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jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
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Portland, OR
that's how he multiplied his money. but I wouldn't call it his start.

first tranche of money came from family. recall apartheid emerald mine half share owned by his step-daughter-marrying inbred father

then he dropped out of undergrad and illegally started an online yellow pages website on a student visa. then his parents' rich friends invested in that and it got bought by HP, iirc, in the pre-dot com bust heydey of free money

then he turned that around to invest in X-as-in-the-PayPal-precursor. and then when that went public then he invested in Tesla and then co-founded SpaceX.

total amount of shit actually invented/created by him: that one website. and then a hell of a lot of lucky timing and free money climate from that point.
I had an X account with a box of checks and an ATM card that became my PayPal account at some point. I didn't use it much, but I use PayPal all the time. .
 

mykel

closer to Periwinkle
Apr 19, 2013
5,655
4,342
sw ontario canada
I had an X account with a box of checks and an ATM card that became my PayPal account at some point. I didn't use it much, but I use PayPal all the time. .
Have not used my Paypal account in many years.
If it is not available without using Paypal, then I just don't need it.
Fuck that guy.
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
43,795
16,022
Portland, OR
Have not used my Paypal account in many years.
If it is not available without using Paypal, then I just don't need it.
Fuck that guy.
The buyer protection has saved my ass more times than it should. If I could get that level of service from my credit card, I wouldn't use it.
 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
40,507
9,293

on one hand, it shows at least paying lip service to precedent

on the other hand, what in the actual fuck
 

Changleen

Paranoid Member
Jan 9, 2004
15,069
2,963
Pōneke

AngryMetalsmith

Business is good, thanks for asking
Jun 4, 2006
22,529
13,462
I have no idea where I am
This is both comedy and horrible.
So uh, y’all need any metalsmiths over your way ? Asking for a friend.
 

avlfj40

Chimp
Sep 21, 2021
14
10
He and musk can't die soon enough. As a get orator once said, fuck those fucking fuckers.

They just fired all probationary staff at office of personnel management.
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
43,795
16,022
Portland, OR
Inevitably PBS and NPR cuts will come up too, even though both are something stupid like .00000000000012 % of the federal budget and SmoothBrian will talk about it as if it's enough money to construct a space elevator and create room temperature fusion.
I haven't heard of cuts to military spending or DOD cuts.
 

Muddy

ancient crusty bog dude
Jul 7, 2013
2,289
1,267
The Other Farmington CT
For all this businessman's sustained-lunacy and self-assigned intelligence appetite, assumed President Trump, either during the 'war' or presently, never once waded into the brackish waters of Malaysian Airlines MH370. Literally nothing on record yet much shared global speculation and many concerns.
Ships in the night. :wtf:
 

kidwoo

Artisanal Tweet Curator
I haven't heard of cuts to military spending or DOD cuts.
I'm on several USAjobs saved searches for job listings. Mostly just scientist shit. Nothing is hiring outside of the military because of the freeze. But the military is hiring literally everything. I've never seen anything like this from these lists. The DOD is the only outlet that any govt spending is going to for the foreseeable future. Thank god the dept isn't run by an alcoholic christian nationalist weirdo or anything.
 
I'm on several USAjobs saved searches for job listings. Mostly just scientist shit. Nothing is hiring outside of the military because of the freeze. But the military is hiring literally everything. I've never seen anything like this from these lists. The DOD is the only outlet that any govt spending is going to for the foreseeable future. Thank god the dept isn't run by an alcoholic christian nationalist weirdo or anything.
Good to see you!
 

SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
68,629
14,732
In a van.... down by the river

rideit

Bob the Builder
Aug 24, 2004
25,370
12,973
In the cleavage of the Tetons
Fucking Smooth Brains.
By Michele Van Allen
Pennsylvania Women Forward

A day in the Life of Sue Republican.

Sue gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.

With her first swallow of coffee, she takes her daily medication. Her medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of her medications are paid for by her employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Sue gets it too.
She prepares her morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Sue's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

In the shower, Sue reaches for her shampoo. Her bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for her right to know what she was putting on her body and how much it contained.

Sue dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air she breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air.
She walks to the subway station for her government-subsidized ride to work. It saves her considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Sue begins her work day. She has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Sue's employer pays these standards because Sue's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.

If Sue is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, she'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think she should lose her home because of her temporary misfortune.
It's noon and Sue needs to make a bank deposit so she can pay some bills. Sue's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Sue's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.
Sue has to pay her Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and her below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Sue and the government would be better off if she was educated and earned more money over her lifetime.

Sue is home from work. She plans to visit her father this evening at his farm home in the country. She gets in her car for the drive. Her car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards.

She arrives at her childhood home. Her generation was the third to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

She is happy to see her father, who is now retired. Her father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Sue wouldn't have to.
Sue gets back in her car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Sue enjoys throughout her day. Sue agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm self-made and believe everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."
 

SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
68,629
14,732
In a van.... down by the river
Fucking Smooth Brains.
By Michele Van Allen
Pennsylvania Women Forward

A day in the Life of Sue Republican.

Sue gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.

With her first swallow of coffee, she takes her daily medication. Her medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of her medications are paid for by her employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Sue gets it too.
She prepares her morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Sue's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

In the shower, Sue reaches for her shampoo. Her bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for her right to know what she was putting on her body and how much it contained.

Sue dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air she breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air.
She walks to the subway station for her government-subsidized ride to work. It saves her considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Sue begins her work day. She has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Sue's employer pays these standards because Sue's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.

If Sue is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, she'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think she should lose her home because of her temporary misfortune.
It's noon and Sue needs to make a bank deposit so she can pay some bills. Sue's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Sue's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.
Sue has to pay her Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and her below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Sue and the government would be better off if she was educated and earned more money over her lifetime.

Sue is home from work. She plans to visit her father this evening at his farm home in the country. She gets in her car for the drive. Her car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards.

She arrives at her childhood home. Her generation was the third to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

She is happy to see her father, who is now retired. Her father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Sue wouldn't have to.
Sue gets back in her car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Sue enjoys throughout her day. Sue agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm self-made and believe everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."
:D

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AngryMetalsmith

Business is good, thanks for asking
Jun 4, 2006
22,529
13,462
I have no idea where I am
And here I thought that appointing Rick Perry to Secretary of Energy during his first term was bad. Now just do away the agency entirely. What could possibly go wrong.
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
43,795
16,022
Portland, OR
We should definitely give him the authority to make Fed Reserve decision such as raising or lowering the fed funds rate. He's really the only one that is smart enough to control inflation and unemployment and other sundry economic factors...

:homer:
He's been really good at creating unemployment at the federal level.
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
43,795
16,022
Portland, OR
Now this is what I call efficiency, let anyone push changes. Genius.


The doge.gov website that was spun up to track Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government is insecure and pulls from a database that can be edited by anyone, according to two separate people who found the vulnerability and shared it with 404 Media. One coder added at least two database entries that are visible on the live site and say “this is a joke of a .gov site” and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro.”