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Post by rscal on Jun 19, 2023 18:12:17 GMT
Would you care to explain your thought process there?Which are minimal. Musk was very lucky being in the right place at the right time. Let's not forget $28k of Daddy's apartheid-era money in 1995 went into founding Zip2.com, which was sold for $307m in 1999 - of which $22m was Elon's. That money went into X.com, which merged with a competitor four months later, before his sacking another ten months from foundation, and the eventual sale for $1.5bn two years after that - of which he received 11%. $175m from 7% of $28k borrowed - in five years. Nice work if you can get it, especially when you remember that for the important portion of that time he wasn't actually employed by the businesses, just owned stock. The rest is what a geek does with $175m in the early 00s. He made some good investments at the right time, turning that huge packet into a ridiculous one, largely through cultivating a cult-of-personality that's outweighed most basic realities, but constantly lives on the verge of coming back to bite him. And it will... soon. "if true" - embedded Twit links here show the actual twit as of the time of viewing, as if you were viewing it directly. Click on the time/date to go directly, if you don't believe it. Can we know the logic behind that attribution? No. Can we guess, bearing in mind what we know about the proprietor and the direction of the platform under his ownership? Yes. Trunp can think for himself...and indeed fight battles for himself... and have policies that benefit the usa... and fight against south coast immigration etc etc.... biden doesnt even know hes an american. " 'Gawd Save the Queen', Man! "
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Post by martin44 on Jun 19, 2023 18:29:02 GMT
Trunp can think for himself...and indeed fight battles for himself... and have policies that benefit the usa... and fight against south coast immigration etc etc.... biden doesnt even know hes an american. " 'Gawd Save the Queen', Man! " Its King.....Sex pistols?.... brilliant.
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Post by overthehill on Aug 10, 2023 16:07:39 GMT
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Post by crabbyoldgit on Aug 10, 2023 17:17:26 GMT
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Post by martin44 on Aug 10, 2023 19:55:00 GMT
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Post by overthehill on Sept 5, 2023 7:44:15 GMT
This is the best thing you'll read all day especially if, like most Brits, you hate Trump.
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Post by overthehill on Sept 5, 2023 11:00:50 GMT
This is the best thing you'll read all day especially if, like most Brits, you hate Trump.
Just under half of US people watched this and decided he's my guy.
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Post by overthehill on Oct 4, 2023 7:58:15 GMT
Republican firsts. First president in 28 years to not serve a second term. First president in 45 years not to release any of his tax returns. First president in 89 years to lose the presidency, the House and the Senate in a single term. First president in 102 years to allow more than 120,000 Americans to die in a single virus outbreak. First president in 129 years to lose the popular vote twice. First president in 152 years to boycott his successors inauguration. First president ever to fail to hit a 50% approval rating at any point during their presidency. First president ever to be elected with the help of a foreign nation. First president ever to be impeached twice. First president ever to have a member of their own party vote for conviction in an impeachment trial. First president ever to have an arrest warrant issued against him by a foreign nation. First president ever to refuse to concede defeat. First president to be banned from social media. First president to refuse to ensure the peaceful transfer of power. First president to have their home searched for official national security documents. First former president found liable of sexual abuse, defamation & business fraud. First former president criminally indicted (also the second, third and fourth). First former president with a mugshot. First House Speaker elected on the 15th vote, the most since before the Civil War. First Speaker (see: 15 vote guy) removed by a U.S. House vote. So many firsts in so little time. |
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Post by overthehill on Oct 4, 2023 8:11:19 GMT
This post is going viral on Twitter. Musk has been caught red handed manipulating data on posts he doesn't like which means no data on any post such as likes, retweets and view count can be trusted especially his tweets or those of people fulfilling his agenda and propaganda.
People keep liking this post and they keep disappearing like magic !
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Post by keitha on Oct 4, 2023 9:32:55 GMT
This post is going viral on Twitter. Musk has been caught red handed manipulating data on posts he doesn't like which means no data on posts such as likes, retweets and view count can be trusted especially his own tweets or those of people fulfilling his agenda. People keep liking this post and they keep disappearing like magic !
people or likes
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Post by overthehill on Oct 8, 2023 15:59:01 GMT
Corbyn is not just anti-semitic POS, he is a communist and Putin loving POS. Along with an non-existent EU immigration policy HE got the Brexit vote over the 50% by serving his russian master to get the UK out of Europe. Backfired by miscalculating the UK's response to the Ukraine invasion. Looking forward to a Labour government controlled by the unions funded by russia everyone ?!
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Post by michaelc on Oct 8, 2023 19:37:51 GMT
Corbyn is not just anti-semitic POS, he is a communist and Putin loving POS. Along with an non-existent EU immigration policy HE got the Brexit vote over the 50% by serving his russian master to get the UK out of Europe. Backfired by miscalculating the UK's response to the Ukraine invasion. Looking forward to a Labour government controlled by the unions funded by russia everyone ?!
If you tell me you have relatives in Israel or some other significant connections to Israel I'll pipe down and respect your views more than I do right now so let me know. Otherwise my views likely to get half the forum in arms against me (not deliberately its just my honest view) is as follows: I don't agree at all with what we are told. I do believe some or even many atrocities were committed by the Palestinians and the Israelis too. This latest round was clearly started by the Palestinians and likely included face to face slaughters of Israeli civilians which is pretty grim. Obviously. The Israelis responded so far by levelling all kinds of blocks in Gaza - no doubt including apartment blocks. Also unimaginable. In general Gaza has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt for years. The Israelis live quite well whereas Gaza would appear to be a hellhole. It annoys me that our press talk almost exclusively about the suffering of the Israelis as if not much is happening in Gaza. Yes the Palestinians "started it" - at least the latest chapter but this has been a conflict going on for decades and decades. No doubt someone is going to correct my knowledge of history because as far as I know Israel didn't exist before the end of WW2. The state was "created" and the arabs that lived there essentially had to F Off somewhere else. Now they get a couple of tiny slivers of land. I don't know what the long term solution is, but IMO this is definitely not the case of Israel Right, Palestine Wrong.
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Post by Greenwood2 on Oct 8, 2023 20:45:49 GMT
Corbyn is not just anti-semitic POS, he is a communist and Putin loving POS. Along with an non-existent EU immigration policy HE got the Brexit vote over the 50% by serving his russian master to get the UK out of Europe. Backfired by miscalculating the UK's response to the Ukraine invasion. Looking forward to a Labour government controlled by the unions funded by russia everyone ?!
If you tell me you have relatives in Israel or some other significant connections to Israel I'll pipe down and respect your views more than I do right now so let me know. Otherwise my views likely to get half the forum in arms against me (not deliberately its just my honest view) is as follows: I don't agree at all with what we are told. I do believe some or even many atrocities were committed by the Palestinians and the Israelis too. This latest round was clearly started by the Palestinians and likely included face to face slaughters of Israeli civilians which is pretty grim. Obviously. The Israelis responded so far by levelling all kinds of blocks in Gaza - no doubt including apartment blocks. Also unimaginable. In general Gaza has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt for years. The Israelis live quite well whereas Gaza would appear to be a hellhole. It annoys me that our press talk almost exclusively about the suffering of the Israelis as if not much is happening in Gaza. Yes the Palestinians "started it" - at least the latest chapter but this has been a conflict going on for decades and decades. No doubt someone is going to correct my knowledge of history because as far as I know Israel didn't exist before the end of WW2. The state was "created" and the arabs that lived there essentially had to F Off somewhere else. Now they get a couple of tiny slivers of land. I don't know what the long term solution is, but IMO this is definitely not the case of Israel Right, Palestine Wrong. Hamas is not the Palestinians. Hamas seems to be a (palestinian) terrorist group supported by Iran who are trying to prevent peace between Israel and the Arab world. They attack Israel, Israel attack Gaza, because that is where Hamas hide and where they launch their attacks from. Does no good for Gaza, Palestinians, Israel or Israelis. The formation of Israel was difficult to prevent after WWII displaced Jews went back to 'their homeland' in large numbers and at the time physically preventing them was not an option for obvious reasons.
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Post by ilmoro on Oct 8, 2023 21:15:41 GMT
If you tell me you have relatives in Israel or some other significant connections to Israel I'll pipe down and respect your views more than I do right now so let me know. Otherwise my views likely to get half the forum in arms against me (not deliberately its just my honest view) is as follows: I don't agree at all with what we are told. I do believe some or even many atrocities were committed by the Palestinians and the Israelis too. This latest round was clearly started by the Palestinians and likely included face to face slaughters of Israeli civilians which is pretty grim. Obviously. The Israelis responded so far by levelling all kinds of blocks in Gaza - no doubt including apartment blocks. Also unimaginable. In general Gaza has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt for years. The Israelis live quite well whereas Gaza would appear to be a hellhole. It annoys me that our press talk almost exclusively about the suffering of the Israelis as if not much is happening in Gaza. Yes the Palestinians "started it" - at least the latest chapter but this has been a conflict going on for decades and decades. No doubt someone is going to correct my knowledge of history because as far as I know Israel didn't exist before the end of WW2. The state was "created" and the arabs that lived there essentially had to F Off somewhere else. Now they get a couple of tiny slivers of land. I don't know what the long term solution is, but IMO this is definitely not the case of Israel Right, Palestine Wrong. Hamas is not the Palestinians. Hamas seems to be a (palestinian) terrorist group supported by Iran who are trying to prevent peace between Israel and the Arab world. They attack Israel, Israel attack Gaza, because that is where Hamas hide and where they launch their attacks from. Does no good for Gaza, Palestinians, Israel or Israelis. The formation of Israel was difficult to prevent after WWII displaced Jews went back to 'their homeland' in large numbers and at the time physically preventing them was not an option for obvious reasons. Hamas is the government of the Gaza strip & the majority party in the Palestinian national assembly - in that context they are the Palestinians in Gaza at least.
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Post by adrianc on Oct 9, 2023 7:09:00 GMT
The formation of Israel was difficult to prevent after WWII displaced Jews went back to 'their homeland' in large numbers and at the time physically preventing them was not an option for obvious reasons. The foundation of a "Jewish homeland" goes back to the Balfour Declaration at the end of WW1, and the distribution of the spoils of war. Palestine was part of the defeated Ottoman Empire.  ...but notice the sentence that says... "...it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine"That's the bit that's gone VERY awry in the decades since the 1948 establishment of Israel, originally on the lines of the UN 1947 partition.  2021 situation: 
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