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Following your last few comments:
You really need to starve yourself of ABC and News ltd newsfeed garbage:
next you will vote ALP because they " care for the people" or because we need to see if RE works?
Wake up, you should know much better Monsieur, you are from the land where BS does not work and we share that.
 
We are not ABC listeners or followers Mr Frog.
Just me thinking out loud because
I can see trouble by the truck load with this pair of POTUS's in control.
Who will outsmart who first.
 
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Perhaps he is calling for retired air traffic controllers to apply for their jobs because the current crop were hired on the basis of something other than their ability to the job well.
There has been a worldwide shortage of ATC's since the pandemic.
As aviation shut down, there was far less need for ATC, so there was no continued recruitment, some who refused the VAX were fired, some who who got laid off went into other careers or just retired.
Australia has a similar problem.
From ABC News
After being confined to their homes during lockdowns, Australians desperate to travel have found themselves confined to the ground waiting for take-off.

A shortage of air traffic control staff is one of the reasons travellers are experiencing flight delays as Australia's airline industry recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

"It'd surprise many passengers to learn that perhaps the reason for the delay or the cancellation is actually because of air traffic control not being able to staff those control towers," James Goodwin, CEO of the Australian Airport Association, told 7.30.
Mick
 
FWIW and TL;DR however a quick perusal of this Guardian article and one gets an inkling into the world's so called, richest man and his far right leanings.

Was surprised to learn of his PayPal cronies influence in the US of A.

Reads in part and apologies if this has already been posted here in ASF.


Lots of little surprises including harking back to his grandad's political party being banned in Canada in the WW2 era.

 
Lucky i am not like my grandfather who has been a card wearing communist party all his life.
That surely why i am duch a socialist....
But what can we expect from the Guardian...
 
but Musk is only running an investigative team ( s ) he still needs official approval to access non-public information ( and a LOT of what he is uncovering IS public information that is buried or hidden )

he is basically leading a bunch of REAL journalists ( and accountants )

AND it will happen eventually now or after the US collapses completely ( from the crazy monetary mess it is in )

of course the proven way out for this .. is a major global war where a few industrialist and bankers grow richer , and millions die or are permanently mutilated

now IF you want to talk about 'loss of freedom' a different administration hired 87,000 IRS agents and was training them to use lethal force ( and providing them with modern weapons )

would you prefer Musk keep THEM ( IRS ) on and have them investigate a few tax-dodgers ( all the plebs , without foundations, charities or trusts ) , because the US is broke , and will be broker soon whether they raise the debt ceiling or not
 
over9k said:
I'm calling this right now:

Elon runs for president in 2028.
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not without a constitution change , otherwise Arnie ( the Governator ) would have been President years back

the President SO FAR , has to be born a US citizen ( and both Obama and Harris blurred that like quite a bit )

i am not saying it can't happen , but the constitution forbids that currently ( almost everyone knows Elon was born in South Africa , no fuzziness there )
 
Dunno if I'd prefer him as I find it hard to listen, let alone believe in his "schtick".

From Forbes and disspells a lot of what DOGE has supposedly uncovered. Reads in part:

NewsNation however posts claims without any proof and that's the sticking point with me.

Elon Musk’s underground digital detective reveals all to NewsNation​

  • Digital detective speaks for the first time on her connection to DOGE
  • Claims she has uncovered government corruption
  • Believes waste and fraud totals more than $100 billion
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Salient word above is "Believes".

Anyways, wouldn't be dead for quids. What with the ah, amusement from the White House and our own looming election oh, and a certain foreign navy sailing past our shores, life's a hoot.
 
If the constitution is changed, Arnie would be a shoo-in surely!
 
That's like when Trump said on national TV that all these companies are coming to the US to set up manufacturing, but he couldn't give an actual figure of the amount.
 
Craton said:
If the constitution is changed, Arnie would be a shoo-in surely!
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Would have been a few cycles back, and he may have a chance, but while he'd be very popular in most blue states, there has now been a big red wave and people are experiencing the devastation the Democrats have brought to the country, and Arnie very much embodies the Democrat values of the last couple of decades. If Trump's current term is a disaster and the masses see it as 'well, the Democrats destroyed things but the Republicans weren't any better', then maybe. But with things being as bad as they are, if Trump's term is anything less than hideous, the Democrats won't be getting back in for a while and to do so they'll need someone with a fresh image.

He starred in some great 80s and 90s movies (many of which he'd be cancelled over if he wasn't a raving lefty) but is terrible at anything else, though with today's culture a lot of idiots think he's a great person.
 
given some of the 'earmarks ' previously tagged onto Congress spending bills , chances are Musk has just smeared the crud on top of the paint ( not even scratched the paint itself

IF Musk gets serious he will embarrass both parties as they have waved through this garbage for decades .. it would be much the same in Australia ( just billions instead of trillions )

why would we worry about a foreign navy we sail far from home as well ( often hiding behind US carriers )
 
more likely a Populist wave or maybe a truly independent if Trump breaks the 'uni-party ' system completely

look for a maverick that is on the political fringes , but still talks some sense ( and less theatrics )
 
Craton said:
You mean like the orange man
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remember his links to the entertainment industry ( WWE and a reality show , not to mention he is famous for casinos not boring old hotels )

which reminds me , whatever happened to the Hilton girl , she handled political attacks with class and humor against McCain
 
and his side hustle

Neuralink to implant its first Blindsight vision chip in a human by the end of this year. The information was confirmed by Neuralink owner Elon Musk, who said the implant will allow even people born blind to see.
“Neuralink’s Blindsight device will enable vision even for those who’ve lost both eyes and their optic nerves,” Musk wrote. He clarified that the implant will work as long as the brain’s visual cortex remains intact. In the future, the device could “surpass” natural human vision. Users of the implant may be able to see in infrared, ultraviolet, and even radar (radio frequency) ranges.
 
divs4ever said:
which reminds me , whatever happened to the Hilton girl , she handled political attacks with class and humor against McCain
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97% of the Hilton Hotel fortune went to charity, and 3% was split among the 24 family members. Paris Hilton did well in her own businesses though, trading off her fame and family name.

Now Hilton Hotels is publically owned on the share market, and uses a capital light model where buildings are mostly leased from outside owners and managed by third parties who pay to use the Hilton name and booking system.
 
The AI platform, Grok, owned by Elon Musk, had this to say about his time in Washington: “His DOGE experiment resulted in operational turmoil, legal entanglements, and limited results, overshadowing modest gains … less a triumph than a cautionary tale.”
 
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