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One of the books that influenced my thinking the most was The Accidental Guerilla by David Kilcullen where he posits that economic disadvantage drove a lot of people to insurgency. This article supports that. Worth a read!

Yes, humans do compete for resources.

Not the same thing.

Go on?


Elon's in the files asking Epstein about "wild parties" and then doesn't seem to care about all this. Easy to draw a conclusion here.

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As far as I can tell from the reporting:

* They exchanged various emails between 2012 and 2014 about Elon visiting the island

* They made plans for Elon to visit the island

* We don't know if Elon actually followed through on those plans and he denies it

I think it's premature to say he didn't go, and the latest batches of emails directly contradict the claim he wasn't ever invited.

See https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/epstein-files-show-elon-musk...


Unless I'm mistaken reading this, it looks like they never set a date and this this is the prior conversation to him trying to invite himself over and being told no. I don't see any plans in this article, just Epstein saying he'll send a heli and then never setting a date or making actual plans. I feel like if there's no evidence he went, Elon denies it, and Elon was a big supporter of releasing the files then it would probably be premature to suggest he went.

> In a December 2013 email, Musk again wrote to Epstein saying, “Christmas and New Year’s, will be in the BVI /St Bart’s area over the holidays. Is there a good time to visit?”

> “I will send heli for you,” Epstein responded, with Musk writing back, “Thanks.”

> In a follow-up email on Dec. 25, Musk said, “Actually, I could fly back early on the 3rd. We will be in St Bart’s.” He asked if he and Riley should head to the island the day before.

> CNBC hasn’t confirmed whether Musk ever visited the Island, though Musk has denied ever traveling there.

> Musk didn’t respond to a request for comment.

To me “I will send heli for you” does not mean "being told no".


Elon is literally in the files, talking about going to the island. It's documented

Who knows who did what on this island, and I hope we'll figure it out. But in the meantime, going to this island or/and being friend with Epstein doesn't automatically make someone a pedo or rapist.

No, but they all knew he was a pedo/rapist, and were still friends with him and went to the island of a pedo/rapist, and introduced the pedo/rapist to their friends...

We don't know how many were pedo/rapists, but we know all of them liked to socialize with one and trade favours and spread his influence.


As part of the irrational mob that is out to find the witch, you are just being too rational. Down vote!

It's odd to be so prim about someone who is notorious for irrational trolling for the sake of mob entertainment.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk...


Ignoring mountains of circumstantial evidence isn't rational either.

Yes yes such a complex situation and so hard to tell whether the guy with the pedo non-con site wanted to go to the pedo non-con island.

Neither does your wife divorcing you at about the same time things started to go through legal process...

Oops... yeah, in retrospect it was even worse... no... you can and should be judged by the friends you keep and hang-out with... The same ones who seem to be circling the wagons with innocuous statements or attempts to find other scapegoats (DARVO)... hmm, what was that quote again:

"We must all hang together or we will all hang separately"


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Obama is not in the flight logs and there is no evidence he was ever on the island.

Elon Musk has his own planes, he would not have needed a ride had Epstein invited him. Recently released emails also show people (like commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, who asserted at great length last year that he hadn't had any contact with Epstein since meeting him in 2005) arranging to visit Epstein at his island and taking their own yacht over there.

He was only going to the island to get rid of bots on Twitter. Just like OJ spent the rest of his life looking for the real killer.

It's timestamped like 2013, I think. Years before he bought Twitter (yes, I know you're joking)

He was planning way ahead, like a real genius.

Oh wow! Guy who's current project depends on AI being good is talking about AI being good.

Interesting.


The people working for Palantir are collaborators.


In no way is this "towards" anyone.


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? in the second video and others you can see the car never hit him ...


https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/experts-analyze-new-v...

>Johnson said his biggest takeaway from the video was a crunching sound he heard immediately before the gunshots, which he believes is the sound of the SUV hitting the ICE agent.

>"That data point for me shows that there was contact made with the agent, who is now in reasonable fear, who could clearly articulate being hit with an SUV as reasonable fear of great bodily harm or death. And then the shots were fired," said Johnson.


Doesn't contradict what I said at all.

You think she was aiming at this chump?


ICE agents should be tried in the Hague.


The Hague Invasion Act will put a stop to that pretty easily.


When these companies run out of VC hype money, what's the actual cost of running 10-20 instances of this at all times, going to be?


And when everyone is hooked on it and ot becomes $2k a month who will pay and who will be locked out.

Like SAS licenses


I thought this title was a reference to this David Bowie/NIN song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3cERVRoQo


Congrats to them! Unions are the reason we have (had) an 8 hour day.


And weekends.


And vacations.


And all the major American legacy car companies filing bankruptcy through the years and becoming completely uncompetitive. Welcome to your soon do you come greedy unionion reps That will ensure high performers will leave for better pastures and low to average performers will stay and benefit from collective bargaining,. Unions always increase friction and company politics and stunts growth. Growth is what is key to success of any company and its workers.


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