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Supafreak Saturday, 30 Nov 2024 at 4:04pm

Musk a role model ? What for ? Family planning ? Tell anyone that doesn’t agree with him to GFY ? The guy maybe a very good businessman with smart ideas but he comes across as a carnt , especially to those he employs . I guess we have different ideas on who & what makes a good role model .

adam12 Saturday, 30 Nov 2024 at 4:17pm

Unsurprised that an intellectual midget throws his support behind a midget wrestler social media "influencer" who appears to "change" his mind too, particularly when large sums of money are involved.
Maybe one day you will "change" your outlook on him like you "changed" your racist posturing on FNP.
Pathetic.
Think for yourself, that's what "men" do.
It's not "growth", it's a lack of principles in the first place.

GuySmiley Saturday, 30 Nov 2024 at 4:54pm

Ya leave the house for a few hours to have lunch with some old work buddies and well I’m practicably speechless ….

@adam12, that’s it, principles, if ya got them you don’t change them, you can tell shit from clay and you don’t need to do any fucking resurchin on the internet to now what’s what!

So Rogan might suffer from tiny man syndrome? 5’6” or 7” no wonder he’s cautious about the Ukrainian boxer! Hahaha

FMD @info, Musk and Rogan role models, your poor judgement here is astounding, please refer to my comment above regarding principles. You can also add values to that … and I have no idea what you are saying ^^ about 5 days, my mind is very clear on where I stand on Rogan and other grifters dating back to his COVID mis-info-mation days

Roker Saturday, 30 Nov 2024 at 5:05pm

The Democratic elite should not compromise in the aftermath of its defeat to the forces of populism. It should oppose tariffs and fight for expanded open borders. Unrestricted entry for anyone from anywhere who possesses enough enterprise and wherewithal to work long and hard for sweet F.A. in certain sectors of the economy. Introduce tax breaks and incentives for employers willing to help, as well as expanding the institutionalisation of turnablindeyeism towards any non compliance with labour laws. It’s all about a flexible and dynamic economy. Target sectors which are uncompetitive and protected, and as such distort the free market. Areas where labour has become so overvalued it fuels inflation. Sectors such as parts of the knowledge and information economies, where you’ll find the likes of the NYT and the CNN, for instance. Consulting and the like, especially the progressive political campaign consultant class. Geez, if anywhere could benefit from a more competitive labour market and a wider talent pool? Academia, publishing etc. The legal system - qualified over there, qualified over here - get ‘em in, by the hundreds of thousands, enormous competitive downward pressure on fees, affordable access to once were fancy Ivy-League educated lawyers for all. And for sure Hollywood. Actors and Screenwriters in particular. Get ‘em in from from all over the joint. This model is broken and needs recalibrating. The SAG and the WGA are in need of a solid dose of deregulation and their members would benefit enormously from full exposure to an open global marketplace and the free movement of people. No doubt this would provide a better outcome for the consumer. Consider the over valued and over costed dross that these overpaid American workers inflict on the modern streamer and cinema goer. The modern consumer shouldn’t be compelled to suffer the grotesque trickle down effect produced when an employer such as Apple, or any studio, is compelled to pay an employee such as De Niro $20m for a role he was fifty years too old for in the service of a movie that no one saw. Don’t tell me that there aren’t thousands upon thousands of folk from other countries out there - diverse people of colour no less!! - who could be brought in to do this shit at least almost as good, and for way, way cheaper. And really, there is pretty good stuff coming out of South and Central America now, so why not just shift the whole show from L.A. to Mexico? Still get a gig playing dress ups down there, I guess, if your fee is competitive enough, but forget your SAG and WGA conditions. Mexico’s system is much more flexible, dynamic and efficient. Heaps better. I’m sure Robert, as a good progressive, would support these measures, in solidarity with the millions and millions of Americans who’ve already benefited from such progressive Clintonian dogma over the last thirty years. I mean, Bob was in Dear Hunter, in a steel mill, in PA, so he knows that this stuff works, that it’s an inherent good. That it’s equitable and inclusive.