February 20, 2025Feb 20 19 hours ago, HenryJames said: 1. Business School 2. MBA 3. Massive student loan debt 4. ??? 5. Profit
February 20, 2025Feb 20 18 minutes ago, Chopper said: Oh no this is absolutely not what people should not be doing
February 20, 2025Feb 20 DOGE apparently has God mode to pretty much all federal systems. Which means the systems, from a security standpoint, are all irrevocably compromised and will have to be rebuilt from the ground up at great expense to taxpayers. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43112084
February 20, 2025Feb 20 1 hour ago, Brisketexan said: Elon Musk is the greatest threat the Republic has faced since the Civil War. He is a clear and present existential threat to the continued operation of the United States as an actual democratic functioning Republic, as opposed to a nakedly wholly owned subsidiary of evil oligarchs. There is zero hyperbole in my statement above. For real. But hey, all those idiots who weren't willing to vote are protesting now. "We didn't vote for this" Uh yeah, you did, because you threw a tantrum over some issue and sat out like big babies. Kinda missed your chance there, so you fucking morons.
February 20, 2025Feb 20 Trump Kicks Off Legal Chaos by Revealing Elon Musk Actually Runs DOGE Quote During an appearance at the Future Investment Institute Summit in Miami, Trump told attendees at the Saudi investment fund event exactly what Musk’s real job is. “I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency, and put a man named Elon Musk in charge,” Trump said. For an administration that loves to tout its own radical transparency, they sure seem to want to mislead Americans on who is really calling the shots at DOGE. The Trump administration filed a court declaration Monday asserting that Musk’s official title is “senior adviser to the president,” a position that holds “no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself.” It also claims that Musk isn’t a DOGE employee or its administrator, but an employee of the White House. The filing flies in the face of Trump’s original announcement naming Musk the head of DOGE, as well as everything we’ve seen from Musk since, as the unelected bureaucrat has taken aim at essential federal employees, sending agencies scrambling to hire them back. Most recently, he and his friends at DOGE pretended to save money by eliminating fictionalized government contracts. Monday’s filing came as Musk faces legal scrutiny in federal court this week. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ultimately declined to issue a temporary restraining order against Musk and DOGE Tuesday, saying that it wasn’t yet clear that their actions would cause irreparable harm. By obfuscating leadership, it seems that the Trump administration wants to avoid accountability for its actions. U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled last week that DOGE should be considered an “agency,” although Trump was “curiously” avoiding calling it that explicitly. “This appears to come from a desire to escape the obligations that accompany agencyhood—such as being subject to the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act and the Administrative Procedures Act—while reaping only its benefits,” Bates wrote in his order. So when he's in court, trump says elmo is just an advisor. When he's talking to the Saudi sovreign wealth fund, elon is in charge of the now most powerful department in government.
February 20, 2025Feb 20 19 minutes ago, Captainant said: Trump Kicks Off Legal Chaos by Revealing Elon Musk Actually Runs DOGE So when he's in court, trump says elmo is just an advisor. When he's talking to the Saudi sovreign wealth fund, elon is in charge of the now most powerful department in government. If he's an employee of the executive branch, is he required to divest ownership of his companies? Edited February 20, 2025Feb 20 by Bevo Num1
February 20, 2025Feb 20 20 minutes ago, Bevo Num1 said: If he's an employee of the executive branch, is he required to divest ownership of his companies?
February 20, 2025Feb 20 Someone just showed me a clip of muSSk today doing a short interview, high as a kite, wearing dark shades and mostly incoherent. Can't be hard to find. Edited February 20, 2025Feb 20 by Chopper
February 21, 2025Feb 21 And Also he's pushing the Mars angle because is supposed to have a landing in 2026 on the Moon. It has as much of a chance of happening as what he's talking about now of going Mars in 2026. Edited February 21, 2025Feb 21 by NoName
February 21, 2025Feb 21 6 minutes ago, Parliament said: Maybe he'll do enough drugs he kills himself. I mean, we've reached the point in this timeline where I will be ridiculously overjoyed by the deaths of TWO people now, so....yeah. Fucking OD, Elon, and do the world the greatest service you could possibly do.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 When you’re responsible for as many people losing their livelihood as he is, and as many people’s benefits being removed as he is, eventually one f them will snap and put a bullet in his head or blow him up.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 28 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: I mean, we've reached the point in this timeline where I will be ridiculously overjoyed by the deaths of TWO people now, so....yeah. Fucking OD, Elon, and do the world the greatest service you could possibly do. At times, I think one of the scant few remaining scenarios that result in our country returning to decency within the next two decades hinges on this particular supervillain's mental breakdown being spectacular enough to cause an internal shadow battle between a large portion of the psychotic murderous fraternity of insatiable zealots that somehow assembled into the death regime that is now pulling the strings. If Elon just up and died, that might actually remove the biggest wildcard in the deck.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 1 hour ago, Parliament said: Maybe he'll do enough drugs he kills himself. If there was a God.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 We need to become spacefaring because in one billion years the sun will boil the oceans. Modern humans are 200,000 years old.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 42 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said: We need to become spacefaring because in one billion years the sun will boil the oceans. Modern humans are 200,000 years old. Cowboys should have at least one more playoff win by then, so that’s nice
February 21, 2025Feb 21 1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said: We need to become spacefaring because in one billion years the sun will boil the oceans. Modern humans are 200,000 years old. Did he just Wayne Gretzky / Michael Scott himself?
February 21, 2025Feb 21 3 hours ago, Ghost of NMAS said: When you’re responsible for as many people losing their livelihood as he is, and as many people’s benefits being removed as he is, eventually one f them will snap and put a bullet in his head or blow him up. Probably more than a few people out there right now.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 If you're interested in what else they're censoring on xitter Edited February 21, 2025Feb 21 by Chopper
February 21, 2025Feb 21 4 hours ago, troph said: Only two? Surely I thought I was following you on the ledge now I’m wondering if I’m ahead. Yikes. He no longer cares about when Bob Stoops or Barry Switzer die. He will head to the bar and have a drink, sure, but he’s getting softer with age. Edited February 21, 2025Feb 21 by atomheartbevo
February 21, 2025Feb 21 1 minute ago, NoName said: Honestly, yeah. Elon Musk: Generic Edgelord I'm not even joking, there's rumors going around originating from Grimes that Elon has a botched penis enlargement. Which would definitely explain a lot of his rage at the world and society. This is 100% pure unsubstantiated rumor, but I'll be goddamned if it doesn't make everything make sense with him
February 21, 2025Feb 21 9 hours ago, Chopper said: If you're interested in what else they're censoring on xitter
February 21, 2025Feb 21 Just to really put a cherry on top, elon's personal security detail has been deputized by the US Marshalls now. If you make him mad on twitter, he can legitimately dispatch armed federal agents on you. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/politics/elon-musk-private-security-deputized-marshals-service/index.html The US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, three law enforcement officials familiar with the matter told CNN. It was not immediately clear how many members of Musk’s security team were made special deputies. Musk, the tech billionaire and ally of President Donald Trump, does not currently have a US Secret Service detail – meaning members of his personal security detail were limited in what they could do in Washington, DC. Now that members have been deputized, they have more rights and could be authorized to carry weapons on federal grounds. It also means that if something went awry with the detail, the Marshals Service could be held legally liable, one law enforcement source said.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 Popular Post 15 hours ago, NoName said: Just want to point out that Andreas is a longhorn.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 29 minutes ago, Captainant said: Just to really put a cherry on top, elon's personal security detail has been deputized by the US Marshalls now. If you make him mad on twitter, he can legitimately dispatch armed federal agents on you. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/politics/elon-musk-private-security-deputized-marshals-service/index.html The US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, three law enforcement officials familiar with the matter told CNN. It was not immediately clear how many members of Musk’s security team were made special deputies. Musk, the tech billionaire and ally of President Donald Trump, does not currently have a US Secret Service detail – meaning members of his personal security detail were limited in what they could do in Washington, DC. Now that members have been deputized, they have more rights and could be authorized to carry weapons on federal grounds. It also means that if something went awry with the detail, the Marshals Service could be held legally liable, one law enforcement source said. This is literally how the SS began.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 Popular Post Also, anyone and everyone who has had a dissenting post deleted/removed from Twitter should join together and file a Section 1983 suit against Elon for depriving them of their civil rights. Because the facts make it a pretty damned solid (and important) case. 1. Elon is a powerful, senior employee and officer of the US Government. Trump has admitted so, publicly. Further, Elon's public statements and tweets on the matter make it clear that he is. 2. That powerful, senior officer of the US Government controls a major site for the dissemination and public discussion of topics that include the operation of the US Government, specifically including the functions of that particular officer of the US Government. 3. That powerful, senior officer of the US Government actually USES that site for making statements directly connected to and relevant to his role and actions as a US Government official. 4. That powerful, senior officer of the US Government suppresses/drowns out dissenting speech by a) actively deleting/hiding dissenting posts and comments, b) creating/directing the creation of an algorithm that performs the same function. 5. Government suppression of speech, particularly on matters of public import and interest, is a plain violation of the First Amendment rights of the speakers. TLDR: Because Musk is an officer of the government and does not just use but CONTROLS Twitter in connection with and in furtherance of the performance of his duties as a government official, Twitter is -- for First Amendment purposes -- an arm of the US Government. Thus, it cannot suppress or favor any speech based on its content. Doing so violates the First Amendment, and Elon (in his capacity as the owner and controller of Twitter) should be enjoined from doing so. It is a good lawsuit. It is a VERY good lawsuit. It should be brought posthaste, seeking emergency injunctive relief, because the harm is real, ongoing, and there is no adequate remedy at law if it is allowed to continue.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 1 minute ago, Brisketexan said: Also, anyone and everyone who has had a dissenting post deleted/removed from Twitter should join together and file a Section 1983 suit against Elon for depriving them of their civil rights. Because the facts make it a pretty damned solid (and important) case. 1. Elon is a powerful, senior employee and officer of the US Government. Trump has admitted so, publicly. Further, Elon's public statements and tweets on the matter make it clear that he is. 2. That powerful, senior officer of the US Government controls a major site for the dissemination and public discussion of topics that include the operation of the US Government, specifically including the functions of that particular officer of the US Government. 3. That powerful, senior officer of the US Government actually USES that site for making statements directly connected to and relevant to his role and actions as a US Government official. 4. That powerful, senior officer of the US Government suppresses/drowns out dissenting speech by a) actively deleting/hiding dissenting posts and comments, b) creating/directing the creation of an algorithm that performs the same function. 5. Government suppression of speech, particularly on matters of public import and interest, is a plain violation of the First Amendment rights of the speakers. TLDR: Because Musk is an officer of the government and does not just use but CONTROLS Twitter in connection with and in furtherance of the performance of his duties as a government official, Twitter is -- for First Amendment purposes -- an arm of the US Government. Thus, it cannot suppress or favor any speech based on its content. Doing so violates the First Amendment, and Elon (in his capacity as the owner and controller of Twitter) should be enjoined from doing so. It is a good lawsuit. It is a VERY good lawsuit. It should be brought posthaste, seeking emergency injunctive relief, because the harm is real, ongoing, and there is no adequate remedy at law if it is allowed to continue. Wasn't there a really long bernard thread about how federal agents can't be sued even if you cooperated with them Edited February 21, 2025Feb 21 by chainsaw
February 21, 2025Feb 21 2 minutes ago, chainsaw said: Wasn't there a really long bernard thread about how federal agents can't be sued even if you cooperated with them So.... I have no idea what that sentence means. Of course federal agents can be sued - there is "qualified immunity" which can shield them from having to pay damages for past unconstitutional conduct if there was not "clearly established law" telling them their actions were unconstitutional (the 5th circuit LOVES that defense when it comes to cops beating the fuck out of a minority, they don't like it at all when it's a local official pursuing a "liberal" policy). But that really has no bearing on whether you can get an injunction against further unconstitutional action.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 7 minutes ago, chainsaw said: Wasn't there a really long bernard thread about how federal agents can't be sued even if you cooperated with them You can sue anyone for anything. Whether you recover is a separate matter than whether you can sue somebody. Now, the moment of threat doctrine says that you as a cop can kill anyone for almost any reason if you say they are a threat to you or others in your . Scotus is actually writing an opinion as I type about whether the moment of threat doctrine will still be applicable. Of course it will. oops. did not see brisket’s response before I vomited my answer. Edited February 21, 2025Feb 21 by Gatorubet
February 21, 2025Feb 21 1 minute ago, Brisketexan said: So.... I have no idea what that sentence means. Of course federal agents can be sued - there is "qualified immunity" which can shield them from having to pay damages for past unconstitutional conduct if there was not "clearly established law" telling them their actions were unconstitutional (the 5th circuit LOVES that defense when it comes to cops beating the fuck out of a minority, they don't like it at all when it's a local official pursuing a "liberal" policy). But that really has no bearing on whether you can get an injunction against further unconstitutional action. I think it was on the old site. One of the things I remember was that state employees (like that hag who was refusing to issue gay marriage licenses) can be sued for violating civil rights but federal agents basically can't. Qualified immunity was the main subject of the thread of course, though.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 1 minute ago, chainsaw said: I think it was on the old site. One of the things I remember was that state employees (like that hag who was refusing to issue gay marriage licenses) can be sued for violating civil rights but federal agents basically can't. Qualified immunity was the main subject of the thread of course, though. Yeah, no....federal officers can be sued. It's technically NOT under Section 1983 -- it's called a "Bivens claim," which is quite similar. Sorry, I was sloppy there in my citation.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 Is it just me, or have spam/phishing texts increased about 10X since the DOGE kids got access to government IT systems? Seems like the last two weeks I’m getting 5-10 a day when I used to get a couple a week. Either that or we’re going to hear about a big hack soon.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 3 hours ago, Captainant said: I'm not even joking, there's rumors going around originating from Grimes that Elon has a botched penis enlargement. Which would definitely explain a lot of his rage at the world and society. This is 100% pure unsubstantiated rumor, but I'll be goddamned if it doesn't make everything make sense with him you know... he's such a fucking snowflake weirdo that if this story gains enough traction i bet he'd go so far as to whip it out somewhere for inspection 😆
February 21, 2025Feb 21 7 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said: we’re going to hear about a big hack soon. There has been a small but vocal community of people who think the 2024 election was actually rigged. Haven't dug too much into it because it don't make much of a shit at this point, but you could be onto something.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 You are conflating auto-pilot data with FSD data. They are different. I stated that there have been two confirmed fatalities associated with FSD in over 2.5 billion miles driven by FSD vehicles. That's all I said. Nothing more, nothing less. I recently heard that Tesla only counts accidents in Teslas where the airbag deploys as a Tesla accident, but they count that against any other car where regardless of airbag deployment, so they can fudge the numbers. In 2023 there is a Forbes article about Tesla having the highest rates of accident, 23.5 per 1000 drivers, and since then their numbers have gone up to over 26/1000 drivers. No one gives a shit if they were harmed by FSD or Autopilot modes.
February 21, 2025Feb 21 18 minutes ago, chainsaw said: There has been a small but vocal community of people who think the 2024 election was actually rigged. Haven't dug too much into it because it don't make much of a shit at this point, but you could be onto something. I've been on record here since 2020 that if you apply the "every accusation is a confession" rule, their callout of specific voting machines after the 2020 election was a tell.
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