Trump / Musk (other than DOGE) Omnibus Thread

[nycfan]

Specifically the Las Vegas cybertruck guy, I believe he is married and had a baby in June.

I’ve seen others claim that a lot of the overnight reporting about that missed that he and his wife had divorced and they had mistakenly attributed her new child to the bomber guy. But I didn’t chase down the rabbit hole to figure out which is correct. Plenty of folks claiming the wife “radicalized” the bomber to be a Bernie Bro.

 

[nycfan]

I’ve seen others claim that a lot of the overnight reporting about that missed that he and his wife had divorced and they had mistakenly attributed her new child to the bomber guy. But I didn’t chase down the rabbit hole to figure out which is correct. Plenty of folks claiming the wife “radicalized” the bomber to be a Bernie Bro.

So apparently the bomber guy also moved on and apparently had a new baby with another woman (with reservations for the internet sleuths getting a lot wrong on the regular).

 

[nycfan]

Anyway

 

[gtyellowjacket]

I’ve seen others claim that a lot of the overnight reporting about that missed that he and his wife had divorced and they had mistakenly attributed her new child to the bomber guy. But I didn’t chase down the rabbit hole to figure out which is correct. Plenty of folks claiming the wife “radicalized” the bomber to be a Bernie Bro.

Doh. You are right. That's his ex-wife with a new man and new baby.

 

[ChileG]

Despite all of my hints, I didn’t get any Trump merch for Christmas. My daughter did give my wife a personalized Trump mug and a Trump-dressed-like-an-elf ornament so at least I can enjoy that on our tree next year.

TDS

 

[nycfan]

Not typically considered appropriate behavior by a member of the incoming (or existing) U.S. government…

Elon Musk Calls for Fresh UK Elections in Latest Starmer Attack​

• Billionaire calls for release from jail of right-wing agitator
• Posts follow volley of criticism that started in the summer

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

Vance making sure to give Musk backing on picking sides in German election while trying to pretend he is not doing so. Hiding behind calling something “Interesting” isn’t a word that provides as much cover as folks using it to amplify certain stories or POVs pretend.

 

[nycfan]

Also Mr. Musk:

 

[finesse]

If it was, as previously reported, primarily fireworks and some fuel cans, the lack of greater damage wasn’t because of the cybertruck. It was because the person who set it up is a novice.

Or performance art. Can't believe that a special forces guy wouldn't have been able to do better. You almost have to assume he didn't want to do more than he did.

 

[nycfan]

Or performance art. Can't believe that a special forces guy wouldn't have been able to do better. You almost have to assume he didn't want to do more than he did.

 

[nycfan]

This whole Cybertruck story is just weird.

Bluesky

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Also, I don’t know why sometimes BSKY posts don’t unfurl properly when posted.

 

[nycfan]

But no matter:

[MOVED Homan gut feeling tossing match thread]

 

[superrific]

An angle perhaps not yet considered: what if the special forces guy didn't set off the bomb? do we know that he was alive when the vehicle was parked and then detonated? doesn't cybertruck have one of those autopilot features?

so guy kills special forces dude, puts him in the drivers' seat. auto-pilots to the hotel, auto-parks and then bam!

iirc they had a hell of a time even identifying the guy so I'm guessing that means an autopsy is going to be difficult, to say the least.

 

[Geisterfahrer]

An angle perhaps not yet considered: what if the special forces guy didn't set off the bomb? do we know that he was alive when the vehicle was parked and then detonated? doesn't cybertruck have one of those autopilot features?

so guy kills special forces dude, puts him in the drivers' seat. auto-pilots to the hotel, auto-parks and then bam!

iirc they had a hell of a time even identifying the guy so I'm guessing that means an autopsy is going to be difficult, to say the least.

that's definitely worth an episode of law & order.

 

[nycfan]

Meanwhile,

 

[Centerpiece]

 

[nycfan]

Dude hates windmills. Biden should have one installed on the South Lawn on his way out.

Also, Trump does know that the “windfall tax” is unrelated to windmills, right?

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

From what I’ve read, Trump employs a lot of H-2B visa holders as staff (I would have to go find it but thought when he ran the first time someone found a clip where he said he thought the foreign employees in his clubs had more class than local Americans), not H-1B visa holders.