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Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
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Riding past the morgue.

6thElement

Schrodinger's Immigrant
Jul 29, 2008
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Quite literally a flaming dumpster.

(Wife and I are still playing the "trashcan" game when we see one of them)
 

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
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I saw one driving out in Golden today

gave the driver the ol' one finger salute as is right and proper for such monstrosities
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
42,239
19,707
Riding past the morgue.

chuffer

Turbo Monkey
Sep 2, 2004
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Probably way better. Google tells me 20 people at an annual cost of $2.4m. Secret service no doubt has access to better resources, but clearly they are a bit of a mess.
I know we are talking about the exploding dumpster now, but I wanted to come back to this for a minute.

Math isn’t my forte, but that is only ~$100k per head. Even if we assume that this number is salary only without overhead, it seems low.

Personally, if I were rich enough to need a peraonal security detail, I would be paying them a lot fucking more than that.

Even if it is a contractor…NO. ESPECIALLY if it is a contractor, that number seems very low, bc it includes a lot more overhead and fees.

I have no real life experience in this particular field, but business is business and 2.4M seems a little low for covering 20 (hopefully) highly skilled employees…
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
42,239
19,707
Riding past the morgue.
I know we are talking about the exploding dumpster now, but I wanted to come back to this for a minute.

Math isn’t my forte, but that is only ~$100k per head. Even if we assume that this number is salary only without overhead, it seems low.

Personally, if I were rich enough to need a peraonal security detail, I would be paying them a lot fucking more than that.

Even if it is a contractor…NO. ESPECIALLY if it is a contractor, that number seems very low, bc it includes a lot more overhead and fees.

I have no real life experience in this particular field, but business is business and 2.4M seems a little low for covering 20 (hopefully) highly skilled employees…
Just like the highly skilled employees Leon keeps employed at Xitter?
 

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
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May 23, 2002
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I know we are talking about the exploding dumpster now, but I wanted to come back to this for a minute.

Math isn’t my forte, but that is only ~$100k per head. Even if we assume that this number is salary only without overhead, it seems low.

Personally, if I were rich enough to need a peraonal security detail, I would be paying them a lot fucking more than that.

Even if it is a contractor…NO. ESPECIALLY if it is a contractor, that number seems very low, bc it includes a lot more overhead and fees.

I have no real life experience in this particular field, but business is business and 2.4M seems a little low for covering 20 (hopefully) highly skilled employees…
After posting, I realized that too. 100k seems cheap for a bodyguard who may take a bullet for you, but I suppose "work" is a really intense 30 minutes followed by surfing your phone for six hours followed by a real intense 30 minutes. The articles also said "Cost tesla 2.4million" which may imply that elongate also pays out of pocket for non-tesla-related activities.
 

Sandwich

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Well, as funny as it is to have a cybertruck pop in front of a trump building, it's pretty apparent that this was an act of terror that was purposefully exploded to send a message. That's way less funny and I feel bad for homey in the video who was just waiting for his uber.

I have heard reports that the two incidents were somewhat related as these guys served together, but unlike elon I'll wait until the facts come out to actually make conclusions or judgements.
 

mykel

closer to Periwinkle
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Just seems weird that a dude with his presumable experience would just stuff some fireworks in amongst some coleman fuel and gasoline cans. Where is the diesel soaked fertilizer or similar? Got some smell to it at this point.
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
42,239
19,707
Riding past the morgue.
Well, as funny as it is to have a cybertruck pop in front of a trump building, it's pretty apparent that this was an act of terror that was purposefully exploded to send a message. That's way less funny and I feel bad for homey in the video who was just waiting for his uber.

I have heard reports that the two incidents were somewhat related as these guys served together, but unlike elon I'll wait until the facts come out to actually make conclusions or judgements.
I remain committed to my "booze fueled weekend and fireworks shenanigans" theory for the local guy. At least for now.
 

mandown

Poopdeck Repost
Jun 1, 2004
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Ok so it looks like he shot himself in the head before the dumpster detonated?
That rules out "accidental Derpfest"...... I mean still potential for that, just super super remote.

Assuming this will be an advertisement at some point. Because why wouldn’t he.
…and the steel-sided vehicle absorbed much of the force, officials said Thursday.
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
42,239
19,707
Riding past the morgue.
Ok so it looks like he shot himself in the head before the dumpster detonated?
That rules out "accidental Derpfest"...... I mean still potential for that, just super super remote.

"“The level of sophistication is not what we would expect from an individual with this type of military experience,” said Kenny Cooper, a special agent in charge for the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives."

Oh boy. Let the :tinfoil: begin.
 

Jm_

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Jan 14, 2002
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But the dude in New Orleans was talking ISIS and shit. This dude was just pissed or something.
Probably Dub. SRAM should have stayed the course w/30mm and at least then they could have stood with RF and CC and forced the stupid BB92 back to BSA.
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