Members Suckrates Posted February 12 Members Posted February 12 "Some of the things I say will be Incorrect" - Musk Then WHY say it in the first place, asshole ? "We will make mistakes" - Musk Peoples lives are at stake here, asshole. Stable Genius and stevenkesslar 2 Quote
Stable Genius Posted February 13 Posted February 13 The State Department was planning to buy $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” later this year, according to its 2025 procurement forecast, a document outlining projections of anticipated contracts, which was published in December. But after reports emerged on Wednesday of the potential for conflict of interest given Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s prominent role in the Trump Administration, the document was updated, removing mention of Tesla and changing the line item to “Armored Electric Vehicles” instead. ~~ TIME ~~ stevenkesslar 1 Quote
Members Pete1111 Posted February 14 Members Posted February 14 Who knows why he is so wretched? Perhaps a guilty conscience? Projecting ones own sins onto others is a common playbook for the MAGA crowd Elon Musk calls British diver in Thai cave rescue 'pedo' in baseless attack stevenkesslar 1 Quote
Members stevenkesslar Posted February 14 Author Members Posted February 14 2 hours ago, Pete1111 said: Who knows why he is so wretched? Perhaps a guilty conscience? Projecting ones own sins onto others is a common playbook for the MAGA crowd Elon Musk calls British diver in Thai cave rescue 'pedo' in baseless attack Thank you for posting that. Like the whole world, that cave story and its happy ending completely captured me. I was not aware of the Musk part. And if I did see that mentioned in an article at the time I probably would have thought, "Oh, it was nice that he offered to help." The thing that jumped out at me when I recently researched why he started his war with the FAA is that he argued that delays caused by his violations of FAA safety standards were going to stop people from being able to travel to the moon. It was messianic. How many people are worried about that? House Republicans decided today we literally will take food off the table of working class families who are hurting and who use SNAP so that Musk can deduct the cost of his private jet. Can we focus on that instead of trips to the moon? That said, it is at least relatable that some guy like Musk doesn't like government regulations. Or taxes. So this has the same thing, only way more extreme. Even if I assume his submarine could have fit through narrow passages, which it sounds like it couldn't, so what? This "pedo" helped save the lives of children. But Musk had to be the messiah. I'm God. And if you thwart me you are damned. That scares me. The cruelty of it is amazing. Musk described USAID as "all worms". No mention of what Bill Gates goes to instinctively. These efforts are at the center of a humanitarian network that saves lives. And millions will die if they are fully dismantled. What makes it worse still is that article is one more piece of evidence that, even on the technological part, Musk doesn't have a fucking clue what he is talking about. He has no heart. But it was assumed that he has a brain. The idea that this guy is the genius who will make things work better has less credibility by the day. Pete1111 1 Quote
Members stevenkesslar Posted February 14 Author Members Posted February 14 On 2/12/2025 at 1:07 PM, Suckrates said: "Some of the things I say will be Incorrect" - Musk Then WHY say it in the first place, asshole ? "We will make mistakes" - Musk Peoples lives are at stake here, asshole. Quote Your tax dollars need to be spent wisely on the things that matter to the people. I mean, these things—it's just common sense. - President Elon Musk. That is my favorite President Musk line. If he believed that, he would resign or be fired immediately. If he believed in democracy, or the rule of law, he would do the same. In a different post, I cited polls about the more unknown or politically vulnerable agencies. In this post I'll mention some other ones. The EPA. 62 % approval. The Postal Service. 70 % approval. As I said in another post, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has 50 % approval, and only 19 % disapproval. Even USAID has 46 % approval, and only 30 % disapproval. After a completely dishonest attempt by Musk to say children helped by USAID are "worms" and efforts to save them are left-wing or terrorist or whatever. The good thing I can say about DOGE is that it has 42 % approval and 38 % disapproval. That's net positive, barely. So I don't think Americans oppose the idea of government efficiency. But Musk himself is now 52 % disapproval and 42 % disapproval. Buckle up, Elon. I think another crash landing is imminent. By Musk's own standards and logic, he needs to go. People do want their tax dollars spent wisely. That means not on him. It's just common sense. Pete1111 1 Quote
Members stevenkesslar Posted February 14 Author Members Posted February 14 5 hours ago, Pete1111 said: Who knows why he is so wretched? Walter Isaacson does! I know this is three posts in a row. But I was curious. So I went to YouTube and found this. Isaacson is one of my favorite interviewers. And here he is actually the subject of the interview as Musk's biographer. It's a great interview that sheds light on why Musk is so wretched. There is even a name for it: "demon mode". Kudos to Isaacson. He actually made me feel empathy for a guy who can feel no empathy. Or at least sucks at it. And I feel empathy for three of Musk's kids. The one who died. The queer one who is alive who he treats as dead. And the one he brought to the Oval Office. I did think having his child there was a really weird thing to do, for several reasons. First and foremost because I doubt Trump really appreciated it. When did you see Trump use Barron as a prop in his first term? And I'm not a psychologist. But watching this interview my conclusion was Musk really wants so badly not to be his abusive father. Even though it matches seamlessly with the abuse his queer child says Musk dished out to her. Very sad. This just reinforces why Musk will fail. There's an argument to be made that to be great at business, you have to be a tyrant. Especially when you want to disrupt, and be the guy who takes us to infinity and beyond. But it is just a very bad match for government. People don't want "demon mode". They want stability. I think that explains why he is getting a negative reaction, quickly, and it will just get worse. Women already view him 58 % unfavorable, 33 % favorable. Men still view him 51 % favorable. But wait until he starts to talk about cutting the shit they care about. Wretched is indeed the word. Pete1111 and lookin 2 Quote
Members Suckrates Posted February 14 Members Posted February 14 13 minutes ago, bucknaway said: 96d06b52ba54f1eeb14d73ab07061c3b.mp4 This was PROVEN FAKE NEWS by Rachel Maddow last night, who broke down the operations of 2 separate Reuters companies that were being conflated as one. Its President Musk and Trumps goal to confuse the public. All rabid MAGA does is listen to the HEADLINE. They are not interested in the story OR the facts. If they did, they would quickly realize the shit being fed to them is FALSE. Buyer Beware of fake info coming your way. Dont let them GASLIGHT you..... check out Rachel Maddow 2/13/25. stevenkesslar 1 Quote
Members Pete1111 Posted February 14 Members Posted February 14 6 hours ago, stevenkesslar said: Walter Isaacson does! I know this is three posts in a row. But I was curious. So I went to YouTube and found this. Isaacson is one of my favorite interviewers. And here he is actually the subject of the interview as Musk's biographer. It's a great interview that sheds light on why Musk is so wretched. There is even a name for it: "demon mode". Kudos to Isaacson. He actually made me feel empathy for a guy who can feel no empathy. Or at least sucks at it. And I feel empathy for three of Musk's kids. The one who died. The queer one who is alive who he treats as dead. And the one he brought to the Oval Office. I did think having his child there was a really weird thing to do, for several reasons. First and foremost because I doubt Trump really appreciated it. When did you see Trump use Barron as a prop in his first term? And I'm not a psychologist. But watching this interview my conclusion was Musk really wants so badly not to be his abusive father. Even though it matches seamlessly with the abuse his queer child says Musk dished out to her. Very sad. This just reinforces why Musk will fail. There's an argument to be made that to be great at business, you have to be a tyrant. Especially when you want to disrupt, and be the guy who takes us to infinity and beyond. But it is just a very bad match for government. People don't want "demon mode". They want stability. I think that explains why he is getting a negative reaction, quickly, and it will just get worse. Women already view him 58 % unfavorable, 33 % favorable. Men still view him 51 % favorable. But wait until he starts to talk about cutting the shit they care about. Wretched is indeed the word. Thank you for sharing the biographer interview. "Demon mode" must come with risk. Thinking how demon leaders of the past have wrought so much terrible suffering, e.g. Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and so on, one might worry how Musk could magnify the damage wrought by Trump. Would Musk have any sway over defense policy? As the biographer explained, with Starlink and Ukraine, that can happen. We should worry. His design-for-manufacture algorithm to reduce costs by eliminating requirements might raise a bunch of red flags. Sure it might be OK as he said if a few rockets blow up. But when will it not ok, e.g. the Challenger disaster, our functioning democracy, our global alliances? stevenkesslar and lookin 2 Quote
Members stevenkesslar Posted February 14 Author Members Posted February 14 2 hours ago, bucknaway said: 96d06b52ba54f1eeb14d73ab07061c3b.mp4 Why are you celebrating Trump's attacks on "LGBT activism"? Why are you celebrating Trump's attacks on "LGBT activism"? Why are you celebrating Trump's attacks on "LGBT activism"? Why are you celebrating Trump's attacks on "LGBT activism"? Why are you celebrating Trump's attacks on "LGBT activism"? You posted this Tik Tok video of Trump's "wins" he has delivered on behalf of me, and the American people. It says he is going after "LGBT activism." Is opposing "LGBT activism" a win? What kind of activism? Support for same sex marriage? Are you trying to normalize Gay hate? Do you hate Gay men? Why do you think 48 % of Americans, including probably most Gay men, already disapprove of what Trump is doing? Did you celebrate Gay hate before it was cool? Why do you support Trump's attacks on "LGBT activism"? Are you happy that Trump is rolling back decades of Gay progress? Speak, cruel coward. Explain why you seem to support normalizing Gay hate. Trump’s Anti-DEI Edicts Just Scared a Big Sponsor Away From a Major Pride Event Booz Allen’s decision to cancel a sponsorship ought to worry anyone who cares about Washington culture. Quote
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Members stevenkesslar Posted Monday at 04:58 AM Author Members Posted Monday at 04:58 AM On 2/14/2025 at 7:57 AM, bucknaway said: 96d06b52ba54f1eeb14d73ab07061c3b.mp4 And this is a great example of the delusion. In case anyone is wondering what the trail of videos and lies and hate today was about, @FuckNJoy posted probably dozens of videos at a clip of maybe one per minute. Even by his standards of hate and deceit, it was actually quite laudable. He's nowhere near as cruel or effective as President Musk or First Lady Trump. Dolts like him are basically doing a great job slowly alienating Americans with lies and hate. But he is good at posting videos. After all, no need to figure out if they are fair or truthful. I didn't watch this one until just now. What a piece of shit. It is pure @FuckNJoy. Stupid bullshit that is just gonna boomerang. First of all, what is wrong with this guy's eyes? Maybe the toxic build up of lies and hate damages your vision eventually? What Ron Howard tweeted about is a Reuters article documenting how all these cuts are based on ideology, not cost effectiveness. It didn't take a genius to figure that out. Then Musk, having succeeded at killing the FAA chief and a bunch of innocent passengers, hauled ass against Reuters with lies. The money was granted not to Reuters, but a subsidiary of Reuters. It was to stop phishing and cyberattacks. And, the contracts started during ....................... wait for it ......................... wait for it .................................. the Presidency of a radical left-winger named Donald Trump, in 2018. The money that went to the subsidiary to prevent cyberattacks was given out in 2018, under Trump, in 2019, under Trump, in 2020, under Trump, and then the rest under Biden. It's a perfect example of the cynicism, bullshit, and cruelty that President Musk and First Lady Trump are vomiting on America and the world. While Trump is POTUS, his government pays a Reuters subsidiary to help the US counter online deception. Then his special interest billionaire donor lies out of his cruel, child-hating ass and uses it to spread online deception. What assholes. They are incapable of telling the truth, tolerating public safety standards, or paying their taxes like most Americans. There is an upside. Since this happened under Trump in 2018, is it possible President Musk could use this to fire First Lady Trump? Quote
