Enough Musk Spam

https://archive.is/2025.04.02-051604/https://www.ft.com/content/2c3fda08-90eb-4aa0-bd81-a5cdda2046e5

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27614550

https://archive.is/2025.03.30-194435/https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-nasa-mars-space-travel-d3978a7b

Just because you paid 33 billion does not make it worth that, just like when you paid 44 billion and it wasn't worth THAT....

Chickenshit being chickenshit in plain view because he can.

That was what I took away from Elon Musk’s 38-minute interview on Fox News last night, which largely focused on the billionaire’s efforts to eliminate government programs and fire thousands of federal workers. Those efforts have spurred thousands of people to protest at Tesla locations across the US. Waving signs and chanting slogans, the so-called Tesla Takedown protesters have become a symbol of opposition to Musk as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Can you imagine 38 minutes of this dumbass talking? Pass me a gun so I can take myself out.

Financially, in Minecraft of course

It is your first amendment right

Elon Musk was born in 1971 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and raised in a wealthy family under the country's racist apartheid laws. Musk's family history reveals ties to apartheid and neo-Nazi politics. We speak with Chris McGreal, reporter for The Guardian, to understand how Musk's upbringing shaped his worldview, as well as that of his South African-raised colleague Peter Thiel, a right-wing billionaire who co-founded PayPal alongside Musk. "Musk lived what can only be described as a neocolonial life," said McGreal. "If you were a white South African in that period and you had any money at all, you lived with servants at your beck and call."

Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.

Looks like Tesla’s profiting off government subsidies has finally hit a wall in Canada.

After Tesla requested reimbursement for an unprecedented 8,669 Canadian EV rebates in just three days, the Canadian government froze Tesla’s rebate payments and paused all future eligibility.

For those keeping score, Tesla claimed to sell 1.5 vehicles per minute, a huge spike that came after the company was alerted that the rebate fund would run out.

That means that $43 million in Tesla rebate payments are frozen and future subsidies paused. Read on for the full story!

I was bored at work. I found something to amuse myself.

cross-posted from: https://possum.news/post/729

cross-posted from: https://possum.news/post/334

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