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Post by slaytan on Apr 3, 2022 12:59:50 GMT -5
The older I get the more I realize how stupid most people are. I guess it's got to be difficult to keep track of your day-to-day life and all of your work obligations as well as remaining plugged into the outside world significantly enough so that you can keep a memory of what happened two weeks ago. Or two months ago. Or two years ago. But that seems like a big ask these days. Everyone constantly plugged into their phones and all of this other stuff that forces you to be living in a short-term world, people forget things that happened a few months ago. And they still listen to the people on the television who tell them that what happened a few months ago was not real and you need to worry about what's happening right now. There's no continuity to the story in the media because it changes so dramatically, so quickly. I watched Josh Barnett on GRE the other day and he pointed out a good example of this. The 5-foot Rambo in Ukraine, the one that everybody is currently swooning over? Same guy the swooners called a "corrupt politician" when he said Trump did not try to coerce him during the call the Dems impeached Trump over. Now he's "a hero". I wish the news didn't try to be entertaining. What’s GRE
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 3, 2022 13:42:50 GMT -5
Voice to text's version of JRE.
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 3, 2022 13:43:54 GMT -5
Voice to text's version of JRE. Barnett is a weird but very intelligent guy.
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 5, 2022 13:58:51 GMT -5
So, there's another billionaire that I am a bigger fan of over Trump. And that would be Elon Musk.
I think the real thing that makes him a genius is his ability to get his ideas implemented into action. Granted, he has pretty good ideas but the way that he has gone about actualizing them is downright amazing.
I've never been big into Twitter. It always seemed retarded to me. But I can't deny the impact that stupid site has on our culture and our society.
So I was exceptionally happy to learn that Elon Musk had taken about 1% of his overall wealth and bought almost 10% of Twitter. I never bothered to look before, but even after selling 10% of all of his Holdings last year Elon Musk is worth almost seven times what Twitter the company itself is worth.
And in an obvious move of self-preservation the board members immediately moved to bring Elon on to the board. They put all these requirements on his membership basically limiting the amount of the company that he can purchase as long as he sits on the board. They put him on the board for two years oh, and for those two years as well as 90 days after those two years are over he is no longer allowed to purchase any more Twitter stock above the 14.9% threshold.
The fact that he took the board seat rather than giving them the finger and simply buying the rest of the seats says that he is interested in changing the company for the better rather than simply owning it.
I think this is a very good thing. Those stupid dip shitz on the board at Twitter have caused a lot of problems and need to be brought to heel. Now it appears that they will be because the only way they can hold onto their power is to play ball with Elon.
I guess the fucktards who run Twitter have never wanted Twitter to have an edit feature. So Elon put out a poll asking people if they wanted an edit button.
And the friggin c.e.o. responded to that tweet saying that people should carefully because the consequences could be serious. Yeah. People being able to edit mistakes they made in their tweets is definitely going to be a serious problem...
Even if you don't really like Musk oh, the fact is you have to respect the guy's ability to get shit done and the fact that he totally puts his money where his mouth is.
I hope he's able to shut down all the bulshit cancel culture that originates from Twitter and is able to restore the concept of free speech because at the end of the day whether people like it or not, Twitter is basically a utility now that has replaced the Public Square. If they want to remain a private company they best Embrace every damn change Elon presents.
The Red Wave is Growing.
Looks like it might be more of a global phenomenon than a national one as well.
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Post by slaytan on Apr 5, 2022 16:21:55 GMT -5
I love Musk but I’m not ready to put him over Trump just yet
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 5, 2022 18:25:20 GMT -5
I love Musk but I’m not ready to put him over Trump just yet I put him over Trump for a few reasons. The biggest one being ego. I know that Elon has a very big one but he does an exceptional job of hiding it. If he had a populist position and was running for president and I had to choose between him and Trump I would choose him. He would command the ultimate amount of respect on the global stage, it would be difficult for the media to mock him the way that they did Trump due to his Asperger's, and would probably do just as well with the economy if not better. Unfortunately he was not born in this country so it's never going to happen. But if he keeps doing things like buying Twitter, I think he's capable of doing more good in the private sector than he could in the Oval Office. I suspect he would agree with me on that.
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Post by slaytan on Apr 5, 2022 19:51:04 GMT -5
1) you think the media would “pull their punches” because he has Asperger’s? That is without a doubt the most wrong you’ve ever been. That’s like Andrew-level wrong. It would be a weakness they would exploit, and mock endlessly
2) can he run for US president? I think he’s from “Southefricker,” which the mere lineage would be a weapon wielded against him to great effect. He’d automatically be a “racist” and it would stick, harder than it stuck to Trump (and just as ridiculous).
All that said, he still has more time left on the clock than Trump, and may prove to be more savvy. It might be a good th8ng he is ineligible for office. I said in 2016 that if Trump really wanted power, he would have gained control of a cable provider or other media entity and had the opportunity to do more good than as a president
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 5, 2022 21:55:26 GMT -5
1) you think the media would “pull their punches” because he has Asperger’s? That is without a doubt the most wrong you’ve ever been. That’s like Andrew-level wrong. It would be a weakness they would exploit, and mock endlessly 2) can he run for US president? I think he’s from “Southefricker,” which the mere lineage would be a weapon wielded against him to great effect. He’d automatically be a “racist” and it would stick, harder than it stuck to Trump (and just as ridiculous). All that said, he still has more time left on the clock than Trump, and may prove to be more savvy. It might be a good th8ng he is ineligible for office. I said in 2016 that if Trump really wanted power, he would have gained control of a cable provider or other media entity and had the opportunity to do more good than as a president I think they'd have trouble keeping their narratives straight if they attacked his status as a highly functioning billionaire with a mental illness. They'd stumble far worse with him than Trump. It'd be hard to paint him with the same brush they painted Trump with. He became the wealthiest human on the planet by advancing humanity while Trump became a multi billionaire by strategically increasing his own holdings. He also lacks a very scandalous past. I think he has a vastly more pragmatic approach than Trump as well, and that approach would not give the media as many chances to bray and whine and pounce. But he can't have the job, doesn't want the job, and can do more good in the private sector rather than tying up his wealth in blind trusts for four to eight while he fought the systemic deluge of media bullshit he'd still inevitably encounter.
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Post by slaytan on Apr 6, 2022 4:32:37 GMT -5
1) you think the media would “pull their punches” because he has Asperger’s? That is without a doubt the most wrong you’ve ever been. That’s like Andrew-level wrong. It would be a weakness they would exploit, and mock endlessly 2) can he run for US president? I think he’s from “Southefricker,” which the mere lineage would be a weapon wielded against him to great effect. He’d automatically be a “racist” and it would stick, harder than it stuck to Trump (and just as ridiculous). All that said, he still has more time left on the clock than Trump, and may prove to be more savvy. It might be a good th8ng he is ineligible for office. I said in 2016 that if Trump really wanted power, he would have gained control of a cable provider or other media entity and had the opportunity to do more good than as a president I think they'd have trouble keeping their narratives straight if they attacked his status as a highly functioning billionaire with a mental illness. They'd stumble far worse with him than Trump. It'd be hard to paint him with the same brush they painted Trump with. He became the wealthiest human on the planet by advancing humanity while Trump became a multi billionaire by strategically increasing his own holdings. He also lacks a very scandalous past. I think he has a vastly more pragmatic approach than Trump as well, and that approach would not give the media as many chances to bray and whine and pounce. But he can't have the job, doesn't want the job, and can do more good in the private sector rather than tying up his wealth in blind trusts for four to eight while he fought the systemic deluge of media bullshit he'd still inevitably encounter. Trump’s past has only six inches of scandal. I doubt highly that Musk’s dick has been less adventurous than Trump’s, but with Asperger’s… perhaps? There needs not be scandal in Musk’s past for the media to find “scandal.” Trump was impeached, literally, for crimes committed by Joe and Hunter Biden in Ukraine.
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 6, 2022 6:29:03 GMT -5
Scandal doesn't always involve sex dude. That wasn't even what I was talking about. Both of these guys have multiple Ex-Wives and multiple extramarital Affairs on the books. And we can ignore the glaring differences in their personalities with one being a blowhard jock type and the other being a weird nerd.
I was talking about professional-level scandals. Trump has bankruptcies in his past which is inevitable given his aggressive real estate business strategy. Trump made his billions off of a system that already existed and that is naturally going to bring professional level scandals with it. Musk made his billions through his own Innovations. The level of professional Scandal that the two invite are vastly different.
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Post by boboplata on Apr 6, 2022 9:38:32 GMT -5
I'm quite indifferent towards Musk but the guy did a podcast with the Babylon Bee guys and is quite hilarious.
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Post by cybergod on Apr 6, 2022 16:01:33 GMT -5
Executive Order 13961 of December 7, 2020:
Policy. It is the policy of the United States to maintain comprehensive and effective continuity programs that ensure national security and the preservation of government structure under the United States Constitution and in alignment with Presidential Policy Directive-40 (PPD-40) of July 15, 2016 (National Continuity Policy). Executive departments and agencies (agencies), including the Executive Office of the President, must maintain the capability and capacity to continuously perform National Essential Functions (NEFs), as defined by PPD-40, regardless of threat or condition, and with the understanding that adequate warning may not be available. Agency heads must fully integrate preparedness programs, including continuity and risk management, into day-to-day operations to ensure the preservation of the NEFs under all conditions. www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/10/2020-27353/governance-and-integration-of-federal-mission-resilience
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Post by cybergod on Apr 6, 2022 16:19:58 GMT -5
As it turns out, POLITICO also commented on the highly unusual nature of the presidential transition in 2020. Newsweek wasn't alone.
"But people within the transition said the outgoing team's conduct went far beyond the norm and pointed to loyalists installed by the White House as the main reason for the obstruction. Pentagon officials under President Donald Trump refused to provide information about current operations, particularly in the special operations realm, decause they are predecisional." That means the Biden team now has limited visibility into key operational issues, including what counterterrorism missions are in the works."
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Post by slaytan on Apr 7, 2022 4:59:02 GMT -5
Scandal doesn't always involve sex dude. That wasn't even what I was talking about. Both of these guys have multiple Ex-Wives and multiple extramarital Affairs on the books. And we can ignore the glaring differences in their personalities with one being a blowhard jock type and the other being a weird nerd. I was talking about professional-level scandals. Trump has bankruptcies in his past which is inevitable given his aggressive real estate business strategy. Trump made his billions off of a system that already existed and that is naturally going to bring professional level scandals with it. Musk made his billions through his own Innovations. The level of professional Scandal that the two invite are vastly different. I think you’re kinda (greatly) underestimating the media’s beastly determination and power to twist and deceive. They created Trump “scandal” literally out of thin air, constantly. When the Hunter laptop broke in 2020, the media made that into Trump scandal (“MotherofGod, look at how low Trump is stooping. 51 intelligence pros all agree this is Russian disinformation”). The dumbocrats brazenly stole 2020 for Biden in smash and grab, daylight robbery style, and it has been recorded as a Trump scandal (“MotherofGod, look at Trump trying to thwart an election”). Trump tower is spied on… Trump scandal! Joe Biden on the record boasting about extorting Ukraine to protect the corruption of his own family…Trump impeached! “Donald Trump, do you denounce David Duke?” [Trump: “Yes of course.”] … Newsflash! Trump refuses to denounce David Duke! ”Donald Trump, do you denounce white supremacy?” [Trump for the millionth time: Yes] Newsflash! Trump will not denounce white supremacy! You think Elon Musk is scandal free because he’s free of scandal? Hah! Stay tuned! The only way Musk stays free of scandal is if he never becomes an actual threat to leftist power, and never does any good in the world
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 7, 2022 15:29:30 GMT -5
They are already trying to rip him apart right now because of the role that he has taken in Twitter. And they can try. But there is a very significant difference between them trying to rip down Trump and them trying to rip down Elon Musk. Elon Musk is the richest man in the world. By a lot. Donald Trump does not have the means to buy entire Networks or platforms. But Elon does. You know that the media are cowards. They will only strike those who cannot strike them back. If they do come after him hard enough, they will probably find themselves out of a job- or having to work for him. Despite them really coming after him, he doesn't seem to give a shit.
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Post by slaytan on Apr 7, 2022 17:59:54 GMT -5
I hope you’re right, but the thing is that them ripping down Trump had nothing to do with Trump. In a very real way, they failed to, as he was rightfully re elected… but still.
It doesn’t matter how deftly Musk handles the press. The headlines will be “Musk unhinged”… “musk humiliated after AOC feeds him his head” … “Musk makes a fool of himself again, watch as Joy Reid takes him down.” Musk can publicly tell his mom he loves her… “In bizarre rant, Musk praises loose woman who slept with men of apartheid Africa.” Musk can mention that he loved seeing Star Wars in the movie theater “Musk looks back fondly on childhood under Aparthied”
“130 people have died this year after crashing a Tesla. Experts lay the blame squarely at the feet of Musk.” “Arrest of Musk could be coming soon says former District Attorney who prosecuted organized crime” “Allegations of racism continue to dog Musk, son of Aparthied Africa.” “‘ He said, just get me my towel, Kaffir!’ Another credible whistleblower has stepped forward to accuse Musk of racism.”
I look for Twitter to decline. Twitter only rose to being twitter by being legitimized on every other media source. The news media started reporting on what was trending on twitter as if it were a thing, Hollywood celebrities played along, and Twitter became twitter. That chicken came before that egg. If Musk controls Twitter, Watch in the next couple years as “Doodle” or something gradually takes its place, while the news reports how Twitter is old news that only squares peruse, and gradually stops mentioning it.
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 7, 2022 20:32:43 GMT -5
I hope you’re right, but the thing is that them ripping down Trump had nothing to do with Trump. In a very real way, they failed to, as he was rightfully re elected… but still. It doesn’t matter how deftly Musk handles the press. The headlines will be “Musk unhinged”… “musk humiliated after AOC feeds him his head” … “Musk makes a fool of himself again, watch as Joy Reid takes him down.” Musk can publicly tell his mom he loves her… “In bizarre rant, Musk praises loose woman who slept with men of apartheid Africa.” Musk can mention that he loved seeing Star Wars in the movie theater “Musk looks back fondly on childhood under Aparthied” “130 people have died this year after crashing a Tesla. Experts lay the blame squarely at the feet of Musk.” “Arrest of Musk could be coming soon says former District Attorney who prosecuted organized crime” “Allegations of racism continue to dog Musk, son of Aparthied Africa.” “‘ He said, just get me my towel, Kaffir!’ Another credible whistleblower has stepped forward to accuse Musk of racism.” I look for Twitter to decline. Twitter only rose to being twitter by being legitimized on every other media source. The news media started reporting on what was trending on twitter as if it were a thing, Hollywood celebrities played along, and Twitter became twitter. That chicken came before that egg. If Musk controls Twitter, Watch in the next couple years as “Doodle” or something gradually takes its place, while the news reports how Twitter is old news that only squares peruse, and gradually stops mentioning it. 270 billion dollars dude. 270 billion dollars. They always punch down, never up. They'll come after him for a bit until they're told not to by the lesser billionaires who own them. Then they'll move on like it never happened. Elon has far more money than the largest individual shareholders of every major network. And thanks to liquidating 10% of his holdings last year, he has more cash on hand than any of them. He's a legit threat to claim a board seat of any of the publicly traded companies. Underlings rattling his cage will likely be told to pretend his last name is Clinton and to find a lesser whale.
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Post by slaytan on Apr 8, 2022 4:11:18 GMT -5
270 billion is a lot, for sure
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 12, 2022 13:46:42 GMT -5
So now he's not taking the board seat. That means he can buy the whole company. The only real option they may have to stop him would be to try to poison pill the stock. But doing so may be in violation of their fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders. Very weird situation. I don't really recall an example from recent history where the richest man in the world flexed like this. But I think it's fantastic.
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Post by slaytan on Apr 13, 2022 4:20:02 GMT -5
So now he's not taking the board seat. That means he can buy the whole company. The only real option they may have to stop him would be to try to poison pill the stock. But doing so may be in violation of their fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders. Very weird situation. I don't really recall an example from recent history where the richest man in the world flexed like this. But I think it's fantastic. Yes but a couple of my predictions are already coming true verbatim, namely mentioning Musk and apartheid together in the precise language I predicted. We’ll see about the rest, but Twitter wouldn’t be twitter without being propped up by the rest of media. Twitter only became twitter when mainstream news started reporting on what was “trending on Twitter,” all advertising firms jumped on board and, in unison, started hashtagging their brands, college classes assigned students to create twitters and make tweets, etc. The second twitter shares lose a penny for a day, I look for the media to in unison declare Twitter dead, and sock puppets on Reddit and the rest of the msm to jeer that Twitter is the “bell bottoms of social media,” while buzzing about “doodle” or whatever they insist is the new wonderful thing that “the people” just can’t get enough of, while twitter is where square boomers go. They’ll also say it’s an “echo chamber,” like they say about every media except actual echo chambers
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 13, 2022 8:05:39 GMT -5
So now he's not taking the board seat. That means he can buy the whole company. The only real option they may have to stop him would be to try to poison pill the stock. But doing so may be in violation of their fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders. Very weird situation. I don't really recall an example from recent history where the richest man in the world flexed like this. But I think it's fantastic. Yes but a couple of my predictions are already coming true verbatim, namely mentioning Musk and apartheid together in the precise language I predicted. We’ll see about the rest, but Twitter wouldn’t be twitter without being propped up by the rest of media. Twitter only became twitter when mainstream news started reporting on what was “trending on Twitter,” all advertising firms jumped on board and, in unison, started hashtagging their brands, college classes assigned students to create twitters and make tweets, etc. The second twitter shares lose a penny for a day, I look for the media to in unison declare Twitter dead, and sock puppets on Reddit and the rest of the msm to jeer that Twitter is the “bell bottoms of social media,” while buzzing about “doodle” or whatever they insist is the new wonderful thing that “the people” just can’t get enough of, while twitter is where square boomers go. They’ll also say it’s an “echo chamber,” like they say about every media except actual echo chambers I don't disagree bro. I think you're 100% correct about the media reverting to troll mode. It is an easy prediction to make. After watching one full life cycle of social media play out on message boards, I have a theory. I think the "default setting" for any lightly moderated platform once it reaches a certain size is Full Troll. I think this is why Reddit is such a joke, and I think it's why Twitter has such a left-wing ideology and business strategy. It's self preservation. The only way they can keep their business alive is to prevent their platform from becoming a troll Kingdom. But this requires the kind of heavy-handed moderation that eliminates free speech. This makes it so that the only discussion that can eventually occur is the kind that is approved by the board. So it will be devoid of any real thought, criticism or independent thinking. You can see it playing out everywhere. Facebook, Instagram, whatever. Spirited debate is stifled either by moderators or a overzealous algorithm that only wants to show you "most relevant"- and when this happens a thread of 80 comments can be pared down to three or four. And if you want to see what everyone said you need to open the desktop version. Absolute bullshit. But par for the course. So if Elon succeeds, if he does perform a hostile takeover and establishes his goal of "absolute" free speech, Twitter will devolve from speech controlled by elite interests who want control into a place where those same elites are mocked and ostracized. It will be a troll Kingdom. And that will prove my theory that the end of a social media platform leads people to make better connections offline. And it will also prove to me that I am correct that humanity is not ready for the level of connectivity they currently have.
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Post by slaytan on Apr 14, 2022 4:54:56 GMT -5
Yes but a couple of my predictions are already coming true verbatim, namely mentioning Musk and apartheid together in the precise language I predicted. We’ll see about the rest, but Twitter wouldn’t be twitter without being propped up by the rest of media. Twitter only became twitter when mainstream news started reporting on what was “trending on Twitter,” all advertising firms jumped on board and, in unison, started hashtagging their brands, college classes assigned students to create twitters and make tweets, etc. The second twitter shares lose a penny for a day, I look for the media to in unison declare Twitter dead, and sock puppets on Reddit and the rest of the msm to jeer that Twitter is the “bell bottoms of social media,” while buzzing about “doodle” or whatever they insist is the new wonderful thing that “the people” just can’t get enough of, while twitter is where square boomers go. They’ll also say it’s an “echo chamber,” like they say about every media except actual echo chambers I don't disagree bro. I think you're 100% correct about the media reverting to troll mode. It is an easy prediction to make. After watching one full life cycle of social media play out on message boards, I have a theory. I think the "default setting" for any lightly moderated platform once it reaches a certain size is Full Troll. I think this is why Reddit is such a joke, and I think it's why Twitter has such a left-wing ideology and business strategy. It's self preservation. The only way they can keep their business alive is to prevent their platform from becoming a troll Kingdom. But this requires the kind of heavy-handed moderation that eliminates free speech. This makes it so that the only discussion that can eventually occur is the kind that is approved by the board. So it will be devoid of any real thought, criticism or independent thinking. You can see it playing out everywhere. Facebook, Instagram, whatever. Spirited debate is stifled either by moderators or a overzealous algorithm that only wants to show you "most relevant"- and when this happens a thread of 80 comments can be pared down to three or four. And if you want to see what everyone said you need to open the desktop version. Absolute bullshit. But par for the course. So if Elon succeeds, if he does perform a hostile takeover and establishes his goal of "absolute" free speech, Twitter will devolve from speech controlled by elite interests who want control into a place where those same elites are mocked and ostracized. It will be a troll Kingdom. And that will prove my theory that the end of a social media platform leads people to make better connections offline. And it will also prove to me that I am correct that humanity is not ready for the level of connectivity they currently have. I think the opposite. I always found trolls easy to scroll past, and there were always “ignore” features. I also think the veil of anonymity is a good thing. It served hero and villain alike, but overall good because one could speak truth to power without fear of reprisal. I can’t count the number of times people swore to personally destroy me, not only on the old forum but elsewhere -because of that I always kept alive a few contrived falsehoods about where exactly I lived and where exactly I worked, plus a couple other meaningless false details (for example, I let it slip that I was fat, when in fact I have always been the picture of fitness), so that sleuths would follow wrong trails.( I remember, I think it was on the old forum, when some poor random pudgy goober working as a teacher found himself in the crosshairs from that one dude who I don’t remember, that was vowing to get me fired and ruined for being a “racist” and was certain he found me. I hope the dude was not inconvenienced, unless he was a rabid liberal). As I have talked about, comment threads on mainstream news were my favorite things in the world. Literally, they were saving the world and making people smarter. Yes, the comments were largely if not mostly trolls or awful, but the good stuff was easy to discern and the bad stuff easy to scroll past. There needn’t have been any changes. All of the world’s real journalism was taking place in those comments
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 18, 2022 13:19:44 GMT -5
This whole Elon Twitter thing is getting interesting.
I thought it was just going to be kind of funny to watch it play out. I had no idea the amount of shit that was going to be exposed as the process was happening.
So it turns out that the board of directors at Twitter own less than 3% of the overall stock in the company.
Also turns out that the Saudi prince who came out against Elon buying Twitter actually sold all of his shares in 2019 and so he has as much of a say in the matter as perhaps Andrew.
But the board owning so little of the stock says a lot about what the people who run Twitter actually think it is.
Twitter as a company is, from my perspective, completely fucked. Allow me to tell you why.
The stock of Twitter was worth around $80 at one point. But then, Twitter banned their most prolific user for political reasons. The stock began to tank as a result of this decision. Dropping by close to 50% if not more.
The moment Twitter stuck by their decision at the expense of the share price, they slapped the label of digital Town Square upon themselves. At that moment the decision was made that being the digital Town Square was a greater priority than making a profit for the shareholders. This is very problematic for a publicly traded company. It's not problematic at all for a private company.
If you go and do some research into the current board members you will find that all of them -with the exception of one- graduated from either Berkeley or Stanford. You'll also notice more than half of them have worked for the World Bank at one point or another.
After seeing who is actually calling the shots behind the scenes at Twitter I have absolutely no doubt that it is a political propaganda machine for the left.
And I suspect that despite them knowing that the poison pill route was going to end up Landing them in court, they don't care because this machine of theirs is too important to their overall agenda.
Elon wants to do the same thing to Twitter that he did to Tesla when he released the patents. He wants to open the source code and let everyone see the algorithms so that everyone can see very plainly who gets pushed up and who gets pushed down as far as visibility is concerned. That would completely flip the apple cart.
And it's going to happen.
The way that the board at Twitter structured the poison pill was done in such a retarded fashion that it could only have come from a bunch of academics with no actual experience in the Cutthroat trenches.
The pill only activates if an individual or entity purchases more than 15% of the company.
So if Elon's offer is rejected, not only does the board get sued for breach of their fiduciary responsibilities, it still opens the door for a straight hostile takeover.
If they reject his offer, the company can still be purchased via tender. Individual shareholders can sell their shares directly to Elon Musk for the price that he is offering, which is about $14.20 (420lol) higher than the last time I checked the price.
But there's also another option that I actually like better.
Elon ups his stake to 14.9%.
He gets the individual who represents Silverlake and is on the Twitter board to also purchase 14.9%
Then he gets another billionaire, maybe Peter Thiel, he throws down 14.9%.
He could get one more billionaire to purchase the last 9% and they'll have all the power to remove the board and pop the hood for the world to see.
And that last billionaire should be named Donald J Trump.
My God. Heads would explode. It would be a glorious happening. I really hope this is the way it goes. If not just for the memes. Oh, and saving free speech from left-wing demagogues would also be a fantastic thing.
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Post by cybergod on Apr 24, 2022 6:01:09 GMT -5
"Acting" Secretary of Defense Chris Miller (who was appointed immediately after the 2020 Election Steal) just got back from Poland and Ukraine. He had a lot of high-level discussions with prominent officials in both countries. Doesn't that seem a bit unusual for an "acting" official, who is no longer an actual official in our Puppet Government? Meanwhile, Mike Pompeo receives a diplomat's red-carpet welcome in Taiwan....rather unusual for a FORMER cabinet member, to be sure? BOTH men -- along with others empowered by President Trump's war-powers executive orders -- CONTINUE to get Secret Service protection (at $1 Million/Month for Pompeo). ...Meanwhile, Biden can't get MBS or MBZ (Saudi Arabia & United Arab Emirates) to answer his calls! ....And it has been reported (PatelPatriot) that "President" Biden does NOT have access to "The Nuclear Football." It's apparently under military supervision. On April 20th, the Capitol was evacuated for a hilarious reason: UPDATE: It appears the Capitol evacuation was prompted by the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights’ parachute demonstration into the Washington Nationals’ baseball stadium; US Capitol police were caught off-guard.Here's the press release: Washington, D.C.: Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the evacuation of the United States Capitoldue to the Federal Aviation Administration's apparent failure to notify U.S. Capitol Police of pre-planned activities. "The Federal Aviation Administration's apparent failure to notify Capitol Police of the pre-planned flyover Nationals Stadium is outrageous and inexcusable. The unnecessary panic caused by this apparent negligence was particularly harmful for Members, staff and institutional workers still grappling with the trauma of the attack on their workplace on January 6. Congress looks forward to reviewing the results of a thorough after-action review that determines what precisely went wrong today and who at the Federal aviation Administration will be held accountable for this outrageous and frightening mistake." Hmmm. Looks like Nancy is hearing footsteps, and she ain't even playin' football! Seems like an appropriate prank for 4-20, amirite?
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 25, 2022 10:05:11 GMT -5
Elon will be taking Twitter.
He will be buying all my shares that I got for $40 @ $54.20
Not gonna be a dick about how many shares I bought.
Just know that no one in the world got rich betting against Elon.
The pendulum is slowing and is about to swing back.
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Post by boboplata on Apr 25, 2022 16:34:00 GMT -5
Elon will be taking Twitter. He will be buying all my shares that I got for $40 @ $54.20 Not gonna be a dick about how many shares I bought. Just know that no one in the world got rich betting against Elon. The pendulum is slowing and is about to swing back. LMAO!
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Post by ghostoftc on Apr 25, 2022 17:11:27 GMT -5
Lmfao. There's sooo much crying over there now. I love it.
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Post by slaytan on Apr 25, 2022 17:52:48 GMT -5
Lmfao. There's sooo much crying over there now. I love it. And now we’ll see what happens. I, personally, think the rest of the media will tank twitter, or try. Twitter was made by the deep state. Let’s see if they can tank it
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Post by cybergod on Apr 28, 2022 11:34:10 GMT -5
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Post by cybergod on Apr 28, 2022 14:28:54 GMT -5
^^^ Apparently, Joe Biden was NOT given the traditional 21 gun salute that just-sworn-in U.S. presidents traditionally receive.
Instead, he was given a ceremony for a visiting foreign dignitary, wherein he represented a "belligerent occupying power" as defined by the D.O.D. Law of War Manual.
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