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@PatriotBroad @Yantastic Maybe. Grok says she's a she.

@_aStarshipStory @Yantastic That’s a guy.

Psycho woman rips license plate off my Tesla in NYC. Please make her famous. I have additional face shot videos in the thread. I never thought this would happen to me. Caught on Tesla dashcam today (July 6) around 5:18pm in the Lower East Side. She walked straight up to my parked white Tesla at 171 E Broadway, tore the plate straight off, then casually walked away… and later strolled right back past the spot like nothing happened. Complete psychopath. @elonmusk @WholeMarsBlog @SawyerMerritt @libsoftiktok @CollinRugg @TaraBull @ray4tesla @Teslarati #Tesla #Teslacam #TeslaVandal #NYC #model3

@JohnDoe56070532 @altcap Good point.

@_aStarshipStory @altcap About as good as your prospects of winning an election.

Dear America,   Starting today, on the 250th birthday of our country, millions of children will now benefit from a new & powerful American birthright - a privately owned investment account from birth. Every child a shareholder in the great American economy! American capitalism is the greatest prosperity-creating engine the world has ever known. It has unlocked unprecedented abundance for our country and untold life-advancing innovation. From clean food & water to cars & planes to vaccines & cures to computers & phones.  Through depressions & world wars, through panics & pandemics, betting on America has been the best investment in human history.  But far too many hardworking families feel like they are on the outside looking in - like the American Dream has become out of reach.  The Invest America Act changes all that. Signed into law by President Trump it establishes the Trump Accounts - launching today - making every child a shareholder from birth.  Every account seeded with $1000 in America's best companies - making every child a direct participant in our stock markets & American capitalism.   But it doesn’t stop there.  Representing the best of our civic traditions, an unprecedented outpouring of additional private  contributions into these accounts is already underway. Billions of dollars have been committed by philanthropists & corporations to tens of millions of children across the country. A new form of massive, direct philanthropy & corporate benefits directly to America’s kids is just getting started. From adopting all the kids of a school or organization to a city or state.  America is the most giving country in the history of the world - and Trump Accounts provide a new open source platform to enable anybody to contribute to anybody.   Trillions of dollars will compound in these accounts over the next 20 years.    But this is about more than just figures on an account statement. By investing in the next generation, our country is providing tangible opportunities to all future generations of Americans: an education, a first home, the ability to start a business, and the foundation for a lifetime of savings. Trump Accounts provide hope to those feeling hopeless - unlocking unlimited human potential. Trump Accounts do this through a massive public - private partnership that empower the individual not the state.  They double down on free market capitalist democracy by empowering the individual rather than growing dependency on government.  Aligning citizens with capitalism rather than pitting them against it.  Perhaps of equal importance, let us not lose sight of the fact that this is a movement that unites our country. Despite the many issues that divide us, this one big idea brings everyone together. From the most conservative to the most progressive leaders, we have found people of goodwill willing to step up and do the right thing to help the next generation.  Trump Accounts represent the very best of our democracy and the American promise issued two hundred and fifty years ago today. I am grateful to all those who have partnered with us to get this far and we dedicate our tireless efforts to make certain that the Invest America Act achieves its maximum potential.  Let us advance into the future with a renewed sense of confidence, optimism and restored faith in the American Dream for EVERY American.    Happy 250th Birthday, America! Brad Gerstner July 4, 2026 @TrumpAccounts @InvestAmerica24 @WhiteHouse @MichaelDell

@JohnDoe56070532 @altcap So how are those anger management classes coming along? Still using rude words for others?

@_aStarshipStory @altcap The discussion was about trump accounts idiot.

@JohnDoe56070532 @altcap Nope, never said anything about Trump except I'm glad to see millions of kids getting SpaceX stock. Why are you focusing on Trump, of all people! Does he live in your head rent-free? You got bad TDS or something? Sheesh. Lighten up.

@_aStarshipStory @altcap So you're against socialist trump accounts but like that musk said he might donate shares. There are probably a lot of ways musk could donate to kids without the socialist trump accounts.

@JohnDoe56070532 @altcap No, of course not. I'm a Libertarian and don't particularly care for ANYTHING the two old parties do. But when Elon donates a few million shares directly to American kids, I'm VERY happy.

@_aStarshipStory @altcap Were you happy when Biden tried to give people student loan forgiveness?

@JohnDoe56070532 @altcap Yep. Ain't that wonderful?! I see that Elon Musk's SpaceX is contributing a share of its stock to millions of kids. Other companies too. There's no need to be a curmudgeon about the good fortune of others.

@altcap For the most part this is going to give 18 year old a few thousand dollars that they'll blow on whatever 18yr olds waste money on.

@TonyForLP Yep, it was early 2000's, some husband/wife team tried to make the penguin our mascot. No idea why. But I did score a pair of can coolies ("Beer Colders" we call them) at the 2004 national convention. When leftists guests ask for a coolie, I give them one of these. Tee hee.

I really wish Liberty Penguin would catch on.

Here’s the tale of how a Mars “government” could run. It’s what Eddie Willers builds in Las Vegas after John Galt has destroyed the world. The town runs exclusively on one idea: “You have the inalienable right to live your life your way without interference, provided you respect the rights and property of others.” Free PDF: atlassnubbed.com/AtlasSnubbedBo…. Recommended, longer, not-free version where Eddie and Galt meet: amazon.com/Atlas-Snubbed-…

Looks like Mars won't be a democracy after all

We'd need more than rebranding! Speaking as an immediate past member of the National LP Judicial committee, the first thing we should do is to amend the Bylaws to eliminate Robert's Rules of Order. In my experience, virtually all the wrangling in the hearings and behind the scenes is a contest to see who can find the most obscure reference to justify their view. Such wrangling calls to mind the Monty Python skit about the People’s Front of Judea vs. the People’s Judean Front vs. the Judean Popular People’s Front vs. the Popular Front of Judea. There are numerous other formal rules of order that do not have the inherent problems in RONR. Without the crutch of the needlessly-over-detailed RONR, common sense would more-likely prevail. For more suggestions for improving the LP, refer to my censored opinion in Martin v. LNC, lpedia.org/wiki/Special:R….

Hey @TuckerCarlson A new party will be ridiculously hard to start. Help take over the Libertarian Party and rebrand it. The LP already has infrastructure and ballot access. It’s a mess right now, but much easier and less expensive than starting from scratch.

@DivesTech @Wedbush So long, and thanks for all the fish.

After 8 years at @Wedbush I am leaving the firm this week. I have truly enjoyed my time at Wedbush and proud of all we accomplished as a great tech franchise with awesome people across the board. Looking ahead, I am so excited about the next chapter and will update everyone soon

@Kristof_Poland What happened next? What happened to Eddie, Dagny, the Worker? amazon.com/Atlas-Snubbed-…

Animal Farm by George Orwell, in short: 1. Old Major, the fattest pig on the farm, delivers a sermon about "liberation." He has never missed a meal in his life – but he is the most envious of the Man – the producer, the entrepreneur… 2. “Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy” – the ideology is manufactured from the start, designed not to free the animals but to direct their resentment away from the pigs and toward a useful target. Every revolution needs an enemy. The pigs chose the farmer. 3. The revolution’s commandments were never a constitution. They were a management tool – sacred enough to motivate, vague enough to rewrite, and controlled from the beginning by the only ones who could read – the pigs. 4. Boxer the horse, the most honest creature on the farm, decent, loyal yet naive, totally devoted, responds to every setback with the same answer: “I will work harder!” He means it completely. He works himself half to death. It is the most heartbreaking sentence in the book – because the new system is perfectly designed to absorb exactly that kind of devotion and give nothing back. When he finally collapses from exhaustion, he is sold to the knacker. For cash. The pigs buy more whisky with the proceeds. The other animals are told he died in a hospital receiving the best care. The most useful animal on the farm is the one who never once suspects he is the product. 5. The commandments get rewritten at night not because power corrupted the revolution – the rewriting was always the plan. Language was the weapon from the first speech Old Major ever gave. 6. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” – this is not the system’s failure. It is the system’s true face, finally visible once the animals are too exhausted and confused to object. 7. Orwell’s message: the lie came first. And the "liberation" it promised delivered something far worse than what came before – because the fattest pig was merely selfish at the start, but by the end is selfish and fluent in the language of "justice." He took all the eggs. He took everything. And made the hens thank him for it. The fattest pig knew what he was doing all along…

@multiplanet1 Here's some flash fiction with the same theme: aStarshipStory.com/TooLateToMatte…

A young SpaceX employee asked Elon what happens if they fail to reach Mars in his lifetime. The room was full of engineers and the question landed heavier than anyone expected. It was a simple question but it cut to the core of everything SpaceX exists for. The entire company, every late night, every exploded prototype, every engineer who missed their kid's birthday for a launch window, it all points at Mars. What if it doesn't happen in time? Elon paused. He said that the goal was never for him personally to walk on Mars. The goal was to build the infrastructure that makes it inevitable. That even if he dies before the first crew lands, the system he built would carry the mission forward without him. He said the rockets, the factories, the team, the culture, all of it is designed to outlast any single person. Including him. Especially him. Then he said something that reportedly moved people in the room. He said that if he thought success depended on him being alive, he would have already failed. The whole point is building something that doesn't need its founder to keep going. He compared it to a cathedral. The architects of medieval cathedrals knew they would die before the building was finished. They designed it anyway. They poured their life into something they would never see completed because the completion wasn't the point. The commitment was. SpaceX is his cathedral. He may never set foot on Mars. But the road between here and there will exist because he refused to accept that nobody was building it. The most ambitious man alive has already made peace with the possibility that his greatest achievement might happen after he's gone. That's not failure. That's faith in something bigger than yourself.

Yep, my mom collected them. As a little kid in the 50’s, I used to like going through their catalog and dream. And I remember the Green Stamps song from the Soupy Sales show in Philly. Song and lyrics NOT on the web! Here's what I remember (and I can sing it too!)... How do I get me a Cadillac car? Green Stamps. Green Stamps. How do I get me a Cadillac car? Fill up the Green Stamps book I hope these stamps are clean My tongue is turning green But I get more value when I buy Green Stamps Than I ever got before I get Green Stamps with charcoal too Green Stamps. Green Stamps. And I don’t even own a barbecue Fill up the Green Stamps book. I hope these stamps are clean My tongue is turning green But I get more value when I buy Green Stamps Head to the Green Stamps store! Let me ask my big brother to see if he remembers more. Alan Sherman did a Green Stamps song too, but I don’t remember it. That one IS on the web. youtube.com/watch?v=5LXl-T…

You're old, but are you S&H Green Stamps old? I kind of miss these, actually. My parents got me a globe with their S&H Green Stamps!

@AndyLapsa They're the same picture.

omg if this isn't an amazing picture idk what is

@PADemParty Hallmark thanks you kindly for this post. Ka-CHING!

Happy Father’s Day to all of our Pennsylvania dads across the Commonwealth! We appreciate you, we see you, and we hope you enjoy your day!

@TonyForLP Quoting John Gorka... I'm from New Jersey It's like Ohio But even more so Imagine that. youtube.com/watch?v=RAU1Gh…

They have the best chili to serve on top of spaghetti.

Not quite. Yes, if it's a critical disengagement, you'd have your 5 seconds to hit the button and tell the tale. But virtually all my disengagements are due to picayune personal preferences--i.e., the "Other" category--and of no value to improving the software. And I do use FSD a LOT, so I'm not just talking out my butt here. Save my marriage! Let me just disengage for no reason!

@_aStarshipStory @ChuckCook @elonmusk But it's very important and useful to give feedback each time we disengage. That's how we teach and improve the system.

Destination precision is definitely my biggest reason for disengagements these days. Navigation preferences are the second most common. Nav need to take inputs from overriding blinkers or even offer up alternative routes along the way.