So "X" - nothing to see here. Elon's in control - Part XXX **Threadbans in OP**

TomTomTim

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118930519#Comment_118930519

He's on the Russian payroll

This is what people like you call a conspiracy theory or misinformation.

Boggles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118930962#Comment_118930962

Trump said the U.S. has a more powerful nuclear arsenal than Russia and that “people shouldn’t be pushing us around.”

He literally is a buffoon.

😕

timmyntc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118930519#Comment_118930519

He's on the Russian payroll, he probably would have started talking about putting US troops in Poland to stop people crossing the border.

Lol people still believing this shows how well propaganda works

All you have to do is keep spewing out the lies, and when the inevitable "debunking" or fact checking comes out to refute it, sure noone even pays attention!

timmyntc

Musks gambit will be interesting to see how it unfolds- at time of offer it was a ~30% premium on share price, unlikely that the stock will see that level in future. In addition Musk says he will sell all his shares if offer is rejected, so for shareholders its either a big payout now, or a big big loss in value after when share price collapses.

The Board of Twitter say they do not want to sell (Saudi Prince owns a large stake and came out publicly saying no deal), but if they fail to act in the shareholders interests they may be open to litigation should the deal fall through and share price tank.

conorhal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118930413#Comment_118930413

What a daft comment, when Putin made dire warnings that any incursion into Syrian territory that the Russians supporting Assad occupied, it would be considered an act of war, Trump bombed the crap out of an airbase and killed a couple of hundred Russian troops stationed there and Putin went crying to the UN about it like an impotent looser. He had no problem fronting up to 'Rocket Man' or Russian despots.

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118930988#Comment_118930988

You do know there's something called the Mueller report.

BruteStock

@Boggles

Lol@ at thinking any of us truly knows the full capability of the US military.. "But but Russia has more nukes doe" 🤦‍♂️

Boggles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118931167#Comment_118931167

You can't "win" a nuclear war. 🤭

Overheal

MAGA seems to agree this is all a big con

https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1514727930529779716?s=20&t=krWnJLTR46tc3YZ8DTosFA

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118930962#Comment_118930962

I somehow doubt Trump said any of that. He must have a decent press secretary. That seems too complacent and correct for him.

I do not believe it did one second anyway if he was still in power. Maybe all this time out will see him change but I doubt it somehow.

Snake Plisken

There is a Trump thread on here if you want to discuss your hatred of him lads! Stop trying to derail the thread

Overheal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118931315#Comment_118931315

Not exorable topics. The 2 persons are politically entangled; Musk also has hurt, partisan feelings about the current administration after he was snubbed from an internal combustion engine auto makers summit last year (Musk painted it as being targeted unfairly because he is a Union-Buster). Under the Trump admin, Musk enjoyed lots of special WH access. The topic of him buying Twitter and POTUS 45 are largely the same topic in a number of ways, especially as it relates to Trump being removed from the platform, and possibly restored to the platform in the future.

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-donald-trump-supporter-twitter-1697979

But I agree I don't know how it got to Russia and Nukes. What.

MadYaker

Who cares honestly. Twitter is cesspool and has been for years. If you're getting your news from it you should stop. It's almost as bad as Facebook.

MadYaker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118931439#Comment_118931439

Tesla builds electric cars exclusively. They don't build cars with ICEs so why would him not being invited be a snub?

Mullaghteelin

The biggest problem with Twitter is the importance the media, even our own media, and politicians attach to it. We don't need to be constantly told what is being said on Twitter, as if it had any relevance outside of the media bubble.

Twitter has amplified the loudest, most obsessed, most emotional voices, but not necessarily the most well imformed or educated. We get high profile names or "celebrities" commenting on things they know no absolutely nothing about, but their tweets are quoted because of their fame

Its ironic that the anti-Trump feelings are so strong, considering that Trump's presence on Twitter may have saved it from fading into obscurity in 2016.

Ah sure let's just wait until we are told what to fight about next.

Beasty

The topic is Elon Musk and Twitter. not Biden, not Trump

y0ssar1an22

fair play to musk. the best thing (or worrisome) is all the twitter staff were given a mental health day off work, that just sums up twitter right now. this says alot about the power of twitter.

based on the below, how can anyone not support musk?

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1514683079968931841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1514683079968931841%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geo.tv%2Flatest%2F411669-elon-musk-faces-off-with-saudi-prince-talal-over-twitter-sale

in response to:

https://twitter.com/Alwaleed_Talal/status/1514615956986757127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1514687491735011332%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geo.tv%2Flatest%2F411669-elon-musk-faces-off-with-saudi-prince-talal-over-twitter-sale

Overheal

Another shareholder group has increased their stake to over 10.3%, outpacing Musk's reported shares.

https://twitter.com/SmnWeekly/status/1514726114526117900?s=20&t=cRKqttjk3H7fgp1CMo9TIg

The Twitter board has taken steps to ensure a hostile takeover is unlikely to happen. Must would have to garner the popular support of other major shareholders to have a shot. The 'poison pill' lasts now through April 14, 2023, and lets current shareholders respond to a hostile takeover by buying more shares at a discount.

The Rights Plan is intended to enable all shareholders to realize the full value of their investment in Twitter. The Rights Plan will reduce the likelihood that any entity, person or group gains control of Twitter through open market accumulation without paying all shareholders an appropriate control premium or without providing the Board sufficient time to make informed judgments and take actions that are in the best interests of shareholders.

https://www.mediaite.com/tech/twitter-board-moves-to-block-elon-musk-takeover-with-poison-pill/

y0ssar1an22

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118932101#Comment_118932101

think vanguard are the biggest shareholder but musk is the biggest individual shareholder. vanguard represent millions of people's pensions, share portfolios and the like. think there's 2 other funds heavily involved as well.

i dont know a whole lot about this poison pill that is being spoken about, but it seems to be sell more shares to all existing shareholders bar 1. that surely cant be legal?

Overheal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118932115#Comment_118932115

It's US Wall Street, don't assume the common sense thing is going to be reflected in the law.

Jon Stewart did a whole podcast/episode about this recently, it's all very depressing.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118929186#Comment_118929186

You seem a bit confused between charities and governments. Charities don't get to set government policy. They just clean up the resulting mess.

How could any charity resolve the root causes of housing or drug abuse or third world hunger?

B.A._Baracus

Twitter can shi*e alright. Full of opinionated doucebags who love the sound of their own voice as they spill their bile. Being honest tho boards.ie is no better. Nearly a every thread decends in to madness and nothing more than 'I'm right and you're wrong'

Just the Internet huh. Scratch that, it's just people.

TomTomTim

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118931298#Comment_118931298

It's from a interview he did with Fox News, you're literally denying reality instead of doing what a decent person would do which is simply admitting that you were wrong.

TomTomTim

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118931074#Comment_118931074

The report that's main conclusion was that there was no collision with Russia? You're literally citing something that disagrees with your point.

Boggles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118932063#Comment_118932063

based on the below, how can anyone not support musk?

The same lad that was begging the Saudis for money not so long ago, or the same Musk who is up to his títs with China?

That Elon Morale compass would make you dizzy wouldn't it? 🤕

riclad

You can find all sorts of people on twitter, from Conservative to Liberal. I just follow tech or gaming writers, saying its bad is meaningless, I think it's s great platform for free speech and it's used by many Politicans and media pundits, journalists, techies, it has only a small amount of users compared with YouTube or tiktok or facebook

Your experience of twitter depends on exactly who you follow since it has random users from different political groups plus writers actors singers who just use it to promote their latest music, books blog podcasts etc

You may as well say all tv is bad since theres awful reality dating shows while ignoring all the good programms on BBC and Channel 4

they only ban users who post spam or break the rules eg posting violent or illegal content , hate speech etc

John Doe1

I hope he buys it and shuts it down, its a cesspit.

However, I would enjoy to see the gender pronoun Marxist crybaby's having a meltdown if he does decide to keep it open and support free speech.

Bobeagleburger

Musk is most likely doing this for himself, and not in the name of free speech.

He owns a car company that has never turned a profit from selling cars AFAIK. Only for the regulatory credits given for selling electric cars Tesla wouid be in dire straights financially.

Ftr, I think he's a breath of fresh air in terms of innovation, but he skirts the law with share price manipulation!

On seperate note his father having a baby with his own stepdaughter is weird and creepy!

silverharp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118937627#Comment_118937627

if he is playing 5D chess, he will stoke their engineers to destroy all the source code and take the site down permanently , that would be hilarious.