DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Palus Politicus Elon Is At It Again....

In the finality this will be left for this extreme SCOTUS to agree with MusX

I swear him changing it to X just sounds like a dirty video website

Dude smokes way too much reefer.

Well, he owns it so he can do what he wants I guess. But I don't understand messing with a well established brand. I don't see either the short or long term value.

Actually, dude needs to smoke more.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1688091377823895552?t=1zvyOKEl3oNsXnf7l2YW9Q&s=19


Gearing up for the fight.

Libtards wanted to deny that
1) This would happen
2) Proceeds will go to charity

I guess libtards can suck it!

Nothing unbelievable about it. I never heard anyone saying it wouldn’t happen nor anything about charity. But come on, everybody knew they were serious, and I’d say odds are that Elon goes hard first and get’s dusted. Farcical really, can’t imagine paying for it, even for charity. But hey, enjoy. Or just watch and you’ll probably see it on Celebrity Deathmatch first. Claymation would certainly look better.

Libs on this forum were shedding tears about it.

https://www.dawgtalkers.net/ubbthreads.php/topics/2018986/lets-get-ready-to-rumble#Post2018986

Wasn’t me, I don’t even remember if I looked in that thread. I remember it was being talked about. Those two were being idiots is all I thought and went on about my business. But you Elon Fanboys and Fangirls should really be excited! Enjoy.

100%... Elon comes out trying hard.... but frankly I think he gases early and Zuck drops him...

I'm really intrigued by this fight, but honestly think it'll be awful...

Tears of laughter.

The loser should have to pay taxes at my tax rate.

That would be a true snot slinging fight. Lol

I'm actually the first person to post about it on the board. I said it had not been made official and until we saw it officially would go to charity let's not jump the gun. But you embody what Republitards do. Tell half the story and then lie about the half you tell. And of course fighting someone half his size sounds just like something Elon would do.

Good luck explaining the “X premium” charge to y’all spouses

I won't have to. I know a three ring circus when it comes to town. Besides, if musk just thinks Zuck will go for that, he's fooling himself.

Zuckerberg mocks Musk announcement that fight will be livestreamed on X

https://thehill.com/policy/technolo...t-that-fight-will-be-live-streamed-on-x/

It will take these two egomaniacs a while to muddle through this process.

Yeah, and like usual you don't bother to read the articles you post. You were in denial that they would do this for charity when the article clearly said that's what they will do. Go pour cement, you're better at that than posting on the internet. Here's your L. Enjoy being wrong.

You might wish to look at something to help with your comprehension. I said that you couldn't make that claim based on some statements made before any contracts were even drawn up much less signed. It's funny how when an article says things you don't like it's all fake news. But when an article states something you want to hear you claim it's gospel. Just like you did in this case. Claiming, "Oh yeah, well it was in an article on the internet" doesn't really hold much weight. That's why God created contracts.

j/c

Apparently, Musk is claiming to need an MRI on his neck and back before agreeing to a time and place.

At least he didn't choose 'bone spurs. '

There's a link, but I didn't bother with the extra effort. Like I said in my only post about this tawdry side show:
"I can't overate how much I'll be ignoring this..."

First it was him claiming he may need surgery before he could fight Zuck. And now it's this latest BS........

Elon Musk is now floating the idea of having a 'noble' debate with Mark Zuckerberg instead of a tech bro cage fight

It looks as if Elon Musk is trying really hard to get out of his cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg.

On Sunday, the billionaire said his fight with Zuckerberg — if it happens — would be live-streamed on his platform, X. But the same day, Musk said he needed to get his neck and upper back examined before fixing a date.

"May require surgery before the fight can happen. Will know this week," Musk tweeted.

And now Musk is floating the idea of having a "noble" debate with Zuckerberg instead of throwing hands. The TED curator Chris Anderson proposed having a "cage match DEBATE" between the two billionaires, and Musk seemed game for it.

"Here's a better idea: a cage match DEBATE 'How to Build an Amazing Future,'" Anderson tweeted on Tuesday.

Musk appeared to agree with the suggestion, tweeting that a debate sounded "like a good idea too."

"This is really fighting as (I believe) a noble sport," Musk replied. "We also hope, with humility, to express our admiration for those who have fought before for noble causes."

Anderson's proposed alternative is similar to what Musk's mother previously suggested he do. Maye Musk tweeted in June that her son and Zuckerberg should "fight with words only" instead of beating each other up.

"A verbal fight only. Three questions each. The funniest answers win. Who agrees?" Maye Musk tweeted in June.

Musk may not have taken his mother's advice then, but he seems to be warming up to the idea now and for a good reason. Musk's chances of beating Zuckerberg in the ring are slim, considering the latter's MMA training and jiu-jitsu medals.

Musk, too, has been realistic about his odds of winning the fight.

"If the fight is short, I probably win. If long, he may win on endurance," Musk tweeted Sunday.

Representatives for Musk at X did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elo...v_s8lobrPWr54Asy7-DSv9FYWuOrb4Mf5aFqHVvM

Musk had a lot of bravado to begin with. Now it sounds like he's scared $#!+less of the little guy and his mommy is afraid her baby will get hurt.

Zuck has said name the time and the place from the very beginning.

I think he realized he'd get his butt kicked. I think Zuckerberg took up ju jitsu during COVID and also recently completed a "Full Murphy" workout. I am in pretty decent shape, but when I do a Murphy workout, it takes me probably 1.5 hours to fully do and more than half of my pullups are assisted/kipped. I think Zuck did the whole thing.

Musk is a lot older and, from his vacation photos, looks to be comparable to the Stay Puffed Marshmallow Man.

Lmao, still think it will happen, Eve? Elon sounds scared.

Isn't it funny though how some people act like this thing is etched in stone and there isn't even a contractual agreement yet?

They’ll do something to save face. Claymation cage match or some crap.

Zuck would’ve had him KO’d in the first round.

How about an arm wrestle? Nobody wants to hear them debate, much less spend money on that.

Musk would probably have a heart attack from the jog into the ring. Does that count as a KO?

Yeah true, what would they debate? X vs FB? Uggg.

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/threads-to-add-web-version-wsj-5738484/

"threads was released in early July, and within five days, became the fastest app to reach 100 million downloads — but it has since lost about 85% of its daily active users, said digital analytics firm SimilarWeb. Threads now has fewer than 10 million daily active users; in contrast, X had nearly 238 million daily active users in July 2022. "

I couldn't have called this more accurately if I tried. I guess my 20 years of industry experience pays off.

I would hope so. So far your financial experience concerning an impending recession hasn't.

Meh. The Feds just keep kicking the can down the road.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/news...d-recession-may-just-cause-one#xj4y7vzkg


Money managers are still betting on bonds.
https://fortune.com/2023/08/20/wait-for-elusive-recession-costly-but-bond-bulls-double-down/

Historical patterns suggest rate hikes lead to slumping economies more often than not. Former Fed Vice Chair Alan Blinder studied 11 monetary policy tightenings from 1965 to 2022 and found that four ended in a soft landing with stable or lower inflation, and the rest in hard landings.


Consumer habits are finally starting to change


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/costco-execs-warn-looming-recession-175906184.html

A newly released report from the United States Federal Reserve found that 64% of Americans have switched to cheaper versions of products to make ends meet amid inflation. Meanwhile, 66% of those polled (respondents could choose more than one option) said they are using less of specific products or eliminating them entirely. That report tracks with Costco’s data in a few ways, showing Americans choosing less pricey products across the board.

In times of economic struggle, Americans tend to change their shopping habits. The “lipstick effect,” where people will continue splurging on smaller items such as candles and cosmetics, but delay larger purchases, is one example. Costco executives have also spotted other consumer spending changes in their warehouse clubs’ sales lately.

Galanti also noted that sales of Costco’s private label brand, which sell for less than national brands, had risen in the last quarter. Overall, Costco sales dropped by 4.2% worldwide, and 3.5% in the U.S., in the first quarter of 2023. A large percentage of that decrease, Galanti said, stems from consumers delaying big ticket purchases like TVs and refrigerators.

Same as it ever was........

j/c:

Justice Department Sues SpaceX for Discriminating Against Asylees and Refugees in Hiring

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/just...ting-against-asylees-and-refugees-hiring

You do realize when you state you will refuse to hire certain groups of people, by the very definition of the word that is discrimination, right? It would appear not for some people because they're too busy waving the flag as a reason to excuse such behavior. Maybe they should start to realize that's not what waving the flag means.

Musk needs to see the bigger picture. He doesn’t want his employees working from home. Betting these people would show up for work on site.

Who says they were undocumented? The word "refugees" and they term "asylum seekers" doesn't mean they have no documentation. The actual claim is that they "aren't U.S. citizens". That isn't the same thing.

Disney, Apple among advertisers to pull business on X after Elon Musk's antisemitic post

Warner Bros., Paramount and IBM have also paused advertising on X as Musk faces backlash.

SAN FRANCISCO — Tech billionaire Elon Musk faced a third day of backlash Friday from Jewish leaders, the White House and media advertisers including Disney and Apple after he embraced an antisemitic conspiracy theory earlier in the week, the latest in a pattern of his echoing anti-Jewish bigotry going back years.

Musk sparked the criticism with six words he posted Wednesday afternoon on X, the social media app he purchased a year ago. Responding to another user who had accused Jews of hating white people and who had expressed indifference to antisemitism, Musk wrote: “You have said the actual truth.”

Musk, the CEO of the automaker Tesla and the rocket company SpaceX, followed up his first tweet with criticism of the Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, an organization founded by Jews to oppose antisemitism. Musk has been feuding with the ADL for months over its efforts to reduce extremism on social media, a campaign that Musk says has cost X ad sales.

On Thursday morning, Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL’s CEO, said Musk was acting dangerously.

“At a time when antisemitism is exploding in America and surging around the world, it is indisputably dangerous to use one’s influence to validate and promote antisemitic theories,” he wrote on X, with a screenshot of Musk’s six-word tweet.

The White House added its condemnation Friday as the backlash continued, saying that Musk had promoted “antisemitic and racist hate” against “our core values as Americans.”

Accounts with histories of espousing anti-Jewish views celebrated Musk’s tweet as welcome news and as confirmation that he agrees with them “on the JQ,” short for “Jewish question,” a term used by antisemites for decades.

“This is old-timey antisemitism with new lingo,” said A.J. Bauer, an assistant professor of journalism who studies right-wing movements and media at the University of Alabama.

Musk announced a content policy Friday that the ADL welcomed, saying that X would suspend accounts that use the phrase “from the river to the sea.” The phrase is popular among many Palestinians, while many Jews say the phrase means the eradication of Israel.

But otherwise, Musk was defiant about his comments earlier in the week. His tweets from Wednesday were still online, and Friday, he posted on X that free speech was at stake and that he would not be pressured.

“I am sticking to my principles!” he replied to one user.

“As for any fake advocacy groups who seek to suppress free speech, they should remember that karma is real,” he added.

A representative for X did not immediately respond to an interview request Friday.

IBM said Thursday it had pulled its advertisements from X. A recent investigation by the progressive organization Media Matters found that advertisements from IBM and other corporations were running on X adjacent to pro-Nazi material.

“IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this entirely unacceptable situation,” the company said in a statement. A representative for IBM added that the company was investigating the Media Matters report, not Musk’s posts specifically.

The Walt Disney Company is also pausing spending on X, according to a source with direct knowledge. Its decision was earlier reported by The New York Times. Two other media companies, Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery, said through representatives late Friday that they were pausing, too.

Comcast and NBCUniversal are also holding off on advertising on the X platform, a spokesperson said Friday. (Comcast owns NBCUniversal, which is the parent company of NBC News.)

Apple is also holding off on advertising on X, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC.

The European Commission decided to stop advertising on X over concerns about disinformation, Politico reported Friday. A commission spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.

Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X, said on the platform Thursday that antisemitism and discrimination are unacceptable, though she did not directly address Musk’s tweets or IBM’s move.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-n...-musk-side-latest-tweets-jews-rcna125617

Elon, a modern day Nazi. He’s turning his own company into a concentration camp for the stupid.

Free speech can be pretty expensive, Elon...