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  • HoraceH Offline
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    Horace
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    #322

    Roughly the same demographic that voted for him

    Education is extremely important.

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    • jon-nycJ Offline
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      jon-nyc
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      #323

      Only non-witches get due process.

      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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      • IvorythumperI Offline
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        • MikM Offline
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          The picture gets murkier as time goes on. The purchase may not happen at all.

          https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/musk-sails-into-the-swamp/ar-AAXyYhx?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a3697674475842639921902f181c5db2

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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            #326

            What does BTW mean?

            I'm lost.

            I was only joking

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            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

              What does BTW mean?

              I'm lost.

              HoraceH Offline
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              Horace
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              #327

              @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              What does BTW mean?

              I'm lost.

              You've lost your way, gone right by you.

              Education is extremely important.

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                What does BTW mean?

                I'm lost.

                taiwan_girlT Offline
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                taiwan_girl
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                #328

                @Doctor-Phibes

                @Horace speaks street. Listen to him. LOL

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                • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                  Doctor Phibes
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                  #329

                  Solid.

                  Actually, I think that might be 1950's hipster talk.

                  I was only joking

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    Pass the popcorn, George.

                    George KG Offline
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                    George K
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                    @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    Pass the popcorn, George.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      Pass the popcorn, George.

                      George KG Offline
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                      George K
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                      #331

                      @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                      Pass the popcorn, George.

                      I ate the popcorn a while ago.

                      Now, it's gone.

                      Tesla (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), citing material breach of multiple provisions of the agreement.

                      Shares of Twitter fell 6% in extended trading.

                      The announcement brings to an end a will-he-won’t-he saga after the world’s richest person clinched a deal for Twitter in April but then put the buyout on hold until the social media company proved that spam bots accounted for less than 5% of its total users.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • CopperC Offline
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                        #332

                        So now he has $44 billion burning a hole in his pocket.

                        What will he buy next?

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                        • jon-nycJ Offline
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                          To be sure he snuck out of the deal because the market tanked in the months following his bid and he was overpaying. He could still come back in a few weeks or months with a lower bid.

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                            To be sure he snuck out of the deal because the market tanked in the months following his bid and he was overpaying. He could still come back in a few weeks or months with a lower bid.

                            HoraceH Offline
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                            #334

                            @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                            To be sure he snuck out of the deal because the market tanked in the months following his bid and he was overpaying. He could still come back in a few weeks or months with a lower bid.

                            Yep. Overpaying, using a significantly reduced personal fortune.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                            • George KG Offline
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                              George K
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                              #335

                              Twitter: "You MUST buy."

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • jon-nycJ Offline
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                                jon-nyc
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                                #336

                                They have a colorable argument.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

                                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  It also demonstrates how much this is really about price.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                    They have a colorable argument.

                                    George KG Offline
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                                    @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    They have a colorable argument.

                                    I wondered about that. His requirement that they disclose the number of "bot" or spam accounts occurred after his agreement to buy.

                                    That might invalidate his claim.

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • HoraceH Offline
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                                      On what planet is the ability for Musk to back out of this contract before closing, not unambiguously written into the contract? Well, this planet, but how?

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                      • HoraceH Horace

                                        On what planet is the ability for Musk to back out of this contract before closing, not unambiguously written into the contract? Well, this planet, but how?

                                        George KG Offline
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                                        George K
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                                        @Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        On what planet is the ability for Musk to back out of this contract before closing, not unambiguously written into the contract?

                                        YARLY.

                                        One would think that the world's richest man would be able to hire the world's best lawyers.

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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