१७ ऑक्टोबर, २०२४

Elon Musk presents a montage of himself in pro-Trump mode to the tune of "YMCA."

I note that "YMCA" is an appeal to young men — the words "young man" are repeated over and over.

One minute into the montage, we hear Musk: "President Trump must win to preserve the Constitution. He must win to preserve democracy in America. This is a must win situation. Must win.... Fight. Fight. Fight. Blood coming down the face. Now, America is the home of the brave. And there's no truer test than courage under fire. So who do you want representing America? Yeah. Absolutely."

When it ends we see that it's an ad from the Trump campaign, but I watched the whole thing seeing it as coming directly from Musk. Musk passed it along on X. As such, it is Musk's own speech. 

I'm an old woman, but I can still easily see that this is a strong appeal to young men... especially after the achievement-packed week Musk has had with the rocket, the robots, the robovan. And: "Helene’s aftermath opens new chance — and controversy — for Musk’s Starlink/Elon Musk’s company got regulators’ green light to test out a groundbreaking satellite-based cell service as part of hurricane relief efforts" (WaPo)(free-access link).

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rehajm म्हणाले...

The only controversy is the propaganda media doesn’t like Musk so any positive story about conservative supporters must be tainted with controversy…

Limited blogger म्हणाले...

Amazing how much Musk accomplishes with the deep state set against him. Imagine if he was unleashed to do all the things he is capable of?

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"Imagine if he was unleashed to do all the things he is capable of?"

He's colluding with Trump to work from the inside, to unleash others from burdensome overregulation.

Marcus Bressler म्हणाले...

"Fight. Fight. Fight. Blood coming down the face. Now, America is the home of the brave." THIS made me teary-eyed and proud. I get the same reaction when I hear "and the home of the brave" in the National Anthem.

michaele म्हणाले...

Kind of amazing to reflect on the "journey" that the song YMCA has had over the years. Now it's a political fight anthem and it seems to perfectly fit with Musk's unbridled enthusiasm for what a Trump win can mean for this country.

Tank म्हणाले...

It's Trump, Vance, Musk, Kennedy and Gabbard OR Harris, Walz and the Cheneys. Hmmmmm......

Dixcus म्हणाले...

Of the Deep State and Musk, which one do you suppose has the best rocket-targeting capability? Is there anti-rocket technology at the NSA?

Elon Musk is probably the absolute WORST person they could pick a fight with. He has the technology to actually defeat the United States militarily.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Jordan Peterson on the corresponding appeal to 18-34 yo women on TicTok by the Chinese and Iranians, to go into care mode in politics where they have no children to exercise the inclination on. I see a psychological translation of my structure vs feelings division of men and women.

Dixcus म्हणाले...

Kamala better get on Drag Queen Story Hour quick or Elon Musk might steal the gay vote for Trump along with the black men.

rehajm म्हणाले...

Collusion is a word for cooperation over something secret or dishonest or illegal. Care to enlighten us about how Musk's support for Trump is nefarious compared to supporters on the Democrats side?

gspencer म्हणाले...

"YMCA" = Recruiting anthem for the Limp-Wrist Lobby.

Eva Marie म्हणाले...

Musk and Trump never raise their voices. They never shout to make a point. Refreshing.

AMDG म्हणाले...

Elon Musk is quite possibly the most consequential figure of our time.

Gerda Sprinchorn म्हणाले...

I can still easily see that this is a strong appeal to young men

It makes you realize how contemptuously young men are portrayed today.

Aggie म्हणाले...

'Cooperating' I think is a better word - they are both out-in-the-open 'operators', not conspirators.

Aggie म्हणाले...

Yes, there is an appeal to young men in the lyrics of YMCA, but it's a young person's song after all. I could see young women, who are motivated toward achievement, also gravitating.

BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...

Pisses the dems off that he's a True American Hero. An African American Hero
and he's Republican.

BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...

Speaking of American Heroes there's this...

https://www.theblaze.com/news/veterans-put-special-ops-experience-to-work-helping-hurricane-hit-north-carolinians

Airborne leads the way.

mikee म्हणाले...

The YMCS song is one of very few gay anthems adopted by the heterosexual part of the culture. A reverse Donna Summer, if you will.

planetgeo म्हणाले...

"Unleashed" is the key word in this election. And not just businesses unleashed from burdensome overregulation. Ordinary citizens also want to be unleashed to speak freely, and free from punishment for stating the wrong political beliefs or compelled to use required pronouns.

And which party is desperately trying to keep the leashes on, and ever pulling those leashes tighter?

RideSpaceMountain म्हणाले...

The only song I know of that mentions the YWCA is Half A Person by The Smiths , and it's really about him just looking for a job so he can touch the girls.

Howard म्हणाले...

Appealing to the latent homosexual leanings of overcompensating Trump chucks

Curious George म्हणाले...

Appealing to Trump man who are secure enough in their manhood to sing a fun catchy song. Of course, you wouldn't know about that pajama boy.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

WaPoo writes, "The company has come under criticism in recent days after users discovered that the 'free' Starlink broadband service advertised for hurricane survivors only lasted a month and required them to spend several hundred dollars purchasing a terminal."

Free within scare quotes. Very classy, Mr. Murray. My access to this article was a "gift". Notice the scare quotes around gift. I was obliged to provide a live email address to redeem the gift. A live address is fungible data with a dollar value, in other words payment for a gift. The real payment comes later when WaPoo sells my address to the god knows whom. Perhaps gift is used in its Germanic definition.

Now to the controversy, which is based on WaPoo's deliberate falsehood. Hurricane victims may use Starlink without charge until January. Installation fees are permanently waived. The reporters know this, but lied away. No Constanza Contingency applies.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

Homophobic Howie will be voting for Kamala with one hand while the DNC Thought Police put the manacles on the other.

Aggie म्हणाले...

I always liked that: 'free gift'. It's uniquely American slang. Kind of like having a 'dead corpse'.

Original Mike म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U म्हणाले...

That.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

Does WaPoo expect them to be free forever? The rockets and satellites and terminals cost real money, not fake printing-press government money.

“Bad Genes” म्हणाले...

So it’s a bit ironic that the GOP effort to cultivate votes in swing states using an Elon Musk PAC app is running into problems due to substandard, slow broadband access in those same states.

The Guardian notes that the Trump campaign and the Elon Musk-backed America PAC use a management app called 'Campaign Sidekick' to confirm that door to door canvassers are actually reaching “low information” voters in swing states. But the app keeps crashing because it requires bandwidth that a lot of these local areas simply don’t have:

/“The Campaign Sidekick app effectively forces canvassers who have less than 40mbps of internet – sufficient to stream 4K video – to use “offline walkbooks” which have no geo-tracking feature and do not always upload after a route is completed, the people said.

As a result, the Trump campaign and America Pac then have little way to know whether canvassers are actually knocking on doors or whether they are cheating – for instance, by “speed-running” routes where they literally throw campaign materials at doors as they drive past.”/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/14/trump-ground-game-smartphone-app

Pardon my impoliteness towards Trump and Company but 🤣🤣

Maybe karma does exist after all.

I mean, there are two self owns just in the app alone. Their app is so terrible it needs more bandwidth than a streaming service and it is so shitty they couldn’t figure out how to make a reliable alternative to needing that bandwidth.

IMO: Campaign sidekick helps coordinate canvassing operations both in person and electronic. I can see a world where intelligent use of a data driven, real time assessment results in better resource management.

From the description, they are not engaged in that use. It appears the 'we must track everything you do at work crowd' have decided micromanaging volunteers is the best way to use this software, which is a waste of resources in any industry.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"Collusion is a word for cooperation over something secret or dishonest or illegal. Care to enlighten us about how Musk's support for Trump is nefarious compared to supporters on the Democrats side?"

It's just humor

Original Mike म्हणाले...

Community Context: Rich was recently outed as a bald-faced liar.
https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/6329595/7007542573519861800

“Bad Genes” म्हणाले...

Man arrested for threatening FEMA workers speaks out
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/10/16/fema-threats-arrested-hurrricane-helene/

This is a direct result of Trump's lies about FEMA not helping out in western NC. Nice job, Trump Yeah, you’ll bring the country together.

Sebastian म्हणाले...

"the achievement-packed week" Is there anyone who comes close? Achievement + clear-eyed opposition to Dems: no wonder they hate him.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

Behind paywall. But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt (Lord knows why). You did not know this when you made up your "facts". That's called a lie.

Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U म्हणाले...

The corrupt left demand ALL who are not sufficiently loyal to the corrupt democratic left - be punished.

The Black Mayor of NYC is a prime example.

Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U म्हणाले...

Corrupt Democratics in DC don't give a crap about anyone suffering. Myorkas stated clearly that FEMA was out of money. Jean Pierre stated clearly - FEMA funding was used for Illegals - all over the nation.

Stephen म्हणाले...

"He's colluding with Trump to work from the inside, to unleash others from burdensome overregulation." I've been reading this blog too long. I knew that the post was intended to state a possible truth but not take it too seriously through the use of "colluding" and "unleash."

mccullough म्हणाले...

lol.

mccullough म्हणाले...

lol.

Stephen म्हणाले...

It's a good bet that the Republican version of the "politics of joy" has a longer shelf life than the Democratic one.

“Bad Genes” म्हणाले...

@OG Mike — gift link

https://wapo.st/3zY5h6n

Original Mike म्हणाले...

I'm not giving them my email address.
I conceded it probably says what you say it says. I doubt you'd try and paper over your lie with another lie.

Michael K म्हणाले...

Howard just loves Walz's dancing.

Michael K म्हणाले...

I see the liar is back.

Craig Howard म्हणाले...

Ah, just imagine being unburdened by regulations that have been.

Lazarus म्हणाले...

Good for Elon. There's a video of Tim Walz's entrances and exits with Abba's "Dancing Queen" on the soundtrack. Internet posters are attributing it to the Trump campaign. I hope not. It's funny, but tasteless and a little ugly.

Joe Smith म्हणाले...

Trump and Musk and Vance are the strong horses. Decidedly not low-T.

rehajm म्हणाले...

Ha. Ha. Good one Seinfeld…

One Fine Day म्हणाले...

"Ordinary citizens also want to be unleashed to speak freely, and free from punishment for stating the wrong political beliefs or compelled to use required pronouns."

SOME ordinary citizens want that. Many, many others (maybe even a majority) want other ordinary citizens to be chained and unable to speak freely or state wrong political or religious beliefs, and want everyone compelled to use the language of which they approve - including pronouns.

Iman म्हणाले...

When you’re right - which isn’t often - you’re right.