Politics - Quarantine Thread

[DarkHelmet]

OK, Anti-Fascism, looking up fascism in the dictionary (authoritarianism, totalitarianism, dictatorship, despotism, autocracy, absolute rule, Nazism).

Seems bad, Antifa sounds like a noble, pro-American cause. I'm for it.

Bet Germany is thinking they need a little more of that with all these neo-nazi groups springing up there.

I stood on the front porch of my friends bar/restaurant for three nights this summer with a long gun along with other business owners and friends while undefended establishments were looted and burned. You may want to climb down out of that ivory tower atop whatever bubble you live in and get "woke."

 

[brkaus]

That's awful. I find it hard to believe Texas would have a law in place allowing a car that was totaled to retain a clean title and have no history in CARFax.

Texas, the land of no regulations except where it benefits a donor.

But if it isn’t branded, then isn’t Tesla on the hook for warranty?

 

[Kenz]

Texas is run by no regulation GOP cult members.

 

[brkaus]

Texas is run by no regulation GOP cult members.

And those that vote them into office.

 

[Bet TSLA]

Texas is run by no regulation GOP cult members.

To be fair, they do have some regulations. For instance there are regulations that prevent Tesla from selling cars there.

 

[Vespa]

I'd bet that a surge in COVID-19 cases within the Fremont facility has forced Tesla to pull many of the delivery estimates.

Not only is the disease spreading faster and wider than ever before but Tesla has consistently been one of California's strongest opponents of workplace safety with Elon Musk repeatedly threatening to move the Fremont factory to another state if CA doesn't loosen their pandemic response rules for him, stating that the "facist" legislators are violating his "constitutional rights" with their efforts to contain the outbreak.
Elon Musk rails against stay-at-home orders while tweeting debunked and controversial coronavirus claims - CNN

He even sued the government and ordered the Fremont facility to resume operations in defiance of local laws.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259945593805221891
Elon Musk is sending Tesla employees back to work in defiance of a California lockdown. His view of the coronavirus pandemic is dangerously misguided.

Like most companies, Tesla does not publicly disclose worker infection rates nor do they report any data to the state despite the fact that they operate under special state permissions as an "essential business", but back in June an internal leak revealed over 130 cases, mostly in Fremont. The 24/7 operation is particularly dangerous as workstations are re-staffed 3 times/day with no time for the virus to settle/degrade.
Coronavirus: More than 130 positive tests at Tesla factory, report claims

Musk has parroted the President's ALL-CAPS calls for Americans to buck the lockdown and "liberate" their communities.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1255380013488189440?s=20

Musk, not Trump, is credited as the major initial driving force behind the hydroxychloroquine campaign that directly caused multiple deaths and indirectly caused untold thousands of deaths by misleading governments and citizens throughout the world.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1239650597906898947

Even when Musk, unsurprisingly, caught COVID himself, he publicly criticized the medical science community, the legitimacy of testing, and even the reality of the situation. Claiming that the tests do little more than falsely create the appearance of a pandemic.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1277507826529660928?lang=en

So while Tesla's lofty sales/production goals this quarter will help to shorten customer wait times, the company ideology is sure to add turbulence to these very turbulent times.

 

[Sam1]

I feld the same yesterday. I was driving with my son. Car was cold, ambient around 10C. We both felt a beefier oomph at the launch. Doesn’t matter if it isnt showing in the 0-60 time. The first kick is the best and sets it apart from a standard LR.

you know who else doesn't believe in computer monitored metrics?

 

[SageBrush]

I am sure this will be bait and switch to get more beta testers now, improve the NN, then increase the price as it matures. Remember this is a subscription model so your price is not locked in. Software 2.0 also needs lots of data to train and cover the long tail.

Let me guess --- you also are sure that the election was 'rigged' ?

 

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[Hoowzer]

 

[qdeathstar]

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SAD!

 

[nwdiver]

.... same guy.... I thought Trump only hired the best...

Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood insists he is not insane after tweeting that Mike Pence should face execution by firing squad

 

[TLLMRRJ]

They won't make that level of effort. SF is open season for property crime, they don't enforce the laws or try and keep these scumbags off the street. If you want your property protected, you've gotta do it yourself.

The rest of the bay area is hit or miss. Mostly miss.

If you live in crazy town, basically you just need to start breaking into other people's cars to balance things out. At least, that's in effect what the crazy politicians you voted into office are telling you in a round about way. So go get yours today since there's no repercussions at all! Who knew that getting to utopia meant removing any consequences for being a jackass. Just don't move to Texas, please.

 

[Toysla]

My understanding is, in San Fransisco such predations on citizens and their property are not prosecuted by the district attorney's office.

Welcome to the new world.

Rich

If the perps committed this crime in San Francisco & were caught, SF’s District Attorney Chesa Bodin will set them free. He and his staff have been keeping their word on not prosecuting robberies, assaults, burglaries or other dangerous crimes unless victims are murdered. Only then will he look at the case. And yes, I did not say prosecute. True story. Sad.
I hope this Tesla owner’s local authorities catch & prosecute the perps.

 

[TLLMRRJ]

If the perps committed this crime in San Francisco & were caught, SF’s District Attorney Chesa Bodin will set them free. He and his staff have been keeping their words on not prosecuting robberies, assaults, burglaries or other dangerous crimes unless victims are murdered. Only then will he look at the case. And yes, I did not say prosecute. True story. Sad.
I hope this Tesla owner’s local authorities catch & prosecute the perps.

I wonder how long until the vacation tour companies make a special "Grab all you can in San Francisco" vacation package. They could arrange air and ground travel to best locations for breaking into SF cars, give you a commemorative glass breaking tool, and you can pay for the trip with portions of your winnings. Would be great if they added Chesa Bodin's residence as a prime stopping point.

 

[sightman]

Now I will probably get flamed for suggesting this...but you could set up a flame thrower. You will need to invest in a gas tank, and I know the lack of one is precisely why we drive an electric car, but gasoline will yield the surge in BTUs needed far better than a resistance heater.

 

[Toysla]

I wonder how long until the vacation tour companies make a special "Grab all you can in San Francisco" vacation package. They could arrange air and ground travel to best locations for breaking into SF cars, give you a commemorative glass breaking tool, and you can pay for the trip with portions of your winnings. Would be great if they added Chesa Bodin's residence as a prime stopping point.

Hmm, by that you mean kinda like a “vacation consignment plan / offer?”

 

[Tiger]

Some people seem to be really confused, anyone here in favor of what went down in Washington DC Senate today? I just want heads up on who to ignore preemptively.

 

[EnginesEnosis]

.... same guy.... I thought Trump only hired the best...

Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood insists he is not insane after tweeting that Mike Pence should face execution by firing squad

And he is right. Mike Pence is a traitor.

 

[Tiger]

Regardless of how exactly the virus harms the body, we now know that the impact of COVID-19 on the nervous system can be more significant and lasting than the transient loss of taste and smell that many of the first infected patients described. It can have devastating short- and long-term neurological complications — from delirium, depression and “temporary brain dysfunction” to headaches, brain inflammation, brain bleeds and clots, nerve damage and life-threatening meningitis in both the young and old. Reports of psychosis have also been reported, with the journal Nature detailing the symptoms of one woman in her mid-50s who saw lions and monkeys in her house and accused her husband of being an impostor.

Furthermore, Trump will soon leave. But his Republican enablers haven't learned their lesson.