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atomheartbevo

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  1. Analyzing Musk and his "American Party" - Musk could probably get all of the crypto bros, libertarians, etc. on board, but could he get them to actually get out and vote? Musk is pushing the idea that Trump/MAGA are supporting illegal immigrants getting government benefits with the new budget, so there's a whole lot of people confused right now.
  2. Musk had this to say: If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day. Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE. And then somebody mentioned Bannon going after SpaceX on behalf of Trump, and Musk said this: Bannon is going back to prison. This time for a long time. Musk again: What good is Doge saving $160B when this bill increases the debt ceiling by $5T? It makes mockery of the work. And how are we supposed to reach Mars if America goes de facto bankrupt? And then Trump was asked by a reporter (Musk retweeted the video): REPORTER: "Are you going to deport Elon Musk?" TRUMP: "We'll have to take a look. We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? The monster that might have to go back and eat Elon. Wouldn’t that be terrible? He gets a lot of subsidies." ---------------------------- Musk is having a day, and I doubt Trump forgot the Epstein comment either, but regardless, Musk says he'll help fund Massie to stay in Congress after Trump said he would get him kicked out.
  3. Did he really? Woulnd't surprise me at this point.
  4. Let's hope it's not 77-0 (which was so amazingly beautiful) but is more like 7-8 overtimes. Musk is now going hard on twitter after Trump and MAGA in the Congress, and he's publicly backing/retweeting/etc. all of the Republicans who are opposing Trump on the budget - Massie, Rand Paul, etc. And he's retweeting Scott Adams, who was reiterating that Musk was going to primary every Republican who supports this bill, and a lot of other people.
  5. There's a potential for them to wreck his companies, and for him to wreck some of them in the primaries. So maybe?
  6. It's going to be a ride.
  7. I have a friend who has a real-estate company in the Austin area (she's got a franchise or however that works). She can easily see the parent company, who already has a bunch of developers working on adding AI to all of their tools/websites, doing away with franchises, and just having a main corporate office, and a handful of employees in each city who handle any face-to-face stuff that's needed (final walk-throughs, etc.). She said there is so much in the real estate industry that could be automated on the financial side (planning, mortgage work, etc.) or done online remotely (and some already is) and the research side. That's a whole helluva lot of people who might go to D.C. in the future and try and stage an insurrection.
  8. Exactly. And Musk spent a few months within Trump's inner orbit, so he knows how temperamental Trump is, and that very few people who piss Trump off get back within his good graces, and he knows how Trump targets/goes after his enemies. Honestly, I think Musk is scared. If he's serious about ponying up to defeat a lot of Republicans next year, there's no coming back from that - you get one chance, and if doesn't pull it off, MAGA in Congress will act against Tesla, Starlink, SpaceX, etc. And don't think Boeing and the other old-school aerospace industry types aren't already running a whisper campaign against Musk, probably bringing up everything from his behavior to his public drug use to potential security risks in regard to his international ties. He could easily turbofuck SpaceX in the process of going after supporters of this bill.
  9. If he loses the profitability of Tesla, that’s pretty much his ATM. That’s why there is talk of him merging it with Twitter/xAI. He needs that revenue. If those tax credits and carbon credits and potential contracts go away, it’s actually bad for him. I expect some public meltdowns in the coming days. And Trump is going to be furious that Musk is challenging his legacy. Trump made the threat last week, and Musk called his bluff. Even though I’m on Surly, I’m not an expert, but if the NTSB/NHSA refused any more self-driving recommendations or certifications or whatever they do when it comes to self-driving, for Tesla, I would imagine that would mean a lot of insurance companies walking away from Tesla owners.
  10. He’s absolutely going to fuck with them. That bill is a big fuck you to DOGE, and it’s seriously threatening the profitability of Tesla (that and the CyberTruck probably). That’s why I never understood his embrace of the right, I get the libertarian thing, a lot of white makes go through that phase in their life. But a lot in the GOP have been gunning for the EV makers for years, and he should have known that. They openly talked about ditching the tax credits and carbon credits. I would bet money that lobbyists in his company or the EV industry in general put a lot of effort into preserving all of those tax breaks and stuff to help them be profitable and help their customers afford those cars. Leopards eating faces and all of that.
  11. Well, at least they didn't mention the two biggest cliches of the book [spioler] That Gosling's character is actually a clone named Mickey, that they have a bunch more of him stowed away onboard. or that he's living in a training simulation in earth orbit, and that they never got to make the attempt because the Sun and all of the other stars died before they ever built the full ship. [/spoiler] Edit: Never mind, wrong book.
  12. Would you trust a bunch of camera-only Teslas driving down the highway at 75mph, and then all of the sudden an 18-wheeler passes them, casting a shadow over them and spooking the whole herd? Or the cameras/computer misjudging a corner?
  13. May have been cheaper license. I don’t know how that works, but I would assume that the trademark still existed.
  14. How would you like to be the person who got paid to lather sunscreen all over him
  15. It would require a bigger discussion, but he's always been a little weird about people who are a lot richer than he is. With that said, he publicly told Musk he better watch himself and not go after Republicans, or there would be "serious consequences" so he's flexed on Musk. I think he's actually sensitive about the FSD stuff, and NTSB putting it out there that Tesla sucks would bug the shit out of him, especially since he didn't get it fully shut down with the DOGE bullshit.
  16. Probably has a decent chance - Trump will want to look like he's strong, he's probably pissed that the Russians have been talking shit about his decision to bomb Iran.
  17. Yep. Half of us here would admit to wanting to bang Sarah Silverman. The other half wouldn't admit it.
  18. They really did. I haven’t caught up on the thread, but I’m guessing the other middle-aged guys like me remember Parker and a shitload of us had those wonderful Pirates caps. I remember when I was in the 6th grade, a classmate was loudly talking about how Parker belonged in the Hall of Fame, and the teacher got pissed and got in a fight with him and said Parker would only get in when he’s dead. What grown-ass adult gets in a fist fight with a kid in the 6th grade because the kid likes the Pirates? Probably a fucking Cincinnati Reds fan, that’s who.
  19. Yeah, he really thought they cared about what he cared about when the reality is that they only like his money. If he wants to keep tossing hundreds of millions at the GOP, they might listen to him, but it sounds like that bridge was burned. He’s realizing he is going to have to go scorched earth on the GOP and get some of them out of office to get any of those benefits, breaks, or subsidies back. But Trump publicly warned him not to go after Republicans or he would pay for it. What is the richest alpha male in the world to do?
  20. This stuff will keep the lawyers busy. No idea on the line between satire and copyright/trademark theft. And some of it is…inappropriate like this
  21. This when it comes out
  22. If you watch LGR reviews on YouTube, he talks about building old systems with original parts and how expensive it is. A shitload of systems/components had problems (capacitors) and were trashed, or were scrapped for metals or whatever, or because there was a period of rapid advancements, a lot of stuff was churned through quickly - like extremely noticeable differences on a yearly basis. And there is a serious community of people out there who play their favorite games on period-accurate systems.
  23. Or post on a message forum full of Captain Dickheads
  24. Fuck, I had a $50 Regal Cinemas gift-card somebody gave me. Think I lost at the house of this gal I'm banging on the side.
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