The Supreme Court is at it again and prepare for more crying from the Left.

Elon Musk is making a splash at Twitter.

And just when you thought the fuel shortage, the supply chain issues and inflation couldn’t get worse – surprise!

 

Busy Bees 

The Supreme Court is at it again. Be prepared for more howls of agony and despair.

• In a ruling yesterday, the Supreme Court put a stay on Trump needing to give his tax records until there is further review.
  • There will be more debate on November 10.
  • The Justice Department and Congress want to see his tax records but their reasoning is rather blurry.
  • I think that’s why the Supreme Court said, “Whoa!”
  • This is a harassment by the Justice Department and Congress.
  • I don’t know what’s going to happen when Congress is taken over by Republicans.
• The Supreme Court is also listening to arguments over affirmative action.
  • Listening to the questions, it sounds like it is going to be banned.
  • Seth Waxman, who is defending affirmative action, keeps arguing with the Justices, which is pissing them off.
  • Some of the questions:
    • Samuel Alito asked: “I still haven’t heard any explanation for the disparity between the personal scores that are given to Asians.”
    • Waxman admitted race was decisive “for some highly qualified applicants,” just like “being… an oboe player in a year in which the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra needs an oboe player.”
    • Which Roberts remarked: “We did not fight a civil war about oboe players. We did fight a civil war to eliminate racial discrimination.”
    • Clarence Thomas asked what the definition of diversity is. He didn’t get an answer.

 

Gnashing of Teeth

The drama with Elon Musk taking over Twitter, the drama continues.

• Musk fired Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and legal affairs and policy chief Vijaya Gadde.
• Elon will be interim CEO or Chief Twit.
• He still plans to fire 75% of the staff. He has ordered lists from managers and directors.
• He is creating groups made to defeat spam bots and content advisors.
• Nothing has been done with the algorithm.
• Though he has not yet allowed Trump back on, he has said he never wants to suspend anyone permanently.
• He will continue to follow all federal and international laws and regulations.
• Musk has indicated he sees Twitter as a foundation for creating a “super app” that offers everything from money transfers to shopping and ride-hailing.
• He plans to take the company public in a few years.
• He has plans to charge $20 a month to verify user accounts. This is a great idea.

The employees threw a fit at the thought that most of them were getting fired. In their genius, they decided to write Musk and the soon-to-be-canned board/ This thing is hysterical so I have to read it:

Staff, Elon Musk, and Board of Directors:

We, the undersigned Twitter workers, believe the public conversation is in jeopardy.

Elon Musk’s plan to lay off 75% of Twitter workers will hurt Twitter’s ability to serve the public conversation. A threat of this magnitude is reckless, undermines our users’ and customers’ trust in our platform, and is a transparent act of worker intimidation.

Twitter has significant effects on societies and communities across the globe. As we speak, Twitter is helping to uplift independent journalism in Ukraine and Iran, as well as powering social movements around the world.

A threat to workers at Twitter is a threat to Twitter’s future. These threats have an impact on us as workers and demonstrate a fundamental disconnect with the realities of operating Twitter. They threaten our livelihoods, access to essential healthcare, and the ability for visa holders to stay in the country they work in. We cannot do our work in an environment of constant harassment and threats. Without our work, there is no Twitter.

We, the workers at Twitter, will not be intimidated. We recommit to supporting the communities, organizations, and businesses who rely on Twitter. We will not stop serving the public conversation.

We call on Twitter management and Elon Musk to cease these negligent layoff threats. As workers, we deserve concrete commitments so we can continue to preserve the integrity of our platform.

We demand of current and future leadership:

Respect: We demand leadership to respect the platform and the workers who maintain it by committing to preserving the current headcount.

Safety: We demand that leadership does not discriminate against workers on the basis of their race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or political beliefs. We also demand safety for workers on visas, who will be forced to leave the country they work in if they are laid off.

Protection: We demand Elon Musk explicitly commit to preserve our benefits, those both listed in the merger agreement and not (e.g. remote work). We demand leadership to establish and ensure fair severance policies for all workers before and after any change in ownership.

Dignity: We demand transparent, prompt and thoughtful communication around our working conditions. We demand to be treated with dignity, and to not be treated as mere pawns in a game played by billionaires.

Sincerely,

Twitter workers

I hope they signed it with their names. That way he will know who to fire.

The media and the Left (but I repeat myself) have been flipping out.

• Yahoo News reported that the use of the n-word has gone up 400%. Another source said the use of the n-word has gone up 500%
  • There are no actual stats.
  • There are no examples.
  • Sounds like BS.
  • Most people, when they accuse someone, post it.
  • I also want to point out Elon has been there for two days. He hasn’t made any changes yet because he hasn’t had a chance.
  • Musk himself pointed this out.
• Another said that anti-Semitism was on the rise. Yeah, whatever.
• The media got duped.
  • Two men walked away from the Twitter building carrying boxes.
  • The media thought they were fired employees and they interviewed them.
  • These guys came up with stories about what they did with Twitter.
  • Turns out they were trolls.

This whole thing is going to be so fun.

Democrats are trying to do what they are trying to do with Trump. Harass him into submission.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday saying that the acquisition must be investigated because Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal had purchased his stake in Twitter. Mind you, no one said a word when he actually bought it which was way before Musk purchased Twitter.

He wrote:

“I write to draw your attention to potential national security concerns arising from the recently completed takeover of Twitter, Inc. by Elon Musk and a number of private investors.

“​​Setting aside the vast stores of data that Twitter has collected on American citizens, any potential that Twitter’s foreign ownership will result in increased censorship, misinformation, or political violence is a grave national security concern.

“Saudi Arabia is one of the most repressive countries in the world, with little to no tolerance for free expression. Importantly, the Saudi government has demonstrated a willingness to enforce their restrictive approach to dissent outside the Kingdom’s borders—illustrated most tragically by the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.”

Here’s what is scaring the crap out of Democrats and the Left.

• Musk is a free speech guy and uses Twitter. He does not appreciate all the censorship that has been happening on Twitter and that he bought it to create a free speech platform.
  • Twitter will still moderate.
  • But news stories that were suppressed before will be allowed now.
• The government was able to control some information before.
  • Both Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey admit working with the government.
  • Facebook and Instagram have special E-mail boxes for government input.
  • The above came out and now the government is using non-profits to proxy their input.
  • Musk doesn’t want this.
• A bigger fear might be that Musk is going to be successful.
  • The company has not made money since its inception.
  • If he starts making money, other companies may lose subscribers.
  • Those companies then may follow Twitters path.
• Finally, if Twitter is successful and other companies start to follow, this will kill the mainstream media.

.https://nichegamer.com/twitter-staff-open-letter-elon-musk-warning-demands/
https://news.yahoo.com/n-word-twitter-jumped-almost-122043804.html?ncid=twitter_yahoonewst_sjwumo1bpf4
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/elon-musk-completes-44-bln-acquisition-twitter-2022-10-28/
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/democrats-capitol-hill-set-sights-elon-musks-twitter-acquisition

 

Tragedy

There were two tragedies this weekend.

• In Seoul, South Korea, 146 were killed and 150 were injured during a Halloween street party. The crowds gathered on a narrow street and started pushing up on each other. Most of the victims were small women.
• In Morbi, India, a bridge collapsed killing, at least, 120 people. The bridge is a foot bridge that was built by the British in the 1th century. Recovery efforts are still ongoing.
• At the Los Angeles International Airport, four became ill, one gravely, due to a carbon dioxide leak. This has just happened and there will be more later.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-146-people-dead-150-injured-after-being-crushed-in-large-halloween-party-reportIn Seoul
https://www.dailywire.com/news/80-dead-after-bridge-from-19th-century-collapses-sending-hundreds-plummeting-into-river

 

It Could Get Worse?

Just when you thought that things couldn’t get any worse. I actually had to look this story up to make sure it was true.

Fuel supply company Mansfield Energy warned on Tuesday that the northeastern and southeastern United States are poised for diesel shortages. The supply could run out as soon as a month in that area. This is probably a big victory for the Biden administration because diesel is the dirtiest, and was the cheapest, form of fuel. The problem is trucks and other large transport vehicles depend on diesel.

But that’s not the only problem. The rail union is still planning to strike. They want more from that sweet deal the government offered them last month.

What does this mean? More supply change issues and more inflation.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/energy-company-warns-of-diesel-shortages-in-multiple-parts-of-the-country