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The first chunk of it is just Bankston shitting on musk's attorney for not knowing the Texas rules of CivPro lol. STCL comin at ya, motherfucker!
Edit: it also strikes me how similar the off-the-rails musk and his attorney are, to a surly thread starting to get its dander up. Name calling, out right trolling, defendants not reading the most basic of facts about the matter, it's got everything!
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I found the full deposition transcript
But yeah that WaPo article has some pretty choice excerpts from it
Throughout his testimony, Musk showed little understanding about the lawsuit he was testifying for, and even said he believed it was Bankston — not Brody — who was suing him.
“I think you’re the one suing,” Musk told Bankston, according to the transcript.
“Actually, Mr. Musk, I’m an attorney,” Bankston explained. “Did you know that? I’m an attorney representing Mr. Brody.”
Asked if Musk understood what the lawsuit was about, Musk admitted he had “a limited understanding of that — of what the lawsuit is about” but suggested again that this was simply a money grab by Brody’s attorney
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19 minutes ago, HenryJames said:
Elon Musk Didn’t Want His Latest Deposition Released. Here It Is.
Musk is being sued for falsely suggesting a 22-year-old Jewish man was part of a neo-Nazi brawl.Elon Musk sat for a two-hour deposition to answer questions about his role in amplifying a false conspiracy that accused a 22-year-old Jewish man of being involved in a neo-Nazi brawl. It did not go well for Musk.
Illustration:Jianan Liu/HuffPost; Photo:Getty Images
Elon Musk was deposed last month over his role in allegedly promoting a false conspiracy theory that a 22-year-old Jewish man participated in a neo-Nazi brawl.
Musk tried to keep the deposition from going public, and perhaps for good reason: It did not go well for him.
“There’s some risk that what I say is incorrect, but one has to balance that against having a chilling effect on free speech in general, which would undermine the entire foundation of our democracy,” Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter), said during the deposition.
The lawsuit against the billionaire, filed in October, alleges that Musk used his colossal social media platform to amplify a false far-right conspiracy theory linking 22-year-old Ben Brody to a brawl in Oregon between the neo-Nazi group Rose City Nationalists and the Proud Boys, a neo-fascist fight club. The brawl occurred during Oregon City’s first Pride Night Fest, when both groups came to disrupt the event and spew anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
Brody wasn’t even in the same state when the June 24 brawl occurred. But his world was turned upside down when far-right X accounts, magnified by Musk, falsely identified him as a member of Rose City Nationalists (and an undercover federal agent) and posted his personal information online.
Musk amplified the conspiracy theory repeatedly to his more than 180 million followers, suggesting Brody was a fresh-faced federal agent pretending to be a neo-Nazi in a “false flag situation,” a phrase used to suggest a harmful event was deliberately set up to misrepresent a group or person.
“Looks like one is a college student (who wants to join the govt) and another is maybe an Antifa member, but nonetheless a probable false flag situation,” Musk posted to X after Brody had been falsely identified as a Rose City Nationalists member. The post remains on X.
Brody said he and his family were forced to flee their home amid the fallout from Musk’s posts. He’s seeking more than $1 million in damages. The next court hearing is scheduled for April 22.
On March 27, Musk sat for a two-hour deposition with attorneys from both parties over Zoom. Following the testimony, Musk’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, filed multiple emergency motions in an attempt to keep the deposition sealed.
“I’m asking that this transcript be marked as confidential,” Spiro said at the end of Musk’s deposition, according to the transcript. “That’s what I’m asking for, OK?”
Spiro’s efforts failed after a judge struck down his motions. Though video of the deposition has not been made public, HuffPost obtained a copy of the full transcript, which was made public Monday.
During his deposition, Musk admitted he has a “limited understanding” of the lawsuit against him, said he thought Brody’s attorney was the one suing him, and revealed he did no research in determining whether Brody was involved in the brawl after seeing the accusations on X.
Musk also made broader admissions about his failures with X — which has plummeted in value since his takeover in 2022 — saying he “may have done more to financially impair” the social media site than help it. Musk also confirmed that heonce used a burner account on Xseemingly to role-play as his toddler son.
“I’m guilty of many self-inflicted wounds,” Musk testified.
‘Actually, Mr. Musk, I’m An Attorney. Did You Know That?’
From the outset of the deposition, Spiro traded barbs with Brody’s attorney, Mark Bankston, as Musk attempted to answer basic questions about the case.
“Do you think you did anything wrong to Ben Brody?” asked Bankston, who’s based in Houston.
Spiro interjected, saying this “isn’t a question you’re allowed to ask by the court.”
It was the start of what would be a contentious back-and-forth between two high-profile attorneys. Spiro, who has represented celebrities such as Jay-Z and Megan Thee Stallion, previously won a defamation case for Musk after the billionaire called a man who helped rescue children trapped in a cave in Thailand a “pedo guy” in 2018.
“You keep filing these silly, frivolous shake-down cases, I’ll keep trying to think of Texas lawyers to bring to your depositions,” Spiro told Bankston.
Bankston, of the Texas law firm Farrar & Ball, previously represented two Sandy Hook parents who won $45 million in damages against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after Jones spent years falsely claiming the 2012 school shooting never happened.
Spiro did not respond to a request for comment on this story. Bankston declined to comment.
Throughout his testimony, Musk showed little understanding about the lawsuit he was testifying for, and even said he believed it was Bankston — not Brody — who was suing him.
“I think you’re the one suing,” Musk told Bankston, according to the transcript.
“Actually, Mr. Musk, I’m an attorney,” Bankston explained. “Did you know that? I’m an attorney representing Mr. Brody.”
Asked if Musk understood what the lawsuit was about, Musk admitted he had “a limited understanding of that — of what the lawsuit is about” but suggested again that this was simply a money grab by Brody’s attorney.
“My — what I want to think it’s really about is about you getting a lot of money,” said Musk, who paid $44 billion for Twitter in 2022.
From An Anti-Semitic Account To Elon Musk
Musk learned of the conspiracy theory about Brody from what the lawsuit describes as a fringe X account with more than 30,000 followers that “features extreme rightwing memes, neo-Nazi apologia/nostalgia, juvenile and cringe-worthy attempts at bigoted humor, low effort bait tweets, delusional panics over lazy hoaxes, and a cavalcade of absurdly false information.”
“The account is the social media equivalent of gutter sludge,” the lawsuit says.
The anonymous account, named Dr Frensor, posted a photo of Brody with his personal information found on his college fraternity’s social media page. The caption on the photo of Brody read, “After graduation he plans to work for the government,” which Dr Frensor used to suggest Brody was at the brawl and a federal plant.
“Very odd,” Musk responded. As it goes whenever Musk interacts with a post on X, this one quickly went viral.
In his deposition, Musk was asked whether he’d seen other posts from the Dr Frensor account.
“I wasn’t trying to assess their credibility,” Musk responded.
Bankston showed Musk a meme Dr Frensor had posted the same day the account posted about Brody. More from the transcript:
Bankston: And here it says at the top, ‘Is this meme insensitive to Jewish persons?’ And then there’s a meme of the United Nations’ logo that says, “Founded in 1945 to end all wars, the United Nations. The world has been at war ever since.’ Do you know if you saw this?
Musk: I have not seen this.
B: Okay. Would this have triggered a red flag as to this person’s credibility?
Spiro: Objection to form.
M: I mean, I think it’s a dubious post, but it suggests anti-Semitism.
B: Correct. … I think we all know it reflects anti-Semitism. I’m asking, does this trigger red flags to this person’s reliability?
M: I would say, yes, it probably does.
Still, Musk defended his response to the anti-Semitic account.
“But if you’re suggesting that in order to reply to anyone, you have to scroll through all their posts, that would make it impossible to use the system,” he said of his website.
A Billionaire’s Fact-Checking Process
Contrary to his earlier statements, Musk suggested later on in the deposition that he researches discourse before he joins it.
“If you care about the truth, you have to go look about it,” Musk said.
Musk’s own testimony reveals he did little to seek out the truth.
“Would it be fair for me to say that, other than the tweets that you interacted with, you did not secure other information about this unmasked brawler?” Bankston asked at one point.
“I don’t recall securing other information,” Musk responded.
During his testimony, Musk criticized what he called the “traditional legacy news industry” while lauding X’s Community Notes, a website tool that allows users to add corrections or additional context to misleading or untrue posts.
Musk called Community Notes “the best system on the internet” for fact-checking, and said he tagged Community Notes in his post referencing Brody as a show of “good faith,” the transcript shows.
“And I think — I think I really did this in good faith, because I would not ask for a fact-check which is what I do by adding Community Notes,” Musk said, according to the transcript.
Musk did tag Community Notes in his post about Brody, but a note was never added to the false claim. The post remains on X today without a correction.
Musk was also asked about his interactions with posts on X, which can make an otherwise invisible post go instantly viral. Bankston pointed out that his post on X referring to a “college student who wants to join the govt” was seen more than a million times, according to X’s metrics.
Musk downplayed the number and argued that his post was merely a reply to someone else, which attracted less viewership than his own post would.
Bankston: You do understand that the amount of people who saw this, who have viewed this, is equivalent to all 30 major league baseball stadiums filled to capacity? You wouldn’t dispute that? I mean, we’re talking over a million people.
Spiro: Objection to form.
Musk: Yeah, that’s actually – that may seem like a large number, but it is not compared to the fact – I believe there are something on the order of five to eight trillion views per year so a million is really –
B: Not a big deal?
M: – hit or miss, yeah.
B: Not a big deal that this went out to that many people?
M: Correct.
Elon Musk is being sued for defamation after falsely accusing a recent college graduate of being a neo-Nazi (featured on the left) that was unmasked during an Oregon Pride event that was disrupted by Proud Boys and neo-Nazis.
Illustration: HuffPost; Photos: X/Getty Images
Musk’s ‘Self-Inflicted Wounds’
Over the course of his testimony, Musk acknowledged his lack of restraint in posting on X and the negative impact it’s had on his company.
He called them “self-inflicted wounds,” a reference to his own quote in Walter Isaacson’s 2023 biography about him, though he says he hasn’t read it.
“I certainly — I would say that I — you know, I’m guilty of many self-inflicted wounds,” Musk testified.
Last year, Motherboard and other internet sleuths traced a bizarre account on X to Musk himself. The account, @ermnmusk, appeared to be role-playing as Musk’s toddler son.
“I will finally turn 3 on May 4th!” one post read.
“I wish I was old enough to go to nightclubs. They sound so fun,” read another.
Though the account’s name is not mentioned in the transcript, Monday’s court filing contained an exhibit of the @ermnmusk account that was shown to Musk during his testimony. In the filing, Bankston alleges that Musk deleted the account in February on the same day of the court’s discovery order.
Asked about the account by Bankston during the deposition, Musk confirmed it was his, but dismissed it as a “test account.”
“No, I would not use this account,” Musk testified. “It was just used for — for testing.”
Later in the deposition, Musk again reflected on those “self-inflicted wounds.”
“The — and going back to the sort of self-inflicted wounds, the Kevlar shoes, I think there’s — I’ve probably done — I may have done more to financially impair the company than to help it, but certainly I — I do not guide my posts by what is financially beneficial but what I believe is interesting or important or entertaining to the public,” he said.
A day after Brody had been falsely linked to neo-Nazis, the recent college graduate uploaded a video to Instagram begging for the harassment to stop.
“My family and I are just being harassed completely, and I would be more than happy to clear up any confusion if necessary,” Brody says in the video. “This is just so ridiculous and I just really can’t believe this is happening to me right now.”
Near the end of the deposition, Bankston asked Musk if he believed he owed it to Brody to be accurate. Musk said: “I aspire to be accurate no matter who the person is.”
“Do you think you lived up to that duty to Ben Brody or do you think you failed him?” Bankston asked.
“I don’t think — I don’t think — I don’t think he has been meaningfully harmed by this,” Musk replied.
Bankston pushed Musk on the question, leading to another argument between the two lawyers. Finally, Musk answered, reiterating his belief that he didn’t harm Brody.
“People are attacked all the time in the media, online media, social media, but it is rare that that actually has a meaningful negative impact on their life,” Musk testified.
Huh Bankston is the same attorney that nailed Jones for defamation a couple years ago. Dude is really swinging for the fences
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6 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:
IOW, this is in the final part of the bankruptcy. Even Alex Jones is asking to be allowed to pay 5.5 million a year to them to let him stay afloat.
If he doesn’t do it, they liquidate his stuff. The purpose of a bankruptcy is not to let the debtor guy have the worst things happen to him just because he is a bad guy. The purpose of a bankruptcy is to get money into the various creditors’ hands. As much money as possible. THAT is the main duty the trustee has. That often requires a reorganization to do this. Yet again, the legal process has been grinding forward and is almost at the end where either they sell everything Alex owns - or negotiate millions of dollars a year to the victims and he stays afloat. Nothing about this bankruptcy process was unduly long, given the factual circumstances and the complexity of the business.
Just because Alex is a dip shit does not mean he does not make a ton of money from his companies being a dip shit. In a re-organization, the company CEO usually retains his or her salary unless it significantly drains the assets and there is no continuing income stream. Whatever that is for Alex, in a chapter 11 reorg that does not mean no one is allowed to go on vacation. Jesus.. They have Jones by the nuts, and he is begging. This is a success in the system and not a failure
Point of order, Jones gets no relief from bankruptcy in his rulings. This is him just playing in the mud to slow things down and deny justice.
The families who won the verdict against Jones went to his personal bankruptcy hearing and offered a settlement of $85M (per AP), and Jones has REJECTED the grace of those families.
QuoteBut in the sharply worded document, the attorneys continued to accuse the Infowars host of failing to curb his personal spending and “extravagant lifestyle,” failing to preserve the value of his holdings, refusing to sell assets and failing to produce certain financial documents.
“Jones has failed in every way to serve as the fiduciary mandated by the Bankruptcy Code in exchange for the breathing spell he has enjoyed for almost a year. His time is up,” lawyers for the Sandy Hook families wrote.
So no, I don't think he's begging for help. He's turning it down from the people he victimized and is instead trying to play the victim, just like every goddamn fucking fascist does after they start to Find Out. I don't understand why you have such a weird reflex to be contrarian towards me in favor of objectively horrible people.
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2 hours ago, NorthLoop said:
At what point will they run out of content to do during the time period between the clone wars and the final sequels? I guess theoretically you can make up an infinite amount of shit but I wonder if they'll eventually start gravitating towards the past or start a whole new bunch of stories post sequels.
IMO that's what they're working on with the High Republic era stuff like The Acolyte and rumored "Dawn of the Jedi" movie
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2 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:
Man, it's crazy seeing the Bradley go out and do exactly what it was designed to do
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23 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:
Finally, not disclosing an actual valid offer to fund the appeal bond at a higher amount would be on his lawyers, not Trump.
Yes yes we all know, trump can do nothing wrong. And if something is done wrong, its his lawyers fault. We know.
28 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:I could offer to do the same thing, but it doesn’t make a difference if I offer, the crucial point would be do the people who issue bonds feel that the person who is the surety have the type of assets that they want. I have no idea about the granular details of the bond search process and the timing and the validity of the surety to meet the bond companies requirements, so until I do, I’m gonna sit back and wait to see what happens.
The problem is that the trump team LIED when they told the court they could not secure a bond, and the court issued an order to lessen the penalty under that false pretense. His bondsman was even willing to bond the higher cost! But trumpco LIED to get a $300,000,000 fucking discount.
But ya know, that doesn't sound like anything at all to me like trump. No way he might have directed his lawyers do to something illegal. He's never done that before. Nosirseebob.
30 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:that is why the court has hearings
Hearings don't make a shit when the defendant lies like fish swim, and the court remains overly credulous for a con man
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2 hours ago, Scary Stranger said:
Doesn't Filoni pretty much decide what is the reservation these days?
Filoni listens to Lucas still. It is ultimately Filoni's call but he prefaces every mention of Lucas with "the genius" or some other honorific
Hell, Tantiss being a close base is just dead ass pulled from the original Thrawn trilogy. No crazy cloned Jedi generals (yet) but hell once they get this M count binding stuff from Omega, all bets are off. Plus it would nicely bridge the prequels to the OT to (unfortunately) the sequels.
It'll be pretty incredible if Filoni can pull off making chicken salad out of chicken shit again by filling in the blanks between movies
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43 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:
He has yet to pay a penny. He's vacationing at a ritzy resort on Kauai.
Fuck Alex Jones.
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/alex-jones-hawaii-vacation-bankruptcy-infowars-sandy-hook#intcid=_vanity-fair-right-rail_d8161f1d-d509-4ff5-bc6a-9fb192f1c1d4_popular4-1If you're rich enough and don't mind lying to the court, you can pretty much indefinitely delay any sort of consequences and not change your behavior. It's absolutely astounding.
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15 minutes ago, mdmost said:
It's almost as if people take public transportation because it's cheaper than taxis, Lyft, and Uber.
It's shocking that this billionaire apartheid gemstone mine heir doesn't have a good feel on why people use public transit
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18 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:
I see that you are proffering that legal doctrine from Old English common law that says if your aunt had balls she’d be your uncle. Well played.
You do realize the interests that the court most cares about is the party prevailing in the lawsuit who is being protected by the bond, don’t you? And therefore a bond is preferable to no bond if at all possible to fix it, because the purpose is to protect E. Jean Carroll…..and not to do negative things to Trump to make you happy?
Also, it doesn’t make any difference if it’s a fraud case or not a fraud case. Only in your noggin does the technical issue of bond adequacy get enhanced because of the underlying nature of the lawsuit. Either the court will deem that it meets the technical requirements of a bond in New York or it won’t. Nobody has to rule on that in a time span that satisfies you personally.
Your whole stick about a “fraudulent” bond is laughable. It may not be adequate, but if it’s not, it’s just inadequate. Only in your fever dream can you prove that Trump had intent to not meet the technical requirements of the bond. I guarantee you that stupid fuck played no part in that. He would not understand the process if you explained it to him.
BTW, I just looked up New York bond cases, and the first two I found involved challenges to an appeal bond, where the decision took about six months. I understand that you personally demand that the courts rule on this within weeks, but the courts don’t seem to care what you think. Because they are treating this like any other case in most respects.
Nevermind that trump was able to lower the amount of the judgement and bond because of his fraudulent representation to the court that nobody would originate paper for him, yeah? We are sering a legal application of his "firehose of falsehoods" rhetorical/propaganda strategy. It relies on the courts moving slowly and deliberately, so that trump only needs to do a couple frauds at a time to keep the clock running. And then even IF he's found to have been fraudulent, he can simply point his firehose of falsehoods at the appeals process to get a fresh shot clock.
Trump is exploiting a systemic vulnerability in the legal system, and carrying out what is effectively a legal DDOS attack. In my world, if your system locks up and dies from a DDOS, you need to improve protections against bad actors. Not double down on #trusttheprocess
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It's especially funny to see elmo fighting this under the guise of """free speech""" when he's approved a supermajority of censorship requests from India, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey - and that was just as of May'23!
It's all just a confidence game and he's using a tired and well worn script to run his plays.
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2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:
Except Trump ain't getting away with much here. And the fact is no middle class person is going to get hit with a 454m judgment.
If a normal dude gave the court a fraudulent bond, for any amount there should be fucking consequences. There certainly would be for a regular Joe. Change the order of magnitude to "thousands" from "millions", and tell me that it's normal and to be expected that a court would not care about a defendant delaying and denying their ruling (in a fraud case!!) via fraud?
Jesus titty fucking Christ, its like every time trump breaks the law or lies to the court, every goddamn attorney goes all Westworld and says "that doesn't look like anything at all to me". Just fucking stop being so fucking blase about this man destroying the public trust in equal justice.
Just a galaxy-brain level of missing the forest for the trees.
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It's crazy what's going on the trump bond. Further investigation and journalism have turned up some crazy shit that no mere middle class person would never have access to:
QuoteThe little-known insurance company that rescued Donald Trump by providing a last-minute $175 million bank fraud bond isn’t just unlicensed in New York; it hasn’t even been vetted by a voluntary state entity that would verify it meets minimum “eligibility standards” to prove financial stability.
Perhaps even more troubling, the legal document from Knight Specialty Insurance Company doesn’t actually promise it will pay the money if the former president loses his $464 million bank fraud case on appeal. Instead, it says Trump will pay, negating the whole point of an insurance company guarantee, according to three legal and bond experts who reviewed the contract for The Daily Beast.
“This is not common… the only reason this would be done is to limit the liability to the surety,” said N. Alex Hanley, an expert in how companies appeal enormous judgments.
These two points, noted here for the first time, validate the New York attorney general’s concerns that Trump is trying to avoid a financial punishment that could be catastrophic to his riches and reputation.
“There are many questions here, and that short piece of paper gives very little comfort,” said Maria T. Vullo, who was formerly New York’s top financial regulator.
“I believe this paper isn’t worth much and there are more shenanigans behind it,” said one former regulator, who’s intimately familiar with industry norms but spoke only on condition of anonymity.
So trump is pushing a week past his bond date, has submitted a false and fraudulent bond that doesn't do what he says it does, and is facing zero fucking consequences for it.
There's a different set of rules and laws for you if you're rich enough. It's fucking enraging.
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Man what I'd give for a US judge to issue a ruling like the Brazilian judge did (from AP reporting) :
QuoteIn his decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes noted that Musk on Saturday began waging a public “disinformation campaign” regarding the top court’s actions, and that Musk continued the following day — most notably with comments that his social media company X would cease to comply with the court’s orders to block certain accounts.
“The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime, the public threat of disobedience of court orders and future lack of cooperation from the platform are facts that disrespect the sovereignty of Brazil,” de Moraes wrote.
Musk will be investigated for alleged intentional criminal instrumentalization of X as part of an investigation into a network of people known as digital militias who allegedly spread defamatory fake news and threats against Supreme Court justices, according to the text of the decision. The new investigation will look into whether Musk engaged in obstruction, criminal organization and incitement.
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Brazil’s attorney general wrote Saturday night that it was urgent for Brazil to regulate social media platforms. “We cannot live in a society in which billionaires domiciled abroad have control of social networks and put themselves in a position to violate the rule of law, failing to comply with court orders and threatening our authorities. Social peace is non-negotiable,” Jorge Messias wrote on X.
An indictment over using Twitter to spread disinformation, incite crime and public disobedience of court orders, and gin up """digital militias"""? Man even fuckin' Brazil is making us look like busters, taking measures to prevent foreign interference in domestic affairs via social media.
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6 minutes ago, MrBig said:
That’s why he doesn’t give a shit that countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar don’t allow free speech. Because it’s not allowed by local law.
Well that and the giant bag of cash the Saudis gave him to buy Twitter lol, and the Saudis arent exactly renowned for their posture towards free speech.
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4 hours ago, Slacks said:
I click on this thread expecting opinion and insight on inflation and the effects it may have on the economy.
Y'all some hoes.
Lol this thread is just a dumping ground for 52-80 to rage and correct people's English on a Sunday afternoon.
PS - chocolate futures are going through the roof because it's very likely there's going to be much less chocolate in the future thanks to climate change destroying it's preferred ecology. If you want I can probably find a graph to explain it to you
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4 hours ago, NorthLoop said:
Much darker so far. Curious to see how they find Tantiss. Really hope they don't have Omega tap into her jedi powers during the season climax but you know they will.
I'd bet a dollar that Ventress will have something to do with that. Orrrr the show will end suuuuper dark with Omega not getting rescued
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https://www.kyivpost.com/post/30731
“It is necessary to specifically tell Congress that if Congress does not help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” Zelensky said during a video meeting of the Kyiv-organized fundraising platform United24.
Zelensky said it would be “difficult” for Ukraine to “stay” without the aid.
He said that “if Ukraine loses the war, other states will be attacked.”
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3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:
Oh, and today Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine will lost without Congressional action. He’s right (which is why I’m too angry to go near the DT thread now). And Anastasis and GRU and the GOP that wants us to be more like Russia and Slovakia can suck each other off.
Oh hey on that note, WaPo has some new reporting out:
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56 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:
Theres been North Houston pole trucks putting up new poles everywhere you look in a 75 mile radius outside Houston for the last 18 months. Replacing wooden poles with the brown painted metal shit. Probably so they can decrease profitability, right.
That's... not the transmission lines between the vast renewables in West Texas and the rest of the state nor the high power transmission lines that caused more than a million acres to burn? And yeah, I've been looking at a downed wood pole on my street for a week and a half now, I'm eager for a metal replacement whenever they get around to it.
But I'm glad you have a local anecdote that gives you the thin justification to act like there's not a systemic issue
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7 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:
Counterpoint. At least those of us who spend a little time each week on a message board have developed the maturity, self awareness, and graciousness to not be a complete jerk in calling someone else a loser for how they decide to spend their time.
Hornfans, Shaggy and Surly have contributed to me being much more knowledgeable politically. I am a better person in interacting with people of differing opinions because of message boards. I have had some of the best vacations of my life because of message boards. I have a few real life friends because of message boards. I relate to different generations better because of message boards.
I retired early because I was financially able to do so and have some spare time to learn, reflect, grow, and engage with others. A message board is one of many ways to do that. I try not to judge how others live.
Maybe you don’t have life all figured out just yet. Maybe.
Hell, I bought my house through a realtor I met on surly! Shout out to @UTPhil2006
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12 minutes ago, YGIFS said:
Well, we already have it on good authority that wind turbines cause cancer. Maybe power lines cause cancer too?
Not building more power lines aids profitability and thanks to our regulatory capture, creates a natural disincentive for a profit driven entity just through market forces. It makes power less available so utilities have more ability to induce local shortages to enable them to charge exorbitant rates! And plus who's gonna pay for those new capital investments for infrastructure to reduce systemic risk?? It certainly can't be the shareholder!!!
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So not only does the state not inspect power lines nor have the power to compell companies to address risks before they strike and burn OVER A MILLION ACRES OF TEXAS, but theres a fundamental lack of clarity over who actually is in charge.
We are taking another spin on the Fuck Around and Find Out express
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Alex Jones
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The problem remains: Jones does not receive judgement relief from his bankruptcies. He is still liable for more than a billion in damages. He did not take the settlement proffer from the Sandy Hook parents.
He's playing a legal slight of hand trick to use an unrelated matter to delay the execution of his judgement.