Althouse: Sunrise — 6:26, 6:26, 6:44, 6:47

February 24, 2025

Sunrise — 6:26, 6:26, 6:44, 6:47

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73 comments:

Inga said...: https://www.wired.com/story/trump-musk-hud-feet-video/

“Federal employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) were greeted this morning by television sets at the agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters playing what appears to be an AI-generated video of President Donald Trump kissing the feet of Elon Musk, accompanied by the words “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”; 2/24/25, 5:56 PM
Mason G said...: From the New York Post:

Connecticut’s Democrat-appointed, social worker-heavy Psychiatry Security Review Board approved the early release from a secure mental hospital of a cannibal ax murderer who ate his victim’s brain and eyeball with chopsticks and washed it down with a glass of sake.

Tyree Smith, 48, who killed and ate Angel “Tun Tun” Gonzalez in 2011, was deemed “not guilty by reason of insanity” by three judges and sentenced to 60 years in a maximum-security psychiatric facility.

But on Friday, the board, whose six members were appointed by Connecticut’s Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont, and only one of whom is an actual psychiatrist, decided in a majority decision that, despite the protests of both his and his victim’s families, Smith should get out 50 years early because he promised to take his meds.

The board concluded that Smith was not “experiencing cravings” to eat human flesh, but he would “reach out to his hospital” if he had the urge.

https://nypost.com/2025/02/23/opinion/miranda-devine-it-is-so-easy-to-mock-the-sick-and-rudderless-democrats/; 2/24/25, 6:03 PM
Leland said...: Sad news about Clint Hill’s passing. He was Jackie Kennedy’s Secret Service agent and the one seen jumping on the back of the Kennedy’s convertible as JFK was shot. He was 93.; 2/24/25, 6:04 PM
Inga said...: During the press conference with Macron today, Trump insulted himself by saying whoever negotiated the USMCA deal allowed the US to be taken advantage of. He said “Who would ever sign a deal like that?” Did he forget that was his deal he was so proud of during his first term?; 2/24/25, 6:10 PM
Jupiter said...: She actually looks quite pleasant in this picture.; 2/24/25, 6:15 PM
Jersey Fled said...: So the story that the Eagles had turned down an invitation to visit the White House seems to be BS.

Two news sources close to the Eagles are reporting that the team would be happy to attend if invited.; 2/24/25, 6:15 PM
Jupiter said...: You know, Igna, you're right. Trump is a stupid, horrible man who's being played like a pinball machine by Elon Musk, a pathologically wealthy sociopath who wants to send us all to Mars. I just wish I had listened to you. Oh well. Too late now.; 2/24/25, 6:19 PM
rhhardin said...: I'd turn down an invitation to visit the White House too.; 2/24/25, 6:23 PM
Jupiter said...: Why do they have TVs at HUD HQ, anyway? Like, is that what they do, watch TV all day? I thought they watched TV from home.; 2/24/25, 6:24 PM
Leland said...: So the story that the Eagles had turned down an invitation to visit the White House seems to be BS.
It was a feel good story for Trump haters. It only needed to sound true to make their day. They’ll now pretend the truth isn’t, so they can sleep tonight. Consider how lucky the rest of us are that the we don’t find the truth debilitating.; 2/24/25, 6:35 PM
MadisonMan said...: They have TVs at HUD HQ because a Democrat supplied them with a 200% markup. That's my guess.; 2/24/25, 6:39 PM
Peachypeachy said...: Hey Inag , your gal kamala… LOST; 2/24/25, 6:44 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Sounds a lot like my old neighborhood's mixture.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/24/the-lost-agrarian-world/; 2/24/25, 6:45 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Trump Selects Dan Bongino as Deputy FBI Director ~ WSJ

Living in a Gangster's Paradise.

I mean, you shouldn't laugh but "willing and prepared to give up (his podcast) in order to serve" is a genuinely great line.

Greater love hath no man than to lay down his podcast for his cabal.; 2/24/25, 7:05 PM
Mason G said...: Posted on x:

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

Posted response:

Okay you’ve sold me.

Fire more of them; 2/24/25, 7:11 PM
Jersey Fled said...: Trump has criticized the current trade dynamics with Mexico and Canada as “very unfair” to the U.S. during his 2024 campaign and post-election rhetoric. For example, in a December 2024 Fox News interview with Maria Bartiromo, he expressed intent to renegotiate the USMCA upon taking office, citing issues like the auto industry and trade deficits.

Some, like Trump, are able to acknowledge mistakes, Inga. Try it sometime.; 2/24/25, 7:27 PM
Rusty said...: Now Inga sounds like the sad old chardonnay lady who starts drinking way too early and is still pissed that her husband left for her best friend because her best friend wasn't a drunken nag.; 2/24/25, 7:29 PM
Drago said...: This is so very very strange. Something LLR-democratical Rich (Kak + Anonymous Coward) not only told us would not happen, but COULD NOT happen.....yet there it is:

"Apple will spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years

Teams and facilities to expand in Michigan, Texas, California, Arizona, Nevada, Iowa, Oregon, North Carolina, and Washington

Plans include a new factory in Texas, doubling the U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund, a manufacturing academy, and accelerated investments in AI and silicon engineering"

We have literally reached the point where every single prediction/assessment offered up by our Abacus Boy is so far off the rails and blown up by reality so quickly that you have to wonder if its actually a studious effort by our resident buffoon to undermine his own credibility completely for some unknown reason.

Perhaps he will explain it to us.....but after the last several years of election prediction hilarity (do you know how hard this fella bit down on the transparently fake Ann Selzer non-poll?) I suspect he will not.

Lets see what happens next.; 2/24/25, 7:32 PM
Drago said...: It appears, much like Adam Schiff, our very own LLR-democratical Rich is quite upset that there will be people doing serious investigations of his Nero-like corrupt New Soviet Democratical Corrupto-Thon money laundering schemes!

tsk tsk tsk

What were we told years ago? Oh, that's right: not just "learn to code" but also "take the jab or lose your job" and "if you've done nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about".

Seemed like a good time to revisit that.; 2/24/25, 7:35 PM
Drago said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/24/25, 7:36 PM
Drago said...: Is now a good time to remind our lefties that their heroic National Park employees made sure that only 1 employee had the keys to the bathrooms!

We have so much to learn from this other-worldly competence.; 2/24/25, 7:36 PM
Drago said...: Rusty: "Now Inga sounds like the sad old chardonnay lady who starts drinking way too early and is still pissed that her husband left for her best friend because her best friend wasn't a drunken nag."

She's just irritated that her New Soviet Democratical lies and hoaxed up claims were right there on video and available for anyone to watch and to realize immediately what an astonishingly shameless liar she is, has been and will almost certainly continue to be.

During the years long russia collusion hoax battles, P-Inga was able to push lie after lie on a daily basis (which she did gleefully) because the New Soviet Democraticals kept all the facts hidden for so long and had complete control of the means for censoring social media and media in general to serve the dems.

P-Inga and her pals no longer have those things and the frustration they are clearly feeling comes thru in every posting.; 2/24/25, 7:40 PM
Jupiter said...: "I mean, you shouldn't laugh ....". Pretty sure a lot of people aren't laughing.; 2/24/25, 7:43 PM
Hassayamper said...: @Inga: Federal employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) were greeted this morning by television sets at the agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters playing what appears to be an AI-generated video of President Donald Trump kissing the feet of Elon Musk

How very comical.

Meanwhile, the entire edifice of the enemy occupation government is being dismantled. Hundreds of mutinous petty-tyrant government employees, corrupt politicians of both parties, and their globalist cronies are going to prison, and thousands more will be stripped of everything they own.

We are going to smash the government octopus, and the war pigs and leeches who enrich themselves from the taxes of the working man, and the kind of people who love government for its own sake, harder than anyone has hit them since the Coolidge administration.

Donald John Trump will go down in history as the savior of his country. He will be spoken of in the same breath as Washington and Lincoln.; 2/24/25, 7:56 PM
Hassayamper said...: I mean, you shouldn't laugh but "willing and prepared to give up (his podcast) in order to serve" is a genuinely great line.

Sneer all you like. His podcast is one of the most popular out there, and has made him richer than you could ever hope to be. It's not a trivial sacrifice.; 2/24/25, 8:00 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Drago mews ... "Apple will spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years..."

Seems Drago is having another manic Monday. Wind him up and watch him go....🤡

As per the article the figure “includes regular spending on thousands of US suppliers, data centers and corporate facilities”. Not necessarily new investments or 500bn in spending over and above what they’d be spending in the next 4 years anyway.

So they’re just including the regular costs that they would have spent either way. I’ll hand it to Cook he understands that Trump (and Drago) only cares about nice headlines with no mind for details.

Apple's being wise to use existing commitments to make news and please the Trump WH.

Well played Tim Apple 🍏; 2/24/25, 8:16 PM
Wince said...: That A.I. video of Trump sucking Musk’s toes was hilarious.

Trump is so strong that lampooning like that actually helps him.; 2/24/25, 8:17 PM
Drago said...: LLR-democratical Rich: "So they’re just including the regular costs that they would have spent either way. I’ll hand it to Cook he understands that Trump (and Drago) only cares about nice headlines with no mind for details."

LOL

Doubling down. What else can you do, particularly after your election shenanigans!

You'll need to spend lots and lots of time to convince people (and you'll fail, because you're you!) that all the benefits they are seeing coming down that pike and impacting their lives is really just ho hum stuff that, you know, is no big deal!

Please make that the centerpiece of your 2026 campaign along with your continued woke stuff (which you guys will never kick because your 20% psycho base will never allow it!); 2/24/25, 8:21 PM
Drago said...: Wince: "That A.I. video of Trump sucking Musk’s toes was hilarious.

Trump is so strong that lampooning like that actually helps him."

Idiots like P-Inga and LLR-democratical Rich STILL think the TRUMP mugshot hurt Trump!

It's fun reading their musings, though to tell the truth, even though P-Inga is simply stupid, one does get the sense that Rich, the Harry Sisson of Althouse Blog, knows precisely how full of BS he is....but Team Dem does require some effort from it's idiot foot soldiers.; 2/24/25, 8:27 PM
TaeJohnDo said...: Oh Inga. The video was childish, and frankly, stupid. All it does is prove to the public what a bunch of whiners Gvt workers are. And I'm willing to bet Elon's guys are pretty good at finding hackers. Let's hope they are all ID'ed and fired. You are going to chortle over little escapades like this, meantime, all of your dark world views are being exposed and dismantled. It is glorious.; 2/24/25, 8:29 PM
Kakistocracy said...: I’ll rely on Cook to bargain with Trump. If Apple gets hit with too many tariffs, it will just scale back its commitments. Apple is the big kid on the block, and is willing to be transactional with Trump, but all of the promises will take years to show up, so they can be withdrawn at any time.; 2/24/25, 8:37 PM
Drago said...: LLR-democratical Rich is now free-basing copium.; 2/24/25, 8:39 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Drago Deflects™️ Low energy -- 🥃; 2/24/25, 8:39 PM
Big Mike said...: Viva Vivek for Ohio!; 2/24/25, 8:46 PM
Drago said...: Only James Carville got it right: the New Soviet Democraticals are so discombobulated and, quite frankly, still pushing insanity and inanities (see this thread for examples), the lefties should really just curl up in a ball and play possum.

Literally, just shut up and play possum....because with every
comment, every posting, they are only making the "dems go over the idiot cliff" (again, see this thread for examples) even worse.

But LLR-democratical Rich cannot help himself, which is magnificent!; 2/24/25, 8:48 PM
Big Mike said...: rhhardin said...

I'd turn down an invitation to visit the White House too.

Not me! I might get a chance to meet Melania and try out my broken Slovenian.; 2/24/25, 8:50 PM
Peachypeachy said...: The mobster church of authoritarian mobster church is being dismantled . No amount of fake polling will stop it.; 2/24/25, 8:52 PM
Aggie said...: Wow. The juices are flowing here in the Great Blog-O-Sphere, and the blood is running hot on both sides. You'd think it was all being put on the line here, reading these edgy comments, that an election is right around the corner, the hints of desperation. But, too bad, nope. Election's already come and gone. Time for more popcorn !; 2/24/25, 9:04 PM
Mason G said...: "Is now a good time to remind our lefties that their heroic National Park employees made sure that only 1 employee had the keys to the bathrooms!"

In the best of conditions, it takes around 2 hours to get from one side of the park to another. Any organization that depends on one employee to unlock doors in a park like that is fucked up beyond belief and everybody involved needs to be sacked.; 2/24/25, 9:04 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: the 1st time in history the American president votes against America with Putin and Kim un and belarus as the never will be leader of free world.nd Macron reaches out ,grabs trumps arm as he is lying about the payments to UKRAINE to fund the war and Trump gets caught in the lie and tries to repair itt by lying again.. He is n enemy asset. Voting against America for tyranny and dictators with Putin and the other murderers is a shout out to the rest of the world that this guy is compromised and a real danger to our democracy and who signed the disatrous trade deals? the orange man himself,,tal about losing your mind,,,who would ever sign such a thing,,,oh wait a minute,the perfect trade deal..What a hump the righties thought would fix things..COGNITIVE DECLINE ah yeah! Macron mde trump look foolish and thats pretty easy to do..Where the heck is Elon when you need him,,; 2/24/25, 9:17 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: You have two liars ,one a chronic cognitively impaired telling more lies about meetings and plans and at this stage its hard to tell whose lying more,but with the American president now for first time in history ,voting with Russia,north Korea against the American stance we know if the boss speaks (Putin) then the world listens. Vladimir Putin Dumps Cold Water on Trump’s Bragging About Ukraine
Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin need to get their story straight, because they’re both telling different tales about negotiations to end Russia’s violent incursion into Ukraine.
Trump bragged Monday about working with Putin while recapping his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and other G7 leaders about next steps to deescalate the war in Ukraine.
“I am in serious discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia concerning the ending of the War, and also major Economic Development transactions which will take place between the United States and Russia,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Talks are proceeding very well!”
But, surprise, surprise, it seems Putin is on an entirely different page.
During remarks on Russian state television Monday, Putin said he had yet to have any detailed talks with Trump about ending the conflict in Ukraine, according to the Associated Press.
The autocrat added that Russian and American negotiating teams hadn’t discussed ending the war, either, during a meeting in Saudi Arabia last week.
So, which is it, “serious discussions” or conversations lacking in details? The muddled answers could suggest something is awry in negotiations, if one can even call Trump’s endless capacity for caving to Putin’s every demand a negotiation. Republican spines have dissolved in to Russian cheerleaders behind their compromised King..My God madge,,WTF happened to these people..Macron tols trump he is being played by the guy who lied in 2014 about peace and the peanut gallery asked today how the fuk do you trust Putin to keep his word,,Trump just drools....sad and on live TV; 2/24/25, 9:30 PM
lonejustice said...: In 1973, when I was an undergraduate in college, my best older brother introduced me to a southern rock band named Lynard Skynard, a southern Florida rock band I had never heard about before. I fell in love with the band. They were named after a PE instructor they hated because of his criticism of their long hair. I have all of their albums. Unfortunately, most of the main band members were killed in a plane crash in 1977. I normally do not like covers, but here is one by Shine Down which I do like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgFQ6WmxdMs; 2/24/25, 9:50 PM
Iman said...: “Sad news about Clint Hill’s passing. He was Jackie Kennedy’s Secret Service agent.”

Say… wasn’t there speculation that he was JFK’s “wingman”?; 2/24/25, 10:14 PM
gadfly said...: Iman:

JFK's "wingman" was lobbyist Bill Thompson. He arranged an affair between hooker Ellen Rometsch and Kennedy. She was later suspected of being an East German spy.; 2/25/25, 12:26 AM
gadfly said...: Dan Bongino took over some of Rush Limbaugh's time slots carried by Cumulus Radio while Clay Travis and Buck Sexton inherited the EIB Network shows sponsored through Premiere Broadcasting. So our Secret Service man who never ran anything will move on to become Assistant to Patel at the FBI who also never ran anything - but they both hate the FBI.

So I suppose that Clay & Buck show will now have the EIB timeslot on all stations.; 2/25/25, 1:02 AM
effinayright said...: gadfly said: "So I suppose that Clay & Buck show will now have the EIB timeslot on all stations."

Oh sure. The FBI will force all radio stations to carry C & B
24 hrs a day.

Don't you ever tire of offering nothing but an endless stream of fatuity here?

btw: when did your champions Barack or Biden "run anything"?; 2/25/25, 3:29 AM
rehajm said...: The evidence suggests the carpet bombing with vindictive and lawfare isn’t very effective this go round. Looks like all they have now. Joy, what do you think? Whoopi? Jim…Jim?; 2/25/25, 5:30 AM
Jaq said...: I see a "call to action" has gone out, and our regular confederacy of dunces has shown up with their desperation talking points.

Too bad. Trump ran on ending the war in Ukraine, he's doing it. It's not "treason" to do what the American people sent him to the White House to do. It's not "treason" to change course when the last President was so famously unpopular and set the country on a path to world war. Treason would be to continue on that path against the will of the people, you know "waste deep in the big muddy," and have the president say to march on; that would be treason.; 2/25/25, 5:41 AM
Jaq said...: I was in Vero Beach the other day and read the local newspaper, and there was a story, not on-line, about a lady who was kicked ut of her AirBnB two days into a one month stay in the Philippines for "violating community standards," and they canceled her account and refused to return the money. They refused to tell her why, although it had nothing to do with her stay, and the story never really explained why, except for a quote from the lady at the end where she said "I am going to be more careful about what I say on on-line platforms."; 2/25/25, 5:47 AM
Kakistocracy said...: Tesla Sales Fall 45% in Europe as Rivals’ EV Registrations Soar ~ Bloomberg

What is worrying for Tesla is no longer Europe, but China. There sales are falling by 15% annualized and the decline is worsening with each passing week. In the most competitive market in the world, which accounts for 60% of global EV sales, Tesla is now 4th in the ranking, behind BYD, Xpeng and Li Auto. Xiaomi is about to unseat him and, surely, will do so in a couple of months.

Tesla has a very limited product line, its assisted driving software is not comparable and is an important extra. Its division for selling batteries for energy backup is in decline in the face of unbeatable competition from BYD, which is a manufacturer as opposed to a mere reseller like Tesla. Its sale of emission rights will suffer competition from Chinese manufacturers, who have such rights to spare.

Makes their P/E ratio of x160 look positively daft.

It is inevitable that in a few months the stock will fall precipitously.; 2/25/25, 6:05 AM
Jaq said...: Joe Biden said that he believed that there was nothing that America couldn't do. That was magical thinking by a senile old man, we can't produce enough weapons to win the war in Ukraine in a way that wouldn't quickly escalate into WW3, especially given the manpower shortages that Ukraine is facing, and the fact that the West has no interest in sending its own sons to die in a war that, at the end of the day, and like Obama famously said, is not a core interest for us, but is for Russia. One sure sign that Ukraine is running out of soldiers is the propaganda coming out of Kiev that Russia is sending wounded soldiers on crutches into battle. Well, the pace of Russian advance is accelerating, and apparently they are doing this with donkeys, golf carts, and now soldiers on crutches.

The whole purpose of this propaganda is to pretend that we are *this close* to winning this thing, and Trump is throwing away the victory, when in fact, the West is out of weapons to send, and Ukraine is out of soldiers to fight.

We could give Zelensky nuclear capable Tomahawk cruise missiles that can reach Moscow, he asked for that, no way that would start WW3! but we can't give him the 100,000 troops he says he needs. The war is over, but the history of war says that the very last thing that the losing side runs out of is delusion.

Europe wants no negotiated settlement, they want Ukraine to flat out lose the war, because they need Russia to be scary in order to keep the US in Europe. If the US and Russia come to a mutual understanding for a stable peace in Europe, this is a dagger to the heart for the kleptocrats who have control of state power in Europe.; 2/25/25, 6:06 AM
gilbar said...: so, just to recap..
Federal Employees are SO OVERWORKED, that they DON'T HAVE TIME to reply to emails

Federal Employees have SO MUCH FREE TIME, that they can:
climb mountains, and hang protest flags..
produce protest videos
hack the company TV system, and show videos

interesting; 2/25/25, 6:20 AM
Enigma said...: @gilbar: The original Musk email strongly resembled phishing or spam, and employees were instructed to send it to OPM. OPM handles the hiring platform USAJobs, job descriptions, and personnel records, but does not manage any employee in any other agency.

Of the greatest concern, OPM failed to safeguard federal security clearance records in 2015 -- allowing China to harvest upwards of 20M ultra sensitive personnel files. Those affected now receive lifetime credit monitoring for free.

SEVERAL TRUMP APPOINTED CABINET MEMBERS including Gabbard, Patel, Rubio, and Hegseth apparently instructed employees to ignore the OPM email.

I'm with James Carvill on this one:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5162267-james-carville-elon-musk-doge-democratic-party/; 2/25/25, 6:30 AM
Enigma said...: @gilbar: Extensive pushback on the email from many sources, including many Republicans. Now the response is "voluntary" per OPM:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5161948-trump-musk-opm-email-backlash/; 2/25/25, 6:40 AM
Rusty said...: I want what Dinky is on. Just not as much as he's had.; 2/25/25, 6:52 AM
Leland said...: It rots the brain, Rusty.; 2/25/25, 7:06 AM
planetgeo said...: Yup. Now that they've been fired by DOGE from their day jobs, looks like all of Soros's plucky little resistance fighters have reassembled here on the Althouse blog to make their last stand on the night shift. Even Igna has come out of mourning to join Dinky, Kakastory, gadmosquito, etc.; 2/25/25, 7:37 AM
boatbuilder said...: "It is inevitable that in a few months the stock will fall precipitously."

Same guy who told us that X would fail and Musk would be bankrupt.

You and Cramer should team up to let everyone know what's not going to happen in the financial world.; 2/25/25, 7:44 AM
Jaq said...: "I want what Dinky is on."

Kind of reminds me of a joke from that movie Reality Bites: "What is being that stupid like? Is it like being high all the time?"; 2/25/25, 8:08 AM
rhhardin said...: The sinister thing about Trump's fascism is that it's entertaining, and Trump is enjoying himself. Seminar on Marx.; 2/25/25, 8:12 AM
Eva Marie said...: In the photo of the Hegseth meeting with the Saudis there is again that selection of fruit in a bowl. I thought that was cheesecake in the photo with Netanyahu but it’s actually a shallow bowl with fruit. That same bowl of fruit shows up in a photo of Lloyd Austin in a meeting at that same table. I’ve never seen that in other official photos of meetings with dignitaries. I asked Groc why that would be a staple at Pentagon meetings. Groc said it might be to make the Pentagon photos look less militaristic, more friendly. Maybe it’s some sort of tradition at the Pentagon?; 2/25/25, 8:32 AM
Eva Marie said...: A small shallow bowl is called a pinch bowl or a blate. (I think); 2/25/25, 8:42 AM
Lazarus said...: VPN has convinced the internet that me and my computer are in Europe. I get all kinds of notices from the EU and have to forever be deciding whether I want to accept or reject cookies. So, if i write that Friedrich Merz is a Schwachkopf should I expect my front door to be busted down by Staatsicherheit?; 2/25/25, 9:53 AM
Lazarus said...: Whenever I read about Secret Service agent Clint Hill, a John Malkevich voice in my head says "I see you standing over the body of another dead president ..."; 2/25/25, 9:55 AM
Iman said...: “So, if i write that Friedrich Merz is a Schwachkopf should I expect my front door to be busted down by Staatsicherheit?”

Your first clue should’ve been the “Be Mein” valentine you received from Herr Hitler a couple of weeks ago; 2/25/25, 10:12 AM
john mosby said...: Eva Marie, ref the fruit bowl:

Almost everyone can eat fruit, whether you are keeping kosher, halal, Hindu, vegan, gluten free, etc. No need to look at the ingredients label - it’s an apple.

Also might be a way to plug healthy-eating programs for soldiers/sailors/airmen/marines/spacemen/etc.

JSM; 2/25/25, 10:18 AM
Saint Croix said...: The funniest thing about 007 is that he hated the Beatles.

You are an old, old man!

In real life Pussy Galore and 007 have arguments about the Beatles and she leaves him to go fuck Paul. Or, possibly, Ringo. Also he is sending her child support payments.

What a generation gap! Doesn't like the Beatles.

007 vs. the Fab Four; 2/25/25, 10:26 AM
Drago said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/25/25, 12:39 PM
Jersey Fled said...: Even funnier, Saint Croix, is that Pussy Galore actually worked for me.

Some background from Grok:

“Charles Engelhard Jr. (February 15, 1917 – March 2, 1971) was a fascinating figure—an American businessman, philanthropist, and metals magnate who left a significant mark on both industry and culture. He was born into wealth in New Jersey, the son of a German immigrant who had built a successful business in precious metals. After his father’s death in 1950, Charles took the reins of the family company, Engelhard Industries, and turned it into a global powerhouse.
He had a knack for business, particularly in the refining and trading of precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum. Under his leadership, Engelhard Industries became a leader in the industry, supplying materials for everything from jewelry to industrial catalysts. One of his shrewdest moves was capitalizing on South Africa’s vast mineral wealth. He established connections there and built a fortune by controlling a significant chunk of the global platinum market. His influence was so outsized that some believe he inspired the character of Auric Goldfinger in Ian Fleming’s James Bond novel—Fleming reportedly met Engelhard at a party and was intrigued by his larger-than-life persona and gold obsession.
Engelhard wasn’t just about profit, though. He was a big player in philanthropy, especially in New Jersey, where he funded libraries, hospitals, and universities. He also had a passion for horse racing—owning a stable of thoroughbreds and winning prestigious races like the Kentucky Derby through his wife’s horse, Nijinsky II. Politically, he leaned Democratic, supporting figures like Lyndon B. Johnson, which gave him some sway in Washington circles.
His personal life was colorful too. Married to Jane Reiss in 1947, he had five daughters and lived a life of luxury, splitting time between his estate in Far Hills, New Jersey, and other properties around the world. He was known for his charisma, sharp mind, and a certain ruthlessness in business that earned him both admirers and rivals.
He died relatively young at 54, in 1971, from a heart attack while in Boca Raton, Florida. His legacy lived on through his company—which eventually evolved into parts of modern corporations like BASF—and his family’s continued influence. Engelhard was a classic mid-20th-century tycoon: ambitious, connected, and a little larger than life.”

Charlie was long gone by the time I joined Engelhard, but the story was that a certain young lady that worked for me was Charlie’s regular travel companion. She was in her sixties when I knew her, but still a very attractive woman, and no she wasn’t a pilot.

What gave credence to the story was that Charlie’s widow Jane always stopped by to chat with her when she came by the office.; 2/25/25, 12:41 PM
Drago said...: LLR-democratical Rich: "It is inevitable that in a few months the stock will fall precipitously."

LOL

Boatbuilder: "Same guy who told us that X would fail and Musk would be bankrupt.

You and Cramer should team up to let everyone know what's not going to happen in the financial world."

So true boatbuilder.

A generalized stock market selloff and tesla customers deferring next purchases to catch the new models/model refreshes is presented as some sort of problem by the lefty little brains and elon haters over at Bloomberg.

LLR-democratical Rich just keeps recycling the same BS year after year after year thinking readers wont remember his prior disatrously failed predictions and that if he predicts gloom and doom every single year for tesla and all of Musk's companies at some point he has to be right!

Spoiler: He won't be. Again. As always. He's still batting 0.0000 in the Prediction League.

Meanwhile, here's what actual investors are looking at coming out of Tesla over the next 2 years:

• New Model Y
• $29K Compact
• RWD Cybertruck
• Unsupervised FSD
• Megapack Factories
• Lithium Refinery
• Cybercab
• Robotaxi Network
• Roadster
• Model S Refresh
• New Proper X SUV
• Semi
• Robovan
• Optimus

I wonder what folks are saying on X?

X.

Remember X?

Richie told us 2 years ago X was dead. He even told us it was i evitable.
Richie also told us kamala had the election in the bag...that it was inevitable!

So much "inevitablity" that turned out to be quite...not.; 2/25/25, 12:46 PM
effinayright said...: Kaka said:

It is inevitable that in a few months the stock [Tesla] will fall precipitously."
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Then you should have no problem selling the stock short----right???

And report your colossal gains to us---right?; 2/25/25, 4:14 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: Another RED STATE whining about cuts gonna kill their education and jobs and what they dont realize is trump no longer needs them so he'll try and do MEDICAID AND OTHER THINGS THAT DONT MATTER TO HIM,,HES LOADED. Georgia,Kentucky ,now Oklahoma all whining to their reps as the RED states take more subsidies from government then Blue states and where they gonna get their meal ticket if trump cuts em off at the feet.,,wait for the tariffs,these people will be living in MEXICO as they 'll have no where to go without jobs or aid..Sometimes you do get what you deserve..Karma is a bitch...; 2/25/25, 4:15 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: Bull crap Whose gonna enforce it? You cant FUK with the King He aint listening to no old judge ,just send it to court it will go to trial long after he is gone ,,a monster has been created and Righties are fine with it..Long love rerisen King George A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to dole out millions of dollars to multiple nonprofits groups, determining the Trump administration violated the terms of a temporary restraining order issued two weeks ago regarding freezing foreign aid.
Judge Amir Ali, a Biden-era appointee, excoriated Trump administration attorneys during a lengthy hearing on Tuesday over its failure to pay the groups for work they conducted prior to President Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order, which froze all foreign aid for 90 days. Ali also signed an order to enforce a temporary restraining order he signed on Feb. 13, ruling the groups must be paid by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. Yeah Good liuck with that the guy doesnt pay anything,,,ask E JEAN or Rudy or all the contractors he has stiffed.He aint paying nothing..Get used to it..; 2/25/25, 4:26 PM