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Gangster Government Launches Brazenly Corrupt Intimidation "Investigation" Against Elon Musk At the Very Moment He Threatens The Regime's Governmental-Corporate Censorship-Suppression System

Apparently they're investigating if he filed the wrong form when he passed the 5% ownership threshold of Twitter.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is once again grappling with its least-favorite question: what to do about Elon Musk?
Tesla's billionaire CEO was late in filing notice of his purchase of a sizable share of Twitter's stock and initially submitted the wrong form, according to experts. Those potential securities law violations may seem technical, but they've set up yet another clash between the Wall Street regulator and the world's wealthiest man. They also raise questions about how the SEC might hold Musk accountable.

Among the options available to the SEC and its hard-charging new head, Gary Gensler: force Musk to forfeit gains he made between when he was supposed to inform the public of his moves and when he actually did. Still, the money in question -- about $150 million -- is chump change for a man worth $274 billion.

"I fully expect that the SEC is looking into this," former SEC Chair Jay Clayton, who took on Musk during his 2017-2020 tenure, said in an interview.
An extensive investigation might rankle Musk, who has repeatedly and openly disdained the regulator, which in 2018 accused him of deceiving investors when he tweeted -- inaccurately -- that he had secured funding to take Tesla private. The resulting settlement forced the entrepreneur out as chair of the electric vehicle maker's board but allowed him to stay on as chief executive. ("I want to be clear, I do not respect the SEC," the Tesla CEO told CBS' "60 Minutes" that year.)
Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business who himself considered investments in Twitter, said the SEC's credibility could be at stake if it doesn't find a way to bring Musk to heel.
...
Musk's stake in Twitter, the social media platform he used to run afoul of SEC rules, could further complicate matters. ...
The latest alleged filing violations are themselves not necessarily the type of actions that usually result in highly aggressive action from the SEC.
Still, "there is a real problem with folks filing the wrong files, and if they let Musk get away with this, then others may claim that there's something known as selective enforcement," said Harvey Pitt, who headed the SEC under President George W. Bush.

So this is not the usual thing that actually generates real punishment from the SEC, but the left (and the Establishment) is pushing for the SEC to "bring Musk to heel."

Because he's threatening The Regime. And because he does not respect The Regime.

And because, unlike the rest of us who also do not respect The Regime, he has enough money that his disrespect of The Regime may have serious consequences for The Regime.

They're not even bothered at how obvious it is that they're an illegally-occupying force acting in combination with oligarchs to corruptly use government force to attack political opponents.

And they have their foreign allies supporting them in the hostile takeover of America, as well:

Good thread collecting the unhinged bluechecks shrieking that free speech is actually totalitarian suppression (and that totalitarian suppression is, of course, free speech).

Lunatic tranny "Brianna Wu" -- who opportunistically joined the anti-free-speech movement during GamerGate and has parlayed his notoriety into various Pity Me gigs since then -- says that people on the right need his censorship.

Jeff Bezos, the world's second richest oligarch (after Elon Musk, which must hurt) bought the Washington Post as an ego move, and also to advance his corporate and political interests. He bought the only major newspaper in the nation's capital and it just so happened to turn into a pro-tech-monopolist advocacy rag.

And now his Corporate Newsletter, which still hilariously publishes under the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness," dares to run this opinion piece screeching that oligarchs must not be allowed to control our channels of communication without ever even noting parenthetically that the world's second-richest monopolist owns the capital city's only major newspaper!

And now David French, who claims to be in favor of free speech, of course argues against free speech:

The Atlantic
@TheAtlantic
"It's one thing to change Twitter to make it more fair," @DavidAFrench writes. "It's another thing entirely to change Twitter to make it more toxic."

Eric Matheny
@EricMMatheny
Bill Gates buying up all the farmland is far more concerning than Elon Musk buying up all of Twitter.

As you know: LibsofTikTok was one of the most effective people in America -- a single-woman operation -- at exposing the true face of corrupt and evil leftism.

So of course The Regime just shut her down.

Remember, the government has issued diktat after diktat that anyone who "harms" "transgender kids" may be in violation of federal law.

And here's Twitter, executing Jen Psaki's personal interpretation of federal civil rights law.

Hey everybody, Russia is bad, the government is corrupt, and the country is controlled by oligarchs who partner up with the evil intelligence and "law enforcement" agencies to harass and brutalize their enemies.

Thank God America is nothing like that, huh? In America the Government Is For the People and corporations aren't allowed to violate citizens' constitutional rights acting as the illegal deputies of government.

Right?

Riiiiiight?

Watch the below videos: Musk gets it.

It's simple, but he gets the critical simple thing: Free speech is when someone you don't like says something you also don't like, and he's allowed to say it, and you don't get to veto that.

.@elonmusk: "Twitter has become kind of the de facto town square, so it's really important that people have both the reality and the perception that they're able to speak freely...so there's no sort of behind the scenes manipulation, either algorithmically or manually." pic.twitter.com/I1I9HDT4qh
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 14, 2022

.@elonmusk Today During Ted2022 On Why He Is Offering to Buy Twitter

“My strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted & broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization.”

“I don’t care about the economics at all.” pic.twitter.com/AxYsHEPY68
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) April 14, 2022

NOW - Elon Musk says free speech is when "someone you don't like is allowed to say something you don't like." pic.twitter.com/S2qJ9xBdLf
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 14, 2022

There is a Plan B:

Q: "If in this case you are not successful, you know, the board does not accept your offer, you've said you won't go higher. Is there a plan B?"

.@elonmusk: "There is." pic.twitter.com/ax2Kcb8GEi
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 14, 2022

I don't know if Plan B would be inviting the public to buy up twitter stocks and then pledge those stocks' voting rights to Elon Musk, as Tucker Carlson suggested a couple of nights ago. Don't worry, you'd still own the stocks. You'd just give him your proxy votes (for whatever period of time you decide) and so he can fire the board and that little foreign fascist weasel Agrawal and put himself or whoever he wants on to the board.

Or maybe he's going to do the Bruce Wayne thing of secretly buying them through a bunch of intermediaries. I don't even know if that's possible or legal. I think he'd probably have to disclose when he hit different thresholds, which would keep escalating the price, making it harder and more expensive.

Or maybe he's thinking of starting a competitor organization.

If he starts a competitor, I'd like to talk to him. These people starting competitor services always get something big wrong right from the jump.

Posted by: Ace at 06:45 PM

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1 Oh, sweet. Things were getting testy in that there last thread.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 06:46 PM (OX9vb)

2 Interesting timing. Not corrupt at all, no sir

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 14, 2022 06:46 PM (u73oe)

3 Oh? The Left are back to being the Purveyors of Civility, are they?

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2022 06:48 PM (dscaa)

4 Noticing the timing is malinformation. Or was it misinformation? Either way, you're censored.

Posted by: Your Betters at April 14, 2022 06:49 PM (P1f+c)

5 I was wondering when this was going to happen.

Posted by: chique l'African Viking Math ~~Queen~~ King of Greenland, the Merciless (don't/stop/believin') at April 14, 2022 06:49 PM (rF64X)

6 I wonder if they're going to use a FARA registration or the Logan Act too?

Posted by: sockamster at April 14, 2022 06:49 PM (OuH7W)

7 The Bill Gates point is a fair one and needs to be scrutinized heavily.

Also, fuck Bill Gates.

I hope Elon goes scorched earth.

Posted by: thathalfrican - All up in arms like minute men at April 14, 2022 06:49 PM (YglAn)

8 hiya

Posted by: JT at April 14, 2022 06:49 PM (arJlL)

9 It's true. We as a responsible society need to curb Dangerous Unfettered Free Speech. It could inspire someone to do something crazy, like shoot up a passenger train.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2022 06:49 PM (dscaa)

10 I lurve it!

"I don't care about the economics at all"

get some!

Posted by: sockamster at April 14, 2022 06:50 PM (OuH7W)

11 New thread.Thank God.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 06:50 PM (Vr12I)

12 Nice First April !

Posted by: JT at April 14, 2022 06:51 PM (arJlL)

13 Does preventing pedophiles from harming children amount to harming transgenic children?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 06:51 PM (eGTCV)

14 Hi JT!

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 06:51 PM (Vr12I)

15 This must be disinformation. The Democrat-infiltrated and controlled DeepState would never take such dastardly action. Nope, no way.

/sarc/ just in case there are newbies here

Posted by: Gref at April 14, 2022 06:51 PM (AMIL/)

16 I was wondering when this was going to happen.
Posted by: chique l'African Viking Math Queen King of Greenland, the Merciless (don't/stop/believin')

When WHAT was gonna happen ?

Hiya Chique !

Posted by: JT at April 14, 2022 06:52 PM (arJlL)

17 Hiya Kraken !

Posted by: JT at April 14, 2022 06:52 PM (arJlL)

18 ace erased the blackboard, Fen is cleaning the erasers, and we have been told to stop shooting spitballs.

Let's see if we can behave for a few minutes, or 100 comments.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 14, 2022 06:52 PM (X3mnI)

19 He really should buy CNN+ and convert it to a Twatter competitor.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 14, 2022 06:52 PM (Y5qcH)

20 I said earlier today that Musk could expect the smear campaign to start at any moment. I suppose we can add government persecution to the mix.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 06:53 PM (Vr12I)

21 Yeah, no Tyranny in our Federal Government. Not one iota...

Posted by: Archer at April 14, 2022 06:53 PM (gmo/4)

22 Nobody expected John Galt to come from South Africa.

Posted by: ShainS at April 14, 2022 06:54 PM (Jn97s)

23 It's a madhouse! A madhouse!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 14, 2022 06:54 PM (R/m4+)

24 An oldie, but when you are over the target, you can expect to take flak.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 06:54 PM (Vr12I)

25 Musk has the correct enemies.

Posted by: Squid at April 14, 2022 06:55 PM (6C+Gj)

26 I still think the culture took a nasty turn when the tv programming decisions went from LA and NYC which are really Liberal and started being made in Palo Alto and San Francisco which are open air asylums.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 14, 2022 06:55 PM (cupoy)

27 Not surprised at all. Democrats need the censorship and lies of social media in order to maintain their hold on power, and Elon Musk is threating that.

Posted by: Socratease at April 14, 2022 06:55 PM (oqnjT)

28 It's not a good thing.

Posted by: Martha Stewart at April 14, 2022 06:55 PM (sWM8x)

29 Lately this Tonio K song keeps rattling around in my head for some reason

It used to be the teacher's favorite country
It used to be the showplace of the west
Everything worked and everyone smiled
It used to be another word for the best

Where is that place? Where did it go?
Whatever happened to that place? God only knows
That isn't it over there and this isn't it here
Now how did a place that big just disappear?

Posted by: 29Victor at April 14, 2022 06:55 PM (BJKQV)

30 Me thinks the Gov't just brought a water pistol to a gunfight.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 14, 2022 06:55 PM (BePn7)

31 Where does David French stand on Elon Musk?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 06:55 PM (eGTCV)

32 "The Emperor has no clothes!"

-6 YO Elon Musk

Posted by: pawn at April 14, 2022 06:55 PM (Cfk8j)

33 Musk, buy the presidency. If that pussy Zuckerberg can do it , you can do it.

Posted by: runner at April 14, 2022 06:56 PM (V13WU)

34 Hey chique. I will say that Musk shows some bravery that our side could copy.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 06:56 PM (Vr12I)

35 Hi, JT!

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 06:57 PM (OX9vb)

36 The fascist collusion of big tech and the democrats in government is accelerating apace.

It had better get better soon, or it's going to get a lot worse.

Posted by: ballistic at April 14, 2022 06:58 PM (oXNqT)

37 "I don't care about the economics at all."

That's FU money talking, right there.

Let's Go Elon, __ _-_

Also,
Microsoft's unnecessary non-ascii characters should be banned.

Posted by: micky at April 14, 2022 06:58 PM (3byMq)

38 I'm sure Joe was there in the anarchic early days of the computer revolution so this is dear to his heart.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 06:59 PM (eGTCV)

39 Things were getting testy in that there last thread.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 06:46 PM (OX9vb)

I miss out on all the fun.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 06:59 PM (DsygJ)

40
>>>31 Where does David French stand on Elon Musk?

Answer: Pretty much what you'd guess.

The Atlantic
@TheAtlantic

"It's one thing to change Twitter to make it more fair," @DavidAFrench writes. "It's another thing entirely to change Twitter to make it more toxic."

Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 06:59 PM (0G13K)

41 nobody tells me anything and I am aways the last to know

Posted by: runner at April 14, 2022 07:00 PM (V13WU)

42 Unless another bidder shows up, Twitter runs a big risk. If they turn Musk down, and he sells his stock, what is Twitter worth? Might be something around zero.

They've never really figured out how to make money with this platform. Lots of accounts are Bot accounts. Relatively few active users. Twitter has been busily driving some of its most creative users away, Babylon Bee, Trump, LibsOfTicToc etc.

The Twitter Board is in a real quandary. They need another bidder right now, some company who can figure out how to make money with this platform.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 14, 2022 07:00 PM (JdhGg)

43 39 Things were getting testy in that there last thread.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 06:46 PM (OX9vb)

I miss out on all the fun.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 06:59 PM (DsygJ)

It was much ado about very little, IMO.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:00 PM (Vr12I)

44 Musk said he wants Twitter to be inclusive and the left is raging.

Hmm

Posted by: I Mean at April 14, 2022 07:00 PM (Z54n9)

45 Musk has the resources to get Twitter eventually. True fu money.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at April 14, 2022 07:01 PM (0OmEj)

46
Where does David French stand on Elon Musk?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 06:55 PM (eGTCV)

"Elon Musk is just like Putin. Read why in this Sunday's French Press. Also, how old are you? If you're under 12, send noodz. For Jesus."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2022 07:01 PM (SKVme)

47 >>>It was much ado about very little, IMO.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:00 PM (Vr12I)

Itty-bitty-... you know the thing.

Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at April 14, 2022 07:01 PM (QYPq3)

48 Rule the information highway, rule the world.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 14, 2022 07:02 PM (Xrfse)

49 Huck, that is my understanding as well. Musk can wipe all those that are holding tons in stock options.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 14, 2022 07:02 PM (BePn7)

50 Oh, sweet. Things were getting testy in that there last thread.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 06:46 PM

It's those darn cispatriarchal men who insist on working out, a known elevator of testosterone, despite my exhortations not to.

Posted by: Journalist Katie at April 14, 2022 07:02 PM (a3Q+t)

51 29 Lately this Tonio K song keeps rattling around in my head for some reason

It used to be the teacher's favorite country
It used to be the showplace of the west
Everything worked and everyone smiled
It used to be another word for the best

Where is that place? Where did it go?
Whatever happened to that place? God only knows
That isn't it over there and this isn't it here
Now how did a place that big just disappear?
----
DEMOCRATS !

Posted by: Ciampino at April 14, 2022 07:02 PM (qfLjt)

52 It's one thing to change Twitter to make it more fair," @DavidAFrench writes. "It's another thing entirely to change Twitter to make it more toxic."
Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 06:59 PM (

Huh? How could Twitter get more toxic?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 07:02 PM (eGTCV)

53 Reckon we're about to find out if "fk u" money is really a thing.

I hope he doesn't just get bored and disgusted with the whole thing and walk away.

Posted by: weirdflunky at April 14, 2022 07:02 PM (cknjq)

54 I miss out on all the fun.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 06:59 PM (DsygJ)

Where ya bean you crazy kid?

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2022 07:02 PM (dscaa)

55 "It's one thing to change Twitter to make it more fair," @DavidAFrench writes. "It's another thing entirely to change Twitter to make it more toxic."
Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 06:59 PM (0G13K)
===========
Censorship is a blessing of liberty!

Posted by: David French at April 14, 2022 07:03 PM (JdhGg)

56 nobody tells me anything and I am aways the last to know

These guys get how you feel:

https://youtu.be/r0UZWywmavk

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at April 14, 2022 07:03 PM (SchxB)

57 The US Justice department have become the KJB and are the enemy of the people. NO fixing at this point. Tear it down and they burn it and pee on it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 14, 2022 07:03 PM (Irn0L)

58 Vanguard stepped up and purchased majority shares of twitter.
I'm selling Vanguard when it opens tomorrow.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 14, 2022 07:04 PM (jTmQV)

59 I'm so old I remember when NeverTrump talked about how using the govt to investigate political rivals was an impeachable act.

Posted by: Bete at April 14, 2022 07:04 PM (eqyIS)

60 It was much ado about very little, IMO.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:00 PM (Vr12I)

It usually is.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:04 PM (DsygJ)

61 nobody tells me anything and I am aways the last to know
Posted by: runner at April 14, 2022 07:00 PM

* flaps wings *
* makes cackling sounds *

Posted by: Big Penguin at April 14, 2022 07:04 PM (a3Q+t)

62 The US Justice department have become the KJB and are the enemy of the people. NO fixing at this point. Tear it down and they burn it and pee on it
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 14, 2022 07:03 PM (Irn0L)

That's KGB lol. I am tired

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 14, 2022 07:04 PM (Irn0L)

63 ace, what is the something big the startups always get wrong?
is it one thing or more than that?

Posted by: Ethan Saunders at April 14, 2022 07:04 PM (W1E3x)

64 Or maybe he's thinking of starting a competitor organization.

Mikloster

Twitklos

Maybe something like that

Posted by: Miklos, pursuing New Opportunities at April 14, 2022 07:04 PM (QzkSJ)

65 Where ya bean you crazy kid?

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2022 07:02 PM (dscaa)

I started a new job this week! I can't start slacking off until next week at the earliest.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:05 PM (DsygJ)

66 60 It was much ado about very little, IMO.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:00 PM (Vr12I)

It usually is.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:04 PM (DsygJ)

It was " to Boob, or not to Boob, that was the question", Jordan. I say " meh".

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:05 PM (Vr12I)

67 38 I'm sure Joe was there in the anarchic early days of the computer revolution so this is dear to his heart.
----
Well, Al Gore invented the Internet
so FJB invented copper .... wait ... discovered?

Posted by: Ciampino at April 14, 2022 07:05 PM (qfLjt)

68 FFS

Posted by: Betty at April 14, 2022 07:05 PM (/QabR)

69 "If he starts a competitor, I'd like to talk to him. These people starting competitor services always get something big wrong right from the jump."

Also, there are too many competitor services already. The problem isn't so much the lack of competitors as it is the simple fact that Twitter's market dominance encourages people to use it over one of the other services.

Posted by: junior at April 14, 2022 07:05 PM (fIEPA)

70
ace, what is the something big the startups always get wrong?
is it one thing or more than that?

-------

I think he'll save that secret for when he talks to the richest man on earth.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2022 07:05 PM (SKVme)

71 Democracy dies in darkness, yeah right

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2022 07:05 PM (2JoB8)

72 Hi, JT!
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs

Posted by: JT at April 14, 2022 07:06 PM (arJlL)

73 "They need another bidder right now, some company who can figure out how to make money with this platform."

???

Hasn't the Twatters always existed as some kind of money-losing political charity for "investors"?

There are probably 100 companies around, big names, who could buy it and run it as it has always been, an agitprop money-losing bulletin board with 40-year old concept and 25-year old technology.

America sat there and sucked its thumb as the Fortune 100 gave $billions to a stupid corrupt racist violence-inciting operation. Subsidizing a political bulletin board seems like girls' gym.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 14, 2022 07:06 PM (OTzUX)

74 An alleged Israeli airstrike targeted sites near Damascus on Thursday night, in the second Israeli strike in Syria in a week, according to Syrian reports.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 14, 2022 07:06 PM (Irn0L)

75 Ben Had -

What's an Indian paintbrush ?

Posted by: JT at April 14, 2022 07:06 PM (arJlL)

76 In America Biden put a bunch of people that protested his election theft in jail, and he's going after Musk.

In Ukraine Zelensky had his predecessor arrested and just arrested the primary opposition leader (for...uh...no reason).

But remember we must risk a nuclear holocaust with Vlad Putin because he arrested his domestic political opposition!

Posted by: 18-1 at April 14, 2022 07:07 PM (ESjRY)

77 As predictable as the sun rising in the east...

Posted by: FriscoYoda at April 14, 2022 07:07 PM (+56GQ)

78 It was much ado about very little, IMO.
Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:00 PM (Vr12I)

It usually is. But the culture is wearing on us, and it seems to me that tempers are shorter and shorter all the time. Doesn't take much to make a body irritable.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 07:07 PM (OX9vb)

79 75 Ben Had -

What's an Indian paintbrush ?
Posted by: JT at April 14, 2022 07:06 PM (arJlL)

Ooh, ooh, I know this one!

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:07 PM (Vr12I)

80 Justice and the fibs are really showing their ass. Wonder if this is awakening even more normies?

Posted by: micky at April 14, 2022 07:08 PM (3byMq)

81 So, if I am a 'significant' shareholder of Twitter by way of
SEC rule 405b that govern statutory substantial subsidiary regulations (and Musk is one with 9.2% of the company) - and I was denied the ability to make an offer to buy or sell stakes with another significant subsidiary as described in 12b-2 of those very same regulations, I would sue Twitter and any holder of my equity position (ie Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley) under those very same regulations that require that such offer to be actionable by myself or my agent/representative. This is why Musk first bought 9.2% of the company - to comply with this SEC rule/definition of "significant' shareholder.

Posted by: Boswell at April 14, 2022 07:08 PM (5iUNf)

82 Someone should let David French know there are places he can watch tranny porn OUTSIDE of twitter.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 14, 2022 07:08 PM (ESjRY)

83 I really like how Musk is doing this. He is stepping very lightly, for a corporate raider. No threats, only positive talk. He is talking mostly through twitter, instead of press releases and SEC filings, and his tweet targets are the anti-free speech crowd (and not the Board or management).

Jack Dorsey, very notably, has not objected at all to Musk's offer.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 14, 2022 07:08 PM (JdhGg)

84 Interesting all this around Passover and what, a strange Moses indeed

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 14, 2022 07:09 PM (oWBc3)

85 >>>63 ace, what is the something big the startups always get wrong?
is it one thing or more than that?

it's a couple of things. I wrote it out but deleted it from a post to save it for maybe tomorrow or Monday. Or maybe I'll save it until Elon Musk gives me a ride on one of his spaceships.

Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 07:09 PM (0G13K)

86 83

Jack Dorsey, very notably, has not objected at all to Musk's offer.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 14, 2022 07:08 PM (JdhGg)

Dorsey is probably thinking he could take his money and start some stupid ashram somewhere. He looks the part.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:10 PM (Vr12I)

87 it's super-obvious stuff but the upstarts seem to keep missing it so maybe it's not as obvious as I'm thinking it is

Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 07:10 PM (0G13K)

88 I started a new job this week! I can't start slacking off until next week at the earliest.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:05 PM (DsygJ)

Heh. Ooh congrats!

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2022 07:10 PM (dscaa)

89 JT, it is a wildflower that that has a pink/orange-ish hue. Shaped very much like a bluebonnet. In the Spring the fields are covered with all types of wildflowers.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 14, 2022 07:10 PM (BePn7)

90 >>> I started a new job this week! I can't start slacking off until next week at the earliest.

nice! JOB GAINZZZ!

Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 07:11 PM (0G13K)

91 >>>Or maybe I'll save it until Elon Musk gives me a ride on one of his spaceships.

Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 07:09 PM (0G13K)

Wonder if Elon likes pancakes.

Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at April 14, 2022 07:11 PM (QYPq3)

92 Briana Wu wields the english language like a lesbian wields a strap on phallus.

Posted by: garrett at April 14, 2022 07:11 PM (z8QbJ)

93
it's a couple of things. I wrote it out but deleted it from a post to save it for maybe tomorrow or Monday. Or maybe I'll save it until Elon Musk gives me a ride on one of his spaceships.
Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 07:09 PM (0G13K)

Or free Vespas

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 14, 2022 07:12 PM (G12r1)

94 Justice and the fibs are really showing their ass. Wonder if this is awakening even more normies?
Posted by: micky at April 14, 2022 07:08 PM

They don't care. This is about intimidation.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2022 07:12 PM (a3Q+t)

95 Dorsey is probably thinking he could take his money and start some stupid ashram somewhere. He looks the part.
Posted by: kraken

Unless he becomes Ace Jerky first.

He looks the part for that too.

Posted by: Miklos, it could happen at April 14, 2022 07:12 PM (QzkSJ)

96 1 Oh, sweet. Things were getting testy in that there last thread.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 06:46 PM (OX9vb)

The hell they were!

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 14, 2022 07:12 PM (II3Gr)

97 Elon! What is best in life?

To buy out their shares, to drive them from their board seats, and to read the lamentweetions of their NPCs.

Posted by: Sam at April 14, 2022 07:12 PM (ohyxL)

98 Didn't Musk pull some extremely dubious stuff with $$$ shifting from one of his companies to another (forget details)? Involving funds raised from bond issues?

Did that ever get resolved?

Just seems he's not a stranger to SEC/DOJ scrutiny nor to things that might be legit triggers for said scrutiny.

But this is based on glancing at such stories, long ago, not any kind of real interest or attention.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 14, 2022 07:12 PM (OTzUX)

99 JT, it is a wildflower that that has a pink/orange-ish hue. Shaped very much like a bluebonnet. In the Spring the fields are covered with all types of wildflowers.
Posted by: Ben Had

Thank you !

Posted by: JT at April 14, 2022 07:13 PM (arJlL)

100 >>Or maybe I'll save it until Elon Musk gives me a ride on one of his spaceships.

HOMEWARD BOUND : Simon and Garfunkel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnj2fyjxRw

Posted by: garrett at April 14, 2022 07:13 PM (z8QbJ)

101 Briana Wu wields the english language like a lesbian wields a strap on phallus.
Posted by: garrett at April 14, 2022 07:11 PM

The VOE?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2022 07:13 PM (a3Q+t)

102 A bluebonnet is a very margarinal flower.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 14, 2022 07:13 PM (II3Gr)

103 Musk must be laughing at the US "Government"

They are shitting bricks

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 14, 2022 07:14 PM (G12r1)

104 I started a new job this week! I can't start slacking off until next week at the earliest.

And it's for the diocese, so sloth is right out...

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 14, 2022 07:14 PM (II3Gr)

105 Or maybe I'll save it until Elon Musk gives me a ride on one of his spaceships.

HOMEWARD BOUND : Simon and Garfunkel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnj2fyjxRw
Posted by: garrett

Major Ace to Ground Control

Posted by: Miklos, humming along at April 14, 2022 07:14 PM (QzkSJ)

106
Noticing the timing is malinformation. Or was it misinformation? Either way, you're censored.
Posted by: Your Betters

Mismaldalmation

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 14, 2022 07:14 PM (63Dwl)

107 97 Elon! What is best in life?

To buy out their shares, to drive them from their board seats, and to read the lamentweetions of their NPCs.
Posted by: Sam at April 14, 2022 07:12 PM (ohyxL)

Stick a fork in it. The threadwinner has smoked us all.

Posted by: weirdflunky at April 14, 2022 07:14 PM (cknjq)

108 Maybe we want their social media to die off. The world was a better place without them.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at April 14, 2022 07:15 PM (5HBd1)

109 In other news

The World War II Fletcher class destroyer USS The Sullivans started to take on water today. Ship is listing about fifteen degrees and is trying to roll atop the pier.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2022 07:15 PM (VMVyA)

110 Elon, Elon likes his bunny.

Posted by: Sir Reggie at April 14, 2022 07:15 PM (Xrfse)

111 @julie_kelly2

Guy with almost 40,000 tweets who uses this platform to foment contempt for half the country and to condemn Christians for their political beliefs has thoughts on overuse of Twitter to spread toxic messages.

Everything about French is projection

Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at April 14, 2022 07:15 PM (QYPq3)

112 To buy out their shares, to drive them from their board seats, and to read the lamentweetions of their NPCs.
Posted by: Sam at April 14, 2022 07:12 PM (ohyxL

Lamentweetions! I applaud you.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 07:15 PM (OX9vb)

113 And it's for the diocese, so sloth is right out...

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 14, 2022 07:14 PM (II3Gr)

Catholic guilt is a real thing.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:15 PM (DsygJ)

114 >>>The VOE?

what's that mean?

Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 07:16 PM (0G13K)

115 A bluebonnet is a very margarinal flower.
Posted by: Insomniac

that wasn't nice

Posted by: Mother Nature, almost fooled at April 14, 2022 07:16 PM (QzkSJ)

116 The world would be a better place without Twitter.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 07:17 PM (eGTCV)

117 Anna where is that, Charleston? Or that's the Laffey I think.

Damn.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 14, 2022 07:17 PM (OTzUX)

118 We can no longer coexist with these people.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 14, 2022 07:17 PM (Dhqsd)

119 Stick a fork in it. The threadwinner has smoked us all.
Posted by: weirdflunky at April 14, 2022 07:14 PM (cknjq)

Just for "lamentweentions of the NPCs" alone -

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

Posted by: Boswell at April 14, 2022 07:17 PM (5iUNf)

120 The VOE?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Vaginal Optional Extrusion?

Posted by: Miklosian Guessifications GmbH at April 14, 2022 07:17 PM (QzkSJ)

121 85 >>>63 ace, what is the something big the startups always get wrong?
is it one thing or more than that?

it's a couple of things. I wrote it out but deleted it from a post to save it for maybe tomorrow or Monday. Or maybe I'll save it until Elon Musk gives me a ride on one of his spaceships.

------
Thanks, looking forward to that. I use gab and being able to say anything is awesome and also annoying but it's fairly easy to deal with.

Posted by: Ethan Saunders at April 14, 2022 07:17 PM (W1E3x)

122 nice! JOB GAINZZZ!

Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 07:11 PM (0G13K)

It IS nice but I miss you guys.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:17 PM (DsygJ)

123 The prairie paintbrush comes in many colors, mostly outside of Texas. Our variety is almost always orange and was nicknamed "Indian" as a result - sorry, it is what it is - and not Texas Orange no matter what they say. Always a bit later that blue bonnets, but often mixed in, it's the bridge to Indian Blanket flowers that follow.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 14, 2022 07:17 PM (oWBc3)

124 The Biden admin. is straight up oppressive.
It's difficult to not transfer my displeasure to the average democrat.
Like I said, stupid is excusable. Stupid people don't even know they are stupid. Much like the dead.
When stupid morphs to dangerous, you have my attention, all of it.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 14, 2022 07:18 PM (jTmQV)

125 This is 80s hostile lbs stuff all over again!

Yeah baby.

It is going to be interesting to see if Twitter pays him to go away

Greenmail is the best mail

Posted by: Y5 at April 14, 2022 07:18 PM (KrdbI)

126 >>>It was much ado about very little, IMO.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:00 PM (Vr12I)

Itty-bitty-... you know the thing.
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at April 14, 2022 07:01 PM (QYPq3)

Little bitty is alright.
https://youtu.be/Eo2OIUpWznY

Posted by: Alan Jackson at April 14, 2022 07:18 PM (4I/2K)

127 French is a fascist pro-child-grooming Pharisaical faggot in Christian clothing. He's a walking, talking, tweeting Third Commandment violation.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 14, 2022 07:18 PM (II3Gr)

128 20 I said earlier today that Musk could expect the smear campaign to start at any moment. I suppose we can add government persecution to the mix.
Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 06:53 PM (Vr12I)

the Washington Cabal is made up of Media, Politicians, and Bankers.

If you look, almost every spouse of every power player, is in one of the other core industries. Its the new Mandarins. Where if you were part of the right family, you then went to the right school... then got the right job... and were suddenly perpetuating the system of power of the Mandarin Families.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2022 07:18 PM (oHd/0)

129 The Sullivans is up at Buffalo.

https://buffalonavalpark.org/exhibits/
uss-the-sullivans/

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2022 07:18 PM (VMVyA)

130 Musk is working hard to make me a semi-fan. I hated Trump until he started kicking the hornet's nest. We might not agree on a lot of details, but when they get the big picture stuff right, I tend to back them.

They hypocrisy, projection, bald faced lies and outright insanity that's been on display today was entirely predictable, and yet still immensely entertaining. And the more it becomes obvious that our "government" is a shitty version of the mafia to people who weren't paying attention before, the better.

Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at April 14, 2022 07:18 PM (wAnMi)

131 French is a fascist pro-child-grooming Pharisaical faggot in Christian clothing. He's a walking, talking, tweeting Third Commandment violation.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 14, 2022 07:18 PM (II3Gr)

So you don't think well of him?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 07:19 PM (eGTCV)

132 Im not a fan of social media, mostly because people say stuff theyd never say in person, and the 'conversation' is typically just a competition to see who can snark or throw shade the best. I'd certainly never make serious decision based on anything I read or heard there. But I sure can't argue with the effects of its influence on people.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 14, 2022 07:19 PM (+I4ai)

133 The World War II Fletcher class destroyer USS The Sullivans started to take on water today. Ship is listing about fifteen degrees and is trying to roll atop the pier.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2022 07:15 PM

How did that happen? A bunch of Marines run to the other side and tipped it over like Guam?

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:19 PM (GwxCX)

134 lamentweetions- best new word ever.

Sam, job well done.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 14, 2022 07:19 PM (BePn7)

135 Vaginal Optional Extrusion?

But enough about French, Pope Cuck the First...

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2022 07:19 PM (VMVyA)

136 VOE = voice of eccentricity

iow, Ace

Posted by: Hands, channeling my inner VDH at April 14, 2022 07:20 PM (786Ro)

137 To buy out their shares, to drive them from their board seats, and to read the lamentweetions of their NPCs.
Posted by: Sam at April 14, 2022 07:12 PM (ohyxL)

Mad props.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 14, 2022 07:20 PM (II3Gr)

138 Really weird seeing someone from the online left show concern over civility.
Like Bill Clinton giving a sermon on marital fidelity

Posted by: 29Victor at April 14, 2022 07:20 PM (BJKQV)

139 Dorsey is probably thinking he could take his money and start some stupid ashram somewhere. He looks the part.
Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:10 PM (Vr12I)

Actually he's going over to be with Vlad during his time of trouble...

#rasputin

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at April 14, 2022 07:21 PM (BgMrQ)

140 93
it's a couple of things. I wrote it out but deleted it from a post to save it for maybe tomorrow or Monday. Or maybe I'll save it until Elon Musk gives me a ride on one of his spaceships.
Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 07:09 PM (0G13K)

Or free Vespas

Get an electric one and charge it in your den.
I posted a sample of that a few days ago.

Posted by: Ciampino at April 14, 2022 07:21 PM (qfLjt)

141 Ed Buck, the big dem donor who shot up young black guys with meth and killed them, got 30 years.

Posted by: IrishEi at April 14, 2022 07:21 PM (VhE0u)

142 Now that I think about it Anna, some video documentary on some topic I saw not long ago had a curator from that ship/that museum explaining some aspect of the topic under discussion. Maybe 5" inch gun varieties or roles? Something like that.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 14, 2022 07:22 PM (OTzUX)

143 A bluebonnet is a very margarinal flower.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 14, 2022 07:13 PM (II3Gr)

Par kay do you bring this up?

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2022 07:22 PM (dscaa)

144 So you don't think well of him?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 07:19 PM (eGTCV)

My apologies if I didn't make that clear. I've been holding back lately.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 14, 2022 07:22 PM (II3Gr)

145 Love or hate him he builds cars, rockrlts, has a satellite constellation and is the richest man in the world.

It is as if he was watching dos equipment commercials as a teen and decided that was who he wanted to be

Posted by: Y5 at April 14, 2022 07:22 PM (KrdbI)

146 129 The Sullivans is up at Buffalo.

https://buffalonavalpark.org/exhibits/
uss-the-sullivans/
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 14, 2022 07:18 PM (VMVyA)

Indeed it is.

The Naval Park, and the surrounds are a great place to spend some time during the summer.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at April 14, 2022 07:22 PM (BgMrQ)

147 He did amber heard and she did not shit in his bed

Posted by: Y5 at April 14, 2022 07:23 PM (KrdbI)

148 >>He did amber heard and she did not shit in his bed

His briefcase, however...

Posted by: garrett at April 14, 2022 07:24 PM (z8QbJ)

149 >>>He did amber heard and she did not shit in his bed
Posted by: Y5

She shat in the rocket.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 14, 2022 07:24 PM (Dhqsd)

150 The VOE?
what's that mean?
Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 07:16 PM

The Voice Of Experience

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2022 07:24 PM (a3Q+t)

151 I still think the culture took a nasty turn when the tv programming decisions went from LA and NYC which are really Liberal and started being made in Palo Alto and San Francisco which are open air asylums.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 14, 2022 06:55 PM (cupoy)

There was definitely a shift in marketing and advertising towards bay area view as well. Even sports started to gravitate that direction, giving us a 15 year celebration of Jim Harbaugh's mediocrity.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at April 14, 2022 07:24 PM (wBpKf)

152 You can't reason with psychopaths. Do we have enough people that know how to win this bizarro game we are playing?

I only know one way so I'm glad I'm not in charge if there is actually a way to win otherwise.

I'll sit over here and wait.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Dangerfield. at April 14, 2022 07:25 PM (PCUPG)

153 "I fully expect that the SEC is looking into this,"

I fully expect the SEC watches porn on their office computers all day. They've done it before.

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at April 14, 2022 07:25 PM (qpX6U)

154 It is as if he was watching dos equipment commercials as a teen and decided that was who he wanted to be
Posted by: Y5 at April 14, 2022 07:22 PM (KrdbI)

I have an android translator, so I know what the writer meant. Google/Apple just has a different idea.

Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at April 14, 2022 07:25 PM (wAnMi)

155
148 >>He did amber heard and she did not shit in his bed

His briefcase, however...
Posted by: garrett at April 14, 2022 07:24 PM (z8QbJ)

And the glove compartment of his Tesla.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:25 PM (Vr12I)

156 Anti, got any room over there by you?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 14, 2022 07:26 PM (BePn7)

157 He did amber heard and she did not shit in his bed
Posted by: Y5 at April 14, 2022 07:23 PM

The shit Heard round the world.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:26 PM (GwxCX)

158 >>>And the glove compartment of his Tesla.
Posted by: kraken

Heh, nice touch.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 14, 2022 07:27 PM (Dhqsd)

159 He did amber heard and she did not shit in his bed
Posted by: Y5

She shat in the rocket.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 14, 2022 07:24 PM (Dhqsd)

At least she didn't shat on a turtle.

Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at April 14, 2022 07:27 PM (wAnMi)

160 Does Musk actually drive a Tesla?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 07:27 PM (eGTCV)

161 The VOE?
what's that mean?
Posted by: ace at April 14, 2022 07:16 PM

The Voice Of Experience
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2022 07:24 PM (a3Q+t)

Verification of Enrollment. It's a form, signed and sealed by school officials, that a kid is indeed actively enrolled at school. Teens need them to get their Texas Learner's Permit and then their Provisional License.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 14, 2022 07:27 PM (4I/2K)

162 And the glove compartment of his Tesla.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:25 PM (Vr12I)

If the glove don't fit, you musta shit

Posted by: Amber Cochrane at April 14, 2022 07:27 PM (dscaa)

163 When you see Amber Heard in public, call her "Ambah." She hates that so fucking much.

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at April 14, 2022 07:27 PM (qpX6U)

164 Everything's better with bluebonnet on it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 14, 2022 07:28 PM (63Dwl)

165 Indian Paintbrush out West (Utah/Wyoming) are orange-red.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2022 07:28 PM (a3Q+t)

166 So whats with all of the swanky red fonts in the title of this report?

Have we forgotten so soon about the last election?

Put away the red ink fellas. Absolutely nothing should surprise anyone anymore.

Posted by: Drider at April 14, 2022 07:28 PM (R/UH9)

167 >>>When you see Amber Heard in public, call her "Ambah." She hates that so fucking much.
Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp

Or talk to her in a Jack Sparrow voice

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 14, 2022 07:29 PM (Dhqsd)

168 When you see Amber Heard in public, call her "Ambah." She hates that so fucking much.
Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at April 14, 2022 07:27 PM (
Sorry. I wouldn't recognize her.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 07:29 PM (eGTCV)

169 I shat Elon's bed.
But I did not shat his glove compartment.

Posted by: Amber Heard at April 14, 2022 07:29 PM (4I/2K)

170 143 A bluebonnet is a very margarinal flower.

Posted by: Insomniac

Par kay do you bring this up?
Posted by: ... at April 14, 2022 07:22 PM (dscaa)

You guys butter stop this, right now.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 07:29 PM (OX9vb)

171 >> Indian Paintbrush out West (Utah/Wyoming) are orange-red.

Arizona,Nevada, Idaho, Montana and Eastern Wa and oregon all have Indian Paintbrush as well.

Posted by: garrett at April 14, 2022 07:29 PM (z8QbJ)

172 163 When you see Amber Heard in public, call her "Ambah." She hates that so fucking much.
Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at April 14, 2022 07:27 PM (qpX6U)

So That's what she was all pissy about the other day when we ran into each other in Hy-Vee!! Who knew!!

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:29 PM (Vr12I)

173 Fwiw, she, amber heard, did shit in Johnny depps bed

Fwiw, Robert deniro had his wife shit him after sex

Posted by: Y5 at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM (KrdbI)

174 Duncanthrax, they have a tougher time in this black gumbo soil around here.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM (BePn7)

175 Anti, got any room over there by you?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 14, 2022 07:26 PM (BePn7)

I'd be fortunate to share my foxhole with you.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Dangerfield. at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM (PCUPG)

176 57
If I were in a position to tear down the Justice Dept., I would do something else first:
1) Do an IRS style audit of every Congressman who doubled their money or more in office.
2) If they can't account for every cent, that will automatically be understood as bribery by President Claw's military tribunals.
3) Off to Gitmo
4) Profit!

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM (roH4R)

177 >>>
You guys butter stop this, right now.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs!

Yeah, stay within your margarines

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM (Dhqsd)

178 "Sorry. I wouldn't recognize her."

Ooooh, she hates that most of all! Cruel.

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM (qpX6U)

179 You guys butter stop this, right now.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 07:29 PM

What a crock.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM (GwxCX)

180 Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 14, 2022 07:18 PM (II3Gr)

*gives hug*

Posted by: thathalfrican - All up in arms like minute men at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM (YglAn)

181 I am guessing Colorado, too. But I have never seen them there, myself.

Posted by: garrett at April 14, 2022 07:31 PM (z8QbJ)

182 Fwiw, Robert deniro had his wife shit him after sex
Posted by: Y5 at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM

Fitting, he's got shit for brains.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:32 PM (GwxCX)

183 You guys butter stop this, right now.
Posted by: April

Nah, stick to it

Posted by: Miklos like games at April 14, 2022 07:32 PM (QzkSJ)

184 I hope Musk bans Pierre Delecto.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 07:32 PM (eGTCV)

185 >>>Or talk to her in a Jack Sparrow voice

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 14, 2022 07:29 PM (Dhqsd)

That's CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow voice.

Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at April 14, 2022 07:33 PM (QYPq3)

186 The puns keep churning no matter what.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 14, 2022 07:33 PM (BePn7)

187 >>>That's CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow voice.
Posted by: In Reel Life

Savvy.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 14, 2022 07:33 PM (Dhqsd)

188 143 A bluebonnet is a very margarinal flower.
Posted by: Insomniac

Par kay do you bring this up?
Posted by: ... at April 14, 2022 07:22 PM (dscaa)

You guys butter stop this, right now.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 07:29 PM (OX9vb)

What a crock.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM (GwxCX)

It's not nice to fool me. *thunder crashes*

Posted by: Mother Nature at April 14, 2022 07:33 PM (4I/2K)

189 Nice pad you got here.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:33 PM (GwxCX)

190 What a crock.
Posted by: Minnfidel

*pat on the back*

Posted by: Miklos, appreciating at April 14, 2022 07:34 PM (QzkSJ)

191 138 Really weird seeing someone from the online left show concern over civility.
Like Bill Clinton giving a sermon on marital fidelity

Well, he did say he didn't have sexual relations with that woman!

Posted by: Ciampino at April 14, 2022 07:34 PM (qfLjt)

192 I see the butter puns are spreading.

Posted by: Bete at April 14, 2022 07:34 PM (eqyIS)

193 King Harv uses Imperial margarine.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 14, 2022 07:34 PM (63Dwl)

194 'Musk must be brought to heel.'

How very totalitarian of you.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 14, 2022 07:34 PM (LKTKP)

195 The puns keep churning no matter what.
Posted by: Ben Had

Grin and beurre it

Posted by: Le Mikleuse, mes cheres amis at April 14, 2022 07:34 PM (QzkSJ)

196 You guys butter stop this, right now.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 07:29 PM

What a crock.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM (GwxC

I Can't Believe You Guys Aren't Better

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Dangerfield. at April 14, 2022 07:35 PM (PCUPG)

197 We need to clarify the Heard affair.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:35 PM (Vr12I)

198 Glad I live in the Land O Lakes

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:35 PM (GwxCX)

199 It's not nice to fool me. *thunder crashes*
Posted by: Mother Nature at April 14, 2022 07:33 PM (4I/2K)

Haven't you heard? We can change the weather now.

Posted by: social justice climate change trannies at April 14, 2022 07:35 PM (cknjq)

200 Posted by: Le Mikleuse, mes cheres amis at April 14, 2022 07:34 PM (QzkSJ)

Nice!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM (XIJ/X)

201 These puns are horrible.

Be butter. Be. Butter.

Posted by: blaster at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM (9otr5)

202 This is a scenario they both need and want to fight tooth and claw.

Nobody can be allowed to challenge their information control apparatus with impunity - that has to be a non-starter.

And if they stop Musk, then it's a yuuuuge, luxurious propaganda win - "if the richest man on earth can't challenge us, nobody has a hope! He has his own space program. What do you insignificant peons in our socially atomized dystopia have? Nothing, that's what! Now go home and get your shine boxes."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM (SKVme)

203 To these pathetic losers, Musk is the scariest guy since Trump Might be time to break out the safe spaces with support animals and coloring books again.

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM (zB5mP)

204 Y'all must eat a lot of butter.

I barely touch the stuff.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM (LKTKP)

205 I hope Musk bans Pierre Delecto.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at April 14, 2022 07:32 PM (eGTCV)

I think in Musk's view Pierre should stay, but we should mock him mercilessly and forever.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM (wBpKf)

206 Minnfidel, you missin an Indian?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM (BePn7)

207 Now, these comments are sweet and creamy!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM (4I/2K)

208 Hmmm.

Second call for a Brute Squad?

I have a little list ... of people who will not be missed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 14, 2022 07:37 PM (u82oZ)

209 Ben Had,

I've never heard of an Indian Paintbrush.

We have a lot of lupine now. I think it will make the cows sick but they won't eat the grass where the blue flowers are.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 14, 2022 07:37 PM (4tfcV)

210 Glad I live in the Land O Lakes

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:35 PM (GwxCX)

What did you do with the Indian chick?

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:37 PM (DsygJ)

211 >>>208 Hmmm.

Second call for a Brute Squad?

Hired goons!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 14, 2022 07:37 PM (Dhqsd)

212 Minnfidel, you missin an Indian?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM

Yep, and before they took her off the package you could fold it and her knees made perfect bewbs. Not that I would know anyway.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:38 PM (GwxCX)

213 Ben Had

Thanks for reminding me:

Butter churners and music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syMhJMmGEIc

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 14, 2022 07:38 PM (u82oZ)

214
210 Glad I live in the Land O Lakes

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:35 PM (GwxCX)

What did you do with the Indian chick?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:37 PM (DsygJ)

I think she's dealing Black Jack in Oklahoma.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:38 PM (Vr12I)

215 What's an DC dicksip like Max Boot gonna do now?

@TulsiGabbard 3m

Max Boot perfectly illustrates the thinking of those in power: in order to save our democracy, we must destroy it; in order to protect freedom of speech, we must end it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 14, 2022 07:38 PM (p6Md5)

216 Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:37 PM (DsygJ)

That's a private matter.

Posted by: thathalfrican - All up in arms like minute men at April 14, 2022 07:39 PM (YglAn)

217 Glad I live in the Land O Lakes

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:35 PM (GwxCX)

What did you do with the Indian chick?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:37 PM

I'll never tell... Even if you pat me down and tell me to spread em!

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:39 PM (GwxCX)

218 201 These puns are horrible.

Be butter. Be. Butter.
Posted by: blaster at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM (9otr5)

Ghee, it's gotten out of control.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 07:39 PM (OX9vb)

219 Y'all must eat a lot of butter.

I barely touch the stuff.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM (LKTKP)

Oh, honey. You ain't lived!

Posted by: Paula Deen at April 14, 2022 07:39 PM (4I/2K)

220 Jordan congratulations on new job

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2022 07:39 PM (2JoB8)

221 Look how the left works:

Just say the right are lunatics, terrorists and whatnot. Then everyone builds on that to decide they must be stopped.

We're the arbiters of truth. We say we're civil and you're not. We are the important ones here.

You can't be allowed to decide who hears what.

100% totalitarianism.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 14, 2022 07:39 PM (LKTKP)

222 Minnfidel

Corporate America took the Indian's lands, and disappeared the Indian.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 14, 2022 07:39 PM (u82oZ)

223 You guys butter stop this, right now.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 07:29 PM (OX9vb)

This thread needs the olio vaccine.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2022 07:39 PM (dscaa)

224 Report from 2019:
Ezra Levant @ezralevant; 2h
Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia - The New York Times

https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/
1514713220325466120

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 14, 2022 07:39 PM (UHVv4)

225 Thanks, Skip!

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:40 PM (DsygJ)

226 Tulsi Gabbard may be the unicorn. A Democrat who loves her country more than power.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Dangerfield. at April 14, 2022 07:40 PM (PCUPG)

227 Corporate America took the Indian's lands, and disappeared the Indian.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 14, 2022 07:39 PM

I know, but they are woke! Wokeahontas!

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:40 PM (GwxCX)

228 Alot of these comments need to be clarified.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 14, 2022 07:41 PM (UHVv4)

229 Tulsi Gabbard - saying the things the Gop-e can't be bothered with.

Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:41 PM (Vr12I)

230 Later all, stuff to do.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:41 PM (GwxCX)

231 Nice!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 14, 2022 07:36 PM (XIJ/X)

Of course you liked that one!

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2022 07:41 PM (DsygJ)

232 The government shouldn't get involved in muh private company!

The government should stop Musk from buying muh private company!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 14, 2022 07:42 PM (LKTKP)

233 Tulsi's a Leftist stooge... Just not as far Left as a Republican.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2022 07:42 PM (SKVme)

234 165 Indian Paintbrush out West (Utah/Wyoming) are orange-red.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 14, 2022 07:28 PM (a3Q+t)

They're great in salads too.

Tasty, and the look good in the bowl!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at April 14, 2022 07:42 PM (BgMrQ)

235 CaliGirl, the bluebonnets get all the accolades around here but we have lots of wildflower varieties. Pink or white primrose, ghilardia, a small morning glory type vine. black-eyed susans and Mexican hats are all spring flowers that volunteer around here. Wildflowers are the only thing the grasshoppers won't eat.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 14, 2022 07:43 PM (BePn7)

236 I don't trust Gabbard.

Hell, I don't trust anyone these days.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 14, 2022 07:43 PM (LKTKP)

237 Dorsey is probably thinking he could take his money and start some stupid ashram somewhere. He looks the part.
Posted by: kraken at April 14, 2022 07:10 PM (Vr12I)

Dorsey has been dropping so much acid he is going to wind up writing Pet Sounds

Posted by: Kindltot at April 14, 2022 07:44 PM (xhaym)

238 Can we start the divorce now? I don't give a shit if it's messy.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2022 07:44 PM (H4qIP)

239 Tulsi Gabbard may be the unicorn. A Democrat who loves her country more than power.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Dangerfield. at April 14, 2022 07:40 PM (PCUPG)

Not a chance in the deepest shit in the biggest port a potty you can imagine.

Anyone who doesn't know what it means to be a Democrat by now is either blind, stupid or a liar.

And she ain't blind or stupid.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2022 07:44 PM (dscaa)

240 The government shouldn't get involved in muh private company!

The government should stop Musk from buying muh private company!
Posted by: AlaBAMA

The funniest thing? Twat isn't private. It's public.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2022 07:45 PM (H4qIP)

241 >>I don't trust Gabbard.

Wise choice.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 14, 2022 07:46 PM (ZLI7S)

242 Just today I had a comment ghost-banned off of YouTube. I can see it when I log in on my personal screen, but it disappears when not logged in. I used the key phrase "mentally ill dudes in dresses". You aren't allowed to say that apparently.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at April 14, 2022 07:46 PM (nUH6Y)

243 The only people I trust are the ones that don't trust nobody.

Posted by: klaftern at April 14, 2022 07:46 PM (taPSh)

244 238 Can we start the divorce now? I don't give a shit if it's messy.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2022 07:44 PM (H4qIP)

Ask Johnny Depp about that

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 14, 2022 07:47 PM (II3Gr)

245 Mismaldalmation

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 14, 2022 07:14 PM (63Dwl)

My cousin had one of those, he had to keep it on a lead because it kept digging under the fence

Posted by: Kindltot at April 14, 2022 07:47 PM (xhaym)

246 Where does she get that Gab has failed? It's the free-est free speech platform on the internet and it's always hopping.

Posted by: cjhmhch at April 14, 2022 07:47 PM (PoYG7)

247 Glad I live in the Land O Lakes

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 14, 2022 07:35 PM (GwxCX)

What did you do with the Indian chick?
Posted by: Jordan61

Same thing the white man always does.
Keep the land. Get rid of the Indian.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2022 07:47 PM (H4qIP)

248 CAFE IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2022 07:48 PM (2JoB8)

249 Can we start the divorce now? I don't give a shit if it's messy.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2022 07:44 PM (H4qIP)

Ask Johnny Depp about that
Posted by: Insomniac

JD hasn't shot the broad.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2022 07:49 PM (H4qIP)

250 Off Rodney sock addition

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 14, 2022 07:49 PM (PCUPG)

251 The effort of Elon to buy twitter will likely fail, which is good news for Gab, Gettr, Parler, Rumble, et al.
Had he succeeded (he may yet, he is a resourceful guy) all of those platforms would fold.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 14, 2022 07:49 PM (jTmQV)

252 Yep, there is definitely something off about Tulsi. I wish I didn't get that vibe, but I do.

Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at April 14, 2022 07:50 PM (QYPq3)

253 Minnfidel, you missin an Indian?
Posted by: Ben Had

Haven't seen the Land o' Lakes chick in a while

Posted by: Miklos, or bought their products at April 14, 2022 07:50 PM (QzkSJ)

254 off insane children sock

Posted by: weirdflunky at April 14, 2022 07:50 PM (cknjq)

255 Same thing the white man always does.
Keep the land. Get rid of the Indian.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2022 07:47 PM (H4qIP)

Just to note, my plan was to get rid of the land as well.

Posted by: Lex Luther at April 14, 2022 07:53 PM (eqyIS)

256 Tulsi has been saying the right things for five years now without an apparent ulterior motive follow up.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 14, 2022 07:54 PM (PCUPG)

257 You guys butter stop this, right now.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs!
Yeah, stay within your margarines
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 14, 2022 07:30 PM (Dhqsd)

Ghee, you guys, knock it off!

Posted by: Kindltot at April 14, 2022 07:55 PM (xhaym)

258 Ghee, it's gotten out of control.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at April 14, 2022 07:39 PM (OX9vb)

Thank you for clarifying that for me

Posted by: Kindltot at April 14, 2022 07:56 PM (xhaym)

259 Tulsi has been saying the right things for five years now without an apparent ulterior motive follow up.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 14, 2022 07:54 PM (PCUPG)

She's not good. I promise you.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2022 07:57 PM (dscaa)

260 Tulsi has lived a unique experience.

She personally destroyed Kameltoe in the debates buy telling the godawful truth and now she sits at home and watches that piece of shit blather complete nonsense as the next in line.

She of all people, should be deeply cynical of the Demos

Posted by: pawn at April 14, 2022 08:05 PM (Cfk8j)

261 Not even hiding it now.

Either they aren't worried about November or it too late and going for broke

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 14, 2022 08:09 PM (R9vcS)

262 186 The puns keep churning no matter what.

I'll add my two dollops of fun to the thread but they may be too oleaginous for you.

Posted by: Ciampino at April 14, 2022 09:01 PM (qfLjt)

263 God I hate this government

Posted by: Gonzotx at April 14, 2022 09:33 PM (t4poC)

264 Next time you hear the word "toxic" mentally substitute the phrase "poo poo."
Basically equivalent only the former sounds more intellectualish.

Posted by: Zek at April 14, 2022 09:45 PM (9RLhb)

265 Twitter loses $7 billion a year.

Who has that kind of money?

A: People with printing presses.

17 Intelligence Agencies Agree!

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 14, 2022 10:04 PM (Ndje9)

266 Right...I'm sure that Elon doesn't have staff on hand to handle the bureaucratic maze of filings. And of course, the timing of this investigation is mere coincidence. The DOJ and SEC were just sooooo busy with other things that this just happened to get moved to someone's queue.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 15, 2022 07:37 AM (4olE8)

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