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Re: Elon Musk
« Reply #50 on: September 15, 2023, 02:45:40 PM »
Walter Isaacson hawking his book on Musk on the lib stations

Saw Amanpour lament how he ruined Twitter from a fun media to this horrible black dark hateful "X"

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like a good neighbor. LEFTIST

I am sure most PBS money comes from elite Leftist self righteous types.  Like her.

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WSJ: Forked Tongue owes Musk an apology
« Reply #51 on: September 18, 2023, 03:38:25 PM »
Elizabeth Warren Owes Musk an Apology
His denial of Starlink service in Crimea was consistent with U.S. sanctions on Russia.
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Sept. 17, 2023 2:48 pm ET




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Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding an investigation of Elon Musk and SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network. She wants to know why he refused the Ukrainian military’s demand that he turn on Starlink over a blacked-out portion of the Black Sea near Russian-controlled Crimea to guide a submarine drone attack on Russian ships.

“No one is supposed to make foreign policy for the United States other than the United States government,” Ms. Warren told CNN on Sept. 12. “It is not up to one billionaire to go off in secret and change our foreign policy.” In fact, Mr. Musk was following U.S. foreign policy.

In a new biography of Mr. Musk, Walter Isaacson writes: “Allowing the use of Starlink for the attack, [Mr. Musk] concluded, could be a disaster for the world. So he secretly told his engineers to turn off coverage within a hundred kilometers of the Crimean coast. As a result, when the Ukrainian drone subs got near the Russian fleet in Sevastopol, they lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly.”

But on Sept. 8 Mr. Isaacson had issued a clarification: Mr. Musk didn’t disable Starlink in the area; he declined a Ukrainian request to enable it.

At a fan summit for the “All In” podcast, released on Twitter Sept. 12, Mr. Musk said complying with the Ukrainian request would have violated American sanctions against Russia: “We’re not allowed to actually turn on connectivity to [Russian-controlled Crimea] without explicit government approval. So, we did not have the U.S. government . . . and then we basically figured out that this was kind of like a Pearl Harbor attack on the Russian fleet at Sevastopol. So what they’re really asking us for is to actually take part in a major act of war.”

He added: “And, you know, while we certainly have huge support for the Ukraine government, the Ukrainian government is not in charge of U.S. people or companies. That’s not how it works.”

The old cliché about no good deed going unpunished applies. Starlink, a privately owned network, has provided $100 million in free service to Ukraine since the war began, letting the country defend itself and re-establish communications destroyed by hundreds of Russian missiles.

What’s more, Mr. Musk says he would have complied if President Biden ordered him to turn on his privately owned network for Ukraine: “While I’m not President Biden’s biggest fan, if I had received a presidential directive to turn it on, I would have done so. Because I do regard the president as the chief executive officer of the country. Whether I want that person to be president or not, I still respect the office.”

That is a lot more respect than Ms. Warren has shown for Mr. Musk. She owes him an apology.

Mr. Kneale is a New York writer and host of “What’s Bugging Me” on Ricochet.


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Elon to Israel
« Reply #53 on: November 25, 2023, 11:04:20 AM »
https://www.the-sun.com/news/9705022/elon-musk-israel-gaza-netanyahu-anti-semitism/

I am guessing to counter the LEFTist mob claim he is anti semitic for speaking the truth about lib Jews in the US.

Funny how the libs go after him (ever since he bought twitter) more than they go after real Jew Haters .
Any connection from a political DNC point of view ?   :wink: :roll:
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WSJ: Elon Musk and LSD, shrooms, ketamine, and more
« Reply #55 on: January 07, 2024, 02:17:05 AM »
Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX
Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies

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Elon Musk and his supporters offer several explanations for his contrarian views, unfiltered speech and provocative antics. They’re an expression of his creativity. Or the result of his mental-health challenges. Or fallout from his stress, or sleep deprivation.

In recent years, some executives and board members at his companies and others close to the billionaire have developed a persistent concern that there is another component driving his behavior: his use of drugs.

And they fear the Tesla TSLA -0.18%decrease; red down pointing triangle and SpaceX chief executive’s drug use could have major consequences not just for his health, but also the six companies and billions in assets he oversees, according to people familiar with Musk and the companies.

The world’s wealthiest person has used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, often at private parties around the world, where attendees sign nondisclosure agreements or give up their phones to enter, according to people who have witnessed his drug use and others with knowledge of it. Musk has previously smoked marijuana in public and has said he has a prescription for the psychedelic-like ketamine.

In 2018, for example, he took multiple tabs of acid at a party he hosted in Los Angeles. The next year he partied on magic mushrooms at an event in Mexico. In 2021, he took ketamine recreationally with his brother, Kimbal Musk, in Miami at a house party during Art Basel. He has taken illegal drugs with current SpaceX and former Tesla board member Steve Jurvetson.

People close to Musk, who is now 52, said his drug use is ongoing, especially his consumption of ketamine, and that they are concerned it could cause a health crisis. Even if it doesn’t, it could damage his businesses.

Illegal drug use would likely be a violation of federal policies that could jeopardize SpaceX’s billions of dollars in government contracts. Musk is intrinsic to the value of his companies, potentially putting at risk around $1 trillion in assets held by investors, tens of thousands of jobs and big parts of the U.S. space program.

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SpaceX is the only U.S. company now approved to transport NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The Pentagon, meanwhile, has stepped up purchases of SpaceX rocket launches in recent years, and the company has also been looking to develop a large business selling satellite services to national-security agencies.

One former Tesla director, Linda Johnson Rice, grew so frustrated with Musk’s volatile behavior and her concerns about his drug consumption that she didn’t stand for re-election to the electric-car company’s board in 2019, according to people familiar with the matter.



Top, Linda Johnson Rice, a former Tesla director, in 2019. Below, Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX, in 2015. PHOTO: ALEXANDER TAMARGO/GETTY IMAGES FOR COLORCOMM, BRETT COOMER/HOUSTON CHRONICLE/GETTY IMAGES
Musk didn’t respond to requests for comment.

An attorney for Musk, Alex Spiro, said that Musk is “regularly and randomly drug tested at SpaceX and has never failed a test.” Spiro, who said he represents Tesla, added in response to detailed questions that “there are other false facts” in this article but didn’t detail them.

The people around Musk long ago became accustomed to his volatile behavior. Some SpaceX executives who had long worked with him, however, noticed a change at a company event in late 2017.

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Hundreds of SpaceX employees gathered around mission control at the rocket company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif., in anticipation of Musk, who was nearly an hour late to arrive at the all-hands meeting about the company’s latest rocket.

When he finally took the stage, Musk was strangely incomprehensible at times. He slurred his words and rambled for around 15 minutes, according to executives in attendance, and referred repeatedly to SpaceX’s Big Falcon Rocket prototype, which was known as BFR, as “Big F—ing Rocket.”

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell ultimately stepped in and took over the meeting.

It couldn’t be learned if Musk was under the influence that day. But after the meeting, the SpaceX executives privately talked about their worries Musk was on drugs. One described the event as “nonsensical,” “unhinged” and “cringeworthy.”

Spiro called the description of the SpaceX incident “false as has been confirmed by countless people who were present.” He declined to elaborate on what specifically was false or describe the countless people.

Then in 2018, people familiar with Musk’s behavior said, another incident seemed to mark a turning point for him—and showed that his drug use could have consequences for his businesses. That year, Musk got into trouble with NASA for smoking marijuana on the Joe Rogan show, raising red flags for some about the business impact of Musk’s conduct and causing employees at SpaceX to be randomly tested for drugs.

Worry by board members
In addition to violating federal contracts, any kind of illegal drug use would break company policies at both SpaceX and Tesla, and would raise questions about Musk’s executive role at the publicly traded Tesla, where the board has a duty to shareholders to oversee management.

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Some Tesla board members over the years have talked among themselves about their concerns over Musk’s alleged drug use but haven’t said anything formally that would end up as an official board agenda item or in meeting minutes, people familiar with the discussions said. Some directors, including current Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm, have gone to Kimbal Musk, who is a Tesla board member and was a SpaceX board member until early 2022, for help with Musk’s behavior, without using the word “drugs,” the people said.


Elon Musk spoke at an opening of a Tesla factory near Berlin in 2022. PHOTO: CHRISTIAN MARQUARDT/PRESS POOL
Some on the board and others close to Musk worried he was on drugs when he tweeted in 2018 about plans to take Tesla private, people familiar with the episode said. Kimbal Musk informally approached Musk about it on behalf of some board members, some of the people said. The tweet brought on an SEC investigation into whether the statement was misleading or false, and resulted in Musk’s agreement to step down as Tesla chairman for a time.

Some close to Musk said they learned he was under the influence during a media interview he gave soon after the tweet when he choked up describing how difficult his year had been.

Part of the issue directors have grappled with over the years is whether drug use by Musk is to blame for his unusual behavior, or if it is something else, such as his consistent lack of sleep, which he has talked about. 

Musk oversees six companies, including social-media platform X, formerly Twitter; his tunneling venture, The Boring Co.; his brain implant startup, Neuralink; and a new artificial-intelligence company, xAI. His business life bleeds into his personal time in a way that is uncommon even for other chief executives.

At Tesla and X, he has said he regularly slept at the office. He often emails company lieutenants in the middle of the night, and hosts work meetings at midnight. He said he works almost nonstop. “Vacation is a strong word,” he said in 2022 court testimony. “For me, it is email with a view.”

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In a new authorized biography of Musk, author Walter Isaacson described Musk’s “demon mode”: Musk, Isaacson wrote, entered into a state of intense fury and would frequently lash out at employees and executives. In the Isaacson book, Musk is quoted as saying, “I really don’t like doing illegal drugs.”

Musk and others have attributed his erratic office behavior to his mental health. A Twitter user asked in 2017 if he had bipolar disorder, which can cause mood swings, to which Musk replied affirmatively, although he said he was undiagnosed.

Musk also said, when he hosted Saturday Night Live in 2021, that he had Asperger’s, a form of autism. 



Top, Robyn Denholm, board chair of Tesla, in 2022. Below, Kimbal Musk, brother of Elon Musk and a Tesla board member, in 2022. PHOTO: HILARY WARDHAUGH/BLOOMBERG NEWS, CHET STRANGE/BLOOMBERG NEWS
Drug use has also been a thorny topic for directors at Musk’s companies because some of them are his close friends, and attend parties and travel with him, according to people familiar with the matter and court documents.

Musk has been known to attend parties and events at Burning Man, the Nevada arts and music festival where drugs are widely used, to blow off steam, according to people close to him.

He also throws his own private events, where drug use is common, according to people who have attended the parties.

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The executive’s whereabouts are often a closely guarded secret, and he is protected by private security. At his companies, executives and employees often have to sign nondisclosure agreements.

Kimbal Musk frequently attends the same parties and events as his brother, including an Art Basel party in Miami in late 2021 when both took ketamine recreationally, according to people with knowledge of their drug use. Kimbal Musk has talked to friends about the benefits of psychedelics, and tweeted in June in support of his wife when she spoke at the country’s largest psychedelic conference about the benefits of the drugs for mental health treatment.

In 2023, The Wall Street Journal reported that Elon Musk microdoses ketamine for depression and also takes full doses at parties. Following publication of the article, Musk tweeted that ketamine is a better way to deal with depression compared with more widely prescribed antidepressants that are “zombifying” people.

In a separate tweet, Musk later said that he had a prescription for ketamine. The psychedelic-like drug can be prescribed “off label” for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, and it is also a widely used party drug that can be purchased illegally through dealers.


A conference about the benefits of psychedelic drugs in Denver in June. PHOTO: KEVIN MOHATT FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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As a general rule, board members and executives have long struggled with how to deal with substance abuse at their companies.

Some directors have wondered whether it is their role to police drug use outside the office, saying what executives do in their personal lives—especially with drugs that may be legal in certain instances or states—may not impact their business decisions.

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At most companies, board members aren’t required to investigate an executive for drug use, but they often do take action if they believe it is impacting the business.

That can include encouraging a leave of absence for treatment or opening an investigation, corporate governance experts say. Drug use is a more challenging issue than other substance problems, such as alcohol, because possessing certain drugs, such as cocaine, can bring felony charges.

In 2020, former Zappos chief executive Tony Hsieh’s abuse of ketamine ultimately caused executives at the shoe company’s parent, Amazon, to step in, according to people familiar with those events.

Amazon executives gave Hsieh a couple of months to clean up his act, and when he wasn’t able to do so, he resigned. Hsieh was trapped in a house fire while under the influence in late 2020 and later died from his injuries.


Elon Musk viewed part of a rocket engine at SpaceX in Hawthorne, Calif., in 2019. PHOTO: AUBREY GEMIGNANI/NASA/GETTY IMAGES
Tesla’s code of conduct described the electric-vehicle maker as a drug-free workplace and prohibits all employees, including executives, from using them, even out of the office.

Illegal drug use by employees is also in violation of the rules that govern the more than $14 billion in contracts that Musk’s private rocket company, SpaceX, has with the U.S. government for civilian and military space missions.

Federal contracts require that companies comply with the Drug-Free Workplace Act and foster a drug-free culture with programs and policies, regardless of any state laws that may legalize some usage. Contractors can also lose security clearances because of drug abuse, defined as the use of illegal drugs or prescription medications “in a manner that deviates from approved medical direction.”

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In his role as CEO and founder of SpaceX, Musk has a security clearance that gives him access to classified information.

Investors have often turned a blind eye to concerns about Musk, including his drug use, especially when Tesla is doing well, investors and people close to the board said. And in recent years, Tesla and SpaceX have both performed exceptionally. Tesla stock is up around 1,000% in the past five years, despite declines in 2022, compared with the S&P 500’s increase of around 86% in that time period. Revenue at SpaceX also has soared.


A SpaceX rocket took off in Texas in November. PHOTO: ABRAHAM PINEDA-JACOME/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK
Tweet firestorm
In the summer of 2018, some people around the billionaire began getting concerned that he was losing control.

Several months after the all-hands meeting at SpaceX, Musk tweeted in August that he planned to take Tesla private at $420 a share—“420” is slang for smoking marijuana—and that he had “funding secured.”

The now-infamous tweet set off a firestorm among investors, who scrambled to understand the billionaire’s plans for the electric-car maker. Tesla shares increased more than 6% the day of the tweet. The SEC launched an investigation that resulted in a settlement that included fines of $40 million and Tesla adding two independent board members and overseeing the CEO’s communications. Musk didn’t admit or deny wrongdoing.

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Board members told regulators they didn’t know about Musk’s plans and were taken aback by his actions. Privately some on the board became concerned that Musk was on drugs when tweeting, and some directors briefly discussed among themselves the idea of him taking a leave of absence from Tesla, people familiar with the discussions said.

In an interview with the New York Times soon after, Musk choked up multiple times as he described the intense personal toll of leading Tesla, saying, “This past year has been the most difficult and painful year of my career.”

Behind the scenes, things were much more dire: Musk had been under the influence as he answered the reporters’ questions, according to people briefed on the episode. The CEO hadn’t informed Tesla’s communications team that he was giving the interview, people familiar with the episode said.

Soon after, Musk smoked marijuana on the comedian Rogan’s show, which can be streamed online. NASA demanded written assurances that SpaceX was complying with the federal drug-free workplace law and spent $5 million in taxpayer dollars on training for SpaceX employees, according to a letter NASA sent to the company and federal contracting records.


Elon Musk smoked marijuana on comedian Joe Rogan’s show in 2018.
Musk has said the agency required drug testing at SpaceX for a year.

Corporate contractors must follow standard NASA guidelines for drug tests that usually check for marijuana and cocaine and have the ability to also test for amphetamines, opiates and PCP.

Spiro didn’t respond to a question on what type of drug tests Musk has taken.

At SpaceX and some of Musk’s other companies, including the tunnel venture Boring Co., executives began warning employees to follow company rules at all times, including to not use illegal drugs, even out of the office, according to people familiar with the warnings.

SpaceX brought in drug-sniffing dogs on a random basis to make sure employees weren’t carrying illegal substances, according to the people.

At Tesla, Denholm, the current board chair, James Murdoch and other directors sometimes gathered around Kimbal Musk informally during board breaks or after meetings to ask how Elon Musk was doing or if he was getting enough sleep, people familiar with the conversations said. While the directors wouldn’t specifically ask about substance abuse, the people said they understood the questions to be about Elon Musk’s perceived drug use.

Rice, the director who didn’t stand for re-election in 2019, raised concerns about his drug consumption more than once in side conversations with board members about Musk’s increasingly erratic behavior during her two year tenure on the board, according to people familiar with her concerns. She informally asked whether the board should investigate and was brushed off, one of the people said.


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headline case in point how MSM makes Musk the new Trump DS
« Reply #57 on: March 14, 2024, 12:14:53 PM »
MUSK SATELLITE BLITZ COULD 'WEAKEN ATMOSPHERE'

So it is Musk who will destroy the atmosphere and the Earth's magnetic field.

https://www.space.com/how-many-satellites-are-orbiting-earth


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Elon Musk and China
« Reply #59 on: May 01, 2024, 05:41:26 AM »


Why Musk Now Needs China More Than It Needs Him
Beijing seeks to score political points as it hands Tesla a victory
By Selina Cheng and Raffaele Huang
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April 30, 2024 8:31 am ET



Tesla’s plan to launch its advanced driver-assistance service in China was tentatively approved after Elon Musk met with top officials, a crucial victory in its second-biggest market. Photo: Tingshu Wang/Reuters

HONG KONG—Elon Musk’s whistle-stop trip to Beijing for an audience with China’s Premier Li Qiang highlighted how the power dynamic is shifting between Tesla TSLA -5.55%decrease; red down pointing triangle and the Chinese government.

Tesla’s chief executive left the country with assurances that the carmaker will be able to roll out its driver-assistance technology. The software underpins Musk’s hopes for rekindling Tesla’s growth in the world’s biggest electric-vehicle market, where it is being outmaneuvered by homegrown rivals.

China, meanwhile, used his trip to promote its message that it is open to American businesses, despite rising tensions with the U.S. State media quoted Musk giving a stamp of approval to China’s EV market, saying his comments dispelled U.S. concerns about overcapacity. Beijing also sought to show that foreign firms can thrive under its tight regulatory controls over data.

Musk emerged with a win, analysts said, but the meetings underscored that while China remains crucial to Tesla, Beijing now needs Tesla less to spice up its EV and autonomous-driving industry. Tesla has seen China sales fall as its rivals there flood the market with hundreds of new models, contributing to the American carmaker’s first year-over-year quarterly car sales decline since 2020 and a sharp profit drop.

“China needed Tesla to open the EV market, I’m not sure China needs Tesla to open the market for autonomous vehicles,” said Bill Russo, a Shanghai-based consultant for Automobility. Some Chinese companies are already capable of sophisticated driving technology on their own, he said.

Chinese officials feted Musk when he went to China in the early years of the relationship. They offered land, low-interest loans and tax incentives for Tesla to build a factory in Shanghai and its approval boosted consumers’ perception of Tesla in the world’s biggest auto market. Then Premier Li Keqiang even took a Tesla for a spin within the gated Zhongnanhai leadership compound in 2019.

The deal worked out well for both sides. Tesla helped ignite China’s EV industry, which is now the envy of the world. Shanghai became Tesla’s most productive and cost-efficient factory, enabling it to lower the prices of its cars. Sales of Tesla’s made-in-China Model 3 and Model Y soared, making the country its second-biggest market, as well as an export hub.

But Chinese carmakers inspired by Tesla have become fierce rivals, gobbling up its market share there and increasingly challenging it overseas. Expectations among many analysts that Tesla would expand its Shanghai factory to manufacture a more affordable EV have dimmed. Instead, a plot of land adjacent to its initial plant is being used by Tesla to produce its energy-storage Megapacks.

Workers at the car factory say operating hours were cut to five days a week from seven in March as it wasn’t running at full capacity.


Tesla is facing stiff competition from homegrown rivals in China. PHOTO: QILAI SHEN/BLOOMBERG NEWS
When talking about plans for Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving,” or FSD, features during a call to discuss the company’s dismal earnings last week, Musk said Tesla would release the service “in any market that—where we can get regulatory approval for that, which we think includes China.”

Days later, he flew to Beijing to seek Chinese leaders’ blessing. During his less-than-24-hour visit, Chinese regulators also gave Tesla’s cars clearance for data that they collect on the road, potentially paving the way for the government to loosen bans on the vehicles going to sensitive sites such as military complexes and some government buildings.

Musk also agreed to a deal with China’s Baidu for its FSD rollout, reassuring Chinese leaders over the security risks of Chinese user data.

“Pushing forward Tesla’s FSD in China is of strategic value to Beijing, which aspires to build itself as a global data leader,” said Feng Chucheng, founding partner at Hutong Research. “This will be much desired for Beijing to prove that its data regulatory regime is gaining traction.”

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Re: Elon Musk and China
« Reply #60 on: May 01, 2024, 07:13:55 AM »
I would like to think Musk is one guy that won't be taken by the Chinese.  But how can that be?  Haven't they already stolen his technology?  How did their EV manufacturing get going so quickly?

Also isn't he at high risk of getting caught up in a trade war?

Every time we doubt him we end up wrong.  Still I'm skeptical.

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The True Battle
« Reply #61 on: May 15, 2024, 09:05:45 AM »
Elon Musk

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The true battle is:

Extinctionists who want a holocaust for all of humanity.

— Versus —

Expansionists who want to reach the stars and Understand the Universe.

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Biden Catch 22s Elon Musk
« Reply #63 on: August 25, 2024, 04:14:03 AM »

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Elon helping out in Congressional races
« Reply #64 on: October 07, 2024, 02:01:41 PM »
 :-D

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-s-super-pac-has-spent-8-2-million-in-these-18-districts-to-keep-the-gop-in-control-of-the-house/ar-AA1qIyup?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=a8b10b99822f4656b302f807bf1578a5&ei=25

If Trump wins he needs to appoint Elon for something so he can get him Secret Service protection - but then again I suppose he can afford his own and better protection  :wink:

The sacrifices by Musk to support DJT and R's:

https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2024/10/06/the-remarkable-evolution-of-elon-musk-n4933110

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Re: Elon Musk
« Reply #65 on: October 07, 2024, 05:41:28 PM »
He is getting huge props here in NC for his gifting lots of Starlinks to folks who are shut off.


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FO: FCC revokes $885M to Starlink for Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
« Reply #66 on: October 08, 2024, 07:27:53 AM »


House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer (R-KY) said he is investigating the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to revoke an $885.5 million subsidy for Starlink through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.

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Re: Elon Musk
« Reply #67 on: October 08, 2024, 07:31:03 AM »
we need a name that is analogous for lawfare when it is the bureaucracy acting in blatant political ways

bureauracracy - war fare

bureaufare?

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Re: Elon Musk
« Reply #68 on: October 08, 2024, 08:00:46 AM »
Done.  See the Lawfare, Bureaufare thread.


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The Left Loses its Mind Over Musk
« Reply #70 on: October 12, 2024, 06:24:07 PM »

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Elon Musk, If Trump Loses...
« Reply #71 on: October 13, 2024, 12:49:24 PM »
"How long do you think my prison sentence is going to be?" Musk said to Tucker Carlson this month about a hypothetical Trump loss.

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/11/elon-musk-trump-president-election

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4929669-elon-musk-renounces-rocket-man/

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Re: Elon Musk
« Reply #72 on: October 13, 2024, 02:26:27 PM »
" "How long do you think my prison sentence is going to be?" Musk said to Tucker Carlson this month about a hypothetical Trump loss."

No doubt shysters are working on this as we type.


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If one lives in one of 6 swing states they can sign the Musk petition
« Reply #74 on: October 21, 2024, 08:00:25 AM »
https://nypost.com/2024/10/20/us-news/elon-musks-1-million-petition-giveaway-how-to-cash-in/

I live in hopeless Dem mob controlled NJ so I can't participate.   :cry:

NC is one state that is in the lottery.


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Re: Elon Musk
« Reply #75 on: October 21, 2024, 08:09:15 AM »
So, what is the link?!?

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Re: Elon Musk
« Reply #76 on: October 21, 2024, 08:52:12 AM »
I don't know
I could not find it.
Perhaps on X which I don't use?

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Re: Elon Musk
« Reply #77 on: October 21, 2024, 09:05:46 AM »
I was surprised the article did not have it.


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WSJ: Dems making Elon Musk much richer
« Reply #79 on: October 25, 2024, 05:27:43 AM »
Democrats Make Elon Musk’s Pay Day
‘Regulatory credits’ boost Tesla profit and its CEO’s wealth.
By The Editorial Board
Oct. 24, 2024 5:49 pm ET

Elon Musk on Thursday became billions of dollars richer after a strong earnings report caused Tesla Motors’ stock to pop. Congratulations to Democrats, whose green-energy subsidies and mandates are enriching the man they hate most after Donald Trump.

Tesla beat forecasts with a $2.2 billion profit in the third quarter, a 17% increase from a year earlier. Look under the hood, and you’ll find subsidies are driving its profits. Auto sales increased by a mere 1% compared to the same quarter last year while “regulatory credits” grew 33%. Such credits accounted for a third of its profit.

If auto makers fail to meet California’s electric-vehicle quotas or the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas emissions standards, they must buy compliance credits from manufacturers with a surplus—namely, Tesla. More auto makers are struggling to meet these EV mandates amid slowing demand and an EV market glut.

They are scaling back EV production plans and instead buying credits from Tesla because this is less expensive than making cars at a hefty loss. Tesla says it is booking more regulatory credit sales “as other automobile manufacturers scale back on their battery electric vehicle plans.” Their EV woes are Tesla’s gain.

As EV mandates ratchet up—California requires that they make up 68% of auto maker sales by 2030—the value of Tesla’s regulatory credits will increase. Could this be one reason Tesla is trading at two to three times the forward earnings multiple of high-flying tech stocks? Investors may be betting on rising government mandates and subsidies.

Tesla also benefits from the Inflation Reduction Act’s $7,500 per EV tax credit, which we calculate amounted to about $1.25 billion this past quarter, and consumer EV rebates in some states. Tesla says it was owed $315 million in rebates at the end of the last quarter. And don’t forget the IRA’s manufacturing tax credits for solar panels and batteries, which is Tesla’s fastest-growing and most profitable business.

These credits can offset more than a third of the cost of producing batteries for EVs and power storage units. California and other states are using Tesla batteries to back up their grids as they strive to meet climate mandates. Tesla says IRA manufacturing credits boosted its energy generation and storage margins and that it expects this business to more than double this year.

It’s amusing to hear Democrats now howl that Mr. Musk is benefiting from their government largesse. Here’s a novel idea: Scrap all climate mandates and subsidies. That way Tesla can succeed or fail on its own merit.

DougMacG

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Re: Elon Musk, and Founder led companies
« Reply #80 on: October 27, 2024, 06:01:07 AM »
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/why-americas-future-could-hinge-on
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Interesting guy.  Interesting story.  He missed the part I am waiting for, Musk's evaluation of the internal federal government workings.

One negative point he reports:

Witness Musk’s declaration, last year, that Taiwan is an “integral part of China”. That is undoubtedly a precondition of doing business in that country. The Biden administration should have worked closely with Musk on supporting his factories here in America so that he would not have had to kowtow to the Chinese; instead, they largely snubbed him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwsngXbLF5I

I must point out that part, if true, is shameful, IMHO, puts him in a sellout position like Google and so many others.
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X & Idealogical Homogeneity
« Reply #81 on: October 28, 2024, 05:05:06 PM »
News flash: when “Progressives,” particularly those in academia, can’t control or lose control of who can post what, they either screech autistically and impotently or flee altogether:

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/10/28/leftist-academics-flee-as-musks-x-ends-their-censorship-reign-how-free-speech-sent-the-ivory-tower-packing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leftist-academics-flee-as-musks-x-ends-their-censorship-reign-how-free-speech-sent-the-ivory-tower-packing

Hmm, come to think of it, that has kinda happened around here. Damn you Crafty for not demanding only enlightened left leaning perspectives here!

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Re: Elon Musk
« Reply #82 on: October 29, 2024, 05:26:52 AM »
 :-D