POLITICS SCHMALITICS

[gehringer_2]

51 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

I had some hopes that Threads would take Twitter’s place, but I haven’t checked it out in some time 

I'm going to take a guess that Meta is going to soft pedal threads for a while to keep from adding to their anti-trust target cross-section.

[chasfh]

16 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Supply and demand. There will be a platform to replace twitter soon. If he starts charging everyone that will accelerate the process.

I wold think that everyone would move to Threads, which needs something like Musk doing something stupid like this to accelerate their growth.

[chasfh]

If this happens, I expect menu prices to increase and for tips to drop dramatically.

 

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

If this happens, I expect menu prices to increase and for tips to drop dramatically.

We do this in Oregon already. Tipping is still out of control.

[Tiger337]

On 9/19/2023 at 12:02 PM, chasfh said:

lol seriously mother**** this guy

4. 🐦 Musk says X will charge everyone

Elon Musk, holding one of his sons, talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in New York on Sunday. Photo: Turkish Presidency/AP Elon Musk said he's moving to require all users to pay a monthly fee to use his social media site X, formerly Twitter, Axios' Sara Fischer reports. Why it matters: The comments, which Musk made during a live-streamed event on X with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, come as the company struggles to regain trust with advertisers. Netanyahu brought up the large armies of bots that amplify hate speech. Musk replied: "The single most important reason we're moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the X system is it's the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots." Musk said adding a subscription would make it much more difficult for bots to create accounts, because each bot would need to register a new credit card. He added that the company plans to come out with "a lower tier pricing" than it currently charges X Premium subscribers — around $8 monthly. 🥊 Reality check: Musk has often teased new products or innovations, only to change course. Share this story.

LOL, good luck with that.  It's not worth paying for unless you are trying to build your brand.  I know I'm never paying for it.  I can live with getting my baseball news a few hours after everyone else.    

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

We do this in Oregon already. Tipping is still out of control.

Yeah, I figured. There’s definitely social pressure to tip at a high level. My buddy gives me the stink eye if I leave 20% or, god forbid, less.

[Edman85]

Senator Menendez getting indicted today...

[smr-nj]

Bob & his stupid ass wife should go to jail. and I don’t want to hear any bull**** like “well let’s see what happens during the trial“. He should resign today, and he and his idiot wife should shut their mouth, go to trial, and then go straight off to the orange jumpsuits. I’m sick of this ****.

[ewsieg]

This Menendez crap is BS.  This keeps up and before you know it no congressperson will be able to sell their power/votes to the highest bidder.  Isn't this America?  I thought this was America.

[chasfh]

Yes, shame on Democrats for thinking they can play that game, too ... 😉

[Jim Cowan]

Lol he sounds like every other crook:

"forces behind the scenes have repeatedly attempted to silence my voice"  

[oblong]

I didn't think the Biden DOJ went after democrats?

 

[Tigerbomb13]

“Two-tiered justice system!”

[MIguy]

I love how right wing media is trying their hardest to ignore that these indictments were handed down by the SDNY.  

[oblong]

What’s with all these democrats calling on him to resign?  Both parties are the same right?  So it should be called a witch hunt and attacks on agents and prosecutors. 

[pfife]

the senate weaponization committee should definitely investigate this and by investigate I obviously don't mean obstruct it

[antrat]

Yeah, I am so surprised.

Tucker

[CMRivdogs]

Presenting another quote from Real Men of Genius 

 

[gehringer_2]

4 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Presenting another quote from Real Men of Genius 

 

typical example of a pol accidentally telling the truth.

[chasfh]

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Edited September 24, 2023 by chasfh

[oblong]

 

[1984Echoes]

34 minutes ago, oblong said:

 

So damn cool...!

[smr-nj]

Cory Booker calls for Menendez to resign.

I am a very big Booker fan (as some of you know), and I actually sent him a message yesterday kind of imploring him to call for Menendez’s resignation.

 I MUST BE AN INFLUENCER! 😂😂

Anyway, am glad Cory B did this today.

[CMRivdogs]

More from the so called party of family values

Any contributions from the Billionaire Class. How about taxing bribes to congress critters and Supreme Court justices. I suggest the rate starts at 50%

 

Edited September 26, 2023 by CMRivdogs

[oblong]

Menendez is going to switch parties.  Just watch.

And the GOP will welcome him.