Musk is like a Jack Welch or other CEOs who let the whole “masters of the universe” thing go to their heads and get into areas and products where they lack expertise and simply aren’t part of the company’s core business. In Welch’s case it was GE capital and the purchase of NBC. If they had only stuck to locomotives and appliances as well as the defense industry they would have been fine.
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Steamed hams! And no you cannot see the localized aurora borealis in my kitchen!
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The Morning Memo says the coke was found in “a work area,” but I’ve also seen it mentioned that it was in an area where tours pass through. Especially in the latter case, I’d bet there is video security footage from every potential direction with redundant cameras, just because you wouldn’t want someone bringing in poison or anthrax or something. That would mean it shouldn’t take long to identify where it came from.
If it’s in a non-public work area, there may be fewer cameras, but probably still enough.
And if the perp can’t be IDed pretty quickly, you’ll know it was SS.
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This. For years, I’ve wondered: What’s the endgame? Is there a point to all this nihilism? And of course there isn’t. The point is to wreck everything, claim it was wrecked by the Other Guys, and enjoy life with your ill-gotten gains. The masses who are suffering? Screw them!
It’s like converting the entire planet into Stalinist Russia, with an overlay of Margaret Atwood’s “Oryx and Crake.”
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2 weeks and done
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Studio version? Come on, man. Winterland, New Years Eve 1978
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You people are not cheering me up. I must therefore be the change I want to see in the world.
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It was THe Crazy, Not the jeaNs.
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How’s that hyperloop coming?
The guy’s an idiot.
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Musk Peter-Principled himself. He had success in some ventures, but he is way out of his league on this one. Too bad he blew up a valuable public resource trying to feed his bottomless ego.
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Sorry, love the Grateful Dead…but I was never a true Deadhead.
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Owning the media has it’s benefits, most billionaires find themselves wishing to control those pesky brainwaves people have…it’s the last piece after you control their health, finances, lodging, etc.
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My dad worked for Welch in the 70s. Hated that man.
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Yeah, because we all need to know what “BadArseNYC” thinks about Kim Kardashian’s fashion faux pas at Cannes.
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That’s how you do it! Thanks! … and later today, I’ll be picking up my two new kittens at Animal Welfare. One hopes they’ll be photogenic.
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Gastronomic feats of strength.
Top contestants have accomplished the impressive (and arguably astonishing) feat of eating some 16 pounds of hot dogs. That amounts to around 20,000 calories consumed in just 10 minutes, according to various estimates.
The competition is broadcast live on ESPN, with corporate sponsors like Coca-Cola, Netflix and Heinz. A separate category for women contestants was added in 2011.
The Kentucky-born Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is the reigning champion and record-holder at 76 hot dogs eaten. He has won the competition’s coveted “bejewelled” mustard-yellow belt 15 times.
The women’s reigning champion is Miki Sudo from Las Vegas, who holds the record for most hot dogs eaten in her category at 48.
I’m going to be sure to keep Joey “Jaws” away from my remaining miniature pinscher Ralph Jr… My neighbor, Susan’s dachshund, Matisse, is a dog at risk, though.
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Twitter is/was far more than that. Particularly in info spheres like war zones, etc.
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He got 63 million votes in 2016 and 74 million in 2020. 63 million was also the previous GOP presidential baseline. I read that as depressing some votes and engaging others in roughly equal measure in 2016, then reengaging the previously depressed and continuing to engage the usually non-voting Deplorables in 2020.
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