Sounds like the strike was significant, but not decisive. In particular, they can’t target the plant in Fordow.
If anything Israeli action reduces the likelihood of any deal and increases the possibility of the aytollahs quickly rebuilding nuclear infrastructure (article implies they have the capability) and going full nuclear.
I thought I don’t know any modern rock/metal hits because I stopped listening popular music around 2005 or so. I guess my assumption was wrong.
But I also think 90s and early 2000s were probably the peak for the American music industry in terms revenue as share of cultural spend and in broader significance.
That being said it was a different time, I think there are less “hits” in terms of broad listening these days in general.
Fascinating article, I would have never imagined a mosh pit could trigger smartwatch/smartphone emergency service alerts.
As a side note, when was the last big hit by Korn? I feel like it’s been at least 20 years.
That is very low.
YoY declines need to hit 60-70% or more. Even they 50% decline in European countries should be higher.
Even by the low standards of American oligarchy, Musk is a terrible individual.
For sure, I agree that US security services seem rather trigger happy and there are massive issues with propaganda in the US (far worse than in many other countries, perhaps even most countries).
Just sharing some thoughts.
I am not going make any predictions, but with the expansion of anti-regime protests, it seems that the situation is entering a new phase.
As the old saying goes, “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
While I agree that American security forces tend to have what I call “wannabe cowboy syndrome” (I have firsthand experiences when I was living and travelling to the US), I would also consider more base human reactions with respect to the attitude of the security services.
No one wants to be the one forced to do the dirty work and take the bulk of the risk. This is human nature. And at some point US security forces might question whether they want to take the heat for some oligarchs and other senior criminals.
I would also question the willingness of the US pro-oligarch plebs to actually engage in “war”. There is a lot of crazies (especially with the militia LARP that’s popular in the US), but the average pro-corruption American arguably has a very low tolerance for challenges. It’s one thing to talk big and another thing to well actually put your life on the line (engaging in “war” also means there is a solid chance you get hit).
Just some thoughts from someone who has loved in both the US and Ukraine (this were I currently live too).
There is no clear cut point.
These sort of things have a life of their own and it only becomes clear in retrospective.
In Ukraine that point was when the government started killing protesters during Maidan (Feb 2014), that’s when many people (who were generally strongly opposed to violence) started to believe that protestors fighting back was justified.
For me, as a Ukrainian, it’s surreal to read about this sort of news in the US.
I will note that Maidan protest against Yanukovich, the traitor and russian agent, accelerated in February 2014 (they had been going on since 2013) when Yanukovich tried to criminalise protest including specifically targeting covering your face.
At any rate, I have a feeling the situation in the US is entering a make or break phase. Good luck and courage to all sane Americans.
As someone who has lived in the US (and travelled extensively), but is not a US citizen, this is the kind of stuff that makes me believe that sane Americans are unfortunately incapable of getting their country back from the oligarchs and the racists.
If the Democrats were not corrupt and had balls (no sexism intended), they would be openly supporting the LA protests and trying to establish a Trump free zone in LA were Trump shills and lackeys would be interned and Trump “laws” would not be followed.
Unfortunately, most Americans are only good at talking about freedoms and most are too lazy and corrupt to actually follow through.
When did I or the poster I am refering to say the murder was justified?
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted.
People, read the article.
For a second there, I missed the sarcasm.
Is there some truth to what Tesla responded with? Very likely.
Where is the proof? Why didn’t Tesla sue Reuters if they are lying?
Factually speaking, it was considered not true, but he also didn’t fight it as they were threatening the existence of the company at a very difficult time so he settled with the SEC.
Conspiracy theory bullshit. Where is the proof?
I bring it up because it’s the same new manufacturing process as the 25k car. It’s a wholly new way to manufacture cars
Where is the proof other than corporate PR? Send me a BOM analysis based on current estimates (with details) and other relevant financial details. This is not a big ask, there are solid BOM analyses for many “leading edge” hardware products (I’ve done professional work on this, so I would know).
The point I am making is that I am not buying your “judicial roleplay” (pretending that this is a court of law with all the theatrics about the nature of proving something). Not to mention it’s pretty sophomoric of you to assume that unless a (US!) court rules on something, then we have to immediately defer to corporate PR copytext and we cannot make any analysis beyond that.
I’ve lived in the US. I know how badly Americans reflexively react to someone not buying into their local assumptions. So in a sense I understand you.
But that doesn’t mean I am going to buy into your bullshit.
The “muh MSM clickbait” is just American-style intellectual laziness on your part. Where is your proof for this?
Why doesn’t Musk sue them if they are lying?
So do you have insider information or not? If not, why bring up the cybercab or whatever? Are you saying you are the only one who knows about it and you’re claiming that Reuters ignored this info and just want to get clicks. Where is your proof for this?
Did Musk not lie about “deal accomplished”. Wasn’t this even proven in some US institution (SEC if I remember correctly?)?
Not that Microsoft is any better (they are a criminal oligarch organization), but they are not stupid!
I think this is all bullshit for market manipulation. “Lars” can say he has three dicks, that doesn’t make it so.
Musk is a known and confirmed liar (“deal secured”), it is reasonable to assume he has a level of commitment to dishonesty, especially considering he lives in the US, where criminality and dishonesty are broadly encouraged both at an institutional level and among wider society.
You bring all this cybercab and unboxed stuff, what makes you think you are more qualified to evaluate these points than Reuters?
Are you claiming you have insider info or are you just repeating various Tesla PR copytext?
As I am not a lawyer and I don’t support “wiggle” room judicial approaches when it comes to oligarchs (especially ones that have been caught lying in similar cases before - e.g. “funding acquired [with Saudi sovereign fund”).
What may happen in a few years is IMO irrelevant. We are discussing things as they stand now. It’s either cancelled or not with respect to short/medium term introduction.
As the old saying goes, in the long term, we are all dead.
I am no lawyer, but I think it possible to relatively easily prove whether the project is current or not. I mean “prove” in the real sense, i.e. any individual of sound mind would agree that it was actually cancelled and the attempts to bring in delays and so on are are malicious actions to avoid legal responsibility.
This is not a complex issue, either the project was cancelled or it wasn’t.
How is this even legal?
And this is not the first time Elmo has been engaged in market manipulation via premeditated misinformation campaigns.
I have no clue whether this approach would or would not work. I am assuming the question would be how many times you need to drop bombs on the same location to target the facilities.
I was just going the info in the article saying that haven’t touched Fordow.