Elon Musk: I'm Sorry, My Late Night Attacks on Trump "Went Too Far"

Our ~~long~~ short national ~~nightmare~~ diversion is over.

President Trump is feeling good about Elon Musk's apology after the former "first buddy" admitted late Tuesday he had gone "too far" in his personal attacks on the commander-in-chief.
"I thought it was very nice that he did that," the president told The Post in a brief phone conversation Wednesday morning, but didn't say whether he was willing to let bygones be bygones with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO.
Musk, 53, went off on Trump in a series of social media messages this past Thursday, at one point claiming the Republican would not have won the 2024 election without his help and suggesting the president was responsible for preventing the release of files on convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein due to his past association with the late financier.
"I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far," Musk wrote late Tuesday after previously deleting his post about the Epstein files.

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Trump told Post columnist Miranda Devine Monday that he doesn't "blame" Musk for the blow-up that started with the former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) figure's criticisms of the Big Beautiful Bill -- but maintained that he's "a little disappointed."
"Look, I have no hard feelings," Trump said. "I was really surprised that that happened. He went after a bill that's phenomenal. ...He just -- I think he feels very badly that he said that, actually."

When asked whether he would ever go back to a regular relationship with Musk, Trump told Devine's "Pod Force One" podcast: "I guess I could, but we have to straighten out the country."
"And my sole function now is getting this country back to a level higher than it's ever been. And I think we can do that."

Posted by: Ace at 04:35 PM

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1 1st

Posted by: GF at June 11, 2025 04:35 PM (SnGRt)

2 Hurray .. now how about more DOGE cuts?

Posted by: illiniwek at June 11, 2025 04:35 PM (vbXSk)

3 Top 10!

Posted by: Crusader at June 11, 2025 04:36 PM (TN0g+)

4 I don't want to see Musk and Trump make up like Dem guys make up.

That'd be gross...

Posted by: Stateless.. 23% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back now at June 11, 2025 04:36 PM (jvJvP)

5 yay!

now let's not argue about 'ooo killed 'ooo ...

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 11, 2025 04:37 PM (Pv3Rg)

6 I think they're both too smart, and recognized that this wasn't good for either of them, or the country.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2025 04:37 PM (CHHv1)

7 Was Elon on drugs when he went off?

Posted by: Johnny Drugs at June 11, 2025 04:38 PM (xtKM4)

8 Like most autists, Elon will viciously berate the people closest to him when things don't go the way he thinks they should. Then a few days later, he'll be over it and say "hey what are you guys so sore about, you don't think I meant it do you?"

He's like George Costanza going back to his job like nothing had happened after he screamed at everyone and made a big show of walking out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 04:38 PM (uWKK8)

9 "Hey, Elon...remember how the Democrats transed your kid and it turned you against the woke mind virus?"

*stops thrashing around*
"Oh, yeah. That thing."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 04:38 PM (GBKbO)

10 I think they're both too smart, and recognized that this wasn't good for either of them, or the country.
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Love them both, but it was an unforced error on Musk's part.

Posted by: Crusader at June 11, 2025 04:39 PM (TN0g+)

11
OUT: Asperger's Syndrome.
IN: Assperger's Syndrome.

Posted by: ShainS -- Has the Big Beautiful Breakup passed yet? at June 11, 2025 04:39 PM (P7UKg)

12
Countdown to next meltdown.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 11, 2025 04:39 PM (YDQ9Q)

13 The proper response for us might be “ fine, no worries “ let’s talk about the little matter of an insurrection happening”… odds of THAT happening??

Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2025 04:39 PM (PCK5/)

14 Of course Elon and Trump have been chatting all during the flare up. Politics. Playing chess.

Now that dems are destroying themselves over the LA riots it’s time for Trump and Elon to smoke piece pipe.

Posted by: Redenzo at June 11, 2025 04:40 PM (jZ3ZM)

15 OT, but RIP Brian Wilson.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 11, 2025 04:40 PM (CHHv1)

16 I think we are in the early stages of, you forgive me baby, it's just Nixon and this G-d damned war, phase.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 11, 2025 04:40 PM (XV/Pl)

17 14 Of course Elon and Trump have been chatting all during the flare up. Politics. Playing chess.

Now that dems are destroying themselves over the LA riots it’s time for Trump and Elon to smoke piece pipe.
Posted by: Redenzo at June 11, 2025 04:40 PM (jZ3ZM)

They already have… some are just slow on the uptake…

Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2025 04:41 PM (PCK5/)

18 I’m looking forward to not having to hear about this silly bullshit anymore. I understand Musk being peeved about the bill, but 53 year old billionaires shouldn’t have twitter meltdowns about it

Posted by: UGAdawg at June 11, 2025 04:41 PM (faLVK)

19 Like most autists, Elon will viciously berate the people closest to him when things don't go the way he thinks they should. Then a few days later, he'll be over it and say "hey what are you guys so sore about, you don't think I meant it do you?"

He's like George Costanza going back to his job like nothing had happened after he screamed at everyone and made a big show of walking out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 04:38 PM (uWKK

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Elric waxed eloquently a few days ago on the similar scenarios among him and his other alpha friends.

Posted by: ShainS -- Has the Big Beautiful Breakup passed yet? at June 11, 2025 04:41 PM (P7UKg)

20 Elon was focused on the budget being the biggest problem, and yes that is a huge problem. But when you've got violent illegals waving Mexican Flags trying to burn down one of your major cities, and Iran threatening to blow up a bunch of your military bases, those problems have got to be dealt with first.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 04:42 PM (uWKK8)

21 So.I guess the new Tay-Tay breakup song is kaput, eh?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 11, 2025 04:43 PM (W/lyH)

22 Trump's a little busy right now...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 04:43 PM (VE6XX)

23 There's a film on HBO/MAX right now titled Mountainhead about 3 billionaire and 1 half-billionaire tech guys doing a weekend reunion with each other as the world goes to shit because the richest one owns a Twitter like social media platform that is causing riots and governments to fail because of AI videos starting trouble. They then decide to start coups around the world as they realize their own power.

It's a mildly amusing dark comedy and quite current topic.

As coincidence, I'd just watched it for the first time a few days before the Great Elon-Don Flame War of 2025.

Now I can't help but think of that flick when I think of those two.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 04:44 PM (6ydKt)

24 20 Elon was focused on the budget being the biggest problem, and yes that is a huge problem. But when you've got violent illegals waving Mexican Flags trying to burn down one of your major cities, and Iran threatening to blow up a bunch of your military bases, those problems have got to be dealt with first.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 04:42 PM (uWKK

Maybe… he figured that out, after a beat or two… or is that giving him too much credit??

Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2025 04:44 PM (PCK5/)

25 The media feeds on a conflict. They lap it up like a dog's breakfast.

Posted by: fd at June 11, 2025 04:44 PM (TtRrd)

26 Hey...remember when Democrats were, like, "We're gonna get Elon back!"

That was hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 04:44 PM (GBKbO)

27 Was Elon on drugs when he went off?

Posted by: Johnny Drugs at June 11, 2025 04:38 PM (xtKM4)

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Ketamine.

/That's keto-friendly, right?

Posted by: ShainS -- Has the Big Beautiful Breakup passed yet? at June 11, 2025 04:44 PM (P7UKg)

28 Any of the Dems calling Trump Hitler apologized yet? No?

Ok then

Posted by: 18-1 at June 11, 2025 04:44 PM (t0Rmr)

29 And the Chucker said that Trump is not doing anything to unite this country.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 04:45 PM (krQz2)

30 I said it at the time.

It felt to me like Elon went on a drug bender and just took his frustrations public while coked out.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at June 11, 2025 04:45 PM (AjL/0)

31 26 Hey...remember when Democrats were, like, "We're gonna get Elon back!"

That was hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 04:44 PM (GBKbO)

Yeah, no… Musk made it clear he was devoting his life to destroying Woke..

Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2025 04:45 PM (PCK5/)

32
Can't stop lovin' that ketamine.

Posted by: Elon at June 11, 2025 04:46 PM (krQz2)

33 It was always an op. Two natural showmen having a lark.

Elon lacks Trump's skills, however, and pushed the prank too far.

But it did its job, making the BBB more palatable and flipping the script for a while.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 11, 2025 04:47 PM (ZOv7s)

34 I knew it!

Posted by: Eromero at June 11, 2025 04:47 PM (LHPAg)

35 Trump is no grudge type guy.

I'm very very glad things cooled the fuck down.

Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 04:48 PM (0HaGk)

36 Make him buy you a present, Donald. And flowers. And dinner.

I've been down this road and now is the time for emtional blackmail.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 04:48 PM (viF8m)

37 35 Trump is no grudge type guy.

I'm very very glad things cooled the fuck down.

Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 04:48 PM (0HaGk)

Me too.. I'd rather have Musk on our side...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 04:48 PM (VE6XX)

38 The media feeds on a conflict. They lap it up like a dog's breakfast.
Posted by: fd at June 11, 2025 04:44 PM (TtRrd)
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Yes, it was a giant con. Hugely funny.

Dems all salivating, but now we get to highlight the reunification and now Elon will make it that much harder for the Rand Paul types not to pass it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 11, 2025 04:48 PM (ZOv7s)

39 Grandma is stuck in the shower again. Who wants to go over there and roll her out?

Posted by: fd at June 11, 2025 04:49 PM (TtRrd)

40 >>> 26 Hey...remember when Democrats were, like, "We're gonna get Elon back!"

That was hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 04:44 PM (GBKbO)

Right???

Posted by: Joe Rogan at June 11, 2025 04:49 PM (ULPxl)

41 Elon's behavior gives me great encouragement and reason to be hopeful for the future of his AI program, brain chips, global satellite network, everything app, pod-house manufacturing firm, and autonomous driving human replacement programs.

I feel certain he is the definitely the type of man to be in charge of these wonderful developments that will improve our lives.

Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 04:49 PM (wyxWC)

42 Somebody gave Trump some good advice after the initial blowup. He took the high road and it made him look like the better man.

I'm guessing that advice came from Suzie Wiles.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 11, 2025 04:49 PM (paSBy)

43 Make him buy you a present, Donald. And flowers. And dinner.

I've been down this road and now is the time for emtional blackmail.

Is this when he tells Musk that's everything's fine and nothing is bothering him while sighing and rolling his eyes?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 11, 2025 04:49 PM (t0Rmr)

44 37 35 Trump is no grudge type guy.

I'm very very glad things cooled the fuck down.

Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 04:48 PM (0HaGk)

Me too.. I'd rather have Musk on our side...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 04:48 PM (VE6XX)

Incredibly valuable asset… he reaches a lot of people formerly unreachable..

Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2025 04:50 PM (PCK5/)

45 "I've been down this road and now is the time for emtional blackmail.
Posted by: JackStraw"

Fkn lol.

Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 04:51 PM (0HaGk)

46 Hey...remember when Democrats were, like, "We're gonna get Elon back!"

That was hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 04:44 PM (GBKbO)

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I have a hard time believing they wanted him back.

If anything, they were just giving him an invitation to a struggle session.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 04:51 PM (krQz2)

47 Yeah I expected this. Elon goes on jags like this every so often then regrets it. Hugely over exuberant then backs off.

I get it, he was blackpilled. He got into it all excited and hopeful then found out nothing good was going to come of all his work and he raged at the night.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 04:51 PM (e7kz6)

48 >>Is this when he tells Musk that's everything's fine and nothing is bothering him while sighing and rolling his eyes?

I don't want to talk about it.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 04:51 PM (viF8m)

49 46 I have a hard time believing they wanted him back.

If anything, they were just giving him an invitation to a struggle session.
Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 04:51 PM (krQz2)

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They desperately want the world's richest man who owns the largest social media site on their side. Desperately.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 04:51 PM (GBKbO)

50 Theory I heard is that Musk lost so much business and such because of his association w Trump that a public break up was seen as necessary to distance the two.

Meh, whatever. 😊

Posted by: WitchDoktor at June 11, 2025 04:51 PM (06wU2)

51 Emotional Blackmail >>> Sexual Healing???

Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2025 04:51 PM (PCK5/)

52 43 Make him buy you a present, Donald. And flowers. And dinner.

I've been down this road and now is the time for emtional blackmail.

Is this when he tells Musk that's everything's fine and nothing is bothering him while sighing and rolling his eyes?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 11, 2025 04:49 PM (t0Rmr)

You should already know what's wrong.

You know what you did!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 04:52 PM (6ydKt)

53 So everything is okey-dokey? Back in the saddle again?

"Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Elon Arranger, rides again!"

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2025 04:52 PM (/iMjX)

54 Elon got beat up by Scott Bessent.
Then went on the internet and raged.
The guy is a literal 4 panel 4chan comic sometimes.

Posted by: Cmonman at June 11, 2025 04:52 PM (ENiDy)

55 Should I burn this Tesla or not?

Posted by: Dumbass Lefty at June 11, 2025 04:52 PM (v0R5T)

56 That’s nice.

Allllrighty then!
Back to work.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 11, 2025 04:52 PM (UZ1co)

57
Reunited and it feels so good!
Reunited 'cause we understood
There's one perfect fit
And sugar, this one is it.

Posted by: Peached & Herb for Trump & Musk at June 11, 2025 04:52 PM (q2NNn)

58 Wonder where Trump’s gonna park the Tesla. He is absolutely the inventor of trolling. It’s next level stuff.

Posted by: H at June 11, 2025 04:52 PM (2gjbv)

59 Somebody gave Trump some good advice after the initial blowup. He took the high road and it made him look like the better man.

Its too bad though, I saw a hilarious meme of Barron standing at his shoulder giving Trump sick burns he learned from hours of lobby time in FPS games.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 04:53 PM (e7kz6)

60 Elon cracked under the pressure, which is completely understandable.

And can't imagine things are any better for anyone else who is working with President Trump.

Dc hates every single one of them, plus roughly 30% of the country.

We should all appreciate just how much and how hard they're working, trying to get our country back on track so our children and grandchildren have something to look forward to.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 11, 2025 04:53 PM (tT6L1)

61 I thought from the beginning it was Trump and Elon jacking with the media. oh well

Speaking of that...I notice Citizen Free Press, other than Bannon, links a lot of bullshit media. Is there a site like that links real media?

Posted by: DanMan at June 11, 2025 04:53 PM (8uzBS)

62 Wow, MSN has climate news from Hollywood, circa 2004.

Could Britain face a winter ice age? How future temperatures could plummet due to climate change

In case you think they're giving up on global warming, rest assured that they're doing no such thing.

There is a poorly understood but plausible chance winter temperatures could one day plummet in the UK even as global temperatures soar.

https://is.gd/AXo3t2

Posted by: Archimedes at June 11, 2025 04:54 PM (s8j++)

63 This Elon guy is kind of a spaz.

Posted by: Max Power at June 11, 2025 04:54 PM (q177U)

64 32
Can't stop lovin' that ketamine.
Posted by: Elon at June 11, 2025 04:46 PM (krQz2)

Actually, you can.

Posted by: Chandler Bing at June 11, 2025 04:54 PM (PiwSw)

65 58 Wonder where Trump’s gonna park the Tesla. He is absolutely the inventor of trolling. It’s next level stuff.

Posted by: H at June 11, 2025 04:52 PM (2gjbv)

Put on some all-terrain tires and use it as a golf cart at Mar-a-Lago.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 04:54 PM (6ydKt)

66 I guess MAGA types can stop keying Teslas now...oh...wait, that was someone else.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 11, 2025 04:55 PM (XeU6L)

67 15 OT, but RIP Brian Wilson.
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Of the Beach Boys? This hurts. This guy was a genius musically. Sorry to hear this.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 11, 2025 04:55 PM (FmapG)

68 They desperately want the world's richest man who owns the largest social media site on their side. Desperately.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 04:51 PM (GBKbO)
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But they have Blue Sky and Gab now.

Funny, because I recently saw something from Axelrod about not being left enough for Blue-Sky and being chased out of there.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 04:55 PM (krQz2)

69 In case you think they're giving up on global warming, rest assured that they're doing no such thing.

Its really lost a lot of momentum, especially after the Wuhan Flu panic.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 04:55 PM (e7kz6)

70 No!!

I do not know what I did!!!!

Why? What? WTF is it!!!!

Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 04:55 PM (0HaGk)

71 Does this mean I can burn teslas again?
- leftists

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 04:55 PM (E4th+)

72 Inflation easing, border and immigration being handled, economy starting to grow, smart energy policy, Pride Month crapped out.
The Dems have to fight for.... Men in women's sports

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 11, 2025 04:55 PM (2UZZJ)

73 I'm not one of those "I told you so" guys, and I hate people who are.

But... I.Told. You. So.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 11, 2025 04:55 PM (wBaIH)

74 In case you think they're giving up on global warming, rest assured that they're doing no such thing.

Its really lost a lot of momentum, especially after the Wuhan Flu panic.

How dare you!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 11, 2025 04:55 PM (s8j++)

75 This Elon guy is kind of a spaz.

Kinda, yeah. Manic Depressive, I think.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 04:56 PM (e7kz6)

76 I knew it would be nothing in the end.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 11, 2025 04:56 PM (mlg/3)

77 Too bad his disagreements over the bill were overshadowed by HOW he disagreed.

So we continue to hurtle toward the debt cliff at full speed.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at June 11, 2025 04:56 PM (ERYKL)

78 This Elon guy is kind of a spaz.

Posted by: Max Power
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Elon John? Hold it, I'm crossing threads.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 11, 2025 04:56 PM (XeU6L)

79 A little off topic, but, now that I have traded full time working and part time wifing for full time wifing and part time loafing, I have discovered that there are some jobs that went better on weekends, when I could have a cocktail or two. Such as cleaning the oven. I don't think I've done that sober for 40 years. Not sure why I started now.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 04:56 PM (a4NoL)

80 72 Inflation easing, border and immigration being handled, economy starting to grow, smart energy policy, Pride Month crapped out.
The Dems have to fight for.... Men in women's sports
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 11, 2025 04:55 PM (2UZZJ)

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Nah.

They have chosen to fight for illegal gang bangers by throwing Molotov cocktails as LAPD while ransacking Apple stores in protest of ICE and the National Guard whom they won't go near out of fear.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

81 "This Elon guy is kind of a spaz.
Posted by: Max Power"

He is.

But he's a spazz I want on our side dammt!

Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 04:57 PM (0HaGk)

82 Could Britain face a winter ice age? How future temperatures could plummet due to climate change
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Easy to do - just blow a hole through the Isthmus of Panama and the Gulf Stream will follow the hole.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 11, 2025 04:57 PM (FmapG)

83 Sure Musk doesn't understand the how's and why's of govt workings - who really does? - but nevertheless, he was right that the bill is big but not beautiful.

Trump spent big in his first term and will continue to do so, the kids and grandkids are going to have to deal with the mess some time in the future.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 11, 2025 04:57 PM (rvwwT)

84 75 This Elon guy is kind of a spaz.

Kinda, yeah. Manic Depressive, I think.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 04:56 PM (e7kz6)

Either spectrum, or his drinking interferes with his medication.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 04:57 PM (a4NoL)

85 Too hot? Climate change
Too cold? Climate change
Too dry? Climate change
Too wet? Climate change.

And the sad part is millions and millions of imbeciles nod along to this stuff.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 04:57 PM (E4th+)

86 >>Elon John?

Donald is leaving tonight on a plane
Oh I miss Donald
I miss him so much.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 04:57 PM (viF8m)

87 Now Elon can concentrate on impregnating women on Mars.

Posted by: wth at June 11, 2025 04:58 PM (v0R5T)

88 Huh...

The House just passed the first package of rescissions.

Pretty much under the radar.

The budget still needs to pass the Senate. The rescissions would also need to pass the Senate.

However,...I expected more...noise about the rescissions.

Small beans at $9.6 billion, but still. That's someone's ricebowl.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 04:58 PM (GBKbO)

89 kayfabe kayfabe kayfabe kayfabe kayfabe

It was kayfabe

Posted by: Kindltot at June 11, 2025 04:58 PM (D7oie)

90 Now Elon can concentrate on impregnating women on Mars.
Posted by: wth at June 11, 2025 04:58 PM (v0R5T)
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For Elon, Earth Girls are Easy.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 11, 2025 04:58 PM (tT6L1)

91 Too hot? Climate change
Too cold? Climate change
Too dry? Climate change
Too wet? Climate change.

Weather different than I remember as a kid? Globull warmening!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 04:58 PM (e7kz6)

92 Reunited and it feels so good!

***********

He's having my baby
What a lovely way of saying
How much you love me

Wait, what? , I took that a step too far.

(Extra credit for gratuitous Paul Anka tie-in)

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2025 04:59 PM (/iMjX)

93 Easy to do - just blow a hole through the Isthmus of Panama and the Gulf Stream will follow the hole.

It would be fascinating to see what would happen in a model.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 11, 2025 04:59 PM (s8j++)

94 The budget still needs to pass the Senate

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In other words this is failure theater on the park of the house.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 04:59 PM (E4th+)

95 I guess I could, but we have to straighten out the country."

I think Trump genuinely was disappointed and maybe even hurt by Elon’s outburst. It’s likely Musk will still be invited to Mar-a-Lago, but DJT might be inclined to keep some emotional distance from him.

Posted by: kallisto at June 11, 2025 04:59 PM (9PdFC)

96 Speaking of that...I notice Citizen Free Press, other than Bannon, links a lot of bullshit media. Is there a site like that links real media?

Posted by: DanMan at June 11, 2025 04:53 PM (8uzBS)

It depends on what your definition of real is.

But thelibertydaily.com seems to have what you might be looking for.

It has more links from off-brands than Citizen Free Press (Kaine loves his X links and links to articles from Wyoming) and Rantingly (who likes mainstream links and is much more tame - like a pre-2017 Drudge).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 04:59 PM (6ydKt)

97 Yes, Blake.
Elon has had his life and livelihood threatened for his DOGE, and it must have been a gut punch when DC behaved like DC and didnt immediately make the cuts permanent.
Not excusing his behavior, but also not that upset.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 11, 2025 04:59 PM (UZ1co)

98 Remember Elon was sleeping on a floor and sometimes a cot. He was working every hour he could, and finding a lot of fat to cut (really directing the effort to find it).

The G(r)OPE screwed him just like they screw us every time they can.

He's definitely knew to this. He was probably a true-believer social progress liberal for a long time thinking good thoughts about what DC power can accomplish.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 04:59 PM (krQz2)

99 This Elon guy is kind of a spaz.
Posted by: Max Power
......

I like his Hitler salute.

Posted by: wth at June 11, 2025 04:59 PM (v0R5T)

100 I sobered up, and I got to thinkin'
You ain't much fun since I quit drinkin'

😂😂😂

Posted by: runner at June 11, 2025 04:59 PM (g47mK)

101 Did not know that Musk is a drunk…

Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2025 04:59 PM (PCK5/)

102 Inflation easing, border and immigration being handled, economy starting to grow, smart energy policy, Pride Month crapped out.
The Dems have to fight for.... Men in women's sports

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 11, 2025 04:55 PM (2UZZJ)
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You left out St. Greta of Cabbage Patch getting her ass unceremoniously deported from Israel.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 11, 2025 05:00 PM (YqDXo)

103 The media feeds on a conflict. They lap it up like a dog's breakfast.

--

Of course, depending upon the conflict participants. Democrat conflicts? Swept under the rug. Republican conflicts? WWIII.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 11, 2025 05:00 PM (qBdHI)

104 Per Rooters, CENTCOM Cdr Gen Michael Kurilla canceled his participation in tomorrow's hearing before the House Armed Services Committee due to tensions in the Middle East

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (paSBy)

105 Put on some all-terrain tires and use it as a golf cart at Mar-a-Lago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 04:54 PM (6ydKt)

and leave ruts in the fairway? You. Monster.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (D7oie)

106
... I have discovered that there are some jobs that went better on weekends, when I could have a cocktail or two. Such as cleaning the oven. I don't think I've done that sober for 40 years. Not sure why I started now.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: tcn in AK

All jobs can be accomplished while inebriated. Some of them won't be successfull, driving a schoolbus is a good example of that. But can you imagine being happy buzzed and shooting coyotes with a $$$ night scope and an electronic bait call on an all terrain RC toy car?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (MsrgL)

107 I'm really worried about Saturday's Army parade in DC...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (VE6XX)

108 Elon is a lot like Trump 1.0. Came into DC not realizing how the swamp works. You can’t do anything meaningful. They won’t let you.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (E4th+)

109 I still think the whole thing was orchestrated. Otherwise there'd be talk of a slander suit relative to the Epstein stuff.

In Musk's case this was a marketing move for Tesla.

Posted by: Orson at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (dIske)

110 >>Small beans at $9.6 billion, but still. That's someone's ricebowl.

NPR, PBS and USAID to be specific.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (viF8m)

111 I wonder when this topic will move off the HQ’s news cycle??

Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (PCK5/)

112 He's definitely knew to this. He was probably a true-believer social progress liberal for a long time thinking good thoughts about what DC power can accomplish.

Yeah that is what I mean by black pilled. He crashed into painful reality that the people in power do NOT want things to change no matter what it costs us.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (e7kz6)

113 >>> Elon Musk: I'm Sorry, My Late Night Attacks on Trump "Went Too Far"

He is not really sorry unless he quits the PCP laced 'shrooms for good.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (/lPRQ)

114 My first sight of Elon was on the Rogan podcast where he was drinking whiskey and smoking a j.

Was not impressed.

But he bought X and helped me win an election so he can smoke and drink all he damn well pleases.

Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 05:02 PM (0HaGk)

115 Per Rooters, CENTCOM Cdr Gen Michael Kurilla canceled his participation in tomorrow's hearing before the House Armed Services Committee due to tensions in the Middle East

===

uhum.. here is more

"UK issues rare warning as US prepares Mideast embassy evacuations amid Iran tensions
UK warns of rising military threats in Gulf waters as US authorizes evacuation of embassy staff in Iraq, Bahrain and Kuwait amid fears of imminent escalation with Iran.."

Posted by: runner at June 11, 2025 05:02 PM (g47mK)

116 'I'm late, loved this;
"The exact charge was "assault with a fiery but mostly peaceful incendiary device." '

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 11, 2025 05:02 PM (YHW50)

117 It was an op the whole time

Posted by: Big Alfredo at June 11, 2025 05:02 PM (Vdukr)

118 @88

>>Small beans at $9.6 billion, but still. That's someone's ricebowl.

It's a rounding error at 0.128% of the annual budget and 0.0267% of our national debt.

Realistically, it's probably as good as we can get out of the useless pile of dog shit GOP.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 11, 2025 05:02 PM (XV/Pl)

119 imminent escalation...I wonder what that means !

Posted by: runner at June 11, 2025 05:02 PM (g47mK)

120 His first outpost on Mars will be named Mars-a-Lago.

Posted by: wth at June 11, 2025 05:02 PM (v0R5T)

121 "He is not really sorry unless he quits the PCP laced 'shrooms for good.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher "

NOW who's going too far?

Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 05:03 PM (0HaGk)

122 93 Easy to do - just blow a hole through the Isthmus of Panama and the Gulf Stream will follow the hole.

It would be fascinating to see what would happen in a model.
---------------
It happened before. North and South America were not connected. That meteor that slammed into the Yucatan and killed all the Megafauna might have been the thing that joined the two continents and created the Gulf Stream.

Posted by: pudinhead at June 11, 2025 05:03 PM (FmapG)

123 If you think the world's like 5th richest man was sleeping on the floor because he was just working so gosh darn hard for Merica' ...
I dunno man you're very gullible.
At best he crashed out from all the drugs he's on.

Posted by: Cmonman at June 11, 2025 05:03 PM (ENiDy)

124 Realistically, it's probably as good as we can get out of the useless pile of dog shit GOP.

There is a very slim chance that with an enraged Elon funding it and a new mood in the country we might see a bunch of GOPe towers topple in the primaries.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:03 PM (e7kz6)

125 118 It's a rounding error at 0.128% of the annual budget and 0.0267% of our national debt.

Realistically, it's probably as good as we can get out of the useless pile of dog shit GOP.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 11, 2025 05:02 PM (XV/Pl)

======

It's being called the first. So, I assume more rescission packages will come.

We'll never get the slashing of funds we want, but the slowing of growth, the barriers put up to prevent it from snapping back, and the increasing growth in the economy are all steps in the right direction.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at June 11, 2025 05:04 PM (GBKbO)

126 Elon is a lot like Trump 1.0. Came into DC not realizing how the swamp works. You can’t do anything meaningful. They won’t let you.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (E4th+)
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And I think he sacrificed a lot for this.

And now he's learned that drive and purpose just makes the rest of DC look bad.

He didn't just roll up his sleeves and look grim.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 05:04 PM (krQz2)

127 I think I am done with this whole ridiculous topic.

Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2025 05:04 PM (PCK5/)

128 If you think the world's like 5th richest man was sleeping on the floor because he was just working so gosh darn hard for Merica' ...
I dunno man you're very gullible.
At best he crashed out from all the drugs he's on.

Spoken like someone who's never been passionate about anything, and as a result, has accomplished nothing in life.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 11, 2025 05:04 PM (s8j++)

129 Elon woke up when he woke up one day a few years back and one his sons told him he was now a girl.

He hasn't been the same since.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 05:05 PM (6ydKt)

130 Whoa. AP headline:

"Skier caught in an avalanche is the second person to die this season on Alaska's Mount McKinley"

Mount McKinley? Eh, tu AP?

In: Mount McKinley
Out: Mount Denali

Posted by: mrp at June 11, 2025 05:05 PM (rj6Yv)

131 127 I think I am done with this whole ridiculous topic.
Posted by: tubal at June 11, 2025 05:04 PM (PCK5/)

It's past 100... go for it...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 05:05 PM (VE6XX)

132 moar.."US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from locations across the Middle East, a US official said. Another US official said that it was mostly relevant to family members located in Bahrain — where the bulk of them are based.."

Posted by: runner at June 11, 2025 05:05 PM (g47mK)

133 Spoken like someone who's never been passionate about anything, and as a result, has accomplished nothing in life.

Yeah, guys like Elon are about the job, not comfort or humanity. Its how they get where they are. This is not some nepo baby, this is a guy who bleeds work.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:06 PM (e7kz6)

134 8 Like most ~~autists,~~ drug addicts, Elon will viciously berate the people closest to him when things don't go the way he thinks they should. Then a few days later, he'll be over it and say "hey what are you guys so sore about, you don't think I meant it do you?"
...
Posted by: Tom Servo

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at June 11, 2025 05:06 PM (gto2l)

135 >>Realistically, it's probably as good as we can get out of the useless pile of dog shit GOP.

I've been saying this for weeks which apparently nobody listened to. It's the first round not the final total.

Trump's Director of the OMB, Russ Vought, has been saying for weeks that they chose these relatively small cuts to test the process and the appetite for these cuts. If it works they will send more substantial ones. If it doesn't they have other means at their disposal.

And some of the discretionary spending will expire without any action because it was short term spending and not an annual outlay.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 05:06 PM (viF8m)

136 Ok, we can talk about this later. Elon apologized. Trump accepted. Elon needs help in the sobriety "space'.

Posted by: runner at June 11, 2025 05:06 PM (g47mK)

137 132 moar.."US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from locations across the Middle East, a US official said. Another US official said that it was mostly relevant to family members located in Bahrain — where the bulk of them are based.."
Posted by: runner at June 11, 2025 05:05 PM (g47mK)

I bet we/ Israel are gonna take out the potential nukes in Iran...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 05:06 PM (VE6XX)

138 Somewhere in Iran some general is pissing himself.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 05:07 PM (DLqye)

139 138 Somewhere in Iran some general is pissing himself.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 05:07 PM (DLqye)

Bet they don't have pagers anymore

Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 05:07 PM (VE6XX)

140 Does this embassy evacuation action signal a very bright future for Tehran?

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 11, 2025 05:08 PM (q2NNn)

141 US authorizes evacuation of embassy staff in Iraq, Bahrain and Kuwait
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Also UAE and Qatar. And it's not just embassies. Non-essential personnel are reportedly leaving our bases too.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 11, 2025 05:08 PM (paSBy)

142 Somewhere in Iran some general is pissing himself.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 05:07 PM (DLqye)

Just one?

Posted by: mrp at June 11, 2025 05:08 PM (rj6Yv)

143 Either US or Israel can do it; US can do it very well. Extremely well...if we wanted to. Or Israel. It all depends.

Posted by: runner at June 11, 2025 05:08 PM (g47mK)

144 Woah, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?

Posted by: Elmo Tusk at June 11, 2025 05:08 PM (v0R5T)

145 Sounds like Elon had his meds adjusted. And probably got a fairly stern talking to.

Or realized he might have fucked up royally by antagonizing Trump. Trump for his part probably realizes alienating someone with his (companies) usefulness to the country wasn't someone he needed to pick a fight with either.

Either way... it's good to see that at least on the surface they've put this little awkwardness behind them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 11, 2025 05:08 PM (Q4IgG)

146 If you think the world's like 5th richest man was sleeping on the floor because he was just working so gosh darn hard for Merica' ...
I dunno man you're very gullible.

At best he crashed out from all the drugs he's on.
Posted by: Cmonman at June 11, 2025 05:03 PM (ENiDy)
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Well, unless you have better behind-the-scenes info, your surmise is just about as good as mine.

I'm going with information.

Information goes a little differently with me, though. I don't buy into any one view. I don't swallow information simply because I use it.

If I hear a story, I'll wait for the counter-story to come out. Then I'll compare and contrast the plausibility of the scenario.

Call that gullible if you want. You'll have to prove that your opinion is worth anything over time.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 05:09 PM (krQz2)

147 Sounds like Elon had his meds adjusted. And probably got a fairly stern talking to.

Or realized he might have fucked up royally by antagonizing Trump.

He does this every so often on social media, and even joked about it recently. He goes on an angry tirade then regrets it later.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:09 PM (e7kz6)

148 @135

>>And some of the discretionary spending will expire without any action because it was short term spending and not an annual outlay.

The cuts we need, have to resemble something at or near the trillion dollar range, anything less is masturbation.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 11, 2025 05:10 PM (XV/Pl)

149 I don't know if Elon's on anything but it's long been known that he will stay in the office/factory until the job's done.

When he was having major problems setting up the Tesla factory in Cali he was sleeping there for months.

He did the same thing trying to get Twitter back on track after he bought it.

It's a tech-guy thing that programmers and IT guys are used to when hitting deadlines.

That's why they're all addicted to Red Bull and micro-dosing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 05:10 PM (6ydKt)

150 Weather different than I remember as a kid? Globull warmening!

I know a woman that moved from Ill to NC. She tells me global warming must be real because the summers are much hotter then when she was a kid.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 11, 2025 05:10 PM (t0Rmr)

151 The cuts we need, have to resemble something at or near the trillion dollar range, anything less is masturbation.

Why are my ears tingling?

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at June 11, 2025 05:11 PM (t0Rmr)

152 I think Elon really likes Trump. Probably a father figure.

Posted by: runner at June 11, 2025 05:11 PM (g47mK)

153 Does this embassy evacuation action signal a very bright future for Tehran?
Posted by: Count de Monet

VERY BRIGHT INDEED. 5...4...3...2...

Posted by: IDF Launch Control at June 11, 2025 05:11 PM (v0R5T)

154 152 I think Elon really likes Trump. Probably a father figure.
Posted by: runner at June 11, 2025 05:11 PM (g47mK)

I agree

Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 05:11 PM (VE6XX)

155 Elon woke up when he woke up one day a few years back and one his sons told him he was now a girl.

The man is a walking paradox.

Simultaneously a super-genius and simpleton rube tricked by a cunning, dastardly gender conversion therapist like the ones pictured in Matt Walsh's What Is a Woman.

Either that, or he knew exactly what the fuck he was doing to his own son, because he's a weird fucker that likes to experiment on humans.

Not sure.

Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:12 PM (wyxWC)

156 Israel is busy bombing all the Houthi ports in Yemen right now.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 05:12 PM (DLqye)

157 Yemen still has ports...who knew!

Posted by: runner at June 11, 2025 05:12 PM (g47mK)

158 Put on some all-terrain tires and use it as a golf cart at Mar-a-Lago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 04:54 PM (6ydKt)

and leave ruts in the fairway? You. Monster.
Posted by: Kindltot

The Club is only near MAL in the sense that they both have Palm Beach zip codes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 11, 2025 05:12 PM (/lPRQ)

159 Trump 2.0 >>>>>>>Trump 1.0

Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2025 05:12 PM (VofaG)

160 We need both of these titans.

Welcome back to the party Elon!

Posted by: Voter theater. at June 11, 2025 05:13 PM (FCPbW)

161 I wonder when this topic will move off the HQ’s news cycle??
Posted by: tubal

*********

Somewhere around comment #275 or when the fish puns start.

Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2025 05:13 PM (/iMjX)

162 Put on some all-terrain tires and use it as a golf cart at Mar-a-Lago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Finally, a use for Gemini image generation. And speaking of. I was wondering if BabylonBee uses that. The image of Newsom crying through the stair railing was good. Toooo good…

Posted by: H at June 11, 2025 05:14 PM (2gjbv)

163 She tells me global warming must be real because the summers are much hotter then when she was a kid.

I think that is where 90% of the faith comes from, stories like that. I remember things being different as a kid, but different doesn't translate into disaster to me any more than it did for my parents. People used to ice skate on the Willamette River in the early 20th century in my town, now we rarely see snow. That's climate change but it doesn't mean we're doomed LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:14 PM (e7kz6)

164 >>The cuts we need, have to resemble something at or near the trillion dollar range, anything less is masturbation.

Or the government could pull in an assload more money, which it is doing thanks the to tariffs experts said wouldn't work, and you don't need to cut as much.

In any case $9.5 billion is a fraction of what the Trump team is proposing for cuts. And that's where the rescission process starts, in the White House and not Congress.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 05:14 PM (viF8m)

165 Somewhere in Iran some general is pissing himself.
Posted by: Ben Had
......

He should probably use that towel on his head for a diaper.

Posted by: wth at June 11, 2025 05:15 PM (v0R5T)

166 You're the First, The Last, Our Everything

Posted by: Elon Musk sings Barry White to Trump at June 11, 2025 05:15 PM (q2NNn)

167 Simultaneously a super-genius and simpleton rube tricked by a cunning, dastardly gender conversion therapist like the ones pictured in Matt Walsh's What Is a Woman.

He's an example of an absent minded professor. He's brilliant at some things and lost at others, we only have so much processing power and time, so we cannot be great at everything unless you're Doc Savage or Batman.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:16 PM (e7kz6)

168 >>> Trump spent big in his first term and will continue to do so, the kids and grandkids are going to have to deal with the mess some time in the future.

Unfortunately, literally no-one of any consequence gives a crap.

Seems like everybody's hoping that "some time" will be after their time. I was actually cautiously optimistic about things 6 months ago. Turns out I'm still not pessimistic enough to match reality.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at June 11, 2025 05:16 PM (ERYKL)

169 Ain't no sunshine when you're gone
And you're always gone to long
Anytime you go away

Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 05:16 PM (viF8m)

170 I wonder when this topic will move off the HQ’s news cycle??
Posted by: tubal
*********

Somewhere around comment #275 or when the fish puns start.
Posted by: muldoon

Or when Elon quits carping.

Posted by: wth at June 11, 2025 05:16 PM (v0R5T)

171 moar.."US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from locations across the Middle East, a US official said. Another US official said that it was mostly relevant to family members located in Bahrain — where the bulk of them are based.."
Posted by: runner

I'd make them stay as a tripwire.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 11, 2025 05:17 PM (/lPRQ)

172 Hey when Elon bought Twitter, it seemed like he wanted his employees to have the same fanatical devotion to work as he did.

That was too much for me. If Elon wanted to sleep on a cot at work (which is pretty much the story from hostile sources) it didn't mean that other people needed to take it that far.

IIRC, he even started offering cots to employees that wanted to show him their stuff.

Again, overall, although I think the cuts were his business--especially the overspending for chefs and crap--how late people work and where people sleep is not.

And I've had the type of career where my wife is calling me at 10pm wondering if I was coming home. Or sometimes at 1 am, depending on how distracted I am about the problem I'm fixing.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 05:17 PM (krQz2)

173 I love the sexy slither of a lady snake.

Posted by: Barry White at June 11, 2025 05:18 PM (jc0TO)

174 Elon needs a twitter screener. Someone to read what Elon wants to post and either let it through or reject it.

We could all use one actually.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 11, 2025 05:18 PM (Splbu)

175 He's an example of an absent minded professor.

That's comforting to know as he reviews all of my privately held government data.

We'll flips coin and hope he doesn't pull an Oopsie!

It's what the Founders would have wanted.

Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:18 PM (wyxWC)

176 I wonder when this topic will move off the HQ’s news cycle??

When you're full to the gills.

Posted by: toby928 at June 11, 2025 05:18 PM (jc0TO)

177 It's a tech-guy thing that programmers and IT guys are used to when hitting deadlines.

That's why they're all addicted to Red Bull and micro-dosing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 05:10 PM (6ydKt)
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and hot pockets. Don't forget the hot pockets.

Posted by: WisRich at June 11, 2025 05:19 PM (G0vdT)

178
When you're full to the gills.
Posted by: toby928 at June 11, 2025 05:18 PM (jc0TO)

That sounds fishy

Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 05:19 PM (VE6XX)

179 If Elon could just get with Georgia Meloni youd think she could teach him some exotic anger management techniques doing the horizontal mambo.

Posted by: Voter theater. at June 11, 2025 05:19 PM (FCPbW)

180 @167

>>He's an example of an absent minded professor.

He's an engineer and a businessman, he can theorize and work a problem and devise a solution and then implement that solution.

Governments do not work that way at all, especially our dog shit government.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 11, 2025 05:19 PM (XV/Pl)

181 Elric waxed eloquently a few days ago on the similar scenarios among him and his other alpha friends.

Posted by: ShainS

-------------

BTW, I consider myself an alpha male -- but I have no close male friends -- so can't relate (I'm too competitive with other alphas).

Posted by: ShainS -- Has the Big Beautiful Breakup passed yet? at June 11, 2025 05:19 PM (gD8L/)

182
Assburger syndrome.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=thbqUk08Uc0&pp= ygUSYXNzYnVyZ2VyIHN5bmRyb21l

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 11, 2025 05:19 PM (ES1Rb)

183 He's an example of an absent minded professor. He's brilliant at some things and lost at others, we only have so much processing power and time, so we cannot be great at everything unless you're Doc Savage or Batman.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:16 PM (e7kz6)

When do we get Flubber?

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 11, 2025 05:20 PM (q2NNn)

184 I think you all are really wrong. I remember when Trump started after Obama about the birth certificate, and that drove the general news world into speculations about why Obama never brought it out, while Obamaworld kept saying it was a private thing so screw off.
And eventually the noise got so big they brought out a certificate of live birth document image, to which Trump said, "so what?"

And then the rest of the world started pulling the image apart.

My guess is this is just a way to push the groundling demand for the Epstein files to be released, because the best organic demand is one you yourself create.

I also think most of you spent the second night out in the woods with a bag and a flashlight, planning how this time you were going to catch that snipe

Posted by: Kindltot at June 11, 2025 05:20 PM (D7oie)

185
182
Remove space after 2nd = sign.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 11, 2025 05:20 PM (ES1Rb)

186 That's comforting to know as he reviews all of my privately held government data.

We'll flips coin and hope he doesn't pull an Oopsie!

Not real familiar with the trope, apparently.

Absent minded professor doesn't mean vacuous or forgetful. It means a guy so focused on work he forgets to eat, a guy who's a super genius about physics but doesn't know how to use a smart phone.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:20 PM (e7kz6)

187 Simultaneously a super-genius and simpleton rube tricked by a cunning, dastardly gender conversion therapist like the ones pictured in Matt Walsh's What Is a Woman.
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Again. I don't think he was that locked into real-world politics, and was much more of a glassy eyed idealist who thought that "social progression" was a thing.

And I think he was a true believer. I don't think he had that much time to have policy broken down.

I think he was a true-believer. There are just certain behaviors which go with having those kind of politics.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 05:21 PM (krQz2)

188 Grovel harder, shitweasel. Tech bruh is such a cuck. There goes his shot at becoming king of the dude-bruhs. The orange menace will eventually relent and appear all magnanimous, allowing the muskrat back into the fold, but not before a series of manic stunts to prove fealty.

Bro is a straight herb. Deadass.

The South African Nazi already alienated every good person on the planet. He knows he can't make enemies of MAGA as well. He still needs someone to buy his shitty cars

How do you pronounce 'MACO'? He and TACO are 2 peas in a pod. MA-CO, MA-CO man,
Trump loves to diss
the MA-CO man!

This was all just theater to enable more insider trading. There was never a real feud, at least not between Trump and Musk -- maybe with some of the lower level people envious of Musk's control over Trump.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 11, 2025 05:21 PM (ycI94)

189 >>> 107 I'm really worried about Saturday's Army parade in DC...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 11, 2025 05:01 PM (VE6XX)

Of all the things to worry about on Saturday, why *that*? While I highly doubt the tanks will have live ammo, if there are any excessively exuberant "protesters" they will not handle being run over by a tank very well.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 11, 2025 05:21 PM (ULPxl)

190 He's an engineer and a businessman, he can theorize and work a problem and devise a solution and then implement that solution.

Do you think he could have theorized what a "hormone blocker" might do, or was that beyond his engineering area of expertise?

Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:21 PM (wyxWC)

191 Somewhere around comment #275 or when the fish puns start.
Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2025 05:13 PM (/iMjX)

Fish Puns?

https://youtu.be/6l1GvDWtccI?si=pI7SYMS3vmMr9A3v

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:22 PM (a4NoL)

192 Either that, or he knew exactly what the fuck he was doing to his own son, because he's a weird fucker that likes to experiment on humans.

Not sure.
Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025

Where did you get this idea from? This was at the start of Covid, Elon was liberal, his ex-wife and mother of the child is a liberal Canadian, he was living with someone who was also liberal and he was being told his child would commit suicide if he did not do this. He was told it could be reversed. This was actually the catalyst for his red pilling. If you are being told your child will die by his mother, the therapist, the psychiatrist, your girlfriend, and you are part of that tribe, the manipulation is horrific. Elon’s child has zero relationship with him now, because Elon is opposed to what happened and is happening. It’s really a terrible situation all the way around.

Posted by: Piper at June 11, 2025 05:23 PM (pZEOD)

193 he was being told his child would commit suicide if he did not do this.

Would you have transed your kid if a doctor told you this?

Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:24 PM (wyxWC)

194 Of all the things to worry about on Saturday, why *that*? While I highly doubt the tanks will have live ammo, if there are any excessively exuberant "protesters" they will not handle being run over by a tank very well.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 11, 2025 05:21 PM (ULPxl)
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Maybe some idiot will stage his own recreation of "Tiananmen Square"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 11, 2025 05:25 PM (7fElN)

195 Where did you get this idea from? This was at the start of Covid, Elon was liberal, his ex-wife and mother of the child is a liberal Canadian, he was living with someone who was also liberal and he was being told his child would commit suicide if he did not do this.

He's just a concern troll.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:25 PM (e7kz6)

196 Somewhere around comment #275 or when the fish puns start.
Posted by: muldoon at June 11, 2025 05:13 PM (/iMjX)

Fish Puns?

https://youtu.be/6l1GvDWtccI?si=pI7SYMS3vmMr9A3v
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:22 PM (a4NoL)

Someone could trout out another topic and steal the thread.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 11, 2025 05:25 PM (W/lyH)

197 Well said, Piper.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 11, 2025 05:26 PM (tT6L1)

198 193 he was being told his child would commit suicide if he did not do this.

Would you have transed your kid if a doctor told you this?
Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:24 PM (wyxWC)

I would enroll him in military school. End of discussion, and no more visits to that doc.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:26 PM (a4NoL)

199 A concern troll or scoog doog again.

Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 05:26 PM (0HaGk)

200 >>> 175 He's an example of an absent minded professor.
==
That's comforting to know as he reviews all of my privately held government data.

We'll flips coin and hope he doesn't pull an Oopsie!

It's what the Founders would have wanted.
Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:18 PM (wyxWC)

HE'S STEALING MY SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY!!!!1!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 11, 2025 05:27 PM (ULPxl)

201 It's funny that the people who are promoting "Trump Always Chickens Out" want him to totally capitulate to the riots and deportation just because other people are putting up a resistance.

And yet, on the HagSpiew, they all said that this is how fascism starts.

From a guy who "always chickens out"?

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 05:27 PM (krQz2)

202 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 11, 2025 05:21 PM (ycI94)

Their brains are filled to the rim with juvenile insults, stereotypes and teenage slang.

It's like their entire world-view never leaves high school.

They are stunted as 14 year old freshman getting picked on for zits and a never-ending desire to eat lunch at the cool kid's table.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

203 199 I think so too

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 11, 2025 05:27 PM (Splbu)

204 We're so sorry, uncle Donald
We're so sorry if we caused you any pain

Posted by: Elon McCartney at June 11, 2025 05:28 PM (q2NNn)

205 I appreciate the several people who have taken pains to explain why this BBB is the way it is.
I get it. But I wish everyone had read the explanations.
Tired of the "failure theater" attitudes.
Could someone just provide a link again?

Posted by: MkY at June 11, 2025 05:28 PM (cPGH3)

206 lol.

Where would you get the idea that Elon is a sperg that thinks it's okay to treat humans like science experiments?

His many documented talks on merging human consciousness with computers?

His testube babies with high IQ women at NeuraLink?

His implanting brain chips in humans?

I just don't see it.....

Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:28 PM (wyxWC)

207 Musk went nuclear just like Trump 1.0 used to go nuclear. I wrote off Musk because of it but I respect his apology and hope they can team up again.

Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2025 05:28 PM (VofaG)

208 Posted by: Elon McCartney at June 11, 2025 05:28 PM (q2NNn)
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And you haven't done a bloody thing all day.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 11, 2025 05:29 PM (6YdsJ)

209 Maybe some idiot will stage his own recreation of "Tiananmen Square"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 11, 2025 05:25 PM (7fElN)

Talk about inversion.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 11, 2025 05:29 PM (0eaVi)

210 192. It’s really a terrible situation all the way around.
Posted by: Piper

👍

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 11, 2025 05:29 PM (NFX2v)

211 They got Brian Wilson. The bastards!

Posted by: Eromero at June 11, 2025 05:29 PM (LHPAg)

212 The same people who say an economic burden should be deported are the same people who say an economic burden should not be deported.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 11, 2025 05:29 PM (1r1Cc)

213 They are stunted as 14 year old freshman getting picked on for zits and a never-ending desire to eat lunch at the cool kid's table.

Yeah, they are middle school mindset, never matured emotionally or intellectually beyond giggling at the word "fag"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:30 PM (e7kz6)

214 They are stunted as 14 year old freshman getting picked on for zits and a never-ending desire to eat lunch at the cool kid's table.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

"But.. but.. WE ARE THE COOL KIDS, DAMMIT!!!"

Limp-wristed needle dicks of the "progressive" movements.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:30 PM (a4NoL)

215 Musk has a lot to learn about politics. He wants to be a stereotypical hatchet man but that's not inline with his given role.

If the Big Beautiful Bill is the nexus of contention, take a deep breath and let the politics play out.

Trump was elected to take on the swamp in a full frontal attack, Musk needs to realize he's the one flanking the grifters.

Get back to work, fellas.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 11, 2025 05:30 PM (xIkyh)

216 It's actually amazing Brian Wilson made to octogenarian.

Would not have bet on that.

Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 05:30 PM (0HaGk)

217 Would you have transed your kid if a doctor told you this?
Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:24 PM (wyxWC)
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I'm not Elon. I don't have a bunch of his tendencies, viewpoints or anything like that.

He's late to a point of view that resembles mine. That's the given here.

I spotted trans as a body fetish long before I read any expert who dared say something similar.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 05:31 PM (krQz2)

218 The same people who say an economic burden should be deported are the same people who say an economic burden should not be deported.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 11, 2025 05:29 PM (1r1Cc)
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It's Schroedinger's deportation.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 11, 2025 05:31 PM (6YdsJ)

219 >>>he was being told his child would commit suicide if he did not do this.

Would you have transed your kid if a doctor told you this?
Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:24 PM (wyxWC)

=====

I would have punched said doctor in the face. Or at least strongly contemplated. I know my kids better than a doctor.

Posted by: Turn 2 at June 11, 2025 05:31 PM (6TlG5)

220 So, the Biden admin caved and cut a deal with 'the families' of deported illegals, saying the Government HAD to pay for OUTSIDE Lawyers so they can sue on immigration issues...

Way WAY outside the law, but they 'settled'... Trump admin said... uh... no... not gonna do that.

Fed Judge in Calif just ruled they HAD to... so anyone in that 'class' can get free outside lawyers... uh... when do us CITIZENS get free lawyers for Civil Suits?

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 11, 2025 05:31 PM (mP0Kj)

221 I have a neighbor who is very proud to have 2 "trans" sons. I think the older one already got her boobs lopped off.
Anytime I go pass near their house I pray for them .

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 11, 2025 05:31 PM (Splbu)

222 Sec Kennedy has announced the 8 new members of ACIP (to review Immunization board):
Joseph R. Hibbeln, MD
Martin Kulldorff, MD
Retsef Lev
Robert W. Malone, MD
Cody Meissner, MD
James Pagano, MD
Vicky Pebsworth, OP, PhD, RN
Michael A. Ross, MD

I know of about half of them and the rest sound compentent and experienced

x.com/SecKennedy/status/1932899858920120692#m

Posted by: Kindltot at June 11, 2025 05:31 PM (D7oie)

223 >>> 199 A concern troll or scoog doog again.
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 05:26 PM (0HaGk)

Not Scogg's style.

It *is* a new hash with a one-word nic, and was apparently Concerned about ... take a guess ... JOOOOOS in an earlier thread.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 11, 2025 05:31 PM (ULPxl)

224 Best Sammy Hagar song

https://tinyurl.com/4rtpwtse

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 05:32 PM (W2Pud)

225 Ok

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 11, 2025 05:32 PM (CA3k/)

226 I spotted trans as a body fetish long before I read any expert who dared say something similar.
Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 05:31 PM (krQz2)

If it weren't, then the bizarre men who walk around the ladies' locker room would be hiding their dicks instead of swinging them.

And the stories up here state that the weirdo that was hanging out at the YMCA was always in a state of arousal. So, there's that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:32 PM (a4NoL)

227 he was being told his child would commit suicide if he did not do this.

Would you have transed your kid if a doctor told you this?
Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:24 PM (wyxWC)

I would enroll him in military school. End of discussion, and no more visits to that doc.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Yeah. Second, third, or fourth opinion.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 05:32 PM (X9y8b)

228 It's amazing what flowers and chocolate can do.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 11, 2025 05:33 PM (L/fGl)

229 >>>Best Sammy Hagar song

https://tinyurl.com/4rtpwtse
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 05:32 PM (W2Pud)

=====

You’re not wrong.

Posted by: Turn 2 at June 11, 2025 05:33 PM (6TlG5)

230 193
Would you have transed your kid if a doctor told you this?
Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:24 PM (wyxWC)

I have never been a liberal, I have never played on that playground. I also did a lot of volunteer work with people who thought they were trans before it became cool and appeased, I wouldn’t know absolutely nothing going in. It’s not apples to apples.

Posted by: Piper at June 11, 2025 05:33 PM (pZEOD)

231 JOOOOOS in an earlier thread.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 11, 2025 05:31 PM (ULPxl)
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Well, we do complain about how they control the weather and refuse to fill up the time machine after using it.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 11, 2025 05:33 PM (tT6L1)

232 Joseph R. Hibbeln, MD
Martin Kulldorff, MD
Retsef Lev
Robert W. Malone, MD
Cody Meissner, MD
James Pagano, MD
Vicky Pebsworth, OP, PhD, RN
Michael A. Ross, MD

oh gosh! much much better!

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 11, 2025 05:33 PM (Pv3Rg)

233 And some of the discretionary spending will expire without any action because it was short term spending and not an annual outlay.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 05:06 PM (viF8m)

This is not the way to support confirmation bias, you know.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 11, 2025 05:33 PM (D7oie)

234 207 Musk went nuclear just like Trump 1.0 used to go nuclear. I wrote off Musk because of it but I respect his apology and hope they can team up again.
Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2025 05:28 PM (VofaG)

Two Alpha Males or Sigma Males, who are friends, will almost always eventually get in a fight.

It gets personal, and may get physical... but then they go out for a beer.

We are at the go out for a beer stage.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 11, 2025 05:34 PM (mP0Kj)

235 Not every troll or querelous asshole has to be scogg. Hell, scogg was a good sort sometimes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 11, 2025 05:34 PM (CA3k/)

236 I know of an immigrant Indian family - the daughter started getting into the trans delusion and the mom packed up the kids and went home to India. Very wise.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 11, 2025 05:34 PM (Splbu)

237 I have a neighbor who is very proud to have 2 "trans" sons. I think the older one already got her boobs lopped off.
Anytime I go pass near their house I pray for them .

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 11, 2025 05:31 PM (Splbu)
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Also spotted that as "Munchausen's By Proxy" very early on.

And, it really can be not much different from showing off the first color TV on the block (in that day and age).

If people take it as prestige, it's prestige. Maybe not to another audience, though.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 05:35 PM (krQz2)

238 I think Trump didn't know what a shithole D.C. was until he got there. But he found out it was going to be a struggle to get anything done. The deep state is dug in real deep. Musk came along and found out, same as Trump did, D.C. is a struggle to deal with. You don't just change things in D.C. The Deep State is entrenched and you don't or can't change things without a fight. It takes time. I hope Trump and Musk will team up again. Trump needs to tell Musk they can get things done but it will take patience.

Posted by: Case at June 11, 2025 05:35 PM (k7qYZ)

239 I got a lot of shit for saying that I don't trust Elon. I don't trust people whose motivations are something other than the peace and prosperity of the US. He might say that those are his goals, but in reality, the only motivation, the only "ideology" that Musk has is going to Mars. Thats the single animus behind everything he does. He realized that without the US, he can't get the Mars so the brief moment he had of political awareness - he focused his energies in that direction.

He might have been aligned with us, but he's not a fellow traveller.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 11, 2025 05:35 PM (WYStd)

240 Does this embassy evacuation action signal a very bright future for Tehran?
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 11, 2025 05:08 PM (q2NNn)

Possibly a flex to get a sticky negotiation point greased enough to be acceptable.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 11, 2025 05:35 PM (D7oie)

241 Well, we do complain about how they control the weather and refuse to fill up the time machine after using it.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 11, 2025 05:33 PM (tT6L1)

Well, thanks to the Jews sending the weather today. 65 and sunny, absolutely brilliant.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:35 PM (a4NoL)

242 Querulous Assholes. Opened for the Butthole Surfers?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 11, 2025 05:35 PM (6YdsJ)

243 He's like George Costanza going back to his job like nothing had happened after he screamed at everyone and made a big show of walking out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 04:38 PM (uWKK

---------------

Elric waxed eloquently a few days ago on the similar scenarios among him and his other alpha friends.
Posted by: ShainS -- Has the Big Beautiful Breakup passed yet? at June 11, 2025 04:41 PM (P7UKg)
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Im not sure about ‘eloquently’ (lol), but I did say 2 weeks. It took almost exactly one week. But regardless, this is good news.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at June 11, 2025 05:35 PM (dIna8)

244 193 he was being told his child would commit suicide if he did not do this.

Would you have transed your kid if a doctor told you this?
Posted by: Sigh

No.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 11, 2025 05:35 PM (W2Pud)

245 Inside EVs, Why Are Tesla Superchargers Suddenly Getting Removed In New Jersey?
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority asked Tesla to decommission dozens of reliable Superchargers along the key highway corridor. Jun 2, 25

Bullet points -
Electric vehicle drivers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania will be majorly affected by the removal of dozens of Tesla Superchargers along the Interstate 95.

Applegreen Electric chargers will take their place. The two networks co-exist at some plazas. Going forward, they won't be allowed to co-locate.

Tesla offered better terms and upgrades. But NJTA awarded exclusive rights to Applegreen for the chargers at travel plazas along the Turnpike.

In small part, "Applegreen is an Irish company which operates travel plazas in the U.K., Ireland and the U.S.—many of which are on the NJ Turnpike."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 11, 2025 05:36 PM (NFX2v)

246 Ace is en fuego today.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 05:36 PM (i24o9)

247 "querelous asshole"

Hah. noice.

Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 05:36 PM (0HaGk)

248 And yet the soooper-genius transed his kid because he's just not really smart about medical things.

Except neuroscience. He's okay at that.

Just not trans stuff. He's too absent-minded.

Talk about gaslighting yourself.

Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:36 PM (wyxWC)

249 Not every troll or querelous asshole has to be scogg. Hell, scogg was a good sort sometimes.

I agree, when he doesn't get bored and try to stir up trouble, he's a decent sort that is a good add to the mix.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:36 PM (e7kz6)

250 I think transitioning a kid is suicide so no I wouldn't agree with the doctor.

Posted by: polynikes at June 11, 2025 05:36 PM (VofaG)

251 Yeah I just think Elons a spoiled clown.
He isn't a N@zi or trying to steal grandmothers SS numbers or whatever that concern troll is yapping about.
I disavow

Posted by: Cmonman at June 11, 2025 05:36 PM (gBypM)

252 235 Not every troll or querelous asshole has to be scogg. Hell, scogg was a good sort sometimes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 11, 2025 05:34 PM (CA3k/)

Oh FFS. Everyone here has the power to be a querelous asshole from time to time. To err is human, to forgive divine.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:37 PM (a4NoL)

253 Querulous Assholes. Opened for the Butthole Surfers?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 11, 2025 05:35 PM (6YdsJ)

The cornhole was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 05:38 PM (i24o9)

254 If it weren't, then the bizarre men who walk around the ladies' locker room would be hiding their dicks instead of swinging them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:32 PM (a4NoL)
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And *that*'s exhibitionism.

A perversion that has been around for a long time.

They have a new venue for that.

I've never understood why I would simply want to expose myself to a female and have that be the payoff.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 05:38 PM (krQz2)

255 He might have been aligned with us, but he's not a fellow traveller.
Posted by: Defenestratus at June 11, 2025 05:35

He is new into his journey to our side. He also has no filter and is used to being able to be a dictator. I am sure this was a little humbling.

He is still my celebrity crush. So there. 🤣😂

Posted by: Piper at June 11, 2025 05:38 PM (pZEOD)

256 "querelous asshole"

Hah. noice.
Posted by: eleven at June 11, 2025 05:36 PM (0HaGk)

Brave did not recognize the word, but had no suggestion. I thought it looked wrong but hit post anyway.

Querulous

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 11, 2025 05:39 PM (CA3k/)

257 do you guys remember I mentioned a friend of my daughter, came out as lesbian during high school, but towards senior year the mom was telling me how she was being pressured to fully trans her?

so I loved this girl, sweet thing, and worked and worked on her parents to get them to accept her as a healthy lesbian and not do this. but they did not really accept her, and were excited to have a "son" instead of a lesbian.

I really tried and thought I'd won them over! thru graduation she was (I thought) a happy butch, took a nice girl to prom, etc.

so yeah about that .. after graduation (college) they caught up and now ... is a he. new name surgeries, the whole deal. UGH

just ... well her parents are happy anyway I guess. look at our son! isn't he cool!

this sucks - but damn it really sucks for lesbians in a lot of ways. they are in the crosshairs

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 11, 2025 05:39 PM (Pv3Rg)

258 I think the issue is pretty similar or at least it should be to people around here.

Musk sacrificed a lot to do the DOGE thing and as someone who is used to getting what he wants he was frustrated by the legislative process that never allows anyone to get whatever they want. DC is not a business.

So he popped his cork when Trump couldn't change reality and make it all happen.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 05:39 PM (viF8m)

259 He is still my celebrity crush. So there. 🤣😂

Posted by: Piper at June 11, 2025 05:38 PM (pZEOD)

You could do worse.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 11, 2025 05:39 PM (i24o9)

260 Everyone here has the power to be a querelous asshole from time to time.

I have never seen an 'ette go off like I have in the past in here. Sometimes I get a bit strident and rip into people without thinking about how it might affect them or whether its even wise. As I get older I find I do it less often and rise to the challenge less, at least.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:39 PM (e7kz6)

261 Oh FFS. Everyone here has the power to be a querelous asshole from time to time. To err is human, to forgive divine.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:37 PM (a4NoL)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (CA3k/)

262 He is still my celebrity crush. So there. 🤣😂

awwww

that's cute!

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (Pv3Rg)

263 Yeah. Second, third, or fourth opinion.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 05:32 PM (X9y8b)

I have a friend who is going through this with his adult but dependent son. The kid wants to trans into a woman.

My friend is trying to find alternate resources than the existing therapist who has been pushing the trans stuff but when he goes out to try and find non-trans therapists, they don't exist... or at least he can't find any in the Vegas area.

My friend is extremely religious... he saw some shit in the GWOT and has sent people to meet Jesus - so I'm kind of worried about the whole situation.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (WYStd)

264 Hmmm.... weird... got a really good little Chinese Takeout place a couple blocks from my house... I eat there enough that they know me.

They don't speak English well... whole extended Family works the place.

Went there last night and they were closed... no notice except a Hand Written sign taped to the door that they would be close from now until mid July (over a month) for 'Vacation'.

Kinda wondering now if they will ever re-open, or is this a self deport.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (mP0Kj)

265 I've never understood why I would simply want to expose myself to a female and have that be the payoff.
Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 05:38 PM (krQz2)

Some idiot exposed himself to me in the public library stacks when I was 12. He probably didn't care much for my response. I pointed and laughed. It's not like I didn't have brothers. I also told the librarian. I don't think that worked out well for him.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (a4NoL)

266 Hell, I don't know.

https://shorturl.at/szuXX

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, And You're Not at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (L/fGl)

267 He might have been aligned with us, but he's not a fellow traveller.
Posted by: Defenestratus

It is allowed to walk with the Devil til you get across the bridge.

Posted by: MkY at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (cPGH3)

268 NOOD KAREN

Posted by: Max Power at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (q177U)

269 Brave did not recognize the word, but had no suggestion.

Brave's dictionary is... lacking

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (e7kz6)

270 So he popped his cork when Trump couldn't change reality and make it all happen.

I feel him

I remember how I felt during COVID

I was extremely extremely unhappy with PDJT.

EXTREMELY

he still backs the mRNAs! arrrrrghhhh

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 11, 2025 05:41 PM (Pv3Rg)

271 My friend is extremely religious... he saw some shit in the GWOT and has sent people to meet Jesus - so I'm kind of worried about the whole situation.
Posted by: Defenestratus at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (WYStd)

Take him to a Catholic priest, and have him explain it to the kid. Sometimes the voice of reason gets through.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:41 PM (a4NoL)

272 257 this sucks - but damn it really sucks for lesbians in a lot of ways. they are in the crosshairs
Posted by: Black Orchid at

It is a very macabre form of conversion therapy.

Posted by: Piper at June 11, 2025 05:41 PM (pZEOD)

273 Elon probably knows his child better than we do. It was his first batch of children and I'm sure he sat down with the mother and the doctors and was told the % of suicides with this type of mental disease. He said he fought against it but his child convinced him. He still thinks the doctors lied to him.

Posted by: Megthered at June 11, 2025 05:41 PM (qkhhv)

274 261 Oh FFS. Everyone here has the power to be a querelous asshole from time to time. To err is human, to forgive divine.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:37 PM (a4NoL)

This.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (CA3k/)

But sometimes, it is necessary to embrace your inner Curmudgeon.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 11, 2025 05:42 PM (mP0Kj)

275 Querulous Assholes. Opened for the Butthole Surfers?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 11, 2025 05:35 PM (6YdsJ)

Nah. Buzzcocks

Posted by: Kindltot at June 11, 2025 05:43 PM (D7oie)

276 >>Elon John?

Donald is leaving tonight on a plane
Oh I miss Donald
I miss him so much.

Posted by: JackStraw
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This is why I frequent this din of iniquity.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 11, 2025 05:44 PM (XeU6L)

277 Musk sacrificed a lot to do the DOGE thing and as someone who is used to getting what he wants he was frustrated by the legislative process that never allows anyone to get whatever they want. DC is not a business.

So he popped his cork when Trump couldn't change reality and make it all happen.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 05:39 PM (viF8m)
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Well put.

Again, I think Musk's engineer mindset is you manipulate problems out of your way. And while that's often a compromise made between the worst side of all possible approaches, it's not the purely social political compromise.

And people are going to stand in your way, because you're not fixing their issue in return, or they're not getting anything out of it, or they just want to stand where it's safe.

Off the top of my head, I'd say he just didn't see that as a theme.

Posted by: Axeman at June 11, 2025 05:44 PM (krQz2)

278 Tesla offered better terms and upgrades. But NJTA awarded exclusive rights to Applegreen for the chargers at travel plazas along the Turnpike.

In small part, "Applegreen is an Irish company which operates travel plazas in the U.K., Ireland and the U.S.—many of which are on the NJ Turnpike."
Posted by: L

That contract definitely needs to be looked at. Tesla comes in cheaper, and yet they give it to a higher dollar company.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 05:45 PM (X9y8b)

279 Take him to a Catholic priest, and have him explain it to the kid. Sometimes the voice of reason gets through.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 11, 2025 05:41 PM (a4NoL)

Pretty sure the trans stuff is an extension of the severe clinical depression the kid's been suffering with for years.

I believe my friend has taken him to the church and tried to get him to become part of that community but I don't know enough about the situation to know if that's helped or not.

I know my friend is suffering greatly with the whole situation. The mental and emotional anguish has manifest in his physical body and is slowly killing him

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 11, 2025 05:48 PM (WYStd)

280 239 I got a lot of shit for saying that I don't trust Elon. I don't trust people whose motivations are something other than the peace and prosperity of the US. He might say that those are his goals, but in reality, the only motivation, the only "ideology" that Musk has is going to Mars. Thats the single animus behind everything he does. He realized that without the US, he can't get the Mars so the brief moment he had of political awareness - he focused his energies in that direction.

He might have been aligned with us, but he's not a fellow traveller.
Posted by: Defenestratus at June 11, 2025 05:35 PM (WYStd)
I believe Elon is smart enough that he knows UNTIL he gets to Mars, this blue marble in space is all he's got. We're all in the same boat for now and we have to repel boarders together.

Posted by: Eromero at June 11, 2025 05:48 PM (LHPAg)

281 Posted by: Sigh at June 11, 2025 05:36 PM (wyxWC)

You are being tedious, and it isn't the first time.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 11, 2025 05:49 PM (mWSu4)

282 I'm not sure what this means, but it sounds rather ominous:

"The U.S. ordered all embassies in striking distance of Iran across the Middle East to convene emergency action committees and send cables back to DC. — Washington Post"

https://tinyurl.com/338et8ke

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 11, 2025 05:54 PM (paSBy)

283 Is this when he tells Musk that's everything's fine and nothing is bothering him while sighing and rolling his eyes?

I don't want to talk about it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 11, 2025 04:51 PM (viF8m)

YOU know what you DID!

Posted by: Every wife in the world at June 11, 2025 05:55 PM (5xuJ/)

284 YOU know what you DID!
Posted by: Every wife in the world at June 11, 2025 05:55 PM (5xuJ/)

See, that ^^^ right there is a mind reading test. I know coz I get them occasionally. And, not to brag, I have a perfect score when it comes to mind reading tests.

I have failed everyone I ever faced!!!

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at June 11, 2025 06:23 PM (QCSQH)

285 Hmmm.... weird... got a really good little Chinese Takeout place a couple blocks from my house... I eat there enough that they know me.

They don't speak English well... whole extended Family works the place.

Went there last night and they were closed... no notice except a Hand Written sign taped to the door that they would be close from now until mid July (over a month) for 'Vacation'.

Kinda wondering now if they will ever re-open, or is this a self deport.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 11, 2025 05:40 PM (mP0Kj)

Or if like a lot of restaurants, Covid + depression + inflation + supply chain tapped them out.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 11, 2025 06:24 PM (8avO+)

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