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  1. Okay fair enough. I thought it was clear who decides these things but I see how I could have been clearer.
  2. I was referencing a judge whose job is to decide these things, so yea I think the word fit.
  3. Agree with opinions on Gladwell as a lot of his stuff has been debunked (e.g. 10,000 hour rule), but it's definitely interesting if not sophomoric. I recommend college kids read him because it's a good introduction into behavioral/social science and pop psychology. We have a book club at work that focuses on this genre, so I'm at least familiar by name of a lot of the trendy books and authors, but also find them to be dubious in value. Personally I like Daniel Pink (Drive) and David Epstein (Range). In fact, I think I prefer Epstein's email newsletter better than his books, which I have often quoted in topics on other boards.
  4. You guys are actually outlining an argument for “Too big to fail, the human being edition”. In which Elon being so single-threaded to Tesla adds another layer of reasoning when deciding these things for the discerning individual who would care about the intended and unintended consequences of such things.
  5. Yep. But also, when you have human beings and not computer code making decisions, you get the situation where it all hangs on this Judge and the pressures and opinions and precepts she has about how to handle these things. That is why I've long stated it's hard to predict unless you know the Judge and the court well, just as it's hard to tell how an ump is going to call balls and strikes unless you are familiar with their work.
  6. I think you've hit the nail on the head with what is being decided. I personally think Musk is being a weasel and would love to see Twitter's BoD nail him to the wall and force him to swallow this frog, but as I stated when this first happened, I can see Musk throwing weight around and obfuscating with a myriad of delay tactics and his deep pockets, in order to renegotiate a better deal, at worst. To the point of him having resources that are good at creating issues out of mid-air, let's see if this sticks (quoted below), but it's worth noting his high-powered lawyers are doing a good job with the best they can do to make this messier than it need be, it sounds like:
  7. Why does she write her "T's" like that?
  8. I'm not so sure that the "market largely excludes consideration of customers, employees and stakeholders" as you suggest. At least it's not so cut-and-dried as that. These things are always baked into valuations and theses. Anyways, to Elon Trial news:
  9. You are a legend in my eyes.
  10. What's the update on the OG El Chapo? I am surprised he hasn't broken out with that tunneling stuff again.
  11. Exactly. They actually probably would have been sued by shareholders if they didn’t accept the Musk deal based on the value because the current leadership has shown no path to getting the valuation up to the premium it was offered by Musk. In fact, it’s the main reason the board of directors exists for that sort of fiduciary management and duty. Shareholder value is priority one and that’s not necessarily a bad thing with balance.
  12. Yep. He's saying the quiet part outloud which is, "this is politics to me".
  13. I agree with this as of today. As we’ve been saying though, two years is a lifetime in politics and the landscape can change dramatically.
  14. “Talks are also likely to start churning on a potential tax extenders package to salvage the existing subsidies for clean power. But that would require the cooperation of Republicans, an unlikely prospect. “It’s hard for me to see much incentive to help save Democrats from themselves so close to the election,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, a Republican who took part in bipartisan discussions on energy and climate policy with Manchin earlier this year. Climate activists are also pressing Biden to expand his use of executive action and to close the door on fossil fuel projects, such as ConocoPhillips' Willow oil project in Alaska and plans for a new offshore drilling program, which both had emerged as potential trade-offs for Manchin’s support.”
  15. Have to admit this has missed me-- I'll have to put in our radar and rotation. It's Disney+ I assume?
  16. Watching cinema and art is great, but have you guys ever seen the Disney trilogy Zombies? That's right, Zombies 3 dropped today on Disney + and it's a banger. Must see TV. If you thought the Zombies integrating into Seabrook in Zombies 1 was great and then the Wolves and Zombies coming together to find their differences aren't enough to keep them apart, then just wait until you see what happens when extraterrestrials take over the Cheer Competition!
  17. This guy is 100% a Surly poster.
  18. The idea of Joe Manchin is why there was why Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton could never get along.
  19. If you guys pay attention to venture capital data-- the biggest deals in start-ups recently are all in a) battery tech and b) EV tech (charging, etc.) Most recent example from last week: NORTHVOLT VW and Goldman-backed battery maker Northvolt gets $1.1B funding injection CNBC, July 6, 2022 Northvolt's announcement comes at a time when European economies are laying out plans to move away from vehicles that use diesel gasoline. Northvolt announced the funding boost, with a range of investors taking part in the capital raise.
  20. Can someone explain how or why Monkeybox is getting a "gay disease" reputation? This is the worst thing that can happen because you'll have people relax or not worry about it if they don't participate in that lifestyle, and then you get an AIDs epidemic all over again. It's like we never learn from anything.
  21. I read an interesting stat today about EV's and them being at a tipping point, which means if it's true, then the market will be flooded with MVP-tech-demo level vehicles. I personally think Tesla's are fine cars, just as reliable and quality as anything any legacy manufacturer puts out, so it's not a problem: Also, Pilot Flying J announced a partnership with GM yesterday to add EV charging that would increase the number of fast chargers available in the US by 20% while Biden is dolling out $7.5 billion to states to build out EV charging infrastruture. The EV future is here more or less, IMO.
  22. It's become a tight rope for sure. You want to be vaguely "outspoken" about things that are popular while also not being too alienating because as MJ famously said, "Republicans buy shoes, too".
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