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According to Heather Cox Richardson, ... but that's out of all the aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

I wouldn't have posted this if I thought any of these were scams. Prof Snyder has extensive connections in Ukraine and I don't believe he would have recommended any scams either. 501(c)3 status requires a certain amount of paperwork to verify/qualify (although that's not foolproof) Razom was...

Thanks to all of you who recommended Timothy Snyder's History of Ukraine class and substack. If you haven't seen it yet and want to be a force for good, this post has some excellent recommendations, four of which are US 501(c)3 so, great place to donate any TSLA profits you can spare through...

Richard Haass explained a different point of view on Ezra Klein podcast recently. He was of the opinion that Ukraine would not be able to win its objectives (going back to the 2014 boundaries prior to the illegal annexation of Crimea) militarily. He thought it would make more sense to hold...

IIRC, someone (or some aggregation of people) posted something to the effect of "do the math, if he gets paid, every share you have will be worth x times what it is now." Without diving into the details of his compensation package (which, tbh could have predicted Elon would only achieve those...

Or old man with a full diaper (runs for cover)

Yeah, that made my eyes roll back in my head too. But at least they attributed the data to the source. Brookings lost a few credibility points by not at least qualifying that with "alleged"

I hope this gift link works https://wapo.st/3wmKjfc Tl;dr some good charts and cautious optimism

I did explain what I meant. Putin removing his troops might end the fighting but unless Russia returns POWs and the civilians they stole, the war will not be over. Ukraine might stop at the border (and I would hope they would), but Russia will have to return POWs, stolen children and turn over...

But then the war crime trials would start. And the demands to repatriate the stolen children. Ending the fighting isn’t going to finish the war, imo.

Agree. Also consistent with Timothy Snyder's Lessons from "On Tyranny" (thanks to whoever in this thread reco'd his class): Do Not Obey in Advance I would think this advice should apply to nations who terrorize other nations, as well as to citizens who want to fight tyranny of their own...

https://www.camera.org/article/the-washington-post-ignores-the-facts-on-pappe/ https://newrepublic.com/article/85344/ilan-pappe-sloppy-dishonest-historian

I agree that no organization has impunity and is responsible for the actions of the individuals who belong to it. To what degree you push that limit is apparently where we disagree. You can make the same argument that investors shouldn't punish TSLA stock because they disagree with Elon...

So if you're getting stabbed in the hospital by the nurses, you wouldn't check out? I even looked up your video of the "Israeli children singing about genocide" and again, you cherrypick stuff out of context and miss the scale difference between "this is a fringe minority" (hence why the video...

If a hospital was hurting you, you would check out of the hospital. Organization is hurting the Gazans by supporting terrorism. Therefore stop funding them until they fix their problem.

Ouch, yeah, n/k. Looks like he's been on the payroll for Russia and Iran for quite some time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Blumenthal

I understand and empathize with your frustration about cutting funding to UNRWA, but if you're paying a doctor to heal you and that doctor is making things worse, you'd switch doctors, wouldn't you? Same thing with UNWRA - allowing employees to murder/rape/terrorize innocent civilians is beyond...

No, actually, that's not what you're doing. You're trolling and engaging in strawman and ad hominem fallacies. You are putting words into people's mouths so you can attack them and discount them. Nobody here has EVER said "all Gazans, including children, are terrorists." Nobody here has EVER...

Of course not!! And the fact that you would suggest that is what *I* am thinking is what is so offensive about your posts. The world is not black and white and as long as you insist on maligning and misinterpreting everything other people say so that you can justify disagreeing with them, YOU...

Hyperbole is probably not having the effect you want. The 10/7 attack was pure terrorism. No, I don’t want to fund it. I don’t want my tax dollars funding it. At all. That does not mean I don’t want to fund other relief efforts (and, by the way, I have personally), it just means some people...

… said nobody on this forum. Ever.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/08/us/newport-news-student-shot-teacher-warrant/index.html Even six year olds can be dangerous. Can we stop with this "whataboutism"? I think we all know both sides have contributed to the conflict, and apparently we have differing opinions about who is "how much...

And a third thing is availability of viable spaces goes down very quickly when your car is "too big for the norm" I see this problem in US Eastern cities, so you don't even need to travel to Europe to appreciate this issue, imho, smh...

It's fair to say what you want. But it's not fair to speak for others, especially with generalizations and broad, sweeping judgments that quite frankly aren't true. I'm sure you can find examples of *extreme* leftists who may have said things that could be twisted into something that equates to...

This is not helpful. Specifically WHICH "horrible children story" was fake? And please reference reputable proof that it was fake news (google "<source publication> media fact bias"). Quite frankly, both sides have claimed they're the victims of genocide. The reality of war is that nations...

Jerry33's from Texas, he's probably either pre-stoked for CT delivery event or ticked off for not being invited, we 'murikans weirdly find things funny sometimes, Texans, more so ;-)

Stunning family resemblance! Also OT: hang around this forum enough and you learn to love all the eccentric curmudgeons and fanbois- just because you get familiar with their idiosyncrasies and find them strangely comforting in this rollercoaster TSLA ride. Barely OT: I am guessing that the...

FWIW, per Spiked Magazine - Bias and Credibility Also, building on @SmokyPeat "I'm not sure how this devolved into whose religion or lack of religion is better, but let's not be children here." Please let's try to be balanced in this discussion. Because some posters understand the...

Well, with the Thanksgiving holiday, it's a short week (see what I did there?)

Who takes surveys anyway? This is probably an egregious extrapolation of my attitude and experiences, but... anyone with a life, a schedule, and plural number of brain cells hangs up on or refuses survey calls (and/or you're cordless and have your phone set to block unknown calls) because we...

This makes me so sad and mad. You posted something that is easily refutable from sources that are blatantly biased, then posted a third source that directly contradicted your first post and now you throw up your hands and blame it all on the decline of professional journalism. This is directly...

No info on PALwatch bias is available. However, the article you linked to actually confirms the OPPOSITE of the links you originally posted.

Breitbart and Opindia? Please - check your sources: OpIndia - Bias and Credibility And yes, I would call out Huffington Post and Mother Jones, altho the latter at least is more factual than either source you mentioned.

Also perfect for the 460-32-158 backroads trip to OBX. It’s not shown on PlugShare yet.

not sure if posted already, but another hit piece from Faiz &Co at WaPo: https://wapo.st/45i7naQ In theory, this link gifts it to you. But in case that doesn’t work or you don’t want to patronize the publisher, TL;DR - he’s regurgitating the 2019 fatality (doesn’t mention the date until the...

I finally got an appt for flu and Covid (Walgreen's website says Spikevax, but the data sheet they made me read did not, so crossing my fingers - I guess this underscores YLE's email on what a mess vax rollout is due to not having a DoD master logistician in charge), but I had to do it near my...

This is why I call the UMC "UMC". And why I call the HPWC "HPWC". I will invariably slip and use the word "charger" instead of "connector" for that last initial if I try to expand the acronym. Bummer they're not pronounceable as acronyms. "Charging station" still seems like one of those...

+1 thanks to the Mod who helped and know there are many who would vote you flying colors and shiny badges to welcome you back! (Altho, I know, you don’t need no stinking badges) On-topic: I am pleasantly surprised that Congress averted a shut down, but disappointed that it puts funding for...

Anybody else missing petit_bateau’s contributions to this thread? 😟

I got it and have no idea why the Board was sued, but IIUC from this: Detroit Fire & Police Retirement Fund disagreed with the Board's compensation and want the Directors to pay $735M back to Tesla, and (from top of p. 5) forego options from 2021 and 2022, and have the Compensation Committee...

I don’t know why I can’t ‘gift’ this article, but I think the tone and balance matches the prevailing opinion here - Musk wanted to help, was afraid of being implicated in the beginning of ww3, Shotwell negotiated payment from Pentagon and then Elon got frustrated and nixed it. I don’t think it...

Waitaminit - Did you just moderate yourself? I see what you did there!!! What a concept - if we all stayed on-topic, politely disagreed with each other, what a beautiful forum this would be.... Naahh! But srsly, another vote for expressing opinions (as opinions, not facts, although understand...

Years ago, someone posted a hilarious "product review" (apparently a riff on a similar books vs ebooks review) here on TMC on "ICE cars for EV drivers" I can't find it now, but it included gems like "so how much will it cost to install a fuel pump at my house?" (Sorry for tangential OT, but EV...

That link went to a google-doc survey on TMC for me. I googled it because I wasn't sure if drop meant "shelve/punt" (it does in this case) or more along the lines of "Mic-drop" (nope!)...

I still disagree. This is paper wealth which is illusory unless backed up by actual earnings potential value of the underlying company. If someone hypes and pumps a stock, did they create wealth? Or sell snake oil? They may have *made* money trading stock with that ruse, but they didn’t earn it...

This topic is totally OT, and probably doesn't even deserve a spinoff thread, so if Mods throw this and the others to OT, my apologies for making work for you. Investing and trading are two different things. S&P reflects the value of the companies, not the value of "gambling on the stock...

It’s almost like that old political saying “there is no bad publicity, it’s all good” I don’t quite buy it (because I have heard of more than a few folks who have bought non-Teslas, because of their opinion of Elon’s politics and opinions), but I do understand the position. I think Kahneman...

That's like saying Nazi genocide wasn't that bad in 1941. Because ... what - they hadn't built the gas chambers and mass crematoriums yet?

King Tut?

Actually, I thought the last two paragraphs were hysterical. And oddly hopeful, it's just reassuring to see one lone journalist with a grasp of facts, the ability to connect dots, an engaging writing style, and a sense of humor. Maybe others will follow... Naah!