Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[THE_WIZARD_]

heh

[foxhopper]

Hmmm,,,.More Vegas info worth listening too.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Always split Aces and 8's...

[Dr. Strangelove]

In one of the letters, Livelsberger appears to call for an insurrection and for soldiers and veterans to go to Washington, D.C., for a “purge,” starting with peaceful means but fighting and using “any means necessary” to remove Democrats from the federal government and military.

The second letter expands on Livelsberger’s concerns about American culture, values and wars, praising Trump as “a real President” and telling people to rally around the President-elect, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Colorado soldier behind Cybertruck explosion wrote "manifesto," police say

Despite all the hot air about "purges" this guy didn't do anything until his wife basically said they're through. And his reaction was to kill himself.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Elon has been demanding Tommy Robinson’s release from prison for days now and he has no clue how unpopular the guy is in England. Even Nigel Farage won’t go near the guy and considers him a manipulative creep. There was some reporting this week that Farage/Reform have even reached out to get him to lay off this crap because he’s not helping the Reform cause.

A couple days ago Elon even demanded King Charles “dissolve Parliament” and hold new elections lol.

[Dr. Strangelove]

The Nippon/US Steel stuff really should be a bigger story. It's a slap in the face of Japan and will just end up getting several US Steel plants shut down. The local unions in PA wanted the takeover but Biden listened to union leadership instead. And Trump would've done the same thing. Calling it necessary for national security is a joke. Nippon already operates steel plants in the US; why are those not a threat to "national security"?

[iam416]

Yeah, it’s bad policy.

[Jeff Buchanan]

Fearing foreign ownership of US Steel by Nippon Steel is consistent with Biden's policy of home sourcing of materials considered in the national interest. Most of this was based on supply chain disruptions involving critical medical supplies from China and other Asian countries during COVID. While that did happen and brings about a rush to home source production capacity, the circumstances in this case are way different.

Nippon Steel Corp. is set to file a lawsuit in response to Biden's decision to block its $14.1 billion takeover of United States Steel Corp. The basis of the lawsuit will be that the Biden administration failed to show the acquisition of US Steel posed a risk to national security and that his decision violates due process under the U.S. Constitution and the law governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

From 10K feet, resolution, one way or the other, is going to take a while. Meanwhile the status quo will be maintained. Considering U.S. Steel's financial stability that's not going to be ideal for workers. Nippon Steel has both advanced steel production capabilities and cash to upgrade U.S. Steel's steel production. Rank and File (Local) unionized workers favored the merger. As pointed out above, the steelworker's union leadership opposed it. From what little I know of Biden's dumb reasons for blocking the deal, the courts will very likely reverse his block of the merger. Credit Kyoto News.

[lineygoblue]

I heard once that there's a group of investors led by a man named Hyman Roth who might be interested in buying US Steel. He's quoted as saying, "We're bigger than US Steel".

[Dr. Strangelove]

Pardon my cynicism, but Elon suddenly deciding the algorithm should promote positive news over negative just as Trump takes office is not a coincidence.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Musk Derangement Syndrome

[lineygoblue]

Musk is becoming the Soros of the Republican Party.

[Jeff Buchanan]

Musk is becoming the Soros of the Republican Party.

When I read DSL's post this morning that depicted a Musk post on X, formerly Twitter, I started thinking about Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's chief propagandist. Musk's post was, IMO, an example of attempts at mind/thought control. It's no secret that Facebook is the leading social media platform by daily traffic. YouTube, what's App and Instagram come in as 2,3,&4. X is 15th. So, maybe not the threat to free thought it might be if Musk owned FB.

But, the fact that the richest man in the world owns a social media platform which is capable of creating a desired reality involving events or formulation of policy by government agencies and have that reality explode as accurate through a social media platform should be frightening. Hitler created the antisemitism that invaded Germany via his extensive propaganda organs that in that day were for the most part public speaking events and huge rallys, eulogizing Adolph Hitler and creating his messianic image.

DSL's point, ........... "Elon suddenly deciding the algorithm should promote positive news over negative just as Trump takes office is not a coincidence." should make American's think about Joseph Goebbels, Adolph Hitler and the ease by which Hitler and his policy confidants led the German people down the path of creation of the perfect "Aryan race," war and genocide as soon as he became Chancellor.