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RM2 wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 12:41 pm The fact of the matter is that I am just not very good or creative at coming up with these nicknames. RM is my first and last name initial and my father was the same so I used RM2.

RM2 wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 10:42 pm Well I am glad I am at least providing you guys some entertainment. I have been around longer than you think if I remember on gone gold I was tricky_ricky but never posted then a lot either, I think I am just shy. But enough of this not appropriate for the R&P subforum.

@elonmusk wrote:In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.

But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.

Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold …

Max Peck wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 11:57 pm

@elonmusk wrote:In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.

But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.

Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold …

I feel like the real issue here is that the GOP is the party of deregulation, with a side of powning the libs.

RM2 wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 10:42 pm Well I am glad I am at least providing you guys some entertainment. I have been around longer than you think if I remember on gone gold I was tricky_ricky but never posted then a lot either, I think I am just shy. But enough of this not appropriate for the R&P subforum.

RM2 wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 10:42 pm Well I am glad I am at least providing you guys some entertainment.

Max Peck wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 11:57 pm

@elonmusk wrote:In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.

But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.

Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold …

I feel like the real issue here is that the GOP is the party of deregulation, with a side of powning the libs.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 9:00 amI need to change news sources but I have no idea what's better.

SpaceX, the aerospace firm founded by Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man, paid a flight attendant $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim against Musk in 2018, Insider has learned.

The attendant worked as a member of the cabin crew on a contract basis for SpaceX's corporate jet fleet. She accused Musk of exposing his erect penis to her, rubbing her leg without consent, and offering to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage, according to interviews and documents obtained by Insider.

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After Insider contacted Musk for comment, he emailed to ask for more time to respond and said there is "a lot more to this story."

"If I were inclined to engage in sexual harassment, this is unlikely to be the first time in my entire 30-year career that it comes to light," he wrote, calling the story a "politically motivated hit piece."

Insider extended the deadline and reiterated the offer to Musk to comment on the claims. He did not respond.

El Guapo wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 5:41 pm One of the big themes of the most recent season of Billions is that Paul Giamatti's prosecutor character is on a crusade centered on the proposition that the super-rich are essentially by definition assholes, even if they seem nice, by virtue of the sheer power that they wield. Giamatti's character comes across as a bit crazy at times during the season, but I'm really coming around to his point of view.

Holman wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 5:26 pm I just want to claim a victory lap on the fact that I have *always* seen Elon Musk as an asshole.

malchior wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 5:56 pm I mean asshole is a given. My problem with many of them is that they are over represented with people with serious personality disorders and that's not so great when they also have a lot of power. Trump is an example of the extreme damage that our inability to deal with that can do. But back to Musk. He is not a good person. I mean he has done good things and he's clearly a smart person. However, if you pay attention to what his ex's say or the litany of employees who say he stole their ideas and/or is incredibly abusive you can quickly ascertain he is a monster. But our society is a broken, cesspool of immorality so he has the ability to be a monster openly because enough people cheer that behavior on.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 7:20 pm That neither of Tesla's founders are at Tesla any more and still supporting Tesla while staying tight lipped about Musk seems like it should be telling.

After months of legal wrangling, Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk and former Chief Executive Martin Eberhard have agreed that they, along with three others, are officially equals and co-founders of the company
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A spokesman for the San Carlos, Calif., automaker confirmed Monday that a defamation suit filed by Eberhard in May against Musk had been settled out of court. The litigation had largely revolved around the right of Musk to call himself the founder of the firm.

Neither side disclosed details of the agreement. But a statement released by Tesla about the confidential settlement referred to the men as “two of the co-founders of Tesla.” (The others, according to reports, are Chief Technology Officer J.B. Straubel, as well as departed executives Marc Tarpenning and Ian Wright.)

It’s an unexpected happy ending for two men who had taken to blaming each other for the company’s numerous missteps and delays. Musk, who made hundreds of millions of dollars as the largest shareholder in PayPal when it was bought by EBay Inc., took the reins at Tesla in October. Eberhard left the company late in 2007, shortly after being relieved of his executive duties.

Eberhard, who has bashed Musk publicly on his blog and accused him of sundry errors in leadership at Tesla in the lawsuit, is singing a different tune.

malchior wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 9:18 am

The attendant worked as a member of the cabin crew on a contract basis for SpaceX's corporate jet fleet. She accused Musk of exposing his erect penis to her, rubbing her leg without consent, and offering to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage, according to interviews and documents obtained by Insider.

...

After Insider contacted Musk for comment, he emailed to ask for more time to respond and said there is "a lot more to this story."

"If I were inclined to engage in sexual harassment, this is unlikely to be the first time in my entire 30-year career that it comes to light," he wrote, calling the story a "politically motivated hit piece."

Insider extended the deadline and reiterated the offer to Musk to comment on the claims. He did not respond.

malchior wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 4:54 pm This is the type of cut through the bullshit messaging the Democrats desperately need to foster.

malchior wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 8:42 am I saw that thread. I wasn't going to read Esper myself so value Frum taking the hit. What I still do not value is after the fact self-absolution of horrible conduct. For example, Esper says if it wasn't me it would have been someone worse? Maybe so but it doesn't look good when you step over tons of garbage and then cash in on a book deal at the end.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 9:54 pm Hey, Fucko, we like to call it inter-species erotica.

Several shots ring out in quick succession, cutting through a clear, blue spring morning in Jenin, in the West Bank. Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack.

The cameraman filming the scene scrambles backwards to take cover behind a low concrete wall. Then a man cries out in Arabic: "Injured! Shireen, Shireen, oh man, Shireen! Ambulance!"

When the camera operator pans around the corner, Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh can be seen lying motionless, face down on the ground as another Palestinian reporter, Shatha Hanaysha, crouches down beside her, using a tree trunk for cover. Hanaysha reaches out and tries to rouse her as gunshots continue. There's no response. Both women are wearing helmets and blue protective vests marked "Press."

In the moments that follow, a man in a white T-shirt makes several attempts to move Abu Akleh, but is forced back repeatedly by gunfire. Finally, after a few long minutes, he manages to drag her body from the street.

The shaky video, filmed by Al Jazeera cameraman Majdi Banura, captures the scene when Abu Akleh, a 51-year-old Palestinian-American was killed by a bullet to the head at around 6:30 a.m. on May 11. She had been standing with a group of journalists near the entrance of Jenin refugee camp, where they had come to cover an Israeli raid. While the footage does not show Abu Akleh being shot, eyewitnesses told CNN that they believe Israeli forces on the same street fired deliberately on the reporters in a targeted attack. All of the journalists were wearing protective blue vests that identified them as members of the news media.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 11:02 pmAs someone who spent most of their life as a starry-eyed optimist, I've really become a fatalistic, pessimistic asshole lately.