Elon deserves his own thread

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indo-dreaming started the topic in Saturday, 15 Apr 2023 at 1:16pm

What you need to see

What the BBC want you to only see.

And everything

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basesix Tuesday, 11 Mar 2025 at 4:51pm
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What about the one with the woman in the maze? "Life's what you make it and god knows I'm working hard on mine". Not on youtube. Sad.

bugger, don't know it, just been googling hits like 'what color is god's skin'. this one was a cracker.. ahead of its time, (like noiseworks), in this era of awkward workplaces with people 'reaching out', 'touching base' and 'checking in'.

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Hiccups Tuesday, 11 Mar 2025 at 4:53pm
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Never really had much opinion on Elon but it's starting to seem like we're witnessing an unravelling. He's always shot from the hip, but lately it's not just spontaneous and cavalier but unhinged.

He's been unhinged for a while. From 2018:

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blackers Tuesday, 11 Mar 2025 at 5:07pm

Awesome, Swellnet's therapy sessions continue.
Don't do twatter but I do like that quote from stu:
"kinda wish I was one of Elon's kids so I wouldn't have to see him anymore." says the world.

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velocityjohnno Tuesday, 11 Mar 2025 at 6:30pm
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(i was in a backyard-party spoof christian band of sorts for a while.. 'Bon Jehovah'

Please tell me you did a cover of 'Livin' on a Prayer'.

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GuySmiley Tuesday, 11 Mar 2025 at 6:31pm

A touch harsh, but…

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velocityjohnno Tuesday, 11 Mar 2025 at 6:40pm

"Taking to X Saturday morning, Musk wrote, “An investigation has found 5 ActBlue-funded groups responsible for Tesla ‘protests’: Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project and Democratic Socialists of America.”

“ActBlue funders include George Soros, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Sandler, Patricia Bauman, and Leah Hunt-Hendrix. ActBlue is currently under investigation for allowing foreign and illegal donations in criminal violation of campaign finance regulations. This week, 7 ActBlue senior officials resigned, including the associate general counsel,” continued the adviser to President Donald Trump who encouraged anyone with related knowledge to share in the replies."

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/03/08/elon-musk-names-5-actblue-funded...

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velocityjohnno Tuesday, 11 Mar 2025 at 6:45pm

The less obvious solution:

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Roadkill Tuesday, 11 Mar 2025 at 7:53pm

Musk nearly had a little cry when interviewed about Tesla currently.

That is more than any empathy or thought or pity or nearly a little cry for the 000’s he has sacked whilst smiling smugly and squealing with delight.

Irony right there.

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velocityjohnno Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 12:12am

Interview with Elon, why he's doing it, in his own words:

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Roadkill Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 7:01am
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Keep digging Donny

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/trump-tesla-boycott-musk

Who would have thought it could happen. You call your customers parasites and they stop buying your cars…strange.

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andy-mac Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 7:09am

Radical left lunatics....

Trump and his mates seem to be the ones bringing down the US economy...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/trump-tesla-boycott-musk

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GuySmiley Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 1:25pm
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Hiccups Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 2:06pm
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Greetings fellow domestic terrorists

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-buy-new-tesla-show-s...

What in the fascist? Jan 6th though, definitely not domestic terrorism. s/

Another step closer to any protest of government policy, or as this shows, the protest of anything at all, being met with a boot to the face and jail time.

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tearymasseuse Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 2:11pm

Electric charged energy transfer / peaceful protest

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sypkan Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 2:18pm

to be fair petals...

that term 'domestic terrorists' was a bit of a dem concoction...

I don't care what ya cause is, if ya firebombing shit, ya kinda fit the bill...

(didn't see any fire on Jan 6, I could be wrong)

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Hiccups Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 2:22pm
tearymasseuse wrote:

Electric charged energy transfer / peaceful protest

youtube.com/watch?v=AYyzeSZQvAw

Bill's been getting heat in his IG comments etc and accused of going "woke" for his recent shitting on billionaires and Free Luigi stance. Often this involves him being called a hypocrite because he's a millionaire. First, he's been on the fuck the mega-wealthy train for a while, second, don't these dopes know the difference between millionaires and billionaires? Thirdly, who the FUCK sticks up for billionaires. There's no reason for anyone to have that much wealth. None.

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Hiccups Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 2:23pm
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to be fair petals...

that term 'domestic terrorists' was a bit of a dem concoction...

I don't care what ya cause is, if ya firebombing shit, ya kinda fit the bill...

(didn't see any fire on Jan 6, I could be wrong)

You have to use a firebomb to be a terrorist? Ok mate/

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sypkan Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 2:41pm

no you don't

and I think the little anti-tesla nazis are about to find that out...

for better or worse

but if ya firebombing cars and shit...

yeh, you're essentially a terrorist

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tearymasseuse Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 2:49pm

“ According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the United States remains the world's largest arms exporter responsible for 41.7 percent of international arms sales between 2019 and 2023, up from 38.6 percent between 2017 and 2021. During the most recent time span, the country supplied arms to more than 100 countries.”

(terrorists?)

https://www.statista.com/chart/18417/global-weapons-exports/

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tearymasseuse Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 2:51pm

“ Arms imports by the European NATO members more than doubled between 2015–19 and 2020–24 (+105 per cent). The USA supplied 64 per cent of these arms, a substantially larger share than in 2015–19 (52 per cent). ”

https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2025/ukraine-worlds-biggest-ar...

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sypkan Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 2:51pm

millionaires / billionaires...

potato potatoe

billionaires / 'families'...

tomato tomatoe

??!

https://www.thefp.com/p/billionaires-resist-trump

we present the astroturf 'unelected billionaires' mega complex...

don't read it, ignorance is bliss

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Hiccups Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 2:51pm
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no you don't

and I think the little anti-tesla nazis are about to find that out...

for better or worse

but if ya firebombing cars and shit...

yeh, you're essentially a terrorist

You think saying Jan 6th was domestic terrorism was a "dem concoction", even though that was the opinion of Republican FBI Director, Christopher Ray? OK.

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tearymasseuse Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 2:53pm

Domestic terrorism transitioned to international.

“ Arms imports by the European NATO members more than doubled between 2015–19 and 2020–24 (+105 per cent). The USA supplied 64 per cent of these arms, a substantially larger share than in 2015–19 (52 per cent). ”

https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2025/ukraine-worlds-biggest-ar...

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sypkan Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 3:03pm

dude, the dems think praying outside an abortion clinic is domestic terrorism...

or parents interested in their kids education...

but four months of firey, but 'mostly peaceful protests' from 'the summer of love'...

its a big yeh nah

errr ok...

but lock up those dastardly prayers!

precedent champ

like language... be careful the political precedent you set...

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Hiccups Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 3:01pm
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dude, the dems think praying outside an abortion clinic is domestic terrorism...

or parents interested in their kids education...

but four months of firey but 'mostly peaceful' from 'the summer of love'...

its a yeh nah

errr ok

but lock up those dastardly prayers!

precedent champ

like language... be careful the political precedent you set...

You were specifically talking about Jan 6th though, weren't ya.

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sypkan Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 3:09pm

not specifically with the 'dems concoction' bit...

but it's all related

they've got years of form...

the bastardisation of language and law

the sheer hypocrisy is unbearable

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sypkan Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 3:11pm

the stupidity is unbearable...

a blind rock could see the day this would turn back on them

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Hiccups Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 3:16pm
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not specifically with the 'dems concoction' bit...

but it's all related

they've got years of form...

the bastardisation of language and law

the sheer hypocrisy is unbearable

Dems are fucked, yes I know, but you can make light of years of murders, bombings, arsons and assaults involving abortion clinics and their staff and that's ok? Nice.

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garyg1412 Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 4:37pm
sypkan wrote:

no you don't

and I think the little anti-tesla nazis are about to find that out...

for better or worse

but if ya firebombing cars and shit...

yeh, you're essentially a terrorist

Someone should tell the French protestors that!! It'll spoil their fun.

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Supafreak Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 5:31pm

Come on guys, help a bloke out , poor bugger is down to his last 200 odd billion .

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Confusion Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 5:34pm

Jan 6 th wasn’t domestic terrorism ,
It was a failed coup attempt.
Then everyone went home.

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Confusion Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 5:43pm

Musks wealth might be all tied up in
Tesla shares, in which case he might be f d ,
Why else would you want Trump to advertise Tesla for you.
And Trump might be all tied up in Musk. ?

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Musks wealth might be all tied up in
Tesla shares, in which case he might be f d ,
Why else would you want Trump to advertise Tesla for you.
And Trump might be all tied up in Musk. ?

I think you may be confused about all his money being tied up in tesla shares . He has more than 1 company, I believe tesla will rebound anyway , probably not in the car division which has heavy competition from china , more in the robotics division. Either way jeffy , he won’t be going broke anytime soon . https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2025/03/11/what-is-elon-musk-net-...

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flollo Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 5:55pm

What a time to be alive! Conservatives are switching to EVs while progressives advocate for nuclear weapons, climate change fund and welfare cuts to finance massive weapons purchases.

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Confusion wrote:

Musks wealth might be all tied up in
Tesla shares, in which case he might be f d ,
Why else would you want Trump to advertise Tesla for you.
And Trump might be all tied up in Musk. ?

I think you may be confused about all his money being tied up in tesla shares . He has more than 1 company, I believe tesla will rebound anyway , probably not in the car division which has heavy competition from china , more in the robotics division. Either way jeffy , he won’t be going broke anytime soon . https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2025/03/11/what-is-elon-musk-net-...

Tesla will crash even further but share price is only where it was in Oct. It’s a staggering collapse. But the growth over the 3 months of election cycle was also unprecedented. It’s a meme stock and such growth had no connection to anything meaningful or real.

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Confusion Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 6:05pm
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Confusion wrote:

Musks wealth might be all tied up in
Tesla shares, in which case he might be f d ,
Why else would you want Trump to advertise Tesla for you.
And Trump might be all tied up in Musk. ?

I think you may be confused about all his money being tied up in tesla shares . He has more than 1 company, I believe tesla will rebound anyway , probably not in the car division which has heavy competition from china , more in the robotics division. Either way jeffy , he won’t be going broke anytime soon .

Your still doing the left right left swerving thing,
Not sure who will be buying Tesla though,
Pro democracy people won’t MAGA is too poor and are anti clean air anyway ,
A 53 percent drop since November and Chinese AI companies taking advantage in that market,
Tesla being associated with Musk , a Nazi Billionaire, no wonder people want to wipe it out.

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Supafreak Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 6:07pm
Confusion wrote:
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:

Musks wealth might be all tied up in
Tesla shares, in which case he might be f d ,
Why else would you want Trump to advertise Tesla for you.
And Trump might be all tied up in Musk. ?

I think you may be confused about all his money being tied up in tesla shares . He has more than 1 company, I believe tesla will rebound anyway , probably not in the car division which has heavy competition from china , more in the robotics division. Either way jeffy , he won’t be going broke anytime soon .

Your still doing the left right left swerving thing,
Not sure who will be buying Tesla though,
Pro democracy people won’t MAGA is too poor and are anti clean air anyway ,
A 53 percent drop since November and international boycotts still in place ,
And cheaper Chinese EVs taking over the market,
Good luck with that recovery?

You are funny in that you believe everyone has to be either left or right . Chinese EVs were on the rise well before Elon stepped in as Trumps right hand man . You must have a huge chubby at the moment with your favourite billionaires losing money this year . Do you recall how their wealth increased during covid ? I think they may just be a little bit in front still . You will need to campaign harder jeffy .

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Confusion Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 6:14pm
flollo wrote:
What a time to be alive! Conservatives are switching to EVs while progressives advocate for nuclear weapons, climate change fund and welfare cuts to finance massive weapons purchases.[
Space space
Because the traditionaally democratic US government has aligned itself with a tyrannical dictatorship
Wonder why that might change things???????
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Confusion Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 6:20pm
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:

Musks wealth might be all tied up in
Tesla shares, in which case he might be f d ,
Why else would you want Trump to advertise Tesla for you.
And Trump might be all tied up in Musk. ?

I think you may be confused about all his money being tied up in tesla shares . He has more than 1 company, I believe tesla will rebound anyway , probably not in the car division which has heavy competition from china , more in the robotics division. Either way jeffy , he won’t be going broke anytime soon .

Your still doing the left right left swerving thing,
Not sure who will be buying Tesla though,
Pro democracy people won’t MAGA is too poor and are anti clean air anyway ,
A 53 percent drop since November and international boycotts still in place ,
And cheaper Chinese EVs taking over the market,
Good luck with that recovery?

You are funny in that you believe everyone has to be either left or right . Chinese EVs were on the rise well before Elon stepped in as Trumps right hand man . You must have a huge chubby at the moment with your favourite billionaires losing money this year . Do you recall how their wealth increased during covid ? I think they may just be a little bit in front still . You will need to campaign harder jeffy .

You must have some kinky fantasies if you keep associating politics with chubbies,
Is that why you liked Tulsi so much,
Oh yeah!

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GuySmiley Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 6:24pm

Interesting facts:

Tesla's earnings are not primarily from vehicle sales but rather: (1) government subsides for charging station infrastructure; (2) green credits paid to Tesla by other car manufacturers; and (3) their Bitcoin reserves ..... and all three (3) are subject to increasing future competition and/or market variations when it comes to the crypto.

Tesla's share price should still fall down to between 30 - 40% of current level based on how market's would generally value the price on a P:E basis, however, most pension and superannuation funds around the world have invested in the stock thus the price is artificially boosted .... at the minute, there is absolutely no reason why the funds should hold onto the stock in the medium term subject to individual fund criteria

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flollo Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 6:30pm

Oh yeah, P/E is still around 120, even with this crazy crash. For example, Ford is around 7. Ok Ford is probably too low, solid company now but no one expects them to grow. But if Tesla is reduced to just a ‘automaker’ then it will go way more than 30-40%. Let’s face it, the whole buzz was around Elon so if Elon is not a factor anymore then Tesla has no future.

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indo-dreaming Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 6:51pm
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:

Musks wealth might be all tied up in
Tesla shares, in which case he might be f d ,
Why else would you want Trump to advertise Tesla for you.
And Trump might be all tied up in Musk. ?

I think you may be confused about all his money being tied up in tesla shares . He has more than 1 company, I believe tesla will rebound anyway , probably not in the car division which has heavy competition from china , more in the robotics division. Either way jeffy , he won’t be going broke anytime soon .

Your still doing the left right left swerving thing,
Not sure who will be buying Tesla though,
Pro democracy people won’t MAGA is too poor and are anti clean air anyway ,
A 53 percent drop since November and international boycotts still in place ,
And cheaper Chinese EVs taking over the market,
Good luck with that recovery?

You are funny in that you believe everyone has to be either left or right . Chinese EVs were on the rise well before Elon stepped in as Trumps right hand man . You must have a huge chubby at the moment with your favourite billionaires losing money this year . Do you recall how their wealth increased during covid ? I think they may just be a little bit in front still . You will need to campaign harder jeffy .

Yep most people dont think about being left or right or conservatives or progressives, even if they are rusted on voters of one party or another, most people aren't even that political, and the amount of people that buy things or dont buy things based on who the owner of the company is, is very small.

@ Jeffy BTW. Starlink also makes billions per year.

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Supafreak Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 7:04pm
Confusion wrote:
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:

Musks wealth might be all tied up in
Tesla shares, in which case he might be f d ,
Why else would you want Trump to advertise Tesla for you.
And Trump might be all tied up in Musk. ?

I think you may be confused about all his money being tied up in tesla shares . He has more than 1 company, I believe tesla will rebound anyway , probably not in the car division which has heavy competition from china , more in the robotics division. Either way jeffy , he won’t be going broke anytime soon .

Your still doing the left right left swerving thing,
Not sure who will be buying Tesla though,
Pro democracy people won’t MAGA is too poor and are anti clean air anyway ,
A 53 percent drop since November and international boycotts still in place ,
And cheaper Chinese EVs taking over the market,
Good luck with that recovery?

You are funny in that you believe everyone has to be either left or right . Chinese EVs were on the rise well before Elon stepped in as Trumps right hand man . You must have a huge chubby at the moment with your favourite billionaires losing money this year . Do you recall how their wealth increased during covid ? I think they may just be a little bit in front still . You will need to campaign harder jeffy .

You must have some kinky fantasies if you keep associating politics with chubbies,
Is that why you liked Tulsi so much,
Oh yeah!

Your post , once again makes little sense . All good though , as long as the 4 of you understand what ya mean .

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Confusion Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 7:11pm
indo-dreaming wrote:
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:

Musks wealth might be all tied up in
Tesla shares, in which case he might be f d ,
Why else would you want Trump to advertise Tesla for you.
And Trump might be all tied up in Musk. ?

I think you may be confused about all his money being tied up in tesla shares . He has more than 1 company, I believe tesla will rebound anyway , probably not in the car division which has heavy competition from china , more in the robotics division. Either way jeffy , he won’t be going broke anytime soon .

Your still doing the left right left swerving thing,
Not sure who will be buying Tesla though,
Pro democracy people won’t MAGA is too poor and are anti clean air anyway ,
A 53 percent drop since November and international boycotts still in place ,
And cheaper Chinese EVs taking over the market,
Good luck with that recovery?

You are funny in that you believe everyone has to be either left or right . Chinese EVs were on the rise well before Elon stepped in as Trumps right hand man . You must have a huge chubby at the moment with your favourite billionaires losing money this year . Do you recall how their wealth increased during covid ? I think they may just be a little bit in front still . You will need to campaign harder jeffy .

Yep most people dont think about being left or right or conservatives or progressives, even if they are rusted on voters of one party or another, most people aren't even that political, and the amount of people that buy things or dont buy things based on who the owner of the company is, is very small.

@ Jeffy BTW. Starlink also makes billions per year.

Oh well Musk have some reason to take the risk of Trump trying to sell his EVs ?

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Confusion Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 7:14pm
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:
Supafreak wrote:
Confusion wrote:

Musks wealth might be all tied up in
Tesla shares, in which case he might be f d ,
Why else would you want Trump to advertise Tesla for you.
And Trump might be all tied up in Musk. ?

I think you may be confused about all his money being tied up in tesla shares . He has more than 1 company, I believe tesla will rebound anyway , probably not in the car division which has heavy competition from china , more in the robotics division. Either way jeffy , he won’t be going broke anytime soon .

Your still doing the left right left swerving thing,
Not sure who will be buying Tesla though,
Pro democracy people won’t MAGA is too poor and are anti clean air anyway ,
A 53 percent drop since November and international boycotts still in place ,
And cheaper Chinese EVs taking over the market,
Good luck with that recovery?

You are funny in that you believe everyone has to be either left or right . Chinese EVs were on the rise well before Elon stepped in as Trumps right hand man . You must have a huge chubby at the moment with your favourite billionaires losing money this year . Do you recall how their wealth increased during covid ? I think they may just be a little bit in front still . You will need to campaign harder jeffy .

You must have some kinky fantasies if you keep associating politics with chubbies,
Is that why you liked Tulsi so much,
Oh yeah!

Your post , once again makes little sense . All good though , as long as the 4 of you understand what ya mean .

Your the one that keeps mentioning chubbies ,
Not even Indo does that!

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GuySmiley Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 7:22pm

@info says "@ Jeffy BTW. Starlink also makes billions per year."

well, perhaps not ......

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/10/why-european-starlink-rival-eutelsat-sha...

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sypkan Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 7:45pm
flollo wrote:

What a time to be alive! Conservatives are switching to EVs while progressives advocate for nuclear weapons, climate change fund and welfare cuts to finance massive weapons purchases.

yep topsy turvy land continues...

it's kinda understandable though that people have concerns about supporting a dictatorship with its racial supremacist foot soldiers that misuse tarrifs to manipulate markets...

that's why I avoid chinese stuff!

I've got no fucking idea what these other people are thinking...

it really is a no sense thought process

strange strange times...

enjoy your BYD swasticars australia

sheesh!