Evil Rich People

[JKLivin]

Exactly! He bitches and whines about how unfair it is…how much eggs and gas cost , while also saying “I could make lot more, but I LOVE teaching so much”.

Like every thing he says, I imagine he is full of shit. Living a meager existence and getting by. Regretting decisions he made along the way.

This is why he puts many of us (who work our balls off, take risks, GET SHIT DONE) in a negative light. He has to find a tiny little thing to feel good about. He wishes he had the intestinal fortitude to jump out and claim his place, but he can’t.

His failings aren’t his to own, somehow, YOU/THEY are to blame.

His pompous and arrogant quips are his way of clamoring for higher ground. If he is failing, he claims intellectual high ground.

That way, while you succeed, he still somehow wins.

It doesn’t make his personal situation better. But, if it makes YOU feel slightly less secure…he considers it a win!

TL:DR version- He is a douche bag

It is apparent that people who succeed in their career of choice are a trigger for those who couldn't cut it in their own and need to grasp for ways to feel good about the one they landed in by cutting others down.

Exactly. I apologize for being your trigger.
It wasn’t my intention.

Good one! Keep deflecting. The rest of these guys may buy it, but I see you.

[KUTradition]

GIGGLES!!

[Overlander]

It is apparent that people who succeed in their career of choice are a trigger for those who couldn't cut it in their own and need to grasp for ways to feel good about the one they landed in by cutting others down.

Exactly. I apologize for being your trigger.
It wasn’t my intention.

Good one! Keep deflecting. The rest of these guys may buy it, but I see you.

[TDub]

Exactly. I apologize for being your trigger.
It wasn’t my intention.

Good one! Keep deflecting. The rest of these guys may buy it, but I see you.

you can never ever go wrong with that song...
I haven't been following the drama, but I don't need to, winners circle song.

The blind stares of a million pairs of eyes, looking hard but won't realize, they'll never see.....The P.

[TDub]

can't hear that song without thinking of this song....since it's the next track, song 2 disc 2 all eyes on me album. I've listened to that album all the way thru so many times I can't begin to quantify it

[Overlander]

can't hear that song without thinking of this song....since it's the next track, song 2 disc 2 all eyes on me album. I've listened to that album all the way thru so many times I can't begin to quantify it

A couple of years of pent up regret and hate unleashed on a recording studio.

One of the best albums ever.

[Shirley]

'Where's the leadership?' Author slams Zuckerberg over ending Meta's fact-checking program

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices Tuesday, citing a shifting political and social landscape and a desire to embrace free speech. Professor and author Scott Galloway joins Morning Joe to discuss.



Just finished watching this. It reminds me why Prof G, Scott Galloway, has become the only individual I make any effort to follow, that I can think of. For someone with as many flaws as he had/has, he's a fountain of information from an economic perspective that's rare, too rare. imo

And he's even speaking to Psych.

[JKLivin]

'Where's the leadership?' Author slams Zuckerberg over ending Meta's fact-checking program

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices Tuesday, citing a shifting political and social landscape and a desire to embrace free speech. Professor and author Scott Galloway joins Morning Joe to discuss.



Just finished watching this. It reminds me why Prof G, Scott Galloway, has become the only individual I make any effort to follow, that I can think of. For someone with as many flaws as he had/has, he's a fountain of information from an economic perspective that's rare, too rare. imo

And he's even speaking to Psych.

Oh, goody. More liberal "intellectuals" functioning as self-appointed arbiters of truth, right, and good.

[KUTradition]

'Where's the leadership?' Author slams Zuckerberg over ending Meta's fact-checking program

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices Tuesday, citing a shifting political and social landscape and a desire to embrace free speech. Professor and author Scott Galloway joins Morning Joe to discuss.



Just finished watching this. It reminds me why Prof G, Scott Galloway, has become the only individual I make any effort to follow, that I can think of. For someone with as many flaws as he had/has, he's a fountain of information from an economic perspective that's rare, too rare. imo

And he's even speaking to Psych.

Oh, goody. More liberal "intellectuals" functioning as self-appointed arbiters of truth, right, and good.

nice projection…tell us again, with zero evidence, how the 2020 election was stolen



clown

[Shirley]

'Where's the leadership?' Author slams Zuckerberg over ending Meta's fact-checking program

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices Tuesday, citing a shifting political and social landscape and a desire to embrace free speech. Professor and author Scott Galloway joins Morning Joe to discuss.



Just finished watching this. It reminds me why Prof G, Scott Galloway, has become the only individual I make any effort to follow, that I can think of. For someone with as many flaws as he had/has, he's a fountain of information from an economic perspective that's rare, too rare. imo

And he's even speaking to Psych.

Oh, goody. More liberal "intellectuals" functioning as self-appointed arbiters of truth, right, and good.

Considering your casual relationship with reality and facts, you wouldn't know an "intellectual" if it fucked you in the ass like Trump is.

Too bad, because Prof G was partially talking to you. Not that you bothered to watch the video*.

*Full disclosure: I'm not likely to watch or read many of the links you post, because I come here to learn and you've regularly demonstrated you have no requirement for veracity.

[KUTradition]

'Where's the leadership?' Author slams Zuckerberg over ending Meta's fact-checking program

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices Tuesday, citing a shifting political and social landscape and a desire to embrace free speech. Professor and author Scott Galloway joins Morning Joe to discuss.



Just finished watching this. It reminds me why Prof G, Scott Galloway, has become the only individual I make any effort to follow, that I can think of. For someone with as many flaws as he had/has, he's a fountain of information from an economic perspective that's rare, too rare. imo

And he's even speaking to Psych.

Oh, goody. More liberal "intellectuals" functioning as self-appointed arbiters of truth, right, and good.

Considering your casual relationship with reality and facts, you wouldn't know an "intellectual" if it fucked you in the ass like Trump is.

Too bad, because Prof G was partially talking to you. Not that you bothered to watch the video*.

*Full disclosure: I'm not likely to watch or read many of the links you post, because I come here to learn and you've regularly demonstrated you have no requirement for veracity.

psycho provide links?



you must be new here

[japhy]

It's just water. Why don't these people get out of the way before they get run over?

Twenty miles outside Corpus Christi, Texas — an area so dry the local water company distributes shower timers at high school football games — the world’s richest man is nearly done building a lithium refinery that could require as much as 8 million gallons of water per day.

In a rare public update on the $1 billion project, Tesla Inc. in December said it was starting to test the ability to process lithium through the new factory. But the carmaker still doesn't have a contract for the water needed to operate the facility, presenting a hurdle for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s goal of turning lithium into chemical products used to make electric vehicle batteries.

The factory, where Tesla aspires to start production this year, is part of a broader effort by Musk to ease bottlenecks and build a more robust domestic supply chain of the critical raw material. It has also set off alarm bells among some in the small Texas town who are worried about having enough water to live on, let alone help supply a big factory.

In 2022, Tesla estimated it would need 400,000 gallons per day to run the lithium plant, rising to 800,000 gallons per day at peak usage. Two years later, a Tesla employee told a consulting firm, Raftelis, that the forecast has spiked to as high as 8 million gallons per day, according to South Texas Water Authority records obtained by Bloomberg News through a public records request.

In a rare public update on the $1 billion project, Tesla Inc. in December said it was starting to test the ability to process lithium through the new factory. But the carmaker still doesn't have a contract for the water needed to operate the facility, presenting a hurdle for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s goal of turning lithium into chemical products used to make electric vehicle batteries.

The factory, where Tesla aspires to start production this year, is part of a broader effort by Musk to ease bottlenecks and build a more robust domestic supply chain of the critical raw material. It has also set off alarm bells among some in the small Texas town who are worried about having enough water to live on, let alone help supply a big factory.

In 2022, Tesla estimated it would need 400,000 gallons per day to run the lithium plant, rising to 800,000 gallons per day at peak usage. Two years later, a Tesla employee told a consulting firm, Raftelis, that the forecast has spiked to as high as 8 million gallons per day, according to South Texas Water Authority records obtained by Bloomberg News through a public records request.

For Robstown, which had 3,804 households as of 2023, that would equate to about 1.1 million gallons a day. At the high-end estimate of 8 million gallons per day, Tesla would be using eight times Robstown’s average residential water use. That’s enough water to fill eight ten-foot-deep swimming pools that are nearly the size of a football field, according to the US Geological Survey.

It’s always been dry in this hot corner of South Texas best known for its beaches and energy exports — but there’s even less water to go around today than when Tesla first broke ground in May 2023. The area’s drought status was just upgraded to stage 3 — urgent — meaning turning off non-essential water use across facilities and parks and adding new restrictions on washing cars, watering lawns and operating decorative fountains.

“They’re telling us to take shorter showers and turn the faucet off when we’re brushing our teeth,” said Marie Lucio, a resident of the nearby Lost Creek neighborhood. The area already has frequent problems with water quality, including low pressure and a milky-like tint, and she’s worried the area’s aging water pipes won’t be able to keep up with new demand like the Tesla factory. “We’re not equipped to handle getting water to these industries.”

About a year into construction, Tesla’s plant manager Jason Bevan told a county judge that the company had “struggled to advance the discussion” on water agreements, an email obtained by Bloomberg News shows. “I’m at a stage now where we need to escalate the urgency around getting this agreement complete,” he wrote at the time. Tesla didn’t reply to a request for further comment.

Even without a water agreement, Tesla has plowed ahead. In true Musk fashion, the billionaire has pushed forward with building other infrastructure and held an event last month showcasing the plant for the community.

Musk is known for pushing back against regulations, often saying they slow projects down. And he now has a new political ally in President-elect Donald Trump, who has joined the Tesla CEO in railing against government regulation. Trump recently proclaimed that any person or company investing a billion dollars in a US project should receive expedited approvals and permits. Musk reposted the idea with an American flag emoji, a rocket ship emoji and three words: “This is awesome.”

One way he’s been able to expedite projects has been to build factories in Texas’ city buffer zones or unincorporated areas that have fewer rules and government oversight compared with bigger cities.

Musk’s Robstown site fits the bill. The factory sits on former farmland in an unincorporated portion of Nueces County in South Texas. The area is industrializing, with the Port of Corpus Christi and other companies buying up space in the area and driving up water needs.

Even at the lowest estimated demand, Tesla’s water needs are raising concerns for local residents. “It’s just upsetting that we still give water contracts out when we’re in such dire straits,” said Myra Alaniz, a Nueces County resident who lives just outside of Robstown.

Despite the complaints, local officials have made little public pushback.

The facility is expected to bring around 250 permanent jobs, with average salaries around $80,000 in an area where the average income is less than half that. To spur investment, county commissioners in 2022 voted to make the site a tax increment reinvestment zone, a designated area that bookmarks a portion of property taxes for redevelopment. The same year, the Robstown Independent School District passed its own tax abatement extension.

In December, South Texas Water Authority passed an infrastructure deal that will allow Nueces Water Supply to sell rights to the pipe Tesla will need to obtain water, which was one of the hold-ups for a water deal. In a meeting last month, Nueces Water Supply’s board authorized management to “take any and all actions necessary or convenient” to reach an agreement to provide Tesla with the water it needs.

Due to the lack of education in Texas, those $80K new hires may require H1B visas. Battery plants require water, water requires protection, and we need more batteries. But, it's times like these that I am glad that Texas is at the other end of the Rio Grande del Norte from me.

[JKLivin]

'Where's the leadership?' Author slams Zuckerberg over ending Meta's fact-checking program

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices Tuesday, citing a shifting political and social landscape and a desire to embrace free speech. Professor and author Scott Galloway joins Morning Joe to discuss.



Just finished watching this. It reminds me why Prof G, Scott Galloway, has become the only individual I make any effort to follow, that I can think of. For someone with as many flaws as he had/has, he's a fountain of information from an economic perspective that's rare, too rare. imo

And he's even speaking to Psych.

Oh, goody. More liberal "intellectuals" functioning as self-appointed arbiters of truth, right, and good.

Considering your casual relationship with reality and facts, you wouldn't know an "intellectual" if it fucked you in the ass like Trump is.

Too bad, because Prof G was partially talking to you. Not that you bothered to watch the video*.

*Full disclosure: I'm not likely to watch or read many of the links you post, because I come here to learn and you've regularly demonstrated you have no requirement for veracity.

I don’t watch videos, and I will sometimes read links people post, if I find the topic interesting, I generally don’t waste time posting links of my own because most people here share your attitude.

[Shirley]

[KUTradition]

Oh, goody. More liberal "intellectuals" functioning as self-appointed arbiters of truth, right, and good.

Considering your casual relationship with reality and facts, you wouldn't know an "intellectual" if it fucked you in the ass like Trump is.

Too bad, because Prof G was partially talking to you. Not that you bothered to watch the video*.

*Full disclosure: I'm not likely to watch or read many of the links you post, because I come here to learn and you've regularly demonstrated you have no requirement for veracity.

I don’t watch videos, and I will sometimes read links people post, if I find the topic interesting, I generally don’t waste time posting links of my own because most people here share your attitude.

disingenuous bullshit

[Shirley]

The richest man in the world promoting the ravings of a pos like Alex Jones. smfh

Which, of course, makes him a "conservative" Republican icon, and hero.

(While he steals us all blind. "Tax cuts, anyone? Government regulation, what's that?")

[BiggDick]

Billionaire bukkake.

[BiggDick]

[BiggDick]

"Zuckerberg praises benefits of 'Masculine Energy'"


(this sounds like a precursor to divorce headlines...)

[Shirley]