November 13, 2026

"A $9,000 leather moto is not the outerwear of a man faithfully going home to his wife and kids after a long day of architecting the AI revolution."

"That’s a man in a midlife crisis with an active Raya profile and a Harley in the garage. If someone had consulted me years ago, I’d have said Huang is clearly someone who drinks wine with his mistress in the middle of the day. (The Times uncovered a 2023 photo of Jensen appearing to do exactly that at a luncheon in Shanghai with Alice.)"

I'm reading "17 Ways to Think About Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Mess" (New York Magazine)(gift link).

Lots more at the link, but what's Raya? Here's a Reddit discussion of it, where the top comment is: "I always assumed Raya was for ultra wealthy and ulta hot people, its for nhl players and people like that. So i have been told." But the next-best-rated comment is: "Most people use it for networking and professional connections. It's not set up like a regular dating app where you can see people based on your location, so it will show you people all over the world.... The common misconception is that it has all sorts of famous people on there, but that's not entirely true. There are plenty of 'normal' people, and those are the ones who tend to be the most active users."

116 comments:

Dave Begley said...

The knives are out for Jensen. Heard an employee on CNBC whining and crying about how Jensen was so mean to staff.

Ingrate.

Jensen made them all rich.

But the guy did say that NVDA is the cheapest it has been in 15 years. I'm buying today!

rhhardin said...

I missed my midlife crisis.

RideSpaceMountain said...

"someone who drinks wine with his mistress in the middle of the day."

Chas didn't intend to make that sound appealing, but damn it must feel good to be a gangsta.

OnwardandUpward said...

Who wants 17 ways to think about Jensen, a jerk? Seriously? The apres moi deluge for Nvidia/Musk is what is interesting.

bagoh20 said...

I love how something that's a fantastic, thrilling experience that you thought was behind you is called a "crisis". It's the opposite of that. When women do it, they make feel good movies about it and call it what it is. I'm with rh - I miss mine, and could go for another right now.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

With 60 direct reports to the CEO Nvidia had a much different structure than most corporations. That and no succession plan for the man who founded the company in 1993 means a period of confusion during a turbulent time for tech. There’s undoubtedly more for investigative journalism if one has the will to seek answers.

Huang’s appearance before Congress will not be a good venue for fact-finding.

Lucien said...

Personally I’d rather drink French 75’s with my mistress over a late breakfast (shakshuka?).

John henry said...

Huang, lest we forget, founded the company and is the 5th largest shareholder in Nvidia. Owns about 3.5% (About $133BN) of it though much is in family trusts and his wife co-owns much of it.

So does he still get a seat on the board?

OTOH, Elon Musk is building the world's largest, by a lot, chipmaking facility called Terafab (not gigafab). He has hinted that he may offer Huang a job.

Getting Terafab up and running requires a pretty unique skilset. Can we expect to see Huang at SpaceXSI?

How much, if any, of his $133BN will he pull out of Nvidia and put into SpaceXSI?

John Henry

The Vault Dweller said...

If a leather jacket does this to a man, what does a short skirt or a tiny workout-shorts in the butt crack do to a woman?

bagoh20 said...

Further proof that Elon Musk just does things better than most. He can do whatever he wants however he wants. I guess he's living a full-life crisis.

Peachy+2 said...

Ha. yes. I thought this type of behavior (celebrated by the left when women do it) was celebrated by the left.

His proximity to Trump makes the difference, doesn't it.
That said - my red line is Chinese Spy. That's a big no-no.
(tho is that even a fact?) I don't trust MSM.(D) on anything.

RideSpaceMountain said...

"When women do it, they make feel good movies about it and call it what it is."

How Stella Got Her $9000 Leather Moto Back.

bagoh20 said...

He could get that jacket for $150 and have money left over for a vasectomy and mid-day wine.

John henry said...

So you drink wine with your mistress at lunch? When else are you going to do it?

Your wife expects you home in the evenings.

What is the problem, they wine at lunch or the mistress? I agree that day drinking is not good for an executive. But at least it is wine not martinis or scotch.

John Henry

bagoh20 said...

I'd do the Chinese spy, but feed her bad intel, among other things. And why limit it to just one? A half hour later, and you're hungry again.

John henry said...

That reminds me of the 50 when someone (Pepsi?) wound up with the rights to import Smirnoff but nobody drank vodka at the time. Not only that but lots of hating on Russia as well.

They promoted day drinking of vodka on the basis that "It leaves you breathless!" and "It takes your breath away!"

You could drink all you wanted, and nobody could tell. They just thought you were stupid, not drunk.

Even better than Heniken's Scotch. "Goes down smooth and afterward you don't even smell."

John Henry

bagoh20 said...

Part of my mid-life crisis would be playing a 007 type character ruining Chinese technology with bad info delivered through honey pots. I'd get a car with machine guns in the front that can turn into a submarine. I'd go with nice fitted 1960's suits instead of the leather.

Dave Begley said...

I haven't seen any reporting on this, but does Jensen have a covenant not to compete?

If not and he gets hired by Elon, that's a big deal.

Caroline said...

Love these “dog bites man” stories. Breaking news: rich and powerful man behaves in the way of rich, powerful men since the beginning of time. Women exploit beauty and sex to gain power over rich, powerful man. Only in this crazy age, 5(r Chinese honeypot can wait for 20 years and claim that huang raped her, and put him in jail.
For some reason I am drawn to read Arthurian stories right now. Craving a return to chivalry, when chastity was a virtue for men and a necessity for women, who were in turn revered and protected. Mastering your passions can only be done as a component of the spiritual life.

Bob Boyd said...

What will Dems taking control of Texas mean for Elon's projects in that state?

rehajm said...

…it’s odd to me how some affairs like Clinton and JFK are generously tolerated by the public (or downright celebrated) but these nerds getting some afternoon delight are met with such derision by that same public. I wonder why that is?

Paul Zrimsek said...

Raya sounds like an updated version of Who's Who: a scheme to make money by selling ordinary people the chance to pose as big shots.

Lazarus said...

I did notice a few familiar words in that word salad.

I wonder if Mike Brady told Carol he wouldn't be home for the rest of the week because of all the architecting he had to do.

Shouting Thomas said...

He’s rich, fit and handsome. The most attractive babes are ready and willing. There’s something to figure out here?

Lazarus said...

Jensen Huang, we barely knew ye.

Raya con Dios, you sex-crazed S.O.B.

rehajm said...

…I figured Ann would we posting We-have-to-Russell-Brand this guy stories by now. Perhaps they feel the story hasn’t completely saturated the constituency yet?

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

The leather jacket is a signal to Chinese spies that the wearer is open for business.

I can't believe Huang has been more faithful to his black leather jacket than to his wife, who introduced him to the idea of wearing one.

Shouting Thomas said...

“I wonder why that is?”

Nobody’s bitching about Dylan amassing a $1 billion fortune either.

Old and slow said...

Jensen does not have a non compete agreement. No one ever considered that the board would be stupid enough to fire the founder who had spent 30 years building one of the greatest companies on earth. If he were to join SpaceXai,I imagine many of his employees would follow. Most of them are already very wealthy and really don't need the money they are earning at Nvidia.

n.n said...

Correlation is not causation. That said, #NoJudgment #NoLabels #Whatever. Let us bray.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

OK who just made $200mn shorting Nvidia ahead of Jensxit? ~ Alphaville
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/a6254d1f-3f6e-4985-97a8-330aa7a99ab3

Also...The knives are out @ the White House. Bessent blames Lutnick’s commerce department for failure to blacklist Megaspeed. The dream team in action! 🍿🍿

Leslie Graves said...

When I started paying attention to this last week and saw the leather jacket, I had the same reaction. Namely, if I were in the market for a nice older very wealthy gentleman, and I was scanning my environment looking for nice older very wealthy gentlemen to sidle up next to in the hopes of getting something started, I would sidle up to the guy with the expensive leather jacket.

Peachy+2 said...

Bagoh "I'd get a car with machine guns on the front"
A dream of mine.

Gusty Winds said...

Jensen Huang created one of the biggest companies in the world, and created the AI revolution. People who don't use it, fear it, and don't realize it's value. Google, META, Amazon, and Microsoft CapEx commitments are a combined $720 to $740 BILLION dollars. Good luck stopping that.

Those companies obviously see the value in the AI buildout.

rehajm said...

…Haha Leslie. So the old guy leather jacket is the fashion statement that says ‘open for business, golddiggers’. The male equivalent of the Monica Lewinsky exposed thong or the fmp-s at the steak house bar on a Tuesday…

Peachy+2 said...

IUD(d) - No worries. Your party is in bed with the Chi Coms $$$ - they will know what to do.

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Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

The real question surrounding Huang’s fall is not his indiscretions, but whether he provided material assistance to a foreign adversary and whether Trump, knowing this since 2025, failed to act to protect the American people because he himself had received some form of compensation. That is what needs to be uncovered, and Democrats should remember that there may even be a few Republicans who still care about national security—maybe.

Gusty Winds said...

Basically if you are anti-AI, you are 1) willing to pay premium prices on almost everything rather than support increased productivity output and 2) against the best shot we have to cure cancer and many other diseases.

Bob Boyd said...

Jensen is the Fonzie of Big Tech. If a server goes down he just bangs on it with his fist and it starts working again.

n.n said...

A midlife crisis? Where's the empathetic support?

rehajm said...

“Jensen is the Fonzie of Big Tech”

Aaaaaaaaaaayyy!

narciso said...

This is a travesty of a mockery of a sham

Gusty Winds said...

It has not been officially confirmed Alice Huang is a Chinese spy. Odds are she is, so let's say she is. Maybe the CIA should recruit Sydney Sweeney.

If the China tried to compromise the CEO of Nvidia, what does that tell you about the value China places on the AI buildout? It's to China's advantage to get the dumbed down American population fearful of AI. It'a a race they want to win, and the know they are behind the United States.

Big Mike said...

“rhhardin said...

I missed my midlife crisis.”

Me too. Spending on my sons’ college tuition was a better use of my cash than spending on it on a mistress.

Peachy+2 said...

"Jensen is the Fonzie of Big Tech."
lol. (brings to mind shark jumping, over spy infested waters.)

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

“𝘏𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘜𝘚 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢’𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘜𝘚 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴.”

Huang’s argument seems to be that selling Nvidia products to China serves U.S. interests by keeping our greatest technology rival dependent on American technology.

That’s a bit like Volkswagen arguing that selling cars in China serves Germany’s interests by keeping its greatest automotive rival dependent on German technology.

Except there’s a rather obvious distinction between maintaining commercial access to a market and strengthening a strategic competitor.

I’m not sure Huang has made that case.

And if Chinese demand is supposedly so unimportant to Nvidia’s business, why is Huang making such a concerted effort to preserve access to that market? Well, I don’t know…

Gusty Winds said...

The PPI (Producer Price Index) just came in at 6.5%. Ai has the potential to lower the PPI by increasing productivity and decreasing production costs.

n.n said...

Polyamory. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. #NoJudgment #NoLabels #LoveTrumpsHate #HateLovesAbortion

Single processor multitasking is so yesteryear.

Vive la sexual revolution! LOL 😆 🤣

Aggie said...

The questions not being asked are the ones that are front and center, in my mind: What becomes of Nvidia with its founder, creative genius, and chief innovator gone? This appears to be the consensus of Huang and his role, there. What comes next? The market seems to be saying, 'oh noes', as the company is turned over to the faceless executive leadership team. Is Nvidia now to be nibbled to death, by ducks?

Interested Bystander said...

When you're a master of the universe you get certain privileges.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Microsoft reports progress in reviving email and other services during a global outage ~ AP

This is the adult equivalent of a snow day

Nothing left for any office worker to do but write linkedin posts about what the great Microsoft outage of 2026 taught them about resilience and adaptability.

n.n said...

Anthropogenic intelligence. Anthropogenic indulgence. Go hand in... uh, ✋.

n.n said...

The discussion at Shreddit is emphatic.

RCOCEAN II said...

You'd have to know more about Huang to know if the 9 thousand jacket meant anything. He could been addicted to expensive clothes, cars, etc. before he met the Chinese spy. CF: Veblens Theory of conspicious consumption.

John henry said...

If he just wore a nice suit, who would remember him? Just another businessman in a nice suit among millions.

You know who else branded himself like this? Anyone remember an asshole in a mock turtleneck who crashed my hard drive 25 years ago? (Yeah, I'm still pissed at Apple)

Huang's brand is a leather jacket. Jobs' brand was a black mock turtleneck shirt. He looked more like a pretentious asshole in that than Huang does in his leather jacket.

John Henry

RideSpaceMountain said...

"What will Dems taking control of Texas mean for Elon's projects in that state?"

They intend to bring his flights of fantasy back down to earth. From Ad Astra, Per Ardua to Ad Terram, Per Imperitiam.

John henry said...

How come IEE gets to use fancy fonts in contravention of our Hostess' ban?

Why do they think they are so special?

Why do you let them, Ann?

John Henry

chickelit said...

Thought you weren’t making a tag. lol Sucker

Aggie said...

Microsoft 365: 'You will own nothing, and be happy (to pay lifelong our subscriptions)'

Mary Beth said...

"How come IEE gets to use fancy fonts in contravention of our Hostess' ban?"

I questioned this a while back. Why are there rules if the rules aren't enforced?

˙ɹǝʇʇɐɯɹoɟ ʎʇɹɐd-pɹƐ ɐ ǝsn plnoɔ ǝʍ ɟᴉ ʍouʞ oʇ pǝʇuɐʍ I

Is it okay to do if we do it in a way that can't leave open tags?

I never got an answer. My solution was to stop reading IEE's comments.

rehajm said...

“Spending on my sons’ college tuition was a better use of my cash than spending on it on a mistress”

…speaking for myself and economic challenges aside- I have my hands full with just the one….

rehajm said...

“I questioned this a while back. Why are there rules if the rules aren't enforced?”

…the only standards are double standards. It’s bad faith. Remember back in the Biden administration with all of leftie Congress and staffs spent all day hunting for posts on social media for Google and X to take down? What’s old will soon be new again…

NKP said...

Bob Boyd ased, "What will Dems taking control of Texas mean for Elon's projects in that state?"

First of all, the newly "elected" office-holders have neither hats nor cattle.

Elon and his near-peers who moved to Texas for the business climate, along with those in the oil patch have both.

The BIG question is whether the moronic talkers who've taken the reins can learn to walk.

A light hand will fuel the Lone Star State's economic powerhouse and improve the lives of Texans and all Americans.

OR, they can regulate and tax the living shit out of the Golden Geese. A state income tax could grow government at a wet-dream level. I do not expect them to choose wisely.

n.n said...

DEI... social progress: one step forward, three steps backward.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

John Henry writes: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘐𝘌𝘌 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘴' 𝘣𝘢𝘯?

https://lingojam.com/ItalicTextGenerator
This tool converts regular text into Unicode italic characters that you can copy and paste directly into comments. Gospace linked to it a while back.

The advantage is that it uses actual Unicode characters rather than formatting tags, so you don’t run into the problems that can occur when formatting with HTML-style italics or bold tags such as improperly closed tags or formatting that unintentionally carries over into the rest of a comment.

One small distinction: Unicode italic characters aren't technically the same as applying italics through a text editor. They're separate characters that have italic-looking glyphs. That's why they avoid the tag-formatting problems that Althouse often mentions and discourages.

Skeptical Voter said...

Adam Carolla had the best take on why Huang had a mistress or several mistresses. Huang could be called a tech nerd. In high school all the pretty girls wanted the quarterback or the prom klng. Nerds were left out in the romantic cold. OTOH when you are 50 years old and a tech billionaire, all the young girls and hotties of any age are pursuing you! Hard to ignore what's in the sexual candy store saying "buy me buy me".

Aggie said...

Coffee & Covid this morning:
'... Huang wasn’t taken out by the chip sales claims, which have never been formally made. They aren’t sure if the mistress is a spy. The public reason is only the affairs. To be fair, they are multiplying like rabbits at a Cialis-sponsored yacht party. .....Huang’s resignation in the face of even three affairs remains confusing. Nobody’s alleging abuse. ...'

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

I am rebelling against this trend by wearing tweed.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Sure, Huang has displayed colossal hubris. Buts thats par for the course for these Masters of the Universe tech types .The much bigger issue is the fact that Lutnick's Commerce department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle NVIDIA's advanced H200 chips , several of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security. Jensen Huang was right in the center of this, being China's biggest and most powerful AI advocate/lobbyist in Washington. Hopefully the press will spend less time on Huang’s extracurricular activities and more on investigating the corruption at the heart of the US administration that has allowed this to happen.

Interested Bystander said...

" bagoh20 said...
Further proof that Elon Musk just does things better than most. He can do whatever he wants however he wants. I guess he's living a full-life crisis.

11/13/26, 8:43 AM "


The flying roadster says all you need to know about that.

loudogblog said...

I saw a documentary on YouTube that said explained how the classic, black, motorcycle jacket evolved from military attire.

I actually hear the word, Moto, a lot. Every time I restart my smartphone it says, "Hello, Moto."

loudogblog said...

I noticed that they've upgraded the web site to now say, "19 Ways to Think About Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Mess."

I've actually heard that there must be 50 ways to leave your lover.

Bob Boyd said...

According to my sources there is no truth to allegations that Huang was at that Cornell frat party, that he is soul mates with Lucy Doe or that he stole the leather jacket on his way out the door early the next morning.

narciso said...

But there only 7 in the song

Bob Boyd said...

'I'm Truly Sorry' by Buzz King

https://buzzking.bandcamp.com/track/im-truly-sorry

boatbuilder said...

If that $9000 leather jacket wasn't made to be sold to multi-billionaires, who was it made to be sold to?

Huang spending $9K for a leather jacket is sort of like me spending $125 on a new golf shirt (don't let my wife know!)

NKP said...

Women buy five figure leather handbags like hotcakes.

chickelit said...

Jensen Huang is just the lastest alpha male for women to bitch about. Never mind the hypocrisy.

Lazarus said...

There is a hilarious "Three's Company" video featuring Jensen Huang and his paramours:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAIE92N0zDo

This may be the end of Nvidia, America, and the Western World, but it's the making of Jensen Huang. I expect well-paid seminars and a talk show for him.

boatbuilder said...

New York Magazine:
"The impunity of the emperors’ carelessness and misdeeds coincided with a period in which they have become richer, louder, coarser, more visible, more Florida, and more right-wing."
These people are so tiresome.
There have been no "misdeeds" by Elon Musk. What the hell does Florida have to do with it? Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are hardly "right-wing."
There is nothing particularly earth shattering about a billionaire having affairs or mistresses, or living large. If this woman is a spy, that's a big problem, but spare us all the politically biased moralizing about "lifestyles."

boatbuilder said...

Actually I'm a cheap bastard and only buy golf shirts at the end of the season when they are half price. And I have a nice leather jacket that my wife bought me because she wants me to dress better.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

What Caroline said @8:56
The idea of a coming to a Jesus moment is lost. Or maybe he's keeping that private, since everything else in his life is now in public display. Or, a coming to Jesus moment, has now been revealed to be a farce all along. 'We Are Living in a Uniquely Stupid Age – Peter Boghossian' (via YouTube: The daily Heretic). I'm not going to make a link for this.

PM said...

Ok - bad boy.
Here in SF, you can hurt your neck noticing the Asian women.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Nvidia is beginning to resemble Watergate more with every headline. Teapot Dome also comes to mind, as cabinet officials and the president appear to be profiting from the withholding of information.

Kai Akker said...

--- The apres moi deluge for Nvidia/Musk is what is interesting. [OnwardandUpward]

Hard to know where this ends for Nvidia, but that is a broken company with major-league sales violations to deal with.

Musk's tone-deaf endorsement of Huang even in the face of the illegal tech-transfer chip sales is a foreshadowing of what could happen to him next. For a lot of CEOs, nation sovereignty is just an irritation -- an obstacle to be dealt with while pursuing every substantial market aggressively.

If the Dems ever get something on Elon that anybody cares about -- Huang's putative treason is a biggie -- Musk will have a lot of trouble getting out of his enemies' sights, I think. This spill for NVDA is not going to be unique to this guy and his company. Tech is ripe for a major setback; it is already hated by an enormous segment of the population. Hated for its success, its arrogance, and the frequently fascistic inclinations of its top practitioners. Take Bill Gates and take him away forever, is a popular strain of thinking.

Hassayamper said...

*****
Jensen Huang is just the lastest alpha male for women to bitch about.
*****

80% of the bitchers would jump in his bed at once, given the opportunity.

Caroline said...

Marlon Brando made the black moto cool in The Wild Ones. Then came Steve McQueen in The Great Escape. Definitely cool.

Hassayamper said...

*****
A state income tax could grow government at a wet-dream level. I do not expect them to choose wisely.
*****

A new income tax in Texas would destroy the Democrats in that state for a generation, I suspect.

If they choose wisely, it would be the first time for the party since Obama decided not to press for strict gun control when they had a solid trifecta in Washington.

Hassayamper said...

*****
“Spending on my sons’ college tuition was a better use of my cash than spending on it on a mistress”
*****

I am proud to the point of boastfulness that I got my kids through college with no debt. It is a horrific millstone around the necks of so many of their friends, especially those who would otherwise be marrying and starting families now. The benefits from all that crushing debt grow more inconsequential and ephemeral every year.

RideSpaceMountain said...

I want Jopling's leather motorcycle jacket in the worst way. It would be worth more than $9000 if it was the original.

BUMBLE BEE said...

Another win for Affordability!

hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...

Elon to Jensen! Come on over - You can still continue - just make them baby mama!!

hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...

Huang's putative treason is a biggie ....

Is it really treason? Or Logan violation? Or nothing

Are we going to build anti-Chinese-ism

john mosby said...

Caroline, the Arthurian stories are full of incest, adultery, rape by deception, and just plain fornication. The Rest Is History recently did a great series on them.

The myths do sort of reinforce proper values, though, as bad stuff winds up happening to all the sexual deviants. CC, JSM

john mosby said...

Lucien, I would rather fire French 75s with my mistress, just before going over the top. And after, iykwimaityd. She’d be wearing my dressing gown and poilu helmet (I’d be wearing my kepi so the men would recognize me). CC, JSM

hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...

Yes, giant offshore oil drilling platforms can be reengineered for space launches and rocket recoveries, though they require heavy structural modifications. Both private companies like SpaceX and U.S. government agencies are actively evaluating retired Gulf of Mexico oil rigs to solve terrestrial launch pad shortages.

Kai Akker said...

--- Is it really treason? Or Logan violation? Or nothing

Taiwan indicted a number of people, including an Nvidia official, for illegal tech transfer back in August. Trump sold his NVDA stock on Friday, Aug. 21, per reporting; the Taiwanese indictment was announced Monday, Aug. 24. Good timing for Trump's money managers, huh.

The US has also indicted people in the same sort of commerce, earlier.

They're all sleaze. Huang wanted Trump to give him broader leeway. But Huang knew generally, if not exactly, where his products were headed.

Charge him. If Trump colluded, the hell with him too. His sleazy side is getting too sickening even for this fan of his good side to bear. Maybe now he'll capitulate on all his "issues." He worries about his ratings and thinks that is good advice for Netanyahu. Trump blew one of the most extraordinary military and political advantages ever served up in a set of hostilities about which he claimed to care -- Iran, if it seems I am starting to wander, topically.

It seems too much like Reagan's second term, except Reagan never committed this kind of sleaze.

Say it ain't so, Donald. Let those Nvidia chips and products wreck Chinese software and applications. But if not, GTFOuttaH.

Earnest Prole said...

This guy met his wife in a college computer class back in something like 1983, when he was 17 and she was 19. From the nerdy pictures I’m guessing he was a virgin.

William said...

My mid life crisis started at puberty. Radical prostate surgery has been considerably helpful in my quest to grow old gracefully......The guy founded and developed a five trillion dollar company that might very well change the world. He did something other other chase after women. I would guess that he knew more about computer chips than chasing after women. He seems to have made some huge mistakes in that regard. Maybe Spitzer and/or Charlie Sheen had the right strategy in that regard. Porn stars are certainly better than Chinese spies or work subordinates. Probably more attractive too.......None of this make Lutnick and Trump good. The Dems have finally found a credible issue. They'll ride it to death..........

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Look Jensen, we were only kidding. OK?

US aviation regulator grounds all departing flights ~ FOX News

Fox News headline four days ago: "EXCLUSIVE: Trump's FAA touts new AI-powered tool helping thousands of passengers avoid flight delays"

EXCLUSIVE: Trump's FAA touts new AI-powered tool helping thousands of passengers avoid flight delays ~ FOX News

Inga said...

The number one issue with midterm voters was corruption of Trump, family and cronies, with good reason as it’s becoming more evident every day. More will come to light after Dems are sworn in in January. It’s going to be a wild ride, maybe the Trump cultists will be shaken down out of the Trump tree at long last. But who knows…

Inga said...

“New AI powered tool”… hmmm…

boatbuilder said...

Kai Akker: "Taiwan indicted a number of people, including an Nvidia official, for illegal tech transfer back in August. Trump sold his NVDA stock on Friday, Aug. 21, per reporting; the Taiwanese indictment was announced Monday, Aug. 24. Good timing for Trump's money managers, huh."

Per Google AI: "Including results for Did President Trump sell NVIDIA stock in August 2026?
Search only for Did President Trump sell NVDA stock in August 2026?

AI Overview
Yes, President Donald Trump sold between $500,001 and $1 million worth of NVIDIA (NVDA) stock on August 21, 2026, according to financial disclosure reports released in October 2026.

Yahoo Finance
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Key Details of the Disclosure
The Sale: Financial filings show a transaction on August 21, 2026, where NVDA shares were sold within the $500,001 to $1,000,000 range.

Corresponding Purchases: The same disclosure revealed that Trump's accounts also purchased NVIDIA shares multiple times during August 2026, with total purchases reaching up to approximately $1.6 million (including a purchase on August 17, 2026, valued between $500,001 and $1 million).

White House Response: The White House stated that independent third-party financial institutions manage President Trump's investment portfolio and execute all trades without his direct involvement or input. "

What you left out tells me a lot more about you than it does about President Trump. "Per reporting," my ass.

Joe Bar said...

Please do not look in my garage. There are at least 12 motorcycles and enough leather to cover three cows in there.

I do not drink wine.

Joe Bar said...

Back when I was cheating, my mistress and I only drank martinis and bourbon.

Joe Bar said...

I know some people who say they are on Raya. Not exactly A or B-Listers.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

This isn’t an infidelity story. It’s a national security story.

The Trump administration looked the other way while Jensen Huang pushed to sell advanced U.S. chips to Communist China, supposedly one of America’s adversaries.

Lutnick clearly bears responsibility, but I think Rubio does, too. As Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, he has a responsibility to ensure that someone whose relationships or business interests raise serious national security concerns isn’t given access to the president or allowed undue influence over policymaking.

Not Illinois Resident said...

Have a brother-in-law like this: "short man complex". Successful hyper straight-laced nerdish hedge-fund partner, SHORT, never been cool but always been overachiever, hits late middle-age, suddenly thinks he's "Bono" (the U2 front man, not Cher's ex husband, elec guitar garage band). Sudden faux hipster vibe, slicked back hair, jeans + black T + leather jacket, strolling the wild-side late at night downtown, family rumbles about possible separation and divorce as he moves to London for "work". Sound familiar?

Joe Bar said...

I hear Trump told Lutnick to shut it down at least three times. Why is Lutnick still Commerce Secretary?

Not Illinois Resident said...

My sister, BIL's semi-estranged wife, meanwhile renovated her face and lost 50 lbs. They semi-cohabit, mostly at holidays for benefit of the adult kids. Middle age struck these two hard. Financial success was a major contributing factor.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

And why is Trump publicly standing by him?

Amadeus 48 said...

Pity the poor 48 year old health director that Jensen entrapped. Why, she was just like a 20 year old White House intern. The poor (middle aged) girl! A true victim! She was deprived of her dewy illusions by a goatish tech billionaire. Edith Wharton could have turned this story into high-class chick fiction.

chickelit said...

“And why is Trump publicly standing by him?”

Presumption of innocence?
Your partisan lapses of basic civics should embarrass you.

Kai Akker said...

@ boatbuilder -- You're mad too, aren't you? But at the wrong target. I don't know about you, but I grew up in a US of A where standards were higher than they seem to be today.

If it's bad for a Democratic senator or congressman to trade on inside information, it's even worse if a Republican President were to do so. Those dates as my comment provided point with high probability to one thing, IMO.

So..... Reagan, Eisenhower, Coolidge, Lincoln.
Trump?

Caroline said...

@john mosby, I am listening to the rest is history ‘s Arthurian series. So yes, apparently lots of that going on. But what is also indisputably true is that the code of chivalry that developed created a cult of Mary, the Blessed mother, who served as the icon of feminine perfection, so they got that right. This devotion to Mary produced Europe’s gothic cathedrals, with their arches and lace like filigree made of stone that defies natural law, seemingly.

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