episode has parallels with another extraordinary tale reported earlier in August in which Kennedy confessed to dumping a dead bear cub in New York’s Central Park and attempted to make it look like the animal was killed by a bicyclist.

The latest grisly revelation, about the whale head, is not particularly new – it stems from a 2012 interview Kennedy’s daughter Kick gave to Town & Country magazine, in which she talks about a visit to other family members of the political dynasty in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, more than two decades prior.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

The worst part IMO is using a chainsaw on a necrotizing, possibly rotten whale carcass. Chainsaws do not cut soft objects - like tissues - so much as they shred the hell out of them. That means a lot of splattered, fish-stench horror and fluids. And he probably didn't wear so much as a smock for protection.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I know the meme is Ted Cruz being the Zodiac killer, but are we sure it isn't actually RFK Jr?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Wrong coast. But considering the family said that he likes to "study" things like whale skulls, I wouldn't exactly be shocked if he had a human skull or two in his collection.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He likes to play among rotting carcasses... behind the bastards had a really interesting podcast about him.

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

Tried to give the show a listen. Couldn't get passed the terrible jokes and laughing and turned it off in less than 5 minutes. Any recommendations on a more serious show like Behind the Bastards?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

I say we make him americas next prime minister

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cards against humanity-ass title

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

It was already tough being in a world where it's hard to see the difference between the onion articles and actual news. Now we're on a completely new level where news can be the result of playing CAH. It's kinda funny until you stop to think how terrible it is.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Little know fact. A worm crawled into his skull and ate a piece of his brain. The brain then died, and that's RFK JR.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I heard his brain was so poisoned that the worm just died and was rotting in there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who is piloting that shit show of a man then? Perhaps a bear shed it skin for a laugh and slipped into his man suit?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe he’s like a jelly fish now. Just reacting to stimulus, and screaming nonsense is just like involuntary muscles twitching.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

He loves lamp.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Everyone around Trump seems to either end up in prison, a convicted felon, or in rare cases, dead. Funny how assholes and weirdos seem to gravitate to him.

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

I think it's a strategy to remove the focus on both trump himself and what hes campaign is missing (clear stances on lot of things).

Just get crazy headline-guys in the spotlight!

And it seems it's working.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

So... he's draining the swamp?!

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