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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • Given that this administration is now arresting and deporting people for speech, it will not take much for ‘vandalism is terrorism’ to become ‘speech is terrorism’ when it comes to Tesla. Coming up on this trajectory are: people getting arrested for boycotting Tesla, people getting arrested for posting memes about Tesla, people getting arrested for the hate crime of flipping off Tesla drivers, Tesla ownership as a protected class.

    Elon is such a loser. He built a fortune on government contracts, reselling carbon credits, and committing labor and SEC crimes. He then turned around and is dismantling the government that made all that possible, and is now relying on that government to shore up his failing market position and protect him from the buying public.





  • $tsla is down over 14% so far today. Such good work that has practical benefits that goes far beyond just symbolism. Much of Musk’s financial house of cards is banked on the perceived value of his Tesla shares. If those shares lose their value, a lot of lenders, like those who financed his twitter purchase, are going to call those loans. Without the money on paper, his political influence shrinks. Keep up the pressure. I myself had the pleasure of flipping off two cybertrucks yesterday.




  • Safety is relative. A nuclear capacity doesn’t make them safe, especially in a world dominated by an unhinged US. But, it does make them vastly safer than not having it by raising the potential cost of any proactive strike against them. Direct military implications for the US are minimal. But that’s not the case for US clients and US interests in the region.

    What US policy has demonstrated is that US belligerence is a constant, regardless of whether Iran enters treaties or not, and regardless of whether Iran pursues nukes or not. Under those conditions, having nukes is pragmatic.