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socal2 says

RWSGFY says

He probably should stay out of geopolitics based on this stupid episode alone.

So Elon can pack up Starlink and go home?

No, he's contract-bound at this time, so he needs to keep providing the services he was hired for. But he needs to stay out of geopolitics because it's been proven to be way about his paygrade.

PS. And, btw, these drones wrecking Novorossiysk Red Fleet base last night do not rely on Starlink anymore.

Democrats have money and media and will have numbers in the future. Is this the beginning of the end of Republican party? Or have smart Republicans have already figured this out?

https://slaynews.com/news/elon-musk-announces-spacex-plans-send-5-unmanned-starships-mars-2-years/

Elon Musk Announces SpaceX Plans to Send 5 Unmanned Starships to Mars in 2 Years

The tech entrepreneur has long been leading the calls for humanity to expand its exploration of Earth’s neighboring planet.

Earlier this month, Musk had said that the first Starships to Mars would launch in two years.

He said the missions will launch at that time because it is “when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.”

On Sunday, Musk said that the timeline for the first human mission will depend upon the success of the unmanned flights.

If the five unmanned Starships land safely, missions with human crews will be launched in four years.

However, in case of challenges, crewed missions will be postponed by another two years, Musk said.

“If those all land safely, then crewed missions are possible in four years,” Musk posted on X.

I have to admit it's inspiring.

Patrick says

I have to admit it's inspiring.

Not happening. We are not going to be able to create a habitat on Mars that will sustain humans long term. When we eventually colonize Mars, it will be with genetically modified beings that can survive the low gravity and high radiation, plus thrive on less water, food, and oxygen.

gabbar says

Yep, Bezos and especially DiPiazza (WB/CNN) has to go.

AmericanKulak says

No different from FSB buying cuckservative influencers like Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and such. Except he does it openly and is not connected to any government, so FARA is not violated.

gabbar says

The demise of smaller newspapers was caused by the rise of online advertisement which basically robbed them of most of their income. So technically speaking he's now in the business which killed the newspaper industry (albeit before he entered the scene). Besides, jornos have always been overrated.

In April 2023, someone leaked Twitter's recommendation algorithm before the company was about to reveal it itself. In the lines of code, Ukraine was very quickly found, which was mentioned alongside such prohibited topics as violence and hate speech, fraud and toxic speech. The war in the algorithm was called the "Ukrainian crisis" and marked with the "Space Safety Label", which forces the social network to reduce certain content in the feed.

In June of the same year, we published another article in which it was said that the social network hides Ukrainians and their publications from users from other countries. First, at that time, you would not be able to find keywords related to war in the search. Secondly, the accounts that wrote about the war were marked with "sensitive content" and the platform began to automatically close their images under a blurred stub and hide the page itself from anyone who did not remove the corresponding mark in the settings. Volunteers, activists, military and bloggers were removed from the search. Even Dovzhenko-Center and the Ukrainian Art History page were among the pages that were shadow banned.

Musk, who has made a lot of pro-Russian statements in recent years, actually isolated Ukraine in a kind of info bubble, where Ukrainians' posts cannot be seen not only by foreigners, but also by Ukrainians themselves - even those who subscribe to the corresponding blocked pages.

"Free speech" my ass.

Source: https://nypost.com/2024/09/27/us-news/rogan-blasts-kamala-harris-tim-walz-on-first-amendment/

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/f-minus-thursday-october-3-2024-c

The Journal also breathlessly reported that Musk gave $50 million in 2022 to a 501c named “Citizens for Sanity.” Sanity? Say no more! Where do I sign up? (It’s an anti-castration group.) There was lots more about various Musk donations, but at the end of the day, the Journal’s exposé said nothing we don’t already know. Musk is active in politics. Ho hum. But that’s where things got really funny. ...

What happened was Elon was a lifelong Democrat until California’s power-drunk, out-of-control, barely-literate state politicians chased him out of California. Full stop. Musk was painfully red-pilled by the pandemic.

That’s the real story. The headline should have been, “How Democrats Created The Most Influential Conservative Figure in U.S. Politics.” ...

Some folks still have legitimate concerns about Musk and his brain chip project. But you can’t deny that Elon Musk is doing more for our fellow Americans in the Western Carolinas than is the entire federal government: ...

Free satellite communications to all the affected areas. That must be expensive. But Musk is paying for his generosity and compassion in more ways than just with his money. ...

Musk didn’t need to put himself in the left’s unforgiving crosshairs. He has a lot to lose. But he did it anyway, and for that, Elon Musk deserves much credit.

Unless something is done about the bureaucratic smothering of America, humanity will never reach the stars.

That is my biggest showstopper issue for why Trump must win, as the alternative is continued expansion of oppressive big government, making progress impossible.

Unless we become multiplanetary, it is simply a matter of time before a natural or manmade calamity destroys life on Earth, just like what happened to the dinosaurs.

This election is existential for life as we know it.
https://x.com/optimatessuck/status/1842063716872855900

BTW, why the great champion of American worker - The Elon Musk - is not bringing Tesla factories back from overseas, namely Chyna?

Just asking.

RWSGFY says

BTW, why the great champion of American worker - The Elon Musk - is not bringing Tesla factories back from overseas, namely Chyna?

Just asking.

Aren't the Teslas built in China sold in China? Are any of the Teslas sold in America imported?

HeadSet says

RWSGFY says

BTW, why the great champion of American worker - The Elon Musk - is not bringing Tesla factories back from overseas, namely Chyna?

Just asking.

Aren't the Teslas built in China sold in China? Are any of the Teslas sold in America imported?

What does it matter? Build it here - sell in Chyna.

Still laughing my ass off that the "California Coastal Commission" is trying to stop Elon from launching.

More scary was Biden suing Elon for not hiring non-citizen Chinese Nationals on Starship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMl662Av8o
"All In" - Elon Musk's BRUTALLY Honest Interview With Tucker Carlson (2024)

AmericanKulak says

Still laughing my ass off that the "California Coastal Commission" is trying to stop Elon from launching.

I get what you're saying, but I don't find it funny. It's a state that basically controls the country. I think the electoral college works, but one state shouldn't get that much pull on voting. You're almost 25% to victory if you get CA. Some local commission shouldn't stop space launches. At some point I do think the federal government needs to step in on CA.

Most are CA people here. Even if right leaning, most don't know how the rest of the country works. I've been to every state, not a flight layover, 1-20+ times in the lower 48. FL, AZ, MT being the most with actual stays for days if not a year. Actually TN as well. MO, WI and MI as well. Not a brag. I meet people and chat.

I love tech, but that's basically all CA is good for. It's why I'm on this website. I buy almost nothing that says made in CA. I just get the tags that say my camping chair will give me cancer.

AmericanKulak says

Still laughing my ass off that the "California Coastal Commission" is trying to stop Elon from launching.

More scary was Biden suing Elon for not hiring non-citizen Chinese Nationals on Starship.

Mojave is a FAA certified spaceport and not on the coast. He can launch from there and no Coastal Commision can do anything about it.

Off the subject, I'm in Santa Clara for a few hours and there are a lot of "Teslarians" riding around.

WookieMan says

You're almost 25% to victory if you get CA. Some local commission shouldn't stop space launches. At some point I do think the federal government needs to step in on CA.

California needs to be broken in at least half.

Virginia was ridiculous until the Civil War. At some point, say 40 Electoral Votes, a state must be broken up.

HeadSet says

Aren't the Teslas built in China sold in China? Are any of the Teslas sold in America imported?

No Chinese models are sold in the US. Chinese models are primarily sold in Asia, Africa and parts of Europe.

BTW - got this new beauty coming next month in the new Quicksilver color.

Texas build using their new paint shop in Austin! Most American made car in the land.

AmericanKulak says

Virginia was ridiculous until the Civil War.

True, we sawed off the ridiculous part.

socal2 says

BTW - got this new beauty coming next month in the new Quicksilver color.

To each their own. Not judging. That car is ugly AF. Wouldn't work for people that have kids. No utility. What do people actually do? I pull and put heavy stuff in trailers and have 5-8 passengers. That car is literally useless to me beside looking like shit.

I don't know, I'm handy. I rarely hire people out to do anything for me. I need a car that can help with that. No EV make/model can do what I need to be done. By a long shot too. I also don't just sit at home. Not saying you can't like them, they just don't make sense for a large portion of the population.

HeadSet says

True, we sawed off the ridiculous part.

The fighting part. The rest is Admins and Bureaucrats.

WookieMan says

Wouldn't work for people that have kids. No utility. What do people actually do?

My existing Tesla works absolutely fine for me (wife, 2 kids and a mother-in-law) and the majority of Americans that will never need to tow a thing or drive 10,000 miles a month in the frozen tundra.

My new lease payment is only $430 a month. I will save over $150/month in gas on top of that. You can't find a better deal to drive one of the planet's most advanced and FUN cars to operate.

socal2 says

WookieMan says

Wouldn't work for people that have kids. No utility. What do people actually do?

My existing Tesla works absolutely fine for me (wife, 2 kids and a mother-in-law) and the majority of Americans that will never need to tow a thing or drive 10,000 miles a month in the frozen tundra.

My new lease payment is only $430 a month. I will save over $150/month in gas on top of that. You can't find a better deal to drive one of the planet's most advanced and FUN cars to operate.

We don't pay gas. Get reimbursed monthly. Tow weekly. Camp frequently. Get off road to an extent. Just had 8 people in my wife's 4 Runner for the Chicago Marathon this weekend. One less car in the city.

We drive a lot and there's no chargers here in IL or WI without going 30 minutes out of your way and then waiting another 30-60 for a charge. We don't live in an urban area. Our time with worth exponentially more than a fun ride.

I can install the service to charge an EV in my home no problem. M-F fine, that would work. Charge at night, come the weekend, nope. It's not uncommon to travel 400 miles for us pulling a trailer or camper. Not one EV can do that by a long shot. We'd need to stop 3-4 times for a full charge. I'll golf with buddies. 4 dudes and 4 sets of clubs ain't gonna work and we'll drive 100 miles to golf. The human and golf club weight would easily cut 20% off the range.

Two of the people that were at the marathon with us had Teslas. I've driven one of theirs. They're middle of the road on the them. Fun to drive. Range anxiety. They live near where I do. One couldn't find a charge and ran out of battery. Not every place is CA. There really aren't that many chargers except in the city.

Even rural I can walk to a gas station in 5-10 minutes if I ran out of gas. Can't carry electric in a can. I'll be sticking with ICE vehicles the rest of my life. Even when the kids move out.