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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Trump doesn’t really care about cutting govt spending. He cares about power. Once he’s cut some govt workers in retribution, his attention will go elsewhere. he may have to put up with Elon because Elons money and his willingness to spend it can keep the congress GOP in line. They don’t want Elon supporting a primary opponent.
  2. Mace claims that she saw dozens of nude photos of underage girls on her fiancé's phone, as well as 10,000s of videos depicting assaults of women. If she failed to take this information immediately to the police dept, which there should be records, shouldn't she herself be investigated?
  3. There isn't an expectation of privacy on a city street. A cop could be on every street corner writing down license plate numbers as they drive by. I would like to know how the data is used. It wouldn't take much processing power to analyze this in real time and build a database of where a vehicle is and has been. Courts would be interested in understanding where the cameras are distributed across the city.
  4. Musk made an unsolicited bid to buy OpenAI for $97.4 billion. Altman (OpenAI) responded that he's offering $9.74B to buy Twitter. (Remember Elon paid $45B) Of course, Musk only has to convince Trump to declare an AI national emergency, and confiscate control of Open AI.
  5. I recommend what I wrote in an early post: drop caffeine (sucks the first 2 weeks), general exercise and 15-20 minutes of light yoga when I first wake up. I also try taking a break a few times per day to focus on breathing: How to Perform Box Breathing: Sit or lie in a comfortable position: Close your eyes if you wish. Breathe in slowly through your nose for a count of four. Hold your breath for a count of four. Exhale slowly through your mouth for a count of four. Hold your breath again for a count of four. Repeat steps 2-5 for as many rounds as desired. I can't say what exactly has lowered my BP 10 points but I'm hoping to get off lisinopril with my next doc appointment.
  6. I realize that he struggles to tie his shoelaces.
  7. Find it hard to get worked up over this. The decision should have been made 20 years ago but the rumor is the IL politicians didn’t want to get rid of it due to Lincoln being oh the penny. Given that so many payments are electronic, it won’t matter to for many consumers. it also doesn’t ban the penny, we just won’t make more. As they become more scarce, just round the change down.
  8. Off topic but how are insurance companies pricing comprehensive coverage for teslas in FSD mode? Taking your hands off the wheel would seem to me that you’re invalidating your coverage. There should be a reasonable expectation by the insurance companies that you are in fact controlling your vehicle. as a non-Tesla driver, I don’t want my rates to go up covering this crap.
  9. I had forgotten about Kyle. Surprised that he isnt working as one of DOGE’s wunderkinds.
  10. Why is Elon so thin in that cartoon? Hes more like the guy in the couch.
  11. Why should we believe the judge’s orders will be followed? If Elon and to a lesser extent, Treasury secretary, still want Elon to access the data, they will.
  12. I was talking to an acquaintance who I believe voted for Trump 3x due to “economic issues.” She’s fairly senior at a business/tech consulting firm which mainly works in the O&G space. They have very little exposure to federal contracts. I was asking her of the fall out for the consulting firms who are dependent on federal contracts. I let her work thru the logic that at the macro level that those firms will pivot to the private industry consulting. And at the micro level, the DOGE impact will flood her market and level with very experienced people. Why pay her mid-high 6 figures when similar experienced people will settle for half that.
  13. Not to mention that as fewer and fewer people buy new teslas, Tesla will have no choice but to either drastically lower manufacturing or slash new vehicle prices. Dropping manufacturing is drastic so lower prices would be the first option. If new cars drop 10%, that will push used vehicles prices even more.
  14. As acts of vandalism rise with Teslas, the cost of insuring a Tesla will too. Insurance companies will calculate expected increases of replacing windshields or repainting, so even if a owner’s Tesla is ok in the garage, money will be flowing out of their pocket books. as for Tesla dealerships itself, they will have costs going up with more security and higher insurance costs. Or higher repair overhead if they self insure.
  15. It wouldn’t surprise me if Tesla owners start seeing their cars surprisingly modified, like a broken windshield, when they have it in a parking lot or garage. As the fed govt cuts spending, it ultimately leads to private companies cutting jobs. Guy loses his job, walks out of a bar and sees a shiny model 3 next to his car. Doesn’t take much for the nearby rock to crack a windshield. Or walk by a Tesla, and a house key puts a long scratch down the side. vandalism is wrong but people will take their anger out on teslas. There’s a reason people in Michigan didn’t buy Japanese cars in the 70s-90s. no one cares that you like to keep cars forever and that it predates Elon’s public nazism. Your wife is supporting Elon and his actions by driving the model 3. Its that simple.
  16. Every day I’m thinking less and less of someone who drives a Tesla. Yes I understand getting rid of it does nothing to financially hurt Elon. And may financially impact the car owner. However at some point you have to decide what is more important, your morals or a few dollars. and from a practical standpoint the Tesla market may dry up soon. today could be a good day to sell a Tesla while there are buyers who are paying current market prices. In a year if not months, very few may want it.
  17. Very telling that many of the ICE raids are occurring at schools and work places. If you needed to round up American citizens, for whatever reason, I assume that a work place would be one of the last places to find Americans.
  18. Why are you in prison? I defrauded an innkeeper.
  19. Late reply on my part but this is the goal. There is a conservative movement that we should eliminate public schools. This allows for lower taxes and more religious schools.
  20. You’re weird. Do you bookmark every thing or everyone that you hold a grudge about. I’m glad that I have more going on with my life to not fixate on every comment that I disagree with.
  21. I get sick of the left taking the high road. Michelle Obama was completely wrong in her famous quote. Whenever referring to Nancy Mace, the left should refer to as Representative DEI admission. Put it back in her face that she needed the courts to allow her into the Citadel. And when the GOP chair admonishes them, remind the chair that they're only stating facts.
  22. Genius. Designed and produced by ivanka by her outsourcing it to a Chinese manufacturer. Then she can sell it for a 75% markup but actually do zero work.
  23. I see going with a HELOC as an unnecessary risk. If a house is almost paid off or even paid off, why go backwards. I know some argue that there’s no reason to ever get out of debt and find methods to push taxes indefinitely. Grant cardone comes to mind. This can work until it doesn’t, and then the cards fall. In 2008 many had their HELOC loan immediately due because the property value plummeted. i also see little value in becoming a one house landlord. Either it becomes a lot of work for the owner, or the property mgr takes the profit. If I was in that situation and I wanted to live somewhere else, sell the property and buy the next house for cash. Or a small mortgage.
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